Interface

The interface panel contains the following options:

  New World — create a new world. The default hotkey is CTRL+N.

  Open World — load the existing world or append it to the current one. The default hotkey is CTRL+O.

  Save World — save changes of the current world. The default hotkey is CTRL+S.

  Select Object — switch to the selection mode: select the object. The default hotkey is Z.

  Move Object — switch to the translate mode: move the selected object. The default hotkey is X.

  Rotate Object — switch to the rotation mode: rotate the selected object. The default hotkey is C.

  Scale Object — switch to the scale mode: scale the selected object. The default hotkey is V.

  Coordinate System — choose the coordinate system for further nodes transformation.

• World — world coordinates
• Parent — coordinates of the parent node according to the hierarchy
• Local — the local object coordinates

  Nodes Editor — open the Nodes panel. The default hotkey is N.

  Materials Editor — open the Materials editor. The default hotkey is M.

  Properties Editor — open the Properties editor. The default hotkey is O.

  Rendering Settings — open the Rendering settings panel. The default hotkey is R.

  Sound Settings — open the Sound settings panel. The default hotkey is ALT+S.

  Physics Settings — open the Physics settings panel. The default hotkey is P.

  Camera — open the Camera window, in which you can switch to the arbitrary camera.

  Tools - open the Tools panel. The default hotkey is T.

  Hot Keys — open the key bindings panel. The default hotkey is K.

  Text Editor — open the text editor. The default hotkey is CTRL+E.

  Track Editor — open the track editor.

  Play — play the world physics and animation.

  Nodes — add a node of the following types:

•   Add Dummy Node — add a dummy node.
•   Add Layer — add a layer node.
•   Add Pivot — add a pivot node.
•   Add Trigger — add a trigger node.
•   Add Node — import a node.
•   Add Node Reference — add a reference (an external file with a node extension) to the node.
•   Add Player — add a player node.

  Objects — add an object of the following types:

•   Add Static or Skinned Mesh — add a skinned or static mesh.
•   Add Dynamic Mesh — add a dynamic mesh.
•   Add Cluster — add a cluster mesh.
•   Add Clutter — add a clutter mesh.
•   Add Terrain — add a terrain.
•   Add Water — add water.
•   Add Sky — add sky.
•   Add Grass — add grass.
•   Add Billboard — add billboards.
•   Add Dummy Object — add a dummy object.

  Effects — add an effect of the following types:

•   Add Particles — add a particle system.
•   Add Volume — add a volumetric object (volume box, volume sphere, volume omni light or volume projected light).
•   Add GUI Object — add GUI object or add it to the chosen mesh.
•   Add Field — add a field.
•   Add Physical — add a physical effect to the scene.

  Light Sources — add a light source of the following types:

•   Add Light Probe — add a prob light source.
•   Add Light Spot — add a spot light source.
•   Add Light Omni — add an omni light source.
•   Add Light Proj — add a projected light source.
•   Add World Light — add a world light source.

  Decals — add a decal of the following types:

•   Add Object Decal — add an object decal.
•   Add Terrain Decal — add a terrain decal.
•   Add Deferred Decal — add a deferred decal.

  World Objects - add a world object of the following types:

•   Add World Layer — add a world layer.
•   Add World Sector — add a world sector.
•   Add World Portal — add a world portal.
•   Add World Trigger — add a world trigger.
•   Add World Cluster — add a world cluster.
•   Add World Clutter — add a world clutter.
•   Add World Switcher — add a world switcher.
•   Add World Occluder — add a world occluder or world mesh occluder from a specified mesh file.
•   Add World Transform — transform the child nodes according to the specified spline, bone or expression.
•   Add World Expression — add a world expression.

  Sound Objects — add a sound object of the following types:

•   Add Sound Source — add a sound source using a specified sound file.
•   Add Reverb — add a reverb sound source.

  Path Objects — add a path object of the following types:

•   Add Navigation Path — add a box shaped path navigation sector/mesh.
•   Add Obstacle — add an obstacle detected and bypassed during the path finding.

  Validate Current World — validate the current world and its references to external files.

  Quit from UnigineEditor — quit the Unigine Editor. The default hotkey is CTRL+Q.