Ultimate Doom Builder Guide

[@PolishJohnWick]

10 min video but no ads So this guy only wants to help people , what a champ he is :)

[@fahadtheslayer]

To be honest, i think this dude deserve some ads.... He's done some amazing work...

[@lethalbroccoli01]

fahadtheslayer this

[@theheadpriest]

Why ads? i would give him money myself lul

[@Smokecall]

He's DooM to the learning curve of DooM builder

[@b0ss294]

I would actually want donate to him.

[@jafaroffmusic7876]

I've learned one of the most important things about Doom mapmaking: LLUL

[@JekitySnekity]

Yes (woops mispelled yes i am going to prison for such crimes)

[@bastiaan8096]

This is without a doubt the best tutorial on how to use Doombuilder on the internet.

[@theheadpriest]

And 10 minutes too, most tuorials span over like 5 videos of 30 minutes and this guy did it in 10 minutes

[@iamoncrap]

@@theheadpriest all these 30 minutes you're basically told how to make rooms, place things and edit walls when the video is about 3d floors

[@derpycat9347]

u jokin

[@El_cuckman]

> recommends using fucking udmf to beginning mappers

[@deml8553]

@@El_cuckman im new to this, whats wrong with this?

[@MrShane233838]

Finally a Doom youtuber that makes tutorials on Doom Mapping, and makes it sound more fun and interesting. Great tutorial, lucky though i learned from youtube but there was nothing really well made. Till now

[@EuryBartleby]

Editing tutorials like this so you can clearly see what to click on is harder than it looks. It is especially tedious. Presentation here is top-notch. I got to make some tutorials when I got started in IT, and this shits all over my work with how clear it is. I'm really impressed.

[@BassSlapper89]

All I can say is that it's a blast! I released a 2 mods so far in the past 2 years. I never thought I would get into this when I first started. You'll get hooked. 😁

[@HobeyDator]

This is the best tutorial ever! No long talk, But simply Informative and Easier to understand. And most of all, Fun!

[@TheGreatAwesome]

This tutorial is a breath of fresh air. I just sat through another video before this that took 15 minutes to cover what you did in 50 seconds.

[@Tv_sam123]

Thanks for this guide. it bring back so much nostalgia for me. made a level back to 2013. it was alot of fun. amazing people still making levels with a game more then 20 years old

[@MasterChibi]

Christ this is so much more intuitive then the way it used to be. Mind you I'm talking like 15+ years ago but still, super impressive and amazing 😅

[@DeimoS61]

Good for starting doom'mapping !The lil point you miss is to show the "make a door" tool, you win so much time, SO MUCH ! It's create a sector door activable on both side, tag and textures included !

[@LMAW3769]

how i can use it?

[@jordansosa7368]

Things have changed since the last time I was into this. This brings back memories. Awesome tutorial.

[@kareharondo]

a mapping tutorial done right ive been mapping for doom for about, idk, 2 years at this point (never released anything) and yet i come back to this sort of video lol

[@Shinjiuuuh]

no voice, just text, and an incredible tutorial

[@Sp3cu]

Wow, this is an Ultimate guide to Ultimate Doom Builder. Great work!

[@moyaielement]

Thank you! I only know basic stuff about level editing, before this point I knew 3d floors as the most advanced thing to do. I’m definitely going to return to this

[@GraveUypo]

3d floors aren't that good as they hit performance really hard. use portals whenever you can, they're much better.

[@Average-Cacodemon-Enjoyer]

this is the best doom builder tutorial. hell one of the best tutorials in general! im so glad you didn't draw anything, out, didn't overcomplicate anything, and moved at such a pace that i didn't have to fast forward or rewind! thank you so much, and i have infinite respect for people who make tutorial videos, as they help many people.

[@MoonFrogg]

Just a heads up: when I downloaded UDB my "3d mode" or rather "Visual Mode" was bound to "Q" and not "W". Hope that saves someone else a bit of confusion haha.

[@1pcfred]

When I started UDB I hit the 3D button and my mouse was trapped in the window. Which is why I'm here. I had to drop to a console and kill the program. I couldn't get out! So yeah I have to learn the 3D hot key.

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

I literally just closed the editor for the night simply because I couldn't find the binded key about 5 minutes ago. Lmao.

[@ClassyDragonv2]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS SO CONFUSED ABOUT THAT I USED A OLDER MAP EDITOR LOL

[@artCharles]

I didn't see this comment until after I figured this out (a couple days ago), but thank you for posting this.

[@notmine1352]

you saved me a google search, thank you 🙏

[@aarberazizaj]

Amazing tutorial, even when I learned everything, I would come back to either learn smth I forgot or listen to the epic music man

[@Alcom0023]

Hello friend, thank you very much !!! for you I know very well how I should make a map for Doom. I have been searching for 7 literal years how I should make a map ... but you have solved my life, a very good short and concise video of how it should be done. I look forward to the next story. thank you very much friend!

[@8-mir]

I already know everything about Doom Builder but I'm only watching because of GamingGargoyle

[@dashhurry4363]

Thx to your guide, I’m able to learn how to make levels slowly, some I’ve already figured out on my own, like getting Project Brutality 3.0 configured, I’m attempting to make levels that uses the mod’s techniques, I always come back here incase I’m stuck, thx for the tutorial, love your videos too!

[@Peter_p0rker]

Thanks bro I've always wanted a really good tutorial about DB

[@Philosophvr]

This guide really helped me out as I am slow with this stuff. Thank you.

[@spaicrab5327]

Holy shit this is amazing! I'll still struggle with inspiration though...

[@Grizzermacht]

Just stare at the STARTAN box you drew until you eventually make something that isn't a STARTAN box. The rest will work itself out.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Think about a couple of your favorite iwad maps (for instance, I really like Containment Area, Hell Beneath, Tricks & Traps, and The Living End). Ponder about which you think are the most fun to play, which you think look the coolest, and analyze why you think that about those levels. Now, plan out a rough concept for a map in your head, perhaps combine various aspects of said favorite maps, and then select a visual theme or two from one of them which you'll focus on for the level, try also to put a spin on things here and there, how you can imitate this or that encounter or trap, and how you can do some of them differently. An important part is that you'll want to make it a challenge, don't have to go overboard, but make fights so that they're hard for you yourself to beat, but not so hard that you don't think you can beat the level without saving, make that your Hard skill setting, then dial it down in intensity for Medium and Easy respectively (less numerous/tough enemies, more health and ammo). Ideally, levels should be realistically beatable from 'Pistol Start', ergo, without having to carry over stuff from previous levels. Importantly, *don't bite off more than you can chew*, it may be tempting to start work on a 32 level megawad which you've fantasized about, but that is a LOT of work, especially for a newbie, instead, make your first .wad a small set, 2, 3, maybe 4 or 5 maps. Lastly, if you're making maps for Vanilla or Boom format, you MUST test those levels with a Vanilla or Boom sourceport, GzDoom and its derivative ports change how some things work, and there are some things which works fine in GzDoom, but which will break and not function properly in Vanilla or Boom. UDMF is fine to work in, I like it, but it can also be a bit overwhelming in all the options it offers you, so I think starting out with something like Boom isn't a bad idea.

[@adammclaughlin845]

This is fantastic, I had no idea Doom Builder has evolved and changed this much over the last eight years. No more buggering about trying to create slopes, infinite views etc! Now it's minimal effort!!

[@forgettablePyromaniac]

Well edited, consice. Will show friends if they ever ask about how doom building works.

[@OldManHan]

I would love more of these. A quick and concise tutorial that actually gets to the point, and is fun to watch!

[@captainjurgh8142]

While you're informing how to map something like E1M1 and is simple Feels like the whole process is making Deus Vult II slaughtermaps

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

We have achieved peak human intelligence. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.

[@LtEvangel]

amazing tutorial... captions, simple, and visual are perfect.

[@stavivanackerson6563]

Been mapping for seven years now... I can't wait to try this map editor... Thank you for the video...

[@antiantifa886]

Thank you so much for this! This will definitely give me some tips on making levels! Great tutorial and nice music!

[@KingLich451]

HECK YES MY MAN

[@grimgrahamch.4157]

Selaco (a game built in GZDoom with it's own level editor) came out recently and I've taken an interest in map making. This has been genuinely helpful since one of the first things I wanted to figure out was how to make a door.

[@pedroferreira4323]

yay, now i can finally be just like my favorite youtuber, GamingGargoyle B-)

[@GraveUypo]

i spent 7 years previous decade with this as my main game, pretty much. i'm pretty handy with gzbuilder... and slade3 i never released anything to the public though :x only a preview build in the doomworld forums but i never even went there again. the one guy who tested it seemed to really like the first 5 levels of my megawad

[@lethalbroccoli01]

GraveUypo what about the other levels?

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

I've known and used these programs at least for a decade, but it's really now that I've published maps, I've made many, but none have been good until now.

[@Gibdion]

Doom has been my game for decades. Ever since getting a computer in the 90s and getting this game, along with editors, I have been making maps for years....only for myself. Yup, not a single person has played any of my maps. Not one has been posted online. I know how you feel.

[@mattbrewerton6884]

Get em out there! I've got a wad I worked on on and off over the years, got about 5 maps in. Stuck it on a survival Zandronum server and had some people hop on - got some pretty good feedback too

[@spectacularfrogs5594]

can i play it

[@andresbautista6156]

This tutorial WORTHS MILLIONS!

[@DyNaM1k]

Excellent tutorial, although I wish you covered the 3D floor mode and visual sloping instead of showing how it's done with action specials, since the new tools are very convenient compared to the old slow painful way.

[@Mr_Also]

Honestly this is one the the doom builder tutorials on the internet

[@AtaAndrada]

The door didn't work properly. You missed the step of selecting the linedef, and then press F, so the line aims at the direction where the player is.

[@Sierra-058]

Thank you so much, I really wanted to make a map

[@naizamabao4681]

hello, where is ur brother Saturn X?

[@holmeboy1139]

Great video dude

[@theheadpriest]

Very good video, deserves more views, and you... deserver more subs

[@GUGAMINECRAFT]

I have installed ultimate doom builder, made a drawing of a doom map, and made the map in the software, it was just so good.

[@johnparungao6844]

Dope video. EDSF just happens to be my setup when playing DOOM! Edit Also super glad I can remap my controls in Preferences cuz I couldn't manually adjust the ceiling height as per this video due to the fact that I have a trackball mouse. I mapped them to my arrow keys, problem solved!

[@danceswithrevenants3407]

This tutorial is Gold.

[@stinker6784]

im not into doom map making but this was still fun to watch lol

[@baconlover5439]

This is some good stuff. Thanks for the vid!

[@Midway64]

Best tutorial ever! (Im already subbed)

[@MTABrisbaneAU]

Happy to see people still caring about doom

[@chainsawpl6189]

Thank you so much for this. I've been using Doom Builder 2 for years, always finding out about new tricks. Will you make a tutorial on how to do windows that you can't pass or shoot through? I know how to do that, but others might not be as good at copying other mappers as me.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

That'd be good. He should also do a tutorial for Boom format maps, as that's very popular.

[@edherdman9973]

W isn't the default shortcut for 3D mode; Q is. I had to pause a bit after the first few minutes trying to replicate the shape and learn about split linedefs and dragging vertexes and lines, but once you get that down you'll be smooth sailin'. At least as much as you can in DOOM. Recovering from a botched shape drawing is weird and I'm still trying to get the rhythm of right click-left click for shape drawing down :)

[@thfpjct3706]

pls do more of these

[@CemeH_CBaJloB]

4:44 please tell me how to rotate the line 180 degrees so that this line looks outward? I can't make a working door.

[@OldManHan]

Ah, I forgot to mention this, but I do wonder how to add custom music. If any mappers are browsing around, I’d greatly appreciate the help! I’m still very early into my Doom mapping career.

[@xX_Delirex_Xx]

When i try opening the set up windows defender blocks it saying it's a virus or something

[@Dondlo46]

Now I can finally make square

[@Dondlo46]

@Felipe Gomes First thing that I made was long room with big stairs, it had optional blue and red keycards on left and right, after a few days I abandoned the project

[@idoblenderstuffs]

on step 4 it just crashes when i click OK

[@TheMelorino]

it just crashes right after I add the doom2.wad

[@mishtimou2705]

Thank you. I needed this.

[@burakcz631]

Informative and helpful. Thanks!

[@Lbda583]

Hey someone help me with the realm667? Soo i don't know how to have the thing from realm667 in my UDB (yes i have slade3). like weapons , monsters , decoration. If someone using realm667 for his wad's please tell me, how to donwload and have this things in UDB? sry for english im not very good but ok

[@jhfoleiss]

Awesome guide, thanks!

[@jaredbangerter8156]

how to i lower the ceiling of the door down to create the door itself? i use the mouse wheel and it lowers the whole sector.

[@trashgabe7963]

2:17 how do I get this interface with this options? It only show the properties.

[@DoomRater]

I didn't know someone added a helpful indicator that a switch is linked to the sector. In days past that was just a highlighted sector somewhere- the arrow visually connects them better imo!

[@flyingsockcat2635]

hey! just wanted to add that when i downloaded it i had to press Q to enter 3d mode, not E

[@MinchanLyoko]

Wow I learned a lot thanks to your video, really thanks man :)

[@Gulag_Express_Racing]

I'm having issues with my doors. I have repeatable action, door generic, both monsters and player can use it. The lines and the sector are both set to tag of 1 however when testing it i hear the door open sound effect but the door doesn't open. I am currently using doom builder. I had the same issues in UDB and Slade

[@Gulag_Express_Racing]

Neverminded. I forgot to set the movement speed. This is a complete bruh moment

[@V0IDWARE]

A doom tutorial that is shorter than videos of how to make a door in doom? Unbelievable!

[@Monody512]

You need to learn the difference between "it's" and "its". :P But seriously this tutorial is great. Thank you!

[@zero-zs8sm]

ok so i'm having a weird problem where my custom wad works fine in a source port but when i load it in dosbox it loads but when i try to open the first door in the first map all of the walls lower and i cant play the rest of the level

[@MrDreamsAlot]

1:35 is the arpeggio section from the ice level in super ghoul n' ghost

[@parcormankor]

I might try this, thanks!

[@BrazenScull]

I feel like you missed a huge step in making the door switch tutorial. Do we apply the switch texture manually? Is it made automatically? Do we have a choice over what the on/off switch textures look like? Just seemed like a really fleeting example compared to how well edited the rest of this tutorial is.

[@biggusdickus1123]

You are a legend thank you

[@em-i-i]

How do i import custom sprites

[@brodown64]

Now this is what I call a tutorial!

[@starmaniac607]

you saved my life for a school project lol

[@SpiffoGaming]

You have a school project involving doom builder? cool

[@Diabolical_Fellow]

I can't make monster closets in UDFM. But I want to use it so I can use any texture on any surface.

[@lrobin-is8dg]

how do U make a door? I got stuck thaer

[@toa_jahu7498]

Thanks for this video, even with my knowledge of English everything is clear :3

[@3O9XT]

how to change the delay of the message so i can make it longer

[@furkanserdar8725]

ı cant test my map. help me pls. when ı clicked test button, just open the game.

[@JW-oe1lf]

Don’t know if anyone will see this or know how to fix it but i just updated it and now am getting This error message whenever I try to start up UDB: 'RequiredMapFeatures' property specified was not found. at System.Reflection.CustomAttribute.GetCustomAttributes(RuntimeModule decoratedModule, Int32 decoratedMetadataToken, Int32 pcaCount, RuntimeType attributeFilterType, Boolean mustBeInheritable, IList derivedAttributes, Boolean isDecoratedTargetSecurityTransparent) at System.Reflection.CustomAttribute.GetCustomAttributes(RuntimeType type, RuntimeType caType, Boolean inherit) at CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Editing.EditingManager..ctor() at CodeImp.DoomBuilder.General.Main(String[] args)

[@ArnoldPartini]

I use both slade and doom builder. Doom builder for mapping and slade for DECORATE so I can code an enemy into Doom.

[@nathanshierd2098]

I didn't watched the video yet. But can I trust there will be more like this tutorial?

[@CASIOF-91W]

Thanks for this

[@TheMerchant3773]

How do I get the map into The Ultimate Doom? it's telling me to put something in Game Configuration >> Testing >> Application. But nothing I put in there works, what am I supposed to put there?

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

You make the best Doomachinima. Now you made the best into tutorial to doom builder I have seen in over a decade. The documentation and tutorials for GZDB are abysmal. Sure, if you know what the thing you want is called, the wiki is great. Wanna try searching for it with common terms? Good fucking luck. The most embarrassing thing is that DB2 has a link for the "tutorial", and instead of giving you, IDK, the _fucking manual,_ they give you some of the worst examples of bad youtube software tutorials out there. Don't get me wrong, the info isn't _wrong,_ but it must be breaking some sort of human decency code to make the you watch 6 fucking videos of Spongebob's more nasally and annoying little brother narrating at through from a flip phone mic mounted to the inside of several industrial freezer compressors at once while he seemingly chews and slobbers his way through every piece of saltwater taffy ever created. Slowly. So very. Very. Slowly. And boring. Good thing some dude who makes doom sprites spin and scream came along and summarized 90% of of their basic tutorial section in 10 minutes of snappy, informative, and well-edited video.

[@creamyicecat450]

My dad loves to play Doom so on his birthday I'll make a map for him

[@razorvolare]

Could this be used to make maps outside Doom like Sonic Robo Blast 2 (Kart)?

[@GraveUypo]

yes

[@dang.theworld]

how i open .pk3 archive in this map builder?

[@yarfishglove]

i cant enter 3d mode

[@thriller3466]

Hey when your in 3d mode how do you get the texture to flash the orange color

[@jhoncabrera3302]

Good video dude! I have a question about ACS scripts. You see, I'm trying to make a cutscene triggered by a line and it's a simple one. I just want to make the screen fade to black for some seconds so, how can I make that? I already use a "Fadeto" line and a changecam tied to a security cam actor but it doesn't make the screen black. Hope you can help me with this one mate

[@pachurro2762]

when i press W it doesnt take me to 3d mode

[@echoecho39]

How do I make the wall texture not move with the door?

[@Skronkidonk]

Iv'e been using Doom builder 2 this whole time...

[@MrShane233838]

i used to be like you as well, till i learned about Ultimate Doom Builder

[@WarLeopard]

Ditto that, until recently where I've started using Eureka as it works on Linux.

[@lethalbroccoli01]

Speed King same lol.

[@Skronkidonk]

@Felipe Gomes There is a lot less things you can do with Doom builder 2 lighting and in game mechanic wise. Idk

[@1pcfred]

@@WarLeopard Slade and Ultimate Doom Builder work in Linux too. UDB built really fast once I got mono installed. What I did was I deleted any mono I had installed and I followed the directions on mono's website to install mono-complete. Then UDB built and fired right up. Slade is a PITA to build. It dumps core a lot too.