DarkRadiant Video Tutorials

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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

DR 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

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 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.

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

"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 The Dark Mod - Beginner Tutorial

(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: 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

(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