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Revision as of 19:23, 31 October 2012
A list of tutorials created and edited by our contributors. Contribute by improving the tutorials and creating tutorials for the red links
Contents
- 1 Getting, Installing and opening Sandbox
- 2 Modules
- 3 Learning the editor basics
- 4 Lighting and Particle effects
- 5 Models and Sandbox
- 6 Textures
- 7 Scripting/Trigger tutorials
- 8 Source Code Modifying + Recompiling
- 9 Multiplayer tutorials
- 10 Unsorted tutorials
- 11 Sandbox Related
- 12 Content Creation
- 13 Meta-Sandbox
Getting, Installing and opening Sandbox
Modules
- FPS - First Person Shooter (default)
- SSP - Side Scrolling Platformer
- RPG - Role Playing Game
- MovieCube - Machinima Tool
- Vehicle Simulator
Learning the editor basics
- Map Editing Basics
- How to change textures in your map
- How to place 3D grass
- How to add lava, water, glass and other materials to your map
- How to make ramps, bridges, and angles
- How to make invisible boundaries
- Tips on making a good map
- Gridwork
Buildings
- How to make sloped roofs
- How to make secret doors, walls & floors
- How to make 1-way windows only you can see out of
- How to make 1-way doors
- How to create a hollow tower/tube
- How to make stairs you could walk up
- How to create set of glass stairs
- How to make a TV
- How to make various window shapes
- How to create a spiral staircase
- How to make a pyramid/four-sided sloped roof
Terrain editing
- How to create mountains, ponds, and oceans
- How to transfer parts of a map to a new one
- How to make a forest
- How to make a cave
- How to make a realistic river
- How to make a swimming pool
- How to make a fountain
- How to create smooth curvy pathways
- How to create fields with flower patches
- How to create a camp fire and fireplace
- How to make a bumpy road
- How to make various types of fences
- How to make a nice waterfall
- How to edit terrain properly
- How to fix bad terrain or geometry errors
- How to make railings
- Texture Blending
Advanced Editor Techniques
- How to create a slide
- How to create a trampoline
- How to create electric fences
- How to make a sphere shapes in 'edit mode'
- How to make curved shapes in 'edit mode'
- How to create curved glass
- How to create climbable ladders and vertical walls
- How to make an endless slide
- How to create lens flares
- How to make a snowman
- How to make a boat
- How to create warp speed tunnels
- How to create hidden teleports
- How to create spinning palm trees
- How to change gravity
Lighting and Particle effects
- How to add various lighting
- How to light a map properly
- Tips to make a night time map
- Tips to make a morning map
- Tips to make a sunset map
- How to add particle effects
- How to create snow or rain
- How to put fog to a map
Models and Sandbox
- Blender to Sandbox
- Wings3D to Sandbox flash tutorials
- Loading and adding mapmodels
- How to add new models
- Creating 3D models with PAS
Textures
Scripting/Trigger tutorials
Menu Editing - Cubescript
Maptitle and authors
FPS Scripting
- Creating a shop script
- How to make characters talk with text pop-up windows
- How to make characters give you quests
- making picked up items visible in your inventory
- How to make a trigger load another map
- Making Echoes
- How to make triggered elevators/platforms
- How to make items that can be picked up
RPG Scripting
Source Code Modifying + Recompiling
- Compiling the source code
- How to get a mapsize greater than 16
- How to add creatures
- How to add more player character models
Multiplayer tutorials
- How to host a coop edit session over the internet
- How to host a persistent world in Sandbox over the internet
- How to monitor your dedicated server without being in it
Unsorted tutorials
- Transferring your Map to a new version of Sandbox
- How to save a map properly
- How to add projectiles to your game
- How to automatically save your map every x number of minutes
Sandbox Related
Within Sandbox
- Guide to a good game
- Customizing Sandbox
- Adding custom songs to Sandbox
- Preparing your map for uploading
- Using Cullart
- How to capture screen shots and videos
- How to set up Sandbox for commercial use
Outside of Sandbox
Content Creation
- Why Create Content?
- Tips on creating content
- Good free programs for Sandbox
- Content Creation Software Tutorials List
3D Art
2D Art
- Making Seamless textures
- How to make new textures
- Creating special shader maps for textures
- Texturing for Dummies
- Top Ten Tips of Texturing
- Hard Surface Texture Painting
