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On this page you will find video tutorials for DarkRadiant.
On this page you will find video tutorials for DarkRadiant, ordered by creator and date. Remember that the older the video's the higher the chance some things have changed in current DarkRadiant/TDM


==  NeonsStyle ==


== KomagB ==
=== DarkRadiant tutorial ===
 
(May 2020)
 
''This is a tutorial teaching you how to get started in mapping Single Player Story Missions for the Dark Mod.''
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYOksKpwxwg Tutorial video]
 
== Springheel ==
 
=== Building Traps ===
 
(August 2018)
 
Up to now the following trap types have been realised:
 
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|-
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/0H9BkPED9yQ Video]
| Pressure plate traps
| 16 minutes
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19570-pressure-plate-traps/}}
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/6ki9oJX2pBs Video]
|Spring loaded blade trap
|8 minutes
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19586-springloaded-spike-trap/}}
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/Z-MYfPkG8PI Video]
|Repeating flame trap
|21 minutes
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19597-flame-jet-trap/}}
|-
 
|-
!align=left| -
|Tripwire with crossbow (by Sota)
|
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19568-crossbow-trap/}}
|-
 
|}
 
You can find the video playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05S2_9OQ-yxYj_J1enqcH8gJ here].
 
=== New Mappers Workshop ===
 
(June - Augustus 2017)
 
''Introducing newbie mappers into building levels (maps) for TDM fan missions.''
 
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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Video tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="15%"|Subject
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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Length of tutorial
 
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|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-yq4hH81Y Lesson 1]
| Planning
| Setting limits, regions and rooms, objectives, number of rooms, secrets
| 13 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmKjmt7IJr8 Lesson 2]
| Visportals
| r_showtris, r_showprimitives, r_showportals, open and closed visportals, using corners and choke points,
| 12 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz5u398AgP4 Lesson 3]
| Setting up Dark Radiant, <br>building basics
| Start mapping a room, Hollow and Room tools, Dealing with Leaks
| 32 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShZjGVZCC78 Lesson 4]
| Decorating rooms
| Creating an ambient_world light, adjusting sealing geometry, shifting and scaling textures, adjusting module walls, decorating rooms, adding light entities
| 53 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la_fOOQE5Wg Lesson 5]
| Connecting rooms
| Creating your own prefabs, adding hallways, using layers, using the clipper tool to cut doorways, creating brush trim, copy/paste shader tool
| 57 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwE9Mge9E2M Lesson 6]
| Outdoor "rooms"
| Using patches to create uneven ground, Adding a skybox
| 17 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GVpaxl1YA Lesson 7]
| Doors
| Prefab doors, rotate values, model doors, brush doors, adding handles,  locking doors, lockpick settings, changing sounds, sliding doors
| 21 minutes
|-


'''Komag Tutorial: Dark Mod'''
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfDN_m-S8g Lesson 8]
| Functional props
| Movable entities, player tools, loot, chests, readables, levers/switches
| 26 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jutSmdqBVY
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udUG86Qlhok Lesson 9]
| Immersive details
| '''Sounds:''' Soundtracks, ambient noises, triggered sounds <br> '''Particle effects:''' Steam/smoke, splashes
| 20 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eiW15WiAI
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8zFC8VyzaY Lesson 10]
| Advanced brushwork
| Vert mode, climbable surfaces, water
| 18 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2CT030YwG0
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfqSB6NkqLI Lesson 11]
| AI
| Types of AI, stationary guards, patrolling guards, monster_clip, random destinations, random interesting things, sitting/sleeping, idle_only and alert_idle_only, AI and objects/doors
| 47 minutes
|-


|}


== mh444 ==


You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05Qv5srQnKYAC-MrYwCY2-lk here] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL25omi7PaaU0VTudizzA5Qi here].


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJqeCod0qQ
=== Springheel's Speed Build Challenge ===


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7BZupigomU
(April 2017)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYiHCOoDmT8
''A step-by-step Let's Build, attempting to use modules and prefabs to build a mission in under 4 hours.''


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== Springheel ==
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-phQ4B9shY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 1]
| 43 minutes
|-


|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlRCBDcWKXI Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 2]
| 28 minutes
|-


'''TDM New Mappers Workshop:'''
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMx9dvnPgY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 3]
| 38 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-yq4hH81Y (Lesson 1: Planning)
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVILKge4Yog Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 4]
| 52 minutes
|-


|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUqFfmIA0_A Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 5]
| 42 minutes
|-


'''The Dark Mod: Springheel's Speed Build Challenge:'''
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXDE6La15o Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 6]
| 47 minutes
|-


''A step by Step Let's Build, attempting to use modules and prefabs to build a mission in under 4 hours.''
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKnveFjMDg Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 7]
| 48 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-phQ4B9shY
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPRxUgbGGfY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 8]
| 48 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlRCBDcWKXI
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg2NCpyN4rw Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 9]
| 28 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMx9dvnPgY
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVbJ2Mx9kMU Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 10]
| 24 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUqFfmIA0_A
|}


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXDE6La15o
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05QiV3uIY9Gc2kkAxH1s4iN2 here] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL2g5Hg-dUaPoa3g8EQ9lcAI here].


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKnveFjMDg
An overview of all the additions concerning the architecture building modules, and their possibilities, can be read [http://www.mindplaces.com/save/module-instructions.jpg here] (click to enlarge if the image is too small).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPRxUgbGGfY
=== Springheel's Modules ===


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg2NCpyN4rw
(February - March 2017)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVILKge4Yog
''Tutorials on building with the new modular sets of prefabs and scenery in TDM.''


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVbJ2Mx9kMU
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'''TDM 2.05: Springheel's Modules:'''
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Bbp7fFljc
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Bbp7fFljc Springheel's Modules 1]
| Introduction
| 11 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUyv6REzjg
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUyv6REzjg Springheel's Modules 2]
| A simple street
| 27 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJZshJg-JpM
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJZshJg-JpM Springheel's Modules 3]
| Thieves' Highway
| 28 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRIY0K_8B2A
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRIY0K_8B2A Springheel's Modules 4]
| Street details
| 34 minutes
|-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXOG94lkXQ
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXOG94lkXQ Springheel's Modules 5]
| Improving performance
| 11 minutes
|-


|}


You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05S6CzyzdSuEMJhqXH3aJYlu here] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL3g8WNhFy6HQDiyUNhjAUlO here].


== Sotha ==
== Sotha ==
   
   
=== "Let's Map TDM !" tutorials ===
(Februari - March 2017)
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!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gem2sHGhfZE Let's Map TDM! Part 1]
| Introduction
| 5 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29qvoenDy6U Let's Map TDM! Part 2]
| Modules
| 28 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kArUySuF8 Let's Map TDM! Part 3]
| Basic Geometry
| 30 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqzVRzqAcEg Let's Map TDM! Part 4]
| Basic Backyard
| 24 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW3uvCJOH_I Let's Map TDM! Part 5]
| Interior Details
| 1 hour 4 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-oFxWs8cWQ Let's Map TDM! Part 6]
| Backyard Details
| 12 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWthnjWVUhA Let's Map TDM! Part 7]
| Lights
| 40 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzpsVyhzz7E Let's Map TDM! Part 8]
| Monsterclip & AI
| 1 hour 7 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79L1BGyM9kY Let's Map TDM! Part 9]
| Objectives & Readables
| 37 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt3Nd9vYMtA Let's Map TDM! Part 10]
| Sounds
| 1 hour 10 minutes
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKiWL6HewAM Let's Map TDM! Part 11]
| Finishing Touches
| 34 minutes
|-


'''Sotha's Let's Map videos:'''
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTkrFjit-RM Let's Map TDM! Part 12]
| Briefing & Packaging
| 11 minutes
|-


https://youtu.be/gem2sHGhfZE (Part 1: Introduction)
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsVo3qQXaM Let's Map TDM! Part 13]
| Betatest Fixes
| 18 minutes
|-


https://youtu.be/29qvoenDy6U (Part 2: Mdoules)
|}


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kArUySuF8 (Part 3: Basic Geometry)
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL2uElytRDw-ctUmlvq8Ewws here].


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqzVRzqAcEg (Part 4: Basic Backyard)
== Nico Autia  ==


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW3uvCJOH_I (Part 5: Interior Details)
=== Building Missions for TDM ===


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-oFxWs8cWQ (Part 6: Backyard Details)
(March - April 2016)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWthnjWVUhA (Part 7: Lights)
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https://youtu.be/mzpsVyhzz7E (Part 8: Monsterclip & AI)
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https://youtu.be/79L1BGyM9kY (Part 9: Objectives & Readables)
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxCGMz8pmQ Part 1]
| The First Room
| Creating a brush, working with the grid, resizing a brush, make a room, texturing, Ambient light, adding a player start
| 8 minutes
|-


https://youtu.be/Pt3Nd9vYMtA (Part 10: Sounds)
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysivSh5lpMQ Part 2]
| Adding More Rooms
| Adding doors by using prefabs, vertex editing mode, cutting brushes along lines (Clipper mode), building corridors, using the 3D view, creating entity light
| 13 minutes
|-


https://youtu.be/UKiWL6HewAM (Part 11: Finishing Touches)
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5un1a-91oak Part 3]
| Basic Gameplay Elements
| Inventory of the player, locking doors, bind objects to an AI, creating patrol routes, adding loot, mission objectives
| 13 minutes
|-


https://youtu.be/XTkrFjit-RM (Part 12: Briefing & Packaging)
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJSUVcfny0 Part 4]
| Sounds, Water and Sky
| ambient sounds, creating a pool for swimmable water, hiding objects from view, making swimmable water, filtering out textures, sky
| 13 minutes
|-


https://youtu.be/iBsVo3qQXaM (Part 13: Betatest Fixes)
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVSqgZTzKg Part 5]
| Troubleshooting
| Leaks, how to find leaks, outlook
| 4 minutes
|-


|}
== Demo videos ==
 
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxPdD2CJpREugMXiOivVK3ANP1gTnM-U here]
'''DarkRadiant Simple House test (level editor open source) [idtech4]'''
 
== Obsttorte ==
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k2YcXNSYfA
 
=== Let's Map TDM video series ===
 
(April - Juli 2014)
 
''The first three of these videos are in German with English subtitles, but they are in English after that.''
 
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!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOVslsHBXcI Let's Map TDM 1]
|
| 55 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBh6Lhox7o Let's Map TDM 2]
|
| 1 hour 5 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuVCrrjbEkI Let's Map TDM 3]
| Create a numberwheel lock using a short and simple script
| 1 hour 18 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVTBKuHPPGY Let's Map TDM 4]
| Material files
| 1 hour 8 minutes
|-
 
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmWFMBY2oS0 Let's Map TDM 5]
| Making custom arrows
| 1 hour 12 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fxq7cr1uEI Let's Map TDM 6]
| Finishing up blunt arrow, talking about particles, some confusion..
| 1 hour 2 minutes
|-
 
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XaMVg1kaQ8 Let's Map TDM 7]
| Explain how to proceed, build staircase, think about higher floor of administrative building where player starts
| 1 hour 23 minutes
|-
 
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR8njA_oxF8 Let's Map TDM 8]
| continuing working on upper level of administrative building, a lot of patchwork
| 1 hour 22 minutes
|-
 
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bs12aI2i9Y Let's Map TDM 9]
| Performance, visportals etc.
| 58 minutes
|-
 
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjWx5XmK4hg Let's Map TDM 10]
| Setup a custom light source, writing entity definitions, adjusting existing particles
| 1 hour 32 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Ztjis5-Fw Let's Map TDM 11]
| Create custom loot items, both static and moveable
| 54 minutes
|-
 
|}
 
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrQt-qjh-krYU2kpnJJRHUO8P4xPG5I9X here] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL0zFeGeqTHVyINhUUvI9Ur3 here].
 
== KomagB ==
 
=== Komag Tutorial ===
 
(April - June 2012)
 
''Slightly older video tutorials by Komag. As these are basic tutorials, the fundamentals described in them have not changed. You can use them to learn quickly about visportals and the like...''
 
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|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jutSmdqBVY Part 1]
| Install TDM
| 14 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eiW15WiAI Part 2]
| Install Dark Radiant
| 10 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2CT030YwG0 Part 3]
| Your First Two Rooms
| 25 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy4FIE7BhCQ Part 4]
| Visportals
| 15 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrpO613Wv8k Part 5]
| Ceiling Arches
| 7 minutes
|-
 
|}
 
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL1WqxRj_kfJ6Z67uwBKo4AU here].
 
== mh444 ==
 
=== Designing brush-work ===
 
(March 2012)
 
Topic: ''How to build a cylindrical tower with a conical roof. It's going to be hollow on the inside and the inside of the tower is going to seal against the outside of the tower.'' (quote taken from first video)
 
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|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJqeCod0qQ Dark Radiant tutorial 1 - part 1]
| 13 minutes
|-


|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7BZupigomU Dark Radiant tutorial 1 - part 2]
| 11 minutes
|-


|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYiHCOoDmT8 Dark Radiant tutorial 1 - part 3]
| 8 minutes
|-


|}


== Obsttorte's ==
== b1k3rdude  ==


=== Several DarkRadiant tutorials ===


''Let's Map video series''
(Unclear date)


''The first three of these are in German with English subtitles, but they are in English after that.''
[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpe2nr2tgH30ji03HQ_URsmmq-luBPxMU Steam Engine]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpe2nr2tgH33EfPGs2FWDgl0qjf7ZV5Mb General Techniques]<br>


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrQt-qjh-krYU2kpnJJRHUO8P4xPG5I9X
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Latest revision as of 16:14, 13 June 2023

On this page you will find video tutorials for DarkRadiant, ordered by creator and date. Remember that the older the video's the higher the chance some things have changed in current DarkRadiant/TDM

NeonsStyle

DarkRadiant tutorial

(May 2020)

This is a tutorial teaching you how to get started in mapping Single Player Story Missions for the Dark Mod.

Tutorial video

Springheel

Building Traps

(August 2018)

Up to now the following trap types have been realised:

Video tutorial Summary Length of tutorial Forum thread


Video Pressure plate traps 16 minutes Icon_forum.png
Video Spring loaded blade trap 8 minutes Icon_forum.png
Video Repeating flame trap 21 minutes Icon_forum.png
- Tripwire with crossbow (by Sota) Icon_forum.png

You can find the video playlist here.

New Mappers Workshop

(June - Augustus 2017)

Introducing newbie mappers into building levels (maps) for TDM fan missions.

Video tutorial Subject Summary Length of tutorial


Lesson 1 Planning Setting limits, regions and rooms, objectives, number of rooms, secrets 13 minutes
Lesson 2 Visportals r_showtris, r_showprimitives, r_showportals, open and closed visportals, using corners and choke points, 12 minutes
Lesson 3 Setting up Dark Radiant,
building basics 		Start mapping a room, Hollow and Room tools, Dealing with Leaks 32 minutes
Lesson 4 Decorating rooms Creating an ambient_world light, adjusting sealing geometry, shifting and scaling textures, adjusting module walls, decorating rooms, adding light entities 53 minutes
Lesson 5 Connecting rooms Creating your own prefabs, adding hallways, using layers, using the clipper tool to cut doorways, creating brush trim, copy/paste shader tool 57 minutes
Lesson 6 Outdoor "rooms" Using patches to create uneven ground, Adding a skybox 17 minutes
Lesson 7 Doors Prefab doors, rotate values, model doors, brush doors, adding handles, locking doors, lockpick settings, changing sounds, sliding doors 21 minutes
Lesson 8 Functional props Movable entities, player tools, loot, chests, readables, levers/switches 26 minutes
Lesson 9 Immersive details Sounds: Soundtracks, ambient noises, triggered sounds
Particle effects: Steam/smoke, splashes 		20 minutes
Lesson 10 Advanced brushwork Vert mode, climbable surfaces, water 18 minutes
Lesson 11 AI Types of AI, stationary guards, patrolling guards, monster_clip, random destinations, random interesting things, sitting/sleeping, idle_only and alert_idle_only, AI and objects/doors 47 minutes


You can find the whole playlist here or here.

Springheel's Speed Build Challenge

(April 2017)

A step-by-step Let's Build, attempting to use modules and prefabs to build a mission in under 4 hours.

Video tutorial Length of tutorial


Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 1 43 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 2 28 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 3 38 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 4 52 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 5 42 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 6 47 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 7 48 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 8 48 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 9 28 minutes
Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 10 24 minutes

You can find the whole playlist here or here.

An overview of all the additions concerning the architecture building modules, and their possibilities, can be read here (click to enlarge if the image is too small).

Springheel's Modules

(February - March 2017)

Tutorials on building with the new modular sets of prefabs and scenery in TDM.

Video tutorial Summary Length of tutorial


Springheel's Modules 1 Introduction 11 minutes
Springheel's Modules 2 A simple street 27 minutes
Springheel's Modules 3 Thieves' Highway 28 minutes
Springheel's Modules 4 Street details 34 minutes
Springheel's Modules 5 Improving performance 11 minutes

You can find the whole playlist here or here.

Sotha

"Let's Map TDM !" tutorials

(Februari - March 2017)

Video tutorial Summary Length of tutorial


Let's Map TDM! Part 1 Introduction 5 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 2 Modules 28 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 3 Basic Geometry 30 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 4 Basic Backyard 24 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 5 Interior Details 1 hour 4 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 6 Backyard Details 12 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 7 Lights 40 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 8 Monsterclip & AI 1 hour 7 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 9 Objectives & Readables 37 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 10 Sounds 1 hour 10 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 11 Finishing Touches 34 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 12 Briefing & Packaging 11 minutes
Let's Map TDM! Part 13 Betatest Fixes 18 minutes

You can find the whole playlist here.

Nico Autia

Building Missions for TDM

(March - April 2016)

Video tutorial Subject Summary Length of tutorial


Part 1 The First Room Creating a brush, working with the grid, resizing a brush, make a room, texturing, Ambient light, adding a player start 8 minutes
Part 2 Adding More Rooms Adding doors by using prefabs, vertex editing mode, cutting brushes along lines (Clipper mode), building corridors, using the 3D view, creating entity light 13 minutes
Part 3 Basic Gameplay Elements Inventory of the player, locking doors, bind objects to an AI, creating patrol routes, adding loot, mission objectives 13 minutes
Part 4 Sounds, Water and Sky ambient sounds, creating a pool for swimmable water, hiding objects from view, making swimmable water, filtering out textures, sky 13 minutes
Part 5 Troubleshooting Leaks, how to find leaks, outlook 4 minutes

You can find the whole playlist here

Obsttorte

Let's Map TDM video series

(April - Juli 2014)

The first three of these videos are in German with English subtitles, but they are in English after that.

Video tutorial Summary Length of tutorial


Let's Map TDM 1 55 minutes
Let's Map TDM 2 1 hour 5 minutes
Let's Map TDM 3 Create a numberwheel lock using a short and simple script 1 hour 18 minutes
Let's Map TDM 4 Material files 1 hour 8 minutes
Let's Map TDM 5 Making custom arrows 1 hour 12 minutes
Let's Map TDM 6 Finishing up blunt arrow, talking about particles, some confusion.. 1 hour 2 minutes
Let's Map TDM 7 Explain how to proceed, build staircase, think about higher floor of administrative building where player starts 1 hour 23 minutes
Let's Map TDM 8 continuing working on upper level of administrative building, a lot of patchwork 1 hour 22 minutes
Let's Map TDM 9 Performance, visportals etc. 58 minutes
Let's Map TDM 10 Setup a custom light source, writing entity definitions, adjusting existing particles 1 hour 32 minutes
Let's Map TDM 11 Create custom loot items, both static and moveable 54 minutes

You can find the whole playlist here or here.

KomagB

Komag Tutorial

(April - June 2012)

Slightly older video tutorials by Komag. As these are basic tutorials, the fundamentals described in them have not changed. You can use them to learn quickly about visportals and the like...

Video tutorial Summary Length of tutorial


Part 1 Install TDM 14 minutes
Part 2 Install Dark Radiant 10 minutes
Part 3 Your First Two Rooms 25 minutes
Part 4 Visportals 15 minutes
Part 5 Ceiling Arches 7 minutes

You can find the whole playlist here.

mh444

Designing brush-work

(March 2012)

Topic: How to build a cylindrical tower with a conical roof. It's going to be hollow on the inside and the inside of the tower is going to seal against the outside of the tower. (quote taken from first video)

Video tutorial Length of tutorial


Dark Radiant tutorial 1 - part 1 13 minutes
Dark Radiant tutorial 1 - part 2 11 minutes
Dark Radiant tutorial 1 - part 3 8 minutes

b1k3rdude

Several DarkRadiant tutorials

(Unclear date)

Steam Engine
General Techniques

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