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[Avenger]

Yovaneth's complete area building tutorial.

And here is the the update page.

Edited by Mike1072, 04 August 2010 - 02:34 AM.

[Galactygon]

The tutorials are really useful - the most I could do is recommend it.

-Galactygon

[Yovaneth]

'Area Making' updated
'Doors' updated.

See the Updates Page for a brief description.

-Y-

[Avenger]

Just for your knowledge: i've added a 8 bit height map editor. It was added in a kind of haste, it can cause some problems if you click on the '8 bit' radiobutton and then save the area

I still don't know what is the significance of 8 bit heightmaps, this change was more like a researching tool than a finished feature.

For heightmap researchers:
ar1300 (nalia's keep) in bg2 is the most interesting one
some pst and how heightmaps
iwd2 has no meaningful heightmaps at all, let alone 8 bits

[Yovaneth]

I never really saw the use for them. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. It depends if I remember

-Y-

[Yovaneth]

'Area Basics' updated.
'Modifying Original Areas 2' topic added.

-Y-

[Yovaneth]

'Travel Regions' topic - 'Scripting Travel Regions' section added.

-Y-

[StrongArmand]

I'm a big fan of your tutorial. I will read this new chapter which seems to be so much interesting.

Thank you, really.

Edited by StrongArmand, 11 May 2010 - 09:54 AM.

[Yovaneth]

'Actors' updated - missing 'Useful Baddies' listing added. I can't believe no-one told me this wasn't there!

Edited by Yovaneth, 19 June 2010 - 02:00 AM.

[Yovaneth]

'Testing' - new topic added.

[lroumen]

I remember one of the older versions of your tutorial contained a page that allowed the tutorial to be downloaded as a zip/rar file. Unfortunately, I cannot find it anymore. Is it still available?

[Yovaneth]

lroumen, on Jul 21 2010, 06:55 AM, said:

I remember one of the older versions of your tutorial contained a page that allowed the tutorial to be downloaded as a zip/rar file. Unfortunately, I cannot find it anymore. Is it still available?

I shot it with this update. I'll try to remember to reinstate it but I'll be out of the country (i.e. away from this PC) for a week.

-Y-

Edited by Yovaneth, 24 July 2010 - 12:31 PM.

[lroumen]

No problem. I appreciate the time you make for all of the updates, tips and tricks.

[Yovaneth]

'Testing' section corrected.
'Containers' updated with additional information from Avenger.
Zipfile download re-instated as requested.

-Y-

Edited by Yovaneth, 01 August 2010 - 12:30 PM.

[Yovaneth]

Wallgroup flags table updated in topic 'Area Basics'

-Y-

Edited by Yovaneth, 06 November 2010 - 12:56 PM.