Changed Synergy — Configuration

Every setting in the mod config file, with what it changes.

Option	What it does
`takeover_enabled`Absorption Takeover System	Allow qualifying absorption and forced exoskeleton encounters to temporarily take control of the player. When disabled, hostile absorptions use the attacked-and-retaliated negotiation instead.
`distant_ai_range`Active AI Range [Medium impact]	Within this distance of any player, optional AI runs at its normal configured interval. Smaller ranges reduce CPU use.
`adaptive_ai_budget`Adaptive AI Budget [High impact]	Defers non-critical background decisions after latex AI exceeds the soft tick budget. Deferred entities rotate fairly; combat and companion safety are never deferred.
`translator`Addon Translator Support	Using Changed Addon Plus's Translator item bypasses the permanent telepathy unlock requirement.
`remote_line_2`	Admins: /changedsynergy config list or edit config/changed_synergy-common.toml
`mindless_mob_transfur`Allow Mindless Mob Transfur	Let latex creatures fully transfur mindless mobs such as zombies and skeletons. Disabled by default so they are absorbed instead, reducing the number of persistent entities created. Dedicated conversion forms from supported addons are preserved.
`ambient_social_ai`Ambient Social Scans [Medium impact]	Controls unfamiliar-human approaches, ambient encounters, and non-bonded friend defence scans. Direct interaction, bonds, and companion safety remain active.
`qte_animations`Animated Struggle Interfaces	Enable animated grab QTE and hypnosis-struggle presentation.
`auto`	Auto
`background_scan_interval`Background Scan Interval [High impact]	Ticks between expensive idle decisions. Higher values improve server smoothness but make ambient reactions slower.
`takeover`	Body Control
`changed_addon`	Changed Addon Plus Compatibility
`changed_structure_outposts`Claim Changed Ruins [Low impact]	Provisioners without an outpost can claim generated Changed ruins and place a compact community store in empty space. The facility is always excluded.
`client`	Client & Visuals
`communities`	Communities and Outposts
`community_ai`Community Activity AI [High impact]	Controls autonomous community roles, routine destination searches, and comfort activities. Disable to isolate settlement simulation during lag diagnosis.
`provisioner_trade_reserve`Community Reserve Multiplier	Scales the share kept out of trade. At 1.0, the community retains about 70% of each supply category.
`companion_work_ai`Companion Work AI [High impact]	Controls bonded companion fishing, mining, cave lighting, and work observation. Following, combat, rescue, and direct commands remain available.
`takeover_competitive`Competitive Takeovers	Allow competitive or show-off latex creatures to take control after absorption.
`pacify_pets`Continuously Pacify Native Pets	Continuously refresh Pacified on native Changed pets so they do not lock onto targets by mistake. Requires Changed Addon Plus.
`ecology`	Creature Ecology
`dialogue`	Dialogue and Telepathy
`dialogue_chance`Dialogue Chance	Chance that an eligible state change produces a line.
`dialogue_cooldown`Dialogue Cooldown	Minimum seconds between messages from the same speaker to the same listener.
`dialogue_display`Dialogue Display Style	Choose random popups or horizontal danmaku. Auto uses popups for English and danmaku for CJK languages.
`popup_height`Dialogue Popup Height Offset	Vertical offset as a fraction of screen height. Negative moves up, positive moves down; 0 keeps the original placement.
`dialogue_range`Dialogue Range	Maximum distance at which a player can receive creature dialogue.
`distant_ai_multiplier`Distant Interval Multiplier [High impact]	Multiplies optional AI intervals outside the active range. Higher values save more CPU in loaded background areas.
`provisioner_trade`Enable Provisioner Trading	Allow provisioners to barter supplies that their community actually received.
`enhanced_hunt_ai`Enhanced Hunt AI [Medium impact]	Controls Synergy sight memory, searching, noise alerts, underwater pursuit, and firearm evasion. Changed's native target AI remains available.
`takeover_escape`Escape Attempt	Allow one confirmed escape attempt during an ordinary takeover. This never applies to forced exoskeleton control.
`takeover_exoskeleton_seconds`Exoskeleton Awake Time	Seconds before forced exoskeleton control reaches its configured ending.
`exoskeleton_hypnosis_visual`Exoskeleton Hypnosis Visual	Show the hypnosis visual and status log on this client while wearing an exoskeleton.
`takeover_exoskeleton`Exoskeleton Takeover	Allow an exoskeleton to take control of a Benign Wolf or Orca player when its takeover conditions are met.
`exoskeleton_sleep`Exoskeleton Unconsciousness	End an exoskeleton takeover with unconsciousness and removal. When disabled, control simply returns when the timer expires.
`faction_pursuit`Faction Pursuit Squads	At -100 reputation, a faction may send a warned, limited pursuit squad. Respects mob spawning, Peaceful difficulty and post-transfur truces.
`gunshot_radius`Fallback Gunshot Radius	Used by firearm integrations without their own sound range. TACZ supplies its own value.
`firearm_evasion`Firearm Evasion	Hostile creatures may move laterally while pursuing an armed player.
`suit_visuals`	Friendly Wrapping
`suit_vignette`Friendly Wrapping Vignette	Show a soft theme-coloured edge effect while wrapped by a pet or bonded creature.
`gameplay`	Gameplay & AI
`polite_range`Greeting Pathfinding Range	Maximum distance at which a polite individual begins a cautious greeting.
`polite_speed`Greeting Pathfinding Speed	Navigation speed used while approaching a human politely.
`polite_wait`Greeting Response Time	Seconds a polite individual waits for the human to respond with a pat.
`polite_interaction`Greeting System	Polite individuals may greet unfamiliar humans before deciding whether to hunt.
`respect_pacified`Honor the Pacified Effect	Unarmed latex creatures with Changed Addon Plus's Pacified effect will not chase or attack players.
`danmaku`	Horizontal Danmaku
`grab_chance`Hostile Grab QTE Chance	Chance that an eligible hostile grab starts its escape QTE.
`server_note`	In multiplayer, Gameplay & AI settings are controlled by the server.
`independent_faction_reputation`Independent Faction Reputation	When enabled, gaining reputation with one faction never reduces a rival's reputation, so you can ally with every faction. Existing reputation losses are not restored.
`latex_ai_budget`Latex AI Budget [High impact]	Soft milliseconds per server tick for all loaded Changed-creature AI. Lower values protect tick rate more aggressively; this cannot limit Changed's mandatory base AI.
`latex_bee_hive_outposts`Latex Bee Hive Outposts [Low impact]	Latex-bee provisioners can establish a small community store beside a generated Changed beehive.
`lose_sight`Lose-Sight Delay	Seconds without line of sight before a pursuer searches the last sighting.
`pursuit_range`Maximum Pursuit Range	Base distance at which a creature keeps pursuing a confirmed target.
`hints`	Mechanic Hints
`mechanic_hints`Mechanic Hints	Show one-time hints for Synergy's important interactions.
`outpost_spacing`Minimum Outpost Spacing	Minimum horizontal distance in blocks between independently claimed outposts. Compatible nearby creatures still share an existing outpost.
`allow_multiple_bonds`Multiple Bonds	Allow several bonded companions. When off, voluntary transfur still works without creating another bond.
`pet_regeneration`Native Pet Regeneration	Regeneration level for native Changed pets. Zero disables it.
`negotiation_next_step_hint`Negotiation Next-Step Hint	Show a suggested next argument during negotiation. Suggestions can be wrong; offering food makes them much more reliable.
`next_page`	Next page
`takeover_oranges`Non-hostile Orange Compensation	After a non-hostile ordinary takeover ends in sleep, provide three oranges at most once every 20 minutes.
`danmaku`On-screen Dialogue	Show ordinary creature dialogue in the screen overlay. Disable it to use chat instead.
`invalid_value`	One or more values are invalid or outside their allowed range.
`takeover_seconds`Ordinary Duration	Duration in seconds for a non-punitive ordinary takeover.
`ordinary_transfur_reversal`Ordinary Transfur Reversal	Allow Synergy transfur reversal through negotiation, bonded companions, and sleep. Takeover separation and the /untf and /untransfur recovery commands remain available when disabled.
`organic_grab_chance`Organic Grab QTE Chance	Separate grab chance for organic creatures, whose assimilation relies on physical grabs.
`pat_pacification`Pat Pacification	Allow a player's pat to stop a latex creature's pursuit and create a short ceasefire. Ordinary pat reactions and relationship progress still work when disabled.
`peaceful_village_relations`Peaceful Village Relations	Prevents mutual combat between Changed creatures and villagers, wandering traders, iron golems, or compatible village protectors. Enabled by default.
`behaviour`	Perception and Pursuit
`performance`	Performance and Diagnostics
`performance_diagnostics`Performance Diagnostics [Low impact]	Measures the complete AI time of loaded Changed creatures and sends one small status sample per second. Disable only when measuring the monitor itself.
`personality_chance`Personality Line Chance	Chance that a suitable cue uses the individual's dominant-trait line.
`post_transfur_truce`Post-transfur Ceasefire	Seconds before latex factions may become hostile again after a transfur or takeover release. Set to 0 to disable it.
`previous_page`	Previous page
`legacy_opacity`Progress Effect Opacity	Maximum opacity of the transfur progress screen effect.
`legacy_screen`Progress Screen Effect	Optional: show the theme-coloured transfur mask that grows inward with progress. Leave this off to keep Changed's current display.
`legacy_skin`Progress Skin Coating	Optional: show staged latex coating on partially transfurred skins and first-person arms. Leave this off to keep Changed's current display.
`bond_protective_release_requests`Protective Release Requests	After repeated danger rescues, cautious, protective, and sensitive companions may ask the player to request release more than once. Each request closes the radial menu; reopen it to ask again.
`takeover_punitive_seconds`Punitive Duration	Duration in seconds for a punitive ordinary takeover.
`takeover_punitive`Punitive Takeovers	Allow a latex creature to take control after the player deliberately provokes its faction.
`pure_white_visuals`	Pure White Vision
`pure_white_wolf_adaptation`Pure White Wolf Regional Adaptation	Adult Pure White Latex Wolves become male White Latex Wolves after remaining far from the White Latex Forest, then regain their Pure White form when they return. Their identity, relationships and faction allegiance remain unchanged.
`popup`	Random Popups
`randomize_creature_transfur_method`Randomize Creature Transfur Method	Randomly choose replication or absorption for each hostile latex-creature encounter. The choice stays fixed during that encounter. Organic and single-method creatures keep their native behavior. Disabled by default.
`reduced_motion`Reduced Struggle Motion	Keep fades and input feedback while removing shake, drift, and large scaling motion.
`awareness_range`Relationship Awareness Range	Maximum distance used when evaluating nearby players and creature relationships.
`relationships`	Relationships and Companions
`disable_pure_white_overlays`Remove Pure White Vision Overlays	Removes the reduced-vision veil and Synergy's pure-white consensus screen effect. Target outlines and gameplay mechanics remain available.
`defaults`	Reset Page
`danmaku_height`Scrolling Dialogue Height Offset	Moves scrolling dialogue independently of popups. Negative moves up, positive moves down; 0 keeps the original placement.
`search_time`Search Duration	Seconds spent investigating the last seen or heard player position.
`search_speed`Search Speed	Navigation speed used only while investigating or searching.
`remote_title`	Server Gameplay & AI
`alert_radius`Shared Alert Radius	Distance over which compatible nearby creatures share a confirmed sighting.
`stagger_background_ai`Stagger Background AI [High impact]	Spreads optional creature scans across different ticks to remove population-wide lag spikes. Recommended on.
`structure_outpost_search_radius`Structure Search Radius [Low impact]	Loaded-chunk search radius for unclaimed Changed ruins and beehives. Larger values increase the occasional search cost.
`qte`	Struggle Presentation
`telepathy`	Telepathy and Territory HUD
`telepathy_unlock`Telepathy Unlock Transfurs	Standard completed transfurs needed to understand telepathic speech permanently. Set this to 0 to disable unlocking telepathy through transfur.
`takeover_borrow`Temporary Player Control	Allow players in ordinary takeovers to request a short period of movement control.
`territory_hud`Territory HUD	Show biome entry subtitles and persistent information for facility areas.
`remote_line_1`	These settings belong to the server and cannot be edited here.
`defaults_applied`	This page has been reset to its defaults.
`distant_ai_throttling`Throttle Distant AI [High impact]	Runs optional AI less often when no player is nearby. Combat targets and bonded companions remain responsive.
`takeover_transfur_after_sleep`Transfur After Takeover Sleep	When enabled, timer expiry or a failed escape permanently transforms the player into the carrier's form, including its eye style and colors. Disabled by default; ordinary sleep releases the restored player.
`legacy_visuals`	Transfur Feedback
`polite_attempts`Unanswered Greeting Limit	Unanswered greetings before the individual returns to its usual attitude.
`visual_range`Visual Acquisition Range	Base distance for first noticing a player. Line of sight and field of view still apply.
`waiting`	Waiting for server diagnostics
`suit_opacity`Wrapping Vignette Opacity	Opacity of the friendly wrapping edge effect.