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UNREALED MAX TUTORIAL INDEX

Total Number Of Topics: 28 & COUNTING!

All Tutorials on this site fall into one of the following categories:

### TUTORIAL TYPE

### TUTORIAL DESCRIPTION

1. Beginners | This section contains tutorials for those who know nothing about Unreal Editor (UnrealEd 2). Familiarize yourself with the editor and create your first ever level.
2. Must Read Articles
| After you have familiarized yourself with the editor its time to get some idea about some other important concepts essential to level editing. You should read these articles as they will save you a lot of time and headaches later on.
3. Special Effects | Create special sequences - you will not use these concepts in all your levels but their knowledge will come handy.
4. Miscellaneous Tutorials | Just because a tutorial falls under the miscellaneous section it doesn't mean that its not important. Check it out to see what you might be missing.

FOR THE BEGINNER

1. The Definitive UnrealEd 2.0 Introduction: If you don't know anything about editing and creating your own maps for Unreal Engine games this is the first page that you need to visit to kick start your mapping adventure.

Unreal Editor Version 2 Image Map: This is a huge image map of UnrealEd2. Just clicking on any part of the image will get you a brief explanation of what that does and if you want to learn how to use that feature there is also a link pointing to the relevant article on the site.

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MUST READ ARTICLES

It is VITAL that you are familiar with all the topics covered under this section as they will be used in EACH and EVERY level that you make.

2. 2D Editor (From start to finish): IMPORTANT==MUST READ STUFF!
The 2d Editor is an integral part of UnrealEd, and you will not find a single pro or advanced mappers map that does not have shapes made in the 2d Editor. Read this topic now!!.

3. The Add Special Button: A very important part of UnrealEd. Just put the button through the paces. I also has a small essay on the use of semi-solids in a level.

4. Comprehensive Lighting: This tutorial shows all the settings that a light can be given like lensflare, special lit, fog, light effects, etc. Like the name suggests everything about lights from start to finish.

5. Movers: This one shows you how you can make doors and elevators in your level, trigger them to open, give them sounds, how to set up elevators so that bots can use them and all the various other settings that a mover can be assigned.

6. Standard Skybox Specifications: Learn how to make a skybox and all the various effects that go along with it. You can now have a sky in your level ....... yeah right.

7. TRIGGERS - A small trigger tutorial covering the basics. It will show you how to make use of triggers to set off complex events.

8. Vertex Editing And The Terrain Brush: This tutorial is aimed at the intermediate level editor and aims to show you how to manipulate the edges (vertices) of brushes. It goes further in depth on the Terrain Brush that helps you make great outdoor levels. it also contains tips on how to make outdoor levels look good.

9. Clipping Brushes: This tutorial will show you how to clip brushes in the editor. It basically shows you how to "cut away" parts of a brush.

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SPECIAL EFFECTS

These tutorials contain instructions on how to do "special" stuff that give your level a different look and feel altogether.

10.Different Mover Types: Learn how to make rotating movers, assert movers. gradual movers and all the different types of movers that can be created in UnrealEd.
NOTE: Also see item 12 moving decorations.

11. FOG - What can I say - just as the title suggests. It shows you how to make fog.

11. Interpolation Points: ======HOT=======
For some reason this is one of my favorite tutorials. Learn how to make those cool cinematic opening sequences, closing sequences and all those movie kinda special effects.

12. Miscellaneous Keypoints:========HOT=========
The function and use of almost all the class actors found under the Keypoint section in the UnrealEd class browser. NOTE: If you want to make your own custom fighters, boats, etc. move about the level in a very very realistic way this is the tutorial to read :).

13. Moving Decorations: You got some prefabricated decorations in the classes menu right? Yeah well now you can learn to make them move with this tutorial. You will also learn how to make use of the ATTACH MOVER so keep your eyes peeled.

14. MULTI SKINS - Assign different skins to existing decorations to make them look different and how multi-skins work. ==========NEW==============

15. MyLevel And Level Properties - ======READ ME=======NEW===
This tutorial will show you how to take a screenshot and import it in your level so that you can get it to show up in the practice/mp menu within Unreal Tournament.

15. Special Events: This is a special type of trigger with which you can have messages flash on a players screen, play sound effects, kill a player, etc.

16. Teleporter Effects and Translocations: Build teleporters like the one in CTF-Facing Worlds and make those UT bots do jumps and translocations.

17. Texture Effects - Shows you how to take a base texture and add effects to it like ripples and stuff.

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MISCELLANEOUS TUTORIALS

17. Assault: A comparatively popular game type that was new to Unreal Tournament. Learn how to make an Assault map from start to finish.

18. Capture The Flag - CTF: A 'bare bones' tutorial dealing with the basic steps involved in setting up a CTF map.

19. Importing and Exporting: If you want to import and export simple textures, sounds, etc. into UnrealEd this is the place to look for it.

20. Miscellaneous Triggers: Much like the above tutorial. Only you will learn to use all the different types of triggers that are found in Unreal Tournament (and Unreal).

21. Miscellaneous Zone Classes: Learn how to use the different types of zone classes and some special settings that you can include in them, like gravity and some such cool stuff.

22. Scrolling Messages: Make those messages scroll across the screen like in DM-Morpheus.

23. General Editing Tips - ====NEW TUTORIAL====
Improve the overall speed of your level but learning these techniques, learn how to order the compiling process.

24. General Editing Tips (PART II)- ====NEW TUTORIAL====
Yup!. Part II is finally here. I discuss how to make directional skyboxes, Bot AI handling of irregular movers and some nice display properties settings.

25. Voice Packages: Well just what the title says read it to find out more!.

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