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Wiki Article 07. Scene and Template

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The Scene Browser and Template Browser


Scene BrowserTemplate Browser
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The Scene Browser can be opened from the Start up Screen (Top Menu).

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Or from the “All Scenes Browser” shortcut in the Base UI.
The Template Browser can be opened from the Start up Screen (Top Menu).

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Or from the “All Templates Browser” shortcut in the Base UI.


Both browsers show available scenes in "\Saves\scene” and from VARs in the “\AddonPackages” folder.
The Scene browser will display all specified files flattened with no folder capability, excluding any files marked as "Hidden". The Template Browser will only display files marked as “Use As Template”. See below for more information on how to tag a file as a template or as "Hidden".


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You can sort the file order in several ways.









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“A to Z” or “Z to A” display the files in Forward or Reverse alphabetical order.



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“New to Old” or “Old to New” display the files in Forward or Reverse chronological order.



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“Only Favorites” Displays files marked as “Favorite”. See File Options for details on tagging favorites.


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“Show Hidden” Displays files marked as “Hide”. See File Options for details on tagging a file as "Hide".



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Search for a file by name.



Page Navigation Options:


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“Limit” uses a slider to set the amount of files displayed on each page from 18-1800 per page. Default is 450 per page for The Browser and 500 per page for Templates.



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This displays the currently shown file number of the total amount of files available.



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Takes you back to the first page.


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Page backward


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Page Forward


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“Cancel” closes the browser and returns you to your currently open scene.



Marking a scene as a template


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Clicking the Options Gear displays the tagging options available for a .json file.


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"Use As Template" will tag the file as a “Template” so it will show up specifically inside the Template Browser.


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"Hide" tags the file as hidden. Hiding the file from the Template and Scene browser unless the browser is set to “Show Hidden”


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This tags the file as a “Favorite”. Allowing the file to be listed when “Only Favorites” is set in the Scene or Template browsers.


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"Delete" removes the selected file. This option is not available to files packed inside var files or otherwise not read/writeable.


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"Rename..." opens a prompt for you to rename the selected file.
This option is not available to files packed inside var files or otherwise not read/writeable.
 

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