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| [5.01] Keyboard Commands Reference Chart |
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Duke Addict 100606,2141
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This section is now at least 99% complete. If there's a key described as
useless it is just that. For example ALT+V and G (3D mode) don't work at all
but they did something in previous BUILD versions. They're also mentioned in
BUILDHLP.EXE which means absolutely nothing.
Levelord 74722,2520
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[referring to key commands]
Be aware that BUILD was given out for free. It wasn't "cleaned up" and still
has some left over things that either don't work any more, or they never did.
[Some of the ' keys for example don't work]
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[5.01.1] -=> 2D Mode Keys <=-
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Mouse = move your cursor
Left button = used for dragging sprites, vertices and selected sectors
Right button = used to move your current position within the map (white arrow)
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F1 = Displays a quick help
Also decreasing your x-position by one
F2 = Increasing your x-position by one
F3 = Decreasing your y-position by one
F4 = Increasing your y-position by one
F5 = Displays level statistics
F6 = While a sprite is highlighted:
Sector Effector quick help chart
if no sprite is highlighted:
displays actor status and next free tag number
F7 = Sector Tags quick help chart (only if cursor is in a sector)
F8/F9 = Wall/Sector search (insert tag number then press [ or ])
F10 = Increasing your angle by one
F11 = Apparantly does nothing (Grabbed Wall Picnum # ???)
F12 = Screenshot (CAPTxxxx.PCX)
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Right ALT = Hold down and move mouse for sector selection box; use mouse
to drag selected sectors or press INSERT to duplicate sectors
Highlighted sectors can also be rotated with , and .
BACKSPACE = Remove the last drawn line while in line drawing mode, can
also completely end drawing
DEL = Delete highlighted sprite
Keypad ENTER = Enter 3D mode
ESC = New-Load-Save-Save As-Quit menu
INSERT = Insert vertex in highlighted line; used to duplicate selected
sectors (see Right ALT)
RETURN = The message you get is not meaningful - useless key
Right SHIFT = Hold down and move mouse for sprite/vertex selection box; use
mouse to drag selected sprites/vertices
SPACE = Press once to enter line drawing mode; press each time you
want to put a vertex at that position.
TAB = Showing information on highlighted sector
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ALT+TAB = Showing information on highlighted line respectively sprite
ALT+H = Enter highlighted sprite's or wall's Hi-Tag
ALT+F = Turns highlited line into sector's first wall (can be used to
control direction of the slope in that sector)
ALT+S = Turn an island sector into valid player space (sector in sector)
ALT+T = Enter highlighted sprite's or wall's Lo-Tag
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R.CTRL+DEL = Delete highlighted sector (warning: there's no undo!)
CTRL+H = Toggle highlited sprite's or wall's hitscan bit (lines will
turn thick if hitscan bit is set)
CTRL+R.SHIFT = Same as R.SHIFT but selects all vertices of a sector in a loop;
does not select sprites
CTRL+T = Turn on/off all tags and sprite descriptions
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SHIFT+< or > = (also , and .) Used to fine tune a sprite's/sector's angle
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' + M = display memory status (Build crashes the next time you want
to switch to 3D mode after using this key!)
' + 3 = toggle tag display (7 settings)
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A = Zoom in (see Z)
B = Toggle block bit on highlighted wall or sprite
C = Begin circle drawing on highlighted line, press + or - (keypad)
to increase/decrease the amount of vertices. Press C again or
switch to 3D mode to stop drawing, press space to finish
action and draw the circle. Use your mouse to adjust the
circle's size.
E = Change a sprites status list (statnum); used only for debugging
G = Increase grid size
H = Insert highlighted sector's Hi-Tag
J = Join sectors; highlight sector whose attributes should be kept
and press J, then highlight sector you want to get rid of and
press J again. Sector attributes from the first sector will
be copied to the other and connecting red lines will be deleted.
L = Toggle Grid Locking on/off; cursor will be white if off, else
it'll be purple as always
O = Used to move sprites to the next nearest solid (or blocked)
wall in the opposite direction of their current angle, their
angle will be adjusted to be orthogonal to the wall.
P = Enter highlighted sector's floor & ceiling pal(ette)
S = Insert sprite at current cursor position
T = Enter highlighted sector's Lo-Tag
Z = Zoom out (see A)
[ and ] = Sector/Wall search feature, press F8 or F9 first
< and > = Used to rotate sprites by 12.5 degrees and selected sector's
by 90 degrees each press
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[5.01.2] -=> 3D Mode Keys <=-
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Most of these keys require the cursor to be pointed at the appropriate sprite,
wall/floor/ceiling texture to work.
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Mouse = move your cursor
Left button = used to avoid selection of other objects if object that is
being worked on is no longer under the cursor; keep the left
mouse button pressed and you can safely adjust ceiling heights
for example, without messing up other objects ;)
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F1 = Displays a quick help
F2 = move right
F3 = move forward
F4 = move backward
F5/F6 = no use (purple lines on screen; switch to 2D mode to fix that)
F9 = turn left
F10 = turn right
F11 = Gamma Correction
F12 = Screenshot (CAPTxxxx.PCX)
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CAPS LOCK = Toggle between three different z-coordinate modes
default mode = game mode / height lock mode / float mode
DEL = Delete highlighted sprite
Keypad ENTER = Switch to 2D mode
ESC = Quit (with confirmation)
PGUP/PGDN = Raise/Lower floors and ceilings
RETURN = Used to replace a texture by the one stored in the "TAB"
buffer, can also replace sprites
TAB = will copy the highlighted sprite/texture plus some attributes
into a temporary buffer. If used on a sprite this sprite will
by default be placed when pressing S until TAB has been used
on something else. If used on walls you can copy the wall onto
a different wall by pressing RETURN, or SHIFT+RETURN if you
only want to copy the texture's shading value.
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ALT+C = Very powerful function, works like RETURN, but replaces *all*
matching textures/sprites in the level at once!
ALT+D = Change a sprite's clipdist (whatever that is)
ALT+F = Set sector's first wall (slopes and relative aligned floor/
ceiling textures will align to that first wall
ALT+P = Change texture/sprite pal (ranging from 0-30)
ALT+V = useless key
ALT+[ and ] = Used on slopes to perfectly match the next ceiling/floor
ALT+ +/- = Adjust depth cueing in one sector (see 5.1.3)
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CTRL+A = Look up
CTRL+RETURN = same as RETURN, but pastes attributes to all walls in a loop
CTRL+P = Toggle between three different parallaxing modes (normal,
squeezed = further away, curved = for space textures)
CTRL+Z = Look down
CTRL+PGUP/DN = Move a sprite exactly on the ceiling/floor
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SHIFT+M = Used to make a maskable wall only on one side
SHIFT+RETURN = Same as RETURN, but copies only the shade value from the buffer
SHIFT+[ and ] = Used to fine adjust slopes
SHIFT+2,4,6,8 = Used to move a texture around on the wall; does not work on
sprites (keypad keys only)
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CTRL+ALT +/- = Adjust depth cueing in all sectors (see 5.1.3)
CTRL+SHIFT+
RETURN = Auto shade walls; use on the brightest wall, it'll shade walls
in a loop to the darkest wall
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' + C = changes the global sector shade to the shade of the selected
object (changes the same textures in the whole level to the
shade value of the selected texture)
' + D = "file not found" ???
' + G = toggles buffer texture display (when pressing TAB)
' + H = change hitag of selected object
' + R = toggles FPS display on/off
' + S = directly insert a shade value for the selected object
' + T = change lotag of selected object
' + V = changes a sector's visibility (see 5.1.3)
' + W = toggles sprite display (all sprites/no effectors/no actors/none)
' + Y = Undefined textures from the tile set are displayed as purple
instead of creating HOMs (only useful if you changed ART files)
' + DEL = "cstat=0" ???
' + RETURN = only copies the texture but leaves shading as it is
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1 = Makes a wall one way/sprite displayed as "static"
2 = Makes top and bottom textures seperately editable
2,4,6,8 = Used to stretch/squeeze textures/sprites (keypad keys only)
5 = Used to speed up the 2,4,6,8 keys functions (keypad key only)
A = move up (see Z)
B = Toggle a sprite's/line's block bit
C = Used to move a sprite half below the floor, probably to make
it look as if it is standing in water
E = Expand/Unexpand floor/ceiling textures; will result in sort of
"hi-res" floor/ceiling textures.
F = Flip sprite, wall/floor/ceiling texture
G = useless key
H = Toggle hitscan bit
M = Used to make a maskable wall on both sides of the line, for
example to add a glass texture
R = Used to flatten sprites and to put them on the floor if desired
Used for floor/ceiling textures so that they align to the
sector's first wall (also known as relative alignment mode)
O = Used to move sprites to the next nearest solid (or blocked)
wall in the opposite direction of their current angle, their
angle will be adjusted to be orthogonal to the wall.
Used to toggle orientation of textures on "red" lines, useful
to align textures above/below windows/doors.
P = Make floor/ceiling textures parallax (look like a sky that is)
S = insert sprite (if cursor is on wall it will insert a flat sprite)
T = Used to make sprites and masked walls translucent (50%/25%)
V = Texture selection screen, press twice to get a list of all
available textures
Z = move down (see A)
[ and ] = Used to slope floors/ceilings (be warned that floor and ceiling
slopes should not "touch" or overlap!)
. = Used to automatically align textures along walls, very
powerful function! Works from the selected texture to right.
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