Viewport

The main 3D view where mission objects are placed and arranged.

Creating objects

The toolbar dropdowns determine what type of object is created when you click in the viewport. Each dropdown is paired with its own modifier chord:

• Ctrl+click - creates a ship from the Ships dropdown.
• Ctrl+Shift+click - creates a prop from the Props dropdown.
• Ctrl+Alt+click - creates a waypoint or jump node from the Other dropdown.

Selecting objects

• Click an object to select it.
• Click and drag on empty space to draw a selection box and select all objects within it.
• Double-click an object to open its editor dialog.

Moving objects

Drag a selected object to reposition it in the mission.

Duplicating objects

• Ctrl+drag a selected object to duplicate everything that is currently marked. Ships, props, and jump nodes are cloned with all their editable fields preserved. Marked waypoints are copied into a new path that inherits the source path's color, layer, and line-drawing settings.
• Ctrl+Shift+drag behaves the same as Ctrl+drag except for waypoints: each marked waypoint is inserted into its source path right after the original, extending the path rather than creating a new one. Useful when you want to add more points to an existing path without redrawing it. Other object types in the marked set are duplicated normally.

Context menu

Right-click anywhere in the viewport to open a context menu with options relevant to what was clicked. A plain right-click (without dragging) opens the menu; right-click and drag instead moves the camera (see below). Available options vary depending on whether you clicked an object, a specific object type, or empty space.

Camera controls

The camera orbits around a pivot point in the scene. Mouse controls move the camera without changing any mission data:

• Middle-button drag - orbit (rotate) the camera around the pivot.
• Shift + middle-button drag - pan the camera, sliding the view sideways and up/down instead of rotating.
• Right-button drag - orbit the camera, the same as a middle-button drag. Shift + right-button drag pans. A right click that does not drag opens the context menu instead.
• Mouse wheel - zoom the camera toward or away from the pivot.

Keyboard controls

The keyboard can also fly the camera around the viewport. The default bindings are:

• A / Z - move forward / backward.
• Numpad 1 / Numpad 3 - move left / right.
• Numpad - / Numpad + - move up / down.
• Numpad 4 / Numpad 6 - yaw left / right.
• Numpad 2 / Numpad 8 - pitch up / down.
• Space - toggle selection lock, which prevents clicks in the viewport from changing the current selection.

All of these keys can be reassigned under File › Preferences › Controls. See the Preferences page for details.