TeamSpecBot: Level Editor: interface overview

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Level Editor: interface overview

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The Level Editor window has five parts: the '''top bar''' with the menus and the run buttons, the '''toolbar''' under it, the '''scene tree''' on the left, the '''viewport''' in the middle and the '''properties and tabs''' on the right. A '''status line''' runs along the bottom.

== Top bar ==
From left to right:
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! What it does
|-
| '''File''' || New, open, save, import and export. See [[Level Editor/Menus/File|File menu]].
|-
| '''Edit''' || Undo, delete, CSG, collision-only, displacements, click-through and snapping switches. See [[Level Editor/Menus/Edit|Edit menu]].
|-
| '''View''' || X-ray, grid, camera views, layout, what is drawn and how. See [[Level Editor/Menus/View|View menu]].
|-
| '''Tools''' || Hollow, Array Duplicate, Transform, Align, Distribute, selection helpers, Ruler and Cordon. See [[Level Editor/Menus/Tools|Tools menu]].
|-
| '''Functional''' || Places gameplay things: spawns, pickups, lights, water, sounds, platforms, tracks, doors, logic, the 3D skybox, nav regions. See [[Level Editor/Menus/Functional|Functional menu]].
|-
| '''Map Config''' || The map's gamemode scripts, environment and sun, lightmap baking and soundscape. See [[Level Editor/Map Config|Map Config]].
|-
| '''About''' || Who made the editor.
|-
| '''Help''' || Opens this wiki.
|-
| '''Settings''' || Editor preferences and key bindings. See [[Level Editor/Settings|Settings]].
|-
| '''Run''' || '''Run''' and '''Run (Console)''' start TeamSpec on a copy of the map. See [[Level Editor/Workflows/Playtesting|Playtesting]].
|-
| '''Quick Playtest / Apply''' || Starts a local playtest, or sends your changes to the one already running.
|-
| Mode list || '''Manual''', '''Selective live''' or '''Full live''': when changes reach a running playtest.
|-
| '''Disconnect Playtest''' || Stops the editor talking to the playtest and leaves the game open.
|}

== Toolbar ==
The toolbar holds every tool, in groups separated by thin lines. Click a tool to use it; click it again to put it down. Hover a button for a tooltip that explains the tool.

{| class="wikitable"
! Group !! Tools
|-
| Transform || [[Level Editor/Tools/Move, Rotate and Scale|Move, Rotate, Scale]]
|-
| Shapes || [[Level Editor/Tools/Box|Box]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Sphere|Sphere]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Cylinder|Cylinder]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Prism|Prism]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Stairs|Stairs]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Spiral Stairs|Spiral Stairs]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Spiral Tower|Spiral Tower]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Arch|Arch]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Path Brush|Path Brush]]
|-
| Terrain || [[Level Editor/Tools/Terrain|Create Terrain, Paint / Sculpt Terrain]]
|-
| Utilities || [[Level Editor/Tools/Clip|Clip]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Duplicate|Duplicate]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Ruler and Cordon|Ruler, Cordon]]
|-
| Mesh editing || [[Level Editor/Tools/Edit Vertex and Edge|Edit Vertex, Edit Edge]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Edit Face|Edit Face]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Loop Cut|Loop Cut]]
|-
| Painting and surfaces || [[Level Editor/Tools/Material Brush|Material Brush]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Vertex Color Brush|Vertex Color Brush]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Displacement|Displacement]], [[Level Editor/Tools/Plane|Plane]]
|}

The status line shows the tool you picked, for example ''Tool: Box''. The tools placed from the [[Level Editor/Menus/Functional|Functional menu]] (lights, spawns and so on) are tools too, without a toolbar button.

== Scene tree (left) ==
Every object in the map, in folders. The top row is the level itself. Click a row to select, drag rows to reorder or regroup, double-click to fly the camera there. See [[Level Editor/Panels/Scene tree|Scene tree]].

== Viewport (middle) ==
The 3D view of the map, or four views (3D, Top, Front, Side) with '''View > Layout: Four Views'''. See [[Level Editor/Viewport and camera|Viewport and camera]].

== Right side ==
The right side is split in two.

'''Top half:'''
* '''Tool Properties''': the settings of the tool you are using, such as a box's collision or the stairs' step height. Each tool page lists them.
* '''Selection Properties''': the [[Level Editor/Panels/Inspector|inspector]] for what is selected. Change a value here and it changes on every selected object.

'''Bottom half''', a row of tabs:
{| class="wikitable"
! Tab !! For
|-
| '''Materials''' || Browse, apply, create and edit materials. See [[Level Editor/Panels/Materials|Materials]].
|-
| '''Snapping''' || Grid step and the snapping switches. See [[Level Editor/Panels/Snapping|Snapping]].
|-
| '''UV Editor''' || Move, turn and scale the texture on selected faces. See [[Level Editor/Panels/UV editor|UV editor]].
|-
| '''Displacement''' || Paint material layers on displacements. See [[Level Editor/Panels/Displacement|Displacement]].
|-
| '''Props''' || Browse and place models. See [[Level Editor/Panels/Props|Props]].
|-
| '''Terrain''' || Sculpt and paint terrain. See [[Level Editor/Panels/Terrain|Terrain]].
|}

Drag the splitters between the panels to resize them.

== Status line and notices ==
* The '''status line''' at the bottom left reports what just happened: the tool you picked, ''Saved map to: ...'', why an action did nothing (''Select 2 or more brushes to merge''), playtest progress. When something seems to do nothing, read it first.
* The bottom right briefly shows when auto-save ran.
* '''⚠ Unsaved Project!''' ''Save your project to enable auto-save'' appears on a map that has never been saved. Click '''×''' to hide it.
* '''⚠ Missing assets''' ''This map references assets that are not there'' appears when the map uses a model, material or texture that cannot be found. '''Repair...''' opens the Missing Assets dialog; '''×''' hides the notice. See [[Level Editor/Workflows/Custom assets#Missing assets|Missing assets]].

The window title shows the map's folder name, with a mark while there are unsaved changes.

== Related pages ==
* [[Level Editor/Getting started|Getting started]]
* [[Level Editor/Keyboard shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]]

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