Settings

The Settings panel allows one to change some options of Sandboxels, for example the background and world generation.

List of settings

Setting	Options (default)	Meaning
Units	Metric Imperial SI	Changes the unit of temperature displayed. The scale can be chosen between Celsius (Metric, °C), Fahrenheit (Imperial, °F) and Kelvin (SI, K).
Hiding	Hide Some Elements Unhide All Elements Unlock as Discovered	Configures the behavior of hiding hidden elements. Hide Some Elements always hides every hidden element. Unhide All Elements shows every element, regardless of if it's hidden. Unlock as Discovered starts with every hidden element hidden and unhides an element when it appears in the simulation. The list of unlocked elements persists over closing the game and changing the setting.
Background	Color picker (#000000)	Changes the background color, i.e. the color of the areas without any pixels.
Default View	Default View Thermal View Basic View	Specifies the coloring of pixels. Default View colors pixels with their specified color. Thermal View colors pixels depending on the temperature. Pixels are green for 0°C, then when cooled gradually become blue to -50°C. When heated the color becomes increasingly red, passing through yellow at 500°C and orange at 1500°C. Basic View renders gases without their glow.
Staining	On Off	Enables some elements to stain (color) other pixels.
Burning	On Off	Allows Fire to ignite and spread through flammable pixels.
Clouds	On Off	Allows Steam to form clouds once it ascends high enough.
Reset Warning	On Off	Enables a confirmation popup when trying to clear the scene using the Reset button.
Fancy Textures ?	On Off	Enables special, position-based textures for Glass and Brick pixels.
Precision Dot	On Off	Highlights the pixel at the cursor.
Random Events	Disabled Rare (For casual play) Common Annoying Overdrive (DANGEROUS)	Controls how often Random Events happen.
Cheerful Mode ?	On Off	Removes some elements from the element picker.
Air Temperature	Number (20)	Specifies the default temperature for pixels. Elements with a custom default temperature are unchanged by this settings. Elements might undergo a temperature reaction instantly.
Air Density	Number (1.225)	Controls how fast gases rise. A higher value means faster ascension.
Absolute Zero	Number (-273)	Sets the minimum temperature. This setting is always expressed in °C. Elements with a default temperature below this setting will not automatically heat up to absolute zero after placement, only after receiving a temperature update.
Reset Discovered	Button	For use with Hiding: Unlock as Discovered. Resets all discovered elements, i.e. re-hides every hidden element.
Reset All	Button	Resets everything, e.g. settings, discovered elements, except for save slots.
Clear Mods	Button	Removes every enabled mod.
Clear Saves	Button	Clears every save slot.
World Generation	Disabled +16 other options	Allows a random scene of a certain theme (e.g. grasslands, jungle, ocean) to appear when the scene is reset.
Image Element	Element (Wood)	Specifies the element that images made using the Image tool are created with.
Smoothing	On Off	Enables color smoothing with the Image tool.