Tutorials

This page lists links to step-by-step tutorials, both on this wiki and on external sites.

See also the How-tos page, which contains much smaller and more focused guides on how to accomplish various common tasks.

Introductory tutorials

In the course of these tutorials we'll go through all the steps needed to create a basic adventure.

• Boxes like this contain a checklist of important steps.
• They're intended as a reminder and as a navigational aid.

• Introductory tutorial - An overview of the toolset as a whole
• Module tutorial - how to create a module to work in.

This set of tutorials forms a series, each building on or filling in omissions by the last:

• Area tutorial
• Placeable tutorial
• Item tutorial
• Creature tutorial
• Conversation tutorial

Once you've become familiar with the basics introduced on those tutorials you might have a better grounding for:

• Cutscene tutorial
• Map tutorial (which also introduces you to 2DA editing)
• Level Editor Tutorial
• Scripting tutorial

Demo module

The toolset currently ships with a simple demo module pre-loaded into its database.

• Demo module - how to export and run the demo module.

Custom content tutorials

• Tutorial: Using DLC areas in your mods
• Tutorial: Adding custom items to custom modules
• Tutorial: Adding a Custom Model to Toolset
• Tutorial: Creating a custom placeable from a model
• Tutorial: Reskinning an Item
• Tutorial: Creating recolors of existing items
• Tutorial: Understanding Tints: Overriding Defaults & Creating New Ones
• Adding a New Spell Tutorial

Character generation tutorials

• Backgrounds tutorial
• Add A New Class Tutorial

Other Tutorials

• ToolSet: Area Layouts
• Adding a Location to the Single Player Campaign Tutorial
• Follower tutorial (Simple and advanced, requires scripting knowledge)

External Tutorials

• Lerlek Dragon Age Origins Toolset Video Tutorials Collection has collected many in-depth video tutorials.
• Beyond Ferelden has many in-depth tutorials by jwvanderbeck.
• Playable Area and Conversation video tutorial by st4rdog.
• Simple Conversation Cameras video tutorial by st4rdog.
• Cutscene and Trigger video tutorial by st4rdog.
• Custom Level and Room Building video tutorial by st4rdog.
• Downloading and Installing the Toolset video tutorial by DragonAge22.
• Creating a Room video tutorial by DragonAge22.
• How to Make an Interior Level with Lighting video tutorial by Darkworld Development Team.
• Making a Room video tutorial by BigDrip681.
• Custom Player Items In Single Player by weriK.
• The Secret Behind Item Statistics by weriK.
• Guide for installing/uninstalling/updating Mods Beginner Guide to get started with using Mods by Alexspeed.
• Photoshop Map making tutorials Credits to Jason Elford, brought to DAT wiki by Arixsus
• Video Tutorials by SilentCid Multiple in-depth video tutorials of the DA Toolset
• Qkrch's Video Tutorials Toolset tutorial complete series for the experienced builder (Spanish & English)
• World Editing and Area Creation Tutorial by giskard44 where he walks you through a module creation process for an single player addin.