"Where do I start?" - HPL2 Learning Foundation

[Acies]

For other tutorials and basics, first visit the Frictional Games HPL2 wiki page to get familiar! Come here when looking for something specific!

Some guides which I think might be useful when familiarizing yourself with the engine :]

General:

A lot about the engine and working with all of the tools (by Your Computer):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-10798.html

Perspective Camera Controls and Shortcuts/Hotkeys in Level Editor (by Statyk):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-10598.html

Outdoor environments (by DamnNoHtml):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-7631.html

Lighting stuff up (by Streetboat):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thr...#pid179681

Animated gobos (by khyrpa):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-10677.html


Full-conversions:

Isolated full conversions (by Your Computer):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-11120.html

Creating fonts for full conversions (by Your Computer):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-11128.html

Adding a custom lantern (by Statyk):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-12391.html


Scripting:

-- First link in general is a good base --

Scripting (by Elven):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-10017.html

"Wake up intros" (by DamnNoHtml):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-4626.html

Funcdefs (by Apjjm):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-9725.html

Global fade by (palistov):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-14426.html

Lang editor by (Apjjm):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-12213.html

Modeling:

Creating your first model (by Acies):
[url]http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-9790.html[/url]

Creating models ~ better than the one above (by Acies):

http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-20345.html

Texturing stuff (by Acies):
[url]http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-16900.html[/url]

Getting those damn animations to work (by crisosphinx):
[url]http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-18352.html[/url]


If there are questions by new users I'll answer them if I'm able. If it's scripting errors, refer to "development support".