Catching Features Map Editor mouse/keyboard shortcut tables
| General shortcuts | |
| Right mouse button drag | Move around on the map (both in 2D and 3D views) |
| Left/Right arrow key | Move on the map to the left/right |
| Up/Down arrow key | Move forward/backwards in the terrain in 3D view (these keys don't seem to work in 2D mode) |
| Mouse Scroll Wheel Up/Down | Zoom in/out on the map. This is by far the fastest way to zoom in/out while editing. |
| + | Zoom in. (The '+' on the numeric keypad does not work.) |
| - | Zoom out. (The '-' key on the numeric keypad does not work.) |
| OCAD
"pre-processing" shortcuts - when the OCAD map is displayed in line mode, before "Convert to T3D" has been called |
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| Space | Display "Set Contour Height" dialog box (to change the contour heights for the selected lines) |
| Delete | Deletes the currently selected lines. |
| Left mouse click | Add/remove a line to/from selection. If the click was outside a line, all lines become unselected. |
| Left mouse button drag | The contour lines covered by the drag line go "uphill" (linear) |
| Shift key+Left mouse button drag | The contour lines covered by the drag line go "downhill" (linear) |
| General
editing shortcuts - most of these are related to point and triangle editing |
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| Left mouse click | Select/unselect a point |
| Left mouse button drag | Select all points (for the selected textures) within the drag rectangle |
| Right mouse click | Unselect all points |
| Shift+Right mouse click | In 2D view, sets the viewpoint. The view point is used both as the insert point for .3DS objects and for the current "camera location" in 3D view. |
| F2 | Toggle Wireframe mode ON/OFF |
| F3 | Display the list of textures for the map. To add new textures to this list, use File/Insert Texture or File/Import T3S |
| Space | Toggle between 2D and 3D view |
| F5 | Display the Point Properties dialog box, for the selected points. |
| F6 | Display the Tri Plant Properties dialog, for the selected triangles. |
| F7 | Display the Tri Forest Properties dialog, for the selected triangles. |
| F8 | Display the Tri Speed Properties dialog, for the selected triangles. |
| q | Set texture region |
| w | Show next texture region rectangle |
| e | Select all triangles that don't belong to a texture region |
| r | Clear texture regions from the selected triangles |
| 1 | Mouse movement of selected points = Move YZ |
| 2 | Mouse movement of selected points = Move Y |
| 3 | Mouse movement of selected points = Move X |
| 4 | Mouse movement of selected points = Move Z |
| 5 | Mouse movement of selected points = Rotate Y |
| 6 | Mouse movement of selected points = Rotate X |
| 7 | Mouse movement of selected points = Rotate Z |
| F11 | Add point a new point to the map, with the first selected texture in the texture list. |
| F12 | Make triangle from (exactly) 3 selected points. (All points must belong to the same texture.) |
| Edit
Map Chunks shortcut - when the Map/Edit Map Chunks option is checked |
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| Left mouse button drag | If a map chunk
handle is dragged: Resize the map chunk If a map chunk is dragged: Move the map chunk |
| Course
Editing shortcuts - when the Courses/Edit Courses options is checked |
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| Left mouse click | Selects a control ring. If a course is selected and another ring from the course was selected, it adds the ring to the course. |
| Right mouse click | Selects a control ring. If a course is selected and the ring is part of the course, it removes the ring from the course. |
| Left mouse button drag | Moves the selected ring (if Courses/Lock Control Locations is unchecked). |