Menus
Main Menu
At the top-left of the screen is a large round button. If you click this it will open the main menu.
Quick Access Tooolbar
To the right of the main menu button you will see a small disk (save) and triangle (run) icon.
This is the quick-access toolbar. It lets you quickly save and run a game without having to open the main menu or select the view tab on the ribbon.
Main Ribbon
Below this is the main control ribbon, which has 3 tabs containing buttons.
Home Tab
The HOME tab of the ribbon looks like this:
It contains buttons to quickly create any of the 10 ADRIFT items and add them to their default folder.
This folder must be open, and one of the 10 default folders must be the currently selected folder, or the newly created item will instead be written to the currently selected folder.
The OPTIONS button lets you setup the player perspective for the game, the default font, and write a bibliography that is stored in the game file.
There is also a duplicate (but much larger) RUN button so you can quickly test your alterations (It will ask if you want to save the changes - normally you would select YES)
View Tab
The VIEW tab lets you rearrange the layout of your open folders, and also has buttons to quickly hide or show the folders window and the map.
Map Tab
- The MAP tab is only available if the map itself is currently visible. It looks like this:
- ADD LOCATION - Creates a new location, but you can also just double-click the map to do this.
- PLAN VIEW - If you use the left-button drag to tilt the map in 3D, you will need to click this to get it back to normal.
- CENTRALISE MAP - Centers all of your locations on the map, but does not adjust the zoom.
- ZOOM IN - If you dont have a wheel-mouse then use this to zoom into the map.
- ZOOM OUT - Lets you see more of the locations at once. For those without a wheel-mouse.
- SHOW GRID LINES - A regular grid to help you align your locations neatly.
- SHOW AXES - 3D axis that lets you see how much you have rotated or tilted the map.