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 * <span class="inlinecode">Activate pixel effect:</span> If you check this option, "nearest neighbor" interpolation will be used for image scaling. This is usually desired for low resolution games as it will not blur pixels in fullscreen mode.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Smooth scrolling:</span> If you check this option, scrolling of wide scenes is softened through motion easing.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Scale down with mipmaps:</span> Enabling this option may lead to better character scaling results.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Scale down with mipmaps:</span> Enabling this option may lead to better character scaling results (less aliasing).
 * <span class="inlinecode">Render ttfs at screen size:</span> Check this option, if you have a low resolution game with "pixel effect" (see above) activated but want to display TTF font texts without being influenced by this effect. Note that texts will be shown on top of everything in this case - even in front of the cursor. ''(experimental feature)''

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 * <span class="inlinecode">Walksound Bus:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>
 * <span class="inlinecode">Speech Bus:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>
 * <span class="inlinecode">Additional folders:</span> When building (compiling) the game, only asset files linked somewhere in the editor will be included. If you load files via Lua code, which are not used elsewhere in the project, this might work during development but fail in the final game, when those files are not accessible. That's why you can add additional folders whose files will be included in the game build anyway.

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 * <span class="inlinecode">First scene:</span> Select the scene which will be shown after the loading screen and/or intro movie, if provided.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Default language:</span> Select the initial language which will be active on game start.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Resolution:</span> Set the game's resolution. If the desired resolution is not in the list, you can set a custom resolution via the explorer tool (Ctrl+E): open "eGame > GameWindowResolution" and enter width and height values.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Resolution:</span> Set the game's resolution. If the desired resolution is not in the list, you can set a custom resolution in the explorer tool: open the explorer via the menu or by pressing Ctrl+E; then navigate to "eGame > GameWindowResolution" and enter width and height values.
 * <span class="inlinecode">At begin start following action:</span> You can use this to perform actions on game launch (hide interfaces, check settings etc.). The start action will be executed before the first scene is shown.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Activate Standard command:</span> Usually one of the commands of your interface is the standard command which is set whenever no other command is set. Choose here, if you want to automatically set this standard command after the user performed an action.

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 * <span class="inlinecode">First scene:</span> Select the scene which will be shown after the loading screen and/or intro movie, if provided.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Default language:</span> Select the initial language which will be active on game start.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Resolution:</span> Set the game's resolution. If the desired resolution is not in the list, you can set a custom resolution via the explorer tool (Ctrl+E).
+* <span class="inlinecode">Resolution:</span> Set the game's resolution. If the desired resolution is not in the list, you can set a custom resolution via the explorer tool (Ctrl+E): open "eGame > GameWindowResolution" and enter width and height values.
 * <span class="inlinecode">At begin start following action:</span> You can use this to perform actions on game launch (hide interfaces, check settings etc.). The start action will be executed before the first scene is shown.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Activate Standard command:</span> Usually one of the commands of your interface is the standard command which is set whenever no other command is set. Choose here, if you want to automatically set this standard command after the user performed an action.

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 == Components ==
-On the "Components" tab you can add custom behaviours to your game. Click the <span class="inlinecode">[+]</span> icon to get a list of the behaviours you created before and select one.
+On the "Components" tab you can add custom behaviours to your game. Click the <span class="inlinecode">[+]</span> icon to get a list of the game behaviours you created before and select one.
 Custom behaviours override the default behaviours of Visionaire, thus allowing for advanced modification and customization of the whole system. This even enables you to develop other types of games than point-and-click adventures. Behaviours are created using the [[Ilios]] scripting language.
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-* <span class="inlinecode">Music Bus:</span> tbd
+* <span class="inlinecode">Music Bus:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>
-* <span class="inlinecode">Sound Bus:</span> tbd
+* <span class="inlinecode">Sound Bus:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>
-* <span class="inlinecode">Walksound Bus:</span> tbd
+* <span class="inlinecode">Walksound Bus:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>
-* <span class="inlinecode">Speech Bus:</span> tbd
+* <span class="inlinecode">Speech Bus:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>
 * <span class="inlinecode">Additional folders:</span> When building (compiling) the game, only asset files linked somewhere in the editor will be included. If you load files via Lua code, which are not used elsewhere in the project, this might work during development but fail in the final game, when those files are not accessible. That's why you can add additional folders whose files will be included in the game build anyway.
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 == Components ==
-tbd
+See the [[Components]] page for more on this.
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-<span class="inlinecode">Action text</span> is the text that displays the current action and/or object names when hovering over or interacting with objects, e.g. "Door", "Look at door", "Use key with door" etc.
+<span class="inlinecode">Action text</span> is the text that displays the current command and/or object names when hovering over or interacting with objects, e.g. "Door", "Look at door", "Use key with door" etc.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Display:</span> Define if, how and where the action text should be displayed.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Display:</span> Define if, how and where the action text should be displayed. If you choose not to draw the action text, you can still add it to an [[Interfaces|interface]].
 * <span class="inlinecode">Font:</span> Select the font which should be used to display the action text.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Rectangle:</span> Define position and size of a box in which the action text should be displayed; only applicable if the "Draw action text inside rectangle" option was chosen.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Rectangle:</span> Define position and size of a box in which the action text should be displayed; only applicable if the "Draw action text inside rectangle" option was selected under "Display".

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 * <span class="inlinecode">Scroll speed [pixel/sec]:</span> Set the speed in which large scenes will be scrolled by. A higher value equals faster scrolling.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Sprite cache size [MB]:</span> Set the sprite cache size (in megabytes), which stores recently loaded sprites.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Speech output balance [%]:</span> Define how much speech audio output depends on the position of the speaking character. 0% means that the position doesn't matter at all, 100% means that the audio is played only by the left/right speaker, if the character is standing on the left/right side of the screen.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Speech output balance [%]:</span> Define by how much speech audio output depends on the position of the speaking character. 0% means that the position doesn't matter at all, 100% means that the audio is played only by the left/right speaker, if the character is standing on the left/right side of the screen.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Text alignment:</span> Define the alignment for text spoken by characters.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Narration text alignment:</span> Define the alignment for narration text.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Disable interaction during character anim:</span> Prevent the user from being able to interact while character animations are played.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Object text font:</span> Set the default font for object text. You can define an individual font for each object text inside the respective action part though.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Savegame screenshot:</span> Set an image file that serves as the screenshot thumbnail for all scenes when playing on mobile devices (taking in-game screenshots is not possible on mobile devices).
+* <span class="inlinecode">Savegame screenshot:</span> Set an image file that serves as the screenshot thumbnail for all scenes when playing on mobile devices (taking in-game screenshots is not possible on mobile devices). You can define an individual image for each scene in the respective scene's properties though.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Video pause screen:</span> Set in image file that serves as a video pause screen.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Video pause screen:</span> Set an image file that serves as a video pause screen.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Loading screen:</span> Set an image file that serves as a loading screen on game start (before the intro movie).
 * <span class="inlinecode">Wait cursor:</span> Select the cursor which is shown while the engine is loading data (on scene change).
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 * <span class="inlinecode">Display:</span> Define if, how and where the action text should be displayed.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Font:</span> Select the font which should be used to display the action text.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Rectangle:</span> Define position and size of a box in which the action text should be displayed; only applicable if the '''Draw action text inside rectangle''' option was chosen.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Rectangle:</span> Define position and size of a box in which the action text should be displayed; only applicable if the "Draw action text inside rectangle" option was chosen.
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-This section is where you setup global mouse actions. That's things like having the right mouse button always applying the "Look" command or holding the left mouse button display your "coin" style interface. When it comes to interaction with specific objects in your game, you define those mouse actions for the respective objects directly, not in these global settings.
+This section is where you setup global mouse actions. That's things like having the right mouse button always apply the "Look" command or holding the left mouse button display your "coin" style interface. When it comes to interaction with specific objects in your game, you define those mouse actions for the respective objects directly, not in these global settings.
 You can setup actions for the following mouse events:
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 As to the last two events, you can specify the amount of time by which holding of the left mouse button is treated as its own event, in milliseconds (<span class="inlinecode">"Time until mouse button hold"</span>). This setting is global, so it applies to individual "hold mouse button" actions for objects throughout your project, too.
-Besides the global mouse actions, you may also set the playable character's general reaction to mouse events. In classical third-person point-and-click adventure games, the character always walks to where the user clicks with the left mouse button. If your game has a different approach, you may want to change that behaviour. Define the character's motion for left, right, and middle mouse button click as well as for the "hold mouse button (released)" event by choosing the appropriate "send character" option.
+Besides the global mouse actions, you may also set the playable character's general reaction to mouse events. In classic third-person point-and-click adventure games, the character always walks to where the user clicks with the left mouse button. If your game has a different approach, you may want to change that behaviour. Define the character's motion for left, right, and middle mouse button click as well as for the "hold mouse button (released)" event by choosing the appropriate "send character" option.
 It is possible to change that general behaviour during the game through Lua script. That may come in handy in situations where your character is supposed to temporarily not move for some reason. Have a look at the following example:
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-As for the mouse events, you can define global key actions, too. Add a new action and select the appropriate key you wish to address as the action's execution type. The key selection list contains keyboard keys as well as gamepad keys, both in two variants: "pressed" and "released". You could use this to highlight object hotspots on key press and hide them again on key release, for example.
+In this section you can define global key actions. Add a new action and select the appropriate key you wish to address as the action's execution type. The key selection list contains keyboard keys as well as gamepad keys, both in two variants: "pressed" and "released". You could use this to highlight object hotspots on key press and stop the highlighting again on key release, for example.