Plop Tool

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Plops object somewhere on plane of tile system using brush but does not assign to data structure of tile system.

• Use left mouse button to plop tiles using primary brush.

• Use right mouse button to plop tiles using secondary brush.

Shortcut Key: With tile system selected press P to select tool.

Tip - Left click on painted plop to cycle through to next available variation.

Alignment on X and Y Axis

Plops can be freely placed or aligned to a subdivision of the active tile system's grid. Separate alignments can be specified for the X and Y axis though these are linked by default ().

Snap Alignment : - Free - Free placement of plops.

• Points - Snap plops to points (where grid lines intersect).

• - Snap to midpoint of grid cells.

Snap Grid Spacing : When snapping to grid points or cells the spacing between grid cells can be specified using one of the following modes which can be selected using the drop-down arrow to left of input field.

• Fraction of Cell Size - Make snapping grid relative to cell size of the active tile system.

• Custom - Specify custom grid in local space of the active tile system.

Common presets can also be quickly selected from the drop-down.

Plopping Overlapping Objects

Hold Ctrl key to temporarily disable cycle functionality of plop tool so that you can plop objects on top of one another.

Tip - You may want to consider adjusting the advanced option Disable cycle function if you rarely use cycle functionality of plop tool.

Advanced Options

Location : Location for new plops:

• Group Inside Tile System - Group plops into game object inside tile system.

• Child Of Tile System - Place plops inside tile system game object.

• Scene Root - Place plops at scene root.

Disable cycle function : Disables cycle functionality of plop making it possible to plop overlapping tiles without needing to hold Ctrl key.

Interact with active system only : Indicates whether erase and cycle functionality should only be able to interact with plops that are associated with the active tile system.

Hide wireframe outline : Indicates whether wireframe outline should be shown to highlight position of plop. Wireframe outline is always shown for brushes where immediate previews have been disabled.

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