Camera and views

The viewport camera moves the same way as in Unreal Engine 5. Left-click always belongs to the current tool. Move the camera with the right button, middle button, mouse wheel and Alt combinations.

Camera controls

Input	Action
Hold right button and move mouse	Look around
Right button + `W` `A` `S` `D`	Fly forward · left · back · right (smooth acceleration)
Right button + `E` or `Space`	Up
Right button + `Q` or `Ctrl`	Down
Right button + `Shift`	4× faster
Right button + mouse wheel	Change fly speed (shown briefly in the viewport)
Mouse wheel	Move smoothly forward and back
Middle-drag · `Alt`+middle-drag	Pan (the grabbed point follows the mouse)
Middle-click (no drag)	Eyedropper — picks the block under the mouse as the block to place
`Alt`+left-drag	Orbit — orbits around the center of the selection. With no selection, around the point under the mouse; failing that, around a point 15 blocks ahead.
`Alt`+right-drag	Dolly toward or away from the orbit pivot
`F`	Frame — fits the selection. With no selection, fits the block under the mouse; failing that, the whole world.

One wheel step moves 1/5 of the distance to the point under the mouse. It moves far when the point is distant and little when it is close. It stops 0.5 blocks in front of the point. When pointing at the sky, the step is proportional to fly speed.
While flying with the right button held, W A S D Q E belong to the camera. They are not used as editing shortcuts.
Change mouse sensitivity, acceleration and wheel direction under Viewport in Settings.

Since 0.9.1: The wheel dolly distance is proportional to the distance to the point under the mouse (previously it was always 3 blocks).

Camera speed

Choose the level and multiplier in Camera speed on the viewport’s right bar. Actual speed = level speed × multiplier.

Level	1	2	3	4 (default)	5	6	7	8
Blocks/s	1.5	3	6	12	24	48	96	192

Item	Value
Multiplier on the bar	×0.25 · ×0.5 · ×1 · ×2 · ×4
Multiplier in Preferences	0.05 – 16 (default 1)
Remembered	Speed changed from the toolbar or with the wheel is kept the next time you launch.

Camera when opening a world

Case	Camera
The world file has a saved camera	Goes to the saved position and direction.
No saved camera	Frames the whole world, looking down at an angle.
Opening another version of the same map	Keeps the current position.

View types

Choose from View type, the first button on the viewport’s left bar.

View type	Key	Looking direction
Perspective	Numpad `5` (perspective ↔ orthographic)	Normal 3D view
Front	Numpad `1`	Looks from south to north.
Back	`Ctrl`+numpad `1`	Looks from north to south.
Right	Numpad `3`	Looks from east to west.
Left	`Ctrl`+numpad `3`	Looks from west to east.
Top	Numpad `7`	Looks down from above.
Bottom	`Ctrl`+numpad `7`	Looks up from below.

Click an axis tip on the axis indicator at the lower left for an orthographic view from that direction; click the center to return to perspective.
In orthographic views, the mouse wheel zooms in and out toward the mouse. Middle-drag and right-drag pan.
Left-click placing and selecting work the same in orthographic views.
In an orthographic view, Alt+left-drag switches to perspective and orbits.

View modes

How the viewport is rendered. Switch with the View mode menu on the left bar or with keys.

Key	View mode	Details
`F1`	Lit	The default. Renders with sun, shadows and ambient light.
`F2`	Unlit	Draws only texture colors, without lighting.
`F3`	Wireframe	Draws only the actual triangle edges. Large faces appear as large triangles.
`F4`	Lit+Wire	Draws block outlines over the textures.
`F5`	Normals	Shows face directions as colors.
(menu only)	Overdraw	Shows how much drawing overlaps.
`F6`	Game view (shader)	Renders with the same math as the NP Lite shader pack. Uses the Minecraft lighting engine (sky light, block light, smooth lighting).
`F7`	Path tracing	Previews colored shadows, indirect light, block light and reflections with ray tracing.

Game view requires the Forward+ renderer. If it is unavailable, the older approximate view is drawn instead.
Path tracing requires compute shaders.
Game view hides the editing grid and chunk borders. Press G to show the grid in Game view too.
View modes added by plugins appear in the Plugins group at the bottom of the menu.
For the look of Game view (atmosphere, lighting, fog, etc.), see Game view and shader pack.

Since 0.9.0: F6 became “Game view”, which uses the same math as the shader pack.

Sun

Click the Sun button on the left bar to open a small window.

Item	Details
Sun azimuth (°) · Sun elevation (°)	Sun direction
Time of day (shader preview)	Day · Sunset · Night buttons and the time
Bloom (light bleed) · SSAO (corner shading) · Shadows	On/off
Mipmaps	Smooths distant block textures. The texture filter stays pixel-exact.
Shift+drag screen select: include hidden	Screen rectangle selection also picks blocks hidden behind blocks in front.

View settings are kept the next time you launch.

Atmosphere · lighting

The Atmosphere · lighting button on the left bar opens the look panel for Game view (F6). Choose a preset and build a shader pack. For details, see Game view and shader pack.

Show flags

Turn what the viewport draws on and off in Show flags on the left bar.

Flag	Default	Details
Grid	On	The floor grid. Same as `G`. Thin lines = grid snap value, thick lines = 16 blocks.
Chunk borders	Off	Chunk boundary lines
Props	On	Imported models (props)
Water · translucent	On	Water and translucent blocks
Actor (group) color boxes	Off	A colored box per actor
Markers	On	Markers such as spawns and NPC spots
Trigger zones	On	Translucent trigger zone boxes with their name and a one-line rule. Blocker boxes (red hatching) use the same flag.
Stats	Off	FPS, draw calls, chunks and meshing queue at the upper left of the viewport

For detailed performance info, press Ctrl+F7. It shows FPS, frame ms, chunk/region nodes, draw calls, meshing queue and memory.

Gizmos and snapping

These are on the viewport’s right bar.

Button	Key	Details
Select	`Q`	Select tool
Move · Rotate · Scale	`W` · `E` · `R`	Gizmo for what is selected (block selection, prop, or actor without blocks)
World / Local	—	Gizmo axis basis. Local = follows prop and actor rotation.
Grid snap	—	On/off and size (0.25 · 0.5 · 1 · 2 blocks, default 1). The movement unit for props and gizmos.
Rotation snap	—	On/off and angle (15° · 45° · 90°, default 15°)

Grid snap does not affect block placement or drag-fill. Blocks are always placed on the grid.
With grid snap on, props move in steps of 0.5 blocks, rotate in 15° steps and scale in 0.125 steps.
In Preferences you can set grid snap to 0–64 blocks and rotation snap to 0–90° directly. 0 = off.

Since 0.9.4: Block placement and drag-fill work regardless of grid snap.

Quad view

Turn it on with Quad view on the right bar or Tools › Quad view. It shows one perspective pane together with three orthographic panes: top, front and right.

Input	Action
Double-click a small pane	Swaps it with the large pane.
Mouse wheel in a small pane	Zoom in and out
Middle-drag or right-drag in a small pane	Pan
`F`	Also fits the three small panes to the selection (or the world if there is none).

Camera bookmarks

Save the current camera position and direction under a number and recall it later. Bookmarks are saved in the world file, and saving one creates one undo step.

Key · command	Action
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`1`–`9`	Save the current camera to that number
`Ctrl`+`1`–`9`	Go to the camera saved under that number
`cam save <name>`	Save with a name
`cam load <name>` · `cam <name>`	Go to that bookmark
`cam delete <name>`	Delete a bookmark
`cam list`	List bookmarks

Type commands in the Console panel. You can also change the bookmark keys in Tools › Shortcuts….

Moving to coordinates

Command	Action
`tp x y z [yaw pitch]`	Moves the camera to those coordinates. Directions match Minecraft (yaw 0 = south, 90 = west, 180 = north, -90 = east, pitch 90 = down). `~` = keep the current value
`lookat x y z`	Looks at those coordinates.

Taking screenshots

File › High-res screenshot… creates a PNG of any size using the current camera and view mode (including Game view). Files are saved in the project folder’s shots\ with a number, like <world>_shot_001.png. The console command shot [w h | 2x] [file] does the same.

Other view keys

Key	Action
`G`	Show or hide the floor grid
`H`	Hide the selection on screen only. Press with no selection to show everything hidden
`F11`	Maximize or restore the viewport
`Ctrl`+`F7`	Turn the performance display on or off