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The Official Duke Nukem 3D Level Design Handbook is the bible for creating totally new Duke Nukem 3D levels. Written in cooperation with 3D Realms and the maker of the Build engine, this official handbook includes an exclusive DOOM WAD conversion program and valuable insider information -- including tips and tricks from the actual level designers of the original Duke Nukem 3D game.
Graduate from Duke "fan" to Duke "creator".
3D Realms has given you the Tools; this book gives you the knowledge.
BECOME LORD & MASTER OF THE 3D UNIVERSE!
- Master "Build", the 3D level editor
- Create Sector-Effectors
- Use textures, shading, and palettes like Duke da Vinci
- Fill the world with weapons, medkits, and other sprites
- Create your own NASTY monsters
- Populate your levels with awesome objects
- Learn the secrets of teleportation, subways, mirrors, and other constructs
Make the best levels ever. Discover the differences between single- and multi-player level design. Employ suspense, surprise, risk, reward, and other professional level design tricks. Change the game's artwork with EditArt -- or modify CON files to actually change the way the game plays.
Get INSIDE information! Richard Bailey Gray (a.k.a. The Levelord) and Alen S. Blum III, designers of the original Duke Nukem 3D levels, show you how to create levels that people will clamor to play again and again.
The CD-ROM includes a working conversion utility that converts all your DOOM, Heretic, and Hexen levels into Duke Nukem 3D levels. With this exclusive conversion program -- available only to our readers -- you can add thousands of levels of new Duke Nukem adventures. You'll also find 50 outstanding, ready-to-run levels, designed by dedicated Duke-heads nationwide. In addition, the CD features shareware versions of Duke Nukem 3D and other popular Apogee and 3D realms games; tips for modifying the game's parameters using CON files; and sample art you can import into your own levels using the EditArt utility.
