New. Creates a new model.

Open. Opens the necessary model from the list or chooses from the recent.

Reload. Reloads the current model.

Save All. Calculates the covers and saves changes. Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + S.

Save As... Saves your model in the new folder.

Reveal In Explorer. Opens an Explorer window to let you quickly access the model.

Undo. Cancel the last operation/s.

Redo. Redo the last operation/s.

Skin. Choose a skin.

Exit. Exits the SDK.

A drop-down menu with all the aforementioned options.

Select. Upon moving the cursor over the model, it will be Highlighted by markers (bounding box). To select the Phys shell, click it with LMB. That makes it Selected.

Move. When the model is selected and the Move mode is activated, the coordinate axis pivot is displayed. Drag the axis with your LMB in order to perform the action relative to this axis.

Rotate. When the model is selected and the Rotate mode is activated, the coordinate axis pivot is displayed. Drag the axis with your LMB in order to perform the action relative to this axis.

Scale. When the Phys shell is selected and the Scale mode is activated, the coordinate axis pivot is displayed. Drag the axis with your LMB in order to perform the action relative to this axis.

Game camera style.

Arcball camera style.

Zoom. Zooms the camera to overlook the model.

Zoom Selected. Zooms the camera to the selected model.

Pivot Mode.  Increases/decreases the size of the pivot.

Edge align. When the option is on, bounding to the polygon edges is performed. 

Normal align. Aligns model on the X, Y, or Z axis. 

Select Axis. Select which active Axis to apply when Moving, Rotating, or Scaling an object (while not dragging the pivot directly).

CS Type. Select which Coordinate System to apply when Moving, Rotating, or Scaling a model - World, Local, or Screen.

List of Views. Select which Viewport Preset (in relation to the Selected Model) to activate.

Render mode. Allows you to analyze different channels of the render.

Note that you should press every number key multiple times while you're still holding Shift to cycle through different variations of each Render mode.

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  • Final Render (Shift+1) 

  • -=RBR Check=- (Shift+1,1)

Check your PBR material – Shift+1,1. Generally, if you see Red, your albedo is wrong. If you see Green, you have incorrect reflectivity (F0). If you see Blue, you have incorrect gloss. If you see another color, there are multiple issues and these materials will need to be resolved. Small colored areas are not bad.

Colors are ordered by importance, R-G-B: Red = critical issue, Green = moderate issue, Blue = small issue.

1. Render quality

2. Exposure mode

3. Exposure multiplier (0 = neutral exposure, -2 = darkest, 2 = brightest)

4. Ignore portals (special debug feature, mainly used to work more easily with interiors)

5. Ignore ghosts

6. Shape wire mode (Regular / On top / Solid)

7. Resolution factor. Use 2x for a clearer picture (especially if you're an artist). Use 1/2x for better performance

8. Resolution / Aspect ratio mode.

• Shift+1 (Final Render / PBR Checker)

• Shift+2 (Diffuse+AO / Diffuse Clean)

• Shift+3 (Lighting only)

• Shift+4 (Normals)

• Shift+5 (Gloss / Reflectivity)

• Shift+6 (Full AO / Static Precompiled AO)

Quality Level. Change the quality of the scene 

• Low

• Normal

• Good

• Super

• Extreme.

Enable/Disable Tesselation.

*unavailable* 

Change the exposure type of the scene. Should be kept in "Game" for most cases.

Exposure Levels. (0 = neutral exposure, -2 = darkest,  2 = brightest).

Will ignore portals occlusion. See SuperStatic to learn more.

Will ignore meshes setup as a ghost.

Shapes Wire Mode (Regular / On top / Solid).

Factor. Use 2x for a clearer picture (especially if you're an artist). Use 1/2x for better performance.

Resolution. Changes the Resolution / Aspect Ratio.

Windows

Opens a context dialog with a list of all model editor windows.

Log (<number>)

Message Log window access; the number in brackets shows the current number of important errors found; Log is also the place where you input console commands.

Script

Opens the AS Editor.

Presets

Opens the Texture Preset.

Preview

If enabled, a preview of a model will draw with the selected texture preset in the Texture Preset. If disabled, the preview of the model will draw without the selected texture preset in the Texture Preset.

To add a location bookmark.

To remove the currently selected location bookmark.

To access additional navigation options.

• Go To Pos...

Lets you specify the location manually, with camera Position & Rotation coordinates.

• Go to Player

Moves you to the current player location.

• Go to Tag...

Lets you specify the screenshot, which contains the coordinates in its original filename, and move to that location.

All

Save All.

Thumbnail

Create a thumbnail for the mesh.

Export To MEL

Export a skeleton to a *.MEL file.

Model

Check Model.

All Models

All Models for errors. (ALL MODELS WILL TAKE A LONG TIME AND MAY CRASH).

Ph From Dae

Ph from Dae allows to import physics shells from a *.DAE file.

by Mesh

Allows you to search in the library for models by Mesh.

by Texture

Allows you to search in the library for models by Texture.

AO

Recalculate AO (Ambient Occlusion) for the model.

OBB

Recalculate OBB (Oriented Bounding Box) for the model.

Stripify

Stripify Check for Material errors (e.g. non-approved materials).

Rebuild from Source

RfS Re-import mesh.

Shadow Indices

Shadow Indices: Rebuild Shadow Indices for model.

Affect Pivot Only

Affect Pivot Only: Allows you to move the pivot only (good for pivot correction).

LOD:

• Auto

Allows you to manually see LODs for the mesh.

Auto will automatically change.

• 0,1,2

0 = Original Mesh / 1 = First LOD / 2 = Second LOD.

Draw Debug. Draw Debug mode (for options below).

Show All Bones. Draw/show all the bones in the model. (Entities only.)

Draw Bones. Draw/show all the bones in the model. (Entities only.)