Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Modding Tutorials: Your first level

[@tenkaichi412]

The fact you guys not only made *great* modding tools, but actually uploaded a tutorial for people on how to use them is fucking amazing. I will be a Larian fanboy for life.

[@jamesschultz2039]

If only their games had the ability to romance female lizards. Until then, their games will be on my personal list of crap games along with Far Cry 3.

[@BIRLZ95]

Absoluetly amazing that you have put this into the game for everyone to use

[@jsgdk]

Tools like this were made for the level designers, not the players, its an engine tool like Unreal Editor. Its cool that they made it public tho. NeverwinterNights1 did something similar and it resulted in it being the single best rpg game(and imo game overall) ever released, I dont think this will be a replacement, since its limited to 4 players and its turn based, where in nwn1 you could make huge mmo worlds by linking multible 50 players servers, I think we will see alot of great single player and co-op adventures released for this just like we did for nwn1 tho

[@davedavidson8208]

I'm actually a longtime NWN player, and this probably the closest thing i've seen to a modern reboot of NWN. I'm very impressed. It would be amazing to allow 50 players on a private server again, i think it could be done with this game, but i'm not exactly sure the devs will ever really look at that route. The game is still very new, so who knows what will come in the future.

[@markus4595]

It is not "absolutely amazing". It is to be expected. It should be the norm for adventure games.

[@acesonfire]

Another entitled gamer.

[@acesonfire]

Who me? Or the guy that seems to think that we are entitled to this stuff? They didn't have to release this to the public, but posh gamers like him think they deserve all that they desire from video games. They have no sense of gratitude or appreciation for anything game related. To tem it s "to be expected."

[@jordangreen954]

This is fantastic! It covers the basics, is explained clearly, isn't too slow/boring, and explains everything from start to publishing. I'd like to see more videos like this, if possible, for other things such as creating custom weapons, scripts, resources etc.

[@anne-marie1039]

super cool to offer all this stuff to the players

[@MrDasbinich123]

So, after testing the editor out for a bit there's one thing that is important to know when building a level. If you're making a platform that can't be reached by walking up there, but can only be accessed by other means (like ladders or teleporting) it will only be made walkable if you put an "AiSeeder" trigger there.

[@haydend.2678]

How do you do that? Just paint the surface with Movement in the AI panel? Does this make it possible to have surfaces or areas under the bridge walkable?

[@WELLbethere]

@@haydend.2678 Late reply, but the AiSeeder is placed the same way as a start trigger, and can be found in the same location. The start trigger actually includes an AiSeeder, which is why you don't need to place one alongside them when you make a new "basic" level in the editor.

[@mikeet207]

This was a really helpful tutorial. I've been messing around with the editor and I'll admit it is a bit overwhelming. This cleared up a lot of questions I had and did not even know I had yet. Thanks Kevin.

[@SilverDashie]

This game is so open to modding it makes me miss this being a common practice. I'm used to UT modding and this is a breath of fresh air for pc modding. Thanks guys!

[@deadhawk1212]

THANK YOU! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've always been interested in trying out the editor and am absolutely ecstatic that you guys released this tutorial. In just half an hour I think I've grasped the fundamentals! Man, I'm absolutely energetic to hop into trying to make an adventure already! Thanks again, it seriously helps! I'd love to see more!

[@IsvRada]

Finally, official tutorials and doc coming to us! thank you Larian.

[@nathandonnelly5994]

Absolute mad lads making these tools available. Love game studios that release modding tools for their games.

[@kingzeeb319]

LarianStudios going deep with the community, great stuff!

[@Zafkiel_NOX]

Larians are the best, I hope I have reason to say it many times in future. My warm hugs to you guys

[@ShadowFita]

You guys are brilliant. There is a reason I bought Divinity: OS 2 on release.

[@nathanmoyer7297]

Larian is in my top 5 favorite developers now,

[@NatrajChaturvedi]

I have actually tried this already but the tutorial still cleared a couple of things up. Fantastic inclusion in the best pc game of 2017 so far...!!!

[@TheCreepyComrade]

Thank you so much for this game, and everything with it. You guys have done something truly amazing here. Well done!

[@gongal]

Can we import our own 3D and other assets?

[@clintmcmahan3792]

Are there skyboxes that can be used for elevated areas where it isn't feasible to have actual terrain below? Just to give the appearance of world off in the distance.

[@simplyspenser887]

Ох, вы слишком хороши чтобы быть людьми. Полу-боги как минимум:) Не только создали великолепные игры, так ещё и постоянно совершенствуете их, да ещё и давая людям все инструменты, чтобы делать это самим. Удачи вам ребята!

[@heinrammsteiner5898]

I like that they actually explain how to use the tools unlike other games

[@ceomyr]

I see steam workshop has a bunch of modded content already. But I bought DOS2 from GOG. Is there some shared modding resource? I'd like to share stuff I make and download stuff that others make.

[@thexgoat11]

www.nexusmods.com/divinityoriginalsin2/?

[@dlepi40]

The Nexus is always a really great place for mods and they have their own software/installer that makes it super simple if you know the basics of locating files on Windows.

[@henrythecat7767]

Divinity Original Sin 2 Nexus www.nexusmods.com/divinityoriginalsin2/mods/top/?

[@SpartanWolf222]

Wow. I could not have asked for a more helpful video when I started to dabble in these tools.

[@oxand1]

Amazing ! Thanks for all the tips. Hope there will be more. It's clear and accurate. Nice editing too. (Excuse my poor english)

[@kingckfu]

Will there be a video on skills too? thanks for the great tutorial.

[@MichaelAllen22842]

Excellent modding tutorial. Thank you a ton for posting this.

[@sarnicholas4053]

Never messed around with anything like this before - this is *super* cool!

[@not3851]

Imagine this in Baldur's Gate 3, the community making new maps with quests, npcs, history and etc. Creating portals or invocations to transfer the character from baldur's gate from the custom map and playing in the community maps

[@zhitposterzupreme9120]

I can't get past 05:53. Every time I click that arrow to add the texture material nothing happens and I can't continue because my terrain isn't created.

[@Ninjamanhammer]

Same.

[@Ninjamanhammer]

I got it to work. Make sure you have the terrain picked, (highlighted blue), before you click the arrow, this will update what the terrain material box says, and you can click ok.

[@FortisConscius]

The file has to have the blue ball icon next to it. I found that by deselecting all the other icons along the top then selecting the blue ball it gave all the viable options. For a long time I was searching TR_ and finding purple squiggle icon stuff but no blue ball stuff. If I click-for-click like in the video the filter doesn't work the same for some reason.

[@Denestra74412]

Been using this tool since it came out and I am glad I watched this since I was able to learn some more about the tool :)

[@GiblixStudio]

I'm in the engine, through GoG, but... It doesn't let me select Terrain Material. The icons in front of the files are purple and not blue. When i select them the other window doesn't recorgnize it and won't let me proceed.

[@Twunga]

Really solid presentation - thanks kevin!

[@Giantkiller130-t]

I’m so excited to use this to create a campaign for my players

[@Roksik]

A stupid question, if I may. How do I move my POV camera back and forth in the editor? A and D are for left and right, holding down the wheel is for rotation; W, S, the mouse wheel AND space are for zoom. Where's back and forth?

[@EvilNecroid]

i tried to add an island off the coast of fort joy but when i go into the game i just have floating trees? everything i added works except for the terrain?

[@thekaiser403]

fantastic guide, cant wait to start my own expansion for my friends

[@Dorkenmore]

Woo! Never stop doing these!

[@Shangootiki]

I made a floor, a wall, a light source, a starting area, map edges, and atmosphere. took me 3 hours and I feel awesome

[@lukereznor5015]

I know this is old by many people's standards but could you update some of these tutorials. I tried going through the wiki to create a weapon/loot but menus and other option steps are not the same or not explained enough from the original to definitive editors. This is a fun game and i want to poke around in it but i can't find any current information that helps.

[@abnnizzy]

A tutorial on how to make new spells and put it on the game and crafting list? pretty please?

[@nyanko2077]

Most wanted video. Thank you so much!

[@wedb4876]

So cool, thanks larian and kevin! can we import custom static meshs as well ?

[@DecalGuy77]

Awesome tut i learned quit a bit =D Keep em coming!!!

[@muxmeg]

Great video! Please, keep them coming!

[@mvaleno]

Awesome! However, I am having trouble rotating and zooming the map easily... is there a list of the camera controls for this? And is there a "snap to ground" hot-key. To make a object snap to ground?

[@byronfoodjikla]

for some reason, the arrow button when adding new terrains does not work for me. It simply does nothing. Anyway to bypass it or fix the problem?

[@GentlesirGibbles]

I'm having the same issue, if you mean for adding for paint terrains. Upvoting for visibility.

[@GentlesirGibbles]

Hey, found out the issue after some messing around, you have to make sure your main terrain is selected in the terrain panel. screenshot provided, for ease of view prntscr.com/sibbz1

[@zoiwill00]

I want a series about this, I am having struggles in modding stats, weapons, skills.. pretty much everything releated to parameters

[@Unintelligentful]

I'm unsure about this, but I'm sure all of that stuff should be done using the GM tool in the game itself.

[@LadySinovera]

16:52 the "Edit Wall" button does not exist in mine. I can't find it anywhere =/

[@Namesthename]

It's at the top of the sidebar when the wall is selected

[@SeventhheavenDK]

Hi, I have been watching some of your tutorials, and I hope you can solve this doubt for me. Can I use the Engine to add my own quests in the game, like for instance, adding a cave near Arx that takes me to a place where I can fight my own version of a battle against the God King with my characters and status from the main game? Or all these new story campaigns are totally independent from the main game? Thanks in advance.

[@WELLbethere]

Oh please, please do the same for baldurs gate 3! There's already been so many awesome improvements to the engine just off of what we've seen from early access (seemless multi-story buildings without teleports to link the floors!)

[@tad3300]

It would be nice if you could tell us how to create a new skill tree, I m trying to replicate the warlock skill tree in the neverwinter nights 2. edit : it seems this can be done using stats editor

[@Monshira]

Please could you cover creating custom races and classes? I've been trying to figure this out a while! :)

[@DecalGuy77]

When I create a level it has a blue tint and when i test it im getting a origin character instead of the default dummy character. Any ideas why?

[@SpartanWolf222]

16:16 No matter how much I have rewwatched that segment I cannot place bridges or buildings on my map, so I've been dabbling solely with the terrain and paint editor. Any suggestions on what is the issue?

[@HeraBek]

I know this is 5 months late, but he clicks a button on the mode panel on the left, the symbol with a plus and a cone, then with it selected in the resource browser, he clicks in the editor area.

[@ragura]

Thank you for this very clear explanation! Time to start building now :-)

[@TkaiTheNoLifeKing]

Need more of those! You are the best!

[@DominicVario]

I love this studio and all the tutorial videos that you put up, but why do they all sound like they were recorded in a huge, all tile bathroom? That reverb...

[@dylansager6854]

gtfo this is AMAZING TO WATCH..please upload or stream more (if you don't) this exact content idk why i can wtch it for hours

[@HtorneDK]

Very nice I hope something similar is comming to BG3

[@michaelbreese103]

This is amazing! Thank you for making this I can't wait to get my hands dirty. Will you guys be releasing a video on making skills, talents, and items?

[@Ashtarte3D]

The terrain painting system is great, I'll have fun messing with that later. I was legit worried when the tool kit was announced that it'd work like Bethesda's games which use a grid based "Lego" building system. This video has one major problem though that I hope you'll address in the future. The most important aspect of level design is dressing the scenery and that part was completely sped over. It's not the grand strokes of a level that make it really impressive, it's the little details. We'll definitely need a video on all the commands and tricks for placing decoration objects and such in the future.

[@maxr3140]

I wanna learn modding now and create a story campaign:D thanks for showing the basics

[@commanderfuent]

Thanks Kevin, you rock man!

[@ace9213]

Is there any other way to rotate the camera without using the middle mouse button? My middle mouse button doesn't work well and is a pain.

[@jacobjamison6827]

Hi can you help me? I can create an npc with dialogue in the editor but cannot figure out how to export to the GM mode.

[@urdnotwrex6969]

it reminds me of Warcraft 3 editor with custom models from Hiveworkshop. DAAAAAAAAMN. Good job Larian. For me you are on the same level as CD Projekt Red.

[@ArvindSwainOfficialChannel]

Urdnot Wrex well cd project red is good but larian is better.

[@urdnotwrex6969]

well its my opinion and i am sure we are enjoing both games :D

[@GiblixStudio]

for an area like Ft Joy+marshes. how many tiles of 128 metres were used for that? doubt 3-3 or 4-4 would be enough for that. would it?

[@hebrux]

If I want to create a new recipe, for example, eating a fish leaves behind a fish bone, how do I do that?

[@gracenote108]

When selecting a material object in the Resource Manager, I get an error saying "Adding object to node: center of the object '' is too big to fit in the node. All the other types of resources load but not these. I am using the GOG editor.

[@PresterAdams]

the editor is always crashing when i am loading the mod like you do at 2:42 ... always. i have everything set up as you said, checked multiple times, and it just crashes... making me sad since i kinda need to create maps to use game master effectively ...

[@Zebraman47]

That's a great tutorial, but there's something I still don't get yet, how do you rotate the damn camera ? Currently I'm using the narrow key to navigate on maps but it's a pain in the ass. Edit : Nervermind, found it, it's middle mouse button (wich doesn't work anymore in my case). Any way to remap the editor's shortcut ?

[@Davitofrito]

Only now finding out about this because of a post on 4chan of all place (/vrpg sub forum), and now I wanna re buy this game after already owning it for Xbox One. Hope you guys release something similar for BG3.

[@artival22]

You guys really need a better microphone... your videos are good and helpful and it’s just great from you guys to do this, i just think that would be a very useful improvement ! :)

[@AlexanderEndless]

How do we create Races? A few mods have done this. Can you walk us through the process?

[@nicogesellbarrios7956]

Imagine having tools like this to make the all guardsmen party darwinian character creation come to life. that would be so bloody hilarious RiGhT?

[@troyhumphreys9952]

We need a talk on how that procedural bridge asset is setup. What other examples do you guys have in the tools. Cool stuff

[@Kolopaper]

Is there a way for us, to use the character creation screen for custom adventures? Or do we need to customise everything from the Divinity Engine?

[@TrackManiaFtw]

One quick question: How do I rotate the camera in the main window? Pressing down middle mouse button (like ingame) only makes the camera shake violently without ever turning my viewpoint.

[@TrackManiaFtw]

In case anyone is wondering: I figured it out: Use "Ctrl + G" to switch to ingame camera controls (can also be done via the menu button next to the one you use to switch into game view)

[@Noface121]

Thanks for that, I'm about to try to use this and I think that would've caused me some trouble!

[@nyanko2077]

How do you rotate inside the view? I have been trying to do that for a while. Can't figure it out.

[@Jonathan-sf6ej]

Neither can i

[@ajparker7575]

Hey, this is nice & all, but... how do I look at the effects of skills in the game? ie, I wanna make it so huntsman skills that require a ranged weapon can use wands... or make wands have the tag of ranged weapon, whichever would be easier.

[@PhilJervell]

So just found this game and starting to use GM... only one question how the heck do I move that terrain around like that... it only moves in out, side to side on a fixed axis? thanks and I apologize for using this old thread...a thanks

[@dafil4234]

Very knowledgeable. Thank you hope to see more videos. Only thing is you should call out some of your key binds i have been having a hard time following along when you use keys instead clicking on the Interface.

[@MaxedEntropy]

So correct me if i'm wrong, but the "Light probe" tool is basically where your map's Sun is? Like, the place where the light originates.

[@Ryten182]

How do you get that side bar to drag the wall out because I cannot for the life of me find that in the new version. Thank you.

[@josecaldo1591]

Is there a way to add story like dialogue boxes or something ?

[@PIZZA4021]

I've been following the tutorial up until the generate AI , but when i did it shows me an error "Couldn't check out level data file (and the pathing to divinity game/ data/Mods/ game(a lot of numbers) /Levels/ lavachamber (the map I'm trying to make)/meta.lsd" why is that ?

[@RenegadeFury]

When I type tr_ nothing shows up for some reason, there are no materials appearing for me

[@mantis_monk]

Hey gang I need help. I don't seem to have any of the material resources shown in this video. I have a few things such as Engine_Color_Unlit_Opaque. Is there somewhere to download the resources shown in the video? Thank you!!

[@АннаЗинурова]

Can you make tutorial for "The Divinity Engine Enhanced Edition" (Larian Editor)?

[@23edsa]

Hi, can you teach us how to import custom character models or pieces of environment?

[@mackoliver6605]

Thanks, Kevin!

[@vb7limpinator]

So, what do I do if the level just keeps loading as it's stuck at around 1/4 of the bar.

[@onecentnickel]

My root Template folder doesn't have separate folders for organization. Not sure how to fix that?

[@cheburdevil8095]

Thanks for the tutorial. Maybe someone can help me with one problem, the tool starts, but after downloading it closes immediately, the data is downloaded, the path to it is selected, what could be the problem?

[@hadi9127]

You guys need to make a Toolset like Neverwinter Nights. You could script events and voice ( use mic) to give npcs voiced dialog. And you could make your own little area's. I donno how i feel about the Game Master mode. It was a let down cause it worked like some Old school dungeons and dragons kinda thing, and you couldnt really play it by yourself. It would be awesome if you could play a fully made voiced game created by players with scripted events that was EASY to make just like Neverwinter nights Toolset. You could change the characters looks, dialog box, pathing (where they walk) make a city feel lively, It gave you so much freedom than what we have now. I love divinity but it lacks creativity when it comes to Game Master

[@Radoria]

Thank you SO MUCH! for this tutorial

[@Reactor519]

-How do your potions bussiness going? -Mixed.

[@thomaso468]

Amazing! I'm really astonished by what the engine can doIs there a way however to turn the bridge and other building parts in a more personalised angle instead of just 90 degrees angles?

[@Arguyus]

I got the definitive edition and don't have any of this, how do I get this stuff?

[@MithrilRoshi]

THANKS FOR THIS! I really mean it.

[@stephanbeaudin6353]

I have a small stupid question : its my 1st time ever in an engine, i'd like to know how you can REMOVE items. either it is a lightprobe, a character, or whatever. I cant find how to remove anything ! :D

[@kalolord]

click it then hit delete