1. Building a Simple Level Player Location among other things Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

2. Introduction This is the presentation of miscellaneous topics The initial player location KillZ plane Blocking Volume Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

3. Player Location A new level will generally locate the initial location of a player After the level is largely constructed, this may not be in a desirable location This is an actor or sorts, like any it can be moved and rotated Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

4. Start Position Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

5. Moved Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

6. Results This leaves the player facing in the opposite direction of the building We use the rotational widget to reorient the player to wake up facing the building The top view works best in this case Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

7. Reoriented Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

8. KillZ Plane The base of the world is a plane of CSG or meshes If you poke a hole in it you get an bottomless abyss A player can fall into this with no end to the fall The KillZ plane is an infinite plane that should be below this A player hitting the KillZ plane dies and terminates the simulation for them Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

9. KillZ Again This plane is a red line in wireframe view Usually seen in Side or Front view If not present it should be added –Our version supplies it If you dig a basement you will need to lower the KillZ plane below this Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

10. Showing KillZ in Side View Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

11. Commentary Here the KillZ is at the surface Any removal of material will dip below the KillZ plane Otherwise it would be no problem We need to use the View Menu to change Select World Properties Then open Zone Set the plane Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

12. View / World Properties Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

13. Zone Info Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

14. Commentary We now set the KillZ plane to -200 uu This allows some excavation It is now near the bottom of the floor instead of the top It also lowers the red line in the next screen shot Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

15. New KillZ Plane at -200 Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

16. Blocking Volumes A blocking volume is invisible It acts like a solid but cannot be seen in play mode There is nothing there, but the player cannot walk through it Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

17. The process Create a BSP brush Position and/or size Right click –Select Add Volume –Select Blocking Volume What follows is three screen shots that show creating one This does not capture the experience of walking and being stopped Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

18. The Brush Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

19. Commentary Notice the cube was actually below the KillZ plane Next we position Multiple views help Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

20. Positioned Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

21. Right Click Brush Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill

22. Finally This is three features that we might or might not need in creating our level Now we can! Copyright © 2015 Curt Hill