Mapping tips & tricks

Solutions & workarounds for Hexen II mapping problems

Some of those tips & tricks may be known already. I (re?)discovered them on my own because I needed solutions to practical problems I faced while working on Wheel Of Karma: A Tulku Odyssey. So they might be useful to you for your own Hexen II projects as well, who knows...

They come in different flavors:

	Mapping T&T involving some HexenC coding (and progs.dat recompilation)
	Mapping T&T with no coding
	Mapping Academy: not so much T&T, but rather tutorials about overlooked native features in Hexen II
	Inky's new exclusive features designed for Wheel Of Karma

The list will grow over time...

• Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone -

  How to masterize rewards dropping

  - 01/08/2022
• Unblock chains - Part 2 -

  How to set up even more complex chains of events

  - 01/03/2022
• Pimp my model -

  New cool client effects for 3D models

  - 12/29/2021
• Water, Air, Life. -

  Tricks for outdoors settings

  - 04/16/2021
• Unblock chains - Part 1 -

  How to set up complex chains of events

  - 04/12/2021
• Hubs not drubs -

  How to logically connect maps and use puzzle pieces

  - 02/20/2021
• Rotating doors -

  How to set up rotating doors

  - 08/31/2020
• You shall not pass! -

  How to prevent monsters from going somewhere

  - 07/26/2020
• Ticket to Ride -

  Smart ideas to leverage the func_train_mp entity

  - 05/22/2020
• Stairway to Heaven -

  How to make a ladder and use CLIP brushes

  - 05/19/2020
• Better call Mario! -

  How to fix a leak in a map

  - 05/18/2020
• Fashionable debris -

  How to change the skin of a 3D model

  - 05/10/2020
• Follow the Yellow Brick Road -

  How to keep the player aware of their objectives

  - 05/07/2020
• Ending on a high note -

  How to make a nice intermission screen with text and backgroung image

  - 05/06/2020
• Armors Unmessed -

  How to enforce armor bonuses no matter the player class

  - 04/30/2020
• Secrets a la Quake -

  How to make Quake style secrets in Hexen II maps

  - 04/28/2020

Search by entity:

Entity	Talked about in
breakable_brush	Fashionable debris Ticket to Ride Water, Air, Life. Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone
func_angletrigger	Ticket to Ride Unblock chains - Part 2
func_button	Ticket to Ride Unblock chains - Part 2
func_door	Hubs not drubs Rotating doors Ticket to Ride Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone
func_door_rotating	Hubs not drubs Rotating doors Ticket to Ride
func_door_secret	Hubs not drubs Ticket to Ride
func_illusionary	Better call Mario! Stairway to Heaven Water, Air, Life. Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone You shall not pass!
func_pressure	Unblock chains - Part 2
func_rotating	Rotating doors Ticket to Ride
func_rotating_movechain	Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone
func_train	Rotating doors Ticket to Ride Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone
func_train_mp	Rotating doors Ticket to Ride Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone
func_wall	Ticket to Ride You shall not pass!
info_null	Water, Air, Life.
info_player_start	Ending on a high note Hubs not drubs
item_armor_05	Armors Unmessed
item_armor_10	Armors Unmessed
item_armor_15	Armors Unmessed
item_armor_25	Armors Unmessed
item_armor_amulet	Armors Unmessed
item_armor_bracer	Armors Unmessed
item_armor_helmet	Armors Unmessed
item_armor_breastplate	Armors Unmessed
light	Water, Air, Life.
misc_modelpimp	Pimp my model
obj_chest1	Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone
obj_hedge	Water, Air, Life.
obj_ice	Water, Air, Life.
obj_plant	Water, Air, Life.
obj_tree	Water, Air, Life.
path_corner	Rotating doors Ticket to Ride
plaque	Follow the Yellow Brick Road
puzzle_piece	Ending on a high note Hubs not drubs Ticket to Ride Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone
puzzle_static_piece	Hubs not drubs Ticket to Ride
sound_ambient	Water, Air, Life.
trigger_activate	Hubs not drubs
trigger_changelevel	Hubs not drubs
trigger_check	Hubs not drubs Unblock chains - Part 2
trigger_combination_assign	Unblock chains - Part 2
trigger_counter	Secrets a la Quake Unblock chains - Part 2
trigger_counter_reset	Unblock chains - Part 2
trigger_crosslevel	Ending on a high note Hubs not drubs Unblock chains - Part 2
trigger_crosslevel_target	Hubs not drubs Unblock chains - Part 2
trigger_hub_intermission	Ending on a high note
trigger_ladder	Stairway to Heaven
trigger_message_transfer	Unblock chains - Part 1
trigger_multiple	Hubs not drubs Unblock chains - Part 1 Unblock chains - Part 2
trigger_objective	Follow the Yellow Brick Road
trigger_once	Follow the Yellow Brick Road Hubs not drubs Ticket to Ride
trigger_push	Stairway to Heaven
trigger_relay	Unblock chains - Part 1
trigger_secret	Secrets a la Quake
wp_weapon3	Whoso pulleth out this sword

Have a topic you'd like to see in the list? Drop me an email.