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Keyboard Shortcuts

Play Window​

When playing your game inside MD Engine the controls depend on what's defined on the Settings, you can use both keyboard and gamepad.

Much of the functionality of MD Engine is accessible through the menu bar and many of the menu items contain keyboard shortcut labels. Try clicking around on the menus to discover all of the shortcuts but the following are a few you should find useful:

Save Project - Ctrl/Cmd + S
Open Project - Ctrl/Cmd + O
Switch View Mode - Ctrl/Cmd + 1-8
Run Game - Ctrl/Cmd + B
Export ROM file - Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + B

Game World​

While editing the game world you can use the following keys to quickly manipulate your scenes.

Select Mode - V
Add Actor - A
Add Trigger - T
Add Scene - S
Eraser Mode - E
Collisions Mode - C
Pan View - Hold Space (while clicking and dragging on Game World)
Zoom - Hold Ctrl/Cmd + Scroll wheel
Focus on Scene Search - /

The Navigator is the sidebar on the left which allows quickly navigating through your project.

Move selection up - Arrow Up
Move selection down - Arrow Down
Open folder - Arrow Right
Close folder - Arrow Left
Rename - Enter
Select multiple items (Scenes only) - Shift while clicking

Drawing Mode​

Drawing mode is automatically enabled in the Collision tool and the Colorize tool.

Draw - Click on scene
Draw line from last point - Click to set first point, hold Shift, click to set next point
Lock brush to axis - Hold Shift + Hold Click
8px Brush - 8
16px Brush - 9
Fill - 0
Hide Triggers/Actors - -

Collision Types​

These are only available when using the Collision tool.

Each tile can hold a maximum of 1 ladder and 3 collision sides. Ladders will not replace existing collision when placed on top of other colliders.

Select multiple collision types - Shift + Click
Erase collision tile - Click on a collision tile
Solid - 1
Collision Top - 2
Collision Bottom - 3
Collision Left - 4
Collision Right - 5
Ladder (Platformer only) - 6

Debugger​

When the Debugger is enabled, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts in both the Project Window and Play Window:

Pause/Resume - F8
Step Forward One Instruction - F9
Step Forward One Frame - F10