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Project Properties

This window defines properties that apply to the overall project. These can be edited by double-clicking the top root node in the project tree or selecting it and choosing "Properties" from the view menu.

Credits

These credits are embedded in the generated game and can be viewed in the generated game by selecting "About..." from the help menu when the game is in windowed mode. Credits are automatically updated when importing objects. The credits of an imported object will be merged with the project's credits as it is imported. Note, however, that they are not removed if the object is later deleted. Therefore it is recommended that you remember to verify the correctness of the credits before releasing a game. To directly edit the credits, click on this line, and then click the "..." button to display a text editor with the credits.

DisplayMode

This determines size of the window or display resolution for the game. All map views (defined by the view property in the Map Manager) must fit within this size. The game display cannot be resized at runtime.

MaxPlayers

This determines the number of players displayed in the options dialog of the generated game. If the number is 1, then there is no dropdown list to select which player's settings to edit. The remainder of the responsibility for handling the actual number of current players and mapping their input to the sprites falls to the rules defined in the project.

MaxViews

This determines how many views can be displayed by the maps in this project. If there are multiple views, each map will track distinct scroll positions for the different views that are currently active.

OverlayMap

If you have a map that you want to draw in front of the map where gameplay is happening (for instance, a map to represent the player's current inventory and status that is visible at most or all times), select it here. The overlay map can be changed at runtime, but this will set the initial value. To remove the overlay map, select the first (empty) item from the dropdown list.

StartMap

Indicates the map that will initially be active as the main map when the game begins running. (This could be a regular map where the game runs, or it could be a menu map that has options to transfer control to various other maps.)

TitleText

The text entered here appears on the title bar of the running game. It is also used to store the text that appears when importing from a template file. To provide additional information that will appear when the SGDK2 file is selected as an import source (displayed by various import wizards), enter it here.

Windowed

Selecting True here will start the game in a window by default. Selecting False will start the game in full screen mode by default. The mode can be switched at runtime by pressing Alt+Enter.