When you run Tabletop Creator, you will see the start screen.
| New | Open an explorer window to create and select an empty folder for the new project. |
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| Load | Open an explorer window to select and load a Tabletop Creator project (.tcp files). |
| You can also open a Card Creator project (.cc files), it will converted to a TC project. | |
| Recent | Show a list of the recently opened TC projects. |
| Demos | Show a list of the bundled project demos. |
| Note: The demo projects can’t be modified. | |
| Settings | Open the app settings window to configure general and performance settings. |
| Exit | Close the application |
<aside> ℹ️ You can also open your Tabletop Creator projects directly by opening the .tcp files. TC will be launched and will open the project as another programs with other file types.
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<aside> ℹ️ Once created, a new project will automatically create a blueprint and a empty set linked to that blueprint to speed up the creation of your game.
It will also create the necessary files so you can use version control in your project using Git+LFS (.gitignore, .gitattributes and .gitkeep files where necessary in the project structure).
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<aside> ℹ️ The app will show in the Window title the current opened project name (Windows only).
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<aside> ⚠️ Tabletop Creator is not translated yet. It will be translated in the future and the language selector list will be in the settings screen.
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Once you have loaded a project, you will see two navigation bars on the top and left of the app:
| 1 | Menu | App main menu (to close the project, open the app settings or exit the app) |
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| 2 | Undo/Redo | Undo and redo buttons |
| 3 | Save | Save the project. Hover it to see info about when was the last save and backup. |
| 4 | Open Project | Open the project folder in the Windows Explorer. |
| 5 | Project name | Edit project name. Hover it to see the path of the project in your computer. |
| Localization | You can manage and switch the localization of your project here | |
| 6 | Feedback | Open Tabletop Creator Feedback form. |
| 7 | Help | Open this manual. |
| 8 | Screen navigation | Navigate between app screens. |
Tabletop Creator will monitor changes in the /data/ folder of the project.
If the data changes (new/modified/moved/deleted files) by external apps, a prompt will show up and ask you if you want to discard the current project changes and reload the project with the new data or to ignore it and continue working.