Duke3D BUILD FAQs - This page provides Editors and Builders Help with FAQ's, documents and demonstrations from the past and present.

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Included: mpfqdn18.zip , mpfqdn19.zip , mpfq2pdf.zip,

CONTENTS:

• 0: About this FAQ
  0.1 Who made ALL This?
  0.1.1 How do I contact the author?
  0.2 What you should have gotten
  0.3 Revision History
  0.4 Thank-you's and Credits
  0.5 Where to get this FAQ
  1: Information & Other Stuff
  1.1 What are maps?
  1.1.1 What else can I do with MAP files?
  1.1.2 Can I extract the original .MAP files from the game?
  1.2 What do I use to make maps?
  1.2.1 Can I make maps other games?
  2: Making Levels, basic
  2.1 Ok, I have the editor, how do I use this thing?
  2.2 First levels suck
  2.3 Your basic, one-sector, horrible level
  2.4 Your basic, two-sector, horrible level
  2.5 Your basic, two-sector, not-so-horrible level
  2.5.1 Floor/ceiling heights
  2.5.2 Changing textures
  2.5.2.1 Panning and stuff
  2.5.3 Skies
  2.5.4 Shading
  2.5.5 Slopes
  3: Onto the cool stuff
  3.1 Intro
  3.2 Hitags and Lotags
  3.3 Sector Effectors
  3.4 Locators
  3.5 Music & SFX
  3.6 Respawns
  3.7 Acticatorlocked
  3.8 Activators
  3.9 Checklist
  4: Your not-so basic, awesome level
  4.1 Intro
  4.2 Regular, DOOM-Type Doors
  4.3 Swinging Doors
  4.4 Sliding Star Trek Doors
  4.5 Splitting Star Trek Doors
  4.6 Teeth Doors
  4.7 Sliding Doors
  4.8 Down Doors
  4.9 Up/Down Doors
  4.10 Rotating Subway Doors
  4.11 Auto-Closing Doors
  4.12 Locked Doors
  4.13 Doors With Switches
  4.14 Combination Door Switches
  4.15 Teleporters
  4.16 Water
  4.17 Sewer Holes/Silent Teleporters
  4.18 Lifts
  4.19 Glass
  4.20 Vents
  4.21 Security Cameras
  4.22 Collapsible Bridges/Bridges
  4.23 Dukematch/Co-op ONLY Stuff
  4.24 Fun With C-9
  4.24.1 C-9 Activated by Switches
  4.24.2 C-9 Activated by Touchplates
  4.25 Rooms Over Rooms
  4.26 Nuke Buttons
  4.27 Secret Areas
  4.28 Mirrors
  4.29 Conveyor Belts/Water Current
  4.30 Gears/Rotation
  4.31 Subways
  4.32 Colored Lights
  4.33 Demo Cameras
  4.34 Co-op/Dukematch Starting Points
  4.35 Spawning Stuff
  4.36 Active Tripbombs
  4.37 Earthquakes
  4.38 Light Switches
  4.39 Open Door, Room Lights Up
  4.40 Shooters
  4.41 Switches For Forcefields
  4.42 Difficulty Settings
  4.43 Echo
  4.44 Pulsating Lights
  4.45 Elevator Transports
  4.46 Blastable Walls
  4.47 Destructible Buildings/Floor Lowering
  4.48 Crushers
  4.49 Shots Fired In Sector, Ceiling Comes Down
  4.50 Rotate/Rise Sector
  4.51 Stretch Sector
  4.52 Ceilings And Floors (Dropping)
  4.53 2-Way Trains
  5: Info And Other Stuff
  5.1 Palette List
  5.2 Facts On Dimensions
  5.3 Sound List
  5.4 Quick SE Number List
  5.5 Quick Sector Tag Guide
  6: Questions And Answers
  7: Finishing Up
  7.1 Map Authoring Template
  7.2 Uploading your level

Includes: Maps. Also the MAPFAQ02.FAQ of the FAQ, and v0.1 (mapfaq01.zip) with older maps. CBBG.ZIP; Brett's personal map. PALETTE FAQ, SFXLIST, TEMPLATE.

• INSTALLING BUILD
  
  INDEX TO CHAPTER ONE - Building your first level
  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
  2.0 Guide to the special sprites
  
  INDEX TO CHAPTER THREE - Hi-tags and Lo-tags
  3.1 What is a Lo-tag?
  3.2 What is a Hi-tag?
  3.3 Tagging sprites
  
  INDEX TO CHAPTER FOUR - Sector Tags
  4.1 What are sector tags?
  4.2 How to use sector tags
  
  INDEX TO CHAPTER FIVE - Sector Effectors
  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
  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
  
  
  INDEX TO CHAPTER EIGHT - Miscellaneous
  8.0 All build keys and their functions
  8.1 The map authoring template
  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
  8.10 Demo cameras
  8.11 Tagging sprites

Klaus Breuer's UnOfficial Duke3D Editing FAQ.

This archive is a huge editing FAQ for BUILD users, for beginners and experts. There is also a little bit of CON information included.

Contents:

• Chapter 1 Happy lawyer dept.
  1.1 Disclaimer
  1.2 Trademark information
  1.3 Copyright notice
  
  Chapter 2 Introduction
  2.1 #A word from Klaus Breuer#
  2.1.1 Printing the FAQ
  2.1.2 Flames
  2.2 Intended Audience
  2.3 #About the "UnOfficial" DUKE NUKEM 3D EDITING
  FAQ#
  2.4 Getting the "UnOfficial" DN3DE FAQ
  2.5 #Adding to the FAQ#
  2.6 The DN3D EDITING mailing list
  2.7 The DN3D EDITING ftp site
  2.8 #WWW sites#
  2.9 IRC
  2.10 #Acknowledgments#
  2.11 Accurate information
  2.12 #Help with new levels#
  
  Chapter 3 Preliminary information
  3.1 Intended audience for this chapter
  3.2 The basics
  3.2.1 Differences between the Build and DOOM
  engines
  3.2.2 Useful cheats for testing levels
  3.2.3 What a map consists of
  3.2.3.1 Sectors
  3.2.3.2 Walls
  3.2.3.3 Textures
  3.2.3.4 Sprites
  
  Chapter 4 Planning and designing a level
  4.1 Installing BUILD
  4.2 Before starting
  4.3 Pros and cons of using real-world maps
  4.3.1 Advantages
  4.3.2 Disadvantages
  4.4 Using DOOM maps
  4.5 Designing the level
  4.5.1 Level types
  4.5.1.1 Single player
  4.5.1.2 Co-op
  4.5.1.3 DukeMatch
  4.5.1.4 My room/flat/dorm/house
  4.5.2 Choosing a level type
  4.5.3 Random tips and thoughts
  4.5.3.1 Working with Build
  4.5.3.2 Do
  4.5.3.3 Don't
  4.5.3.4 General tips
  4.5.3.5 Posting your level
  4.5.4 Typical mistakes to avoid
  4.5.4.1 Crossed lines
  4.5.4.2 Overlaying lines
  4.5.4.3 Hall Of Mirrors
  4.5.4.4 Door side tracks
  4.5.4.5 Unaligned Textures
  4.5.4.6 Missing Player Starts
  4.6 DukeMatch level design
  4.6.1 Monster placement
  4.6.2 Weapon placement
  4.6.2.1 Power weapons
  4.6.2.2 Starting-point weapons
  4.6.3 Ammo placement
  4.6.3.1 Amount and location
  4.6.3.2 Ammo Quantity Types
  4.6.4 Health placement
  4.6.5 Architectures
  4.6.5.1 Large, open areas
  4.6.5.2 Long, wide passages
  4.6.5.3 Nooks 'n crannies
  4.6.5.4 Balconies, bridges and towers
  4.6.5.5 Fortresses
  4.6.5.6 Obstacles
  4.6.5.7 Sniper spots
  4.7 Once your level is done
  
  Chapter 5 A walkthrough to creating a simple level
  5.1 Planning
  5.2 Getting ready
  5.3 Creating a new map
  5.4 The 2D screen
  5.4.1 Map
  5.4.2 Message window
  5.4.3 Data window
  5.4.4 Info window
  5.5 Moving about
  5.6 #Creating a room#
  5.7 3D mode
  5.8 Raising the roof
  5.9 Textures
  5.9.1 The floor
  5.9.2 #The roof#
  5.9.3 Flying about
  5.9.4 The walls
  5.10 Building the house
  5.10.1 The house sector
  5.10.2 Fixing the house sector
  5.10.2.1 The carpet floor
  5.10.2.2 Nice walls
  5.10.2.3 Finally, the roof
  5.10.3 Saving your work
  5.10.4 Building a doorway
  5.10.5 Adding a window
  5.10.6 Glass
  5.10.7 The sloped roof
  5.11 #Trying it out#
  5.12 Decorations
  5.12.1 The flower pot
  5.12.2 The picture
  5.12.3 A hanging lamp
  5.12.4 The burning barrel
  5.13 The enemy appears
  5.14 The other players
  5.15 Taking it from here
  
  Chapter 6 The BUILD Editor
  6.1 2D Mode
  6.1.1 The Screen
  6.1.1.1 The map
  6.1.1.2 The Message window
  6.1.1.3 The Data window
  6.1.1.4 The Info window
  6.1.2 The mouse
  6.1.2.1 Move
  6.1.2.2 Left button
  6.1.2.3 Right button
  6.1.3 The keyboard
  6.1.3.1 Esc
  6.1.3.2 Cursor keys
  6.1.3.3 NumIns and NumDel
  6.1.3.4 Spacebar
  6.1.3.5 NumEnter
  6.1.3.6 RightShift
  6.1.3.7 Control-RightShift
  6.1.3.8 RightAlt
  6.1.3.9 Ins
  6.1.3.10 Del
  6.1.3.11 RightControl-Del
  6.1.3.12 A and Z
  6.1.3.13 G
  6.1.3.14 L
  6.1.3.15 J
  6.1.3.16 Alt-S
  6.1.3.17 S
  6.1.3.18 B
  6.1.3.19 #Shift-B#
  6.1.3.20 C
  6.1.3.21 T
  6.1.3.22 H
  6.1.3.23 Alt-T
  6.1.3.24 Alt-H
  6.1.3.25 E
  6.1.3.26 < and >
  6.1.3.27 Shift-< and Shift->
  6.1.3.28 [ ]
  6.1.3.29 '-M
  6.1.3.30 '-3
  6.1.3.31 F1
  6.1.3.32 F2
  6.1.3.33 F3
  6.1.3.34 F4
  6.1.3.35 F5
  6.1.3.36 F6
  6.1.3.37 F7
  6.1.3.38 F8
  6.1.3.39 F9
  6.1.3.40 F10
  6.1.3.41 F11
  6.1.3.42 F12
  6.1.3.43 TAB
  6.1.3.44 Alt-TAB
  6.1.3.45 ScrollLock
  6.1.3.46 Ctrl-T
  6.1.3.47 Enter
  6.2 3D Mode
  6.2.1 The screen
  6.2.2 The mouse
  6.2.2.1 Move
  6.2.2.2 Left button
  6.2.2.3 Right button
  6.2.3 The keyboard
  6.2.3.1 Cursor keys
  6.2.3.2 CapsLock
  6.2.3.3 PgUp and PgDn
  6.2.3.4 V
  6.2.3.5 Alt-V
  6.2.3.6 NumCursor keys
  6.2.3.7 Shift-NumCursor keys
  6.2.3.8 /
  6.2.3.9 .
  6.2.3.10 F
  6.2.3.11 P
  6.2.3.12 Ctrl-P
  6.2.3.13 G
  6.2.3.14 E
  6.2.3.15 R
  6.2.3.16 O
  6.2.3.17 B
  6.2.3.18 #Shift-B#
  6.2.3.19 T
  6.2.3.20 M
  6.2.3.21 Shift-M
  6.2.3.22 1
  6.2.3.23 2
  6.2.3.24 H
  6.2.3.25 #TAB#
  6.2.3.26 Enter
  6.2.3.27 Ctrl-Enter
  6.2.3.28 Shift-Enter
  6.2.3.29 Ctrl-Shift-Enter
  6.2.3.30 '-ENTER
  6.2.3.31 '-R
  6.2.3.32 '-D
  6.2.3.33 '-W
  6.2.3.34 '-G
  6.2.3.35 '-Y
  6.2.3.36 '-T
  6.2.3.37 '-H
  6.2.3.38 '-S
  6.2.3.39 '-V
  6.2.3.40 '-C
  6.2.3.41 #'-Del#
  6.2.3.42 Alt+-
  6.2.3.43 CtrlAlt+-
  6.2.3.44 F1
  6.2.3.45 F2
  6.2.3.46 F3
  6.2.3.47 F4
  6.2.3.48 F5
  6.2.3.49 F6
  6.2.3.50 F7
  6.2.3.51 F8
  6.2.3.52 F9
  6.2.3.53 F10
  6.2.3.54 F11
  6.2.3.55 F12
  
  Chapter 7 How to...
  7.1 Extracting the original maps
  7.2 Abbreviations
  7.3 Player starting points
  7.3.1 Notes
  7.4 Glass panes
  7.4.1 Notes
  7.5 Invisible forcefield
  7.6 Doorways
  7.6.1 Notes
  7.7 Windows
  7.7.1 Setup
  7.7.2 Notes
  7.8 Air ducts
  7.8.1 Notes
  7.9 Angled surfaces
  7.9.1 Notes
  7.10 Secret places
  7.11 Multiplayer sprites
  7.12 Level-end button
  7.12.1 Notes
  7.13 Level-end sector
  7.14 Cameras
  7.14.1 Setup
  7.14.2 Notes
  7.15 Demo cameras
  7.15.1 Setup
  7.15.2 Notes
  7.16 User-controlled force fields
  7.16.1 Setup
  7.16.2 Notes
  7.17 Blastable walls (user control)
  7.17.1 Setup
  7.17.2 Notes
  7.17.3 Tips
  7.18 Blastable walls (triggered)
  7.18.1 Setup
  7.18.2 Notes
  7.19 Conveyor Belts
  7.19.1 Setup
  7.19.2 Notes
  7.20 Mirrors
  7.20.1 #Notes#
  7.21 Garbage cans
  7.21.1 Notes
  7.22 Revenge of the dancers
  7.22.1 Notes
  7.23 Buzzing phones
  7.24 Light switches
  7.24.1 Setup
  7.24.2 Notes
  7.25 Permanently rotating sector (gears)
  7.25.1 #Setup#
  7.25.2 Notes
  7.26 Doors
  7.26.1 Standard hinged
  7.26.1.1 Notes
  7.26.2 DOOM-type door, remote control
  7.26.2.1 Setup
  7.26.2.2 Notes
  7.26.3 DOOM-type door, local control
  7.26.4 Sliding sideways
  7.26.4.1 Notes
  7.26.5 Star Trek door
  7.26.5.1 Setup
  7.26.5.2 Notes
  7.26.6 Four-way door
  7.26.6.1 Notes
  7.26.7 Clamshell doors
  7.26.8 Teeth doors
  7.26.9 Auto-closing doors
  7.26.10 Switch-controlled doors
  7.26.10.1 Notes
  7.27 Shrinking sector (remote control)
  7.27.1 Setup
  7.27.2 Notes
  7.28 Spawning monsters
  7.28.1 Setup
  7.28.2 Notes
  7.29 Difficulty settings
  7.30 Automatic cannon
  7.30.1 Setup
  7.30.2 Notes
  7.31 Lethal sectors
  7.32 Earthquakes
  7.32.1 Setup
  7.32.2 Notes
  7.33 Elevators
  7.33.1 Setup
  7.33.2 Notes
  7.34 Remote-controlled Elevators
  7.34.1 Setup
  7.35 #Teleporters#
  7.35.1 #Setup#
  7.35.2 #Notes#
  7.36 Swimming pools
  7.36.1 Setup
  7.36.2 Notes
  7.36.3 Tips
  7.37 The Grapplers
  7.37.1 Setup
  7.37.2 Tips
  7.38 Overlapping sectors
  7.38.1 Notes
  7.39 Hiding switches
  7.40 Bridges and Shelves
  7.40.1 Notes
  7.41 Minibosses
  7.41.1 Notes
  7.42 Crashing car/helicopter
  7.42.1 Notes
  7.43 Pulsing lights
  7.43.1 Setup
  7.43.2 #Notes#
  7.44 Vehicles
  7.44.1 Setup
  7.44.2 #Notes#
  7.45 Attacking Vehicles
  7.45.1 #Notes#
  7.46 Two-way Vehicles
  7.46.1 #Setup#
  7.46.2 #Notes#
  7.47 #Echoing rooms#
  7.48 #Rising floors#
  7.48.1 #Setup#
  7.49 Water waves
  7.49.1 Setup
  7.49.2 Notes
  7.50 Engine piston
  7.50.1 Setup
  7.50.2 Notes
  7.51 Edge walls
  7.51.1 Setup
  7.52 Code switches
  7.52.1 Setup
  7.52.2 Notes
  7.53 The pool table
  7.53.1 Setup
  7.53.2 Notes
  7.54 Once-only sound effects
  7.54.0.1 Setup
  7.55 #Ambience sounds#
  7.56 #Tips and tricks: New and interesting effects#
  7.56.1 Ghosts
  7.56.2 Unfreezable monsters
  7.56.3 Falling to your death?
  7.56.4 Malfunctioning doors
  7.56.5 Mines
  7.56.6 The shrinking player
  7.56.7 #Timing devices#
  7.56.8 Even more textures
  7.56.9 #One-way mirrors#
  7.56.10 #Rain#
  7.56.11 #Invisible bridges#
  7.56.12 #One-way elevators#
  7.56.13 #Moving cameras#
  7.56.14 #Lethal cameras#
  7.56.15 #Minigolf#
  7.56.16 #Message screens#
  7.56.17 #Scrolling messages#
  7.56.18 #Oversized levels#
  
  Chapter 8 Programming the .CON files
  8.1 #The language of the .CON files#
  8.2 #Actors#
  8.3 Notes
  8.4 Cute tricks
  8.4.1 Picking up weapons
  8.4.2 Explosive ammunition
  8.4.3 Splat!
  8.4.4 #Footsteps#
  
  Chapter 9 Utilities and add-ons
  9.1 Editing utilities
  9.1.1 BUILD
  9.1.2 EditArt
  9.1.2.1 Changing graphics
  9.1.2.2 Adding new graphics
  9.1.2.3 Using DOOM I graphics
  9.1.2.4 General notes
  9.1.3 Wad2Map utilities
  9.1.3.1 WAD2ART
  9.1.3.2 WAD2MAP
  9.2 Future add-ons
  9.2.1 Add-on software wish list
  9.2.2 Add-on software in the making
  9.2.3 #Finished add-on software#
  9.2.3.1 #The Level Manager#
  
  Chapter 10 Troubleshooting
  10.1 Common questions
  10.1.1 My 3D mode messes up
  10.1.2 How do I copy sectors?
  10.1.3 #What's a tag?#
  10.1.4 #My switches only work once!#
  10.1.5 #I'm suddenly getting HOMs all over my map!#
  10.1.6 #My doors look weird when they open#
  10.1.7 #The sprites are much too big!#
  10.1.8 I'm using Windoze/Win95, and...
  10.1.9 I can't select sprites
  10.1.10 How do I make a flat sprite double-sided?
  10.1.11 #I used an animated windows, and the
  wall messes up#
  10.1.12 How do I view the original maps?
  10.1.13 How do I use new maps?
  10.1.14 No monsters in new maps?
  10.1.15 How do I use the new .VOC and .MIDs?
  10.1.16 How do I show the wall data?
  10.1.17 I can't save the changes in BSetup
  10.1.18 The game ends with 'MAP E1L9.MAP not found!'
  10.1.19 Can the subway speeds be changed?
  10.1.20 How do I place active tripmines?
  10.1.21 How can I make a mirror shootable?
  10.1.22 How do I shade a whole room at once?
  10.1.23 The parallaxed sky looks messed up!
  10.1.24 I've parallaxed the sky and now Duke dies!
  10.1.25 How do I set the par time?
  10.1.26 #What format are the .ANM files in?#
  10.2 Bugs in the game
  10.2.1 #Low ceilings#
  10.2.1.1 #Bug#
  10.2.1.2 #Workaround#
  10.2.2 Holodukes
  10.2.2.1 Bug
  10.2.2.2 Workaround
  10.2.3 The shrinker
  10.2.3.1 Bug
  10.2.3.2 Workaround
  10.2.4 Endless ammo
  10.2.4.1 Bug
  10.2.4.2 Workaround
  10.2.5 Remote switch triggering
  10.2.5.1 Bug
  10.2.5.2 Workaround
  10.2.6 Underwater toilets
  10.2.6.1 Bug
  10.2.6.2 Workaround
  10.2.7 Explosions
  10.2.7.1 Bug
  10.2.7.2 Workaround
  10.2.8 Crash on shattering objects
  10.2.8.1 Bug
  10.2.8.2 Workaround
  10.2.9 Breaking unbreakable glass
  10.2.9.1 Bug
  10.2.9.2 Workaround
  10.2.10 Trip mines
  10.2.10.1 Bug
  10.2.10.2 Workaround
  10.2.11 Phantom bullet-holes
  10.2.11.1 Bug
  10.2.11.2 Workaround
  10.3 Bugs in BUILD
  10.3.1 Using a Busmouse
  10.3.1.1 Bug
  10.3.1.2 Workaround
  10.3.2 #Very long lines#
  10.3.2.1 Bug
  10.3.2.2 Workaround
  10.3.3 Splitting a sector
  10.3.3.1 Bug
  10.3.3.2 Workaround
  10.3.4 Selecting sprites
  10.3.4.1 Bug
  10.3.4.2 Workaround
  10.3.5 Autoaligning textures
  10.3.5.1 Bug
  10.3.5.2 Workaround
  10.3.6 Displaying memory info
  10.3.6.1 Bug
  10.3.6.2 Workaround
  10.3.7 Function keys in 3D mode
  10.3.7.1 Bug
  10.3.7.2 Workaround
  10.3.8 Deleting sectors
  10.3.8.1 Bug
  10.3.8.2 #Workaround#
  10.3.9 Copying sectors
  10.3.9.1 Bug
  10.3.9.2 Workaround
  10.3.10 FPU reliance
  10.3.10.1 Bug
  10.3.10.2 Workaround
  10.4 BUILD wishlist
  
  Chapter 11 Reference lists
  11.1 #List of original levels#
  11.1.1 L.A. Meltdown
  11.1.2 Lunar Apocalypse
  11.1.3 Shrapnel City
  11.2 List of tiles
  11.2.1 Control tiles
  11.2.2 Weapon sprites
  11.2.3 Ammo sprites
  11.2.4 Item sprites
  11.2.5 Special sprites
  11.2.6 Parallax (sky) textures
  11.2.7 #Lights#
  11.2.8 Switches
  11.2.9 Doors
  11.2.9.1 Technical doors
  11.2.9.2 Normal
  11.2.10 Floors
  11.2.11 Walls
  11.2.11.1 Machines
  11.2.11.2 Space ship hull
  11.2.11.3 Organics
  11.2.11.4 Air ducts
  11.2.11.5 Modern
  11.2.11.6 Metal
  11.2.11.7 Concrete
  11.2.11.8 Stone
  11.2.11.9 Rock
  11.2.11.10 Decoration
  11.2.12 Grids
  11.2.13 Technical-looking items
  11.2.14 Monitors
  11.2.15 #Often-used special textures#
  11.2.16 Diverse
  11.2.17 Unclassified (please assist!)
  11.3 List of Palettes
  11.4 List of sounds
  11.4.1 Format of this list
  11.4.2 The sounds themselves
  11.5 Dimensions
  11.5.1 #Time#
  11.5.2 Units
  11.5.3 The map
  11.5.3.1 Walking about
  11.5.3.2 Weapons
  
  Chapter 12 Miscellaneous
  12.1 MAP design contest
  12.2 PC Gaming's offer
  12.3 Conclusion
  12.4 Revision history
  

Includes: Map museum.zip (v0.2); ("Guide to The Museum"), klaus11.zip (Klaus's FAQ with museum v0.2) , KLAUS12.7z (Walnut Creek CD with his museum again) , Dedfaq13.zip (1.2) , dnefaq12.zip (1.3) ,

An very early BUILD FAQ who has it all in one and is supported by Apogee, 3D Realms and Q Studios members. Includes Sprite FAQ...

CONTENTS:

• .========================.
  | [1] GENERAL BUILD HELP |
  `========================'
  
  [1.01] BUILD BASICS
  [1.01.1] -=> 2D Mode <=-
  [1.01.2] -=> 3D Mode <=-
  [1.02] How to load new levels into Duke?
  [1.02.1] -=> How to make an episode <=-
  [1.03] How to load Duke levels in BUILD?
  [1.04] How to make sectors?
  [1.05] How to delete lines?
  [1.06] How to copy sectors?
  [1.07] How to make a sector in a sector?
  [1.08] How to change textures?
  [1.09] How to shade textures?
  [1.10] How to squeeze/stretch textures/sprites?
  [1.11] How to rotate sprites?
  [1.12] How to stop sprites from rotating?
  [1.13] How to make skies?
  [1.14] How to make slopes?
  [1.15] How to define player starting positions?
  [1.16] How to make things for Multiplayer mode only?
  [1.17] Things you can do with the Palette...
  [1.18] How to shade multiple sectors at once?
  
  
  .=========================.
  | [2] SPECIAL MAP OBJECTS |
  `========================='
  
  [2.01] What are Low-Tags and High-Tags (Lo-tags/Hi-Tags)?
  [2.02] What are Sector Effectors?
  [2.03] What are Locators?
  [2.04] What are MUSICANDSFX sprites?
  
  
  .==================.
  | [3] LEVEL DESIGN |
  `=================='
  
  [3.01] How to make secret areas?
  [3.02] How to make an end-level switch/sector?
  [3.03] How to make doors?
  [3.03.1] =-> Simple Doors (with sound) <=-
  [3.03.2] =-> Swinging Doors <=-
  [3.03.3] =-> Star Trek Doors <=-
  [3.03.4] =-> Split Star Trek Doors <=-
  [3.03.5] =-> Teeth Doors <=-
  [3.03.6] =-> Auto closing Doors <=-
  [3.03.7] =-> Locked Keycard Doors <=-
  [3.03.8] =-> Doors with changing lights <=-
  [3.04] How to make elevators?
  [3.05] How to make dropping floors?
  [3.06] How to make teleporters?
  [3.07] How to make water?
  [3.08] How to make one-sided walls?
  [3.09] How to make masked walls/translucent textures?
  [3.10] How to make force fields?
  [3.11] How to make vents?
  [3.12] How to make bridges?
  [3.13] How to make overlapping sectors?
  [3.14] How to make breaking glass windows?
  [3.15] How to make mirrors?
  [3.16] How to make security cameras?
  [3.17] How to make playback cameras?
  [3.18] How to make rotating sectors?
  [3.19] How to make rotating gears?
  [3.20] How to make conveyor belts?
  [3.21] How to make exploding walls?
  [3.22] How to make earthquakes?
  [3.23] How to make a "subway"?
  [3.24] How to make waves?
  [3.25] How to make differently colored sectors?
  [3.26] How to make light switches?
  [3.27] How to make crushing ceilings?
  [3.28] How to spawn monsters/items?
  [3.29] How to make an object shooter?
  [3.30] How to make ambient sounds?
  [3.31] How to add your own SFX and music?
  [3.32] How to add difficulty settings?
  [3.33] How to make parallaxed walls?
  [3.34] How to sever two connected sectors?
  [3.35] How to make Duke's flying car/helicopter?
  
  
  .=====================.
  | [4] TROUBLESHOOTING |
  `====================='
  
  [4.01] I can't switch to 3D mode correctly in BUILD!
  [4.02] I can't find !SE.TXT mentioned in BUILDHLP.EXE!
  [4.03] BSETUP says "can't save"!
  [4.04] BUILD using Network/Sound/Music/etc.
  [4.05] Why can't I see the new insular sector?
  [4.06] What to do when a sector ceiling matches the floor?
  [4.07] I can't find KENBUILD.TXT mentioned in WAD2MAP.EXE!
  [4.08] How MAPs can get corrupt...
  [4.09] BUILD bug list
  
  
  .================.
  | [5] REFERENCES |
  `================'
  
  [5.01] Keyboard Commands Reference Chart
  [5.01.1] -=> 2D Mode Keys <=-
  [5.01.2] -=> 3D Mode Keys <=-
  [5.01.3] -=> Note on ALT+(CTRL+) +/- <=-
  [5.02] SECTOR EFFECTOR Reference
  [5.03] SECTOR TAGS Reference
  [5.04] Textures'n Tiles reference
  [5.05] All Duke Nukem 3D sound effects
  [5.06] MAP Authoring Template v2.0
  [5.07] Palette colors reference
  
  
  .================.
  | [6] APPENDICES |
  `================'
  
  <=--------------------------------------------=>
  | [6.01] THE DUKE NUKEM 3D TROUBLESHOOTER v1.8 |
  <=--------------------------------------------=>
  
  <=----------------------------=>
  | [6.02] EDITART HELP DOCUMENT |
  <=----------------------------=>

Includes: Maps. bldfaq09.zip, a slightly older version. Sprites Tutorial.

• Bridges
• Build Keyboard Commands
• Cameras
• Conveyor Belts
• Copying Sectors
• Cranes (by J.F)
• C-9 Crack Explosions
• Doors that Open Via a Switch
• DukeFAQ (A Frequently Asked Questions list)
• DukeTxt (FAQ list)
• Floor, Ceiling, and Split Doors
• EditArt Basics
• Elevator Transport
• Earthquakes
• Floor Texture Alignment
• Glass Walls
• Incremental Sector Raise/Lower (PPak)
• Lightning (PPak)
• Light Switches
• Mirrors
• NEWSOUND (CON Instructions)
• Pig Cop Recon Cars
• Platform Elevators
• Questions and Answers (General)
• Random Lights After Shot Out
• Rotating Sectors
• Sector Effector Reference Guide
• Sliding Doors
• Special Sprite Reference Guide
• Sector Tag Reference Guide
• Star Trek Doors (Split and Normal)
• Subways
• Swinging Doors
• Teleporters
• Tricks and Goodies
• Two-Way Trains
• Up Open Door Lights
• Water Sectors
  

Includes: Maps. .HLP version , A single formatted HTML version converted from that .HLP file, and his HTML Tutorials from his web site.

Several Tutorials in HTML format.

• Music & Sound Effects
• Glass
• Subways
• Teleporters
• Mirrors
• Walls Blow Open
• Security Cameras
• Water
• Force Field
• Linked To A Switch Force Field
• Windows
• Star Trek Doors
• Door Linked To A Switch
• Swinging Door
  
• Basic Door

Includes: Maps

 Includes: Sample maps.

FAQ for Beginners. (no maps)

•  FAQ
• Special Sprite Reference
• Sector Effector Tag Reference
• Sector Tag Reference
• General Design Tips

• Getting Started
• Light and Shade effects
• Sector Work
• Special Constructions
• Sprite Work
• Texture Work
• plus more...

• 1. 2d keys
• 2. 3d keys
• 3. First level
• 4. Textures
• 5. Sprites
• 6. Transporters
• 7. Keyed Doors
• 8. Some final words

Includes: Map

CONTENTS:

• Installing the Build editor
• Getting the Build editor to run properly
• Guide to sector effectors
• Doors
• Lighting effects
• Sector stuff. (rising, dropping, rotating)
• Teleporters
• Water
• Lifts
• Spawning stuff (enemies and items)
• Earthquakes
• Subways
• Destructible walls
• Crushers
• Glass
• Vents
• Security Cameras
• Fun with C-9 explosives
• Mirrors
• Sectors over sectors
• Force fields
• Conveyor belts
• Pig Cop Recon Patrol Vehicles
• "Parallaxed walls"
• Weaponless Duke

Includes: (2) Maps. template.zip , sfxlist12.zip , buildkey.zip (v1.2)

Includes: Map

A small map showing how to do some nice and easy shading.

• Sloped sectors
• Sectors and walls with different types of shades.

Includes: Map

Includes: Map

This is the first version of my docs.

• To make an access card
• To make a sector stretch (Bridge)
• Can with something spawns
• To make a conveyer belt
• Down door lights
• To make a normal come UP door
• Earthquakes
• To rotate a sector around a pivot
• Slide
• A split door opens from the middle Up and Down
• To make a star trek door
• Water
  

Includes: Maps

TUTOR 5: Teleporters
teleportation pads as seen in E2l1
teleport.map features a 2 way transporter

Includes: Maps

Includes: Map

CHAPTERS:

• CEILING RAISE DOOR
• SWING DOOR SE 11
• THE EARTHQUAKE SE 2
• FIRE EXTINGUISHER EXPLOSIONS (AND OTHERS LIKE IT) SE 13
• WATER SE 7
• SMASHING GLASS
• MAKING RED AND BLUE SECTORS
• CAMERAS
• TELEPORTERS SE 7
• EXITS
• A better way to play your .MAP's (command line)

Includes: Map

Compiled FAQs. (no maps)

• Making doors that move up
• Making swinging doors
• Star Trek doors
• Split Star Trek doors
• Swinging Doors
• Making a simple Door
• How to make breakable glass
• Making mirrors
• Stacked Sectors
• SE36
• Parallax Sky Effects
• Teleporters
• Rotating Sectors
• Earthquakes
• Subways
• Mobile Gun Platforms
• Making glass windows
• First Walls
• One Sided Walls
• Making a Vent
• Making an underwater area
• Sprites on Horizontally Moving Walls
• Sprites on Moving Sectors
• Falling Bridges
• Setting Objects for Multiplay Only
• Cameras and Viewscreens
• Pallets
• Function Keys
• Understanding the Flags of Objects
  

-

A series of articles.

11 Mini FAQs and 2 Support FAQs

• Lesson 1 : Making glass window
• Lesson 2 : Making doors that move up
• Lesson 3 : Making swinging doors
• Lesson 4 : Star Trek doors
• Lesson 5 : Split Star Trek doors
• Lesson 6 : Making mirrors
• Lesson 7 : Making water
• Lesson 8 : Making teleporters
• Lesson 9 : Making bridges
• Lesson 10 : Making sky windows
• Lesson 11 : Making light switches
  
• Build Questions and Answers
• Tips on Designing Duke levels

Includes: Maps

• How to make Breakable GLASS
• How to make a SUBWAY
• How to make UNDERWATER
• How to make DOORS (no map)

Includes: Maps

• Making a simple Door.
• Making an underwater area.
• Linking an underwater area to an above water area.
• Making a teleporter.
• Making a rotating sector.
• Making a swinging door.
• To make an earthquake.
• Making a vent.
• Making a one sided wall.

• Introduction to BUILD Editor
• Doors
• Doom Style Doors
• Star Trek Doors
• Switches
• Teleporters
• Water
• Windows
• Mirrors
• Lifts
• Sector over Sector

Build Part II: Build Tutorial

• Swing Doors
• Earthquakes
• Vents
• Nuke Buttons
• Wall Cracks
• Conveyors/Currents
• Monsters/Boss
• Light Switches
  

- GAME.CON (with this enhancement already installed)- TEAMPLAY.MAP (sample map utilizing team play method - use to copy method)

Newly discovered special effects inherent to the engine and achieved without alterations to CON files!

Build

• horizontal crushers,
• gaping pits,
• stretching doors,
• shifting passages,
• and whatever else you can come up with!

Includes: FAQ Map and a
Playable (confessn.zip) Confession Map w/ SE 0 Tricks.

Includes: sd30.zip

from his web site, three html files, one is a FAQ.

1. What about duke3d.grp?
2. Why Won’t This Work For v1.3d?
3. How Do I Create the Group File With kgroup?
4. How Do I Extract From a Group File With kextract?
5. Are There Easier-to-Use Programs for Making Group Files?
6. How Do I Load duke3d.exe With a Custom Group File?
7. What Files Can I Use In a Group File?
8. How Can I Easily Package My Group and Con Files With a Startup Batch File?
9. Does My Group File Have to Use the .grp Extension?
10. What Is The File Format For A Group File?
11. Where can I get the source code for kgroup and kextract?

Most Forgettable list for Level Designers V2.0
Curtis Eng

BUILD Troubleshooter

A complete FAQ. (no maps)

CHAPTERS:

• The Basics of BUILD

1) Chapter 1 -- Drawing Lines and Making Rooms in BUILD

1.0 - Drawing lives and making a room
1.1 - Different 3D mode Modes
1.2 - Deleting lines
1.3 - Adding Verticies on lines
1.4 - Moving Verticies
1.5 - Deleting Verticies
1.6 - Putting Player 1 Start

2) Chapter 2 -- Your First Cheezy Room

2.0 - What is a Sector?
2.1 - Making a Sector/Room and entering 3D mode
2.2 - Raising/Lowering the Ceiling and Floor
2.3 - Slopes
2.4 - Trying your cheezy level in Duke

3) Chapter 3 -- Fixing Your Room, and Making it Look Good

3.0 - Changing Textures
3.1 - Texture Alignment and Modification
3.2 - Texture Shading
3.3 - Parallax Ceilings
3.4 - Multiple Sectors in a Sector

4) Chapter 4 -- Sprites

4.0 - What is a Sprite?
4.1 - Adding a Sprite
4.2 - Moving a Sprite
4.3 - Deleting a Sprite
4.4 - "Flattening" a Sprite
4.5 - Changing a Sprite
4.6 - Changing the angle of a sprite
4.7 - Sector Effectors

5) Chapter 5 -- Hi-Tags and Lo-tags

5.0 - What are hi and lo-tags?
5.1 - How to give a sector/sprite a tag
5.2 - Your first hi-tag and lo-tag (Teleporters)
5.3 - Water

6) Chapter 6 -- The Little Things That Make it Happen

6.0 - How to Make Glass
6.1 - How to Make a Vent
6.2 - How to Make a Mirror
6.3 - Security Cameras
6.4 - Echo effect
6.5 - Light switches
6.6 - Where to get the SFX numbers

7) Chapter 7 -- The Different Types Kinds of Doors

7.0 - The Regular Doom Door
7.1 - Swinging Doors
7.2 - Sliding Doors

8) Chapter 8 -- Things That Just Make it Easier (no chap 8, it's missing)

8.1 - Sprite copy/move
8.2 - Sector copy/move