Clownfish's Step-By-Step Tutorials
Step-By-Step Tutorials
NOTE: See related discussion thread in Sandbox Forum: CLICK HERE to see this discussion. If you'd prefer to see one of these tutorials created first, then please voice your opinion at this discussion thread.
NOTE: This is a temporary zone for me to hash out these tutorials before they are made visible on the front page. Then I plan on moving them in 1 by 1. :-D (-Clownfish)
NOTE: NOnly some of these Step-by-Step tutorials have been created yet.
NOTE: If you would like to help make some of these tutorials for the Sandbox community we'd be glad to have your help! :-D Create your wiki account and start contributing, or come here: Contact The Team tell us how you'd like to help out!
NOTE: If you help make a Step-by-Step tutorial, please try to:
1. Keep your wording very clear and easy to follow.
2. List steps in a numbered fashion (e.g.:
- 1. Do this
- 2. Look here
- 3. Go here
- 4. Rename this to
- 5. Move this here
3. Provide 'keywords', verbatim 'titles', and 'landmarks' often for users to 'look for' and 'follow along' with easily.
4. Provide pictures or video often ...(attached {preferably in case external host disappears} or linked)
5. Provide the type of operating system you based this Step-by-Step tutorial off of (e.g. Windows XP, Linux:Debian, Mac OSX)
NOTE: Lets agree on a 'Step-By-Step Tutorial' format so they look consistent. Suggest some format ideas via our forum on this discussion thread: CLICK HERE to see this discussion
Basically these are things I have learned to do in Sandbox over the past few months. Some of these ideas I have gathered from Sandbox gods like Calimer & Hirato ((Thanks for your time and effort guys :-D )), some I have found on this wiki, some I have found on the forum from our awesome sandbox community, and others I have stumbled upon myself.
Thanks! Let me know :-D -Clownfish
Learning the editor basics
- How to add new models
- How to add characters
- How to make characters talk with text pop-up windows
- How to make characters talk with a voice recording
- How to make characters give you quests
- How to make items that can be picked up
- How to make a store
- How to make create new map models with Blender
- How to make new textures
- How to add bots and train them
- How to add various lighting
- How to add particle effects
- How to make a tree house
- How to make moving doors and platforms in single player mode
- How to make a nice waterfall
- How to edit terrain properly
- How to fix bad terrain or geometry errors
- How to add your own music
- How to make sloped roofs
- How to create 3D grass
- How to create skymaps
- How to create other useful cube scripts in a game
- How to create a train
- How to create snow or rain
- How to create lens flares
- How to create mountains, ponds, and oceans
- How to create set of glass stairs
- How to create a slide
- How to create a trampoline
- How to make 1-way windows only you can see out of
- How to make 1-way doors
- How to create electric fences
- How to create invisible tunnels
- How to create warp speed tunnels
- How to create climbable ladders and vertical walls
- How to create hidden teleports
- How to create spinning palm trees
- How to host a coop edit session over the internet
- How to host a persistent world in Sandbox over the internet
- How to capture screen shots and videos
- How to add lava, water, glass and other materials to your map
- How to make secret doors, walls & floors
- How to make ramps, bridges, and angles
- How to make a forest
- How to make a cave
- How to make a hidden room
- How to make a realistic river
- How to make a swimming pool with a diving board
- How to make a boat
- How to make a fountain
- How to make a bathroom
- How to make steps
- How to make a fish pond
- How to make a TV
- How to change gravity
- How to copy, paste, rotate, and resize cube builds
- How to transfer parts of a map to a new one
- How to save a map properly
- How to put fog in a map
- How to make a night time map
- How to make a morning map
- How to make a sunset map
- How to make a trigger load another map
- How to change textures in your map
- How to create smooth curvy pathways
- How to create fields with flower patches
- How to create a camp fire and fireplace
- How to update your maps from SB version 2.3 to the current version
- How to make a hollow pyramid
- How to make a bumpy road
- How to make various types of fences
- How to add creatures
- How to add new colors of creatures and map models
- How to add more player character models
- How to make an endless slide
- How to make a robochimp throw you into the air
- How to make a snowman
- How to re size map models and textures
- How to make invisible boundaries
- How to monitor your dedicated server without being in it
- How to add projectiles to your game
- How to add a welcome message to your map or coop edit map
- How to change color of text in maps welcome message
- How to automatically save your map every x number of minutes
- How to copy a whole building and it's contents
- How to obtain SVN SB version, update it, and compile it
- How to contribute to the SB SVN
- How to contribute to the SB wiki
- How to make a sphere shapes in 'edit mode'
- How to make curved shapes in 'edit mode'
- How to make a small wooden bridge
- How to make a large stone bridge
- How to make a fish tank/swimming pool with a window
- How to make various window shapes
- How to make a pirate's lair
- How to make a lighthouse
- How to make a house fit for an ogre
- How to make a launch tube
- How to make a working circus cannon
- How to make railings
- How to create a spiral staircase
- How to create an underwater base
- How to create a spiral staircase inside a hollow tower
- How to create a hollow tower/tube
- How to create a wishing well with a round hole below in ground
- How to create an apple tree
- How to make a water slide
NOTE: Some of these step-by-step tutorials will contain fundamental info for learning sandbox, and other will just be ideas you can try for the fun of it. The latter is good stimuli for your imagination. Let see what you can do with these ideas when you take them and make them your new creations! :-D
