Setting User Preferences

Using the Preferences dialog box, you can set many aspects of the LevelEditor interface to your personal preference.

The left pane in the Preferences dialog box has a directory tree from which you can choose settings, as listed in the table below.

To open the Preferences dialog box, select the Edit > Preferences menu item.

To set ... Use this command

Toolbar icon image size

Application > Command Icon Size

Whether the LevelEditor creates an empty document on startup

Documents > Auto New Document

Whether the LevelEditor automatically loads previously open documents on startup

Documents > Auto-load Documents

The number of recent files to display in the File menu

Documents > Recent Files Count

Whether to resolve references to subdocuments (sublevels) on document load

Documents > Resolve on Load

The ResourceRoot folder

Resources > ResourceRoot

Background color for the Design View

Editors > Design View > Background Color

The default camera navigation mode

Editors > Design View > ControlScheme

The distance away from the eye point at which objects disappear from view

Editors > Design View > FarZ

The default setting for the Rotate On Snap command

Editors > Design View > RotateOnSnap

The default setting for the Snap to Vertex command

Editors > Design View > SnapVertex