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[[Category:My First Dungeon]] | [[Category:My First Dungeon]] | ||
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== Linking Cells == | == Linking Cells == | ||
Let's quickly create another cell to use a boss chamber to give this rather small dungeon experience a sense of conclusion. Duplicate your Cell, and rename it "CreepyCave02". Using what you've learned, give the cell an entrance door, ramp down to a chamber, and clutter that chamber as the innermost den for the captain of these bandits. | Let's quickly create another cell to use a boss chamber to give this rather small dungeon experience a sense of conclusion. Duplicate your Cell, and rename it "'''CreepyCave02'''". Using what you've learned, give the cell an entrance door, ramp down to a chamber, and clutter that chamber as the innermost den for the captain of these bandits. | ||
Be sure to place a boss chest in this cell, and leave it unlocked. There are only two ways the player will reach this chest - either by beating the boss, or sneaking past the boss. Both deserve reward without having to play the lockpick minigame. | Be sure to place a boss chest in this cell, and leave it unlocked. There are only two ways the player will reach this chest - either by beating the boss, or sneaking past the boss. Both deserve reward without having to play the lockpick minigame. | ||
For the boss NPC, use one of the pre-made boss lists - in this case: "LL1BanditBossLvl100" | For the boss NPC, use one of the pre-made boss lists - in this case: "'''LL1BanditBossLvl100'''" | ||
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By default, your new cell is also going to appear as "Creepy Cave" in-game. | By default, your new cell is also going to appear as "Creepy Cave" in-game. | ||
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Remember - you have to set your ambient light values manually for duplicated cells. | Remember - you have to set your ambient light values manually for duplicated cells. | ||
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[[Image:img_tut_19.jpg| | [[Image:img_tut_19.jpg|center|Linking Load Doors]] | ||
Notice the yellow marker? (use "<b>M</b>" to toggle markers if not). This determines the player's position and orientation when loading into the cell. Place it accordingly. Now, double-click the marker and choose "OK" to teleport to Cell #1, and position that marker correctly, too. | We used '''CDoor00''' at the end of '''Cell #1''', so we'll use the same door here. Double click and select the "'''teleport'''" tab. Check off that this door does, indeed, teleport, and select '''Cell #1''' from the drop-down. Two doors appear in the second list, since there are two un-linked doors in the chosen cell. We happen to know that '''CDoor01''' is the entrance, so choose the proper door and hit "OK". | ||
Notice the yellow marker? (use "<b>M</b>" to toggle markers if not). This determines the player's position and orientation when loading into the cell. Place it accordingly. Now, double-click the marker and choose "OK" to teleport to '''Cell''' #1, and position that marker correctly, too. | |||
<blockquote> To position the Marker, left-click on it to select it, then right-click and hold. As you move the mouse, the Marker wil rotate.</blockquote> | |||
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== Connect with the Outside World == | == Connect with the Outside World == | ||
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In the [[Cell_View_Window|Cell View]] window, load the Tamriel worldspace and scout around for a nice patch of land to occupy. We're going to set down in a spot outside of Bravil in a wilderness cell at 13,-12. Try sorting by Location to make this easier to find. This isn't a landscaping tutorial, so we'll stick to basics. Drag the following objects into the [[Render Window]]: | In the [[Cell_View_Window|Cell View]] window, load the Tamriel worldspace and scout around for a nice patch of land to occupy. We're going to set down in a spot outside of Bravil in a wilderness cell at 13,-12. Try sorting by Location to make this easier to find. This isn't a landscaping tutorial, so we'll stick to basics. Drag the following objects into the [[Render Window]]: | ||
* CEntranceRockMossLG01 | |||
* CDoor00 | :*'''CEntranceRockMossLG01''' | ||
::A rock with a doorhole textured to match rocks in this region | |||
* LL2BanditCamp50 | :*'''CDoor00''' | ||
:: This door has a good texture for both interior and exterior spaces | |||
:*'''LL2BanditCamp50''' | |||
:: This list may generate an enemy to draw players near the entrance and preview the enemies inside | |||
Arrange them in the exterior cell, and re-name the cell to "CreepyCaveExterior". Note that a lot more typically goes into building a dungeon exterior, but that is beyond the scope of this tutorial. | Arrange them in the exterior cell, and re-name the cell to "CreepyCaveExterior". Note that a lot more typically goes into building a dungeon exterior, but that is beyond the scope of this tutorial. | ||
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These markers will keep the compass direction consistent from cell to cell. | These markers will keep the compass direction consistent from cell to cell. | ||
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<br>[[Image:tut_img_20.jpg]]<br> | <br>[[Image:tut_img_20.jpg|center]]<br> | ||
Link this door to CreepyCave01 in the same way we linked the previous door, and your dungeon is now integrated in the world of Tamriel! | Link this door to CreepyCave01 in the same way we linked the previous door, and your dungeon is now integrated in the world of Tamriel! (If you now wish to delete the mod, it is located at C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data) | ||