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# The Course Creator
The creator panel, the toolbar, the cameras and the keys.
Building a hole with ramps and waves - the panel, the palette and the toolbar.
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**Watch it:** [Course creator - 2:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3XYeAEIR8A\&t=144s)
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The course creator builds minigolf courses right in the game. Fly with the camera, pick a piece and it snaps onto the open end of your lane. Every change can be undone.
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## The Panel
| Tab | What it is for |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Build** | The hole you work on - tee, lanes, cup, par, colours, the selected piece and the palette |
| **Holes** | Every hole of the course - add, select, copy, reorder and delete holes |
| **Course** | Name, price, reward, job, blip, colour and more, see [Course Settings](/rtxdev/rtx-minigolf/guides/course-settings.md) |
The top of the panel shows the number of holes, the par of the course, whether every hole is playable and unsaved changes.
### Build a hole
The hole card shows the steps: **Tee → Lanes → Cup → Playable**, with a hint for the next step, the par and the suggested par.
### Selected piece
Click any piece to select it:
* paint it in its own colour
* undo, redo
* flip it
* move it with the arrows
* put it on the ground
* delete it
### Palette
| Category | Pieces |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Tee & cup** | Tee, cup |
| **Lanes** | Straights of 1, 2 and 4 m, narrow straight |
| **Curves** | 45, 90 and 180 degree turns, square corners, U-turn |
| **Slopes** | Ramps of 15, 30 and 60 degrees, short and long waves, bridge |
| **Special** | Windmill, loop |
| **Obstacles** | Castle, gate, diamond, block, triangle, big triangle, half circle, wave wall |
| **Ready holes** | 32 whole holes, see [Ready Holes & Path Tool](/rtxdev/rtx-minigolf/guides/ready-holes-and-path-tool.md) |
| **Decor** | Benches, plants, lamps and any prop, see [Decorations](/rtxdev/rtx-minigolf/guides/decorations.md) |
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## The Toolbar
| Button | What it does |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Undo / Redo** | Every change can be undone |
| **Next end** | Jump to the next open lane end |
| **Path** | The path tool - click on the ground and the lane builds itself |
| **Brush** | Paint pieces with one click |
| **Move hole** | Move the whole hole |
| **On ground** | Put the whole hole on the ground - no leg floats, none sinks |
| **Free** | Camera: free, orbit around the hole, or from above |
| **Focus** | Fly the camera to the hole |
| **Test** | Putt the hole right away |
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## Keys
| Key | Action |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `RMB` (hold) | Look around (orbit camera: turn around the hole) |
| `W` `A` `S` `D` | Fly (orbit camera: zoom and turn) |
| `SPACE` / `CTRL` | Up / down |
| `LMB` | Select a piece, pick a lane end, put a piece down |
| `Q` / `E`, `SCROLL` | Rotate (`SHIFT` = 1 degree) |
| `F` | Attach the new piece by its other end |
| `TAB` | Next open lane end |
| `G` | Move the selected piece with the arrows |
| `P` | Path tool |
| `C` | Camera: free, orbit, from above |
| `CTRL + Z` / `Y` | Undo / redo |
| `DEL` | Delete the piece |
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## Nothing to Line Up
* every piece knows where its lane ends are and always lands on the end it belongs to
* ramps and the bridge lift the following pieces by themselves
* every end you leave open is closed by a rail when the hole is played
* **Put the whole hole on the ground** lifts or lowers the hole so no leg floats and none sinks
* **Show what the ball sees** draws the floors, rails and lane ends the physics use
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## Checks
The creator checks every hole: one tee, one cup and a lane that connects them. The par of every hole is suggested from its length and obstacles (`Config.Creator.autopar`), you can always change it.
Test - putt the hole you just built without leaving the creator.
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## Limits
| Option | Default | |
| -------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Config.Creator.maxholes` | `36` | Most holes in one course |
| `Config.Creator.maxpieces` | `120` | Most pieces and obstacles in one hole |
| `Config.Creator.distance` | `120.0` | How far the camera can fly from where you opened the creator |
