Scene Editor

Once the entities (*.ent files) are ready, the Scene Editor is used to compose complex scenes.

Features:

• Use the entity selection bar on the bottom of the screen or roll the mouse wheel to browse existing entities
• Left-click anywhere to place the entity where the cursor is
• Right-click anywhere to switch to entity selection mode
• Once in selection mode, left-click any entity in scene to select it
• Drag and drop any selected entity to move it
• Press Delete to remove the selected entity from scene
• While in the entity placing mode, Hold SHIFT to align it as a tile map
• Press 'F' to change the starting frame from the selected entity (if it has animation)
• Hit 'Q' and 'W' keys to rotate entities before placing them.

File Menu:

• New: clear scene and starts a new one.
• Open: open a scene.
• Save: saves scene.
• Save as...: save scene as...
• Go to project manager: sends the user back to the project manager.

Right panel:

Lighting mode:

• Pixel shaded: enables per-pixel lighting (if supported).
• Vertex shaded: enables per-vertex lighting.

Tools

• Place entity: activates the entity browsing and placing mode.
• Select entity: activates the entity selection mode.
• Ambient R/G/B: ambient light color.
• Light intensity: multiply the intensity of every light source in scene.
• Parallax: parallax effect intensity in scene. Parallax enhances 2D sprites depth feel according to entity's z-position.
• Z-axis dir x/y: vector that represents the direction of the z-axis. The default vector is vector2(0,-1). These fields will be visible only if the "Show advanced options" field is active.
• Update lightmaps: recalculates all lightmaps for static entities.
• Update entities: updates all entities according to the last changes made to the original .ent files. Entities in scene whose original names were changed won't be automatically updated.
• Toggle static/dynamic: toggles the state of the selected entity between static and dynamic.
• Lock static entities: locks every static entity while in "Select entity" mode. Check this option to prevent static entities from being accidentally moved.
• Use static lightmaps: enables or disables pre-rendered static lightmaps.
• Show custom data: when active, shows all custom data stored in the entities.

"Select entity" mode:

While in selection mode, the entity ID will appear at the upper left corner of selected and highlighted entities.

"Place entity" mode:

• A: indicates that the entity has sound effects.
• B: indicates that there's a light here.
• C: indicates that there are particles here.

While browsing entities in the "Place entity" mode, symbols and mean that there's either a light source or a particle system attached to the entity.