DOOM 3 Editing

Sir Random

Anyone else using DOOMEdit?
I thought it would be useful to have a thread where we can share tips and help each other out.

I just started looking at it yesterday, then spent hours reading tuts, and was up half the night experimenting .

Anyway, I'm going to make a small SP mod set in a hospital (on Earth). If anyone wants to help out, just say so.
I'm ok with mapping, scripting and textures but I'd really like some help with modelling. Any modellers out there?


Btw, if you want to make proper custom textures for D3, you need to create 4 seperate maps for each one. A diffuse map, a specular map, a bump map and an editor map.
You can make them all in Photoshop, and there's a special filter (NormalMapFilter.8bf) available from the nVidia homepage, that converts heightmaps to Normal maps (for the bump map).

Now, back to mapping...

tba

Im sure you know this but for those who dont

all the .pk4 files in the doom folder are zip files with a file structure.
Some have simple tga and dds image files others have model files cant establish a format here and one dll that I havnt looked at yet.

All the rest of the script files can be opened in a word editor.

Sir Random did you manage to open any dds files cause I cant, plus have you any idea on the 3d model format?

Sir Random

I think you can import multiple model file types into DOOM3. MD5, LWO or ASE.
I don't have 3DSMAX, so I haven't even looked at any models.

I'll be creating all the static/animated models using DOOMEdit, like tables, machinery etc, but I'll need someone to make new character models, complete with Ragdolls etc.

Check out these forums for help:
http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/index.php

OSiriS

http://www.3dbuzz.com

Go to that site and register, they have just released a series of video tutorials for map building in Doom3. They are free to download.

tba

anyone manage those dds files?

airetam_storm

i dunno if this is proper relevent but if u unzip all the .zips the editor loads up quicker and so does the game to a lesser extent

KdjaCL

Photoshop opens DDS files.

kdjac

tba

KdjaC wrote:

Photoshop opens DDS files.

hmm I may not have explained myself right,
I have the plugins to allow dds formats to open in photoshop, but the dds files supplied with doom3 dont seem to open in it with or without mip maps.

this make tba a sad liitle panda

KdjaCL

Have you got the correct plugins for photoshop?
If you bought it they should be on the login part of the website, if not google


kdjac

tba

no joy

i still cry

ah well it was just interest anyhow

and for those interested nvidia have the plugins on their site

Sir Random

I've no idea how to access the DDS files, that's why I need someone to do the modelling.
I'll make all the low poly models myself in DOOMEdit, like animated equipment/machinery, beds, desks etc. I just need a few new character models, especially a female model.

I've been trying out the nVidia Normal map filter, and here's the results:

I started with a pic of Bray beach:



Then I made a specular map for the "wet look":



Then I used the NV filter to make a normal map from the height map that I made in photoshop:




Finally, I tested it in a small box map with a single light source:




I made some other bumpmaps with text and shapes, and it really looks 3D, well worth the effort .

DRakE

thats pretty damn cool