DS2

Setting up good map lighting for Dungeon Siege 2

A tutorial by Ryan Dulac.

For DS2Toolkit 1.1 (v2.00.03931)

First, I want to acknowledge I am passing along knowledge I learned from Mcarp (much credit to him) for good map lighting.

Now, to see the changes you're going to make in Siege Editor 2 (SE2), you need to unselect the Ignore Vertex Lighting button in the toolbar (it is On/depressed, by default).

This section of the coding book is for code snippets. The code can be in gas, flick or skrit.

Please note that the snippets are user submitted and have not been tested.

Feel free to submit your own code snippet on a childpage.

This tutorial covers the basics of getting Chants working in a new map, including making a working incantation shrine, enabling chants for characters (in the lore book settings), testing a chant, and even a few extra bonus tips (including one for fixing a missing node texture error).

Not included in this tutorial: Retanking your work for distribution.

Requirements:
- Siege Editor 2
- DS2Mod
- Tank Viewer 2
- Basic Windows skills, working with files.
- Basic Node placement and basic SE skills (SU 100 level knowledge is helpful).

A good place to start for modding Dungeon Siege is reading GPG's resources like the Siege University and FAQ. They also have some articles sent in by the community. You should also get the toolkit for your game.

Dungeon Siege 1

• General Articles
• Modding FAQ
• Siege University

Dungeon Siege 1 Toolkit

These are video tutorials made by Marcos. (these apply to modding both DS/DS2)

Tutorial 1

Basic modding

Tutorial 2

Learn the basics on modding.

Untanking a resource file

To untank a DS resource file you need to use TankViewer or TankExtractor.

Tankviewer, TankExtractor

Understanding Your Directory Structure