You can reach the game settings from the main menu by selecting the or in-game pause menu by selecting Settings. The settings menu may connect the following tabs (depending on the connected input devices):

The interface settings cover settings regarding the user interface of the game.

When accessing the settings from the main menu, it is possible to change the Language used by the game in the first section. See the languages page for a list of currently supported languages.

The second section Interface Scaling offers two options for the user interface scale. The Text Scaling offers three presets for the texts all across the user interface. The Game UI Scaling allows scaling down the user interface on larger screens.

The Localization section offers several settings for the technical and measurement units:

• Money Number Format can either be the Full or Short format.
• Distance and Speed Units can either be the Metric or Imperial units.
• Power Units can either be Kilowatt (kW) or Horsepower (hp).
• Weight Units can either be Tonne (t), Kilogram (kg), Short Tonne (t) or Pounds (lb).
• Force Units can either be Kilonewton (kN), Kilogram-Force (kgf) or Pound Force (lbf).

The HUD section allows to set preferences regarding the 3D viewport:

• Prevent Overlapping Icons changes when HUD icons are spread out to avoid overlapping.
• Rain Screen Effect defines when the raindrop effect on the screen is visible. It can either be disabled, only be used in the cockpit camera or always on when it rains.
• Cloud Transparency changes which part of the clouds should be transparent when zoomed out. It can either be disabled, focused on the screen center or near the mouse cursor.

The Miscellaneous section offers the possibility to disable the celebration events when there are specific milestones in the game.

The settings concerning input devices are explained in the controls section.

The Window Settings contain settings regarding the application window. The Display Mode can be set to Windowed, Borderless and Fullscreen mode. It is possible to switch between them by pressing ALT + ENTER / ⌥ + ENTER. The resolution for fullscreen mode can only be set from the main menu, not in-game. The Resolution Scale can be used to reduce the rendering resolution for the main viewport to reduce the performance load. It is also possible to enable or disable VSync.

The visualization is one of the performance bottlenecks. Thus it is important to find the right balance between good performance and beautiful graphics. There are several aspects available for adjusting. It's possible to use a preset too:

The game provides background music as well as a voice over in the campaign. It is possible to:

• Disable the Music in the game completely.
• Disable the Menu Music in the main menu.
• Disable the Splash Screen Sound on startup of the game.
• Disable the Voice-Over in the campaign missions.

If more than one playlist is available, it is possible to select the Default Playlist.

Furthermore the volume can be adjusted for:

• All Sounds and Music (master)
• Sound Effects
• Music
• Voice-Over

Some sound effects can also be disabled completely:

• Bulldozer sounds
• Construction sounds

The Advanced Settings section offers the following options:

• Enable Background Contrast Layer allows to change which background is used in line management and module building modes.
• Drag-and-Confirm Construction Mode allows switching to the old track and road build mode from Transport Fever 2.
• Enable Advanced Camera Tool activates the camera tool.
• Enable GUI Effects activates subtle interface animations.
• Autosave Interval sets the interval of autosaves.
• Autosaves To Keep sets the number of autosaves that are stored at the same time. They are overwriten in a round-robin manner.
• Use System Mouse Cursor can be enabled to let the cursor be rendered by the operating system instead of the game.

Further Debug Options are also available:

• Debug Mode enables various short cuts and the debug menu accessible with Right Alt + D.
• Show Missing Resources Dialog enables a dialog listing missing resources after load of savegames.
• Send Crash Reports sends an anonymized crash report after a crash or fatal error to Urban Games to help bugtracking.
• Show Unsupported Hardware Warning displays a warning if unsupported hardware like integrated GPUs are used.
• Show Video Memory Usage Warning displays a warning if the graphic settings are too high.

The Open User Data Folder button opens a file browser and navigates to the Transport Fever 3 userdata folder.

Additional advanced settings are available in the settings.lua file. These settings can only be changed by editing the file with a text editor while the game is not running. They are not available on console.