Video Tutorials - Complete List

[StarFire]

This post is to display all of the available Skyline Video Tutorial Series in one place, we will also make individual posts to this topic.

These tutorials aim to introduce many of Skylines cool features and show how quick and easy they are to use ( once you know how! ). In this series we hope to explore not just the basic features but special techniques and advanced to get the best out of the Skyline Toolset.

Skylines uTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTs46hmZu0n7J4oBNXZPXfw

Skyline Video Tutorial Series:
Tutorial 00 first steps - post: http://www.chi-ad.com/Skyline/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=171
Tutorial 00 first steps - download: http://www.bigkidcreations.com/bkc_skyline/tutorials/tutorial_00_first_steps.zip

Tutorial 01a terrain workflow - post: http://www.chi-ad.com/Skyline/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=177
Tutorial 01a terrain workflow - download: http://www.bigkidcreations.com/bkc_skyline/tutorials/tutorial_01_terrain_workflow.zip

Tutorial 01b heightmap - post: http://www.chi-ad.com/Skyline/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=181
Tutorial 01b heightmap - download: http://www.bigkidcreations.com/bkc_skyline/tutorials/tutorial_01b_heightmap.zip

Tutorial 01c Road Editor - post: http://www.chi-ad.com/Skyline/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=180&p=901#p901
Tutorial 01c Road Editor - download: http://www.bigkidcreations.com/bkc_skyline/tutorials/tutorial_01c_road_editor.zip

Tutorial 02 Rapid Development - post: http://www.chi-ad.com/Skyline/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=353
Tutorial 02 Rapid Development - download: http://www.bigkidcreations.com/bkc_skyline/tutorials/tutorial_04_rapid_development.zip

Tutorial 03 Using Mesh Editor - post: http://www.chi-ad.com/Skyline/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=524
Tutorial 03 Using Mesh Editor - http://www.bigkidcreations.com/bkc_skyline/tutorials/tutorial_05.zip

Skyline Russian Video Tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRBovDqSYc-8PcSQKAoblFQ?feature=mhee

How to get your particle universe effect in to skyline and turn it into a preset for re-use.

[SolarPortal]

2 new video downloads have been added to the complete list.
Using Heightmaps and Road Editing.

[Vortex]

Hello guys!
Welcome to the Russian channel!
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRBovDq ... ature=mhee

[StarFire]

Thats Cool =)

Thank you Vortex - Keep the good work =)

Note: You can now create and remove actions from the selected objects context menu this is a new and quicker workflow

[ucm]

Note: You can now create and remove actions from the selected objects context menu this is a new and quicker workflow

Super Awesome!

[SolarPortal]

This tutorial demonstrates adding models in with the new workflow for speed and efficiency. It also demonstrates adding actions using the new action editor and also demonstrates how to add scripts: http://www.chi-ad.com/DokuWiki/doku.php/skylineworkflow_importingmodel

[SolarPortal]

i have just added the new rapid development video as a download to the top list

[DaftKai]

Thanks SolarPortal!

[Ellement]

I would be grateful for material tutorials, i have some troubles getting it to work. I have simple wall with difuse , normal and specular , all i can see is the difuse , i cant see any changes after adding normal map and specular map.
and after adding displacement map i am unable to save the material , the displacement map always dissapear and the slot is empty ?

[Shando]

Hi ellement,

I think your problem is because you have not converted your material to an advanced one? I believe only advanced materials can have normal and specular?

Check out the Skyline Developers Manual from the button at the top of the page, it has some good stuff regarding materials

HTH

Regards

Shando

[SolarPortal]

@Ellement,
as shando mentioned, you need to be using an advanced material in order to use normals and specular.
but if that doesn't work and normals still dont show, then it is most likely tangents for each set of vertices.

This is required for normal and displacement mapping.
If you cant generate tangents on your mesh inside the modelling application, then you could use Skyline's tangent generating tool.

To use this:
> Go to and click on "main menu -> Tools -> Mesh -> Generate tangents on selected Entity".
> Reload the scene entity using the icon on the toolbar. (E with a refresh icon on it).

As for displacement mapping, this is currently in development and not usable by yourself atm unless you write your own base material. But we will be introducing it soon as we have a lot of shader work to do

Hope this helps

[lordalmighty1]

hello all,

I would like to ask if its possible to get video tutorials with commentary please, does not have to be by the devs a user of the software with the knowledge could help me please perhaps?, I work/understand better with sound and such lol. (hope this is not a problem for any1?)

I did have trouble with the pausing and starting of them all the time to read everything.

thanks a lot for your time.

[StarFire]

Ok we surrender, we never liked our voice on video and have tried to avoid doing so but we now have plans to do voice tutorials and get over our hang ups lol.

[lordalmighty1]

LOL, yeah I know what you mean done a few vids myself and I sound terrible hahaha. thanks though for the help

[lordalmighty1]

so, been a year and I went and watched the 1st getting started tut on youtube.. no voices yet lol..
I understand where your coming from and know the engine work is more important back then and probably now still, but voiced tutorials are much easier to follow, for me at least lol. any chance of some voice overs on these tuts on youtube please?.
could be text to speech software dubbed ontop or an actual person either way is probably fine

[SolarPortal]

we have been thinking some time on this.
those videos are a bit out of date now and do not represent the current editor, so we will make some more.
we'l just have to get over our voices, but first takes are usually the best.
they won't be perfect to begin with but we should improve over time.

could be text to speech software dubbed ontop

lol, this would sound very funny....

[lordalmighty1]

depends where you get the text to speech, some are real good these days. some are costly I would think but just an option to think over or test out?.

maybe the more informed users could help in this regard?

[StarFire]

I think we will be brave and give our voices a try first before we over think it and disappear down a deep rabbit hole lol

[lordalmighty1]

well think happy thoughts starfire, that's where your power comes from I think right ..lol, im sure your voices will be fine

[StarFire]

lol Happy thoughts it is then

[SolarPortal]