DeathEd used to be a Virtus Editor-Specific site.  However, it seems it has disappeared, so I've included some of the content that used to be there, including my ScreenCam tutorials.

To view these tutorials, you'll need the Lotus ScreenCam player from: http://www.lotus.com

• Tutorial 1 - Using the Connect Tool - This ScreenCam tutorial shows how to use the DMM2 Connect tool.

• Tutorial 2 - Using the Freehand Drawing Tool - This ScreenCam tutorial show how to use the DMM2 Freehand drawing tool to make custom shapes.

• Tutorial 3 - Creating Decals in DMM2 - Want to create something with a different texture on a wall, such as a sign?   Decals are the way to do it in DMM2.  Learn how to create them with this ScreenCam tutorial!

• Tutorial 4 - Creating Lights in DMM2 - Part 1:Texture Lighting - The first in a 2-part tutorial on lighting.  The first ScreenCam tutorial shows how to create texture lights in DMM2.

• Tutorial 5 - Creating Lights in DMM2 - Part 2:Entity Lighting  - The second part of the 2-part tutorial on lighting showing how to create entity lights in DMM2.

• Tutorial 6 - Creating Spotlights in DMM2 - Using concepts from the previous 2 light tutorials, this ScreenCam tutorial shows how to create spotlights in DMM2.

• Tutorial 7 - Creating "Roaming" Monsters - No sense in having your monsters stand around when you can have them roam around your level until they see the player.  Watch this ScreenCam tutorial to learn how to accomplish this in DMM2.

• Tutorial 8 - Selecting Surface and Content Properties in DMM2 - This ScreenCam tutorial shows how to select and modify surface and content properties in DMM2.  Useful if you need to create things like ladders.

• Tutorial 9 - Creating Triggers and Buttons - Part 1: Creating Triggers - This ScreenCam tutorial shows how to create triggers in DMM2.

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• Tutorial 10 - Creating Rotating Doors - This tutorial isn't a ScreenCam tutorial, rather it's a text-based tutorial in either Word97 or HTML format.  Useful for learning how to bring together all the elements needed to create a rotating door in DMM2.

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  Other DeathEd Stuff You'll Want

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• The DMM2.1 Patch - Download (578319 bytes) - If you download 1 thing off this site, download this file!!! This fixes many problems with DMM2 and it is assume that you've got this patch installed before running any of the tutorials or other items from this site.

  To use this file, download this file, place it into your DMM2 directory (typically, c:\Program Files\Virtus\Deathmatch Maker 2.  Then, run the program.

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• The R11 DMM2 Entlist File - Download (14113 bytes) - Also strongly recommended!  This is a copy of Melvin Gatchell's entlist.txt file which includes many more entity properties to help build entities with the proper fields.

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• The Hexmaker Entity List Help File - Download (165667 bytes) - For you Hexmaker fans, here's the Hexmaker Entity List Help file I created especially for Hexmaker/Hexen II.

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