ResourceEditor

ResourceEditor is a standalone application that consists of several modules including a tool for viewing and checking exported meshes and utilities for texture generation. These modules can be switched between using tabs at the top of the ResourceEditor window.

• MeshViewer
• NormalCombiner
• NormalMapper
• AmbientMapper
• AlphaMapper

ResourceEditor basic and camera-related settings can be adjusted by clicking Settings button in the upper right corner of the window.

ResourceEditor Settings

Field Of View — field of view of the camera: Low values (from the minimum angle of 1 degree) are for a narrow angle of view. High values (up to the maximum angle of 179 degrees) are for a wide angle of view (fish-eye view). Min Velocity — the velocity of normal camera motion, in units per second. Max Velocity — the velocity of accelerated camera motion (with pressed SHIFT), in units per second. Acceleration — the rate of changing from a normal to accelerated camera motion, in units per second squared. Damping — the rate of decreasing of the camera velocity till it stops completely. By the value of 0 the camera will move endlessly. Background — the background color. Wireframe — the color of the wireframe of the selected surface. Ambient — the ambient color. Light — the source light color.

Navigation buttons:

• Left mouse button — go round.
• Middle mouse button — track.
• Right mouse button / scrolling wheel — come near/further.
• W — move forward.
• S — move backward.
• A — move left.
• D — move right.
• E — move up.
• Q — move down.

Some hot keys have the same meaning in all ResourceEditor modules:

• ALT+1 — switch to MeshViewer.
• ALT+2 — switch to NormalCombiner
• ALT+3 — switch to NormalMapper.
• ALT+4 — switch to AmbientMapper.
• ALT+5 — switch to AlphaMapper.
• F1 — show module-dependent help.