Amtut comming to youtube!

Hello everybody, Its Chaoswizard here with great news. AMTUT is comming to youtube!

After reading AMTUT and finally understanding scripting and questing, I decided to make a series of tutorials for new modders based off of the AMTUT by Dark underlord.

I have seen people ask for this before, and I remember searching for this myself, so I decided to make a video version of AMTUT for future modders (and possibly myself if I ever forget).

Each video Is a chapter of AMTUT with a commentary (warning you right now im not the best at commentaries lol).

Ever since I successfully created my first mod, thanks to AMTUT and these forums right here, I wanted to share my knowledge with those still trying to create their first mod.

I hope this tutorial helps at least a few people looking to test out modding.
~chaoswizard98

Edit: Chapter 1 - creating a map
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oYSLA3RbV8

Chapter 2 (3 parts) Building a town and making it look nice / descriptions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu1owlfmiv8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMlDTA_zSpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfsRjEeUrhg

Chapter 3 (6 parts) learning to talk, trade, and some more scripting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ta76SIOZk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJdB0CdLBwA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bKw_J52Gs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tznS7Q2xP-A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC9pzHpxIEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=451Z4ECBDRk

Chapter 4 (comming soon) questing, advanced dialogue, expert/master training, ect.
QuestsKill something, talk to a guy, delivery)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS9ZJXNZAGs

Chapter 5 (comming soon) just some usefull stuff such as adding voices to characters, world maps, and whatever else needs adding.

Custom Portraits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdjtSvF9e7o

Monster Generators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzaBPcfBXdE

Custom Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ZugPHsK-E

Also if you want, here is a link to the playlist which will play all the videos in a row.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oYSLA3R ... AC4D64DAD9

And heres the link to my channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/chaoswizard ... sults_main

 

Very nice Chaoswizard98, I think a tutorial series like this will be a great help to a lot of people. I've tried reading through DU's tutorial and though it is detailed it is quite time consuming, videos are more accessible to your average person like me.

 

My thoughts exactly. Amtut is well written, however there are things that throw people off. If you dont have your computer set to show file extensions, you could end up saving a script file as 0001farmer.scr.doc

There are alot of computer specific issues that make following the guide step by step a little bit tricky such as the one above.

Hopefully these videos clear up some of the common mistakes

 

Though maybe someone from the modding community should judge and critique, I thought your first episode was useful. It certainly got further into making a mod that my perfunctory attempts!

 

Yeah I had a few problems while doing episode 1. My 2 video programs didnt want to work togeather for some reason so I lost a bit of quality. Now I figured out how to make them work togeather a bit better so I should have better quality on the next few videos.

I agree, someone from the community should judge its usefullness. This video was basically my first tutorial ive ever done so im not the best. Im glad you learned something at least.

 

Alright, Just finished chapter 2 of the amtut video tutorial. Chapter 3 is pretty long so it might be a small wait on that. I hope you guys find this video guide helpfull.

 

I'll have a look at theses the moment I get WorldEd working. Thanks for making them!

 

Your welcome =) let me know what you think.

 

Discovered my original CD works on vista, so I can make mods again

I went through all your videos today, they were good. Make more!

 

I am in the process of making more. So far I have about half of chapter 3 recorded.

 

Cheers, I look forward to it. Technically I could look up the Amtut by dark underlord but the walls of text scare me. Speaking of Dark Underlord, he mentions that the tutorials http://terra-arcanum.com/amtut/amtut.htm are not complete.

The remainder of chapter 4

Part 4 - STRANGLING YOURSELF WITH THE ROPES

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

And all of chapter 5

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...)

Are not done and he'll never finish them.

Now I need all of chapter 4 to make my own module and chapter 5 would be neat to have, especially Monster Generators and Making Movies. Now I can probably post on forums to ask how to do the various things but it would be awesome to have it all in tutorial format.

Would you be making the last parts (or at least chapter 4) in video form?

 

Yes I plan on leading you through the rest. I dont know how to do everything in those sections but I plan on learning them for the tutorial. I know almost all of part 4 and some of part 5.

I know how to make a quest (the 3 different types, kill something, delivering something, and talking to someone)

Blessings and curses I havent attempted yet but the files look like they act similar to quests so im sure I can figure it out.

story state I havent attempted yet (cause I havent really needed it) but I can figure it out same with rumors and reputations.

Im not sure how to make a custom world map (ill look at zammys tutorial and see if I can figure it out) however I know how to generate town maps (if you watch the begining of my first vid theres a part where I open the townmap)

Ending game and playing slides I have also not attempted yet but I plan on it. I need to know this too.

as for chapter 5
custom backgrounds I plan on trying (I read a guide and found it a bit confusing a while back, ill have to try it again)

magic tech altering I have no idea =/

Im not quite sure I understand what he meant by custom effects. shooting a bow and it makes a magical explosion? custom buffs such as a potion that turns you into a fire elemental? or custom particles by editing an art file?

making movies...um not sure on this either but I want to look into it as it seems cool

monster generators I messed around with it a bit, I made a cage with a stilwater giant generator so I could kill it like 100s of times for lvl 50 and 99 fate points for test characters. And I made another for a zombie survival map. turning it on and off I think I know how but ill have to mess around with it. (also I found an easier way for infinite char points / xp with a bit of scripting)

talking trees and such I briefly go over in chapter 3 however I dont show an example so ill add that as well.

I know DU's guide is not complete and never will be. Which I know a lot of people wish it was completed, myself included. Hopefully I can figure out the last few parts and finish it for him =)

 

I almost forgot about followers. They will be in the tutorial as well.

 

Wow, thanks very much! I can't wait to see them

 

hey guys its been a while, ive been busy lately so it took a while to finish chapter 3. Im starting to edit and render chapter 3 now so ill have some new vids posted shortly.

 

Most nifty. I'm still going through the whole "learn them prototypes to hopefully make awesome custom stuff" thing so I'll have plenty to keep me out of trouble till you post it up.

'course if putting those customised files in the module data folder rather than the arcanum folder works without bugs then I'll be much further along, but I want custom items and schematics too, so learning hex editors and how to do it all will give me plenty to chew on.

 

nice, sounds like you've got a challenge ahead of you. Id love to see another guide like your world map tutorial. keep up the good work =)

 

Cheers, If I can get my mad scheme to work, I'll definitely put up a tutorial. Found an old document which includes some prototyping information which looks neat. I think it might have enough to get me to the stage I can use trial and error to figure out what each of the hexadecimal pairs in the pro files mean. More research awaits!

 

Sorry for the wait ive been a bit busy. Im uploading the rest of chapter 3 now.

 

Woa didn't realize it's up, I'll check it out later today. Thanks for making the videos!