Guides Hub/Menu Screens

This guide aims to help newcomers to the game understand the various menus from the title screen. Though most are self-explanatory, some players may benefit from additional clarification on certain items.

Title Screen

The title screen is the first thing seen when the game is loaded. It contains the text "Cosmoteer" (Technically a ship in its own right!) atop a planet. From here, you can start a new single-player game, join multiplayer games, change settings, load mods, and more.

Title Screen Buttons

Button	Description
Continue	Quickly loads the last saved single-player game
New Game	Opens a menu to create a new single-player game
Load Game	Opens a menu to explore and load saved single-player games
Multiplayer	Opens the multiplayer lobby menu where multiplayer games can be viewed and joined
News	Opens a menu containing featured Cosmoteer news stories
Exit	Displays a prompt asking to confirm to close the game
Settings	Opens the Settings menu where options such as graphics and controls can be altered
Mods	Opens the Mods menu where installed game modifications can be viewed and enabled/disabled
More >	Ship Library: Opens the Ship Library which lets you browse your own ship designs, designs that are built-in, and those acquired from the Steam Workshop. You can also see 'Lost' designs that you haven't officially saved but the game is temporarily keeping stored for recovery
	Codex: Opens the Codex, an in-game encyclopaedia. It contains tutorials covering gameplay concepts, a codex of faction lore, and gameplay tips
	Community: Contains links to official Cosmoteer community channels, specifically Discord, Steam, and Reddit
Credits	Opens the Credits list
Send Feedback	Opens a form allowing you to send feedback and bug reports to the Cosmoteer developers. It lets you type out your feedback, provide an E-Mail for replies, and also attach screenshots and logs for additional clarification

New Game

The New Game menu allows you to begin new single-player games.

New Game Buttons

Button	Description
Career	Begin a new Career mode save. Career mode is the default single-player Cosmoteer experience where you complete missions and defeat enemies to increase your fame, allowing you to build bigger ships to compete in more difficult sectors
Creative	Begin a new Creative mode save. Creative mode allows you to build freely with infinite credits and everything unlocked, and spawn in anything from ships to asteroids

Career

This menu lets you choose options for your new Career mode game.

Career Buttons

Button	Description
Combat Difficulty	Lets you choose the difficulty of combat from Civilian (Invulnerable), Ensign, Captain, Admiral, and Grand Admiral. Each difficulty progressively adjusts the damage multiplayer affecting you and enemy ships. For full descriptions, consult the Career mode article
Economic Difficulty	Lets you choose the economy difficulty from Imagineer (Free Build), Builder, Architect, and Starwright. Each difficulty progressively adjusts resource drop rates, money rewards, and fame/reputation gains
Advanced Game Options	See table below
Starting Ship	Allows you to choose which ship you will start the game with. Each choice has different strengths and weaknesses, and leaves you with varying amounts of remaining credits to start with. Alternatively, you can use the menu icon in the corner to pick a custom design, but it must be affordable with your initial credit balance
Start New Game	Starts a new game with the chosen options
Cancel	Return to the title screen

Advanced Game Options

The Advanced Game Options sub-menu contains several options that allow you to customize your experience.

Advanced Game Options Buttons

Button	Description
Galaxy Size	Choose the size of the galaxy. Presently, only Standard is available as a built-in option
Crew/Fame Ratio	Affects the amount of crew available for hire based on your fame level. Available choices are Maximum, Plentiful, Standard, and Scarce, each progressively making fewer crew available relative for your fame level
I Hate Crew Construction	If enabled, deactivates the crew construction and repair feature. This means constructions and repairs are completed instantly without crew members having to perform them
I Hate Salvaging	Only available if I Hate Crew Construction is active. When enabled, missions give double credit rewards, ships can no longer be salvaged for resources, and ship modifications can be performed anywhere using only credits
I Hate Exploring	If enabled, reveals all ? point-of-interest locations without having to discover them in the fog of war
Galaxy Seed	The seed used to randomly generate the galaxy. Seeds can be used or shared to generate identical galaxies

Creative

This menu lets you choose options for your new Creative mode game.

Creative Buttons

Button	Description
Galaxy Size	Choose the size of the galaxy. Presently, only Standard is available as a built-in option
Create Suns, Planets, & Moons	If enabled, suns, planets, and moons will be generated by default in the galaxy
Create Hyper-Jump Relays	If enabled, hyper-jump relays will be generated by default in the galaxy
Start New Game	Starts a new game with the chosen options
Cancel	Return to the title screen

Load Game

This menu lets you load a saved single-player game. For each save, you can view its game mode, your credit balance and fame level, and the date and time it was created.

Load Game Buttons

Button	Description
Named Saves	A list of all Named Saves you have created. These are created by "hard saving", which lets you choose the name of your save and overwrite existing files
Auto Saves	A list of Auto Saves that Cosmoteer has created automatically during gameplay either after certain durations of time, or when changing star system via hyper-jump. Only the amount specified in Settings are kept before older auto saves are overwritten
Quick Saves	A list of Quick Saves you have created by pressing the quick save key during gameplay. Only the amount specified in Settings are kept before older auto saves are overwritten
Load Game	Loads the selected save game
Cancel	Closes the menu and returns to the main screen
Steam Cloud	When Steam Cloud is enabled for Cosmoteer, game saves are automatically backed-up online. This meter displays how much of your cloud storage allowance you have consumed

Multiplayer

TBD

Settings

Main article: Settings

Mods

TBD