Quick-access menu

Right-click anywhere in the scene view to open the quick-access menu. New objects are created where the central dot is aiming.

Crates

New crate... lets you create the different types of crates available in the game. The top of the submenu contains settings that apply to the crate you are about to create:

• Bonus crate: create the bonus-round variant (you can change it manually afterwards).
• Outline crate: create the outlined variant. See Outline switch crate.
• Floating behavior: None or one of the floating, water or physics behaviours. (physics demo).

Submenu	Types
New crate…	Aku Aku, Arrow, Basic, Bounce, Checkpoint, Extra Life, Random, Random Extra Life, Slot Machine, TNT, Nitro
Iron crate…	Arrow, Arrow High, Basic, Checkpoint, Switch Outlined, Switch Reusable, Switch Nitro, Iron Bound
Bonus crate…	Tawna, Brio, Cortex
Also available	Big TNT, Nitro (not bouncing), Fake Nitro

Collectibles

New collectible... lets you create any of the available collectible types.

Submenu	Types
New collectible…	Wumpa Fruit, Extra Life, Aku Aku, Crystal, Time Trial, Bonus Tokens, Colored Gems…

Platforms

New platform... lets you create platforms, teleporters and level entrances.

Submenu	Types
Gem platform…	Static Gem Platform, Floating Gem Platform
Teleporter…	Fade Teleporter, Warp Teleporter
Level entrance…	Crash 2 Hub Level Entrances, the portals used by custom hubs

Vehicles

New vehicle... lets you create the rideable objects and their dismount points.

Submenu	Types
New vehicle…	Hog (C1), Bear, JetBoard, Jetpack (C2), Tiger, Baby TRex (C3)

Note

Most rides must also be enabled in Level settings before they can work in a custom level. When you create a ride using the right-click menu, this is enabled automatically. However, if you copy/paste a ride from another level you’ll need to enable it manually.

Bonus rounds

New bonus round... imports an entire bonus round into the level.

Submenu	Types
New bonus round…	Bonus rounds for Crash 1 (Tawna, Brio and Cortex) and Crash 2/3

Cameras

New camera... lets you add cameras and camera transitions to control how the player sees the level.

Submenu	Types
Spline Camera…	The main camera type for level design. It follows a spline path and provides presets for forward, backward, sidescrolling and vertical sections.
Relative Camera	The default camera with a fixed angle and position relative to the player. Mainly intended for testing rather than final level design.
Stack Camera	A free camera that follows Crash and can be controlled using external controllers.
Camera Box	Creates a smooth transition between the end of one camera path and the start of another. Prefer camera boxes over camera triggers when you need to connect two spline cameras.
Camera Trigger	Temporarily switches to a secondary camera when triggered, typically in the middle of a camera path.

Other

Other... let you create death triggers, collision boxes and chase sections.

Submenu	Types
Death Trigger…	Creates a zone that kills Crash when he touches it. Several death animations are available (falling, burning, drowning, electrocuted…)
Dynamic Clip	Creates an invisible box that can collide with the player and/or enemies.
Dynamic Clip Switch	Creates a clip that can be activated or deactivated using two separate triggers.
New Chase…	Creates a Boulder, Polar Bear or Triceratops Chase.

Tools

Submenu	Types
Select All	Selects every object in the level.
Select all NST-compatible objects	(CTR-only) Selects all objects that can be imported into NST, see CTR:NF support
Object library	Opens a list of all objects available in the game. See Object Library