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Unity to Unreal Tutorials

Sep 25 2023 Spookville: Cabin Escape Other 1 comment

🎮📚 Exciting news for Unity developers switching to Unreal! 🚀 Join me as I create tutorials to bridge the gap between the engines. 🤝#UnityToUnreal...

Pickups tutorial

Sep 15 2023 Mirror's Edge Mapping/Technical

This is a tutorial on how to place pickups into your level. Such as weapons or items.

Make A Simple Snake Game

Sep 12 2023 HTML5 Other

Building a Simple Snake Game with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Editing Terrain

Sep 12 2023 C&C: Generals Zero Hour Mapping/Technical 1 comment

Learn how to make terrain on your map. This tutorial covers textures, mountains, water, and cliffs.

Fakk2 Basic Skinning Tutorial

Sep 4 2023 Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 Skinning

This is a tutorial on how to make a custom skin for Julie.

3d modeling tutorials for the Half-Life modding community

Aug 22 2023 Half-Life Players Modelling 1 comment

...in these videos I show the most basic in modeling for Half-Life...

M1 tutorial

Aug 22 2023 Grand Theft Auto Level Design/Theory

This is a tutorial on how to use the first GTA level editor; M1.

Playing Combat+ with Custom Maps

Aug 20 2023 Quake Combat+ Mapping/Technical 9 comments

Hello patient fans. In anticipation for project release (soon!), the following is a tutorial for playing user maps from Quaddicted.com, and compiled list...

SoF1 rotation/scale bug fix for Trenchbroom

Aug 9 2023 Soldier of Fortune Mapping/Technical

There is a bug with Trenchbroom currently when mapping for SoF1 that causes the build process to freak out when you rotate or scale brushes. There's a...

DMod Installation Guide

Aug 1 2023 Danil's Mod Starting a mod

This article explains the situation with the game, and talks about how to install it.

How To Test Replacement Textures In DarkPlaces

Jul 30 2023 Zircon Engine - a "DarkPlaces Mark V" project Textures

This shows how to test a replacement texture in DarkPlaces and how to clear it to normal.

Creating roq video files using ffmpeg

Jul 24 2023 Other Tutorial

Tutorial about how to create ROQ.-Video files with ffmpeg and video editing software.

How to extract and convert levels from Motocross Madness 1

Jul 22 2023 Motocross Madness Level Design/Theory

After 25 years, it is now possible to extract and convert Motocross Madness 1 levels, here's how to do it.

Curved Path Train (Func_Train / Misc_Mdl_Train)

Jul 17 2023 Quake3_Quake1 Mapping Resources Mapping/Technical

Shows how to make a curved path func_train in Quake3_Quake1 with path_corner entities by setting flag "[2] Train Turn To Face" on any path_corner destination...

Visual Guide To Engine Changes

Jul 16 2023 Zircon Engine - a "DarkPlaces Mark V" project Design/Concepts

Here is a visual guide of Zircon modifications. Zircon engine is DarkPlaces with user-interface changes (mouse driven menu, ..). Perhaps some/many/all...

Instructions

Jul 12 2023 HX's Allies Pack Starting a mod

Since the files aren't actually going to be updated on ModDB itself for ease of frequent updates, this is a simple tutorial and link to the drive where...

Switchable Lights In Quake3_Quake1

Jul 11 2023 Quake3_Quake1 Mapping Resources Mapping/Technical

An examination of the switchable lights in Quake3_Quake1, how they work and how to get the best results.

Gentrification: The Code, Not Clicking Past UI

Jul 9 2023 Gentrification: The Game Client Side Coding

A simple tutorial on how to stop the objects behind the UI from reacting to clicking when the player interacts with the UI.

Fence Textures, Glass Textures

Jul 9 2023 Quake3_Quake1 Mapping Resources Mapping/Technical

An examination of how "fence" textures, transparent textures and alpha transparent entities work using the Quake 3 map format.

Eight Ways to Improve Your Pixel Art Characters

Jul 6 2023 Innkeep Textures 4 comments

Presumably you, dear reader, are interested in learning a thing or two about it. Well, good news. I’m going to share 8 tangible lessons you can take...

Common Issues and Fixes

Jul 5 2023 Steam & Steel: Total War QA/Testing 2 comments

A guide to fixing commonly encountered issues in Steam & Steel.

Spells as Code

Jul 1 2023 Raiding.Zone Server Side Coding 1 comment

How to implement a type-safe spell-system in code.

Animated and Scrolling Textures (animap, tcmod scroll)

Jun 29 2023 Quake3_Quake1 Mapping Resources Mapping/Technical 4 comments

This is an examination of how animated and scrolling textures work in Quake3_Quake1, which targets primarily the Quake 3 map format for use with DarkPlaces...

Worldspawn, Sky, Fog, Map Title, Worldhints

Jun 29 2023 Quake3_Quake1 Mapping Resources Mapping/Technical

Quake3_Quake1: Examining the properties of the world entity (worldspawn) which includes the map title, the sky -- which in Q3 format often emits light...

Reflections, Mirrors, Flowing Water

Jun 28 2023 Quake3_Quake1 Mapping Resources Mapping/Technical

DarkPlaces (and therefore Zircon engine) supports reflections, mirrors and various liquid effects. An examination of these follows.

How to change clans, part 1

Jun 28 2023 Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines Starting a mod

I've been asked several times how to do this, so here's a guide....

Compiling Models Into a Map (misc_model)

Jun 28 2023 Quake3_Quake1 Mapping Resources Mapping/Technical

The Quake 3 map tools support compiling models (misc_model) into a map and they become part of the .bsp. These models collide and light according to their...