REFLEX TRACK MAKING TUTORIAL

[al167]

Total beginners guide to building reflex tracks.

these tutorials will be youtube videos that will be in several stages and should cover all aspects of making reflex tracks using the twisteddirt editor Digital Earthworks.
To make it easy i have included a track building kit, wich contains the digital earthworks editor,tools, samples and other files needed to make reflex tracks. 

making reflex tracks isnt easy, and its a lot of work, but these vids are aimed at the total beginner and if followed step by step, you should be making pretty good tracks soon!!!

ive only done 1 video at the moment but stay tuned for the rest.

what you will need:
-photoshop(i use adobe photoshop cs5)
-reflex track building kit (link below)

REFLEX TRACK BUILDING KIT V1.0
http://www.mediafire.com/?fz0f3gj7x0djfsl


REFLEX  TUTORIAL VIDEO 1
     -PART 1 - Installing the track editor and getting started.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge5dVi3-M0k
         
REFLEX  TUTORIAL VIDEO 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAL-xxsajf8

REFLEX  TUTORIAL VIDEO 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg0NVRgUZs&feature=youtube_gdata

REFLEX  TUTORIAL VIDEO 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHog_LrHhd8&feature=youtube_gdata

REFLEX  TUTORIAL VIDEO 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDsz0gQAzM&feature=youtube_gdata

REFLEX  TUTORIAL VIDEO 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmTJ8-kgYtE

cheers al167

[JamieT]

Great tutorial bud, its very well explained so far

Just a request for the next step in the video...
To explain to people about the scale number. I see afew people on various message posts etc, that dont understand why their scale gets smaller, as the number increases. I read this somewhere, may have been in the wiki, but here's the explanation...

Terrain height (in feet) = 2048ft / Scale.

so obviously, scale 10 would mean maximum height of 204.8 feet, you probably already know this anyway

Also when I first start a track, I will make a hill on my map as high as it can go. Then I will go into the game and see whether the scale is what I imagined.


Keep them coming Al, you've done a good job!

[AMA_King]

Great idea... 

Thanks for your contribution! 
I wish I had more time to work on it...

[MADMAN855]

Al, please check the message I sent to your you tube e-mail. Thx

[MxPro318]

Keep up the great work man! Looking forward to Pt 2, not sure if there is anything you need any help with but if so feel free to message and I'll let you know if I'm capable or not 

[al167]

JUST ADDED VID 2
the link is in the first post!

cheers al167

[MADMAN855]

PT.2 was awesome work al, it would have taken me months to stumble across those photoshop techniques. shift-clicking..... who knew??!! setting jump height with the opacity??!! WHAT??!! ..... and then the gradient tool... that's some serious high level jedi stuff! Be careful when you open photoshop because al is running around in there with his light saber lol. I'm starting to think al is secretly an ex-rainbow studios developer.....

[al167]

just added part three in the first post.

cheers al167

[al167]

just added pt 4 how to make jumps, whoops, berms and ruts

[al167]

just added part 5 - how to finish your height map and smooth it.

cheers al167

[mcm2boys]

Great job..

-snip
I split the topic about import height map scaling to here to keep this thread on topic..

Laurie

[al167]

just added part 6 how to make a topdown map

cheers al

[AMA_King]

Last post: November 17, 2012

Can you point me to any new / better info?

[JamieT]

I think everything in those tutorials should still be pretty relevant.  Not much much has changed, just additions to what was already there.  The help file in DE is of course a good place to start, as well as a few threads on here where guys have asked for help.