Vortex85 on 30/8/2022 at 19:51
NOTE: I believe I posted this in the wrong forum previously so I'm posting here to correct.
This is my Thief 2 DromEd Tutorial series I just made. The videos are under 15 minutes each so it's a full fan mission creation in under 90 minutes from beginning to end, and of course you can watch in 2x speed for under 45 minutes. :D
A lot covered in a little time!
Here are the individual videos:
[video=youtube;inY1NjiAAjg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inY1NjiAAjg[/video]
Topics Covered:
00:10 - Installing T2Fix (includes DromEd) - required for playing Thief 2 on modern computers
01:10 - Enable FM Selector, create Mission Folder, and load DromEd
01:50 - Portalize and Add Textures to view world
03:45 - Setting up Garrett as the StartingPoint
05:24 - Load scripts to make the Thief world work appropriately
05:50 - Add sound with room brush
06:19 - Creating Garrett's starting inventory
10:12 - Toggle and configure ambient lighting
[video=youtube;grzle8wcm-Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grzle8wcm-Y[/video]
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Resize DromEd window
00:54 - Reorienting the StartingPoint
01:33 - DromEd Grid and Grid Snapping
02:08 - Building with brushes (House)
10:23 - Adding Lighting objects
11:40 - Building more (Landscaping)
[video=youtube;hWlk6sufVLc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWlk6sufVLc[/video]
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Guards and Patrol Routes
04:36 - Adding furniture and item in container
06:56 - Fixing the light radius
08:06 - Doors, windows, and resize objects
09:36 - Locks, lockpicks, and keys
[video=youtube;f7LknqMxihQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7LknqMxihQ[/video]
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Adjust guard attributes
00:27 - Adding Water
02:57 - Adding a Readable object
05:33 - Adding a Secret
08:42 - Teleporting loot (has bug - see note)
10:05 - Adding a Gate
11:49 - Adjusting textures
12:21 - Brush timing
[video=youtube;ltq82IQ_CQM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltq82IQ_CQM[/video]
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Bug Fix
02:10 - Add Lights (omni)
03:18 - Add Ambient Sound
07:08 - Add Objectives
[video=youtube;qNrrejHZ1fM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNrrejHZ1fM[/video]
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Updating Objectives
01:49 - Testing Tips
04:05 - Perform FM Testing
04:47 - Build mission, gamesys, and string files
07:28 - Get Angelloader for playing FMs
08:19 - Package/zip the FM
09:29 - Deploy and Play the FM
10:52 - Release your FM
Here is a link to the full playlist:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsm9b8gzTxUkHXs6nq7ELJazD6YU9uyhD[/video]
Enjoy!
john9818a on 1/9/2022 at 03:53
This is really great! Thanks Vortex85 for making these tutorials. Hopefully we will get more new authors with more FMs. :)
Vortex85 on 1/9/2022 at 16:38
Quote Posted by john9818a
This is really great! Thanks Vortex85 for making these tutorials. Hopefully we will get more new authors with more FMs. :)
Thanks and glad you enjoyed! I'm not the best at DromEd but it took me way too long to learn to make an FM (my own fault for being lazy about it) so I thought I'd give other aspiring FM authors a shortcut and also a nice reminder to myself of the basics! :D
New Horizon on 2/9/2022 at 12:43
Quote Posted by Vortex85
Thanks and glad you enjoyed! I'm not the best at DromEd but it took me way too long to learn to make an FM (my own fault for being lazy about it) so I thought I'd give other aspiring FM authors a shortcut and also a nice reminder to myself of the basics! :D
My son and I were playing around with Dark Radiant since he has a basic understanding of building coming from Minecraft but I would love to take him even deeper into the world of Dromed, something I sadly never got very far with either. Must run through these with him. :)
Lord Taffer on 2/9/2022 at 17:45
Nice work Vortex85 and thanks for the tutorial! This is going to be useful to many taffers learning to use DromEd! :thumb:
zacharias on 3/9/2022 at 07:00
Looks good. I have forgotten everything I ever knew about DromEd :D
mxleader on 6/9/2022 at 02:54
Nice tutorials!
Is there a tutorial anywhere on custom framed pictures? I tried creating my own years ago but could never get any to work in a mission
john9818a on 7/9/2022 at 04:28
If you want to use the stock frames, just rename your image as the corresponding .gif/.pcx and save it in your obj/txt16 folder. The stock paintings use names like paint1 or ripoff1.
mxleader on 7/9/2022 at 04:35
Thanks, I give that a try.:thumb:
mcmike1489 on 30/9/2022 at 06:26
This is extremely helpful, thanks for sharing this! I'm already learning how to create my first FM, it takes some skill and patience to learn how to master the basics of level editing. But, so far so good I'm watching the videos step-by-step and DromEd is not too hard to use, just be patient and have fun!
