Soldat PolyWorks Manual

This is the PolyWorks latest Help-file from Soldat PolyWorks GitHub

Controls

• Scroll - Click and drag with the middle mouse button or hold space + left click.
• Zoom - [Mouse wheel down/up] or [Ctrl+Plus]/[Ctrl+Minus] or [NUM+] and [NUM-] keys for zooming in and out.
• Zoom Reset - Press the [NUM*] key to return to 100%. Press [Ctrl+0] to center the view and return to 100% zoom.

Tools

• Transform - Click and drag to move current selection, or if nothing is selected, click and drag near a vertex to move it. Hold [Shift] for vertical/horizontal movement. Hold [Ctrl] to scale, [Ctrl+Shift] to scale proportionately. Hold [Alt] to rotate, [Alt+Shift] to rotate in 15° increments.

• Create - Click to create polys using the current color. [Right click] to select the type of the poly to be created and to turn quad mode on or off. Hold [Shift] to constrain the angle to 15° increments relative to the last vertex placed. Hold [alt] for vertex selection. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Vertex Selection - Click and drag to select vertices, or click on a poly near the vertex to select that vertex. Hold [Shift] to select additional vertices and [Alt] to deselect vertices. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Poly Selection - Click in a poly or scenery to select it. Hold [Shift] to select additional polys or scenery and alt to deselect them. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Vertex Color - Click and drag to color vertices. If there are vertices selected only those will be affected. Hold alt to get a color from a vertex or scenery. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Poly Color - Click in a poly or scenery to color it. If there are vertices selected all of them will be affected. Hold alt to get a color from a vertex or scenery. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Texture - Click and drag to change the texture coordinates of vertices. If there are vertices selected only those will be affected. Hold alt for vertex selection. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Scenery - Click to place scenery. Hold shift to constrain the angle to 15° increments or scale proportionately. Right click to show the scenery lists. Hold alt for vertex selection. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• WayPoints - Click to place WayPoints. Hold shift and click to connect WayPoints. Right click to select the movement type of the WayPoints to be placed. Hold alt for vertex selection. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Objects - Click to place spawn points or colliders. Right click to select the type of object to be placed. Hold alt for vertex selection. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Color Picker - Click to get a color from a vertex or scenery. Hold shift to get a color directly from the screen. Hold alt to get a lit vertex color. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Sketch - Click and drag to sketch. Hold shift to place lines. Hold alt to erase the sketch lines. Hold [Ctrl] to move the sketch lines.

• Lights - Click to place a light source. Hold alt for vertex selection. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

• Depth Map - Click and drag to edit the depth map (Z-coordinates). If there are vertices selected only those will be affected. Hold alt to get a depth color from a vertex. Hold [Ctrl] to move the current selection.

FILE MENU

• New [Ctrl+N] - Creates a new map.

• Open [Ctrl+O] - Opens a saved map.

• Open Compiled [Ctrl+Shift+O] - Opens a compiled map.

• Open Recent - Opens a recent file.

• Save [Ctrl+S] - Saves the map to the saved maps directory.

• SAVE AS [Ctrl+Shift+S] - Saves the map to the saved maps directory using a new file name.

• COMPILE TO PMS - Compiles and saves the map to the Soldat maps directory.

• COMPILE TO PMS AS [F9] - Compiles and saves the map to the Soldat maps directory using a new file name.

• EXPORT - Saves the selected part of the map to a prefab file.

• IMPORT - Loads a prefab file into the map.

• RUN SOLDAT [F8] Starts Soldat with the last compiled map.

• EXIT [Alt+F4] Exits the program.

EDIT MENU

• UNDO [Ctrl+z] Undoes the last operation performed.

• REDO [Ctrl+y] Redoes the last undone operation.

• DUPLICATE [Ctrl+d] Duplicates the current selection and offsets by 32 pixels.

• COPY [Ctrl+c]Copies the current selection.

• PASTE [Ctrl+v]Pastes the most recently copied selection.

• CLEAR [delete] - Deletes everything in the current selection.

• SELECT ALL [Ctrl+a] - Selects all polys, scenery, spawn points, colliders, WayPoints, and lights.

• INVERT SELECTION [Ctrl+i] - Selects everything currently not selected.

• DESELECT [escape] - Deselects current selection.

• SELECT BY Color [Ctrl+b] - Selects all vertices of the current color.

• ARRANGE
  • BRING TO FRONT [home] - Brings selected polys and scenery in front of the rest.
  • BRING FORWARD [page up] - Brings selected polys and scenery forward.
  • SEND BACKWARD [page down] - Sends selected polys and scenery backward.
  • SEND TO BACK [end] - Sends selected polys and scenery behind the rest.

• SPLIT AT VERTEX [Ctrl+l] - Splits polys in half from the selected vertex to the midpoint of the opposite edge.

• JOIN VERTICES [Ctrl+J] - Brings all selected vertices to the coordinates of the first vertex selected.

• CREATE WITH SELECTED [Ctrl+E] - Creates a new poly using the 3 vertices selected.

• TRANSFORM
  • ROTATE 180° - Rotates all selected vertices and scenery by a half-turn.
  • ROTATE 90° CW - Rotates all selected vertices and scenery clockwise by a half-turn.
  • ROTATE 90° CCW - Rotates all selected vertices and scenery counterclockwise by a half turn.
  • FLIP HORIZONTAL - Flips all selected vertices and scenery horizontally, along the vertical axis.
  • FLIP VERTICAL - Flips all selected vertices and scenery vertically, along the horizontal axis.

• SEVER CONNECTIONS [Backspace] - Severs connections between selected WayPoints.

• CLEAR SKETCH - Removes all lines made by the sketch tool.

• MAP SETTINGS [Ctrl+M] - Shows the Map Settings window.

• PREFERENCES [Ctrl+P] - Shows the Preferences window.

TEXTURE MENU

• FIX TEXTURE [Ctrl+F] - Sets the texture coordinates of all selected vertices depending on the position of each vertex.

• UNTEXTURE [Ctrl+U] - Sets the texture coordinates of all selected vertices to the same value.

• TRANSFORM TEXTURE
  • ROTATE 180° - Rotates the selected vertices' texture by a half-turn.
  • ROTATE 90° CW - Rotates the selected vertices' texture clockwise by a half-turn.
  • ROTATE 90° CCW - Rotates the selected vertices' texture counterclockwise by a half turn.
  • FLIP HORIZONTAL - Flips the selected vertices' texture horizontally, along the vertical axis.
  • FLIP VERTICAL - Flips the selected vertices' texture vertically, along the horizontal axis.

• AVERAGE VERTEX COLORS [Ctrl+G] - Averages the colors of vertices that have the same position.

• APPLY LIGHT TO VERTICES - Applies lights to vertex colors and hides the light sources.

• FIXED TEXTURE - Turns fixed texture on and off. When fixed texture is on vertices do not keep their texture coordinates when moved.

• USER DEFINED X - For use with quad function. Quads are created/manipulated with the horizontal texture coordinates specified in the Texture panel in the Properties window.

• USER DEFINED Y - For use with quad function. Quads are created/manipulated with the vertical texture coordinates specified in the Texture panel in the Properties window.

VIEW MENU

• ZOOM IN [Ctrl+plus, num+] - Zooms in to twice the current zoom level.

• ZOOM OUT [Ctrl+minus, num-] - Zooms out to half the current zoom level.

• FIT ON SCREEN - Changes the zoom level and offset so that the entire map is visible in the PolyWorks window.

• ACTUAL SIZE - Changes the zoom level to show the same screen area that would be visible in Soldat, depending on the width of the PolyWorks window.

• RESET VIEW - Resets the zoom level and screen coordinates to the starting point.

• SHOW GRID [Ctrl+'] - Turns the grid on and off.

• SNAP TO GRID - Turns snapping to grid on and off. When snap to grid is on, vertices and scenery snap to the grid when created or moved.

• SNAP TO VERTICES - Turns snapping to vertices on and off. When snap to vertices is on vertices snap to nearby vertices when created or moved.

• BLEND WIREFRAME - Turns wireframe blending on and off.

• BLEND POLYS - Turns poly blending on and off.

• SHOW SCENERY LAYERS
  • BACK - Show sceneries in the back layer.
  • MIDDLE - Show sceneries in the middle layer.
  • FRONT - Show sceneries in the front layer..

• REFRESH [F5] - Resizes the background to fit the map.

PALETTE WINDOW

• CURRENT COLOR - Click the color box to show the Color Picker window, or input the RGB components.

• VERTEX COLOR MODE
  • PRECISION - Only color once vertex at a time.
  • NORMAL - Click and drag to color vertices.
  • DYNAMIC - The effect is applied as the mouse moves.

• RADIUS - Controls the radius of the vertex color tool and collider size.

• OPACITY - Controls the opacity of the vertex color tool and scenery alpha.

• BLEND MODE
  • NORMAL - The current colour is applied.
  • MULTIPLY - Multiplies the vertex colour with the current colour. The darker the colour is, the more effect it has. Blending with white produces no change.
  • SCREEN - The opposite of Multiply. The lighter the colour is, the more effect is has. Blending with black produces no change.
  • DARKEN - Affects vertices that are lighter than the current colour, and darkens them.
  • LIGHTEN - Affects vertices that are darker than the current colour, and lightens them.
  • DIFFERENCE - Takes the difference between the vertex colour and the current colour. Blending with white inverts the base color values, blending with black produces no change.

• PALETTE - Contains 72 colors. Right click to add a color to the palette.

• PALETTE MENU
  • LOAD PALETTE - Loads palette colors from a file.
  • SAVE PALETTE - Saves the current palette colors in a file.
  • CLEAR - Sets all palette colors to black.

SCENERY WINDOW

• LEVEL
  • BACK - Sceneries are placed behind everything.
  • MIDDLE - Sceneries are placed behind polys, in front of the player.
  • FRONT - Sceneries are placed in front of everything.

• ROTATE - Rotate scenery when creating.

• SCALE - Scale scenery when creating.

• SCENERY MENU
  • CLEAR UNUSED - Deletes unused scenery textures and removes them from the current scenery list.
  • RELOAD SCENERY LIST - Reloads the Master List.
  • REFRESH SCENERY - Reloads the texture for the scenery in the scenery list.

PROPERTIES WINDOW

• POLYGON PROPERTIES - Sets the poly type or texture coordinates of all selected vertices.

• SCENERY PROPERTIES - Sets the scaling, level, opacity or rotation of all selected scenery.

• TRANSFORM - Scales or rotates the current selection by the value input.

• TEXTURE SETTINGS - Sets texture dimensions used when fixed texture is applied. Define the horizontal and vertical coordinates used by the quad function.

• LIGHT PROPERTIES - Sets the colour and z-coordinate of all selected lights.

• MAP INFO - Shows the current number of polys, scenery, spawn points, colliders, WayPoints, and WayPoint connections.

WAYPOINTS WINDOW

• LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN/FLY - Sets the type of movement that the bot has to do to get to this WayPoint, for all selected WayPoints.

• SPECIAL - Sets a special WayPoint function used in places where bots must stop and defend the base, for all selected WayPoints.

• PATH 1/PATH 2 - Sets the path number of all selected WayPoints.

• SHOW - Shows WayPoints and connections for both paths or a single path.