Knowledge-basing For Level & Quest Making

• Knowledge-basing For Level & Quest Making
  Posted by Phanjam on 11 Apr, 2019 22:22
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  Quest-building Knowledge Sources
  

  • Quests (partial copy of the Runic GUTS wiki tut of the same title)

  Level-building Knowledge Sources
  
  The Dungeons & Levels pages on our Trochmodders wiki (thanks to Anarch16sync !)
  
  The following were found from the old Runicgames.com forums...
  

  • A level-building video tutorial by @Slacker (source)
  • A level-building tutorial by Omnifas. For TL1 but still applicable.
  • Another TL1 level-building tutorial by Patrick Blank.
  • A video tutorial about Logic in Dungeons by AttackGorilla.

  The following are (partial) copies of the Runic GUTS wiki tuts
  

  • Basic Scripting
  • Connecting Zones
  • Creating a Dungeon
  • Creating a Layout Link
  • Level Design Tips and Tricks
  • Lighting a Layout
  • Merging Layouts
  • Moving Objects with a Timeline
  • Outdoor Level Chunk Tutorial
  • Using Level Feature Tags
  • Using the Brush Tool
  • Using Themes

  And the research continues...
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 11 Apr, 2019 22:22
• Hi All.  I intend to collect knowledge (starting with a list of tuts) about making levels/maps/dungeons and also making quests and place them in the original post.
  
  I'm doing this as my first step in preparing to make a "factions mod" which (i think for now) is mainly quest-driven and will need custom levels for the "base" of each faction.
  
  Feel free to toss me links to anything that looks eveny remotely helpful for these topics
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by steffire3 on 12 Apr, 2019 02:32
• @Phanjam This is a wonderful idea! 
  
  Factions is something I have never seen any Torchlight modder attempt previously in my knowledge. However For Quest and Dungeon Logic I would say:
  
  

  Spoiler (hover to show)

  Steam Workshop::Dungeon Challenge ReMod

  steamcommunity.com

  
  

  Steam Workshop::TL2-ACE

  steamcommunity.com

  
  

  Steam Workshop::SynergiesMOD (v.1375)

  steamcommunity.com

  
  Be careful with Adventure Pack II since it crashes Multiplayer and sometimes Single Player. (On the other hand if anyone can fix it).
  

  Steam Workshop::Adventures II

  steamcommunity.com

  
  
  I realize someone would have to dive into these mods inside Guts or Text editors however those are the first TL2 Links in my mind.
  
  Finally I looked for outside sources for ideas on how they implement or mod factions in their games:
  
  

  Client Challenge

  eu4.paradoxwikis.com

  
  https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/political-factions-major-political-events-w-example-mod.1142981/
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLhtQ-DVSDc
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDwm3XLrm-w

  
  
  So I'm thinking of a large map where the various factions offer bounty Quests for the player and ultimately there are hidden kill counters that affect how the factions treat the player. Just an idea. 
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 13 Apr, 2019 06:51
• Added a few more video tutorials I saw on the old runicgames.com forums. Still mostly about level-building; there seem to be very few tuts on quest-making. Will check out the Steam forums tomorrow.
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