Most of the template projects that come with 3ds Max Interactive (except for the empty template) include two UI templates that load when you run the project:

• a player HUD (currently enabled only for PC, please see the associated Lua)
• a main menu (available on all platforms by default).

The empty template contains an empty Scaleform Studio project to help you get started, but it doesn't include the scripts found in other templates.

You can modify these templates to suit your project, or create a new Scaleform Studio project and import it to your 3ds Max Interactive project.

1. In the 3ds Max Interactive editor, click Import in the Asset Browser.

   This adds the project to a s2d_projects folder (which is created if it does not already exist).

2. Optional: In your 3ds Max Interactive project, delete the Scaleform Studio templates located in content/ui folder.

   If you delete these files from disk, you also need to modify the main.package file found in the template to delete the projects from the s2d section.

   The main.package file includes most of the resources in the 3ds Max Interactive project, so it's a good practice to add any Scaleform Studio project you import to the s2d section of this file.

1. Edit the main_menu script (located in script/lua folder) to load your project instead of the default template menu project, as follows:

   • Change the project name with its relative path in scaleform.Stingray.load_project_and_scene("content/ui/simple_menu.s2d/simple_menu") command.
   • Disable the dispatch_event calls, as they are only relevant for the simple_menu.

2. The main_menu file also includes a custom event listener which checks for events dispatched from Scaleform Studio.

   Modify the custom event handler function to listen for your Scaleform events and perform actions accordingly.

The template projects that come with 3ds Max Interactive are set up to load a main menu by default. To change this or to add a new level:

1. Go to project.lua, add your level to the Project.level_names = {} line and invoke this level in main_menu.lua when an action is performed.

   For instance, in the basic template, modify the line SimpleProject.change_level(Project.level_names.basic) to point to your level instead of the basic level.

2. You can either run the project or the menu level to test loading of your new level.

You can create new Scaleform Studio projects from 3ds Max Interactive, instead of importing them from Scaleform Studio.

1. In the Asset Browser, right-click in the folder where you want your Scaleform Studio project, and select Create > Scaleform Studio Project.

2. Enter a name for your project. This creates a Scaleform Studio project.

3. Double-click the project (or right-click, select Open) to open it in Scaleform Studio.