{"id":143,"date":"2019-06-25T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/editors\/menu-editor"},"modified":"2023-09-13T07:28:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:28:41","slug":"menu-editor","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/editors\/menu-editor","title":{"rendered":"Menu editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>WHAT ITS FOR:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>This is the game start menu. There is a lot of things you can customize.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h5>PROPERTIES:<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<h5>PREVIEW WINDOW<\/h5>\n<p>Show the menu preview.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/menuPreviewMenu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/> Button: test the menu to menu transition<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/menuPreviewClick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/> Button: test the menu up-down navigation<\/p>\n<h5><strong>SPLASH SCREEN<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>You can choose two background pictures before the menu.<br \/>\npicture 01 by default is a Bulo studio picture<br \/>\npicture 02 by default is a SHMUP Creator picture<br \/>\nIf you choose your own picture for the picture 01 or 02 and keep &#8220;default&#8221; for the other one, a splash screen Bulostudio and SHMUP Creator will be chosen\u00a0 for the default one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can choose a background picture for the menu.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboPicture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Picture<\/strong> menu: the background picture<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Scroll speed x\/y<\/strong> spinners: you can make the background scroll on one or two axes.<br \/>\n<strong>Fit<\/strong>: it&#8217;s difficult to know what screen ratio users will have, to you need to choose how the picture will be displayed on a variety of screens:<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/menu_fitHorizontal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Fit horizontal<\/strong> button: the picture will scale until its horizontal borders touch the horizontal screen borders.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/menu_fitVertical.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Fit vertical<\/strong> button: will do the same, but using the vertical borders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboNone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Music<\/strong> menu: the music played during the start menu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TITLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to display the game title on the start menu: with text, or with a picture.<br \/>\n<strong>Position x\/y<\/strong>: the position of the title on the screen.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/radioButton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" \/> <strong>GFX<\/strong> radio button: the title will be a picture.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboPicture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Choose<\/strong> menu: the title picture.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Size<\/strong> spinner: the scale of the title.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/radioButton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" \/> <strong>Text<\/strong>: the title will be a text.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboFont.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Font<\/strong> menu: the title font.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Size<\/strong> spinner: the title scale.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/color.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Color<\/strong>: you can colorize the text with this color.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MENU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The menu offers all the game options: start, graphics and sound settings,etc.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"61\" height=\"22\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"61\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Position x\/y<\/strong> spinners: the menu position. Note that it can move up automatically to display every line if you choose a position too low.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPEARANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboFont.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Font<\/strong>: the font of the menu.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Size<\/strong> spinner: the menu text size.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/color.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Color<\/strong>: you can colorize the text.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/> line-spacing<\/strong>\u00a0spinner: the space between two lines.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/align_left.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/align_center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/align_right.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Align left\/middle\/right<\/strong> buttons: you can align the menu to the left, to the right, or center it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SELECTED APPEARANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The appearance of the current menu option. The transition between the two options can be animated.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Duration<\/strong> spinner: the transition duration.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Offset<\/strong> spinner: the selected line can be offset to the right or left.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/color.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Color<\/strong>: the selected line can be colorized.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Scale<\/strong> spinner: the selected line can scale<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/checkbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" \/>\u00a0Blink<\/strong> checkbox: the selected line can blink<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This controls the transition between two menu sections. For example, from settings to graphic settings.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Duration<\/strong> spinner: the transition duration.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1float.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Line delay<\/strong> spinner: you can add a delay between two lines to make the transition appears line by line.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"61\" height=\"22\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/spinner1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"61\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Position x\/y<\/strong> spinners: the start position of the menu before it appears (a verifier)<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/checkbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" \/>\u00a0Fade<\/strong> checkbox: if checked, the new menu will fade from transparent to opaque during the transition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOUNDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This section allows you to choose the menu sounds.<br \/>\n<strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboSound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Menu go<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Sound<\/strong> menu: the sound played when a new menu appears.<br \/>\n<strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboSound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Menu back<\/strong> <strong>Sound<\/strong> menu: the sound played when the user goes back to the previous menu.<br \/>\n<strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboSound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Select button<\/strong> <strong>Sound<\/strong> button: the sound played when the user selects something.<br \/>\n<strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboSound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0Start button<\/strong> <strong>Sound<\/strong> button: the start sound when the user press the &#8220;start the game&#8221; button.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comboSound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"22\" \/> Start game <\/strong><strong>Sound<\/strong> button: the start sound when the user starts the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":138,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-143","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2790,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/143\/revisions\/2790"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/138"}],"next":[{"title":"Layer editor","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/editors\/layer-editor","href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/217"}],"prev":[{"title":"Gameplay","link":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/?docs=shmupcreator\/editors\/gameplay","href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmupcreator.com\/doc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}