The.3D.Gamemaker.Manual.pdf

Contents

1. GETTINGSTARTED

2. THE MAIN INTERFACE

3. CREATING YOUR FIRST GAME

4. GENERALPROPERTIES

5. ADDING YOUR OWN SOUNDS AND GRAPHICS

6. SCENEPROPERTIES

7. THE PLACEMENT EDITOR

8. MAKING YOUR OWN SCENES

9. PLAYERPROPERTIES

10. PLAYER WEAPON PROPERTIES

11. ENEMY PROPERTIES

12. ENEMY FLAK PROPERTIES

13. OBSTACLE PROPERTIES

14. BOSS PROPERTIES

15. ITEM PROPERTIES

16. GLOBAL GAME SETTINGS

17. UPDATING VIA THE INTERNET

18. IMPORTING 3D MODELS

19. CREDITS

System Requirements

Minimum Spec

Recommended Spec

Processor

400 MHz Pentium II

600 MHz Pentium III

Operating System Windows 95/98/2000/ME

Windows 95/98/2000/ME

DirectX Version

7.0a

8.0a

Ram

64 MB of RAM

128 MB of RAM

CD-ROM Drive

4x Speed CD-ROM

16x Speed CD-ROM

Hard Drive Space 600 MB of hard disk space

600 MB of hard disk space

Graphics Card

Direct X compatible 3D

Accelerator required (8MB+)

Accelerator required (16MB+)

Sound Card

Direct X compatible Sound Card Direct X compatible Sound Card

1. GETTING STARTED

INTRODUCTION

Ever wanted to create your own first person shooter, running through a darkened crypt against hordes

of zombies? Or how about making a fast paced racing game across expansive icy tundra? The 3D

Gamemaker gives you the power to do so with nothing more than your mouse and a healthy

imagination. Gone are the days of slaving over a hot keyboard programming for hours, now you can

simply select the objects you require and drop them into your own action packed title.

Using an intuitive graphical interface The 3D Gamemaker allows you to quickly and effortlessly build

the type of game you want from a massive selection of genres, scenes and elements. Choosing the

look and feel of your game is as simple as clicking on a picture.

And if what you are looking for isn’t there, you can use The 3D Gamemaker’s advanced image, sound

and object importing tools to place your own graphics and objects into your games. If you had ever

fancied starring in your own production, now is your chance!

But it doesn’t stop there. With a multitude of additional options and settings to change for each part

of your game, from the speed of your bullets to the intelligence of your foes, you can literally tweak

your creation to your hearts content making each and every game unique.

Once you are happy with your creation you can save it as a stand-alone game and take it around to

your friends to play even though they won’t need to own The 3D Gamemaker to enjoy it.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

• After turning on your computer, place The 3D Gamemaker CD into your CD-Rom drive.

• The 3D Gamemaker is a Windows "AutoPlay" CD-ROM. This means that by putting the CD into the

drive for the first time, the installation program should start automatically.

• If the AutoPlay feature does not work when you put the CD into the drive, do the following:

• Double-click your "My Computer" desktop icon

• In the window that opens, double-click your CD-ROM drive (it is usually the D: drive)

• In the list that appears, find the file called setup.exe and double-click it.

• The installation program will now begin.

During installation you will be presented with a choice between a "Typical" or "Minimal" installation. The

"Typical" installation takes up more hard drive space but is strongly recommended, it will allow for large

scenes to be loaded much faster than a "Minimal" installation will.

RUNNING The 3D Gamemaker

To start The 3D Gamemaker simply double-click the icon located on your desktop. If you opted not to

install a desktop icon you can locate The 3D Gamemaker from the Windows Start menu under

T3DGM Software.

After The 3D Gamemaker has loaded you will be presented with the BEGINNER or STANDARD mode

selection screen. For more information, jump to chapter 3: CREATING YOUR FIRST GAME.

Note: You MUST ensure that you have a copy of DirectX 7.0 or higher installed on your PC. We have

provided you with a copy of DirectX on The 3D Gamemaker CD. If required run the directx\setup.exe

program to install. We also recommend you ensure that you have the latest drivers for your video card

installed, please see the web site of your video card manufacturer for further information.

ADVANTAGES OF The 3D Gamemaker

The 3D Gamemaker is unique and there is nothing else like it currently on the market. For the first time

non-technical people have been given the power to create their own games within minutes and have

lots of fun doing it. Here are some key benefits of The 3D Gamemaker:

• No programming skills are required.

• Easy to use, Creative, Fun and Imaginative.

• The 3D Gamemaker handles all the complex maths for you including collisions.

• A variety of player controls are available including keyboard, mouse and joystick.

• Enemies and end of level Bosses have a wide range of AI options.

• Adding different players, game items or enemies is as simple as clicking on a picture.

• Single or Two player options are available.

• The 3D Gamemaker can connect to the Internet for free updates including object models, sounds

and music.

Have Fun!

Our wish is that The 3D Gamemaker will allow you to unlock your creative potential, make some great

games and have fun to boot! All of us love making games and hope to inspire many others to

participate in this enjoyable activity. We’ve worked hard to remove all of the complex work from the

creation process so you can concentrate on pure games design.

Please share with us your thoughts and projects via our ever-growing World Wide Web site at

www.the3dgamemaker.com

2. THE MAIN INTERFACE

MAGIC GAME

Feeling too lazy to create your own game? Then why not let The 3D Gamemaker do it for you?! Just

click on Magic Game and you’ll be taken into this new sub-menu. The options are as follows:

These icons let you build your

game step by step, adding

elements as you go.

The last two icons access the global

settings and save game options.

The options

window

shows

items

available for

use in your

game

Game

category

selection

The preview

window

displays the

selected item

in more detail.

RANDOM GAME

If you want The 3D Gamemaker to create you a truly random

game then tick this box. It will select a random scene, player,

enemies and objects for you.

MAGIC GAME ID

There are 99 games built into The 3D Gamemaker and this

allows you to select which one of them is built. Just tick the box

and drag the Game ID slider from 1 to 99, each will give you a

different but fully playable end-result.

GAME ID

This sets the game to be created for the Magic Game ID option.

Click to start the Magic game creation process.

The Help bar displays the current area,

mode and game size.

Click this test button at any time to

play your game so far.

CANCEL

Click if you want to cancel a Magic Game.

THE EDITOR PREFERENCES

The editor preferences allow you to change certain aspects of The 3D Gamemaker.

MAIN MENU

The main menu can be accessed at any time by clicking The 3D Gamemaker icon on the top row.

BUTTON VOLUME

To set the volume for the button sounds click on the sliding bar

and drag to the volume required. Setting this value to zero will

ensure you hear no sound when clicking within the interface.

MAKE GAME

Click this to begin a new game

PLAY MUSIC IN TEST

If this option is ticked then music will always play when you’re

testing your game. It’s handy to be able to turn this off so that

you can tweak the sounds in your game as you create it.

LOAD GAME

Allows you to load a previously saved ".3DG" game.

MAGIC GAME

Click here and The 3D Gamemaker will create a game for you

PREFERENCES

Takes you to the editor preferences

ALWAYS RESET TEST

When you test a game, The 3D Gamemaker will re-position all

the game elements and let you test the game from the start. If

this option is not ticked, then the level is not reset and you’ll

continue testing from your last test point.

SWITCH TO STANDARD MODE

If you started The 3D Gamemaker in Beginner mode this will

take you into the Standard Mode (and visa versa)

EXIT THE 3D GAME MAKER

Returns you back to Windows.

ICONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

There are two sets of icons on the main screen, one for selecting game elements and the other for

selecting the game category.

The game element icons from left to right are

Icon

PREVIEW WINDOW CONTROLS

Name

Description

The preview window allows you to view the different animations for each element of your game. The

element selected will determine what controls are available.

Main Menu

Displays the main menu in the options window.

Scenes

Displays the available scenes from the currently selected graphics

category.

The controls from left to right top row are

A stop button to stop the animation

A play button to play the animation

Scroll bar to show animation length & preview a scene from start

to finish

Player

Shows the player objects from the selected category.

Bullets

Lists the bullets that a player object can shoot.

The controls from left to right on the bottom row are

Walking button plays the walking animation for element

Idle button plays the Idle animation for an element

Fidget button plays the fidget animation for an element

Firing button plays firing animation for an element

Hurt button plays the animation for an element being hurt

Die button plays the animation for an element’s death

Enemies

This is for displaying the enemy objects that you can choose to populate

the levels of your game.

Flak

Each enemy can shoot a weapon and this icon shows all the types of

enemy bullets available.

Obstacles

Add obstacles using this icon.

Boss

At the end of each level of your game you can choose one of the many

end of level Boss objects with this button.

The last three buttons (piano, chequered globe and green right arrow) allow you to change an element’s

music, sound FX, textures and to access the other properties available for that game element (see

chapter 4).

To rotate the element manually, click and hold down the left mouse button on the element within the

preview window, moving the mouse around will now rotate the element.

Items

Add strategy to your game by including power-ups, extra energy

capsules, health medic-kits etc.

Global Game This takes you to a menu that provides functions for setting up your

Settings

game’s title page and hi-score display, the difficulty of the game, adding

a 2 player mode and much more.

Save Menu

Once you’ve made your masterpiece, save it as a standalone game here

so that you can pass it to friends or colleagues that don’t have The 3D

Gamemaker.

The game category icons from left to right are:

SHOOTER

For first person perspective shooter games

HORROR

For horror styled games

WAR

For war games

SPACE

For space games including free-flight shooters

DRIVING

For driving based games

JUNGLE

For games set in the jungle

CARTOON

For cartoon styled games

SILLY

For silly games!

USER

For your own creations

WEB

For downloading new objects from the official 3D Gamemaker web site.

3. CREATING YOUR FIRST GAME

This section of the manual will guide you through the basics of creating your first game within The 3D

Gamemaker. What this section will not tell you is which game to make as that choice is up to you!

RUNNING THE 3D GAME MAKER FROM WINDOWS

Select The 3D Gamemaker icon from the Windows START menu or from the desktop icon. The 3D

Gamemaker will now load up and run within it’s own user interface.

CHOOSING BEGINNER OR STANDARD MODE

Load THE 3D GAME MAKER from your programs menu in windows.

When the editor mode selection screen appears click on Beginner Mode.

PICKING A SCENE

Once you have decided which type of game you would like to make it’s time to set the scene for your

game. To do this click on the second icon in the top row, the sunset, this is the game scene icon.

In the options window on the main view screen a selection of the game scenes will appear displayed

in thumbnail form:

To select the scene you require click once on the thumbnail. There will be a short pause as the scene

is loaded and a preview will be displayed in the preview window. In the example here, we’ve clicked on

the "Church01" scene.

When the main menu appears click on MAKE GAME in the options window.

The screen will now change to the main game creation screen and the rows of icons along the top will

be accessible. If you haven’t already done so now would be a good time to read the previous chapter

that gives you information on the main interface and its icons.

SELECTING A GAME CATEGORY

To select a game category click on one of the icons in the second row, the default selection is

‘SHOOTER’. Each game category has its own selection of game elements.

Now that a Scene has been chosen for the game to be played in, just one more selection is required to

actually start playing the game.

PICKING A PLAYER

• Click on the Player select icon to view all the player objects available within the currently selected

graphics category.

Remember the arrows at each end can be used to move the game category icons along and display

more game categories.

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