# dopewars: General Options

- Remove drug references: Do not popup random events during the game that might mention drugs. This also disables the cops and the gun shop. Obviously, if you really want to remove drug references completely, you also need to change all the drug names in the Drugs tab.

- Unicode config file: Write out the configuration file in UTF-8 (Unicode) encoding, rather than the default locale encoding. You should turn this option on if you are using unusual characters (e.g. Hebrew or Cyrillic in the English version) as these will be otherwise lost when you save the file. Note that this is the default under Unix when running in UTF-8 locales. Note also that versions of dopewars prior to 1.5.8, or Unix versions linked against GTK+1.x, will not be able to read UTF-8 configuration files.

- Game length (turns): The number of days over which the game runs. If this is set to 0 (zero) then the game will only end if you are killed.

- Starting cash: The amount of money that each player in the game gets at the start.

- Starting debt: The amount of money that each player in the game starts out in debt to the Loan Shark.

- Currency symbol: The symbol (e.g. $, £, €, GBP) used to denote all prices in the game.

- Symbol prefixes prices: If checked, then the currency symbol is always printed before prices (e.g. $100). If unchecked, it follows the prices (e.g. 100 EUR).

- Name of one bitch: The word used to refer to a single one of your companions. For example, you may prefer "henchman" to "bitch".

- Name of several bitches: The word used to refer to several of your companions. For example, you may prefer "henchmen" to "bitches".

- Web browser: (Unix only) The full pathname of the program that you use for displaying webpages. For example, `/usr/bin/netscape`.