Editor: Shortcuts and Tips

This page is an overview of tips, keyboard shortcuts, and debug commands for use in the Editor. If you haven’t yet installed the Baldur’s Gate 3 Toolkit, please see Getting Started: Installing the Toolkit.

Did You Know?

• You can create shortcuts that will automatically load a certain mod or project and immediately start loading a level, so that you don't waste time waiting for windows and clicking buttons:
  • The syntax is Glasses.exe -project ProjectName -lvl LevelName.
    • Example: Glasses.exe -project GustavDev -lvl WLD_Plains_D.
  • You can create multiple copies of shortcuts on your desktop to quickly load certain levels you often need, and keep a shortcut without arguments so you can still load up the normal Toolkit.
• Filter on Type: In the Root Templates window, right-click an icon to quickly deselect all other item types.
  • Example: Right-click on the item icon, and only items will be shown.
  • This also works in the Resource Manager.
• Filter on Name: Start typing in the filter box in the Root Templates window. Filter out results you don't want by adding a term with an exclamation mark. For instance, with WLD_Main_A loaded:
  • Type _door_ to show all door roots.
  • Type _single_ _door_ to show all single doors. (The search is fairly intelligent and does not care about position.)
  • Type single _door_ !temple to show all single doors but exclude all roots that have “temple” in their names.
• You can select multiple roots at the same time, and then change properties of roots in bulk. For example:
  1. If all _door_ roots need a UseSound, filter the roots (see above) and select all the roots that you want (use Shift and/or Ctrl to multi-select roots).
  2. Click on the Load Multiselected Objects button in the Properties window.
  3. Check out the selected roots (by either right-clicking on the roots or clicking the button at the top of the Properties window).
  4. Change the property you want (OnUseSound).
  5. Click Save.
• Sounds in the Editor are disabled by default. If you want to hear sounds (for example, while working on SFX) without having to enter Game Mode, navigate to Options > Preferences > Global Settings > Mute Sound in Editor. You can also access the Preferences with Ctrl+P.

Debug Console Commands

Open the debug console with Ctrl+Shift+F11. The following commands are available:

• goto
• pos
• give
• givetreasure
• spawnItem
• create %item% %amount%
• addDebugSpell %name%
• addDebugSpellAsClass %spellname% %classname%
• levelup %amount%
• ccStartNew
• ccStartRespec
• killCombat
• peace
• god
• roll %value%
• reloadStats
• reloadStory
• oe
• addTag
• removeTag
• stopDialog
• dumpOsirisState
• statusApply
• statusRemove
• applyPassive
• removePassive
• endTurnCombat
• Select
• SelectByUUID
• SelectPlayer
• shroud
• reloadUI
• reloadLoca

Keyboard Shortcuts

Debug

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+F7	Open graphics debug menu.
Ctrl+Shift+F9	Open gameplay debuggers.
Ctrl+Shift+F10	Open a window with real-time renderstats.
Ctrl+Shift+C	In the Main Menu, automatically connect your client to a host running on the same machine (direct connect must be enabled).
Ctrl+Shift+L	Level up selected character (cursor must be over portrait).
Ctrl+Shift+1	Recruit Shadowheart instantly.
Ctrl+Shift+2	Recruit Gale instantly.
Ctrl+Shift+3	Spawn an aggressive wolf in front of you (good for combat tests).

Editor Mode

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Enter	Toggle Game Mode.
Ctrl+Shift+F4	Force-close the Editor.
Ctrl+Shift+O	Open the project menu.
Ctrl+O	Open the level menu.
Ctrl+R	Reload.
Ctrl+B	Toggle sidebar visibility.
Ctrl+G	Game Mode camera.
Ctrl+Shift+G	Editor Mode camera.
Ctrl+L	Hide/show all gizmos.
Ctrl+T	Teleport active character to cursor.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Teleport whole party to cursor.

Game Mode

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+R	Resurrect party.
Ctrl+Shift+S	Force-close interactive dialogue (must hover mouse over speaker).
Ctrl+Shift+P	Open party editor.
Ctrl+Shift+K	Kill unit (must hover mouse over unit, either model or portrait).
Ctrl+Shift+End	Skip a turn in combat.
Ctrl+T	Teleport active character to cursor.
Ctrl+Shift+M	Unlock all waypoints.
Shift+Q	Force guaranteed success on all rolls.
Shift+W	Force guaranteed failure on all rolls.
Shift+E	Disable both of the force-guarantee dice roll modes.