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Level Design Compilation of RO2 Map Making Tips and Tutorials

danh

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General Tips:
Beware of! VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ
General Tips and Tricks from Danh VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ

General Tutorials:
RO2 Level Design Basics Explained VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ
How to make your first Red Orchestra 2 Map VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ
How to be more efficient when creating maps

Kismet
How to understand Kismet VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ

Static Mesh
How to make your first Destructible
How to place down your first Static Mesh
How to place down Trenches like a boss

Lighting
UDK Tutorial: Daytime Lighting Part 1/6 - YouTube
UDK Tutorial: Night Time Lighting Part 1/7 - YouTube

Cover and bots
How to place Cover Nodes
How to place down an array of objects such as pylons
Bots in PIE?

Misc.
How to spawn Fixed MG's
How to use ROWaterVolume to slow player
Bullet penetration
How do we place MG guns? well!
Porting Old Maps into RO2:
Fog in SDK?
no arty volumes

Specific Problems:
Can't open more than one SDK anymore?
Spawn Protection Not Resetting During Second Round

Performance:
Optimizing UE3 Levels
General Map Performance Guidelines
Forcing lowest LOD on static mesh objects

Assets:
Modular Buildings Pack

UDK Related Tutorials:
Unreal Engine 3 Video Tutorials VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ
Hourences VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ
Raven67854 YouTube UDK Video tutorials VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST WATCH
Chris Albeluhn VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ
IceCreamYou VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS A MUST READ
Unreal Technology UDK Hotkeys and Shortcuts
 
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Don't give up. This is a world that you are creating from your imagination for yourself and for others to enjoy. You are bringing a new experience to everyone. What you can make is limited only by the effort you put in. So once again, don't give up!
 
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PsychoPigeon dont give up

dahn and many of the others are willing to help

I've only just started myself, and it's quite a daunting task, wished i'd seen the thing on locking terrain earlier :) lol chasing terrain that kept moving when i draged by accident was interesting to say the least - and produced a few well chosen word from me :)

but with dahn guides and a bit of stcking at it i'm starting to get somewhere
 
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I added another UDK related tutorial. People really need to watch these videos. RO2 uses the UNREAL ENGINE so the UDK tutorials are very useful here. I see many questions asked on the forum with answers that can be found in the UDK tutorials. Take a look at the UDK related tutorials and there are text tutorials and video tutorials. Just pick whichever suits you best and try to get through them all or just try the tutorials that you need.

I have seen/read many of these tutorials so they are great for learning the basics.
 
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