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Worldspawn Overview |
How to use the _skybox entity |
Using GTK's Clipping tool |
Quake III Common Shaders |
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Basic Hinting & Portal Creation |
Basic tutorial on getting liquids in your map |
Dropping weapons in maps for Urban Terror |
Mitering for Reduced Triangle Counts |
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Understanding Blocks & _blockSize |
Understanding rgbGen (vertex colour) |
Understanding Blendmodes |
Understanding the LightGrid |
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Light: -samples vs -super |
Why Colours 'Blow Out' With Lighting |
The Importance of _minGridLight for Competitive Play |
Common Error Messages |
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Bubba's mapping tutorials |
Quake 3 articles
A number of these articles were written when I was much younger and have been updated over time, a number of older articles were no longer relevant and have since been discarded. I've been writing new articles slowly over time, documenting some of the information left undocumented or not very well explained.
While I don't suspect there will be many new level designers interested in IdTech3. I want to archive other articles and resources I find here - I don't trust the internet anymore, there's too many dead links!
More Articles & Tools
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Understanding Hue Saturation & Luminosity |
Colour Temperature & RBG Chart |
Understanding Waveforms |
Why Textures Must Use Power‑of‑Two Dimensions |
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FS Particle Studio 2 Overview |
FS Particle Studio VFX Examples |
.map Surface Generator Tool |
Degree to Radian Converter |
Gameplay articles
Most of these articles aren't specifically about Level Design. However, by understanding how competitive players utilize map positions and teamwork, any aspiring level designer should be able to understand exactly what gameplay shapes are required to enable these competitive tactics. |
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How competitive 5v5 TS maps are played |
Territorial map balance in Team Survivor |
5v5 Team Survivor Gameplay Guide |
5v5 Capture the Flag Gameplay Guide |
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Team Survivor: Rotational vs Standoff Layout Design |
Videos
This is a list of the videos I've found most valueable regarding level design.This list is currently not sorted in any order. I intend to create categories once the page starts to get full.
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| Shape Theory in Level Design | Environment Design as Spatial Cinematography: Theory and Practice | Environment Design as Visual Storytelling: Theory and Practice |
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| Introduction tutorial on visual attention and visual salience | Lecture 11: Visual Attention and Consciousness | Affordances - How Design Teaches Us Without Words |
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| Very Short Introduction to Semiotics | Lecture 06 - Environment and Personality | Colour In Storytelling |
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| Level Design Cover 101 - Placement & Mindset | High Level Layout Composition | From Abstract Layouts to Specifics |