The Menu dashboard
Written for version 3.0. Some labels may have changed since.
The Menu dashboard shows your mod's main menu the way Half-Life draws it, from your mod's own files. Next to the preview, one card per part of the menu tells you what it is set to and opens the editor that changes it.
1. Open the Menu dashboard
Click Menu in the sidebar on the left. The dashboard opens in its own tab.
2. Read the preview
The preview is drawn from your mod's files: the logo, the menu items with their help text, the background and the fonts are the ones the game will use. It updates every time you save in one of the menu editors.
- Main menu and In-game menu, at the top right, switch between the menu you see when the game starts and the one you see when you press Esc during a game.
- 16:9 · 1920×1080 redraws the preview at 16:10 or 4:3, so you can check that nothing is cut off on other screens.
Under the preview, small tags name the starting map, the background and the music.
3. Find the part you want to change
The cards on the right are grouped in CONTENT (what the menu says and does) and PRESENTATION (how it looks and sounds). Each card shows its current value, like the starting maps or the number of menu items.
Point at a card and the part of the menu it controls is outlined in the preview.
| Title | The animated logo at the top of the menu. See Create an animated title. |
|---|---|
| Starting Maps | The maps New Game and Hazard Course load. See Set the starting maps. |
| Menu Items | The entries of the menu, their help text and when they show. See Edit the menu items. |
| Background | The picture behind the menu. See Change the menu background. |
| Panels | The colours and fonts of the dialogs, like Options. See Theme the menu panels. |
| Music | The music that plays on the main menu. See Add menu music. |
4. Open an editor
Click a card. Its editor opens in a new tab, next to the dashboard. Make your changes, then click File > Save or press Ctrl+S. When you go back to the Menu Dashboard tab, the preview and the card show what you saved.
