Main menu

The main menu in HR2.

The player setup regroups the different options that relate to player appearance, such as the displayed name, gender, and skin, The main menu appears when hitting any key on the titlescreen or when hitting the Escape key during a game. Its MENUDEF name is MainMenu and it can be summoned with the menu_main console command. Its content varies slightly from game to game:

• New game menu

menu_game

Allows to start a new game.

• Options menu

menu_options

Allows to change settings and options in ZDoom.

• Load game menu

menu_load

Allows to resume a game from a save.

• Save game menu

menu_save

Allows to save the ongoing game. Accessing it is denied if not currently within a game.

• Game files menu

Allows to access the save and load menus. Heretic and Hexen use this menu instead of the previous two.

• Info menu

menu_help

Also called Read this!, merely displays the help screens in sequence.

• Quit menu

menu_quit

Displays a random message asking for confirmation and closes the program.