WED Preferences

Preferences

Snap	Snap distance of the grid; can be set also in the button bar. This value determines how much precision you have on manipulating objects. Lower values give you more precision, while higher values make aligning objects easier.
Rotate Snap	Snap angle on rotating objects. Lower values give you more precision on rotations, while higher values make aligning objects along axes easier
Hollow Wall	Sets the wall thickness for the Hollow operation.
Walk Speed	Sets the camera speed in Walkthrough mode.
Grid Lo / Hi	Determines how many units lie between dark and bright grid lines in the views.
Snapping	Toggles snapping on and off.
Grid Auto Size	Grid changes its size automatically with the zoom factor.
Invert Mouse	Inverts the mouse for eye rotation modes.
Show Entities	Toggles display of entities in all views.
Group Sub Pieces	Automatic grouping of objects broken up by a Subtract operation.
Startup Recent	Automatically load the last level on startup.
Duplicate Offset	Duplicated blocks are moved by this offset in x and y direction.
Video Out	Determines the graphics library used for the 2D and 3D views. There are several rendering libraries for software rendering (without DirectX), for DX8, and for DX9. Normally you can use the newest library (like GXL2BASDX9A.DLL for DX9). On old 3D hardware, the DX8 libraries (like GXL2BASDX8A.DLL) can render faster than its DX9 counterparts, but don't support the full function set. The software rendering library (GXL2BAS32.DLL) does not need DirectX and provides basic rendering functions without texturing. !! Libraries ending with ..A use the same DirectX device for all views; otherwise a separate DirectX device for any view is allocated.. Note that some video drivers can't handle an ..A library when other programs, like the engine, open a DirectX device at the same time. In that case, use the other library.

Unsaved Query	Should WED ask if you want to save unsaved changes before going to a new map or exiting?
Box During Changes	Show entity as bounding box while moving it.
Save Win Positions	Save window positions together with the level.
Animated Textures	Toggle animation of textures.
Auto Default Layout	Use default window layout after a WED window is scaled or fullscreen mode is toggled.
Texture Mipmapping	Toggle mipmapping in the 3D window on and off. Distant textures look better with this on.
Attach Action to View	Each window 'remembers' its last editing mode.
Display Entity Shape	Display true entity shapes instead of squares. Slower, but nicer. For Map entities the .WMP file must be present in the path in order for the map to shop up.
Auto Center	When scoping down, automatically centers the view to the object.
Sky Cube	Display six sided Sky Cubes.
Auto Move Mode	After adding a block, if in an eye mode, switch to object move mode.
Draw Top Group	A7 Displays also the next-higher group in the edit windows after scoping down.
Reload Modified Files	Detects wether scripts were externally edited, and automatically reloads them in that case.
LOD Level Factor	A7 Determines the distance when LOD levels are switched in the 3D view.

Colors	Sets the color for almost every object in the view windows.
Keys	Allows to assign key shortcuts to almost any menu function.
Editors	Assigns editors to file types in the Resources window. A file can be edited by double clicking it.

Additionally, some global WED and MED options can be controlled by settings in the text file data\options.scr (advanced users only). The options editable by the user are commented (comments in the file are preceded by ';').