UE4 Quick Settings

Quick Settings

Level Editor

The Quick Settings are a set of properties for controlling selection, editing, and previewing aspects of the Level Editor. These can be accessed in the Level Editor Toolbar.

Option	Description
Selection
Allow Translucent Selection	If checked, clicking on geometry with translucent materials applied will select the Actor. Enabling this option makes it possible to select meshes that are transparent, such as glass objects. Disabling the option can be very helpful in other cases, like in the case of a room filled with translucent particles. Selecting other objects in the room would be difficult otherwise since clicking on the particles would select the Emitter Actor.
Allow Group Selection	If checked, selecting an Actor in a group selects the group instead of the individual Actor.
Strict Box Selection	If checked, an Actor must be completely within the marquee selection box in order to be selected.
Editing
Show Transform Widget	Toggles the visibility of the Transform widget in the Viewports.
Draw Brush Marker Polys	If checked, semi-translucent polygons are rendered for the faces of a CSG brush when selected. Enabled Disabled
Previewing
Only Load Visible Levels in Game Preview	If checked, only visible levels will be loaded when game preview starts.
Enable Particle System LOD Switching	If checked, particle systems will use distance LOD switching in perspective Viewports.
Toggle Particle System Helpers	Toggles showing particles system helpers in Viewports.
Freeze Particle Simulation	If checked, particle systems will freeze their simulation state.
Enable LOD View Locking	If checked, Viewports of the same type will use the same LOD.
Enable Automatic Level Streaming	If checked, the Viewport will stream in levels automatically when the camera is moved.
Engine Scalability Settings	Provides quick access to Scalability settings that control the fidelity of various rendering features:
Material Quality level	Sets the Material quality level used for previewing in the Viewports. See Material Quality Switch Expression for more information on setting up Materials to work with this setting. Quality Level Low High
Real Time Audio
Volume	Controls the volume of sounds from the world that are played when the Viewport is set to realtime.
Actor Snap
Enable Actor Snapping	If checked, Actors will snap to the location of other Actors if they are within a specified distance.
Distance	Sets the distance Actors must be within in order to snap to one another if Enable Actor Snapping is checked.
Snapping
Enable Socket Snapping	If checked, allows Actors to be snapped to sockets.
Enable Vertex Snapping	If checked, Actors will snap to the nearest vertex on another Actor in the direction of movement.
Viewport
Hide Viewport UI	Toggles hidden Viewport UI mode, and hides all overlaid Viewport UI widgets.