{"id":140,"date":"2019-06-25T14:10:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/editors\/level-editor"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:29:38","slug":"level-editor","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/editors\/level-editor","title":{"rendered":"Level editor \/ level manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHAT ITS FOR:<\/h3>\n

The level editor allows you to modify properties belonging to a level. Things like the level’s music, its lighting, or its post-processing.<\/p>\n

PROPERTIES:<\/h3>\n

SETTINGS TAB<\/h5>\n

\"\"Cut scene <\/strong>checkbox: used to exclude a cut scene level from the total levels count during scores.
\"\"Show HUD <\/strong>checkbox:<\/strong> if checked, the HUD (score, hp, lives…) will be displayed on-screen. You can choose to hide it for tutorials or cinematic levels.<\/p>\n

Wallpaper<\/strong> option: the wallpaper is the picture that displays around your game window. For example, if your game has a ratio of 4\/3 (like all the retro vertical games), the wallpaper will appears on the left and right sides of the screen.
The wallpaper is made with a picture at least the size of your screen resolution.
The game will be displayed above it.\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n

Note<\/strong>: keep in mind that your game can be displayed on every screens so think to keep a safe zone.<\/pre>\n\n\n
\"\"<\/p>\n\n
Parallax scrolling<\/strong>
You can choose as many as 5 different pictures for your level background. The pictures are stacked, and if a picture has an alpha channel it will show the pictures below through transparent areas.
The first layer should be the nearest background element, the last layer the furthest.
That’s an easy way to create a parallax scrolling to your level!
More about parallax here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\"\"\u00a0 Scrolling\u00a0 01-05<\/strong> menu: choose a picture that will act as a background for your game. When the camera moves, the picture will scroll and repeat forever.
\"\" \"\" Scroll speed x \/ y\u00a0 01-05<\/strong> spinner: this value changes the background picture scrolling speed. The bigger the value, the faster it will scroll with the camera. You can control the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) speed. If you choose 0 for a speed, the background will not move with the camera in this direction.
\"\" \"\" Offset x \/ y\u00a0 01-05<\/strong> spinner: you can offset the picture to place it where you want on your screen.
 \"\"\u00a0<\/strong>\"\" Fit 01-05<\/strong> buttons: the picture can fill the screen horizontally or vertically.<\/p>\n\n\n
Note<\/strong>: put your background pictures in Assets\/Pictures<\/pre>\n\n\n
LIGHTING TAB<\/h5>\n
Sprite lighting<\/strong>
Often you don’t want to light your sprites with 3D lights. The render is faster this way, and the colors are preserved.
\"\" Enable <\/strong>checkbox: if checked, the sprites will be lighted by the sun and the lights.<\/p>\n
Sun<\/strong>
Your level can be lighted by the sun.
Orientation:
\"\" X\/Y sun angle<\/strong> spinners: the angle of the light.
\"\" Intensity<\/strong> spinner: the light intensity.
\"\"  Color<\/strong>: you can choose the color of the light.<\/p>\n
POST PROCESSING TAB<\/h5>\n
The post effects can modify the whole picture of your games. 
Use the check boxes to set each effect on or off. <\/p>\n\n\n
Note:<\/strong> you can only see the result in the Game view (not in the perspective views).\n\nPay attention to the fact that those effects can slow down your games, as they sometimes need processing power.<\/pre>\n\n\n
\"\" Color correction<\/strong> checkbox: With this effect, you can control the final look of your level: you can contrast, lighten, darken, or de-saturate the picture.
\"\" Brightness<\/strong> spinner: modify the picture brightness.
\"\" Contrast<\/strong> spinner: modify the picture contrast. A bigger value means more contrast.
\"\" Mid-tones<\/strong> spinner: modify the mid-tones brightness.
\"\" Saturation<\/strong> spinner: saturate or de-saturate the image. A saturation of 0 creates a black and white picture.<\/p>\n
\"\" Chromatic<\/strong> aberration<\/strong> checkbox: This effect simulates the fringe on the image which can occur when using old or bad camera lenses
\"\" Intensity<\/strong> spinner: the effect intensity.<\/p>\n
\"\" Noise<\/strong> checkbox: Can add the kind of noise from old films.
\"\" Intensity<\/strong> spinner: the effect intensity.<\/p>\n
\"\" Vignetting<\/strong> checkbox: This effect darken the picture borders.
\"\" Intensity<\/strong> spinner: the effect intensity.<\/p>\n
\"\" Pixelate<\/strong> checkbox: This effect augments the pixel size and gives a “blocky” aspect to the picture (like in old 8-bits retro-games).
\"\" Pixel size<\/strong> spinner: the size of the pixel. 1 doesn’t change anything, 2 will double the pixel size, etc.<\/p>\n
\"\" Old TV<\/strong> checkbox: This complex effect simulates an old TV.
\"\" Curvature<\/strong> spinner: will bend more or less the picture to simulate the shape of old TVs.
\"\" Intensity<\/strong> spinner: controls the scan-lines strength.<\/p>\n\n\n
Note<\/strong>: this effect can make selecting objects difficult. To disable it in the editor > go to the Game preferences editor window (blue button with white gear on the top left) and remove the check of the box of the \"post processing in the editor\".<\/pre>\n\n\n
SOUND TAB<\/h5>\n
\"\"  Music<\/strong> menu: the music of the level. You can override it with sound game objects.<\/p>\n\n\n
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