Main window (AS Editor)
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Overview
This window is the most important for animation scripting. Here, you can create a network of blocks, transitions, and links that will define your scripted behavior.
Toolbar
| Icon/Option | Description | Shortcut |
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| Saves the current script. | Ctrl+S |
| Reveals in Explorer. | Ctrl + E |
| Parent State. | |
| Go Back. | Arrow left |
| Go Forward. | Arrow right |
| Undo. | |
| Redo. | |
| Lines | Chooses the link display style. | |
 | Keeps links – this is very useful and important. When you copy a block by holding Shift + drag, all links in the original block are automatically copied to the new block.
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 | Move tree. Moves the entire blockchain along with the associated block.
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 | Toggles links.
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| Windows | Allows you to show/hide AS Windows. | |
| Select Transition By |
Selects all transitions on the diagram (by requests, by parameters, by one parameter, by params value). | |
| Auto Zoom | Auto zooms the preview window every time the preview motion changes. | |
| Zoom To Fit | Will fit all scripts into the viewport. | |
| Debug Draw | Draws debug. | |
| LOD | Allows you to choose the LOD (Level Of Detail) for the preview model. Levels: 0/1/2. You can choose several LODs by holding Ctrl. This can be useful for working with the player. | |
| Preview | Preview of the model. | |
 | Resets the camera position to default in the Preview window. |
Address bar
Called "breadcrumb control". This displays the user's current location in as-states, i.e. root → human As → default. A log link to a certain block can be pasted here, i.e.
{as:dynamic\human\actor_spartan_suit:Human AS\default\die_hard_blender_lower#0,88,0/0,352,0/161,1397,297}
which will lead to the opening states root → Human AS → default → die_hard_blender_lower, and selection of the block #161.
RMB Utils for the address bar
| Copy address | Copies the selected address. |
| Edit Address | Edits the address bar. |
| Delete history | Deletes all search history. |
RMB Utils
RMB Utils for the empty place
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Edit State... | Goes into the selected state. |
| Edit Ref | Goes into the as-ref in the edit mode (default is the read-only mode). |
| Add | You can add a block by choosing from the pop-up list. |
| Links | Popup-menu with a list of Links connected to the selected block (clicking on the items in the menu selects the correspondent links). |
| Group | You can group your blocks into one single group. Also, you can set the name of your group in its property. There are three options:
Keep in mind that you need to leave some empty space between block groups.
Selects a highlighted group, keeping the rest of the selection. |
| Select All Transitions By | The same as Select Transition By in the Main window (AS Editor)#Toolbar. |
| Layout | Auto-Layout
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| Export |
Exports all the blocks from the current script.
Exports the selected blocks from the current script. |
| Import... | Imports the necessary script to your current script. |
| Insert Selection | Inserts the selected blocks into the highlighted state. |
| Update Distance Grid | Updates the block's properties based on the current motions (offset, speed, length, etc.). This only works with process/multi blender and state/dg transition. |
RMB Utils for block
| Option | Description |
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| Change Type | Change the block's type. |
| Select Transitions | Selects transitions related to the highlighted block (outgoing, incoming, both types). |
| Add Bookmark | Adds the selected block (transition) to the Bookmarks window. |
| Log Link To Clipboard | Copies the link on the block to the clipboard. |
RMB Utils for transition
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Set Primary Transition | Marks the selected transition as the primary (for quick linking to the primary transition). |
| Select Similar Transitions | Selects transitions that are similar to the currently selected transition. |
| Save current script | Ctrl+S |
| Zoom to Fit | A |
| Go Back | Arrow left |
| Go Forward | Arrow right |
| Undo operation | CTRL+Z |
| Redo operation | CTRL+Y |
| Delete | Delete Selection |
| Copy selected block in Slack | Ctrl+Alt+C |
| Paste selected block from Slack | Ctrl+Alt+V |
| Add transition from a block to another block | ALT+LMB |
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