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Are these level editors like easy to use and if not are they easy to learn... and will I need one of them there 3d design programs?

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It was originally used in the design of Thief I but after a petition from the fan community, it was released to the public, as were later versions. The program itself is very buggy and unpredictable, as virtually no improvements were made prior to public release.

There are four different versions of DromEd, for Thief I, for Thief Gold, for Thief 2, and lastly for System Shock 2, commonly called "ShockEd."

Dromed for Thief I and Thief Gold use the same version of the Dark Engine and therefore can open levels created for each game, although Thief Gold levels may refer to in-game objects that are not found in Thief I.

Thief II uses a revised version of the Dark Engine, and therefore it is difficult to open levels created for Thief I with Dromed for Thief 2.

ShockEd is not compatible with any Dark Engine games aside from System Shock 2. However, basic level geometry can be moved between editors using a geometry export feature called "multibrush". System Shock 2 levels can be loaded by Dromed 2 with some work.

Not the best of editors it seems, though I guess you have little choice if you want to edit levels for those engines. Good luck!

Well its freeware so what's there to lose?

Exactly :) What ya cooking, Hammer?

Actually, sod them. I just found the Deus Ex SDK with NEAT TUTORIALS and for the pizza! I'm going to buy some Goodfellas pizzeria-style pizza!

Deus Ex :9~ Are you planning on making a mod/tc or are you just looking to tinker around a bit? :)

i hope to make a mod but really it all depends how well it works for me.

The HL2 editors are the best, the biggest community for modding is for Half Life and you can make some decent stuff with HL1 and keeping everything simple.

I understand Source is extremely versatile, but how difficult is it to make a simple HL2 mod? Does it have some simpler scripting language or are you forced to use c++?