Global

The Global tab collects options that affect the entire Akron session rather than one HUD surface or one room tool.

Option	Control	What it does	Attempt status
FPS Bypass	Numeric toggle	Raise the draw cadence or enable Motion Smoothing’s smoothing pipeline while keeping Celeste physics at 60 FPS.	Regular clean
TPS Bypass	Numeric toggle	Change the simulation tick cadence.	Cheat
Timescale	Number	Open speed controls for decreasing or increasing gameplay timescale.	Cheat
Safe Mode	Toggle	Safe Mode indicator plus optional local stat guards for deaths, jumps, and best-run fields.	Regular clean
Submission Mode	Toggle	Enable recording metadata defaults and related warning surfaces without changing gameplay itself.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Freeze Attempts	Toggle	Restore the current save slot’s death counter while Safe Mode is active.	Cheat
Pause Buffering	Toggle	Choose whether configured hotkeys can fire while Celeste is paused.	Cheat
Control Display	Toggle	Display live inputs on a customizable board with editable keys, bindings, colors, and placement.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Autosave	Toggle	Save Akron-owned backup state automatically at configured safe points.	Regular clean
Transition Speed	Numeric toggle	Adjust the next room-transition speed multiplier. Values below 1x are slower and values above 1x are faster.	Cheat

Option menus

Rows with a triangle expose the controls listed below.

Option	Menu control	What it changes	Attempt status
FPS Bypass	Target FPS	Draw target while FPS Bypass is enabled. Motion Smoothing keeps Celeste physics at 60 FPS while drawing extra frames.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Method	Interval keeps render cadence aligned to physics ticks. Dynamic allows arbitrary FPS but is riskier for code that hooks the main tick.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Smooth Camera	Fancy is highest quality, Fast is cheaper but can jitter backgrounds, Off leaves the camera pixel-locked.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Objects	Extrapolate predicts between physics frames. Interpolate uses prior frames and can add 1-2 frames of delay.	Regular clean for Extrapolate; Cheat for Interpolate
FPS Bypass	TAS mode	Keeps overworld updates locked for TAS compatibility while level gameplay remains controlled by TPS Bypass.	Cheat
FPS Bypass	Subpixel Madeline	Reference option for drawing Madeline and held items at subpixel render positions.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Smooth background	Reference option for high-resolution background compositing in Fancy camera smoothing.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Smooth foreground	Reference option for high-resolution foreground compositing in Fancy camera smoothing.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Hide edge gaps	Reference option: slightly zooms the level to hide gaps introduced by fractional camera offsets.	Regular clean
FPS Bypass	Nasty mode	Apply the experimental smoothing preset that Motion Smoothing recommends avoiding in real gameplay.	Cheat
TPS Bypass	Target TPS	Simulation update target while TPS Bypass is enabled. Unlike FPS Bypass, this changes physics cadence.	Cheat
Timescale	Enabled	Toggle gameplay timescale on or off.	Cheat
Timescale	Decrease	Lower the gameplay timescale multiplier.	Cheat
Timescale	Increase	Raise the gameplay timescale multiplier.	Cheat
Timescale	Reset	Return gameplay speed to normal.	Cheat
Safe Mode	Freeze deaths	Restore the current save slot’s death counter while Safe Mode is active.	Cheat
Safe Mode	Freeze jumps	Restore the current save slot’s jump counter while Safe Mode is active.	Cheat
Safe Mode	Freeze best run	Restore the current save slot’s best-run fields while Safe Mode is active.	Cheat
Control Display	Corner	Choose the screen corner used by the input board.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Source	Choose whether keys light from Celeste actions or physical keyboard keys.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Scale	Set the input-board scale percentage.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Opacity	Set the input-board opacity percentage.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Compact keyboard	Replace the layout with a tight WASD-style block with actions attached.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Split clusters	Replace the layout with separated menu/action and direction clusters.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Save Full .akr	Export the complete Control Display setup, including layout, labels, keys, colors, and text scale.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Import Latest .akr	Import the newest full Control Display preset from Saves/AkronControlDisplay.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Label preset: Names	Apply action-name labels to the existing board keys without moving them.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Label preset: Keyboard	Apply keyboard-style labels to the existing board keys without moving them.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Label preset: Arrows	Apply arrow-style labels to the existing board keys without moving them.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Label preset: Short	Apply compact labels to the existing board keys without moving them.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Add key	Add a new visible key to the editable input board layout.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Duplicate	Duplicate the selected input-board key.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Remove	Remove the selected input-board key when more than one key remains.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Selected	Choose which input-board key is being edited.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Label	Set the text shown inside the selected input-board key.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Visible	Show or hide the selected input-board key.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	X	Set the selected key’s horizontal board position.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Y	Set the selected key’s vertical board position.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Width	Set the selected key’s width.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Height	Set the selected key’s height.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Text scale	Set the selected key’s label text scale.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Game action	Choose the Celeste action used by the selected key when Source is Game Actions.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Keyboard keys	Set the physical keys used by the selected key when Source is Keyboard Keys.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Fill	Set the selected key’s background color.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Pressed	Set the selected key’s held-input color.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Stroke	Set the selected key’s outline color.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Text	Set the selected key’s label color.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Control Display	Outline	Set the selected key’s outline width.	Goldberry/Hardlist clean
Autosave	Interval	Seconds between automatic save attempts.	Regular clean
Autosave	Minimum delay	Cooldown before another automatic save can run.	Regular clean
Autosave	Room load	Autosave on room load.	Regular clean
Autosave	Spawn update	Autosave on spawn update.	Regular clean
Autosave	Respawn	Autosave on respawn.	Regular clean
Autosave	Pause	Autosave on pause.	Regular clean
Autosave	Avoid gameplay	Avoid gameplay.	Regular clean
Autosave	Save settings	Save settings.	Regular clean
Autosave	Hide saving icon	Hide saving icon.	Regular clean
Transition Speed	Multiplier	Adjust the next room-transition speed multiplier. Values below 1x are slower and values above 1x are faster.	Cheat

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