Share tips for people who start doing mods/maps for Doom 3

Doommarine_maxi · February 1, 2018

Lets share tips for people who start doing mods/maps for Doom 3.

Patience: if you are experienced doing mods/maps for other games more popular than Doom 3 then you need to know that Doom 3 community is not very big (but not THAT small). So don't expect to get attention/support that fast if you're starting a project.
Download mods/maps and give them a look: If you want to learn the basics I recommend you to download many mods and maps (start with small mods/maps) and give a look to the .pk4 data You should also do this with the original doom 3 files.
Setup your tools: You would need to organize your tools like Map editor, 3d Model editor, SDK source, Visual Studio (or similar), etc...
Search for resources: Take a time searching scripting, defs, mapping, sdk and other resources related to Doom 3
More patience

General Resources:

IDDEVNET: https://www.iddevnet.com/doom3/
- Everything about Doom 3 modding and mapping.
MOD Wiki: https://modwiki.xnet.fi/Doom_3
- A wiki with a lot of useful info.
EMZ Tutorials: http://www.the-emz.com/tutorials/
id Tech Forums: http://idtechforums.fuzzylogicinc.com/
Brian Trepanier videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEiDihFHBep9CPkOGPX048qccKSnEZ-y
Doom 3 Source code: https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3
Doom 3 tutorial to compile source code (VS2010): http://www.moddb.com/company/apgsoftware/tutorials/how-to-compile-doom-3-with-visual-studio-2010
Doom3world Forums (wayback machine): https://web.archive.org/web/20130307083350/http://www.doom3world.org:80/phpbb2/index.php

Multiplayer Resources:

Doom 3 Multiplayer level editing guide: http://idtech4.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Doom-3-Multiplayer-Level-Editing-Guide.pdf
EMZ Forums: http://www.the-emz.com/forum/
OpenCoop tutorials: http://www.moddb.com/mods/opencoop/tutorials
LMS4 Forums: http://doom3coop.com/forum/

Edited February 1, 2018 by Doommarine_maxi

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