How do I cut holes in brushes?

[Deadlove]

Sorry for dumb questions again, but I guess it's clipper tool? I can't see to figure out how to select certain vertices and then remove them between two hollowed cubes to make interconnecting regions. I'm sorry that I'm such a newbie and but I have to ask questions to learn and I'm really not good with the wiki I'm really sorry but you guys are awesome helping me out and I promise I will make a level you can play if you help me.

 

I am posting screenshots so you know that I've been doing some work and I'm not just BSing.

 

I'm excited to make get better at DR but it's kinda difficult when we can't sit next to each other in the same room and teach each other becuase we're all over the world on the internet making this happen. And kudos to that, because this is some mega TDM is a mega success in the independent world of real deal, hardcore stealth games, and not to mention free!

 

Some days I wish everyone was as into building TDM FMs as those people who just wanna soak up in the hype of Fallout 4, which is the latest flavor. I've yet to try it, I'm at that point where I want to create more than play but I have a severe learning curve with using an editor. I never even built a DOOM level. This is my first go around, and it' a match made in heaven cuz I LOVE the feel of IdTech and the speed and adrenaline and terror it pumps at you but at the same time I'm so fascinated by the depth and story and visuals, and rich world to absorb of the Dark Engine with Thief 1 & 2, so for nostalgic purposes, it's a perfect marriage.

 

Anyway. How do I cut through walls?

Edited February 20, 2016 by Deadlove

[grayman]

Have you done everything in the A-Z wiki that Fidcal wrote?

 

That should handle the basic questions like this one.

[Deadlove]

That's the thing, I'm having a hard time with the A-Z.

[grayman]

Use the clipper to cut matching holes in the walls of the 2 rooms that you want to connect.

 

Then create brushes to span the gap between the holes (2 walls, floor, and ceiling).

[VanishedOne]

There's also CSG Subtract, with which you can use a selected brush to make a hole in brushes it intersects... but see http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/8266-csg-subtract/

[grayman]

CSG Subtract is not recommended, due to potentially creating tiny brush slivers that confound dmap.

 

You can do all you need to do with the Clipper.

[Melan]

You can use CSG Subtract to your heart's content as long as it is for simple shapes. It can get messy when complex shapes intersect in weird ways, but for simple cube-from-cube operations, it is okay.

[SeriousToni]

That's the thing, I'm having a hard time with the A-Z.

What's the problem exactly with the A-Z tutorial? I mean no offense to you really, but this was really helpful in understanding how to work out a TDM map in all its basics and it was written really nice so that even me as a foreigner can understand how things are working in this engine. As a second hint htere are some nice Dark Radiant tutorials online at youtube

 

Just be sure to take your time on the A-Z tutorial and don't rush through it, since it makes you really understand the basics while giving you enough freedom to enjoy you building your fist mission!

 

Gosh - I'm feeling like an advertising person right now haha!

Edited February 23, 2016 by SeriousToni