I wanna share some tips regarding the level editor, which I found and used myself to create my level.

Moving Objects, the Easy Way

Let's say you're working on your map, but there's an Actor/Mesh you want to copy/move all the way to the other side of your map and you don't want to drag it all the way there.


"Yes, this guy will do it"


"Copy that"

Well all you have to do is select the actor/mesh you want to move and then find an actor/mesh close to where you want to move it and select it, so you should now have two actors/meshes selected.



Now take a look at the coordinates of both actors selected, the Editor always remembers your last selection, so it doesn't matter if one actor is at 0,0,0 and the other is at 2000,1050,-350, the Editor will prioritize the last object selected in the transform bar, now go ahead and put your cursor as if you were to manually edit the coordinates and press Enter once for each axis.



And just like that, the priest is now close to where I want him to be, and it doesn't matter if you want to move one or 100 actors/meshes, this little trick will always work.

Creating Pixel Perfect Ceilings

So you're working on your map when this temple comes in and slaps your face demanding pixel perfect ceilings.



What do you do?
Well you make that temple your bitch.

First you start by laying down your vertex points on the floor as you normally would.



Next, with ray trace turned on, lay 6 (or more) vertex points around the edges of where the ceiling would start.



After you've laid down all these "ceiling" vertex points, select all of them.



Once you've selected all of the above, select one vertex point at ground level (FIG. 1), move to the transform bar, then under the Z axis, double click on the number there and press Enter (FIG. 2).


"FIG. 1"


"FIG. 2"

And bingo! Now your vertex points are at ground level, but we're not done here, let's make sectors AROUND the building.



Now that our regular sectors are around the building, it's time to make sectors with ceilings.



This is how it should look like when you're done, pixel perfect ceilings, now Turok won't be able to clip through the mesh!

Hopefully this will make someone's life a bit easier whenever they are ready to make a new map.

I made an example map/mod to show how I set up using 3 keys to open/activate a portal that goes to the credits. This guide is old from when I helped Black Jaguar out in the map MazeRok but I just updated it and I never posted it here. I'll update the post with each step but for now its simply a map/mod .zip file that you download and have a look at to understand some.

https://turoksanctum.com/keys-exit-portal/

Cool I might try to make a Turok level someday. Think I will stick to Doom maps for now though, but I will use this if I do. Hey where have you been>?

I made an example map/mod to show how I set up using 3 keys to open/activate a portal that goes to the credits. This guide is old from when I helped Black Jaguar out in the map MazeRok but I just updated it and I never posted it here. I'll update the post with each step but for now its simply a map/mod .zip file that you download and have a look at to understand some.

https://turoksanctum.com/keys-exit-portal/

I used this also for Demon Village. Thanks for the help before its a bit more confusing than one would think.

Hey Smoke, or Duke or anyone else, I want to learn about the 'level keys', how to make them work. Any suggestions where to begin?


well I guess the level keys work pretty straight forward. forgetaboutit ... joeybagadonuts

Thank You much - Not Talking in Circles - I understood

EDIT: So by editing the mapInfo.txt and creating a unique mapid_101 as noted in the pdf guide and directed by Smoke39, my teleport works properly. I see that the editor recognizes the folders and files in root directory above priority when in dev mode as it does with the texture folder and this is a direct access to override the default conditions of the original Turok game.kpf. I was building test.kpf files over and over each time trying to get the teleporter to work. I must have recycled 50 of them. Thanks Smoke39 for that info.

Do you have an idea what the 'Arg 6 - 1024' on sector properties is a reference to? I'd like to publish a map soon and I'm trying to figure out the finer points.
Thank You Smoke you are Turok.

I just dumped recycle bin - 39 kpf's in there and there were others before. 

Side note: these root directory folders can be dangerous toward the normal functioning of the game. If 'Set Developer "0"' will they be ignored? I think that's correct.

Hi Smoke39, so is this correct; the teleport system depends on the mapid_0x info in the mapInfo.txt file to work. And the editor uses the same file when testing a map in the editor dev mode?   

That's something I can try to get it working. I've read the pdf guide and it does not explain what the Arguments are for, besides the few specific events in the guide that reference them. They obviously hold information not mentioned in the guide. Would you know anything about those functions? I have to leave for a while.

Thank You much - Gazer

EDIT: So by editing the mapInfo.txt and creating a unique mapid_101 as noted in the pdf guide and directed by Smoke39, my teleport works properly. I see that the editor recognizes the folders and files in root directory above priority when in dev mode as it does with the texture folder and this is a direct access to override the default conditions of the original Turok game.kpf. I was building test.kpf files over and over each time trying to get the teleporter to work. I must have recycled 50 of them. Thanks Smoke39 for that info.

Do you have an idea what the 'Arg 6 - 1024' on sector properties is a reference to? I'd like to publish a map soon and I'm trying to figure out the finer points.
Thank You Smoke you are Turok.

So here we are and my mapping is slooowing waaaay dooown, because I am working a lot in 'Sector Edit' mode.  Could you wonder why work is slow? I'm finding that what works in one map file, might not work the same in the next map file. I'm referring specifically to teleporting and actor>misc>warp points. And I'm also seeing that in the vanilla levels the map sectors have a lot of Arg1 -2 -3 -4 numbers that I cannot understand.

On Turok steam page (or page on steam) http://store.steampowered.com/app/405820/ it says that the editor has 'Full Manual Available' has anybody found that?

Smoke39 and Duke64 you guys have been helping a lot I appreciate you work. And everyone else too. So I need more. I probably need a little break from this and things will clear up as my head is foggy like Turok sky. But I would like to know what you guys know about sector properties and teleporting. Setting up the checkpoints was simple enough and I recommend trying those for begginners (I am one). I have a teleport from one point to another inside the same map file. I have that working in the editor and then I have it working in a kpf file also. I see that is not a simple thing to take for granted. Because at the next save map the same teleport doesn't work. You see I understand my description is confusing, I am confused. I think the game is buggy, but I'm not sure since I'm trying to copy what I see in vanilla maps and no documentation to back me up.

So any general information about sector properties specifically Arg 1 - 6 definitions, or any documentation that might help with teleporting would be useful. For example, why do most sectors in vanilla levels have Arg 6 value of 1024? Arg 1 is where I'm putting my misc>warp point TID with the map level00 number in Arg 2. etcetera -etcetera -ect - what manual? Arg 3 = 10150 pwn me!

Thanks Guys - Gazer