nonstatic void(mitem_desktop desktop) M_Options_Video =
{
	mitem_exmenu m;
	m = spawn(mitem_exmenu, item_text:_("Video Options"), item_flags:IF_SELECTABLE, item_command:"m_options");
	desktop.add(m, RS_X_MIN_PARENT_MIN|RS_Y_MIN_PARENT_MIN | RS_X_MAX_PARENT_MAX|RS_Y_MAX_PARENT_MAX, '0 0', '0 0');
	desktop.item_focuschange(m, IF_KFOCUSED);
	m.totop();

	float h = 200 * 0.5;
	//draw title art above the options
	mitem_pic banner = spawn(mitem_pic, item_text:"gfx/p_option.lmp", item_size_y:24, item_flags:IF_CENTERALIGN);
	m.add(banner, RS_X_MIN_PARENT_MID|RS_Y_MIN_PARENT_MID | RS_X_MAX_OWN_MIN|RS_Y_MAX_PARENT_MID, [(160-160-banner.item_size_x)*0.5, -h-32], [banner.item_size_x, -h-8]);
	//spawn a container frame for the actual options. this provides a scrollbar if we have too many items.
	mitem_frame fr = spawn(mitem_frame, item_flags: IF_SELECTABLE, frame_hasscroll:TRUE);
	m.add(fr, RS_X_MIN_PARENT_MID|RS_Y_MIN_PARENT_MID | RS_X_MAX_PARENT_MID|RS_Y_MAX_OWN_MIN, [-160, -h], [160, h*2]);
	float fl = RS_X_MIN_PARENT_MIN|RS_Y_MIN_PARENT_MIN | RS_X_MAX_PARENT_MAX|RS_Y_MAX_OWN_MIN;
	float pos = 0;
	
	pos += 8;
	fr.add(spawn(mitem_text, item_text:_("Apply / Restart"), 	item_command:"vid_restart", item_scale:8, item_flags:IF_RIGHTALIGN),	RS_X_MIN_PARENT_MIN|RS_Y_MIN_PARENT_MIN | RS_X_MAX_PARENT_MID|RS_Y_MAX_OWN_MIN, [0, pos], [-8, 8]); pos += 8;
	pos += 8;
	
	if (cvar_type("vid_renderer")) fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Renderer"),	"vid_renderer",		'280 8', cvar_string("_vid_renderer_opts")),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;

	//add the options
	if (!dp_workarounds)
	{
		fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Display Mode"),	"vid_fullscreen",				'280 8', 
																		"0	\"Windowed\" "
																		"1	\"Fullscreen\" "
																		"2	\"Borderless Windowed\" "
																		),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	}
	else
	{
		fr.add(menuitemcheck_spawn(_("Fullscreen"),		"vid_fullscreen", 			'280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	}
	if (cvar_type("vid_resizable")) fr.add(menuitemcheck_spawn(_("Resizable"),	"vid_resizable", 	'280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Anti-Aliasing"),	dp("vid_samples", "vid_multisample"),			'280 8', 
																		"0	\"Off\" "
																		"2	\"2x\" "
																		"4	\"4x\" "
																		),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;

	//as far as video mode selections go, this is shite.
	//should probably have an aspect+modes option instead, but that makes the combo really messy. especially as that would be two cvars.
	fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Video Width"),	"vid_width",					'280 8', _(
																		"0	\"Default\" "
																		"640	\"640\" "
																		"800	\"800\" "
																		"1024	\"1024\" "
																		"1280 \"1280\" "
																		"1920	\"1920\" "
																		)),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Video Height"),	"vid_height",					'280 8', _(
																		"0	\"Default\" "
																		"480	\"480\" "
																		"600	\"600\" "
																		"768	\"768\" "
																		"720 \"720\" "
																		"1080	\"1080\" "
																		)),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Video Zoom"),	"vid_conautoscale",					'280 8', _(
																		"0	\"Default\" "
																		"1.5	\"x1.5\" "
																		"2	\"x2\" "
																		"4	\"x4\" "
																		)),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Colour Depth"),	dp("vid_bitsperpixel", "vid_bpp"),	'280 8', _(
																		"16	\"16bit\" "
																		"32	\"24bit\" "	//alpha doesn't count.
																		)),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Refresh Rate"),	"vid_displayfrequency",			'280 8', _(
																		"0	\"Default\" "
																	//	"60	\"60\" "
																	//	"75	\"75\" "
																		)),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcheck_spawn(_("VSync"),		dp("vid_vsync", "vid_wait"), 	'280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcheck_spawn(_("Show Framerate"),	dp("showfps", "show_fps"), 	'280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemslider_spawn(_("View Size"),	"viewsize",				'50 120 10', '280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemslider_spawn(_("Field Of View"),	"fov",				'50 140 5', '280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemslider_spawn(_("Gamma"),	"gamma",				'1.3 0.5 -0.1', '280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemslider_spawn(_("Contrast"),	"contrast",				'0.7 2 0.1', '280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemslider_spawn(_("Brightness"),	"brightness",			'0 0.4 0.05', '280 8'),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;
	fr.add(menuitemcombo_spawn(_("Hardware Gamma"),	"vid_hardwaregamma",			'280 8', 
																		"0	\"Off\" "
																		"1	\"Auto\" "
																		"2	\"Soft\" "
																		"3	\"Hard\" "
																		"4	\"Scene Only\" "
																		),	fl, [0, pos], [0, 8]); pos += 8;

	addmenuback(m);
};