CHAPTER 1 - MENUS OVERVIEW
 

First of all, let's have a look at the menu bar.

File menu It allows you to create a new mission, load, save, all classical functions of such a menu. "Load by lst" allows you to load a mission by its mission name as described in the mission.lst file.

Edit menu There you can add, delete, copy or paste flight groups (FGs) or radio messages, or move them up or down in the list. Anyway, this menu is quite useless as these functions are accessible from the toolbar.

View menu This menu allows you to select which AlliED sub windows appear on the screen. Classic Editor and Map views are predefined sets of windows preferences. In addition to the map window there are five sub windows you can display:   Main Pages: This is the main AlliED window, it displays a list of all FGs or radio messages. Datapad: this window displays all the information relative to the current FG/radio message and lets you edit that information.. Order-Region Selector: displays a list of all orders for the current FG in the current region. Allows you to choose the order/region. Waypoints Editor: this windows allows you to manually edit waypoints (WPs) of the current FG for the current order, and allows you as well to enable or disable those WPs. Texts Sections: you can there edit the briefing, debriefing, hint and mission description texts displayed for the mission. I will describe these windows later.

Options menu There you can set up preferences for AlliED, like the default type of craft used when adding a new FG, or the location of your XWA files (be sure to set up the good directories there)

Tools menu There are two little tools which make your life easier when creating a mission; the hyperbuoy wizard allows you to create hyperbuoys between two regions, while the backdrop tool adds a backdrop to the current region. I will describe these elements later when needed :-)

Map menu In this menu you can change some parameters of the displayed map.

Region menu This menu allows you to change the current region/order displayed. Useless menu when you use the Order-Region Selector.

Info menu Links and information about AlliED (free advertising: register it ! it's worth it)

Introduction - AlliED Interface - Mission Making - FAQs
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