Week 1_Independent Study

5 ways customize Sandbox editor setup.

1. If the mount of panels you have opened more than one, you can make all the panels to join together in one window.

2. Use 'Tools' menu to select toolbars that you want and create their own environment.

3. Click and drag the tabs to add to the viewport which can let windows does not flow around.

4. Use ‘preferences’ in the ‘open tools’ to set any color you wish to be the color of console background.

5. You can create the shortcut key by yourself, for example, you just need to press ctrl + S to save files and if you want to create a new shortcut key you can type any words you want and click ‘Assign’.

3 Different ways to move around the level are:

1. Use ‘w, a, s and d’ keys on your keyboard, they represent ‘move forward, left, move backward and right’ respectively.

2. Use left and right click + scroller on the mouse to move and look around.

3. Press Alt + click scroll mouse button to rotate camera around

5 shortcuts or buttons, and what each of their functions are.

1.      Press Ctrl + T to select objects.

2.       Press Ctrl + C to copy objects.

3.       Press ‘H’ on the keyboard to hide.

4.       Press ‘M’ on the keyboard to pull up the materials editor.

5.       Press Shift+F1 (or F2, 3, 4, etc use this function) to load the predefined camera positions.

Reflection

 According to this first week lecture, I have learnt a brief understanding of this course and I need to use a software called ‘Cryengine’ many times in this semester to create virtual environment but looks realistically. Actually, this software has enabled me to exert my imagination and I will make the most of the skills and methods which I have to master to create a successful and creative project.