Level Design Level Design Assets and Tutorials Reference Thread

This is a general reference thread for Tutorials, Textures, Models and Tools. Know any good places? List them here.

This thread is to help aspiring level designers who may not know where to go or where to start for tutorials, custom textures, tools and models.

As always, respect the wishes of the author, readme and any instructions when using someones free texture or model. Always give credits and a link if possible.

When searching for free assets, expect to wade through the good and the bad! If its free, don't complain


Level Design Tutorials :


UDN Two: In google, type "UDN Two (subject)" For example: UDN Two Materials, UDN Two Terrain, UDN Two Actors, UDN Two Static Meshes, UDN Two Lighting etc. etc. etc....


http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_videonav.php?fid=a16dc422e66dafec2bd0cee94cba15ce (Lots of Free VTM's Free Account Required)

http://liandri.darkbb.com/t27-tutorials-for-unrealengine-2

http://www.angelmapper.com/gamedev/tutorials/tutorials.htm

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=42199 (Map Optimizing)

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=39077 (Mission Map Tutorial)

http://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-tournament-2004/tutorials

http://www.icecreamyou.com/ut2004.html#3A

http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/Legacy:Topics_On_Mapping

http://www.outpt.co.uk/how-to-create-a-skybox-in-unrealed/

http://www.moddb.com/games/killing-floor/tutorials/killing-floor-mapping-guide

http://umh.sandcrawler.net/index.php?page=tutorials

http://lethalvortexkillingfloormapping.wordpress.com/

http://kf-wiki.com/wiki/Mapping:Introduction_to_Unreal_Editor_3.0

http://www.hourences.com/tutorials/ (Hourences from "The Ball" Aside from his books, has some free mini-tuts. Scroll down for Unreal Engine 2 tuts)


Free 3d Models:


http://www.gamebanana.com/models

http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?keyword=&media_typeid=2&sort_column=A5&sort_order=asc

http://www.3dm3.com/modelsbank/

http://artist-3d.com/

http://thefree3dmodels.com/

http://www.top3dmodels.com/products/3d-models/free

http://www.moddb.com/addons?filter=t&kw=Search+...&type=104&licence=def&game=def

http://liandri.darkbb.com/f4-sharing-and-caring (May require requesting a dl link)


Free Textures:


http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?keyword=&media_typeid=3&sort_column=A5&sort_order=asc

http://cgtextures.com/

http://mayang.com/textures/

http://www.texturise.com/

http://lostandtaken.com/gallery

http://texturez.com/

http://free-textures.got3d.com/index.html

http://www.highresolutiontextures.com/

http://www.smashapps.org/2009/07/42-free-photoshop-textures.html

http://www.photoshoptextures.com/

http://designreviver.com/freebies/25-great-free-photoshop-texture-packs/

http://philipk.net/ (Sci Fi Textures, Scroll down to bottom of page, For use in KFed you'll want to dl the .tga versions)

http://www.hourences.com/textures/ (Unique texture sets from Hourences)