Reference

Who it helps

• Level designers blocking out readable play spaces.
• Environment artists translating sketches or reference layouts into Unity geometry.
• Technical designers authoring routes, cover, gameplay zones, sightlines, and spatial annotations.
• Solo developers who need a fast in-editor planning surface before final art pass.

Element coverage

Line families in the 3D preview: paths, route flows, sightlines, cover lines and boundaries.

• Structure: Wall, Room, Opening, Stairs.
• Terrain: Ground Zone, Slope, Cliff.
• Water: Water Body, River.
• Navigation: Path, Bridge.
• Cover: Obstacle, Tree Line, Cover Line.
• Zone: Keep Clear Zone, Circulation Zone, Vegetation Zone, Boundary.
• Gameplay: Spawn Point, Spawn Zone, Objective Zone, Trigger Zone, Encounter Zone, Hazard Zone, Scatter Zone.
• Annotation: POI Marker, Sightline, Route Flow.

Export and generated content

• Generated scene assets are stored inside the configured EQBlockoutLab generated mesh and material folder.
• Preview floor planes are editor references only and are not exported as scene geometry.
• Scene export creates generated meshes, materials, colliders, export tags, wall cutouts, scatter groups, and optional element labels.
• Reference image overlays are 2D authoring guides and are not exported.

Safe usage notes

• EQBlockoutLab does not require another EQLabs package.
• The package has no dependency on a separate EQLabs asset folder.
• Generated scene geometry should be reviewed before committing final scene changes.
• Custom zone materials should expose compatible property names if they need to respond to every authored zone parameter.
• Scatter asset-set export creates one scene object per generated scatter instance.

Known limits

• Several broad element families intentionally share area, line, marker, or zone workflows while keeping distinct names, defaults, colors, semantic visuals, and export tags.
• Auto-connect paths creates straight graph edges from existing path endpoints.
• Scatter presets store generator and export settings, not generated child marker positions.
• Invalid or extremely thin room polygons can fall back to solid extrusion instead of automatic wall-shell repair.