Editor-Menu

The Editor-Menu allows the user to manage their project(s).

SECTIONS

The editor's menu is organized into 5 sections

• File
  • Edit
  • Project
  • Settings
  • Help

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• FILE:

• NEW PROJECT: Create a new project

• OPEN PROJECT: Open a saved project

• SAVE PROJECT: Save your project. This option also creates a thumbnail for your project using the current camera position. Make sure your camera is set to the view you want before hitting SAVE PROJECT.

• SAVE PROJECT AS: Save a copy of your project. Very useful for archiving states or branching/forking projects.

• SAVE PROJECT AS PLUGIN: Save the current project as a plugin to be used in other projects

• RENAME PROJECT: Change the current name of the project

• NEW PLUGIN: Create a new plugin

• OPEN PLUGIN: Open a saved plugin

• SAVE PLUGIN: Allows you to save the modifications of the current plugin with your capture or the last position of the camera

• SAVE PLUGIN AS: Allows to save the current modifications of your plugin to a new one with another name, the previous plugin will not be deleted

• SAVE PLUGIN AS PROJECT: Allows you to save the plugin as a project

• RENAME PLUGIN: Allows you to change the current name of your plugin to another

• EDIT:

• UNDO: Allows you to set the previous modification of the game

• REDO: Allows to restore the game modification after using (undo)

• PROJECT:

• RUN: Run your current project.

• STOP: Stop the current project. Returns to the editor.

• PAUSE: Pauses/freezes the current running project.

• REWIND: Returns the camera to the start position.

• PUBLISH: Publishes your project to the Gamemaker3D website

• UNPUBLISH: If the current project was previously published to the Gamemaker3D website, this removes it.

• ANDROID EXPORT (APK): Creates an APK file for use on Android systems. You'll need:
  • Your App Name - the name of your app. Ex: Ultimate Racing, Yet Another Flappy Thing, etc.
  • A Unique Package Name - this is usually in the form of com.[yourdevname].[packagename]. Ex: com.cooldevguy.ultracing, com.ripoffcorp.yaft
  • Version number - whole numbers only, no dec

• WINDOWS EXPORT (EXE): Creates a ZIP file packed with the Windows EXE and all needed extension/media for the project to run on Windows systems.

MORE INFORMATION

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