Characters: 16:9 "Spielen" screen, autosave interval option

- Shared screen kit (mods/screen, docs/screens.md): a 1365x768 canvas
  centred in the render width on our own dark background, the game's
  frames and buttons; the main menu renders full width while it is shown.
- The load window (cUI_Savegame) is replaced by the Spielen screen:
  character list, hero panel, campaign x difficulty grid, save/autosave
  choice, rename/delete/reset/new character dialogs.
- Migrated characters without a shared hero load their hero's world
  first, then start the new world.
- Options, Allgemein: autosave interval (Aus/5/10/15/30 minutes).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ add_library(sacredK SHARED
     src/mods/lootfilter.cpp
     src/mods/userfolders.cpp
     src/mods/charfile.cpp
+    src/mods/screen.cpp
     src/mods/characters.cpp
     src/mods/mainmenu.cpp
 )

docs/characters.md

@@ -177,26 +177,55 @@ of both vectors, deleted) and UI_LABEL_LOADGAME ("Spielstände", shows
 UI_WND_SAVEGAME) moves to the top with the text "Spielen"; the others move up,
 keeping the gap before "Beenden".
 
-### Load window (cUI_Savegame)
+### Spielen screen (cUI_Savegame)
+
+Request 2026-10-20: redesign the load window, 16:9, using the space (layout
+agreed: characters left, the character in the middle, worlds right, buttons
+below; our own background). Built on the shared screen kit
+(docs/screens.md); the window's own drawing and mouse handling are not used.
+
+- The window still scans: before each scan (0x71e330) one preview
+  `GAMEnn.PAK` per character is written into `_work`; row nn = character nn.
+  Its entries are only needed for the load.
+- Left: the characters, newest save first (name, class, level; "im Spiel" for
+  the one being played). Click selects, double click plays.
+- Middle: name, class and level, the world played last with its date. (A
+  render of the hero is planned.)
+- Right: a grid campaigns x difficulties. A cell shows the save's date,
+  "+ Autosave" when the autosave is newer, "Story abgeschlossen", "Neu" for a
+  difficulty that is open but has no world, "–" when closed. Open: Bronze and
+  Silber, every difficulty up to the highest with a world in either campaign,
+  and the one after each difficulty whose story the shared hero completed
+  (hero header +0xed..); new worlds need the shared hero, not in multiplayer
+  (byte 0x182cb6c). Click selects, double click plays. With a newer autosave
+  "Laden von:" picks the save or the autosave (default: the autosave).
+  "Welt zurücksetzen" for a saved world (not the character being played).
+- Buttons: Neuer Charakter (main menu only), Umbenennen, Löschen (not for the
+  character being played), Zurück (action 0xc), Spielen.
+- Spielen: a saved world loads through the window's load action (4, with its
+  "really load?" confirmation in a game): the window's selection is set to
+  its first entry and `g_loadRow` names the row, which `Engine_Load` takes
+  instead of the entry's. A new world starts a game (below; in a game after
+  stopping the running one). The window's own load / default actions (Enter)
+  run Spielen too; its delete actions (7, 8) are ignored.
+- Dialogs over the screen: rename (keys go to the field through the input
+  key capture; the name is only in the hero header chunk 0xc3 (+8, UTF-16,
+  0x40 chars): rewritten in the hero, every world and the autosave, plus
+  `meta.name`), campaign of a new character, confirmations of reset and
+  delete. Buttons are cUI_Button2 copies of the load button
+  (`game::NewButtonLike`) with our own text ids and overrides.
+- Delete moves the character file and its autosave to `charactersdeleted`.
+- Neuer Charakter: sets `g_campaign`, hides the window and shows UI_CHARACTER
+  (the game's character creation, as the main menu's campaign entries did).
+  The first save makes the character file.
+- Reset (decided 2026-10-20) removes the world section (a copy goes to
+  `charactersdeletedCharacterNN.sacredK.<section>.PAK`) and an autosave of
+  that world, and clears the shared hero's story completion of that
+  difficulty (hero header +0xed + d); the game counts it per difficulty, so
+  the next difficulty closes in both campaigns unless a world keeps it open.
+
+### Character window (cUI_Character)
 
-- Before each scan (0x71e330) one preview `GAMEnn.PAK` per character is
-  written into `_work` (header, thumbnail, world time, description
-  "Name - Klasse"); row nn = character nn. The preview's campaign field is
-  the running campaign, so the window lists every character. The row's
-  second line (call 0x71db2a to SetText 0x736f00) shows
-  "Stufe N - Campaign - difficulty".
-- Laden (action 4 / 0xb) opens the world dialog when there is more than one
-  choice: per campaign worlds, newer autosaves "(Autosave)", and "(neu)" for
-  every difficulty without a world up to the highest open one (needs the
-  shared hero; not in multiplayer, byte 0x182cb6c). Open: Bronze and Silber,
-  every difficulty up to the highest with a world in either campaign, and the
-  one after each difficulty whose story the shared hero completed (hero
-  header +0xed..). `g_campaign` is set to the chosen world's before loading
-  or starting.
-- "Neuer Charakter" (two places below Löschen; main menu only) asks for the
-  campaign, sets `g_campaign`, hides the window and shows UI_CHARACTER (the
-  game's character creation, as the main menu's campaign entries did). The
-  first save makes the character file.
 - Vanilla made no new heroes for the Underworld: `cUI_Character::Show`
   (vf24 0x70e2a0) switches to mode 7 in single player with `g_campaign` 1
   (0x70e3e8), the import of an exported hero of level 25+ (0x70eedc); with no
@@ -209,30 +238,6 @@ keeping the gap before "Beenden".
 - Class selection without "Importieren" (request 2026-10-20): button +0x3a0
   (caption UI_IMPORT in modes 0/1); its modes-0/1 draw (0x70f67e) is removed,
   its click (0x70eab4 / 0x70eac7, SetMode(7)) jumps to the handler's end.
-- Load window without "Speichern" (request 2026-10-20; saving is direct):
-  button +0x820 (action 1, disabled in load mode, so its click falls through)
-  is not drawn (jump over 0x71ddbc); Löschen (+0x8dc) takes its rect, our
-  buttons follow below it.
-- "Umbenennen" (below Löschen; not for the character being played) asks for
-  a name; keys go to the field through the input key capture. The name is
-  only in the hero header chunk 0xc3 (+8, UTF-16, 0x40 chars): rewritten in
-  the hero, every world and the autosave, plus `meta.name`. Confirmed: the
-  game loads renamed characters without complaint.
-- Dialog buttons are cUI_Button2 copies of the load button
-  (`game::NewButtonLike`); their captions are our own text ids with
-  overrides (texts.cpp checks overrides for our ids too).
-
-- "Zurücksetzen" (below Umbenennen; a selected character with the shared
-  hero and a world, not the one being played) lists the character's worlds,
-  then asks "<Welt> zurücksetzen?". A reset (decided 2026-10-20) removes the
-  world section (a copy goes to `charactersdeletedCharacterNN.sacredK.<section>.PAK`)
-  and an autosave of that world, and clears the shared hero's story
-  completion of that difficulty (hero header +0xed + d); the game counts it
-  per difficulty, so the next difficulty closes in both campaigns unless a
-  world keeps it open. The hero keeps everything else.
-- The dialog is one generic list: each kind fills a title and entries
-  (FillDialog), "Abbrechen" last.
-
 ### Load
 
 `cEngine::Load` (0x61b790) of a listed row: the chosen world and the hero are
@@ -265,7 +270,8 @@ Silent autosave: 10 minutes after the last save of any kind (or the game's
 start), `SaveOnTick` does the direct save marked as an autosave, so it goes
 into the autosave file. While a window is open or a save runs it waits for
 the next tick. A character never saved yet gets its character file from it.
-Interval: `sacredK.ini` `[characters] AutosaveMinutes` (default 10, 0 off).
+Interval: options window, *Allgemein*, *Autosave (Min.)* (docs/options.md); kept in
+`sacredK.ini` `[characters] AutosaveMinutes` (default 10, 0 off).
 
 Direct save (K key, Esc menu "Speichern"): on the next engine tick, as the
 quicksave does (0x618ebb): `cUI_Manager::CanOpenWindow` (0x75a690),
@@ -299,5 +305,6 @@ kept, the newest file overall is the shared hero.
 
 ## Open
 
-- Quickload (row 0) does not know characters.
+- Quickload (row 0) does not know characters (not needed, user 2026-10-20).
+- Spielen screen: a render of the hero; scrolling the list beyond 9 characters.
 - Multiplayer (see `todo.md`).

docs/options.md

@@ -117,3 +117,18 @@ choice (PICKUPAUTO radio buttons, their labels, the separator; matched by
 pointer and control name at +0x30) is never shown, a framed table below the
 auto-pickup frame sets a mode per category. Its frame is made like the key
 page's (`AddFrame`).
+
+## Allgemein: autosave interval (2026-10-20)
+
+Request: the silent autosave's interval (docs/characters.md, Save) settable
+in the options, not only in `sacredK.ini`. The general frame moved up into
+the auto-pickup frame's place; it is taller than the frames beside it, so the
+new frame goes below the lowest frame of the left column. It copies the
+right column's lowest frame (Internet-Optionen): its height and the gap the
+right column leaves between its frames, measured from the window's frames
+when it is made (a lower frame broke its side ornaments, a smaller gap joined
+the borders: screenshots 2026-10-20). One row *Autosave (Min.)*: Aus / 5 /
+10 / 15 / 30 (the key page's box colour is not seen on the dark backdrop: a
+lighter one). A click selects, OK writes
+`[characters] AutosaveMinutes` (`characters::SetAutosaveMinutes`, the timer
+uses it at once), Cancel drops it.

docs/screens.md

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# 16:9 menu screens
+
+Request (2026-10-20): the game's menu screens are laid out for 1024x768; we
+design our own UIs for them. There is no 16:9 artwork for the game, so the
+background is our own (option 3 of the ones discussed: dark, no picture), and
+the approach is shared by all menu screens. Target: 16:9, 1920x1080, which is
+1365x768 in UI units; wider screens only get more background at the sides
+(not designed for ultrawide).
+
+## How a screen works
+
+- `mods/screen.{h,cpp}`: a screen replaces a full-screen window's drawing and
+  mouse handling. Its render hook calls `screen::Render(window, device, body,
+  context)`: the background across the whole render target, then the body in
+  canvas coordinates (1365x768, centred: `hud::RenderCanvas`, the HUD
+  layer's offset machinery with `Anchor::Canvas`; drawing, the cursor and the
+  window's hit tests shifted alike). Mouse events go through `screen::Handle`
+  (`hud::HandleCanvas`). Keys stay the window's.
+- In the main menu the game renders a classic 1024x768 frame (presented 4:3).
+  While a screen's window is shown, `widescreen::SetWideMenuScreen` makes the
+  menu thread render and present the full width.
+- Parts: `screen::Panel` (dark backdrop and the game's frame, `cUI_Frame`,
+  game/ui/frame.h, made anew when its rect changes), `screen::Button` (a
+  button of the game's with the look of one of the window's,
+  `game::NewButtonLike`), `screen::Text`, `screen::Fill`,
+  `screen::DoubleClick`. Spacing constants from measurements: frames reach
+  0x20 beyond their rects and need a height of about 0x40, buttons reach 0x21.
+  Frames are built of 64-unit pieces: widths and heights in steps of 64
+  (`screen::kFrameStep`), other sizes leave gaps (screenshot 2026-10-20).
+- Fonts (logged 2026-10-20): font 0 is another class (no line height field);
+  the TrueType fonts 1..7 have line heights 20, 19, 25, 31, 25, 28, 13.
+  Screens use font 1; 4 or 6 would suit headings.
+- Inside the canvas scope the HUD layer does not stretch "full 1024 layout"
+  quads (`g_canvasScope`).
+
+## Screens
+
+- Spielen (the load window, cUI_Savegame): docs/characters.md, "Spielen
+  screen".

docs/todo.md

@@ -184,12 +184,10 @@ From the characters rework (`docs/characters.md`, request of 2026-10-19):
   are one byte per difficulty in cStatsManager +0x5704 (read 0x424be0) and
   travel in the save header (+0x88..+0x98) and the hero file. Done
   2026-10-20 (docs/characters.md).
-- **Autosave interval in the options window** (now only
+- **Autosave interval in the options window.** Done 2026-10-20: Allgemein
-  `sacredK.ini` `[characters] AutosaveMinutes`).
+  page, "Spielstände" frame (docs/options.md).
-- **Quickload (row 0) does not know characters.** Ctrl+Z saves into the
+- Quickload (row 0, `GAME00.PAK`) does not know characters; not needed
-  current character, but the quickload event (0x116, engine +0x68 = row,
+  (user, 2026-10-20).
-  flag 0x200) loads `GAME00.PAK`, which is not listed; make it reload the
-  current character's world (or its newer autosave).
 
 ## Two saves in a row (2026-10-20, not reproduced)
 
@@ -200,10 +198,20 @@ flag 0x40 is set in cEngine::ReceiveEvent at 0x618876 (quicksave),
 log of the event that sets the flag (dwords 0..9) did not catch it again;
 add it back if it shows.
 
+Once (2026-10-20, not reproduced) an autosave seemed to fire right after a
+new world started through the hero chain (Character08: hero world loaded,
+then the new world). The log of that run had no save at all; the timed
+autosave counts from the game start (OnGameStart).
+
 ## Savegames screen redesign ("Spielen")
 
 Asked 2026-10-20: redesign the load window (cUI_Savegame, the "Spielen"
 screen, characters.cpp): show a render of the selected character, use the
-space far better. The user looks for 16:9 artwork so the screens can be
+space far better. No 16:9 artwork exists for the game (user, 2026-10-20):
-widened beyond the 1024 frame (now drawn in a centred 1024x768 viewport with
+we design our own UIs, using the width beyond the 1024 frame (now drawn in
-black sides, hud.cpp FrameScope).
+a centred 1024x768 viewport with black sides, hud.cpp FrameScope). Design
+for 16:9 (1920x1080, 1365x768 UI units), not ultrawide (user). Screen done
+2026-10-20 (docs/characters.md, "Spielen screen"; docs/screens.md). Open:
+the render of the selected hero (the hero panel shows text only; reuse
+cUI_Character's 3D hero?), list scrolling beyond 9 characters, larger
+heading font.

src/game/ui/draw.h

@@ -19,18 +19,35 @@ struct ScreenVertex {
     float u, v;
 };
 
-// Fills (x0, y0)-(x1, y1) with the ARGB colour `color`.
+// Fills (x0, y0)-(x1, y1), ARGB colours per corner: top left, top right,
-inline void FillRect(void* device, float x0, float y0, float x1, float y1, uint32_t color) {
+// bottom left, bottom right (blended between them).
+inline void FillCorners(void* device, float x0, float y0, float x1, float y1, uint32_t topLeft, uint32_t topRight,
+                        uint32_t bottomLeft, uint32_t bottomRight) {
     void** vtable = *static_cast<void***>(device);
     using SetTextureFn = HRESULT(__stdcall*)(void*, DWORD, void*);
     using DrawPrimitiveFn = HRESULT(__stdcall*)(void*, DWORD, DWORD, void*, DWORD, DWORD);
     reinterpret_cast<SetTextureFn>(vtable[kDeviceSetTexture])(device, 0, nullptr);
-    ScreenVertex quad[4] = {{x0, y0, 0, 1, color, 0, 0, 0},
+    ScreenVertex quad[4] = {{x0, y0, 0, 1, topLeft, 0, 0, 0},
-                            {x1, y0, 0, 1, color, 0, 1, 0},
+                            {x1, y0, 0, 1, topRight, 0, 1, 0},
-                            {x0, y1, 0, 1, color, 0, 0, 1},
+                            {x0, y1, 0, 1, bottomLeft, 0, 0, 1},
-                            {x1, y1, 0, 1, color, 0, 1, 1}};
+                            {x1, y1, 0, 1, bottomRight, 0, 1, 1}};
     reinterpret_cast<DrawPrimitiveFn>(vtable[kDeviceDrawPrimitive])(device, kTriangleStrip, kFvfScreenColourTexture,
                                                                      quad, 4, 0);
 }
 
+// Fills (x0, y0)-(x1, y1) with the ARGB colour `color`.
+inline void FillRect(void* device, float x0, float y0, float x1, float y1, uint32_t color) {
+    FillCorners(device, x0, y0, x1, y1, color, color, color, color);
+}
+
+// Top to bottom from `top` to `bottom`.
+inline void FillVertical(void* device, float x0, float y0, float x1, float y1, uint32_t top, uint32_t bottom) {
+    FillCorners(device, x0, y0, x1, y1, top, top, bottom, bottom);
+}
+
+// Left to right from `left` to `right`.
+inline void FillHorizontal(void* device, float x0, float y0, float x1, float y1, uint32_t left, uint32_t right) {
+    FillCorners(device, x0, y0, x1, y1, left, right, left, right);
+}
+
 } // namespace game

src/game/ui/frame.h

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+// cUI_Frame (vtable 0x8955ac, 0xe0 bytes): the game's ornate frame. Its
+// constructor (0x739f90, thiscall (name, type, rect*, 1), ret 0x10) places the
+// border pieces once, around `rect`: a frame is not moved afterwards, a new one
+// is made instead. Its render (0x73a540) draws while +0xdc is set (1 from the
+// constructor), not by the visible flag. Type 1 is the windows' main frame
+// (cUI_Options 0x7184e0). Its ornaments reach about 0x20 beyond the rect, and
+// it needs a height of about 0x40 for its side pieces to join (measured on the
+// options window, 2026-10-20).
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include "game/ui/tabs.h"
+#include "game/ui/text.h"
+
+namespace game {
+
+constexpr uint32_t kFrameVtable = 0x008955ac;
+constexpr size_t kFrameSize = 0xe0;
+constexpr size_t kFrameDrawn = 0xdc;
+constexpr uint32_t kFrameMain = 1;
+constexpr int kFrameMinHeight = 0x40;
+
+// A new frame around `rect` (relative to the parent it is added to, or the
+// screen without one); null if out of memory.
+inline uint8_t* NewFrame(const char* name, UiRect rect, uint32_t type = kFrameMain) {
+    void* memory = GameNew(kFrameSize);
+    if (!memory) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    using FrameFn = uint8_t*(__fastcall*)(void*, void*, const char*, uint32_t, UiRect*, uint32_t);
+    return reinterpret_cast<FrameFn>(0x00739f90)(memory, nullptr, name, type, &rect, 1);
+}
+
+} // namespace game

src/mods/characters.h

@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ namespace mods::characters {
 // save window (on the next engine tick).
 void RequestSave();
 
+// Minutes between silent autosaves (0: off); sacredK.ini [characters]
+// AutosaveMinutes, set on the options window's Allgemein page.
+int AutosaveMinutes();
+void SetAutosaveMinutes(int minutes);
+
 } // namespace mods::characters

src/mods/hud.cpp

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "game/addresses.h"
 #include "game/render/dx_driver7.h"
 #include "game/ui/events.h"
+#include "mods/hud.h"
 #include "mods/widescreen.h"
 #include "re/config.h"
 #include "re/hook.h"
@@ -47,11 +48,15 @@ thread_local bool g_eventShifted = false;
 
 
 // Screen: laid out across the whole render width by its mod (drawn unshifted).
-enum class Anchor { Center, Right, Screen };
+// Canvas: a 16:9 screen (kCanvasWidth), centred.
+enum class Anchor { Center, Right, Screen, Canvas };
 
 int OffsetFor(Anchor anchor) {
     static const bool enabled = re::ConfigInt("hud", "Enabled", 1) != 0;
     const int width = mods::widescreen::RenderWidth();
+    if (anchor == Anchor::Canvas) {
+        return width > kCanvasWidth ? (width - kCanvasWidth) / 2 : 0;
+    }
     if (!enabled || width <= kLayoutWidth || mods::widescreen::IsClassicFrame() ||
         mods::widescreen::MenuIsShowing() || anchor == Anchor::Screen) {
         return 0;
@@ -341,6 +346,9 @@ size_t VertexSize(DWORD fvf) {
     return size;
 }
 
+// A 16:9 screen draws (RenderCanvas): no 1024 layout to stretch.
+thread_local bool g_canvasScope = false;
+
 // Returns vertices shifted by g_offsetX, or the input when nothing to do.
 // Primitives covering the whole 1024x768 layout (e.g. the dimming behind
 // modal dialogs) are stretched across the render width instead.
@@ -359,7 +367,7 @@ void* ShiftVertices(DWORD fvf, void* vertices, DWORD count) {
         minY = std::min(minY, position[1]);
         maxY = std::max(maxY, position[1]);
     }
-    const bool fullLayout = minX <= 0.5f && maxX >= kLayoutWidth - 0.5f && minY <= 0.5f && maxY >= 767.5f;
+    const bool fullLayout = !g_canvasScope && minX <= 0.5f && maxX >= kLayoutWidth - 0.5f && minY <= 0.5f && maxY >= 767.5f;
     const float scale = static_cast<float>(mods::widescreen::RenderWidth()) / kLayoutWidth;
     for (DWORD i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
         auto* x = reinterpret_cast<float*>(buffer.data() + stride * i);
@@ -788,6 +796,24 @@ int HandleCentred(void* event, int (*body)(void* context), void* context) {
     return body(context);
 }
 
+int CanvasOffsetX() {
+    return OffsetFor(Anchor::Canvas);
+}
+
+int RenderCanvas(void* window, int (*body)(void* context), void* context) {
+    DrawOffset offset(window, OffsetFor(Anchor::Canvas));
+    const bool outer = !g_canvasScope;
+    g_canvasScope = true;
+    const int result = body(context);
+    g_canvasScope = !outer;
+    return result;
+}
+
+int HandleCanvas(void* event, int (*body)(void* context), void* context) {
+    EventOffset offset(event, OffsetFor(Anchor::Canvas));
+    return body(context);
+}
+
 } // namespace mods::hud
 
 namespace game {

src/mods/hud.h

@@ -30,4 +30,14 @@ int HandleCentred(void* event, int (*body)(void* context), void* context);
 // with a viewport on it (as the save game and export screens).
 int RenderFramed(void* window, void* device, int (*body)(void* context), void* context);
 
+// 16:9 screens (mods/screen.h): laid out on a 1365x768 canvas, centred in
+// the render width. RenderCanvas / HandleCanvas run body(context) with drawing,
+// cursor and mouse events in canvas coordinates; CanvasOffsetX is the canvas'
+// left edge in the render target.
+constexpr int kCanvasWidth = 1365;
+constexpr int kCanvasHeight = 768;
+int CanvasOffsetX();
+int RenderCanvas(void* window, int (*body)(void* context), void* context);
+int HandleCanvas(void* event, int (*body)(void* context), void* context);
+
 } // namespace mods::hud

src/mods/options.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Options window in three tabs: Allgemein, Beute, Tastenbelegung (request of
-// 2026-10-18). Beute holds the game's auto-pickup settings (first iteration:
+// 2026-10-18). Allgemein also gets the autosave interval (characters.cpp);
+// Beute holds the game's auto-pickup settings (first iteration:
 // moved there from the common page); Tastenbelegung sets the key bindings of
 // mods/input.cpp, which had only been settable in sacredK.ini.
 //
@@ -32,9 +33,11 @@
 #include "game/ui/control.h"
 #include "game/ui/draw.h"
 #include "game/ui/events.h"
+#include "game/ui/frame.h"
 #include "game/ui/tabs.h"
 #include "game/ui/text.h"
 #include "game/ui/texts.h"
+#include "mods/characters.h"
 #include "mods/hud.h"
 #include "mods/input.h"
 #include "mods/lootfilter.h"
@@ -55,21 +58,15 @@ constexpr size_t kOkButton = 0x15c;
 constexpr size_t kPickupRadios[] = {0x16c, 0x170, 0x174};
 constexpr const char* kPickupControlNames[] = {"UI_LABEL_COLLECT", "UI_FRAME_SEP_AUTOCOLLECT"};
 constexpr size_t kControlName = 0x30;  // char[32], set by 0x732090
-// cUI_Frame (vtable 0x8955ac): its render (0x73a540) doesn't test the visible
+// cUI_Frame (game/ui/frame.h) draws by +0xdc, not by the visible flag.
-// flag but +0xdc (set to 1 by its constructors, read nowhere else).
-constexpr uint32_t kFrameVtable = 0x008955ac;
-constexpr size_t kFrameDrawn = 0xdc;
 // The key bindings page gets a translucent backdrop and a frame per column,
 // made as 0x7184e0 makes the others: cUI_Window2 0x724ed0 (rect*, colour;
-// ret 8) adds a backdrop (cUI_Static) to +0x90; frames are cUI_Frame
+// ret 8) adds a backdrop (cUI_Static) to +0x90; frames (game/ui/frame.h)
-// (0xe0 bytes, constructor 0x739f90 (name, type 1, rect*, 1), ret 0x10)
 // pushed onto +0x90 (vector push_back 0x6bcf50, (&pointer), ret 4).
 // (Drawing the existing ones at other rects did not fit: a frame's border
 // pieces keep the place they got when it was made.)
 constexpr uint32_t kBackdropColour = 0x9f000000;
 constexpr int kFrameBorder = 0x14;  // backdrop beyond the frame on each side
-constexpr size_t kFrameSize = 0xe0;
-constexpr uint32_t kMainFrame = 1;
 
 // Layout of 0x7184e0 (window coordinates): the frames' borders begin 0x14
 // left of / above the frame positions, their labels at y 0x20 / 0x100 / 0x1e0.
@@ -120,7 +117,7 @@ int32_t& ControlY(uint8_t* control) {
 }
 
 bool IsFrame(const uint8_t* control) {
-    return *reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(control) == kFrameVtable;
+    return *reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(control) == game::kFrameVtable;
 }
 
 // cUI_Scrollbar (vtable 0x895664, the volume and map transparency sliders):
@@ -224,7 +221,7 @@ void ShowPage(Window& w, uint16_t page) {
             c.hiddenByUs = false;
         }
         if (IsFrame(c.control)) {
-            c.control[kFrameDrawn] = show ? 1 : 0;
+            c.control[game::kFrameDrawn] = show ? 1 : 0;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -445,9 +442,8 @@ void AddFrame(uint8_t* window, game::UiRect frame, const char* name) {
                              static_cast<int16_t>(frame.h + 2 * kFrameBorder)};
     using AddBackdropFn = void(__fastcall*)(void*, void*, game::UiRect*, uint32_t);
     reinterpret_cast<AddBackdropFn>(0x00724ed0)(window, nullptr, &backdrop, kBackdropColour);
-    if (void* memory = game::GameNew(kFrameSize)) {
+    if (uint8_t* control = game::NewFrame(name, frame)) {
-        using FrameFn = void*(__fastcall*)(void*, void*, const char*, uint32_t, game::UiRect*, uint32_t);
+        PushControl(window, control);
-        PushControl(window, reinterpret_cast<FrameFn>(0x00739f90)(memory, nullptr, name, kMainFrame, &frame, 1));
     }
 }
 
@@ -567,6 +563,127 @@ void DrawLootPage(const Window& w, void* device) {
     }
 }
 
+// --- saves (Allgemein page) ------------------------------------------------------
+
+// The autosave interval (request of 2026-10-20), in the left column below
+// the general frame (moved up, it is taller than the frames beside it): a
+// frame of its own, as the right column's lowest frame (Internet-Optionen):
+// its height, and the gap the right column has between its frames, both
+// measured when the window is made. (A frame lower than that breaks its
+// side ornaments; screenshots 2026-10-20.)
+constexpr int kSavesFallbackGap = 0x50;
+constexpr int16_t kSavesFallbackHeight = 0x40;
+constexpr int kSavesLabelWidth = 0x90;
+constexpr int kSavesBoxGap = 8;
+constexpr int kAutosaveChoices[] = {0, 5, 10, 15, 30};  // minutes, 0: off
+constexpr int kAutosaveChoiceCount = static_cast<int>(std::size(kAutosaveChoices));
+constexpr int kSavesBoxWidth =
+    (kFrameWidth - 2 * kTextInset - kSavesLabelWidth - (kAutosaveChoiceCount - 1) * kSavesBoxGap) /
+    kAutosaveChoiceCount;
+// Lighter than kBoxColour: on the frame's dark backdrop that one is not seen.
+constexpr uint32_t kSavesBoxColour = 0xc0303030;
+constexpr uint32_t kSavesBoxHoverColour = 0xc0484848;
+
+game::UiRect g_savesFrame = {kFrameX[0], 0, kFrameWidth, kSavesFallbackHeight};
+int g_autosavePending = 0;  // minutes until OK
+int g_savesHover = -1;      // choice under the mouse
+
+void CreateSavesControls(Window& w) {
+    int bottom = 0;
+    std::vector<game::UiRect> right;
+    for (const Control& c : w.controls) {
+        if (c.group != Group::Common || !IsFrame(c.control)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        const game::UiRect rect = *reinterpret_cast<const game::UiRect*>(c.control + game::kControlRect);
+        if (ControlX(c.control) < kColumnSplit) {
+            bottom = std::max(bottom, rect.y + rect.h);
+        } else if (rect.w == kFrameWidth) {
+            right.push_back(rect);  // the main frames, not their label plates (200 wide)
+        }
+    }
+    // The lowest frame and the nearest one ending above it. (Measured: the
+    // right column's frames are 384 wide at y 88, 312, 536, 128 / 128 / 64
+    // high: gaps of 96. Their label plates are frames too, 200 wide.)
+    std::sort(right.begin(), right.end(), [](const game::UiRect& a, const game::UiRect& b) { return a.y < b.y; });
+    int gap = kSavesFallbackGap;
+    if (!right.empty()) {
+        const game::UiRect& lowest = right.back();
+        int aboveBottom = -1;
+        for (const game::UiRect& r : right) {
+            if (r.y + r.h <= lowest.y) {
+                aboveBottom = std::max(aboveBottom, r.y + r.h);
+            }
+        }
+        if (aboveBottom >= 0) {
+            gap = lowest.y - aboveBottom;
+        }
+        g_savesFrame.h = lowest.h;
+    }
+    g_savesFrame.y = bottom + gap;
+    const size_t existing = ControlCount(w.window);
+    AddFrame(w.window, g_savesFrame, "UI_FRAME_SAVES");
+    AssignFrom(w, existing, Group::Common);
+}
+
+game::UiRect SavesRowRect(void* window, int dx, int width) {
+    const game::UiRect origin = game::ControlScreenRect(window);
+    return {origin.x + g_savesFrame.x + kTextInset + dx, origin.y + g_savesFrame.y + (g_savesFrame.h - kBoxHeight) / 2,
+            static_cast<int16_t>(width), static_cast<int16_t>(kBoxHeight)};
+}
+
+game::UiRect SavesBoxRect(void* window, int choice) {
+    return SavesRowRect(window, kSavesLabelWidth + choice * (kSavesBoxWidth + kSavesBoxGap), kSavesBoxWidth);
+}
+
+int SavesBoxAt(void* window, int x, int y) {
+    for (int choice = 0; choice < kAutosaveChoiceCount; ++choice) {
+        if (game::Inside(SavesBoxRect(window, choice), x, y)) {
+            return choice;
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+void DrawSaves(const Window& w, void* device) {
+    void* window = w.window;
+    game::DrawText(device, kFont, game::CenterLineVertically(kFont, SavesRowRect(window, 0, kSavesLabelWidth)),
+                   L"Autosave (Min.)", kTextColour, 0);
+    for (int choice = 0; choice < kAutosaveChoiceCount; ++choice) {
+        const game::UiRect box = SavesBoxRect(window, choice);
+        const int minutes = kAutosaveChoices[choice];
+        FillBox(device, box,
+                g_autosavePending == minutes ? kBoxSelectedColour
+                : g_savesHover == choice     ? kSavesBoxHoverColour
+                                             : kSavesBoxColour);
+        const std::wstring text = minutes ? std::to_wstring(minutes) : L"Aus";
+        game::DrawText(device, kFont, game::CenterLineVertically(kFont, box), text.c_str(), kTextColour,
+                       game::kTextCenter);
+    }
+}
+
+bool HandleSavesEvent(Window& w, void* event) {
+    switch (game::MouseEventKind(event)) {
+    case game::MouseEvent::Move:
+        g_savesHover = SavesBoxAt(w.window, game::EventField(event, 0xc), game::EventField(event, 0x10));
+        return false;
+    case game::MouseEvent::ButtonDown: {
+        if (game::EventField(event, game::kMouseButton) != game::kLeftButton) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const int box = SavesBoxAt(w.window, game::EventField(event, game::kMouseButtonX),
+                                   game::EventField(event, game::kMouseButtonY));
+        if (box < 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        g_autosavePending = kAutosaveChoices[box];
+        return true;
+    }
+    default:
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
 // --- hooks ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 struct RenderCall {
@@ -588,6 +705,7 @@ int RenderBody(void* context) {
     if (visible && !w->wasVisible) {
         LoadPending();
         LoadLootPending();
+        g_autosavePending = mods::characters::AutosaveMinutes();
     }
     w->wasVisible = visible;
     const uint16_t page = game::ActiveTab(w->sheet);
@@ -600,6 +718,9 @@ int RenderBody(void* context) {
     if (!visible || page != kPageLoot) {
         g_lootHover = -1;
     }
+    if (!visible || page != kPageCommon) {
+        g_savesHover = -1;
+    }
     if (!visible) {
         return result;
     }
@@ -608,6 +729,8 @@ int RenderBody(void* context) {
         DrawKeysPage(*w, call->device);
     } else if (page == kPageLoot && g_pendingLoaded) {
         DrawLootPage(*w, call->device);
+    } else if (page == kPageCommon && g_pendingLoaded) {
+        DrawSaves(*w, call->device);
     }
     return result;
 }
@@ -649,6 +772,10 @@ int EventBody(void* context) {
         g_pendingLoaded && HandleLootEvent(*w, call->event)) {
         return 1;
     }
+    if (w && w->sheet && game::ControlShown(call->window) && game::ActiveTab(w->sheet) == kPageCommon &&
+        g_pendingLoaded && HandleSavesEvent(*w, call->event)) {
+        return 1;
+    }
     if (w && w->sheet && game::ControlShown(call->window) && game::ActiveTab(w->sheet) == kPageKeys &&
         g_pendingLoaded) {
         switch (game::MouseEventKind(call->event)) {
@@ -704,6 +831,7 @@ void* __fastcall UiOptions_Construct(void* self, void* edx, const char* name, Ui
         Classify(w);
         CreateKeyControls(w);
         CreateLootControls(w);
+        CreateSavesControls(w);
         CreateTabs(w);
         re::Log("options: tabs created (%u controls)", static_cast<unsigned>(w.controls.size()));
     }
@@ -744,6 +872,7 @@ void __fastcall UiOptions_Apply(void* self, void* edx) {
     if (g_pendingLoaded) {
         mods::input::SetBindingKeys(g_pending);
         mods::lootfilter::SetModes(g_lootPending);
+        mods::characters::SetAutosaveMinutes(g_autosavePending);
     }
 }
 

src/mods/screen.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+// 16:9 menu screens (mods/screen.h, docs/screens.md).
+
+#include "mods/screen.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <set>
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#include "game/ui/button.h"
+#include "game/ui/control.h"
+#include "game/ui/draw.h"
+#include "game/ui/events.h"
+#include "game/ui/frame.h"
+#include "game/ui/texts.h"
+#include "mods/widescreen.h"
+
+namespace mods::screen {
+namespace {
+
+// Background (decided 2026-10-20: our own, no picture): dark, a little warm
+// at the top, darker towards the bottom and the sides.
+constexpr uint32_t kBackgroundTop = 0xff1c1712;
+constexpr uint32_t kBackgroundBottom = 0xff070605;
+constexpr uint32_t kVignette = 0xa0000000;
+constexpr int kVignetteWidth = 240;
+constexpr uint32_t kPanelBackdrop = 0xb4000000;
+constexpr int kHeadingHeight = 30;
+
+// Frames drawn so far, to tell a button drawn this frame (events come between
+// frames).
+std::atomic<unsigned> g_frame{1};
+
+// The windows whose screen is shown: the menu thread renders the full width
+// while any is.
+std::mutex g_shownLock;
+std::set<const void*> g_shown;
+
+void NoteShown(const void* window, bool shown) {
+    std::lock_guard guard(g_shownLock);
+    if (shown) {
+        g_shown.insert(window);
+    } else {
+        g_shown.erase(window);
+    }
+    widescreen::SetWideMenuScreen(!g_shown.empty());
+}
+
+void DrawBackground(void* device) {
+    const float width = static_cast<float>(std::max(widescreen::RenderWidth(), kWidth));
+    const float height = static_cast<float>(kHeight);
+    game::FillVertical(device, 0, 0, width, height, kBackgroundTop, kBackgroundBottom);
+    game::FillHorizontal(device, 0, 0, kVignetteWidth, height, kVignette, 0);
+    game::FillHorizontal(device, width - kVignetteWidth, 0, width, height, 0, kVignette);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+int Render(void* window, void* device, int (*body)(void* context), void* context) {
+    const bool shown = game::ControlShown(window);
+    NoteShown(window, shown);
+    if (!shown || !device) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    ++g_frame;
+    DrawBackground(device);
+    return hud::RenderCanvas(window, body, context);
+}
+
+int Handle(void* event, int (*body)(void* context), void* context) {
+    return hud::HandleCanvas(event, body, context);
+}
+
+void Fill(void* device, const UiRect& r, uint32_t colour) {
+    game::FillRect(device, static_cast<float>(r.x), static_cast<float>(r.y), static_cast<float>(r.x + r.w),
+                   static_cast<float>(r.y + r.h), colour);
+}
+
+void Text(void* device, const UiRect& rect, const std::wstring& text, uint32_t colour, uint32_t flags) {
+    game::DrawText(device, kFont, game::CenterLineVertically(kFont, rect), text.c_str(), colour, flags);
+}
+
+UiRect Inset(const UiRect& r, int by) {
+    return {r.x + by, r.y + by, static_cast<int16_t>(r.w - 2 * by), static_cast<int16_t>(r.h - 2 * by)};
+}
+
+UiRect Panel::Draw(void* device, const UiRect& rect, const std::wstring& heading) {
+    if (!frame_ || rect.x != rect_.x || rect.y != rect_.y || rect.w != rect_.w || rect.h != rect_.h) {
+        if (frame_) {
+            game::DeleteControl(frame_);
+        }
+        frame_ = game::NewFrame(name_, rect);
+        rect_ = rect;
+    }
+    Fill(device, rect, kPanelBackdrop);
+    if (frame_) {
+        game::ControlRender(frame_, device);
+    }
+    UiRect content = Inset(rect, kPanelPadding);
+    if (!heading.empty()) {
+        Text(device, {content.x, content.y, content.w, kHeadingHeight}, heading, kHeadingColour);
+        content.y += kHeadingHeight;
+        content.h = static_cast<int16_t>(content.h - kHeadingHeight);
+    }
+    return content;
+}
+
+void Button::Draw(void* device, const uint8_t* model, const UiRect& rect) {
+    if (!control_) {
+        captionId_ = game::RegisterText(caption_.c_str());
+        control_ = game::NewButtonLike(model, rect, captionId_, name_);
+        if (!control_) {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    rect_ = rect;
+    *reinterpret_cast<UiRect*>(control_ + game::kControlRect) = rect;
+    game::ControlRender(control_, device);
+    drawnFrame_ = g_frame;
+}
+
+bool Button::Clicked(void* event) {
+    if (!control_ || drawnFrame_ != g_frame) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    game::ControlHandleEvent(control_, event);
+    return game::MouseEventKind(event) == game::MouseEvent::ButtonDown &&
+           game::EventField(event, game::kMouseButton) == game::kLeftButton &&
+           game::Inside(rect_, game::EventField(event, game::kMouseButtonX),
+                        game::EventField(event, game::kMouseButtonY));
+}
+
+void Button::SetCaption(const std::wstring& caption) {
+    caption_ = caption;
+    if (captionId_) {
+        game::SetTextOverride(captionId_, caption_);
+    }
+}
+
+int16_t ButtonHeight(const uint8_t* model) {
+    return reinterpret_cast<const UiRect*>(model + game::kControlRect)->h;
+}
+
+bool DoubleClick::Click(int target) {
+    const unsigned long now = GetTickCount();
+    const bool twice = target == last_ && now - at_ <= GetDoubleClickTime();
+    last_ = twice ? -1 : target;
+    at_ = now;
+    return twice;
+}
+
+} // namespace mods::screen

src/mods/screen.h

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#pragma once
+// 16:9 menu screens (request of 2026-10-20, docs/screens.md): a screen of our
+// own replaces a full-screen window of the game's (its render and mouse
+// handling), laid out on a 1365x768 canvas (1920x1080 in UI units), centred in
+// the render width; wider screens only get more background at the sides. The
+// look is the game's: its frames and buttons on a dark background of ours.
+//
+// A screen hooks its window's render and event methods and calls Render /
+// Handle with a body that draws / handles in canvas coordinates with the
+// helpers below.
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "game/ui/text.h"
+#include "mods/hud.h"
+
+namespace mods::screen {
+
+using game::UiRect;
+
+constexpr int kWidth = hud::kCanvasWidth;
+constexpr int kHeight = hud::kCanvasHeight;
+
+// Spacing: the game's frames reach about 0x20 beyond their rects, buttons
+// about 0x21 (measured on the options window).
+constexpr int kFrameOrnament = 0x20;
+// The frames are made of pieces of 64: other sizes leave gaps (the game's
+// frames are 384x128, 384x64; screenshot 2026-10-20).
+constexpr int kFrameStep = 64;
+constexpr int kButtonOrnament = 0x21;
+constexpr int kMargin = kFrameOrnament + 16;           // canvas edge to a panel's rect
+constexpr int kPanelGap = 96;  // between two panels' rects, as the options window's columns
+constexpr int kPanelPadding = 16;                      // panel rect to its content
+
+constexpr uint16_t kFont = 1;
+constexpr uint32_t kTextColour = 0xffe6d6aa;     // as the options' texts
+constexpr uint32_t kHeadingColour = 0xfff0c060;  // as the options' headings
+constexpr uint32_t kDimColour = 0xff8c8474;
+constexpr uint32_t kRowColour = 0x40302418;
+constexpr uint32_t kRowHoverColour = 0x80403020;
+constexpr uint32_t kRowSelectedColour = 0xc0604818;
+
+// Draws the screen of `window`: the background across the whole render
+// target, then body(context) in canvas coordinates. While `window` is shown
+// the main menu thread renders the full width (widescreen::SetWideMenuScreen).
+int Render(void* window, void* device, int (*body)(void* context), void* context);
+// Runs body(context) with the event's mouse position in canvas coordinates.
+int Handle(void* event, int (*body)(void* context), void* context);
+
+void Fill(void* device, const UiRect& rect, uint32_t colour);
+// One line of text in `rect`, centred vertically (game::kTextCenter /
+// kTextRight for horizontal alignment).
+void Text(void* device, const UiRect& rect, const std::wstring& text, uint32_t colour, uint32_t flags = 0);
+
+UiRect Inset(const UiRect& rect, int by);
+
+// A panel: a dark backdrop with the game's frame around `rect` (made anew when
+// the rect changes) and an optional heading at its top.
+class Panel {
+public:
+    explicit Panel(const char* name) : name_(name) {}
+    // The content area below the heading.
+    UiRect Draw(void* device, const UiRect& rect, const std::wstring& heading = {});
+
+private:
+    const char* name_;
+    UiRect rect_ = {};
+    uint8_t* frame_ = nullptr;
+};
+
+// A button of the game's (look and sounds of `model`, a button of the
+// window), made on first use.
+class Button {
+public:
+    Button(const char* name, std::wstring caption) : name_(name), caption_(std::move(caption)) {}
+    void Draw(void* device, const uint8_t* model, const UiRect& rect);
+    // Passes the event to the button (pressed look, sound); true for a left
+    // click on it. Only for buttons drawn this frame.
+    bool Clicked(void* event);
+    void SetCaption(const std::wstring& caption);
+
+private:
+    const char* name_;
+    std::wstring caption_;
+    uint32_t captionId_ = 0;
+    uint8_t* control_ = nullptr;
+    UiRect rect_ = {};
+    unsigned drawnFrame_ = 0;
+};
+
+// Height of the model's buttons (as the window made them).
+int16_t ButtonHeight(const uint8_t* model);
+
+// Two clicks on the same thing within the system's double-click time.
+class DoubleClick {
+public:
+    bool Click(int target);
+
+private:
+    int last_ = -1;
+    unsigned long at_ = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace mods::screen

src/mods/widescreen.cpp

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ std::atomic<DWORD> g_menuThread = 0;
 // menu is showing. UI input is processed outside the menu thread.
 std::atomic<bool> g_lastSceneClassic = false;
 thread_local int g_loadingScreenDepth = 0;
+std::atomic<bool> g_wideMenuScreen = false;
 
 // D3DVIEWPORT7 (d3d.h is not in current Windows SDKs).
 struct Viewport7 {
@@ -346,7 +347,11 @@ bool IsClassicFrame() {
     if (g_renderWidth == 0) {
         return false;
     }
-    return g_loadingScreenDepth > 0 || GetCurrentThreadId() == g_menuThread.load();
+    return g_loadingScreenDepth > 0 || (GetCurrentThreadId() == g_menuThread.load() && !g_wideMenuScreen);
+}
+
+void SetWideMenuScreen(bool shown) {
+    g_wideMenuScreen = shown;
 }
 
 } // namespace mods::widescreen

src/mods/widescreen.h

@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ int RenderWidth();
 // regardless of the calling thread.
 bool MenuIsShowing();
 
+// While a 16:9 menu screen (mods/screen.h) is shown from the main menu, the
+// menu thread renders and presents the full render size instead of the
+// classic 1024x768.
+void SetWideMenuScreen(bool shown);
+
 } // namespace mods::widescreen