VOXELS

            SO YOU HAVE DECIDED TO LEARN THE ART OF THE VOXEL MAKING FOR DOOM
                        or you just stumbled here. Whatever.

                                    Tools:
                        SLAB6- advsys.net/ken/download.htm
                strip2voxel- host-a.net/u/scott_aw/strip2voxel050410.zip
                            SLADE- slade.mancubus.net/
 (if you are into DOOM modding and you don't have it by now there's something wrong)
                KVXOffset- http://www.teamhellspawn.com/kvxoffset.zip


1)- The slow and safe way

 1- If it's doom pallete based, get the slab6 compatible doom pallete at:
    www.mediafire.com/?egymq8yla4c6bvu (cortesy of spritenoobsaibot)

 2- Start a new voxel at slab6

 3- Import the pallete by going Tools->Replace pallete

 4- Make it cube by cube (artistic skill not included).
    Keep these options and tools in mind:

  >Face shading is great for cube placement but sucks for accurate colouring
  >Hollow filling
  >Optimize dimensions
  Remember: In slab6, there's no undo!

 5- Save as kvx. Only 1 mip is needed.

 6- If the center of the voxel is awkwardly placed use kvxoffset.
    !ACHTUNG! It may screw up your pallete, so use it before colouring!

 7- Colour it (again, artistic skill not included).
    (hint: if based in a sprite, use strip2voxel in the image to get an accurate
    colouring guide. Guessing the right tone of brown is hard)

 8- If you're working with an archive format (eg pk3) make a voxels/ folder and
    put all of your voxel (KVX) files into that folder.

    If you're working with a WAD (or similar format) then put it between
    some VX_START and VX_END markers.

    Either way, you're going to need to make a VOXELDEF(S) file. So, make one.

 9- Follow the VOXELDEF guidelines here: zdoom.org/wiki/VOXELDEF and you're done!

2)- Shortcut to glory

 1- Instead of doing steps 1-7, learn how to use strip2voxel following this
 video [ youtu.be/KtE95k8gGK8 ] (above average comprehension skills required)
 2- Get a good spriting program and make voxels as fast as ~>cl_run TRUE
    (seeking a spriting guide is advised)

Some more useful links on voxels here: www.teamhellspawn.com/voxels.htm