DarkRadiant Video Tutorials

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On this page you will find video tutorials for DarkRadiant.


KomagB

Komag Tutorial: Dark Mod

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

Video tutorials by mh444.

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


Springheel

TDM New Mappers Workshop:

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

Video tutorial Summary Length of tutorial


TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 1 Planning 13 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 2 Visportals 12 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 3 Setting up Dark Radiant, building basics 32 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 4 Decorating rooms 53 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 5 Connecting rooms 57 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 6 Outdoor "rooms" 17 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 7 Doors 21 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 8 Functional props 26 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 9 Immersive details 20 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 10 Advanced brushwork 18 minutes
TDM New Mappers Workshop: Lesson 11 AI 47 minutes


You can find the whole playlist here or here.


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.



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).

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.

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.

Nico Autia

(March - April 2016)

Building Missions for The Dark Mod - Beginner Tutorial

Video tutorial Summary Length of tutorial


Part 1 The First Room 8 minutes
Part 2 Adding More Rooms 13 minutes
Part 3 Basic Gameplay Elements 13 minutes
Part 4 Sounds, Water and Sky 13 minutes
Part 5 Troubleshooting 4 minutes

You can find the whole playlist here

NeonsStyle

(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

Demo videos

DarkRadiant Simple House test (level editor open source) [idtech4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k2YcXNSYfA