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Tutorials

Learn to map for Doom 3 from video tutorials.

This page will contain a list of available video tutorials for Doom 3 editing. It will be updated as new tutorials are added.

• Room101 - your first room from start to test.
• Doors - creating sliding and rotating doors. example map
• Leaks - finding and fixing leaks.
• Halls & Optimisation - Two rooms connecting with halls and how to optimise your textures and the use of visportals (portals)
• Cabinet & Code - Add a security cabinet that opens with a code to store weapons and ammo. example map
• Breakable Glass - adding a breakable window.
• Vacuums - separating a vacuum space with a breakable window. example map
• Lifts and Elevators Part 1 - creating a simple lift example map LOST
• Lifts and Elevators Part 2 - creating an elevator example map
• 2 Doors and Locations - making sliding doors work in unison and separate areas into named locations example map
• Bevels and Bent Cylinders - adding bevels and cylinders and bending cylinders. good for pipes. example map
• Flying Baseplates - Floorplates that fly off the ground. example map
• Lights - point lights, spot lights, switched lights, fog. example map
• Custom Textures - create and export custom textures for use in the game. example texture
• Shootable Door - shootable doors for single player. example map

The following tutorials were created and supplied by MNeMiC. Many of his tutorials use the tscc video codec which can be found here. For more information about him and his tutorials, visit http://www.mnemic.tk/

• Basic Room
• Sliding Door
• Particle Smoke
• Turkey Game
• Basic Fog
• Rounded Corner Patches
• Door Unlocking GUI
• Triggering a Pathfinding Monster
• Triggering Sounds
• Breakable Glass
• Create a Ladder
• Create an Eleveator
• Create a Handrail
• Create a Mirror
• Creating Terrain
• Creating a Skybox
• Creating a Custom Texture

The following tutorials were created and supplied by birritan. For more information about him and his tutorials, visit www.geocities.com/blacktreeuk

• Mod Setup - The basics for getting starting with custom mods.
• Textures - Looking at bringing in custom textures, specular maps and bump maps.
• Models - Video tutorial explaining how to import 3D models into Doom 3.
• Command Binding - Binding your keys for easier access in the game.
• Light Optimising - Better lighting effects at less of a cost.
• 3D Models into Usable Items - This Tutorial will go over setting up a new .def file to suit your new items in a mod and getting a key item to work in a map
• Enemy Skinning - This video tutorial will show you examples of adding new zombie textures into the game using .skin files.

The following tutorials were created and supplied by birritan. These files are all about modeling. These will get you into creating and importing custom models into the game.

1. Model Setup
2. Animation states of the md5 (model)
3. Mesh states of the md5 (model)
4. Texturing
5. The def file
6. Example model

The following tutorials were created and supplied by Diablobasher.

• Working with PDAs: adding and changing PDAs in the game.

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