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diff --git a/data/yoinkrc b/data/yoinkrc
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+++ b/data/yoinkrc
@@ -7,63 +7,67 @@ print "loading default settings..."
 
 -- Set the level of detail to use when drawing scenes.  This can be 1, 2 or
 -- 3, where 1 shows the least amount of detail and 3 draws the scene with
--- the most detail.
+-- the most detail.  Lower levels of detail may improve performance on
+-- slower machines.
 
 detail			= 3
 
--- Set the number of times each second the physics state will be updated.  A
--- value of 100 or higher is ideal for accurate physics approximations.  Values
--- that are much lower cause the CPU to do less work, but accuracy will suffer.
--- Errors could be introduced in the game with extremely low values.
+-- Set the number of times each second the physics state will be updated.
+-- The quality of the physics simulation will increase as you increase this
+-- value, but the processor will be taxed more.  Errors could be introduced
+-- in the game with extremely low values.
 
 timestep		= 80
 
--- Set the maximum number of frames that can be drawn per second.  A value
--- of 50 is pretty good.  If your computer is really old, you can get away
--- with decreasing this value and still have reasonably smooth animation.
--- You can set this to a very high number to effectively render as many
--- frames as is possible, but the actual rate could be limited by vertical
--- display synchronization, depending on the X11 driver and settings used.
--- You should not set this option higher than the point where the vertical
--- synchronization effectively limits the draw rate or else the game may
--- not be able to update the physics on schedule which could actually
--- significantly lower the quality of the animation.
+-- Set the target number of frames that should be drawn per second.  The
+-- smoothness of the animation increases as you increase this value.  You
+-- probably want to set this somewhere in the 25-85 range, depending on how
+-- much work you want your computer to do.  For example, if you're on
+-- battery power, you might prefer 25 which is still reasonably smooth and
+-- will decrease battery drain significantly.  You can also set this to a
+-- very high number to effectively draw as many frames as possible, but
+-- your actual framerate might be limited by the refresh rate of your
+-- display--use the swapcontrol setting to enable or disable this behavior.
+-- You can determine your actual framerate with the showfps option.
 
-maxfps			= timestep / 2
+framerate		= 50
 
--- Set whether or not to print the current actual framerate to the console.
+-- Set this to print the current actual framerate to the console each
+-- second.
 
-printfps		= false
+showfps			= true
 
--- Set whether or not the game will run in full-screen mode.  If false, the
--- game will run in a window.
+-- Set this to run the game in full-screen mode.  The default behavior is
+-- to run the game in a window.
 
-fullscreen		= false
+fullscreen		= true
 
--- If the game is running in a window, set whether or not the window will
--- be resizable.
+-- If the game is running in a window, set this to also make the window
+-- resizable.  This has no effective if the fullscreen option is true.
 
 resizable		= true
 
--- Set the resolution or size of the window.  The value is an array with
--- three number elements representing the width, height, and bits per pixel
--- that make up the video mode.  A typical value is 800,600 for a size of
--- 800x600 pixels with millions of colors (the third number is optional).
+-- Set the screen resolution or size of the window.  The value is an array
+-- with three number elements representing the width, height, and bits per
+-- pixel that make up the video mode.  If the fullscreen option is set, the
+-- default behavior is to pick a native resolution.  Otherwise, the game
+-- window will default to 800x600.
 
-videomode		= {800, 600}
+--videomode		= {800, 600}
 
--- Set whether or not the cursor will be visible when you mouse over the
--- display of the game.
+-- Set this to make the cursor remain visible as you mouse over the view of
+-- the game.
 
 showcursor		= true
 
--- Set whether or not the drawing should use two buffers.  This results in
--- a higher quality animation.  You should usually leave this as true.
+-- Set this to use double-buffering to improve animation quality.  You
+-- should usually leave this as true.
 
 doublebuffer	= true
 
--- Set whether or not to sync with the display in order to reduce
--- distortion.
+-- Set this to sync with the refresh rate of your display.  Your framerate
+-- will be limited to the refresh rate, but you may experience fewer ugly
+-- "artifacts" caused by the game animation.
 
 swapcontrol		= true