Hello everyone ![]()
I will be live streaming a beginner mapping course for the free open source shooter Xonotic this Friday, August 20th, starting at 10:30, Central European Summer Time. The course is expected to last between 4 and 6 hours.
The course is hosted and sponsored by codinglab.ch and will be streamed to codinglab's website at https://codinglab.ch/2021/08/17/live-streaming-workshop/
I will answer questions during the stream in the live chat ![]()
The course is going to cover the following topics:
- Xonotic and editor download and setup
- Navigating the editor's viewports
- Creating basic geometry
- Cutting and skewing brushes using the clipping and vertex tool
- Creating curved surfaces with patch meshes
- Applying and aligning textures
- Adding spawn points, weapons and ammo
- Lighting with point lights, spot lights and skyboxes
- Creating a jump pad
- Creating a moving platform
- Compiling a level
- Performance optimization with detail brushes
- Creating waypoints for bots