Overview

• Manage worlds
• Open windows
• Create new objects
• Manage existing objects
• Enable optimization tools

• Switch between cameras
• Add new cameras to the current world
• Open the Camera Settings window
• Lock the current camera

• Render the final image, render the unlit image, render the image wireframe
• Show content of depth, color and normal buffers
• Specify camera effects
• Enable rendering options
• Enable rendering passes

• Quick access to frequently used helpers
• Enabling visualization of nodes icons and gizmos
• Enabling visualization of shapes, joints and contacts

• Displaying of the current camera position
• Quick switch of camera positions based on axes

A Nodes window is a convenient tool for working with the hierarchy of nodes present in the scene. It allows you to:

• Organize nodes into a hierarchy
• Perform basic operations with the selected nodes (clone, remove, export, etc.)
• Modify node's positioning parameters
• Modify node's rendering parameters
• Modify surfaces of the node
• Enable node-specific options

A Materials window serves for to organizing and modifying UNIGINE materials. It allows you to:

• Get instant access to built-in UNIGINE materials
• Inherit base materials and modify them
• Organize materials into a hierarchy
• Perform basic operations with the selected materials (clone, remove, etc.)
• Modify material's rendering parameters
• Modify blending parameters
• Load textures
• Enable material-specific options
• Assign materials to surfaces

A Properties window is used to modify and organize nodes properties (sets of custom options). It allows you to:

• Organize properties into a hierarchy
• Perform basic operations with the selected properties (clone, remove, etc.)
• Enable property-specific options

A Tracker is a keyframe-based tool for creating sequences animated over time, which allows you to add dynamic gameplay elements or making in-game cinematic cutscenes.

Camera viewports can be displayed in separate windows (up to 4 windows are available). Parameters of each viewport can be adjusted separately. The window includes the Camera panel that provides allows you to switch between cameras, add new cameras to the current world, open the Camera Settings window or lock the current camera, and the Resolution panel that enables to set a custom viewport resolution and take a screenshot.

Plugins used for import / export data to / from the engine:

• Collada import plugin
• OpenFlight import plugin
• Importing large populated areas with the City Import plugin
• Exporting nodes with the Node Export plugin

Plugins used for optimization of content present in the scene:

• Baking meshes into one mesh with the Mesh Combiner plugin

• Making environment look realistic with the Randomizer plugin
• Rendering widgets into external windows with the Interface plugin

The Rendering Settings panel provides the basic set of options for adjusting the world rendering parameters:

• Rendering distances
• Rendering budgets
• Auxiliary rendering colors
• Environment cube map
• Post-process materials
• Tessellation parameters
• Global animation parameters
• Ambient occlusion parameters
• Light occlusion parameters
• Light scattering parameters
• DOF settings
• Camera effects

The Physics settings panel allows you to adjust global physics-related settings:

• Fixed framerate
• Velocities of the game time, sound play and physics simulation
• Damping of linear and angular velocities
• Number of physics iterations
• Number of frozen frames
• Linear and angular velocities
• Frozen linear and angular velocities
• Penetration parameters
• Gravity parameters

A Sound settings panel contains the basic set of sound options (volume, Doppler effect velocity, adaptation) and options for each sound source.

A Tools panel contains miscellaneous settings and helpers tools allowing you to:

• Enable / disable general editor and rendering options
• Adjust settings of the embedded flash light
• Grab the rendered image
• Create a LUT texture
• Adjust batch node processing options

A Performance profiler displays performance data in a timeline. It allows you to:

• Detect the bottlenecks of your application
• Check if code optimization is required
• Check if art assets optimization is required
• Compare the profiling results before and after the changes