HPL3/SOMA/Level Design

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Getting Started

• Your First Map
• Advice for Level Designers

General

• Level Editor Controls
• Level Editor View
• Level Editor Toolbar
• Level Editor Color Dialog
• Level Editor Preferences
• Level Settings
• Level Information
• Pose Editor
• Finding Objects
• Importing and Exporting Objects
• Compounds

Primitives

• Working with Primitives

Static Objects

• Working with Static Objects

Entities

• Working with Entities
• Entity Poser
• Detail Mesh Entity

Lighting

• Lights Overview
• Point Lights
• Spot Lights
• Light Masks
• Global Spot Light
• SH Probes

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Terrain Editor

• Terrain Editor Overview
• Creating Terrain
• Terrain Height Map
• Terrain Painting
• Terrain Texturing
• Undergrowth

Effects

• HDR
• Color Grading
• Environment Particles
• Billboards
• Lens Flares
• Particles
• Sounds
• Decals
• Fog Areas
• Exposure Areas

Detailing

• Combos
• Detail Meshes

Design Theory

• Indoor Level Performance
• Outdoor Level Performance

Resources

• In Pursuit of Better Levels - Free educational book on Level Design
• "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" Asset Pack

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