Black Ops 3 Mod Tools | Tutorial 10 - Zones and Zombie Spawners

[@Aversion666]

i really appriciate your tutorials, they arent just spoonfeeding and teach you how they work. this helps a lot considering most tutorials dont explain anything and leave you very limited.

[@JBird632]

Thank you so much :D That is exactly what my channel is striving for, to help people improve at mapping, scripting and modding so they can be proficient to do this themselves. I actually don't really care for "tutorials" that are just drag and drop, it doesn't teach people anything (though I guess I do have a couple of those like the traversals, but that's more of just a tedious thing lol). Anyways, thanks for the comment, good luck modding :D

[@Aversion666]

JBird632 thanks for the reply! Cant wait to learn more!

[@Randbo]

thank the lord jesus almighty ive been waiting for this tutorial

[@YoItsDillan]

Same

[@xanderalex4341]

I literally went through your playlist a few hours ago and saw that there was no zombie spawner tutorial and now you uploaded it lol

[@flamedude8]

Thank you so much for all of the tutorials JBird! You are a lifesaver. I attempted to make some maps for WaW a while ago but gave up because I couldn't get anything to work. I spent a little time today making just a small map for testing purposes and I tested it in game and it actually worked!

[@kalt2302]

How about a tutorial on how to make it so that certain lights turn on when the power is activated?

[@leonardolizardi6377]

truee

[@surfypolecat4731]

u can do that by dragging a light over onto your map and go into the info by pressing n. then scroll down untill u find 1 2 3 4 so on u can turn 1 off which means if 1 is off meaning the lights will not turn on untill power is turned on simple

[@kellbeekay]

Loving the tutorials JBird, it's really helping my map

[@joeljimenez2199]

Thank you so much! I love this series! Keep up the amazing work!!!

[@deadman69420]

I've watched all of your videos they come in so handy

[@TumpoV12]

Thanks I've got zones working now for the first time including waw :)

[@JayCreationsDev]

I can confirm that you can't have two windows with the same script noteworthy so rip me. Took me forever to figure out what was going on lol

[@GTGamingTv]

can you please explain more?(=

[@JBird632]

They have to have different script_noteworthy's or the zombies don't know which one to go for. Basically the string can be anything, just make sure they are different and the zombie has the same string so it knows to go to that specific window.

[@GTGamingTv]

***** Thanks JBird! You rock dude :)

[@JBird632]

np

[@TongPik3]

Nice! I have a better understanding of Zones now! Thank you!

[@dmcgullwing5148]

I'm super late but I'm making a book that has a step by step guide on how to use this software and you're helping a lot!

[@cityslicker4983]

How is that coming? I know that you commented this a year ago, but I was just curious. I would definitely buy that.

[@dmcgullwing5148]

@@cityslicker4983 its not a proper book its a little scrap book i ditched doing this modding quite a while ok cuz my pc ran the software rly slow i think i still have it somewhere

[@rustydogg]

How would you do spawn points? I keep dying every time I spawn in, despite having a volume.

[@callmeJackUK]

When I make an indoor area, I get weird light spots in the corners and by the ceiling.

[@d-2-k73]

great this is exactly what i was missing you da man

[@StormHeflin]

Edit: My computer has been broken for a few months. I will not reply to this post until I get the motherboard I need to fix my computer. I will gladly help out any newcomer who has questions about creating a map. Whether you have issue, or you just want to learn a specific thing, I'll gladly help you.

[@ziffy941]

my map wont load after i code in the zone

[@JBird632]

Are you getting an error in launcher? You likely just have a syntax error in your code

[@StormHeflin]

***** I honestly love how you replied to him quicker than I could even though it's my own comment thread. Good work!

[@JBird632]

I get notified as well you know :P

[@ziffy941]

its just that everytime i try to load in it goes to the cinematic of the trees and when i restart the map it does the same thing

[@colby5254]

Could you make a short tutorial on how to make the perks in zombies light up when the power is turned on?

[@VerK0]

Yiss

[@isaacg35]

maybe

[@crypt0sFX]

I second this Jbird, PLEASE! :D

[@MrRobotman]

I know how to - you select the perk machine. Right click and enter prefab show all. Select every spotlight-looking object around the machine and scroll down on entity info until you find lighting state with about 4 tick boxes. Tick the first box. Right click and leave prefab show all. Lights should now work. :D

[@colby5254]

thx

[@angelaheart6432]

Thank you for your amazing videos man

[@duffy_115]

Very well explained tutorial. Got it all working :)

[@LG1ikLx]

I still keep dying when entering the next zone? I have done all the scripting. I changed the zone name to the same one in the script and made sure the door as the script to enter the enxt zone. my zone is called two_zone what am i doing wrong?!? I have tried maching the zones up and even overlapping them a bit

[@sourcespooky393]

im having the same issue, everything script wise seems to be in order and i followed exactly what he said. But i keep dying when i go into my next zone.

[@Greenhawks45]

​ @SourceSpooky @CnPx www.ugx-mods.com/forum/mapping/92/tutorial-making-zones-the-right-way/12916/ This helped me,, I was having the same problem until i added the Step 4 which is to add: init_zones[any number not used yet] = "yourzonename";

[@MrBlackOP]

awesome vids, u really help me out a lot

[@itslogy8957]

Can u do a tutorial on how to add other weapons from other maps in to the mystery box please

[@billyroso3920]

Jeez your a smart man! At first it didn't work but thats because radiant defaulted a stupid world volume that covered my map, so when I added a volume/scripted it pretty much dragged me away (character was getting crushed) went back found the sucker and bam the dirt is gone

[@Ryan-sj3cb]

Alright. thanks man. I was freaking out even thought it was adjacent

[@fedkerr76]

i create a zone and after compiled the map, when i run my map i buy a door and i go in the second map zone, and the volume death barrier killed me. Can i have some help please? The start_zone has targetname: start_zone | script_noteworthy: player_volume | target: start_zone_spawner and i don't die The second zone has targetname: second_zone | script_noteworthy: player_volume | target: second_zone_spawner and i die all 2 zones Can i have some help please?

[@briancharette4572]

I cant seam to get my starting zombies to spawn in like the buyable door to the new zone works but i cant get the initial zombies to spawn in. can someone please help?

[@evanlewis9313]

I have watched this video through multiple times and I have done everything exactly right, and it is still not working. Any ideas?

[@avengefulgamer3188]

so can you for examples move the test_zone into the start_zone a little bit so when you first enter the second zombies will still spawn in a few spawners near the exit of the start zone and not just come from one zone? kind of like treyarch zombies just because you buy 1 door and go through it doesnt mean the stop coming from windows close by behind the door. If thats not what you do what can you do to keep them spawning in a mix of zones? I feel it would be a little cheese to just sit in the front of the door and not have to watch behind you.

[@JBird632]

Their script does that for you. Basically the script will spawn zombies in your current zone and any connecting zones to the one you are in (so long as they are active). Make sure you do not overlap zones.

[@avengefulgamer3188]

Oh that's dope

[@DrNaCl]

im having issues! I have 2 zones both leading into 1 zone but the zombis will spawn before i buy either of the triggers to enter the zone. someone halp plz!

[@OfficialFraq]

Hey JBird, I love your tutorials. They've made using Radiant a hell of a lot easier, but I still have one question about spawning. I want to spawn zombies, but I don't want them to be risers specifically. Are there any KVPs that I need to add/edit to make them appear out of thin air?

[@GaIahad]

I had to add an entity (spawner_zm_factory_zombie) because the waves were not starting. Even with the correct spawners/zones/barricades.

[@FuryLingerOfficial]

sorry for bad english and i don't know how to explain it, start zone zone1 and all others area of my map zombies come to me but 2 areas have 2 zones different and i added everything in .gsc and script_flag etc.. but zombie don't know me they don't move and only the zombies spawns in the zone know me and vise versa (lol sorry don't know how to write it)

[@kellbeekay]

Also what could be the issue, I am able to spawn in, but no zombies ever spawn

[@wulfanator1938]

can you do a tutorial on powered items like lights that come on when power turns on, fixing lighting on the perk machines when power is on, etc.

[@chromaspark1257]

The zombies break down the barrier, climb over, them teleport to the outside of the barrier. :/

[@IlMrRandomlI]

anyway you can make a tutorial on how to add Electric cherry perk machine or add custom weapons into the mystery box?

[@brohorse7870]

uh... I did everything correctly and now my buyable door is "not available" in game.. please help

[@gannongonsiorowski734]

Please make an np tutorial I can't get it so my walls are wall-bangable and I can't figure out the separate spawns for separate teams

[@ninjapotato5079]

When I go up to the door that connects to the other zone it says not available and I can't buy it any solutions?

[@visper7419]

Nice videos so far mate, but would you care to explain how i add and adjust stairs i just can't seem to find any instruction on how to do so, and it's really important to have it in my map. cheers and thanks in advance

[@myras962]

Honestly wish i could disable death barriers in my custom maps.

[@InfusedHAMR]

Can someone I cant select placed spawners and my game ends when I load it up. I have my spawn location inside the zone so idk.

[@the_kevin_2771]

when I load up the map, there is no zombies and no round/round counter

When I drag some models as the metal doors you used I just see them black, what doing wrong?

[@pbrunet44]

Can you make a tutorial for teleporters?

[@AlsoEvann]

Could you do player spawns next for zombies

[@MiniMeGaming]

Okay so i did all of this and my zones worked fine. but after a while of working with my map. they are now broken and i get 0 zombie spawns in my game? anyone know how to fix this?

[@flamedude8]

I've been having an issue with zombie spawners, I get my zombies to spawn into the map, and they stand there like the don't know where the player is. If I walk up to them, I'll still get swiped and damaged, but they don't follow the player. Any suggestions?

[@MrRobotman]

flamedude8 needing an answer : /

[@flamedude8]

Robotman36 I figured out what it was, I had mistyped one of the KVP's. I don't remember which one though. Sorry

[@MrRobotman]

flamedude8 I just put my map into another map and now it's good. Think it was glitched and there was nothing I could do.

[@hexada_ghostemane]

zombies lose their pathfinding if they try to walk on *script_brushmodel*

[@CosmicLily21]

I'm having an issue where my zombies can't see me so they just shake their head and I can't figure out why. Could you help me?

[@shakefl]

hey i have a question when buying doors. in world at war on my first map, i did a kino style map where you could end up purchasing a door from the front or back. if the door was purchased from the front, the zombies would spawn in just fine, but if i did it the reversed way, the zombies would spawn in the room where i purchased the door and wouldn't spawn in the new room. i never knew how to do that and i'm just wondering if there's a way to do it in the new mod tools. thanks!

[@Gizmogizzzzzz]

Nice tutorials. On my map when i launch it, it dosent have a sound, do you know if theres a fix for this? Theres a sound for zombies and walking but when shooting the gun sounds dosent work, neither does the knife sounds.

[@itslogy8957]

can any1 help me my walls in radient dissapear if i go a certain distance away from them how do i stop this so they are there all the time?

[@YoItsDillan]

are the Wunderfizz Machine and GobbleGum Machines already given to us or are they similar to the box and still need to be added? (Also, I would love to see a tutorial on the APE, been wanting to add custom textures but I dont understand the UI or the process yet) Great videos, keep up the good work!

[@brandonsthomson2685]

What if you have to open a door to a zone that already had another door in that room?

[@JBird632]

Think of the doors as ways of connecting 2 zones. The script_flag gets set and then connects the 2 adjacent zones. If the zone is already connected or active then it won’t make any difference.

[@brandonsthomson2685]

JBird632 thank you bro, that was the fastest reply ever! 😃

[@Ryan-sj3cb]

how come once i open my door zombies still spawn in both volumes

[@toni1508]

hey jbird, what about the spawning locations for the players

[@GZKilla1]

Toni that comes with the map when u make ot, if u lost it make a new map delete everything but the big red box littlered box and the 4 little pink and yellow boxs and drop the .map into the zm prefab folder and open it as a prefab in ur map

[@toni1508]

GZKilla1 thanks man! Appriciate it

[@GZKilla1]

Toni np if u have trouble just msg back here

[@kellbeekay]

+GZKilla1 hey, when I spawn in my game no zombies spawn in nor does round 1 start. What's a fix? I have spawners set up just like JBird

[@GZKilla1]

do u have a c_zom_test_body1? if not it is in entity browser>actor and its the first one,if it doesnt work just msg back here

[@TheDungeonMasterz]

This was wonderful and easy to understand. But would it be possible to go over how to make the player spawn?

[@JBird632]

The default stuff included in the base map file is all you need.

[@ajax7590]

Your videos are very helpful thank you (: when are you posting the one for porting guns i really want to port the acidgat

[@JBird632]

Maybe in the next week or so

[@ajax7590]

Is it possible to port a WAW gun like the arisaka or Kar 98K or FG-42

[@JBird632]

Yes, you just need to have WaW and a program called Tom's Utils to rip the models and the WaW mod tools to get the anims

[@alexvodd8614]

Hum .... Please help ive done everything in this video correcly and still doesnt work ..

[@JBird632]

If you did everything in the video correctly then it would work. I suggest you watch slowly through the video, I tried my best to go over every detail of setting up zones and zombies spawners, and I won't be able to explain it better through text as I did in the video.

[@romemayne]

Is there a way to use WASD for movement inside radiant? I have used the killing floor 2 sdk and they have an option for it.

[@wahahah]

my zones are having fun touching each other, and the kvps are matching with what you put, but I still die when I unlock the next area :|

[@JBird632]

well you did something wrong - either you have a spelling mistake - or you didnt setup the zones correctly in your map's gsc file

[@joeyslips4220]

same

[@AvianDnD]

How to change player starting point ?

[@user-np2th1td9y]

zombies dont spawn in for me idk why

[@tarixlover]

can you do a tutorial for custom models into BO3?

[@cameronschiff132]

Can zones overlap, and if so what happens if a player is in two zones simultaneously? Just activates the spawners of both zones?

[@shmumm]

dont overlap zones, its basically hell haha

[@shaunyboy1123]

@@shmumm what happens if you do?

[@shmumm]

@@shaunyboy1123 without doing your own bit of coding, getting two zones to overlap will constantly serve issues and bugs to your map and the way it plays. theres not even any advantages to overlapping zones that i can think of. all i can tell you is keep the space between them air tight and you shouldn’t run into any problems. happy modding!!

[@TheJamesyc98]

Zombies won't spawn in my start zone, and everything is set up the same as what you have, one spawner is find_flesh, the other is set for a barricade, but the round won't start and that's causing the zombies not to spawn. Any suggestions of how I can fix this?

[@Conbomb810]

whenever I load a map in radiant it spams error: material not found messages and then crashes. It also resets the "update" in steam, I've tried literally everything and I don't know what to do. I'm on Windows 10 btw. Also combine and the giant map* appear in the launcher. Can someone please help?

[@Ryan-sj3cb]

why are my zombies either standing with their heads shaking or the just run to a random spot?

[@JBird632]

Because they can't find you. My guess is you have a spawner trying to go for a window, but it cant find the window

[@JayMcBrideJayDaGreat]

I know this vid is old but im having trouble. I die immediately when the game starts. Not sure if my zones or if its the player spawn points which i made sure were in the starting zone (which i renamed garage1_zone instead of start_zone)

[@JEmerald174]

What the name of that door frame?

[@visitfames]

hey JBird632 i need help again ok i done the zones and i connected the zones with the zombies and when i start up my map the zombies dont spawn in i watch every script you did and it still doesnt work any ideas?

[@lewisclark4276]

How do you test the map you have created?

[@pazboy6018]

Jibird I just get to Spawn in the map and I died imidatly how I fix it?

[@toughluck8012]

Please cover setting up perk machines/pap and gobblegums when you can thanks

[@jamesrice2888]

how does one add snow

[@1adama1982]

is there a way to have multiple start zones i want the players to be split up like the asylum but i dont want zombies to spawn in unused zones if its a one player

[@Verition]

Hey JBird, what if I want 2 different spawn locations (zones)? Like on bo1 verruckt, you either spawn in the jugg side, or the quick revive side. If you spawn in the quick revive side the zombies will only go to the quick revive barriers, same for if you spawn in the jugg side. How do I make it so you don't have to open a door first?

[@Verition]

already figured it out :) Had to add init_zones[0] = "start_zone"; init_zones[1] = "quick_zone";

[@prokos6075]

Thanks for this. Was doing a similar spawn.

[@divisionspy2893]

thanks so much!! :)

[@WolfPlayer0]

Please,do tutorial on creating skybox from the scratch. Not creating your own. But setup ones already in the game (like zm_factory or day_default). Because I have a problem with it. Models and brushes on my map are keep disappearing and flickering, and I think this is skybox issue. Tried to re do this according to the test map(sky, then sun_volume, then ubmra, then 60fps tool). No success.

[@Kontrol]

when your skybox is selected go to entity info, change the value for the kvp "ssi1" to the name of the skybox you want to use. when you click on it you should be able to browse through them

[@MrShhh79]

TYVM!! helped heeps!!!!

[@jiggling86]

Hey, thank you for a great tutorial! I am working on my first project for a zombiemap right now, and im currently blocking and modeling the map. I felt blessed when i saw i could just drag and drop the barricades with the wooden planks into the engine, but I have a question. Can i just resize and scale the "magenta box" so the zombie will understand how to get through my window? Or do i need the window to be a specific size and height for them to be able to jump through it?

[@bearamore-andi]

I'm not sure what's going wrong, whenever I try to run my map, zombies don't spawn at all. I've been trying for countless hours at this, but I can't seem to get Zombies to spawn, if anyone can help please do

[@FearMongrel]

do you think you could do a tutorial on getting zombies to drop down from places and pass through areas the player cant?

[@JBird632]

To make zombies pass through something a player cant, just make a brush with a player_clip texture. As for the drop down stuff I will be making a tutorial on zombie traversals.

[@FearMongrel]

thanks, I look forward to it

[@naednahte]

How do I link spawners to a zone? The zombies are spawning in the next area and the door hasn't been opened.

[@naednahte]

I figured it out. For those wondering, you have to make a target in the zone to a new spawner with a new name and set the struct to that spawner.

[@CartwheelPig]

does anybody know of other resources I can use to learn about radiant? These tutorials are great but there are still a lot of things I'm not clear on.

[@OhmyJeebuss]

Hey man you think Radiant black works on Linux/ steam deck?

[@fliexi]

is there a way to shoot a trigger and then use "etner_zone"

[@JBird632]

So you want to be able to shoot a trigger and have a zone open up? You would have to make your own script that sets the flag when the trigger takes damage from a player.

[@bandito-fr]

NEED HELP i got an error code saying that it cant read my fastfile and shit i need help

[@acatthatisoffended6463]

Not sure if you still read these, but still worth a try. So I started my script thing in notepad (not sure if I should or not) and typed exactly what you did. The problem is I can no longer open up the map since I get the error "Could not load fastfile for level 'zm_tutorial':Could not read fastfile" Any help would be greatly appreciated

[@maxkarvo298]

i scripted in notepad too, and the zones didnt even work

[@TimeoutMegagameplays]

Hey, I´m doing a map with the spawns in the verruckt style (from WaW) and I don´t know how to configure the zones cause in my map 2 persons spawn in the zone_left and the other 2 (if are playing too) will spawn in the zone_right, these two zone are connected in the second_zone but they are not connected directly (with a door) how would I make my script of the zonemgr?

[@Rewbin08]

I would try to create 1 zone for spawn, then seperating the players with a door, then the zombies will spawn in the two areas, but dont know how that will play out if there is only 1, or if its 2 players and both spoawn in the same room lol, I have no idea

[@masteradviceshorts]

can someone help after i finish all steps and go in game i cant run through my doors its like they are blocked

[@JBird632]

You didn’t setup the clip correctly

[@masteradviceshorts]

JBird632 thanks for replying so quick what changes should l make to the clip ?

[@JBird632]

Dlorez hard to say without looking at it. But I suggest you look at my door tutorial. Clips need to be targeted by the door trigger and have script_noteworthy clip

[@masteradviceshorts]

JBird632 I have done script noteworthy clip and I used to be able to run out the door and die but as soon as I added a zone I can’t exit the room

[@JBird632]

Dlorez the zone is blocking you? Sounds like you didn’t add a proper zone then and instead made a giant invisible block lol

[@science-shorts-shots]

and what is targetname intermission

[@underground_fortress7566]

if you use find flesh will it also look for a window if there is no other way?

[@JBird632]

No, find_flesh is whats called to make the zombie go for a player and not a window. In fact once the zombie that doesn't have find_flesh on it hops through a window, the game will call find_flesh on it.

[@covennetthalo3329]

How would you create a map like moon ? Where the starting area is different?

[@JBird632]

Well moon has you teleport to another location meaning they have 2 zones active at the beginning of the game. So what you can do to have more than one zone active at the beginning is include another zone like start_zone to your gsc (going off of memory here since I havent had the mod tools installed since last year but its an array something like inital_zone[0] = "start_zone" and you would add another one like inital_zone[1] = "your_new_zone")

[@callmeJackUK]

How do you change the default map?

[@littlehhh4338]

Any reason when i launch the game the 1st round never starts, and zombies never spawn. please help

[@JBird632]

Sounds like you don't have a spawner in your map (the spawner is the actor entity that looks like a zombie)

[@drix712]

Hi guy ! Nice tutorial but I have a question : how can you create a barricade without the planks ? Thank you !

[@JBird632]

Just a zombie hop traversal? I suggest you watch my traversals tutorial, I provided the script and prefabs that you can just drop right into your map.

[@drix712]

Ok thank you !

[@GodMario]

Hey J, Dunno if you'll get this but I'm having trouble with my zones. I believe I did everything, Radiant side-wise, right. However, when I plug in the line of code it will not run my map. Every time I compile then run it, it automatically goes into the zombie menu screen. If I play it from there, it tries to run it but just goes back to the menu screen telling me there was an error. Also, if anyone had this problem and fixed it I would love to hear how. Thanks

[@EvilHatStand]

By any chance do you know how i can get the files for the sound_assets, my folder is empty except for a tst folder, i have the extra assets installed but cant locate the files anywhere

[@GeorgeFloyd2]

my rounds arent starting?