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Select Objects

Select Objects lists the objects in the level so you can pick them by name or UID. In RED+ it lists hidden objects too, and unhides the ones you pick so you can see them.

Where to find it

Tools, Select Objects...

Hidden objects

  • Objects you have hidden in the editor are listed, with [hidden] at the end of the row.
  • The counts beside each type under Show In List include hidden objects, so they match the rows.
  • When you click OK, each hidden object you picked is unhidden, the way Tools, Show All Objects unhides it. A hidden light is switched back on.
  • Jump To and View From close the window the same way as OK, so they unhide what you picked too.

The RED+ log (logs\RedPlusEditor.log in the RED+ folder) has a line containing so the selection can be seen for each object unhidden this way, with its UID.

How to use it

  1. Open Tools, Select Objects....
  2. Under Show In List, tick the object types to list. Check All and Uncheck All set every type at once.
  3. Under Sort:, choose By name or By UID. Tick Group by type to list each type under its own heading.
  4. Click a row to pick it. Drag, or use Ctrl+click or Shift+click, to pick more. Select All and Invert Selection work on the rows shown.
  5. Click OK. The objects you picked replace the current selection.

To move the camera of the active viewport instead:

  • Jump To puts the camera five units behind the object in the topmost picked row, facing the way the camera already faces.
  • View From puts the camera at the object in the topmost picked row, facing the way the object faces.

How objects are named

Each row reads Class : Script name (UID).

  • When the script name is the same as the class name, it is shown once. A Sun reads Sun (12), not Sun : Sun (12).
  • An object without a script name reads Class (UID).
  • An object without a class name shows its object type in place of the class.

Good to know

  • Show In List, Sort: and Group by type keep their settings until you close the editor, whether you left the window with OK or Cancel.
  • The type headings of Group by type are in bold and cannot be picked.
  • Tools, Hide Objects... opens the same list as Show/Hide Objects, with a tick box on each row. There, a hidden object is an unticked row, without a [hidden] tag.
  • To Mesh Object turns the picked clutter and entities into mesh objects. It is available only when every picked row is clutter or an entity.