Installing BUILD from the official Duke Nukem 3D : Atomic Edition CD
Before you can start using BUILD, you're going to have to install it (make sure you already have Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition installed). There are two ways to do this: through Windows, or through DOS. I prefer the DOS route, simply because Duke Nukem 3D is a DOS based program.
DOS:
I'm going to assume that your hard drive letter is C:
, and that your CD drive letter is D:
If your drive letters are different, just replace the C:
and D:
with your own drive letters. Place your Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition disc into your CD drive and type the following at the command prompt:
COPY D:\GOODIES\BUILD\*.* C:\DUKE3D
This will copy all of the BUILD files straight from the CD to your Duke3D directory. Now you have to turn off their read-only attribute by entering your duke3d directory and typing:
ATTRIB -R *.*
Windows:
Those of you who don't understand DOS probably want to use the Windows method of installing BUILD. But if you want to build levels, you can't avoid DOS forever. Insert your Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition disc into the CD drive. Now search for the GOODIES folder, then the BUILD folder, as shown here:
Copy all of the contents of this folder and then place them into your C:\Duke3d
folder. Once they are in your Duke3d directory, highlight them all, press the right mouse button, select "properties", and make sure the "read only" box does not have a check in it (get rid of the check if there is one).
Running BSETUP
Once you have finished installing BUILD, you will need to run BSETUP to set up BUILD. From this point forward, everything is going to have to be done within DOS mode, unless otherwise stated. The BSETUP menu looks like this:
From this menu, you can setup BUILD to run with your computer. There is no need for me to detail this part of the installation, because I don't know the specifications for your computer.
Installing BUILD from the BUILD tutorial CD
DOS:
Do the same procedure as above except insert the BUILD tutorial CD and type
COPY D:\DUKE3D~1\GOODIES\BUILD\*.* C:\DUKE3D
to copy all of the BUILD files to your Duke3D directory.
Windows:
Do the same procedure as above except insert the BUILD tutorial CD and search the D:\Duke3dAtomic\Goodies\BUILD folder to find the BUILD files.