Toolbars in idstudio

This guide will briefly go over the idStudio main menu and the button shortcuts for the World Edit and Mega Edit windows.

 

World Edit

Main Menu

File

Open and save maps, and exit editor

Edit

Undo, Copy, Paste, and User Preferences

View

Hide or Show various elements in the editor. Recover Tool Windows. Also hosts some view options, such as center on selected, zoom

Selection

Find, select, and transform entities and targets you have selected

Build

Build and rebuilding options

Grid

Grid options

Misc

Miscellaneous options such as finding and replacing brushes or textures, scaling and selecting entity colors, and locking Texture Moves and Rotations

Colors

Beautify your interface

Region

Set brush options

Brush

This menu hosts the different brush variations, such as 3 - 9 sided brushes, and cone and sphere

Spline

Edit and add points to a spline, and other spline options

Tools

Open the various Editors, reload Decls/Images/Models/Script/VirtualMaterials. Also contains the Options Link

idStudio

Help link, Open Tool Windows, and set the Engine View

 

Buttons

The Main Toolbar is home to a group of different toolbars, each with a set of button shortcuts. The toolbars include Standard, Radiant, Layout, Rotate and Flip, Scale, Splines, Texture, and Build Toolbars.

Note: Right click anywhere on the main toolbar to toggle visibility of each individual toolbar section. 

 

 

 

Mega Edit

Main Menu

File

Create, open and save Megatextures

Edit

Copy/Paste; Toggle Foliage Color

View

MegaEditor Commands such as Zoom, Drop to ground, Show Commands, Tool Windows

Mode

Stamp, Foliage, and Detail Commands

Stamp

Stamp Projection Options

Tools

Screenshot, Create and update Matte Paintings

Help

Key Commands

 

Buttons