Scene Tree

The Scene Tree is a fundamental tool when working on levels. It serves to display a list of all the objects that are present in the current level, and allows to quickly jump through them. Other things that can be done within the scene tree includes:

• Rename and move objects position in the scene tree
• Pack objects into groups, and turn groups into prefabs
• Hide and lock objects

Basics

Scene Tree window

The content of the Scene Tree window, starting from the top, are:

Element

Description

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Element

Crate New Group

Description

Creates a new group / folder

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Element

Search Bar

Description

Quickly search for an object

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Element

Search By

Description

Changes the mode of the search (by name, ID, Class)

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Element

Only Show Near Objects

Description

If enabled, the Scene Tree will only display objects near to the current camera position. Objects will be listed from nearest to farther, with the distance visible in meters

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Below is the Scene Tree itself. Objects are listed with their default name (or custom name if one was given). The small icon in front of the name indicates the class (type) of the object.

Manipulating the scene tree

Using Right Mouse Button on any item will display several options:

Right Mouse Button menu