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Project Tree

The project tree, located to the right of the Eldiron Creator contains all editable content of your game. Use the + and - buttons at the bottom of the tree to add or remove content, to the right of these buttons the current content context is displayed as well as import and export buttons.

Selecting specific content in the project tree will display a corresponding editor dock widget.

Regions​

Regions are the maps in your game which define the world, dungeons and towns.

You use the geometry tools to create geometry for the regions. Regions can be viewed using a 2D or various 3D cameras.

Characters​

A character template is a reusable blueprint that defines the behavior, attributes, and appearance of a character in the game.

You can edit character behavior using either Visual Scripting or Eldrin Scripting or edit the initial Attributes of the character.

You can instantiate a character template into the map of the region by simply dragging and dropping the character template into the map (Click left of the Name item and drag).

You can use the Entity Tool to move or delete character instances after creation.

Items​

Item templates have similar functionality as characters templates but define a static or dynamic item in the game world.

Like with characters you can edit item behavior using either Visual Scripting or Eldrin Scripting or edit the Attributes of the item.

You can instantiate an item template into the map of the region by simply dragging and dropping the item template into the map (Click left of the Name item and drag).

You can use the Entity Tool to move or delete item instances after creation.

Tilesets​

Tileset

Tilesets are PNG images with grid based tiles of pixel art. After importing a tile set and applying the correct Grid Size you can select individual or multiple tiles (click and drag horizontally or vertically to select) and add them to the tile picker.

Before adding the tile(s) make sure you selected the role as needed (to be able to filter and sort tiles correctly) and you can select one of three import modes:

  • Single. Add the selected tiles as individual tiles.
  • Anim. Add the selected tiles as one animated tile.
  • Multi. Add the selected tiles as one big tile, containing multiple tiles.

In the tile picker you can further edit tiles, both their meta data and their pixels, using the corresponding Actions.

Added tiles are shown with a slight gray overlay in the tileset editor, making it easy to see which files you already added. You can delete a tileset any time, already added tiles will not be affected.

Screens​

Screens in Eldiron define the visible user interface of your game. Paint background decoration with the Rect tool and create Sectors and apply tiles.

See the Working with Screens chapter (coming soon).

Assets​

Assets you added for your game will be listed here. Currently supported assets:

  • TTF fonts for in-game text drawing.

Palette​

Shows the colors of your palette. Use the palette based Actions to clear or import palettes.

Game​

In the game section you can select:

  • Settings. Edit your game settings, see all supported settings in the reference.
  • Debug Log. Displays state during game play, important especially to diagnose server startup or runtime errors. Shown by default after starting the game server.