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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
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<head><title>Map editing: Introduction</title></head>
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<body>
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<h1>Map editing: Interface & controls </h1>
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<p>
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Learning and understanding the interface and controls are the first step to map editing...
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</p>
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<h2>The interface</h2>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td><img src="pics/editmode-grid.jpg" alt="The grid"/></td>
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<td>
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<b>The "cube grid"</b><br />
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<p>
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This will be shown as a white grid of squares drawn where ever you point.
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<br />Each of the small squares is a single cube. The cubes in AssaultCube are known as "geometery".
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The bigger blue squares, indicate a selection of 8x8 cubes to make map editing easier.
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</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><img src="pics/editmode-heightfield.jpg" alt="Shows a cube that is a heightfield"/></td>
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<td>
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<b>Heightfield cubes</b><br />
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<p>
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These are the light green cubes in the grid.<br /> These cubes indicate heightfields, which will be explained
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later <a href="mapediting2.xml#heightfield">here</a>.
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</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><img src="pics/editmode-entity.jpg" id="sparkles" alt="Indicates an entity"/></td>
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<td>
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<b>Entity sparkles</b><br />
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<p>
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These are shown as blue sparkly dots. They are known as "entities", which will be explained later <a href="mapediting3.xml">here</a>.
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</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><img src="pics/editmode-selector.jpg" id="selector" alt="Selects cubes"/></td>
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<td>
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<b>Cube selector</b><br />
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<p>
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This appears as a small white box with a red dot in the corner. It will appear in the middle of the screen and you can use it to select
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geometery, a bit like a crosshair. <br />The red dot indicates which corner of a cube you are manipulating, if you are using
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<a href="mapediting2.xml#heightfield">heightfields</a>, or where your <a href="mapediting3.xml">entity</a>
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will be placed if you are creating an entity.
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</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><img src="pics/editmode-nearestent.jpg" alt="Shows nearest entity"/></td>
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<td>
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<b>"Nearest entity" text</b><br />
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<p>
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This is the white writing along the bottom. It will tell you the locaton of the closest entity and its properties.
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</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p>
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To get a feel for editmode, press E and float around. Try clicking and dragging the small white box at your crosshair over
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some cubes (you will see a red box over what you are selecting). This is how you select geometery.
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</p>
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<h2 id="controls">Map editing controls</h2>
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<p>
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Below are the controls that get used in map-editing, you will use most of these controls when creating a map, so it's good to learn them.
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</p>
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<h3>Changing geometery</h3>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td width="150">
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<b><u>Control</u></b>
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</td>
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<td width="450">
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<b><u>Function</u></b>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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[
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</td>
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<td>
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Moves cubes in the floor downwards.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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]
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</td>
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<td>
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Moves cubes in the floor upwards.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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O
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</td>
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<td>
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Moves cubes in the ceiling downwards.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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P
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</td>
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<td>
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Moves cubes in the ceiling upwards.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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</td>
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<td>
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<b>Note:</b> The <a href="#mouse">mouse controls</a> are easier.
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</td>
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<tr>
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<td>
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F
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</td>
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<td>
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Makes selected cubes a solid.
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</td>
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<tr>
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<td>
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G
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</td>
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<td>
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Makes selected cubes a space/non-heightfield.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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K
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</td>
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<td>
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Makes selected cubes a corner.
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</td>
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<td>
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C
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</td>
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<td>
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Copy selected cubes.
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</td>
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<td>
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V
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<td>
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Pastes copied cubes. <br />Note: It pastes from the upper corner of the red dot.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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U
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<td>
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Undoes the last action (only applies to geometery).
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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,
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</td>
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<td>
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Equalize the floor.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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.
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</td>
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<td>
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Equalize the ceiling.
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</td>
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<td>
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H
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</td>
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<td>
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Makes the floor a heightfield.
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</td>
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<td>
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I
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</td>
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<td>
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Makes the ceiling a heightfield.
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</td>
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<tr>
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<td>
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9
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</td>
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<td>
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Manipulates the corner of a cube where the red dot is positioned upwards.
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Works only if the cube is a heightfield.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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8
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</td>
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<td>
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Manipulates the corner of a cube where the red dot is positioned downwards.
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Works only if the cube is a heightfield.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h3>Changing textures</h3>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td width="150">
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<b><u>Control</u></b>
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</td>
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<td width="350">
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<u><b>Function</b></u>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td>
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Home
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</td>
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<td>
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Browses forward through wall textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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End
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Browses backward through wall textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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7 (on the keypad)
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</td>
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<td>
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Browses forward through upper-wall textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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4 (on the keypad)
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<td>
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Browses backward through upper-wall textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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Insert
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</td>
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<td>
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Browses forward through floor textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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Delete
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</td>
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<td>
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Browses backward through floor textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PageUp
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</td>
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Browses forward through ceiling textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PageDown
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Browses backward through ceiling textures.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h3 id="mouse">Mouse controls</h3>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td width="150">
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<b><u>Control</u></b>
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</td>
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<td width="400">
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<u><b>Function</b></u>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td>
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Left-click
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Allows you to select cubes.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td>
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Right-click
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</td>
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<td>
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Show the editing menu.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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Scrolling
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</td>
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<td>
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Scrolling will move cubes up/down, depending on the direction you look.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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Hold <b>Q</b> and scroll
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</td>
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This will manipulate the corner of a cube where the red dot is positioned up/down.
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Works only if the cube is a heightfield.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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Hold <b>Z</b> and scroll
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</td>
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<td>
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Scrolls forward/backwards through textures on the floor/ceiling, depending on the direction you look.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td>
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Hold <b>X</b> and scroll
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</td>
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<td>
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Scrolls forward/backwards through textures on the wall/upper-wall, depending on the direction you look.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h3>Misc</h3>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td width="150">
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<b><u>Control</u></b>
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</td>
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<td width="350">
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<b><u>Function</u></b>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td>
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E
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Toggle edit mode.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td>
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Backspace
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Delete entity.
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</td>
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<td>
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L
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Shows the lighting menu.
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</td>
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</tr>
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F5
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Toggle ocullsion on/off.
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F6
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</td>
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Toggle showmip on/off.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br />
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<h4>
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The next step? Go to <a href="mapediting2.xml">Map editing: Beginners</a>.
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</h4>
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