well first of all you need to start it ...but something you need to know before you do that is know alt-tab you should press this to get back to windows so you can read this document and expariment (you may also want to go into options and put on wordwrap so this docuement dosen't look like one long line (not the way it is supposed to look)


ok the lesson is to create a new "sector" (a room) to do this use the space buttoon to insert a "point" (like a veticy..(however you spell that) or a corner of a room ect...) then you need to do this in the shape of the "sector" untill you finally end up at the first point that you "inserted"...

now to goto the 3D mode by hitting enter on the keypad on the right...when there you should have a room barely high enough to stand and the walls are all brick as well as the ceiling and floor next you can make the ceiling higher by pressing the "page up" key and the "page down" key (you should get which does up and which does down ...i hope if not....well..... you shouldn't be using this editor and probally never will be smart enough to use it...) when you got that good enough you can change the graphic of the walls and ceiling and floors by moving the cursor over the corrisponding wall and pressing the "v" key ...
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Note: the "v" key should get you to a screen where it shows all the textures for that certain thing (hence if you did the "v" button on a wall you would get a list of all the textures you HAVE USED for the walls in that level... this is just to help you locate some graphics faster cuz it may be near them...when you get to the one nearest the graphic you want.. press "v" again and then get the exact graphic you want...if it is already used you can just put the highlighted thingy over it and press enter without having to press "v" a second time.
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now...some more in the 3D viewing part... to slant the floor or ceiling use the "[" and "]" keys (this varies which way it slopes...i hate using this is frustrates me) and the last thing for 3d editor yu NEED to know is the "s" key...it makes a "sprite" (a monster, weapon, ammo, dancing girl ect...) you can change it using the same way as for the textures of walls and ceilings and floors...



now back to the 2D editor ....

*******some more stuff... to make a sector INSIDE of another do the same thing as before but... if you want the sector to be like something that comes up from the ground you need to do that TWICE over the EXACT sector (only if it is in a sector) to make it able to do that...
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Note: the "s" key also works in this mode
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the space button is used alot .... be sure to know this action really good.... another thing it does is splits a sector... e.g. if you have a square room (4 by 4 big ...i know it is kinda smal but ..) and you only want it 2 by 4 then "insert" a point with the (obviously) "insert" key where you want to split it ...(both sides) and press space with the curser on one of those points and move it to the other point and press space again... if done right it will split it ...
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Note: you can get REAL complex with just these...i have tried it and it can get pretty complex so don't think you can't make good maps with just this knowledge ....cuz you can
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i would get into the sector effectors and tags ect... but it is TOO complicated (and i forgot most of it hehehe) if you need further help read the (tremendously huge) build help file...this is just to get you started with the basics...not any of that complicated stuff


--------------------------------MISC STUFF

completion date.............................2/24/99
reason i compiled it........................a friend asked (hehehe i never would have done it if he didn't ask)
my e-mail address...........................mm@gamecop.com
my homepage.................................http://www.maparchive.com/

------------------SPECIAL THANKS & CREDITS
1. 3D Realms.......................................for this great game
2. Ken Silverman...................................for the awsome build engine
3. ME aka MasterMind...............................for writing this text doc (full of mis-spellings and bad grammar =)
4. Steve...........................................my friend who asked me to write this
5. Tyler...........................................my other friend i GOT the game from
6. ICQ.............................................for making a program that my friend could ask me to write this over
7. Quantum Connections.............................for the internet access
8. MY Computer.....................................for running the proram
9. the internet....................................for letting me distribute this file
10. ME (again)......................................for writing that BIG (big for me atleast) build help file
11. David(another friend)...........ummmmm i don't know he didn't help at all, um YOU SUCK DAVID! just joking
12. Time............................................so i knew when i compiled it hehehe
13. ME AGAIN........................................for taking the "time" to write this doc and the LONG credits section
14. Hotmail.........................................for FREE e-mail(i don't like to pay hehehe) http://www.hotmail.com/ to sign up for your own e-mail(and no i didn't get paid to say that i just felt you might want FREE e-mail also)
15. and last but NOT least .........................for ALL of you for reading this document ...please tell me what you think about it with an e-mail at mastermind222@hotmail.com(if this one doesn't work try MM@Blizzardempire.com) or over ICQ my # is 25108308 thank you.