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Arcanum Mod-Making Tutorial

Welcome traveller, you have done well to stumble across Amtut. The Arcanum Mod-Making Tutorial was my attempt at writing a complete tutorial for modding Arcanum. I had hoped that one day, it would be a complete beginners' guide of everything you need to know to make an Arcanum module. Unfortunately, as time has passed, things have changed. Amtut has not been completed. The news page of this site contains more details on why that is, but all that can be said is that it was fun, I enjoyed it and although it may not be complete, I hope that it inspires just enough people out there to take up Arcanum modding. If anyone would like to try and complete Amtut themselves, be warned, there's still quite a lot to do and I'm not helping, sorry.

NOTE: The Amtut Tutorial is written for WorldEd Version 1070 and NOT the latest patch, version 1074. If you are using the latest version of WorldEd, then I am afraid that the tutorial will make little sense. If you wish to change and use the old 1070 version of WorldEd (something that I highly recommend) then follow the instructions from the link below. Otherwise, expect some difficulties when attempting to make your own module by following this tutorial. Also note that I only have the English version of WorldEd 1070, if you are using a foreign language version of Arcanum, you'll need to find the appropriate version of patch 1070 somewhere else.

How to Install the Old WorldEd Version 1070


ARCANUM MOD-MAKING TUTORIAL
(AMTUT) Version 1.1

View AMTUT Online        Download AMTUT
Part 1 - A Beginners' Guide amtut_part1.zip (176 kb)
Part 2 - Learning the Ropes amtut_part2.zip (524 kb)
Part 3 - Getting Tangled in the Ropes amtut_part3.zip (259 kb)
Part 4 - Strangling Yourself with the Ropes amtut_part4.zip (41 kb)
  
Zammy's World Map Tutorial. - How to Make a World Map
Arcanum Undat Tutorial - Undatting an Arcanum Module
Arcanum Follower Tutorial - How to Make a Follower
  
Check the Arcanum Resources section for more useful modding information





AMTUT - A List of What's Inside

Part 1 - A BEGINNERS' GUIDE

  • Chapter 1 -- Introduction
  • Chapter 2 -- Where to Start
  • Chapter 3 -- Creating A New Mod
  • Chapter 4 -- Creating A New Map
  • Chapter 5 -- Scrolling, Sectors and Saving
  • Chapter 6 -- Building A Basic House
  • Chapter 7 -- Loading Your Mod Into Arcanum

    Part 2 - LEARNING THE ROPES

  • Chapter 8 -- Construction Lessons - Building
  • Chapter 9 -- Terra Arcanum - Terrain
  • Chapter 10 -- Sprucing Things up a Bit - Scenery
  • Chapter 11 -- Brightening up the Dark - Lights
  • Chapter 12 -- Dressers, Drawers and Street Signs - Containers and Descriptions
  • Chapter 13 -- Gold, Armour and Weapons - Adding Items and Filling Containers
  • Chapter 14 -- Adding, Dressing and Editing NPC's - Monsters and Townsfolk

    Part 3 - GETTING TANGLED IN THE ROPES

  • Chapter 15 -- Learning to Talk - An Introduction to Dialog
  • Chapter 16 -- Trading, Repairing, Training and Drinking - Complex Dialog
  • Chapter 17 -- Hey you! That's my stuff! - Keys and Locking Things
  • Chapter 18 -- Trapdoors and Teleportation - Passages
  • Chapter 19 -- Writing Lessons - Notes, Books and Bookstands
  • Chapter 20 -- Ships, Bridges, Mountains and Elven Tree Cities - Facades
  • Chapter 21 -- Watch Your Step - Traps

    Part 4 - STRANGLING YOURSELF WITH THE ROPES

  • Chapter 22 -- Planning and Designing A Module
  • Chapter 23 -- Inn Keeper, Expert and Master Training

    The remainder of Amtut is yet to be completed and unfortunately, it is likely that it never will be. If you have a question or something that you'd like to ask about modding, I recommend the Modding & Scripting Forum at Terra-Arcanum.

  • Chapter 24 -- Making a Quest
  • Chapter 25 -- Blessings and Curses
  • Chapter 26 -- Game Story State, Rumours and Reputations
  • Chapter 27 -- Town Maps and Custom World Map
  • Chapter 28 -- Ending Game, Playing Slides and Making Movies

    Part 5 - HANGING YOURSELF WITH THE ROPES

  • Chapter XX -- Creating Custom Character Backgrounds
  • Chapter XX -- Altering Tech/Magic System?
  • Chapter XX -- Custom Effects
  • Chapter XX -- Monster Generators?
  • Chapter XX -- Making Movies (Bink and Smack Editor?)
  • Chapter XX -- Things to Try (Talking trees, wishing wells, friendly rock monsters...)






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