Preditor Tutorials Available

Joe Siegler · 08-01-2006, 03:21 PM

http://www.3drealms.com/prey/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Check 'em out in the Prey Wiki on the 3DR server.

Otto · 08-01-2006, 03:46 PM

Thank you! These tutorials will keep me busy for some time.

*downloads Crystle Lightning photo*

PointlesS · 08-01-2006, 03:57 PM

thanks a ton! one of the things that bugged me was the camera controls and to have an unrealed camera control is really sweet...

JOConnell · 08-02-2006, 07:01 AM

As the topic says! If you guys have any tutorials you'd like to see, just post here. We've already written a few and posted them but it's always helpful to hear what you guys have to say.

m4dmax · 08-02-2006, 06:47 PM

skyboxes, I noticed in some maps you all had this dome like structure with a skytexture on it and various triggers or somthing. It'd be cool to know how to do those.

thats the only one I can really think of atm.

edit heres some more:

-ambient lighting tips/procedures
-adding sounds to maps/triggering sounds
-adding fx to maps like fire and being able to trigger them on and off via a console or somthing.

vcatkiller · 08-03-2006, 05:38 PM

Can you stick up a force-field tutorial? Forcefields that are switchable by console devices that is. That would be cool. I wrestled with that for a good hour or so the other day before just giving up.

That's about the only thing I can think of at the moment.

JOConnell · 08-03-2006, 09:19 PM

Good, these are great! Both should be pretty simple to write up and get posted either Friday or early next week. Keep the requests coming!

By the way, are the tutorial maps included helping anyone at all?

m4dmax · 08-03-2006, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JOConnell

By the way, are the tutorial maps included helping anyone at all?

yeah they are helping quite a bit

Interitus · 08-03-2006, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JOConnell

As the topic says! If you guys have any tutorials you'd like to see, just post here.

The tutorials posted already would have been a great help had they been up when I first started!

But I wouldnt mind seeing an optimisation tutorial. Things to look for, where to add texture xxxx, etc. For example, I've got no idea what visportal is for. I've been putting the caulking brush everywhere the player cant see, but I'm sure there are other things I could/should be doing.

Altered Reality · 08-10-2006, 02:26 PM

What about a "Making your first room" tutorial for n00bs?

d3ad connection · 08-10-2006, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altered Reality

What about a "Making your first room" tutorial for n00bs?

Yes, please. I am completely braindead when it comes to D3 engine map making...

Gryph · 08-10-2006, 03:50 PM

Check these out for basic room building. It's what I read last night and they were quite good.
http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3017

Altered Reality · 08-12-2006, 04:10 AM

I just read the first HTML tutorial and made my first room. But I noticed that the part about turning a brush into a light didn't work. I mean: the map showed the red highlighted rectangle turning into a purple bisected rectangle, and a light entity appeared in the camera view... but it did NOT emit any light! Just after that, I created a light in the normal way (pressing ESC to deselect everything, right-clicking in the map and selecting "Light"), and that new light appeared as the ONLY functional light in the room!
What did I do wrong?

Shrinker · 08-12-2006, 04:41 AM

The right-click way is the way to go.

Altered Reality · 08-12-2006, 01:12 PM

So there's NO WAY to transform a brush into a light in Preditor, right?

Shrinker · 08-12-2006, 01:18 PM

Ah I just saw... well you get the radius resembling the box, but not a kind of light-emitting box which emits light from every point.

Gryph · 08-13-2006, 04:10 PM

One thing I have trouble with is lamp models. When I attach a model to a light it always goes on the wrong end. What is the proper technique to create a light fixture model and have a light emit from it at the right place?

Shrinker · 08-14-2006, 07:45 AM

You attach models to lights? How about placing a model and putting a light in front of it, to illuminate the model and the surrounding walls?

Gryph · 08-14-2006, 10:31 AM

Well that would be too obvious, wouldn't it? Now I feel like an idiot.

trylogica · 08-16-2006, 07:36 AM

Hello guys
It is probably already mentioned above, but the link to the tuts down below was very helpfull for me when I was trying to make levels for Doom 3. Especially the videotuts are very interesting, they can be downloaded for later use.

http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3017

Start building levels now

08-16-2006, 02:06 PM

Write a prey player modeling tutorial

U_L · 08-17-2006, 10:38 AM

Another tutorial link is this
http://www.leveldesign.nl/?page=4

Luke · 08-17-2006, 01:50 PM

Are you going to add user made tutorials like from my thread?

Shrinker · 08-18-2006, 05:53 AM

Someone should make such a list in that wiki... isn't it an open wiki for everyone to edit?

Altered Reality · 08-23-2006, 12:52 AM

I wish there were some tutorials about adding interaction. For example, how do you create a light switch that turns a light on and off?

echotree · 09-07-2007, 01:59 AM

Is is possible to access the editor using the MAC version of PREY?!?

enochthepure · 10-21-2007, 03:18 PM

how do you access the prey level editor? I tried to do what the wiki said but I get a target not valid box

Altered Reality · 10-22-2007, 01:19 AM

When and where do you get that error? Does the editor load at all? Is it a message box or a message in the editor console? Can you show me what exactly is written in your shortcut target?

enochthepure · 10-22-2007, 03:23 PM

actually it turned out I didn't read the wiki properly I thought you had to replace the target string with the string wiki supplied instead of just adding the string

I got it working now but the next challenge is trying to figure it out

Altered Reality · 10-22-2007, 03:59 PM

Well, you're lucky. Here are the tutorials I followed to learn it.
http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3017

Yes, they are for Doom 3, but Prey uses the Doom 3 engine, so most of that applies to Prey too.

08-01-2006, 03:21 PM	#1
Joe Siegler 3D Realms Staff	Preditor Tutorials Available http://www.3drealms.com/prey/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Check 'em out in the Prey Wiki on the 3DR server. __________________ Apogee / 3D Realms Employee: Dec 14, 1992 - May 22, 2009, Oct 23, 2014 - current "Lifting up the Cross to the waiting lost" - Petra \| John 3:16

08-16-2006, 02:06 PM	#21
Dark_Demon Guest	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Write a prey player modeling tutorial

08-01-2006, 03:46 PM	#2
Otto	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Thank you! These tutorials will keep me busy for some time. downloads Crystle Lightning photo Last edited by Otto; 08-02-2006 at 09:26 AM.

08-01-2006, 03:57 PM	#3
PointlesS	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available thanks a ton! one of the things that bugged me was the camera controls and to have an unrealed camera control is really sweet...

08-02-2006, 07:01 AM	#4
JOConnell	Prey Tutorial Requests As the topic says! If you guys have any tutorials you'd like to see, just post here. We've already written a few and posted them but it's always helpful to hear what you guys have to say.

08-02-2006, 06:47 PM	#5
m4dmax	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available skyboxes, I noticed in some maps you all had this dome like structure with a skytexture on it and various triggers or somthing. It'd be cool to know how to do those. thats the only one I can really think of atm. edit heres some more: -ambient lighting tips/procedures -adding sounds to maps/triggering sounds -adding fx to maps like fire and being able to trigger them on and off via a console or somthing. Last edited by m4dmax; 08-03-2006 at 12:10 AM.

08-03-2006, 05:38 PM	#6
vcatkiller	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Can you stick up a force-field tutorial? Forcefields that are switchable by console devices that is. That would be cool. I wrestled with that for a good hour or so the other day before just giving up. That's about the only thing I can think of at the moment.

08-03-2006, 09:19 PM	#7
JOConnell	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Good, these are great! Both should be pretty simple to write up and get posted either Friday or early next week. Keep the requests coming! By the way, are the tutorial maps included helping anyone at all?

08-10-2006, 02:26 PM	#10
Altered Reality	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available What about a "Making your first room" tutorial for n00bs? __________________ [...] We view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time. (Gabe Newell, Valve) I'm the worst enemy in film-making and a completely talentless idiot. (Uwe Boll) Faith is why you are wrong. (Crosma)

08-10-2006, 03:50 PM	#12
Gryph	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Check these out for basic room building. It's what I read last night and they were quite good. http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3017 __________________ 1Emulation: The Peoples' Emulation Site I pity the fool! - Mr. T

08-12-2006, 04:10 AM	#13
Altered Reality	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available I just read the first HTML tutorial and made my first room. But I noticed that the part about turning a brush into a light didn't work. I mean: the map showed the red highlighted rectangle turning into a purple bisected rectangle, and a light entity appeared in the camera view... but it did NOT emit any light! Just after that, I created a light in the normal way (pressing ESC to deselect everything, right-clicking in the map and selecting "Light"), and that new light appeared as the ONLY functional light in the room! What did I do wrong? __________________ [...] We view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time. (Gabe Newell, Valve) I'm the worst enemy in film-making and a completely talentless idiot. (Uwe Boll) Faith is why you are wrong. (Crosma)

08-12-2006, 04:41 AM	#14
Shrinker	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available The right-click way is the way to go. __________________ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/prey/ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/Accuracy2/

08-12-2006, 01:12 PM	#15
Altered Reality	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available So there's NO WAY to transform a brush into a light in Preditor, right? __________________ [...] We view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time. (Gabe Newell, Valve) I'm the worst enemy in film-making and a completely talentless idiot. (Uwe Boll) Faith is why you are wrong. (Crosma)

08-12-2006, 01:18 PM	#16
Shrinker	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Ah I just saw... well you get the radius resembling the box, but not a kind of light-emitting box which emits light from every point. __________________ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/prey/ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/Accuracy2/ Last edited by Shrinker; 08-12-2006 at 01:33 PM.

08-13-2006, 04:10 PM	#17
Gryph	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available One thing I have trouble with is lamp models. When I attach a model to a light it always goes on the wrong end. What is the proper technique to create a light fixture model and have a light emit from it at the right place? __________________ 1Emulation: The Peoples' Emulation Site I pity the fool! - Mr. T

08-14-2006, 07:45 AM	#18
Shrinker	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available You attach models to lights? How about placing a model and putting a light in front of it, to illuminate the model and the surrounding walls? __________________ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/prey/ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/Accuracy2/

08-14-2006, 10:31 AM	#19
Gryph	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Well that would be too obvious, wouldn't it? Now I feel like an idiot. __________________ 1Emulation: The Peoples' Emulation Site I pity the fool! - Mr. T

08-16-2006, 07:36 AM	#20
trylogica	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Hello guys It is probably already mentioned above, but the link to the tuts down below was very helpfull for me when I was trying to make levels for Doom 3. Especially the videotuts are very interesting, they can be downloaded for later use. http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3017 Start building levels now

08-17-2006, 10:38 AM	#22
U_L	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Another tutorial link is this http://www.leveldesign.nl/?page=4

08-17-2006, 01:50 PM	#23
Luke	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Are you going to add user made tutorials like from my thread? __________________ Original Blackhole / Dark Portal theorist.

08-18-2006, 05:53 AM	#24
Shrinker	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Someone should make such a list in that wiki... isn't it an open wiki for everyone to edit? __________________ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/prey/ http://www.intercomm.com/shrinker/Accuracy2/

08-23-2006, 12:52 AM	#25
Altered Reality	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available I wish there were some tutorials about adding interaction. For example, how do you create a light switch that turns a light on and off? __________________ [...] We view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time. (Gabe Newell, Valve) I'm the worst enemy in film-making and a completely talentless idiot. (Uwe Boll) Faith is why you are wrong. (Crosma)

09-07-2007, 01:59 AM	#26
echotree	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Is is possible to access the editor using the MAC version of PREY?!?

10-21-2007, 03:18 PM	#27
enochthepure	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available how do you access the prey level editor? I tried to do what the wiki said but I get a target not valid box

10-22-2007, 01:19 AM	#28
Altered Reality	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available When and where do you get that error? Does the editor load at all? Is it a message box or a message in the editor console? Can you show me what exactly is written in your shortcut target? __________________ [...] We view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time. (Gabe Newell, Valve) I'm the worst enemy in film-making and a completely talentless idiot. (Uwe Boll) Faith is why you are wrong. (Crosma)

10-22-2007, 03:23 PM	#29
enochthepure	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available actually it turned out I didn't read the wiki properly I thought you had to replace the target string with the string wiki supplied instead of just adding the string I got it working now but the next challenge is trying to figure it out

10-22-2007, 03:59 PM	#30
Altered Reality	Re: Preditor Tutorials Available Well, you're lucky. Here are the tutorials I followed to learn it. http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3017 Yes, they are for Doom 3, but Prey uses the Doom 3 engine, so most of that applies to Prey too. __________________ [...] We view customers as complete morons that will never catch on and [...] we're lying to them all the time. (Gabe Newell, Valve) I'm the worst enemy in film-making and a completely talentless idiot. (Uwe Boll) Faith is why you are wrong. (Crosma)