Torque includes two basic editors, the Mission Editor and the GUI Editor. The Mission Editor is further broken down into eight tools. In the following pages, I will be using short names for the individual tools wherever it does not create ambiguity.
Table 1-1.
| Editors | Start Editor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Editor | F11 | This editor is comprised of eight sub-editors, each one allowing you to modify and save various aspects of a specific mission. This editor can be used to edit existing missions or to create new ones. |
| GUI Editor | F10 | This editor allows you to modify existing GUIS and to create new GUIS, using a simple drag-and-drop interface. |
Table 1-2.
| Tools | Start Tool | Description |
|---|---|---|
| World Editor | F2 | This tool allows you to translate, rotate, and scale objects that have already been placed in the world. |
| World Editor Inspector | F3 | In addition to providing all the capabilities of the World Editor, this editor allows you to view and modify properties of individual mission objects. |
| World Editor Creator | F4 | In addition to providing all the capabilities of the World Editor, this tool allows you to place new objects in the current mission. |
| Mission Area Editor | F5 | This tool allows you to adjust the boundaries of the current mission as well as provides a means to mirror the current terrain. |
| Terrain Editor | F6 | This tool allows you to manually adjust the height of the mission map as well as to define whether portions of the map 'exist'. |
| Terrain Terraform Editor | F7 | In addition to providing all the capabilities of the Terrain Editor, this editor allows you to load images as terrain files as well as to apply various algorithmic filters to the terrain. |
| Terrain Texture Editor | F8 | In addition to providing all the capabilities of the Terrain Editor, this tool allows you to select any number of textures and apply them using a set of algorithms to determine blending and placement. |
| Terrain Texture Painter | Window Menu -> Terrain Texture Painter | In addition to providing all the capabilities of the Terrain Editor, this tool allows you to select and subsequently to apply up to 6 different textures to the terrain. |