Tell me more about this DarkRadiiant editor

[Dark Phoenix]

I'm just a gamer not a programmer.. don't know any C languages or anything.

 

I assume this editor is what people use to make the fan missions. How hard is it to use for a newbie who is new to designing games? Can I even do it without knowing any programming languges?

[nbohr1more]

Yes, it's actually easier than the old "Dromed" editor for Thief. No need to know any programming.

 

There are even Youtube videos which show some editing basics.

 

Edit:

 

The place where most folks start is here:

 

http://wiki.thedarkm...uide_Start_Here!

 

There's also a "Starter Map"

 

http://wiki.thedarkm...appers%27_Guide

 

Here's the Dark Radiant page so you can find keys (etc):

 

http://wiki.thedarkm...tle=DarkRadiant

 

Here is a thread with some tutorials (videos):

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/12554-tutorials-in-darkradiant/

Edited October 27, 2013 by nbohr1more

[Dark Phoenix]

Hey thats awesome. Thanks for the great answer and links.

[PranQster]

Follow the tutorials, even when they seem tedious or you have bigger ideas than the tutorial covers. It's easy to get started and then go off on a tangent, only to realize later that you missed something basic.

You're gonna love it.

Keep in mind, for the very first time you go to run the 'dmap' and 'map' commands, darkmod will assume the following map path: 'darkmod/maps'. So inside the maps folder in your darkmod folder, it is suggested to have an individual folder for each map and makes it easy to have the same name as the map file. Lets call the first map 'map1'. Inside the darkmod/maps folder will be 'map1' folder which contains 'map1.map', made in Dark Radiant.

To load that map in TDM console, you would type simply 'map map1/map1'. To compile the map (before loading it), you would type 'dmap map1/map1'. No quotes of course.

[NMEAI]

Follow the tutorials, even when they seem tedious or you have bigger ideas...

 

Hmm... that sounds like wisdom.

[RJFerret]

Since you type dmap whatever and map a lot, I do it a little differently, I just make the folder "t", so I "dmap t/mapname". Less typing, and when it's all done can rename "t" to be the mission name or whatever.

 

Also you can up arrow in the console to get the previous command back. So dmap, then up arrow, home and delete the d for map ...

[kyyrma]

Since you type dmap whatever and map a lot, I do it a little differently, I just make the folder "t", so I "dmap t/mapname". Less typing, and when it's all done can rename "t" to be the mission name or whatever.

 

Also you can up arrow in the console to get the previous command back. So dmap, then up arrow, home and delete the d for map ...

 

Because you will be doing it a lot you might also consider adding something like

 

bind "F9" "dmap maps/mymap/mapname"

bind "F10" "map maps/mymap/mapname"

 

in Darkmod.cfg located in the root folder.

Edited November 12, 2013 by kyyrma

[PranQster]

You can also put both commands on the same line, separated with a semicolon and no space between them:

dmap mapname/mapname;map mapname/mapname

 

Then even bind that to a key.