In the right upper corner, beside the Trace Button, there is now a "Picking" Button implemented.

If this Button is activated, one can click directly on the stage on a model, and the 3DPI will select it and display it´s values.

Details:
The Picking Button offers 2 functions, which can be switched by a PopUp that opens when clicking on the Button and keeping the mouseButton pressed.

1. "Pick Model" - the clicked model will always be selected. Regardless which TAB is currently selected, the 3DPI will navigate to the Model-Tab and select the model, that was clicked on.
   
   
2. "Pick TAB specific object" - depending which TAB in the 3DPI is currently selected, it will try to select the specific item:
   
• Sprite-Tab: the sprite, that was clicked on, will be selected.
• Member-Tab: the member of the sprite, that was clicked on, will be selected.
• Model-Tab: the model, that was clicked on, will be selected.
• ModelResource-Tab: the modelResource of the model, that was clicked on, will be selected.
• Shader-Tab: the shader, which belongs to the models mesh ID, which was clicked on, will be selected.
• Texture-Tab: from the shader, which belongs to the models mesh ID, which was clicked on, the texture of the first layer will be selected, if one exists.
• Camera-Tab: the camera, in whichs rect the click happens, will be selected.

At all other TABs there currently happens nothing, as long as "Pick TAB specific object" is selected.

NOTE:
The Picking function will fail, if your movie has a "repeat while the mouseDown" loop built inside.

The upper part of the Picking-Tab is redesigned. When moving the mouse on the stage above a shockwave3d sprite (or above a text sprite with displaymode 3d), it now offers the following informations:

• Sprite: the sprite number.
• Member: the member of the sprite and it´s name.
• Camera: the sprite camera. If the sprite has more cameras (cameraCount() > 1) it calculates the correct (top most) camera, whichs rect fits with the mouse position.
• Model: the top most model under mouse.
• ModelResource: the resource of the model.
• Shader: the shader, which belongs to the models mesh ID, where the mouse is placed.
• Texture: the texture of the first layer of the shader, if one exists.

Pressing the option key (=alt key) stops scanning the picking informations. If the scanning is stopped and the 3DPI still displays the last picking informations, one can

1. click on the Icon on the left to select the specific object. Clicking on such an Icon works like a Hyperlink, so the 3DPI will navigate to the selected object and display it´s properties.
2. take advantage of the 3DPI´s Tracing function by either clicking on the Trace-Button, or on the name of a property.

The calculation for displaying all "picking" informations within the Picking-Tab does now also work correctly, if more than one sprite camera exists.

• Within the Parent-Child Hierachy in the Member-Tab. On the right side of all listed models there is now a Hilite-Icon. While clicking on it (keep the mouseButton pressed) the clicked model will hilite.

• Within the Model-Tab: press the option key (= alt key) and click on a model in the upper list. On PC this is also possible by clicking on a model with the right mouse button.
  Clicking with the left mouse button and without option key will select the model as normal, and will not hilite it.

The color for hiliting can be changed within the Preferences (see below).
 

Clicking on the 3DPI-Button in the left upper corner now leads to the new 3DPI Preferences. Currently there are only 2 details, that can be changed:

1. the hilite color for model hilite.
2. the limit for the number of displayed nodes within the Parent-Child Hierachy in the Member-Tab. Please note that high numbers might slow down the performance.

On PC the right mouse button works now in the same way like when pressing the option key:

1. when changing the hierachy by dragging an icon of a node above another node: Instead of #preserveParent the node will be added #preserveWorld specific.
2. clicking a triangle fully expands/collapses that subsection.

Within the dialog for initializing a Havok member it is now necesary to specify the type of member:

1. imported .hke file
2. new created Havok cast member

If the wrong type is choosen, nothing happens when clicking on the "OK" button. The dialog will remain open until the correct specification is made, or the "Cancel" button is pressed.

Read more about this issue in the chapter Known Issues.