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 * <span class="inlinecode">Transform: </span> This component lets you displace, scale, and rotate the respective object. However, only images and animations attached to that object are affected, the object area is not. Note that the transform center is the top left corner of the scene, and rotation is defined in radian instead of degrees. There is no convenient way to change these settings at runtime, although you can always transform objects through a script. If you create images and animations at the right dimensions and orientation in the first place – which is recommended – you'll probably rarely use this component.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Text: </span> See the [[Text#Component text|Text]] page for more on the text component.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Text:</span> See the [[Text#Component text|Text]] page for more on the text component.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Box2D Body / Box2D Edges Fixture / Box2D Circle Fixture / Box2D Box Fixture: </span> See the [[Box2D]] page for more on the Box2D components.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Box2D Body / Box2D Edges Fixture / Box2D Circle Fixture / Box2D Box Fixture:</span> See the [[Box2D]] page for more on the Box2D components.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Movie: </span> This component lets you add movies to your scene. Unlike videos started through the [[Action_Parts#Play_video|Play video]] action part, which always take up the entire screen, component videos are added to the scene just like animations. So it is even possible for the character to walk in front of and behind the video. Disabling the object will hide the video, too; enabling the object will display and restart the video (from the beginning). There is no convenient way to stop/pause/continue a component video at runtime.
+* <span class="inlinecode">TMX:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>

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−	==== "~~Snoop~~" animations ====	+	==== "Hotspot" animations ====

−	Also on the "Effects" tab you can link an animation to the object (and place it) which will be used for a hotspot highlighting feature in your game~~. Visionaire Studio calls these animations <span class="inlinecode">~~"Snoop" ~~animation</span>~~. Via the [[Action Parts#Fade_.~~22snoop~~.22_animations_in.2Fout\|"Fade '~~snoop~~' animations in/out"]] action part you can show all ~~snoop~~ animations of your scene at once to highlight available hotspots.	+	Also on the "Effects" tab you can link an animation to the object (and place it) which will be used for a hotspot highlighting feature in your game (formerly known as "Snoop" animations). Via the [[Action Parts#Fade_.22hotspot.22_animations_in.2Fout\|"Fade 'hotspot' animations in/out"]] action part you can show all hotspot animations of your scene at once to highlight available hotspots.

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	==== Particle Containers ====		==== Particle Containers ====

−	You can assign a particle system to a scene object. That system will be visible as long as the respective object is visible. See the [[~~Particles~~]] page for more on how to set up particle systems.	+	You can assign a particle system to a scene object. That system will be visible as long as the respective object is visible. See the [[Particle System]] page for more on how to set up particle systems.

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 === Components ===
 Components can be viewed as object extensions. They add additional features to the respective objects.
-Click the <span class="inlinecode">[+]</span> icon on the "Components" tab to add a component to the selected object (or select the desired object in the first opening dialog, if you didn't select one before). You'll get a list of available components split into four groups: "Internal Components" are directly built into the engine. The "Shaders", "Particle Containers", and "Behaviours" groups are empty by default as they only contain components you added to the project before.
+Click the <span class="inlinecode">[+]</span> icon on the "Components" tab to add a component to the selected object (or select the desired object in the first opening dialog, if you didn't select one before). You'll get a list of available components split into four groups: "Internal Components" are directly built into the engine. The "Shaders", "Particle Containers", and "Behaviours" groups are empty by default as they only contain components you added to the project before (see image).
 ==== Internal Components ====
-* <span class="inlinecode">Transform: </span> This component lets you displace, scale, and rotate the respective object. However, only images and animations attached to that object are affected, the object area is not. There is no convenient way to change these settings at runtime, although you can always transform objects through a script. If you create images and animations at the right dimensions and orientation in the first place – which is recommended – you'll probably rarely use this component.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Transform: </span> This component lets you displace, scale, and rotate the respective object. However, only images and animations attached to that object are affected, the object area is not. Note that the transform center is the top left corner of the scene, and rotation is defined in radian instead of degrees. There is no convenient way to change these settings at runtime, although you can always transform objects through a script. If you create images and animations at the right dimensions and orientation in the first place – which is recommended – you'll probably rarely use this component.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Text: </span> See the [[Text#Component text|Text]] page for more on the text component.
 * <span class="inlinecode">Box2D Body / Box2D Edges Fixture / Box2D Circle Fixture / Box2D Box Fixture: </span> See the [[Box2D]] page for more on the Box2D components.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Movie: </span> This component lets you add movies to your scene. Unlike videos started through the [[Action_Parts#Play_video|Play video]] action part, which always take up the entire screen, component videos are added to the scene just like animations. So it is even possible for the character to walk in front of and behind the video. Disabling the object will hide the video, too; enabling the object will display and restart the video (from the beginning). There is no convenient way to stop/pause/continue a video at runtime.
+* <span class="inlinecode">Movie: </span> This component lets you add movies to your scene. Unlike videos started through the [[Action_Parts#Play_video|Play video]] action part, which always take up the entire screen, component videos are added to the scene just like animations. So it is even possible for the character to walk in front of and behind the video. Disabling the object will hide the video, too; enabling the object will display and restart the video (from the beginning). There is no convenient way to stop/pause/continue a component video at runtime.

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	=== Components ===		=== Components ===

−	<~~abbr title~~="to ~~be done~~">~~tbd~~</~~abbr~~>	+	Components can be viewed as object extensions. They add additional features to the respective objects.
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		+	Click the <span class="inlinecode">[+]</span> icon on the "Components" tab to add a component to the selected object (or select the desired object in the first opening dialog, if you didn't select one before). You'll get a list of available components split into four groups: "Internal Components" are directly built into the engine. The "Shaders", "Particle Containers", and "Behaviours" groups are empty by default as they only contain components you added to the project before.
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		+	==== Internal Components ====
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		+	* <span class="inlinecode">Transform: </span> This component lets you displace, scale, and rotate the respective object. However, only images and animations attached to that object are affected, the object area is not. There is no convenient way to change these settings at runtime, although you can always transform objects through a script. If you create images and animations at the right dimensions and orientation in the first place – which is recommended – you'll probably rarely use this component.
		+	* <span class="inlinecode">Text: </span> See the [[Text#Component text\|Text]] page for more on the text component.
		+	* <span class="inlinecode">Box2D Body / Box2D Edges Fixture / Box2D Circle Fixture / Box2D Box Fixture: </span> See the [[Box2D]] page for more on the Box2D components.
		+	* <span class="inlinecode">Movie: </span> This component lets you add movies to your scene. Unlike videos started through the [[Action_Parts#Play_video\|Play video]] action part, which always take up the entire screen, component videos are added to the scene just like animations. So it is even possible for the character to walk in front of and behind the video. Disabling the object will hide the video, too; enabling the object will display and restart the video (from the beginning). There is no convenient way to stop/pause/continue a video at runtime.
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		+	The "Particle System", "Shader", and "Behaviour" components are also listed in the respective groups below the "Internal Components" group (see below).
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		+	==== Shaders ====
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		+	You can assign a shader to a scene object to modify its visual appearance. See the [[Shaders]] page for more on this.
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		+	==== Particle Containers ====
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		+	You can assign a particle system to a scene object. That system will be visible as long as the respective object is visible. See the [[Particles]] page for more on how to set up particle systems.
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		+	==== Behaviours ====
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		+	You can assign an object behaviour to a scene object.
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		+	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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	=== Components ===		=== Components ===

−	~~See the [[Components]] page for more on this.~~	+	<abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>

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 * <span class="inlinecode">Savegame screenshot:</span> Set an image file that serves as the screenshot thumbnail for this scene when playing on mobile devices (taking in-game screenshots is not possible on mobile devices).
 * <span class="inlinecode">Scroll scene if the cursor is at the screen edge:</span> By default, scenes wider or higher than the game's resolution will scroll automatically, keeping the playable character in sight. If you check this option, the scene scrolling is triggered when the mouse cursor approaches the screen edges.
-* <span class="inlinecode">Test character:</span> tbd
+* <span class="inlinecode">Test character:</span> <abbr title="to be done">tbd</abbr>
 * <span class="inlinecode">Audio containers:</span> Add audio containers with sounds you want to use in this scene. If you make use of this [[Audio system|audio system]] feature, you might do without the "Background music" setting.
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 === Components ===
-tbd
+See the [[Components]] page for more on this.

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 === Effects ===
 If your scene is scrollable, you can add parallax scrolling to your objects, meaning objects move at a different speed than the scene when scrolling. This increases the illusion of depth. On the "Effects" tab you can define <span class="inlinecode">Scroll factors</span> for the horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) direction. The closer an object is to the viewer, the faster it has to move (higher percentage value).
 Also on the "Effects" tab you can link an animation to the object (and place it) which will be used for a hotspot highlighting feature in your game. Visionaire Studio calls these animations <span class="inlinecode">"Snoop" animation</span>. Via the [[Action Parts#Fade_.22snoop.22_animations_in.2Fout|"Fade 'snoop' animations in/out"]] action part you can show all snoop animations of your scene at once to highlight available hotspots.
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 [[File:Lightmap.png|thumb|350px|Lightmap affecting a character]]
-Lightmaps are image files that add a color tint to characters and (optionally) objects in the scene. See them as some kind of overlay, which itself is not visible, but only affects characters and objects to simulate different lightings in the scene. For example: if your scene is partly shadowed and partly sunlit, characters walking through it should adapt to the lighting situation. All characters are by default affected by lightmaps, whereas you need to check the <span class="inlinecode">"Object affected by lightmap"</span> option for each object you wish to be affected. The initial lightmap of a scene is defined in the [[#Scene_properties|scene properties]]; you may change it during the game through an [[Action Parts#Set_lightmap|action part]].
+Lightmaps are image files that add a color tint to characters and (optionally) objects in the scene. See them as some kind of overlay, which itself is not visible, but only affects characters and objects to simulate different lightings in the scene. For example: if your scene is partly shadowed and partly sunlit, characters walking through it should adapt to the lighting situation. All characters are by default affected by lightmaps, whereas you need to check the <span class="inlinecode">"Object affected by lightmap"</span> option for each object you wish to be affected. The initial lightmap of a scene is defined in the [[#Scene_properties|scene properties]]; you may change it during the game through the [[Action Parts#Set_lightmap|"Set lightmap"]] action part.
 Calling a lightmap an overlay may be somewhat misleading. The whole character/object gets tinted in one color only; namely the color of the particular lightmap pixel that corresponds to the current position of the character's animation center (see image) or the object's position coordinates, respectively. White areas in the lightmap do not change the color.

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	=== Disable/Enable objects ===		=== Disable/Enable objects ===

−	You can easily disable/enable an object by changing a [[Conditions and Values#Disable.2FEnable_objects\|~~condition or value~~]].	+	You can easily disable/enable an object by changing a linked condition or value. See the [[Conditions and Values#Disable.2FEnable_objects\|Conditions and Values page]] for more.

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 == Objects ==
 tbd
-== Components ==
+=== Disable/Enable objects ===
-tbd
+You can easily disable/enable an object by changing a [[Conditions and Values#Disable.2FEnable_objects|condition or value]].
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 Lightmaps don't have to be created at full game resolution. They will automatically be scaled to fit the size of the scene. If your scene is 1920&nbsp;x&nbsp;1080&nbsp;pixels, a lightmap of 960&nbsp;x&nbsp;540&nbsp;pixels (or even smaller) will probably do.
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