Keyboard shortcuts

T	Show / hide the UI
/	Jump to the settings search box
F	Focus the camera on the active planet
P	Pause / resume scene motion
C	Toggle the cinematic camera
L	Lock / unlock the camera to the focused body
N / B	Next / previous planet tab
Shift+S	Save a screenshot
F3	Toggle the FPS / performance overlay
H or ?	This help
Esc	Close panels and overlays
Mouse	Left-drag orbit · right-drag pan · wheel zoom (toward the cursor) · double-click a body to orbit it · double-click empty space to toggle the UI
Drag & drop	Drop an image onto the scene to use it as the active planet's map, a `.json` to load a profile, or a `.glb` to add a satellite

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FLIGHT CONTROLS

RMB Hold to Steer

LMB Orbit Camera

SCROLL Zoom In/Out

W S Forward / Back

A D Yaw Left / Right

Q E Strafe Left / Right

R F Pitch Up / Down

SHIFT Turbo Boost

AA / DD Barrel Roll

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VERTICALNEUTRAL

Upload Planet 1 image

Layout

L-drag to rotate, R-drag to pan, wheel to zoom. Lock cam to ride with planet.

Cameras

Lock camera

Cinematic Camera

Steady Cinematic

Flat Map Camera

Slow Camera

FOV 45

Camera Zoom 0

Camera Path Speed 1.00×

Message from the Author

Save/Load

Load JSON

Your scene is autosaved in this browser every 40 seconds while you edit. Drop a .json onto the scene to load a profile.

Quick Tips

Double click on the planet to recenter the camera.

Double click on a moon or satellite to orbit that body.

To zoom in further, decrease the FOV in the Cameras tab.

Drag & drop an image onto the scene to use it as the active planet's map. Drop a .glb to add it as a satellite.

Type in the search box at the top of the panel to find any setting instantly.

Pins

Body Font

Icon shape

Glow border

Image

YouTube

Border color

Show pins

Lat Lon

Post-Processing

Enable Filters

Bloom strength 0

Bloom threshold 0.97

Bloom radius 0.20

Display & Performance

FPS / performance overlay [F3]

Render scale 1.00×

Adaptive resolution

Target FPS

Anti-aliasing

Shader skybox quality

Screenshot size

Zoom toward the cursor

Look (saved with the scene)

Tone mapping

Exposure 1.00

Saturation 1.00

Contrast 1.00

Vignette 0.00

Film grain 0.000

Adaptive resolution lowers the render scale when the frame rate drops below the target and raises it again when there is headroom. Performance settings are remembered by this browser; the Look settings are saved inside your scene JSON.

Planet 1 Parameters

Axial Tilt 0

Stars and Planet Motion

On Count

Multi-color Base Color

Hue Variance 60

Twinkle 0.35

Galaxy band adds a dense ribbon of faint stars across the sky

Star radius 200000

Star depth 100000

Star height 1.00 Lower values flatten the stars into a disk like a galaxy plane.

Orbit speed 0.02

Spin speed 0.01

Planets

Active planet

Orbit distance 40000

Planet size 4.00

Shooting stars Rate/min 3

Moons

Count Hue shift 0

Satellites

Upload model

Backdrops choose a skybox or revert to stars

Skybox

When a skybox is chosen the procedural starfield is hidden. Select “None” to return to the stars.

Flight Mode pilot a selected spacecraft

Enable flight

Ship

Ship Flight third person ship flight with webcam quads

Enable ship flight

Ship

Kankler Engine Glow idle, forward and turbo emissive

Idle Glow

Forward Glow

Turbo Glow

Hide flight HUD bars (Thrust / Vertical)

Webcam: idle

Kankler Showcase Cam autonomous hero shots, pass-bys, push-ins and pull-backs

Enable showcase camera

Showcase Zoom

Showcase FOV

Showcase Pace

Planet Auto Orbit smooth chill orbit around the main planet

Auto orbit main planet

Orbit Altitude

Orbit Height Bias

Orbit Speed

Position Smooth

Yaw Smooth

Bank

Top Speed

Turbo Mult

Accel

Decel

Reverse

Strafe

Turn

Climb

Smoothing

Cam Dist

Cam Height

Look At Y

Cam Smooth

Mouse Sens

Model Scale

Rot X

Rot Y

Rot Z

Bob

Tilt

Webcam Quad 1

Offset X

Offset Y

Offset Z

Scale

Aspect

Rot X

Rot Y

Rot Z

Curved Webcam 1

Curve H

Curve V

Segments

Emissive

Opacity

Webcam Quad 2

Offset X

Offset Y

Offset Z

Scale

Aspect

Rot X

Rot Y

Rot Z

Curved Webcam 2

Curve H

Curve V

Segments

Emissive

Opacity

Video Quad

Video URL

Video: idle

Offset X

Offset Y

Offset Z

Scale

Aspect

Rot X

Rot Y

Rot Z

Curved Video

Curve H

Curve V

Segments

Emissive

Opacity

YouTube Player

YouTube URL

YouTube: idle

Offset X

Offset Y

Offset Z

Scale

Aspect

Rot X

Rot Y

Rot Z

Ship Frame

Scale

Offset X

Offset Y

Offset Z

Rot X

Rot Y

Rot Z

Ship Light

Enable Light

Color

Intensity

Distance

Decay

Lighting/Sun

Sun I Intensity 1.45

Sun Color

Sun I size 2.0

Fill light 0.15

Unlit mode Removes shading on the planet

Sun II

Sun II size 3.0

Sun II Color

Sun III (Hypergiant)

Sun III size 3.0

Atmosphere

Enable Color

Power 3.5

Gas Giant procedural animated surface (per planet)

Enable Preset

Rings variation, color, random

Enable rings

Count Avg width 110 Variance 70

Gap 12 Depth 10 Tilt 26

Opacity 0.82 Base color multi color

Clouds

Enable clouds

Spin multiplier 1.10

Cloud opacity 0.39

Cloud mask cutoff 0.12

Mask feather 0.50

Volumetric clouds

Asteroid Field around the sun(s)

Enable

Count

Size 15

Size variance 1.0

Inner radius 2000

Outer radius 22000

Height 4000

Orbit speed 0.0002

Tilt 0

Soundscape

Music

Volume 0.50

Discord/Support

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Settings search, keyboard shortcuts (H), drag & drop maps / profiles / GLBs, autosave & restore, progress bars for big maps, zoom toward the cursor, supersampled screenshots

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maptoglobe_profileFunkatronJune26.json