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UnrealEd Tutorial 2 - Adding a Hallway and a Second Room by Cableless
 

In the interest of keeping things simple for the novice Unreal editor we are simply going to add another room and build a hallway connecting the two. We will explore door, monsters, and water in the next few tutorials.

Download the map for this Tutorial and install it in your C:\UNREAL\MAPS directory.

 
 

 

Creating the Second Room
 

  1. Click Build Cube on the toolbar. Shift-left Click on the brush move it so that it is centered on your room.
  2. Click Scale on the toolbar. CTRL-Left Click on the brush to scale the brush so that it encompases your room..
  3. Click Select Actors Inside Brush. You should see the actor that is your room go yellow.
  4. Now from the upper menu select Edit and then Duplicate.
  5. Press B to hide the brush.
  6. Shift-left Click on the duplicate room and move it some distance away from your original room.
  7. Under the Options menu at the top of the screen select Rebuild.
  8. Save your level!
 
 

 

Creating the Hallway
 

  1. Click Build Cube on the toolbar. Shift-left Click on the brush move it between both of your rooms.
  2. Click SnapScale Brush on the toolbar. CTRL-Left Click or CTRL-Right Click on the brush to stretch your room so it touches both rooms.
  3. Zoom in where the hallway meets each room by CTRL-Left Clicking and CTRL-Right Clicking while moving the mouse.
  4. Verify that each end of your hallway is exactly in line with the wall it touches with no overlap
  5. Click Subtract Brush from World on the Toolbar.
  6. Under the Options menu at the top of the screen select Rebuild.
  7. Select the small joystick( PlayerStart ) in your second room by CTRL-Left Clicking and then press Delete.
  8. Save your level!
  9. Select Play Level under the File menu at the top of the screen.

Next tutorial we will add a door.

 

 
 

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