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


==  NeonsStyle ==
(May 2020)
=== DARK RADIANT TUTORIAL - Game Level Editor for The Dark Mod ===
''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]


== KomagB ==
== Springheel ==


'''Komag Tutorial: Dark Mod'''
=== The Dark Mod: Building Traps ===


(April - June 2012)
(August 2018)


''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...''
Up to now the following trap types have been realised:


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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="12%"|Summary
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Length of tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Length of tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Forum thread


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!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jutSmdqBVY Part 1]
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/0H9BkPED9yQ Video]
| Install TDM
| Pressure plate with projectile shooter
| 14 minutes  
| 11 minutes  
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19570-pressure-plate-traps/}}
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eiW15WiAI Part 2]
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/6ki9oJX2pBs Video]
| Install Dark Radiant
| Chest armed with springloaded spike
| 10 minutes  
| 11 minutes  
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19586-springloaded-spike-trap/}}
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2CT030YwG0 Part 3]
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/Z-MYfPkG8PI Video]
| Your First Two Rooms
| Flame Jet
| 25 minutes  
| 11 minutes  
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19597-flame-jet-trap/}}
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy4FIE7BhCQ Part 4]
!align=left|
| Visportals
| Tripwire with crossbow (by Sota)
| 15 minutes  
| 11 minutes  
|-
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19568-crossbow-trap/}}
 
|-
!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].
You can find the video playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05S2_9OQ-yxYj_J1enqcH8gJ here].
 
== mh444 ==


3 Video tutorials by mh444 about designing brush-work with Dark Radiant.


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)


(March 2012)
=== TDM New Mappers Workshop ===
 
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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Video tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Length of tutorial
 
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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
|-
 
|}
 
== Springheel ==
 
'''TDM New Mappers Workshop:'''


(June - Augustus 2017)
(June - Augustus 2017)
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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].
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].


----


=== The Dark Mod: Springheel's Speed Build Challenge ===


'''TDM 2.05: Springheel's Modules:'''
(April 2017)


(February - March 2017)
''A step-by-step Let's Build, attempting to use modules and prefabs to build a mission in under 4 hours.''
 
''Tutorials on building with the new modular sets of prefabs and scenery in TDM.''


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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Video tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Video tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="12%"|Summary
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Length of tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Length of tutorial


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!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Bbp7fFljc Springheel's Modules 1]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-phQ4B9shY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 1]
| Introduction
| 43 minutes  
| 11 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUyv6REzjg Springheel's Modules 2]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlRCBDcWKXI Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 2]
| A simple street
| 28 minutes  
| 27 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJZshJg-JpM Springheel's Modules 3]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMx9dvnPgY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 3]
| Thieves' Highway
| 38 minutes  
| 28 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRIY0K_8B2A Springheel's Modules 4]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVILKge4Yog Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 4]
| Street details
| 52 minutes  
| 34 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXOG94lkXQ Springheel's Modules 5]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUqFfmIA0_A Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 5]
| Improving performance
| 42 minutes
| 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].
----
'''The Dark Mod: Building Traps'''
(August 2018)
Up to now the following trap types have been realised:
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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Video tutorial
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXDE6La15o Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 6]
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="12%"|Summary
| 47 minutes
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Length of tutorial
|-
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Forum thread
 
<!--INSERT NEW TUTORIAL VID ENTRY FROM THIS SERIES BELOW THIS LINE-->


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/0H9BkPED9yQ Video]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKnveFjMDg Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 7]
| Pressure plate with projectile shooter
| 48 minutes  
| 11 minutes  
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19570-pressure-plate-traps/}}
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/6ki9oJX2pBs Video]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPRxUgbGGfY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 8]
| Chest armed with springloaded spike
| 48 minutes  
| 11 minutes  
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19586-springloaded-spike-trap/}}
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://youtu.be/Z-MYfPkG8PI Video]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg2NCpyN4rw Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 9]
| Flame Jet
| 28 minutes
| 11 minutes  
|{{Forumlink|http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19597-flame-jet-trap/}}
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVbJ2Mx9kMU Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 10]
| Tripwire with crossbow (by Sota)
| 24 minutes
| 11 minutes
|{{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].
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05QiV3uIY9Gc2kkAxH1s4iN2 here] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL2g5Hg-dUaPoa3g8EQ9lcAI here].


----
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).




'''The Dark Mod: Springheel's Speed Build Challenge:'''
=== TDM 2.05: Springheel's Modules ===


(April 2017)
(February - March 2017)


''A step-by-step Let's Build, attempting to use modules and prefabs to build a mission in under 4 hours.''
''Tutorials on building with the new modular sets of prefabs and scenery in TDM.''


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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Video tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Length of tutorial
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="12%"|Summary
!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="14%"|Length of tutorial


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|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-phQ4B9shY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 1]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Bbp7fFljc Springheel's Modules 1]
| 43 minutes  
| Introduction
| 11 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlRCBDcWKXI Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 2]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUyv6REzjg Springheel's Modules 2]
| 28 minutes  
| A simple street
| 27 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMx9dvnPgY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 3]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJZshJg-JpM Springheel's Modules 3]
| 38 minutes  
| Thieves' Highway
| 28 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVILKge4Yog Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 4]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRIY0K_8B2A Springheel's Modules 4]
| 52 minutes  
| Street details
| 34 minutes  
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUqFfmIA0_A Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 5]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXOG94lkXQ Springheel's Modules 5]
| 42 minutes
| Improving performance
|-
| 11 minutes
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXDE6La15o Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 6]
| 47 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKnveFjMDg Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 7]
| 48 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPRxUgbGGfY Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 8]
| 48 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg2NCpyN4rw Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 9]
| 28 minutes
|-
 
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVbJ2Mx9kMU Springheel's Speed Build Challenge - Part 10]
| 24 minutes
|-
|-


|}
|}


You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05QiV3uIY9Gc2kkAxH1s4iN2 here] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL2g5Hg-dUaPoa3g8EQ9lcAI here].
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUoSeWinI05S6CzyzdSuEMJhqXH3aJYlu here] or [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL3g8WNhFy6HQDiyUNhjAUlO here].
 
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).


== Sotha ==
== Sotha ==
   
   
'''Sotha's "Let's Map TDM !" video tutorials:'''
=== Sotha's "Let's Map TDM !" video tutorials ===


(Februari - March 2017)
(Februari - March 2017)
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You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL2uElytRDw-ctUmlvq8Ewws here].
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL2uElytRDw-ctUmlvq8Ewws here].
== Nico Autia  ==
(March - April 2016)
=== Building Missions for The Dark Mod - Beginner Tutorial ===
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!bgcolor=#d0d0e0 width="10%"|Length of tutorial
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!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
|-
|-
!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
|-
|-
!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
|-
|-
!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
|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVSqgZTzKg Part 5]
| Troubleshooting
| Leaks, how to find leaks, outlook
| 4 minutes
|-
|}
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxPdD2CJpREugMXiOivVK3ANP1gTnM-U here]


== Obsttorte ==
== Obsttorte ==


'''Let's Map TDM video series''' - ''The first three of these videos are in German with English subtitles, but they are in English after that.''
=== Let's Map TDM video series ===
''The first three of these videos are in German with English subtitles, but they are in English after that.''


(April - Juli 2014)
(April - Juli 2014)
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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].
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].


== Nico Autia  ==
== KomagB ==
 
=== Komag Tutorial: Dark Mod ===


(March - April 2016)
(April - June 2012)


'''Building Missions for The Dark Mod - Beginner Tutorial'''
''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=urxCGMz8pmQ Part 1]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jutSmdqBVY Part 1]
| The First Room
| Install TDM
| Creating a brush, working with the grid, resizing a brush, make a room, texturing, Ambient light, adding a player start
| 14 minutes  
| 8 minutes
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysivSh5lpMQ Part 2]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eiW15WiAI Part 2]
| Adding More Rooms
| Install Dark Radiant
| Adding doors by using prefabs, vertex editing mode, cutting brushes along lines (Clipper mode), building corridors, using the 3D view, creating entity light
| 10 minutes  
| 13 minutes
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5un1a-91oak Part 3]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2CT030YwG0 Part 3]
| Basic Gameplay Elements
| Your First Two Rooms
| Inventory of the player, locking doors, bind objects to an AI, creating patrol routes, adding loot, mission objectives
| 25 minutes  
| 13 minutes
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJSUVcfny0 Part 4]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy4FIE7BhCQ Part 4]
| Sounds, Water and Sky
| Visportals
| ambient sounds, creating a pool for swimmable water, hiding objects from view, making swimmable water, filtering out textures, sky
| 15 minutes  
| 13 minutes
|-
|-


|-
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVSqgZTzKg Part 5]
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrpO613Wv8k Part 5]
| Troubleshooting
| Ceiling Arches
| Leaks, how to find leaks, outlook
| 7 minutes  
| 4 minutes
|-
|-


|}
|}


You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxPdD2CJpREugMXiOivVK3ANP1gTnM-U here]
You can find the whole playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L2GxHb3sL1WqxRj_kfJ6Z67uwBKo4AU here].
 
 
 
== mh444 ==
 
=== Designing brush-work with Dark Radiant ===
 
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)


==  NeonsStyle ==
(March 2012)


(May 2020)
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'''DARK RADIANT TUTORIAL - Game Level Editor for The Dark Mod'''
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''This is a tutorial teaching you how to get started in mapping Single Player Story Missions for the Dark Mod.''
|-
!align=left|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJqeCod0qQ Dark Radiant tutorial 1 - part 1]
| 13 minutes
|-


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYOksKpwxwg Tutorial video]
|-
!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
|-


|}


[[Category:DarkRadiant]]
[[Category:DarkRadiant]]

Revision as of 11:50, 29 November 2022

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

NeonsStyle

(May 2020)

DARK RADIANT TUTORIAL - Game Level Editor for The Dark Mod

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

Tutorial video

Springheel

The Dark Mod: 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 with projectile shooter 11 minutes Icon_forum.png
Video Chest armed with springloaded spike 11 minutes Icon_forum.png
Video Flame Jet 11 minutes Icon_forum.png
Tripwire with crossbow (by Sota) 11 minutes Icon_forum.png

You can find the video playlist here.


TDM 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.


The Dark Mod: 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).


TDM 2.05: 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

Sotha's "Let's Map TDM !" video 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

(March - April 2016)

Building Missions for The Dark Mod - Beginner Tutorial

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

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

(April - Juli 2014)

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: Dark Mod

(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 with Dark Radiant

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)

(March 2012)

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
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