The Scaleform Studio Editor can remotely control a Player to play your scenes or project. This allows you to test and visually see the scenes as you develop them in your project.

When the remote control feature is enabled, the Player and the Editor programs will communicate via a network connection. The editor can send commands to the player and the player can send information such as log messages which are displayed in the Logs panel.

The remote control feature is enabled by default. Disable/enable this feature with the Player > Player Options > Use Remote Control option and use Player > Player Options > Remote Control Port to configure the port the editor listens for the connections. If multiple instances of the editor are run at the same time, they will use unique ports beginning at the configuration (2015) and up. The editor will print the actual port being used to the Logs panel.

Changes to player behavior when remote control is enabled:

• When enabled only one instance of the player is run by the editor at a time.
• The player will run content without requiring the user to save the project first. The editor saves a temporary copy of the project for the player to load.
• The editor remembers the player window position and size and is used each time the player is launched. Resizing the player window will update the current configuration window size.
• If the player is not running, Player >Run Project and Player > Run Scene will start the player and then load the current project/scene; otherwise the player will simply reload the project/scene.

New behaviors when remote control is enabled:

• Player > Restart: Completely reloads the current project/scene in the player.
• Player > Refresh: Performs a hot-load to refresh any content which may have changed without starting the project.
• Player >Shutdown: Causes the player to exit.
• Once you close your project, the player automatically unloads the project.