Here is version 1.0 of "The complete Duke Nukem Build FAQ". This file is still in an infancy stage and will be updated in the future. If there is anything which you think could be added to this file, or if you find a mistake please let me know, I'd be glad to hear from you <galapogo@>

Note to all who wish to print this out : This file is almost 12000 words long, so in a word DON'T print it out.

The start of this file is aimed at total beginners to build, but there is plenty for more experienced users to learn in the later stages of this file.

To get build to work you will have to copy the entire contents of the Goodies\BUILD directory into your duke3d directory. Many people encounter a problem where the screen gets messed up when they enter 3d mode. This is because the build files need to be in the same directory as the DUKE3D.GRP file which is in your duke3d directory.

1.1 Planing

1.2 Theme

1.3 Level type

1.4 Dukematch

1.5 Single play

1.6 Co-operative

1.7 Shading

1.8 Getting started

1.9 The roof

1.10 The floor

1.11 The walls

1.12 The armchair

1.13 The desk

1.14 Door ways

1.15 The joining room

1.16 The crate

1.17 The vent

1.18 Outside

1.19 The sky

1.20 The skip

1.21 The neighbouring buildings

1.22 The monsters

1.23 Weapons

1.24 The nuke button

INDEX TO CHAPTER TWO - Special Sprites

Guide to the special sprites

INDEX TO CHAPTER THREE - Hi-tags and Lo-tags

3.1 What is a Lo-tag?

What is a Hi-tag?

Tagging sprites

4.1 What are sector tags?

4.2 How to use sector tags

5.1 Guide to sectoreffector

5.2 How to use these sectoreffectors

INDEX TO CHAPTER SIX - Music and SFX reference guide

A complete listing of all music and sound effects in Duke Nukem 3d

INDEX TO CHAPTER SEVEN - How to……

7.0 Make toothed doors

7.1 Make doors that open from the bottom up

7.2 Make swinging doors

7.3 Make doors that are opened by a switch

7.4 Make doors that are opened by a keycard

7.5 Make a mirror

7.6 Make teleporters

7.7 Make glass

7.8 Make security cameras

7.9 Make a sky window

7.10 Make low perimeter walls

7.11 Make earthquakes

7.12 Make water

7.13 Make elevators

7.14 Make random lights

7.15 Make lights flash after they have been shot out

7.16 Make explosions triggered by C-9

7.17 Make explosions triggered by a crack

7.18 Make stacked sectors

7.19 Make sprites spawn from a bin

7.20 Make Bridges

8.2 Setting the player start point

8.3 Multi player start points

8.4 Co-op start points

8.5 Multi player only sprites

8.6 One way walls

8.7 Secret areas

8.8 Frame rate

8.9 First walls

Demo cameras

Tagging sprites

 

1.1 PLANING

The way to a good level is to plan it thoroughly before you start. You must know where that doorway is going to lead you before you make it or what purpose that room will serve etc. Many levels are spoilt because the author has had a good idea in one area, but then ruined the level because he has ran out of ideas to finish the level with :o(

In this chapter I am going to show you how to make a room containing an armchair and a desk which will lead onto another room containing a crate, then through a vent in this room, you will be led outside.

1.2 THEME

Theme is one of the most important aspects of level design. Before you start your level you will have to consider if it will be set in a city, in space or in a castle etc. (for the purposes of this tutorial the level will be set in a city). Your texture choice will be directly related to the theme. For example DO NOT have a city backdrop, then have the walls of a space station splashed around everywhere - it looks out of place and it ruins the level. So remember, When you start a level, make sure you know where it is to be set, and choose your textures so that they fit this choice.

1.3 LEVEL TYPE

Level type choice is yet another aspect which will be directly related to the design of your level. You have three main choice for level type. These are Single play, Deathmatch or Co-operative. Explanations of each level type and what each type requires to make your map successful in your chosen field will follow below.

1.4 DUKEMATCH

A dukematch level has to be medium sized (depending on how many players you intend it for) and well linked together. In a dukematch map DO NOT have, for example, a corridor that leads you onto another long corridor which will the lead you onto a maze of rooms with only one way out which is back through the long corridors you came through. Maps like these make dukematch boring (because you spend half the match looking for each other) and frustrating (because if you go one way, you are trapped). Many people think that open spaced maps (like stadium) provide for excellent dukematches, I disagree. A good dukematch map should contain a good balance of open space - like a street (not too open) and an inside area. Maps like these provide for more strategic game play and less mindless, skill less RPG shots into the pack :o)

1.5 SINGLE PLAY

A single play map should be larger than a dukematch level with the key cards placed in strategic positions throughout it. When you build a single play map you should have the user follow a route to get the key cards. Like in E1M2 (Red Light District), you HAVE to blow up that building to get the yellow card. DO NOT have acres of open space with nothing in them, these make terrible maps. Also, do not have areas of the map which are irrelevant to the completion of the level, make the map so the player has to go through EVERY area.

1.6 CO-OPERATIVE

Co-operative levels follow the same basic principal as single play, except make sure there is enough for more than one person to do. For example make a big level with lots of enemies and enough weapons to go round (but don't swamp the place, make it a challenge).

1.7 SHADING

Shading is what makes the level look good. No shading provides a plain level which looks as though it has been hammered up in two minutes. In a simple square room there should be two opposing sides which are lighter or darker than the other two. Throughout the walk-through guide below I am not going to tell you when to shade or what to shade (that would take forever) I am assuming you are shading after you complete, for example the first room. So remember to constantly have short breaks from the actual building of your map to shade what you have done so far.

1.8 GETTING STARTED

OK, now its time to start the level. Begin by drawing a box in 2d mode which is approximately 5 by 7 squares of the largest grid size. Press enter, you should now be in 3d mode. Now your map has started.

1.9 THE ROOF

We now need to make that small gap between the floor and the ceiling about the height that the roof would normally be. In 3d mode, point at the roof and press PAGE UP until the roof is at the desired height (remember not to make everything out of scale, many people do this in their 1st map). After doing this we need to get rid of that damn ugly default texture. Point at the roof and press [V] twice. Choose a texture that is suitable for a roof, I'm using texture number 814. Then press return, your roof should now be done.

1.10 THE FLOOR

Now we need to get that carpeted floor texture on the floor (as this part of the map is inside). Press [V] twice on the floor and select the red carpet texture (texture 899). Press return and now you should have a carpeted floor.

1.11 THE WALLS

Now yet again we need to get rid of that ugly default texture and choose something more suitable for our room. Go to texture 827 and put that on all the walls. You do not have to use the textures I have told you, its really whatever you prefer, but try to keep all the textures matched up.

1.12 THE ARMCHAIR

 

The armchair is just a collection of sectors. In the simplest case there would be four different sectors to construct the chair - one for the seat, one for each of the arm rests and one for the back rest. First reduce the grid size (press [G] a few times). Now draw a small rectangle in your original room - this is the seat. Make this area player space (if you have forgotten, put the cursor inside the sector and then press [ALT S] ). Now draw two smaller rectangles at each end of the long rectangle .The longer side of the smaller rectangle should be the smaller side of the larger rectangle, get that? :o) now draw a long thin rectangle right across the back of all the sectors you have made. What you should now have will look something like this (hopefully) :

 

 

_____________________

|____________________| Your screen in 2d mode should now

| | | | show something like this. They

| | | | should ALL be red lines.

|__|_______________ |__|

1.13 THE DESK

The desk is very easy, just make a small rectangle (not too small), make it player space [ALT S] and raise it up to the desired height using PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN. Again texture this to your own taste.

1.14 THE DOORWAY

Right, insert two points on one side of your room (if you don't know how, press INSERT in 2d mode on a line) Put these points where you would like the door frame to be (don't go putting them behind the armchair). Now start to draw a sector form one of these points, make a small rectangle shape (make sure you DO NOT draw over any other lines on the first line you draw). The last line you draw should go over the line between the two points (white line) and back to your original point you started the drawing from, this line should now go red. Get all that? :o)

____________

|___ : = RED LINES

: | | = WHITE LINES

: |

:___|

______________| THIS IS NOT TO SCALE

1.15 THE JOINING ROOM

Start from the doorways two corners and make another room in exactly the same way you did the doorway, except this time make a sector about the same size as your original room (about 5 by 7 squares of the largest grid size). Now go into 3d mode and make the roof of this room about the same height as you did the original room (it should be higher than the doorway). Texture this room how you please.

1.16 THE CRATE

The crate is done exactly the same way as the desk was. Make a square in this case, Make it player space [ALT S] then raise it up to the desired height. Now give it the wooden crate texture.

1.17 THE VENT

The vent is very easy to make. Just make a narrow sector from one side of your room (leading to nowhere yet) pull the ceiling down till it looks like a small crawl space, give the inside of your vent the vent texture. Now go into 2d mode. Insert a sprite [S] in the middle of your vent entrance. Now go back into 3d mode, point at the sprite and press [V] twice. Look for the vent grill sprite, highlight it, then press enter. Go back into 2d mode and look what way the sprite is facing (you can tell by looking at what way the sprites "tail" points). The sprite tail should be pointing AWAY from the vents entrance, if it is not, press [<] or [>] until it is. Now go back into 3d mode. Point at the grill and press [R] on the sprite (relative alignment) the sprite should no longer pivot and follow you as you walk around it. Now you will need to make the grill the correct size. Point at it and press the numeric arrow keys (2,4,6 and 8) until you have got it at the right size.

1.18 OUTSIDE

Now, from the end of your vent, make a large sector which will be the outside area.

1.19 THE SKY

In 3d mode, go to this area and raise the ceiling of it up high (not too high). Press [V] on the roof and give it the texture of a city sky ( the one called L.A. is the best I think) Now you should have a flat blur of colour on your roof, press [P] on it (parallax). You should now have a sky.

1.20 THE SKIP

The skip is just two sectors. Begin by making a rectangle, make it player space [ALT S] now make another sector INSIDE of this sector, make that player space. There should now be two sectors, one Is the rim of the skip, the other is the inside of it. Go into 3d mode and raise the RIM of the skip up to a good height, leave the inside of the skip where it is. Texture this accordingly.

1.21 THE NEIGHBOURING BUILDINGS

Buildings are just a texture on the wall, so give the walls of your outside area one of the building textures.

1.22 MONSTERS

Monsters are simply sprites. Insert a sprite where you would like a monster to be, then press [V] twice on the sprite. You will find the monsters sprites towards the end of the list. Select whatever monster you would like to put in.

1.23 WEAPONS

Weapons are just sprites. Insert a sprite wherever you would like a weapons, then change the sprite to a weapon or ammo, you will find them at the start of the list.

1.24 THE NUKE BUTTON

The nuke button sprite can be found towards the start of the sprite/texture list. Insert this sprite on a wall of you choosing (make sure duke can reach it, if it is to high, press PAGE DOWN until it is at the correct height). Now, for this button to activate and end the level, you will have to give it a Lo-tag. I will explain about Lo-tags and Hi-tags later in this document, but for now, just accept that you have to do it :o)

A Lo-tag value is given to a sprite by highlighting it, the pressing [ALT T] in 2d mode. You will then be prompted for the Lo-tag value to be given, in this case, type in 65535. Now press return. Your nuke button is now working and your first level is now complete :o)

 

 

2.0 GUIDE TO THE SPECIAL SPRITES

3.1 WHAT IS A LO-TAG?

A Lo-tag is the value which is given to a sector, sectoreffector, sprite etc.

The Lo-tag tells the thing which is tagged what "operation" to carry out.

3.2 WHAT IS A HI-TAG?

A Hi-tag is the number which links one thing to another. For example if you had two sector effectors with Lo-tag 7 and Hi-tag 1, stepping into one of these sector effectors would take you to the other. This is because Lo-tag seven turns that sector effector into a teleporter, and as both SE sprite have the same Hi-tag, one will subsequently take you to the other.

TAGGING SPRITES

4.1 WHAT ARE SECTOR TAGS?

Sector tags are numbers which give a sector special properties. For example, in the simplest case - A sector is just a sector without a sector tag , it will do nothing , just be a sector. But, if we give this sector a Lo-tag value of, for example 20, this sector will now become a door which slides from the bottom up :o)

4.2 HOW TO USE SECTOR TAGS

Sector tags are very easy to use. To insert a sector tag you simply put the cursor inside the sector you wish to tag (in 2d mode) then press [T]. Then type in the value of the tag you would like to give the sector. I will explain what tag to give a sector (depending on what you want to do) at the end of this document.

5.2 GUIDE TO SECTOEFFECTORS

0 Rotated sector

1 Pivot sprite for SE0

2 Earthquake

3 Random lights after shoot out

4 Random lights

6 Subway

7 Transport (teleport, water)

8 Up open door lights

9 Down open door lights

10 Door auto close (the Hi-tag is the time delay)

11 Rotate sector door

12 Light switch

13 C-9 Explosive

14 Subway car

15 Slide door (use with sector tag 25)

16 Rotate reactor sector

17 Elevator Transport

19 Shot touchplate ceiling down

20 Bridge (sector tag 27)

21 Drop Floor (sector tag 28)

22 Prong (sector tag 29)

24 Convairbelt

25 Engine

27 Camera for playback

29 Float

30 2 way train (sector tag 31)

31 Floor Rise

32 Ceiling fall

33 Spawn Jib W/Quake

36 Shrink ray shooter

DUKE BREATHING (?) 23

define DUKE_EXHALING 24

25 Duke gasping when he comes out of water

define SLIM_RECOG 26

define ENDSEQVOL3SND1 27

28 Peeing sound when Duke urinates

define ENDSEQVOL3SND2 29

define ENDSEQVOL3SND3 30

define DUKE_PASSWIND 32

33 Duke cracking knuckles

define SLIM_ATTACK 34

define SOMETHINGHITFORCE 35

36 Lapping sound when duke drinks

37 Duke dyeing

define DUKE_GRUNT 38

39 The intense heartbeat when using steroids

40 Duke wading on water

define DUKE_DEAD 41

define DUKE_LAND 42

43 Sound when duke walks in vents

define DUKE_GLAD 44

define DUKE_YES 45

define DUKE_HEHE 46

define DUKE_SHUCKS 47

define DUKE_UNDERWATER 48

49 Jetpack on

50 Jetpack idle

51 Jetpack off

define LIZTROOP_GROWL 52

define LIZTROOP_TALK1 53

define LIZTROOP_TALK2 54

define LIZTROOP_TALK3 55

define DUKETALKTOBOSS 56

define LIZCAPT_GROWL 57

define LIZCAPT_TALK1 58

define LIZCAPT_TALK2 59

define LIZCAPT_TALK3 60

define LIZARD_BEG 61

define LIZARD_PAIN 62

define LIZARD_DEATH 63

define LIZARD_SPIT 64

define DRONE1_HISSRATTLE 65

define DRONE1_HISSSCREECH 66

define DUKE_TIP2 67

define FLESH_BURNING 68

69 Squishing sound

70 Teleporter

71 Elevator goes up

72 Duke got killed

73 Elevator going down

define DOOR_OPERATE1 74

75 Sound subway makes

define SWITCH_ON 76

define FAN 77

define DUKE_GETWEAPON3 78

79 Tiolet flushing

define HOVER_CRAFT 80

81 Rumbling sound, used in quakes

define INTRUDER_ALERT 82

define END_OF_LEVEL_WARN 83

define ENGINE_OPERATING 84

define REACTOR_ON 85

define COMPUTER_AMBIENCE 86

define GEARS_GRINDING 87

88 Bubble ambience when Duke is underwater

define MACHINE_AMBIENCE 89

90 Sewer ambience (like in the E1L2 sewer)

91 Wind abience (for on top of rooves, etc.)

92 Dripping sound

93 Steam sound

define THEATER_BREATH 94

95 Music used in a bar

define BOS1_ROAM 96

define BOS1_RECOG 97

define BOS1_ATTACK1 98

define BOS1_PAIN 99

define BOS1_DYING 100

define BOS2_ROAM 101

define BOS2_RECOG 102

define BOS2_ATTACK 103

define BOS2_PAIN 104

define BOS2_DYING 105

106 Powerup sound when Duke gets atomic health

define DUKE_GETWEAPON2 107

108 Sound the 3rd boss makes when he dies

109 Shotgun firing

define PRED_ROAM 110

define PRED_RECOG 111

define PRED_ATTACK 112

define PRED_PAIN 113

define PRED_DYING 114

define CAPT_ROAM 115

define CAPT_ATTACK 116

define CAPT_RECOG 117

define CAPT_PAIN 118

define CAPT_DYING 119

define PIG_ROAM 120

define PIG_RECOG 121

define PIG_ATTACK 122

define PIG_PAIN 123

define PIG_DYING 124

define RECO_ROAM 125

define RECO_RECOG 126

define RECO_ATTACK 127

define RECO_PAIN 128

define RECO_DYING 129

define DRON_ROAM 130

define DRON_RECOG 131

define DRON_ATTACK1 132

define DRON_PAIN 133

define DRON_DYING 134

define COMM_ROAM 135

define COMM_RECOG 136

define COMM_ATTACK 137

define COMM_PAIN 138

define COMM_DYING 139

define OCTA_ROAM 140

define OCTA_RECOG 141

define OCTA_ATTACK1 142

define OCTA_PAIN 143

define OCTA_DYING 144

define TURR_ROAM 145

define TURR_RECOG 146

define TURR_ATTACK 147

define DUMPSTER_MOVE 148

define SLIM_DYING 149

define BOS3_ROAM 150

define BOS3_RECOG 151

define BOS3_ATTACK1 152

define BOS3_PAIN 153

define BOS1_ATTACK2 154

define COMM_SPIN 155

define BOS1_WALK 156

define DRON_ATTACK2 157

define THUD 158

define OCTA_ATTACK2 159

define WIERDSHOT_FLY 160

define TURR_PAIN 161

define TURR_DYING 162

define SLIM_ROAM 163

define LADY_SCREAM 164

define DOOR_OPERATE2 165

define DOOR_OPERATE3 166

define DOOR_OPERATE4 167

define BORNTOBEWILDSND 168

169 Shotgun cock

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE1 170

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE2 171

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE3 172

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE4 173

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE5 174

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE6 175

176 3rd boss atacking

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE17 177

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE18 178

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE19 179

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE20 180

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE21 181

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE22 182

183 "Secret Level" sound

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE8 184

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE9 185

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE10 186

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE11 187

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE12 188

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE13 189

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE14 190

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE15 192

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE16 193

194 Crackling Fire

define BONUS_SPEECH1 195

define BONUS_SPEECH2 196

define BONUS_SPEECH3 197

define PIG_CAPTURE_DUKE 198

define BONUS_SPEECH4 199

define DUKE_HIT_STRIPPER1 201

define DUKE_TIP1 202

define DUKE_KILLED2 203

define PRED_ROAM2 204

define PIG_ROAM2 205

define DUKE_GETWEAPON1 206

define DUKE_SEARCH2 207

define DUKE_CRACK2 208

define DUKE_SEARCH 209

define DUKE_GET 210

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN 211

212 Monitor sound

213 Nightvision on/off

define DUKE_HIT_STRIPPER2 214

define DUKE_CRACK_FIRST 215

216 Duke using the medikit (AAAAAAH)

define DUKE_TAKEPILLS 217

218 "Aaaaahhhh, much better!"

219 Sound made when a weapon is selected

define WATER_GURGLE 220

define DUKE_GETWEAPON4 221

define JIBBED_ACTOR1 222

define JIBBED_ACTOR2 223

define JIBBED_ACTOR3 224

define JIBBED_ACTOR4 225

define JIBBED_ACTOR5 226

define JIBBED_ACTOR6 227

define JIBBED_ACTOR7 228

define DUKE_GOTHEALTHATLOW 229

define BOSSTALKTODUKE 230

define WAR_AMBIENCE1 231

define WAR_AMBIENCE2 232

define WAR_AMBIENCE3 233

define WAR_AMBIENCE4 234

define WAR_AMBIENCE5 235

define WAR_AMBIENCE6 236

define WAR_AMBIENCE7 237

define WAR_AMBIENCE8 238

define WAR_AMBIENCE9 239

define WAR_AMBIENCE10 240

define ALIEN_TALK1 241

define ALIEN_TALK2 242

define EXITMENUSOUND 243

define FLY_BY 244

define DUKE_SCREAM 245

define SHRINKER_HIT 246

define RATTY 247

define INTO_MENU 248

define BONUSMUSIC 249

define DUKE_BOOBY 250

define DUKE_TALKTOBOSSFALL 251

define DUKE_LOOKINTOMIRROR 252

define PIG_ROAM3 253

define KILLME 254

define DRON_JETSND 255

define SPACE_DOOR1 256

define SPACE_DOOR2 257

define SPACE_DOOR3 258

define SPACE_DOOR4 259

define SPACE_DOOR5 260

define ALIEN_ELEVATOR1 261

define VAULT_DOOR 262

define JIBBED_ACTOR13 263

define DUKE_GETWEAPON6 264

define JIBBED_ACTOR8 265

define JIBBED_ACTOR9 266

define JIBBED_ACTOR10 267

define JIBBED_ACTOR11 268

define JIBBED_ACTOR12 269

define DUKE_KILLED4 270

define DUKE_KILLED5 271

define ALIEN_SWITCH1 272

define DUKE_STEPONFECES 273

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN2 274

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN3 275

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN4 276

define COMPANB2 277

define KTIT 278

define HELICOP_IDLE 279

define STEPNIT 280

define SPACE_AMBIENCE1 281

define SPACE_AMBIENCE2 282

define SLIM_HATCH 283

define RIPHEADNECK 284

define FOUNDJONES 285

define ALIEN_DOOR1 286

define ALIEN_DOOR2 287

define ENDSEQVOL3SND4 288

define ENDSEQVOL3SND5 289

define ENDSEQVOL3SND6 290

define ENDSEQVOL3SND7 291

define ENDSEQVOL3SND8 292

define ENDSEQVOL3SND9 293

define WHIPYOURASS 294

define ENDSEQVOL2SND1 295

define ENDSEQVOL2SND2 296

define ENDSEQVOL2SND3 297

define ENDSEQVOL2SND4 298

define ENDSEQVOL2SND5 299

define ENDSEQVOL2SND6 300

define ENDSEQVOL2SND7 301

define GENERIC_AMBIENCE23 302

define SOMETHINGFROZE 303

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN5 304

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN6 305

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN7 306

define DUKE_LONGTERM_PAIN8 307

define WIND_REPEAT 308

7.2 MAKE SWINGING DOORS

Swinging doors are more tricky to make at first, but once you know how to it is very easy.

1) Create your door opening

2) Now create an independent sector which is not connected to anything. Make this player space [ALT S] in 2d mode. This will be your door so raise it up to the desired height.

3) Move your door sector into position. Make sure the points of the door sector are not connected to any other points

4) Give the door sector a Lo-tag value of 23

5) Now you will have to define a pivot point for which the door will pivot on. Insert a sectoreffector on the very edge of the door sector, but make sure it is inside the sector,

6) Give the sector effector a Lo-tag value of 11

7) Now you will have to define whether the door is to open clockwise or counter clockwise. If you want it to open clockwise, make the SE sprite point downwards and to make it open counter clockwise, make the SE sprite point upwards.

8) Now add your MUSICANDSFX sprite, typically, give the sprite a Lo-tag value of 165 and a Hi-tag value of 165.

7.3 MAKE DOORS THAT ARE OPENED BY A SWITCH

1) Make a door (for simplicities sake, make it a normal door)

2) Now insert a switch somewhere on a wall

3) Insert an ACTIVATOR sprite in the door sector

4) Give the switch a Lo-tag value of your choosing

5) Give the ACTIVATOR the same Lo-tag value as the switch

6) Insert a MUSICANDSFX sprite in the door sector

7) ALTERNATIVLY to step 6, you could give the switch the Hi-tag value of the music or SFX you would like in the door, this way the sound only activates once, like in E1L1 (Hollywood holocaust) when you open the arcade machine and Duke says "Hmmm, don't have time to play with myself".

7.4 MAKE DOORS THAT ARE OPENED BY A KEYCARD

1) First make your door

2) Put a keycard switch on a nearby wall

3) Insert a keycard somewhere in your map

4) In the door sector, insert a LOCKED ACTIVATOR

5) Give the LOCKED ACTIVATOR a Lo-tag value of your choosing

6) Give the keycard switch the same Lo-tag value

7.5 MAKE A MIRROR

For a mirror to work, you will need a large room behind the area where you intend the mirror to be.

1) Create the sector for the mirror

2) Now make a room (best to make it over twice as big as the room you will see the mirror from) behind the mirror sector

3) Mask the wall the mirror will be on (point at the floor and press [M]

4) Now assign the mirror texture to the mask wall (number 560)

5) Now, make the masked wall one sided by pointing at it and pressing [1]. You should now see a pink colour indicating transparency

6) Now point at the mirror (in 3d mode) and make it blockable [B], and hitable [H]

 

7.8 MAKE SECURITY CAMERAS

1) Insert the view screen AS A SPRITE on the wall

2) Insert the camera sprite around the place (wherever you want a camera)

3) Give the view screen sprite a Hi-tag of your choosing

4) Give the cameras the SAME Lo-tag as the view screens Hi-tag

5) If you like, you can make the cameras pan around. This is done by giving the cameras a Hi-tag value, the larger the value, the larger the distance the camera will pan.

7.9 MAKE A SKY WINDOW

Sky windows are windows which will look out onto a parallax sky texture. These make the map seem more open.

1) Create your window

2) From the back of the window sector, make another sector. I will call this sector number TWO

3) From the back of sector number TWO, make another sector. I will call this sector number THREE

4) Now give the roof and floor of sector THREE a parallax sky texture

5) Then give the roof and floor of sector TWO the same parallax texture

6) Now pull the roof of sector THREE down to the floor

7) Now put grid locking off [L]

8) Drag the points that divide sector TWO and THREE down as close as possible to the points of sector ONE without putting the points on top of the other points. If you do this correctly, you should no longer be able to see the edges of sector TWO at all.

9) In 2d mode, make the back line of sector TWO blockable [B]

7.10 MAKE LOW PERIMETER WALLS

1) Make the sector which is to be the wall

2) Give the roof of this sector a parallax sky texture

3) Now make a sector which runs parallel to the wall, give this sectors roof and floor the same parallax sky texture

4) Now pull the roof of the outer sector down to the floor

5) Go into 2d mode. Make the edge of your wall blockable [B]

7.11 EARTHQUAKE

Earthquakes require a few things to work. First, you'll build your map so that the RESULT of the earth quake is showing. Also, you'll need some sort of trigger for the earthquake. Earthquake sounds are automatic, but earthquake jibs must be added by you.

1) First step is to create the result of the earthquake. Try building a sector within a sector, then split that sector with a jagged line (add vertexes to the split line and move the vertexes around to make it jagged).

2) Then, use the [ and ] keys to tilt half of your new sector into the ground. You can use the [Alt-F] key in 2d mode to reset the "first wall" of the sector. Tilted floors pivot along the "first wall" of a sector.

3) The way your sector now looks in 3d mode will be how your sector will look after the earthquake is triggered.

3) Build another sector in a sector a short distance from your quake result sectors. This is going to be your "touch plate." Raise the floor a bit so you'll be able to see the "touch plate" sector when your play your map.

4) Now to add the correct Sector Effect Sprites, Master Switch Sprites, and Touch Plate Sprites. First, place a Sector Effect Sprite with Lo-tag 2 on the sector that will be affected by the earthquake. You may adjust the direction of the SE 2 Sprite to indicate the direction the sector will move during the quake.

5) Add a Master Switch Sprite (Sprite number 8) near the SE 2 Sprite within the sector that will be moved.

6) Raise the height (Page Up in 3d mode) of both the Master Switch Sprite and the Sector Effect Sprite to be equal with the normal floor level.

7) Now, place a Touch Plate Sprite (Sprite #3) on the touch plate sector. Give the Touch Plate Sprite and the Master Switch Sprite matching Loo-Tags. This is one instance where the two Sprites (Master Switch and Touch Plate) will be linked with Loo-Tag and not Hi-Tag.

8) Finally, if you want little chunks of rock to fall or bounce around while the earth quake is taking place you may place some Spawn Earthquake Jib Sector Effect Sprites (SE 33) around the earthquake area.

7.12 WATER

Water consists of two different sectors, above and below water.

1) Make your above water sector. Texture it with the water tile texture (number 336) Give this sector a Lo-tag value of 1

2) Make your underwater sector THIS SECTOR MUST BE EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE ABOVE WATER SECTOR IN LENGTH AND BREADTH, the distance from floor to ceiling makes no difference. Texture the roof of this sector with the water tile. Give this sector a Lo-tag value of 2

3) Insert a SECTOREFFECTOR sprite in both the above and below water sectors in EXACTLY the same place

4) Now give both Sectoreffectors a Lo-Tag value of 7

5) Give both sector effectors a Hi-tag value of your choosing.

7.13 MAKE ELEVATORS

To make an elevator like the one in E1L1 (Hollywood holocaust), follow this procedure.

1) Make your elevator sector

2) Give this sector a Lo-tag value of 17

3) Press PAGE UP on the elevator sector a few times so that you can see the edge of it. When you can see this apply the elevator texture.

4) Insert a sectoreffector sprite and give it a Lo-tag value of 12

5) Insert a musicandsfx sprite and give it a Hi-tag of 73 and a Lo-tag value of 71

 

7.14 MAKE RANDOM LIGHTS

 

To make Lights Flash on and off randomly is very easy.

1) Insert a Sectoreffector sprite in the sector you wish to flash and give it a Lo-tag value of 4.

2) Shade the SE sprite to the brightness you wish to wish the room to flash to, and set the sector brightness to when the lights are not flashing.

3) You can palette shift [AltGr-p] the sectoreffector sprite to get the sector to flash that colour. You can also palette shift the sector to a different colour so you can get that blue and red flashing lights effect like in E1L2 (Red Light District)

7.15 MAKE LIGHTS FLASH AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SHOT OUT

7.16 MAKE EXPLOSIONS TRIGGERED BY C-9

In this section I intend to show you how to make a an explosion which is triggered by shooting C-9 canisters which are nearby. This will blow a hole in the wall.

1) First begin by making your map with the hole in the wall showing. NOTE: It is best to break your area in the wall up into two or three sectors, that way you can tilt ceilings and floors. Also, if you do tilt the ceilings and floors, make sure that you press the [ or ] keys the same amount of time on both floor and ceiling. They do not have to be tilted the same way, just tilted to the same extent. Not doing this will result in a gap in the wall where you have tilted to far, thus showing the falseness of it :o(

2) Now insert a Sectoreffector sprite in EVERY sector you wish to be blown open

3) Give these sector effectors a Lo-tag value of 13

4) give all sectoreffectors a linking Hi-tag

5) Now, insert some C-9 canisters (the ones you will have to shoot at to trigger the explosion)

6) Give these canisters a Hi-tag value THE SAME as you gave the Sectoreffectors

7) The C-9 canisters Lo-tag shows how long the time delay will be until it explodes once triggered.

8) Give one C-9 canister a Lo-tag of zero (it is best to go up in twenties), the next a Lo-tag of twenty, the next a Lo-tag of forty and so on

9) It is best to have separate explosions inside the sector which is to be blown open (so it looks like the hole has been blown wide open)

10) Insert more C-9 canisters inside the hole in the wall

11) This is important : Make these canisters very thin by pointing at it (in 3d mode) and pressing keypad 6 or 4. This makes the canisters invisible during play.

12) Give the new C-9 canisters (the thin ones) the same Hi-tag as the everything else.

13) As before, give these canisters a Lo-tag which will indicate the time it will take to explode. The best way to do this (so you get a nicely timed explosion) is to see what the highest Lo-tag has been so far. For example, the canisters which you will shoot in the game might have the Lo-tags : 0, 20, 40 so the thin ones should have the Hi-tags : 60, 80, 100, 120 …etc..

7.17 MAKE EXPLOSIONS WHICH ARE TRIGGERED BY CRACK

Shooting a crack in the wall blows open a gapping hole. The steps below will show you how its done.

1) Start by making a hole in the wall (the result of the explosion). As I said above, its best to make it in a few different sectors so you can tilt the floor and ceiling but remember, you have to tilt the floor and ceiling the same amount of times (they can be tilted in opposite directions)

2) Now, in 2d mode insert a sprite on the line between the resulting hole and the area where the crack will be viewed from.

3) Give this crack a Hi-tag of your choosing (as long as there is no conflicting Hi-tags)

4) In each sector of the hole insert a Sector effector sprite

5) Give this SE a Lo-tag of 13

6) Now give the SE the same Hi-tag as the crack's

7) Insert C-9 canisters INSIDE the hole in the wall (or outside, if you want the explosion to carry out of the hole)

8) Make these C-9 canisters very thin by pointing at it (in 3d mode) and pressing keypad 4 on it or keypad 6, this makes the canisters invisible during play.

9) Give these canisters the Hi-tag that you gave everything else

10) Now, the Lo-tag of these canisters indicate the time it will take to explode once it has been triggered. Give one of the canisters a Lo-tag of 0, another of Lo-tag 20, the next of Lo-tag 40 and so on (progressing in twenty's)

7.18 MAKE STACKED SECTORS

I am going to show you how to do this in the simplest way possible. That would be a square room with a staircase leading out of it which will take you to a room ABOVE that room. So you would have a "floor on floor" structure.

1) begin by making your ground floor, when adjusting the height of it, make sure you move the ROOF up.

2) now make a stair case leading out of the room, which in turn will lead you back into the room area, but on a higher level.

3) Now make your upper area (in a separate part of the map). When adjusting the height of this one follow this procedure : Move the ceiling up about twice as high as you want the room, hen move the FLOOR up (point at the floor and press PAGE UP) to the correct level.

4) Now, highlight your upper level (press and hold Alt-Gr, and drag the box over it)

5) Once it is highlighted, point at it and press and hold mouse button 1. You should now be able to move that section around the grid.

6) Drag it over to the other part you made (bottom floor and staircase) and place the highlighted upper floor ON TOP of the bottom floor (it best not to over lap the walls, it makes it easier to se things when you don't)

7) Press Alt-Gr again. The sector should no longer be highlighted

8) Now, join the upper floor to the stair case, as you normally would.

9) Now you need to match up the floor of the upper floor with the stair case

10) Move the ceiling of the upper floor up high and the floor down low, you should now see the entryway to the staircase.

11) All that's left to do is put the floor and ceiling at the correct level. Do this by pressing the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys until the levels are correct.

7.20 MAKE BRIDGES

7.21 MAKE UP AND DOWN DOORS

7.22 MAKE ROOF TO FLOOR DOORS

7.23 MAKE CRUSHERS

7.24 MAKE AN ECHO SECTOR

7.25 MAKE A TWO WAY TRAIN

7.26 MAKE A BUILDING BLOW UP

7.27 MAKE THE CEILING COME DOWN WHEN SHOTS ARE FIRED

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8.2 SETTING THE PLAYER START POINT

This is important. You must have duke start in a valid sector or you'll get MAJOR problems when starting the game. In 3d mode position where you'd like duke to start, then go into 2d mode and press SCROLL LOCK once. That is now where duke will start.

8.3 MULTI PLAYER START POINTS

Multi player start points are indicated by the first duke sprite (sprite number 1405). Put in seven of these sprites in the places you would like the players to start at. You put in seven because the one player start point acts as one duke start point. Its best to position these points so that there is no advantage to one player.

8.4 CO-OP START POINTS

Insert seven duke start points nearby to the one player start point. Give these seven first duke sprites a Lo-tag value of 1. This will distinguish them from multi player start points.

8.5 MULTI ONLY SPRITES

Put your sprite in where you want it and then press [AltGr-P] and then press one (in other words, palette shift to palette one). These sprites will only appear in multi player mode now.

8.6 ONE WAY WALLS

One way walls are easy to do. Point at the wall and press 1 on it (not keypad one). It is hard to get the textures matched up once you have done this unless you press [O]. This keeps all the textures together and its easy to match them up.

8.7 SECRET AREAS

To get the message "A SECRET PLACE!" appear on your screen once you enter a secret area you will need to give the sector a Lo-tag value of 32767.

8.8 FRAME RATE

This is just a tip : ALWAYS WATCH YOUR FRAME RATE!!!! A level with a low frame rate is not going to provide good play. Keep this in mind. You can find your frame rate at the top left hand corner of your screen, or you can test it in the game by typing in DNRATE. The frame rate counter should appear at the top left of your screen.

8.9 FIRST WALLS

First walls are a pivot point for the sector to pivot from once tilted. To assign a first wall, put the cursor inside the sector (in 2d mode), highlight the wall you wish to make the first wall and then press [Alt-F]

Well that' all in this FAQ for now. I will update this file in the future when I realise what I have forgotten to put in this one.

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