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title: Global Settings
description: "General settings concerning your scene can be found here. | Channel | Explanation | | --- | --- | | Time Range | | | Start Frame | The Frame-number on which the timeline starts | | End Frame |…"
url: "https://storm-vfx.com/docs/global-settings/"
updated: "2021-05-30"
category: General / Settings
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# Global Settings

General settings concerning your scene can be found here.

| Channel | Explanation |
| --- | --- |
| Time Range |  |
| Start Frame | The Frame-number on which the timeline starts |
| End Frame | Last Frame in the timeline |
| FPS | Frames per Second. Typically used to match the FPS of your footage, but can also be used to create Slowmotion Effects |
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| General Solver Settings |  |
| CFL Number | The CFL Number determines the actual number of used substeps. Higher values reduce substeps. (range 0.0-1.0) |
| Min Substeps | The minimum of used substeps. Increase this value to stabilize your simulation. |
| Max Substeps | Maximum of used substeps. |
| Collide Ground | Wether or not the particles of a classic System should collide with the ground. |
| Run Procedurals on Subframes | Evaluates the nodegraph also on subframes |
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| Display Controls |  |
| Show Grid | Displays a grid in the viewport |
| Point Size | Size of the particles |
| Iso Point Size Multi | Size of voxels |
| Particle Render Mode | Choose the style of how to render particles |
| Wireframe | Displays Wireframe |
| Wireframe On Shaded | Displays Wireframe on shaded geo |
| Flat Shading | Enforces overall Flatshading |
| Volume Downsample | Viewport downsampling of Volumes |
| GPU Accel. Volume Drawing | Accelerated volumedrawing using cuda. Change frame to see an effect. |
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| Export Settings |  |
| Fallback Images Path | A file or folder path for png playblast output |
| Fallback Cache Folder | A folder path for cache output |