StudyCrafter

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===== StudyCrafter Scriptor Tab ===== The Scriptor Tab is where you design the logic driving each scene. You can set player choices, write dialogues, or plan actions in the Scriptor Tab, by creating nodes and setting relationships between them. {{::scriptor_screen.png?1000|}} ==== 1. Variables ==== {{::variables_tab.png?400|}} === 1. Set Values === You can set values of each variable by simply double-clicking it, and put whatever you want in the value box. === 2. Create New Variables === {{::variable_create.png?400|}} ==Name== The name of a variable should explain itself. Try to make an easy one which explains what it does. ==Type== The type of a variable includes integer, float, string, boolean and none. It depends on what this variable means in this project. ==Initial Value== You can set an initial value of your variables here, it should fit the type of the variable. ==Kind== The kind of variables includes independent variables, dependent variables, none variables or null variables. Independent variables and dependent variables are the most important ones to your project, they are related to each other and your results. Null variables are variables that are in your research but neither independent or dependent. Null variables are those you create in the project, which is not related to your research but infects your StudyCrafter project. === 3. Hide & Expand Variables === Click this little triangle buttons, you can hide or expand global and object variable group. For the variables in these groups, you can also click those buttons to hide or expand the values of each variable. === 4. Hide & Expand Tab === Click this arrow button to hide the variable tab. When the tab is hidden, click it again to expand it. ==== 2. Nodes ==== You can drag the dot on the node to create a new node as shown in the image below: {{::nodes_new.png?400|}} === 1. Dialogue === === 2. Action === === 3. Player Choice === === 4. Branch === === 5. Set Variable === === 6. Sound === === 7. End Scene === === 8. Event === === 9. Make Function === === 10. Call Function === ==== 3. Center Button ==== Click this button to reset all the nodes to the center. ==== 4. Mini-Map (?) ==== The Mini-Map shows the thumbnail of the scene. Move your mouse above it, it will show the coordinates you are pointing. {{:mini_map.png?400|}} ==== 5. Report Bug ==== If you find anything wrong in StudyCrafter, click the Report Bug button to let us know. It will be very helpful if you report your problems to us. You can leave a description of the problems here as what's shown in the image below. ==== 6. Research Button ==== Click the Research Button to enter the [[testpage#StudyCrafter Research Tab|Research Screen]]. ==== 7. Layout Button ==== Click the Layout Button to enter the [[testpage#StudyCrafter Layout Tab|Layout Screen]]. ==== 8. Play the Scene ==== Click this button to enter the play screen of the scene and have a preview of this scene. ==== 9. Back to Project ==== Click this button to go back to [[testpage#StudyCrafter Project Screen|Project Screen]]. ==== 10. Zoom in & Zoom out ==== Click the "+" button to zoom in and the "-" button to zoom out.