UI Elements in Blender

• Marking an object as a UI Element tells FPE that the object can be used as a UI Option (menu element) or as a UI Cursor.
• Keep UI meshes inside the camera view in Blender; the exporter does not reposition them for you. Place them where you want them to appear on-screen.
• Use planes or simple meshes for cursors or buttons and keep their scale small so they remain manageable.

UI Cursors

• The engine captures the mouse when gameplay starts, showing your cursor if one was exported as a UI Cursor.
• When you use a UI Cursor the mouse automatically unlocks and allows free instead of keeping it in the center of the screen. Closing the menu re-locks the mouse and returns to the game cursor state.

UI Options

• UI Options are objects that can be cycled through with UI interaction Inputs and a UI Cursor.
• UI Options are Triggers and are primarily used with the Interaction Trigger Type.
• UI Options can also be used with other Trigger Types like Enter and Exit to create effects like button sounds and animations.