Mapping & Tutorial Sites

[[]v[]]

Here is a list of useful links related to Quake Wars mapping.
Please use the search function before asking a question.

ETQW Software Development Kit 1.5 (http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/262)
MegaTexture Media Pack (http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/222)
Splash Damage Editing Wiki (http://wiki.splashdamage.com/index.php/Main_Page)

[Overview] Map technicalities and mapscript (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27895)

Example Maps
Single Objective Map (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18017)- Destruction by Mordenkainen
Single Obj. Map (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17951) - Construction by Mordenkainen
Single Obj. Map (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18582) - Carryable (like Island or Quarry) by Mordenkainen
Single Obj. Map (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24593) - Hack by gamma
Single Obj. Map (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24614) - MCP by gamma

Tutorials - Specific
Dual Capture Spawn (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18936)by Mordenkainen
Setting up Spawns, (de)activating them (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24258)
The ten top tips of texturing (http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4678)
func_mover tutorial (http://symo.me.uk/estate/tutorials/func_mover.htm)
func_mover related thread (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?p=403288#post403288)
Step by step tutorial to making command map, heightmaps , deploymasks ect. (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24586)
Maya UV Mapping (http://highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/texturing/248.html)
Vis Portals (http://www.iddevnet.com/doom3/visportals.php)
Bump, Diffuse, Normal, Height, Specular, Hit, Sky and reflective maps (http://www.modwiki.net/wiki/Texturing#Diffuse_maps)
Taking good screen shots of your map. (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6620&highlight=screenshots)
Creating bumpmaps from photos - things to be aware of (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/creating_bumpmaps_from_images.htm)
Creating a simple bumpmap using a heightTemplate (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/bumpmaps_from_images_pt2.htm)
Sky Boxes in Blender katsbits (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/blender_rendering_skybox_environment.htm)

Tutorials - Bots
Bots useful links (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showpost.php?p=420997&postcount=6)
Capturable Spawn (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30662&highlight=bots)
Vehicle navigation (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23585&highlight=what+are+nav+files)
AAS issues (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31177&highlight=bots)
Escort MCP (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31703&highlight=bots)
Bots and objectives (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23293&highlight=progress+with+bots)
Bot Action goal numbers (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21550&highlight=bots+deployable)
Bots misc tips (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18921)
Deployable and vehicle numbers (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23540&highlight=ALL_VEHICLES_BUT_ICARUS)

Tutorials - Terrain
Blender - Creating OOB areas from play ground (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23112)
EarthSculptor (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22460)
Google Earth to Terrain mesh (http://quakewarsmapping.blogspot.com/2007/07/google-maps-to-terrain-mesh.html)
Making 3D landscapes in blender, using heightmaps (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Making_Landscapes_with_heightmaps)
Making craters in World Machine (http://www.world-machine.com/tutorials/craters/craters.html)
Making a volcano terrain in World Machine (http://www.world-machine.com/tutorials/volcano/volcano.html)
Import height maps to Maya (http://www.globaldefenseforce.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17)

Tutorials - Modeling
Exporting models from Blender as maps (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/blender_export_model_to_map.htm)
Setting up Blenders grid (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/doom_3_prepping_models.htm#blender_grid)
onno van braam (http://www.onnovanbraam.com/index.php?tutorials/)

Tutorials - Sites
highend3d.com (http://highend3d.com/)
leveldk (http://www.leveldk.co.uk/)
etqwmapping (http://www.etqwmapping.com)
KatsBits (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials.htm)
4newbies (http://4newbies.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/mapping.php)
idDevNet (http://iddevnet.com/)
Doom 3 World (http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/index.php)
ModWiki (http://www.modwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page)
GameDev (http://www.gamedev.no/index.jsp)
ET:QW-Maps (http://www.globaldefenseforce.net/forums/index.php)
mr-chompers (http://www.mr-chompers.com/)
3D Buzz (http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_home.php)

Video Tutorials
Doom3 Video Tutorials (http://www.trepaning.com/d3Vids/d3Vids.htm)
3D Buzz (http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_dl_index.php)

Other
Free Everyday object models on this forum (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21129)
Level Makers (http://www.levelmakers.com/community/) *** New ***
Unoffical Modding ET:QW FAQ (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5015)
Mod DataBase (http://moddb.com/)
Car Blueprints (http://www.the-blueprints.com/)
Resurrection Gaming (http://team-res.alteredpast.com/)
Quake Wars Plug-ins for Notepad++ (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8344)
Many useful links at Splash Damage Forums (http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1710)

Modeling software
Blender (http://www.blender.org/)
Wings3D (http://www.wings3d.com/)
The xsi mod tool (http://www.softimage.com/products/modtool/)
MilkShape 3D (http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch/)

Non-English
Italian sof2 mapping (http://www.sof2mapping.it)
French Quake Wars Wiki (http://www.quakewars.fr/index.php/Accueil)

Terrain Creation
Terragen (http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/)
Earth Sculptor (http://www.earthsculptor.com/)
World Machine (http://www.world-machine.com/)
L3DT 2.5 Standard (http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/)
Bryce (http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/bryce/)
Terrain Generator (http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=2)

Textures
Mayang (http://www.mayang.com/textures/)
cgtextures (http://cgtextures.com/)
The Wadfather (http://wadfather.planethalflife.gamespy.com/new/)
Planet Textures (http://celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/mars.php)
Vehicle Textures - Mayang (http://www.mayang.com/textures/Manmade/html/Vehicles/index.html)
Accu Studio (http://www.accustudio.com/exchange/textures.php?dir=)
textures.forrest (http://textures.forrest.cz/)
pbourke - texture colour (http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/texture_colour/)
Texture Packs (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30082)

Texture Tools
Map Zone Texture Tool (http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/index.php)
Nvidia tools page (http://developer.nvidia.com/object/content_tools_by_date.html)
Crazybump (http://www.crazybump.com/)
DDS Converter 1_20 (http://files.filefront.com/ddscv+1+20zip/;962054;/fileinfo.html)
GIMP DDS plugin (http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/)
GIMP NormalMap plugin (http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/normalmap/)
Material files (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33496)

Other Tools
Blender tools for terrain creation (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22795)
Quick Map Wizard (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17981&highlight=wizard)

Inspiration
Dubtown (http://www.dubtown.de/)
More links at doom3world (http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1649)

Demo Recording / Video Creation
CyboPat Quake Wars Demo Player (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9664)
3rd person cvars (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122936&postcount=41)
demoplayback and videomaking (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5860)
bookmarks in demos (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10957)

Blogs / Mappers
[]v[] quakewarsmapping Blog (http://quakewarsmapping.blogspot.com/)
david (ducks) johnston : level designer (http://www.johnsto.co.uk/blog/)
MoP (http://www.ldaustinart.com/paul/)
sa74n (http://www.sa74n-design.de/)
cptntriscuit - battlefield (http://battlefield.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/)

[Ifurita]

I'll post the links from my mapping articles. Some of the general guides are still applicable

[Ifurita]

http://4newbies.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/mapping.php

[MWLL|Criminal]

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net

[zig-zag]

Not my sites but,
-The place to go for D3/Q4 mapping. Has a dedicated ET:QW section
http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/index.php

-Soon to have a section for ET:QW (hopefully)
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/index.php

[TTK-Bandit]

Lots of information regarding the SDK:
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15843

[MoP]

Kat (I think he's registered on these forums) has an awesome site full of tutorials and tips for general mapping and modding, especially for Quake 4 - those tutorials will be quite relevent to level editing for ET:QW:

http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials.htm

[TTK-Bandit]

mod database to show of your mod and find other mods:
http://moddb.com/

[kat]

Kat (I think he's registered on these forums) has an awesome site full of tutorials and tips for general mapping and modding, especially for Quake 4 - those tutorials will be quite relevent to level editing for ET:QW:

http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials.htmHeh, I only just saw this. Thanks for the mention ;)

[MWLL|Criminal]

http://modetqw.com/forum/index.php

[dmschaos]

http://www.burial-grounds.com has long be very supportive of mod and map developers. We are gearing up the site to make it easier to share betas and get your files, pages and images uploaded and available for testing and downloading.

[Neurological]

http://www.sof2mapping.it

italian site for Radiant tutorials

[[]v[]]

Just added a new tutorial on how to select terrain from Google Earth and turn it into a terrain mesh for modeling further. This is one way of creating terrain and will be interesting to see other peoples methods.

Google Earth to Terrain mesh (http://quakewarsmapping.blogspot.com/2007/07/google-maps-to-terrain-mesh.html)

[jonny b]

this is hawt! I don't even know where to start! *drools*

[[]v[]]

Please post your links here to anything useful for mappers etc.
So I dont miss anything cheers.

[channie]

DaveJ's blog (http://blog.johnsto.co.uk/) Not quake-related, but you'll find many many tips and tricks on how to design your layout.

[[]v[]]

Good one, David Johnston the guy who made Dust, respect.

[Hakuryu]

v[];89940']Just added a new tutorial on how to select terrain from Google Earth and turn it into a terrain mesh for modeling further. This is one way of creating terrain and will be interesting to see other peoples methods.

Google Earth to Terrain mesh (http://quakewarsmapping.blogspot.com/2007/07/google-maps-to-terrain-mesh.html)

Nice tutorial, going to give it a try tonight.

I've gone through the DEM mess several times, trying to find the right combinations of programs needed, accounts needed, and how to actually get the files from the private sector sites... never could get it all working.

[MadJack]

Me and Jonny B have started www.etqw-maps.com

For now it's a bit bare but we're adding as we can. The main site's theme is being done as we speak.

Welcome to everyone. :)

[TTK-Bandit]

just found this very nice little tool on the net:
http://files.filefront.com/ddscv+1+20zip/;962054;/fileinfo.html
it mass converts image files from/to dds files, very handy as acdsee does not have dds support

[MWLL|Criminal]

of course you could use the nvidia plugin for photoshop as well. Providing you have photoshop.

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/photoshop_dds_plugins.html

as well the thumbnail viewer.

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/dds_thumbnail_viewer.html

[TTK-Bandit]

sure, but the nvidia photoshop plugin is just im/export of the current image, if you have more than a handful of files, you have a problem.
ddscv can convert as many files as you want.

[[]v[]]

Crazybump looks v nice.
Could someone post links to specific tutorials on normal and bump mapping which are relevant to QW and which you could recommend.
So I can add them to the list.
eg Creation, applying to models and textures, and how to import into game.

[Kamikazee]

I would try Modwiki.net: Texturing: Bump maps (http://www.modwiki.net/wiki/Texturing#Bump_maps) for info and Modwiki.net: Texturing: Applications: Bump mapping (http://www.modwiki.net/wiki/Texturing#Normal_mapping) for the tools themselves.

[[]v[]]

Ah thanks Kamikazee that seems to be the clearest tut I've seen on the subject.

[RotzKotz_ere]

Modeling software:
Maya: http://www.autodesk.co.uk/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=452932&id=9884708
3ds Max: http://www.autodesk.co.uk/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=452932&id=9898435
blender: http://www.blender.org/ (Open Source)

[kat]

Could someone post links to specific tutorials on normal and bump mapping which are relevant to QW and which you could recommend....
Specific normal map creation tutes
Creating bumpmaps from photos - things to be aware of (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/creating_bumpmaps_from_images.htm)
Creating a simple bumpmap using a heightTemplate (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/bumpmaps_from_images_pt2.htm)

[RivrStyx]

http://team-res.alteredpast.com

[[]v[]]

Cheers for the links.
Please also post any demo / video creation useful info links that you may have seen around the forums.

[Kamikazee]

http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_bump.gifed for sticky-vote.

[[]v[]]

It appears to be Teflon coated.
I would have bumped it earlier but I feared the wrath of Salteh.

[Salteh]

:)
Love the tapir and all will be well.

[JockGit]

Cheers all, that lot will keep me busy for a while :cool:

[kat]

Rendering custom skyboxes using Blender 3D (inc. sample file and assets) (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/blender_rendering_skybox_environment.htm)

[[]v[]]

@kat
what benefits would there be from creating one with blender over using the editworld built in one.

[Codex]

Video Tutorials. These videos are based on Doom 3 but I would imagine they are easily transferable to any game based on the Doom 3 engine.

Brian Trepanier
http://www.trepaning.com/d3Vids/d3Vids.htm

3D Buzz - Registration is required and the files are under the "Video Training" link. Excellent tutorials on writing scripts.
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_home.php

EDIT: Just noticed these are already listed... :p

[kat]

v[];161244']@kat
what benefits would there be from creating one with blender over using the editworld built in one.Don't know yet as we've not got the tools ;) Seriously though, think of it as a *general tool*, what you do in Blender can be used elsewhere in other games so you're not limited to just QW. But, given that all you're doing is replacing standard textures and rendering out it may be easier and quicker to find/replace/render/save from Blender.

[xamox]

Any word on any new maps being dropped by anyone?

[RotzKotz_ere]

no
wait(ing) for SDK

[MSC. O'Shizz]

But, Modeling is cool and all that, but I like mapping.
I have Mod Tool, make great all kinds of maps, but Its not made for that.
And hard to export to hammer. XSI is for me, is teh shizz.
Its what I learned on.
What is or do you guys have a hammer type program.
Sry I'm new to Quake Stuff. Except for Wolfenstein 3d lol. I can make I wolf-3d map :D .

Do you guys have blueprints avalible?
Sorry Didn't read thread yet.

Oh and I can't get blender to work on my pc I spazes out when I move my cursor. Do I have to use blender?

[RotzKotz_ere]

wait for the SDK
all Info will be in it's docs/on the wiki

[Kamikazee]

Do I have to use blender?No, but it might make your life easier because there probably will be an export script for ET:QW models. XSI's Mod tool is not commonly used in the "Doom 3 community" and as such, might lack import and/or export scripts.

For most games, the developers use Lightwave for static modeling and Maya for all animated models. Other programs might be used as well, but I guess models are run through the first two programs to get the models in their final format.

[MSC. O'Shizz]

No, but it might make your life easier because there probably will be an export script for ET:QW models. XSI's Mod tool is not commonly used in the "Doom 3 community" and as such, might lack import and/or export scripts.

For most games, the developers use Lightwave for static modeling and Maya for all animated models. Other programs might be used as well, but I guess models are run through the first two programs to get the models in their final format.

Cool Thanks, Hmm....
I'm going to look at both.

[Salteh]

http://www.etqwmapping.com :)

First: this project is not related to / sponsored by Splash Damage in any way. Nothing on the website has been written by Splash Damage, nor has any uber-secret SD information been used or leaked on the website .

Basically it's meant to be a place where people can post reviews, articles(tutorials) and rate/review maps :). It can also host 50-300mb map files.
I'd love to write more, but I'm pretty busy with this uber SDK-beta release.


*may edit this text later :).

[[]v[]]

A very seductive site. well done:dance:

*may edit this text later :).
quoted for posterity.

[Salteh]

A little ninja bug somewhere has made it crash the webserver, so it'll be back tomorrow :).

(after I fix the bug, having it restart all the time isn't that awesome :) )

[FoggyFreek]

Hahaha, that Strogg Tapir is awesome :)

[Salteh]

It's baaaaaaaaaack :)
Should be allright now, I hope/think I fixed the problem :)!

[Sebultura]

Yes, that site is a great idea: the more the resources on the game, the more the tapir's words will spread :D

[dONKEY]

Can I offer my own site. A lot of old school Q3 Tutorials, that as far as brush work and patch work is concerned is still relevant. A handful of Q4 based tuts, and a new article on QW:ET regarding setting up simple template files, getting models correctly textured into the editor and setting up texture blending (old skool, not megatexture, useful for interior modelled areas).
http://www.leveldk.co.uk
Click on the Tutorial button.

[kat]

Definative guide to setting up Blenders grid for Quake Wars terrain editing/creation (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/doom_3_prepping_models.htm#blender_grid)

[Salteh]

Can I offer my own site. A lot of old school Q3 Tutorials, that as far as brush work and patch work is concerned is still relevant. A handful of Q4 based tuts, and a new article on QW:ET regarding setting up simple template files, getting models correctly textured into the editor and setting up texture blending (old skool, not megatexture, useful for interior modelled areas).
http://www.leveldk.co.uk
Click on the Tutorial button.

Nice! :D
The game is called ET:QW though :oppressor:

[dONKEY]

Nice! :D
The game is called ET:QW though :oppressor:

Oh LOL! *Me turns slightly red*

[Salteh]

I have updated the etqwmapping site (http://www.etqwmapping.com) with some articles, a simple (will contain more info later) RSS feed, a few bugfixes and other misc work :).

The -Submit your map- page should be online tomorrow :D

[Loffy]

*On knees, towards Salteh*: We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

[FishStix]

Someday I will muster the courage to learn the ET:QW editor. Is it easier or harder or just plain different that UnrealED? I mapped a lot with TVed (Tribes:Vengeance's modification of UnrealED) and messed around with the original Tribes 1 map editor back in the day. That is as far as my experience goes.

[Arcanox]

Someday I will muster the courage to learn the ET:QW editor. Is it easier or harder or just plain different that UnrealED? I mapped a lot with TVed (Tribes:Vengeance's modification of UnrealED) and messed around with the original Tribes 1 map editor back in the day. That is as far as my experience goes.

The ET:QW Editor is slightly more complex when you get into things like terrain and gametype scripting. Terrain usually requires you to pick up some solid modeling fundamentals, and with gametype setup, it requires some scripting knowledge.

If you are using BSP, assigning textures to surfaces and moving around assets in the world, then it isn't that much different than UnrealEd.

Luckily, all of the tough parts are actually part of systems that work extremely well and you'll learn to appreciate them once you get over the learning curve. Much of the mapping process is covered by the wiki so skim through that if you want an idea of how the mapping process works- http://wiki.splashdamage.com/index.php/Enemy_Territory:_QUAKE_Wars

[cleandesperado]

is there a terrain editor with LWO exporting?
i tried nem's TerrainGenerator, but it crashes.
Earth Sculptor don't support exporting LWO.

[FishStix]

The ET:QW Editor is slightly more complex when you get into things like terrain and gametype scripting. Terrain usually requires you to pick up some solid modeling fundamentals, and with gametype setup, it requires some scripting knowledge.

If you are using BSP, assigning textures to surfaces and moving around assets in the world, then it isn't that much different than UnrealEd.

Luckily, all of the tough parts are actually part of systems that work extremely well and you'll learn to appreciate them once you get over the learning curve. Much of the mapping process is covered by the wiki so skim through that if you want an idea of how the mapping process works- http://wiki.splashdamage.com/index.php/Enemy_Territory:_QUAKE_Wars
Thanks for the words of wisdom. How's it going dude? Long time no speak. A little birdy told me you have an interesting project in the works. Do tell :oppressor:

[cleandesperado]

add this: http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21129

[ducks]

is there a terrain editor with LWO exporting?
i tried nem's TerrainGenerator, but it crashes.
Earth Sculptor don't support exporting LWO.

ETQW also supports OBJ and ASE if that helps. It's not limited to LWO.

[MrLego]

I could never get Blender to export the correct material tagname in an .obj file - It works fine with ASE though.

[ducks]

I could never get Blender to export the correct material tagname in an .obj file - It works fine with ASE though.

For OBJ you have to use a double underscore instead of a forward slash.

e.g. "megatextures__area22"

[MrLego]

I had that part of it, when I export the terrain as .obj it puts this line in the .obj file pointing to a material file.mtllib qw_002.mtl
If I change it to "usemtl megatextures__mymap" it doesn't work.

When I changed the file contents of qw_002.mtl to "usemtl megatextures__mymap" - it didn't work.

I changed it to "usemtl megatextures/mymap" as well - no luck.

Export as ASE was a piece of cake once I remembered to install python so Goofus's script would run. :p

[xcythraz]

Ok i dont mean to be a newbie but were do i install the mega texture pack

[marmil]

Ok i dont mean to be a newbie but were do i install the mega texture pack

That's actually a good question to ask as it will make a difference :)
http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showpost.php?p=277652&postcount=26

[hozz]

I had that part of it, when I export the terrain as .obj it puts this line in the .obj file pointing to a material file.mtllib qw_002.mtl
If I change it to "usemtl megatextures__mymap" it doesn't work.

When I changed the file contents of qw_002.mtl to "usemtl megatextures__mymap" - it didn't work.

I changed it to "usemtl megatextures/mymap" as well - no luck.

Export as ASE was a piece of cake once I remembered to install python so Goofus's script would run. :p

Do not change the "mtllib" line at all! it does nothing. and you can safely delete the extra .mtl file that the .obj exporter creates, it will never be used.
there is an additional line starting with "usemtl" which you have to change (e.g. usemtl megatextures__refinery) .. use search function in wordpad (just look for "usemtl"), it's somewhere in the middle of the obj text (not in the beginning like the "mtllib" line)

[Pappy-R]

Planet Quake has mapping forums and a file submission system that works great for multiple beta builds. Also, anyone looking for hosting for their mapping or modding sites can contact me directly for a quicker route to getting approval.
PlanetQuake.com (http://planetquake.gamespy.com/)

[marmil]

Planet Quake has mapping forums and a file submission system that works great for multiple beta builds. Also, anyone looking for hosting for their mapping or modding sites can contact me directly for a quicker route to getting approval.
PlanetQuake.com (http://planetquake.gamespy.com/)

Holy mackerel, Pappy-R is in the house! Thank you for the hosting offerings. :oppressor:

[kat]

New tutorial - Exporting models from Blender as maps (http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/blender_export_model_to_map.htm)

[[]v[]]

Interesting tut kat thanks. added.

[marmil]

Not a tutorial, but I though this was a nice little collection of 10 texturing tips.
Good things to consider when making your own custom textures.

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4678

[GUNSL1NG3R]

A quick easy and free program to create human models
export to obj and open with blender or,,,,???

http://www.makehuman.org/blog/index.php

it creates quad mesh's (body, head, eyes, eyelash, teeth and tongue) that when converted to tris is about 18000 faces.

retopo would be necessary but could help in many ways


I found it very straight forward and put this model (pic) into blender within 1 hr. of dloading.

[Dirka_Dirka]

thats either a very muscular woman, or that man has big boobs.

[GUNSL1NG3R]

should have added a fig leaf for your eyes

[marmil]

That looks interesting GUNSL1NG3R. I'll have to check that out when I get home.

Fig leaves added for Dirka_Dirka's protection. ;)

[GUNSL1NG3R]

LOL, Nice artistry there!!
I didn't spend much time on that model at all. maybe 10 minutes tops.
On second glance that is one fugly woman (Dirka was right):rolleyes:

[AgeAzz]

thanks for the info gunslinger.

i havent tested it yet, but it seems like a good help to start your models on. on the downside i fear that your own modeling skills might suffer if you don't build yourself.
and some models and poses didn't seem 100% natural either.

[LighT_Sh4v0r]

Looks like a nice program, if that took you only 10 mins :)

And thanks Marmil, it made me feel slightly uncomfortable.

[GUNSL1NG3R]

The poses are 100% adjustable. The programs way of posing is not a very quick way though but in blender you can easily switch to edit mode, select verts and rotate a portion in seconds.
As for modeling skills, it is for those who lack them.

picture removed.

[Dirka_Dirka]

any chance of getting the links for the objective maps in this post (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27895) linked here. you have the post linked, but its a pain having to go 3 links deep to find em.

[MLB Marko]

Hiya

Just a little note to say I've just finished setting up the Mappers' DataBase. The aim of the database is to gather all ressources available on different games to help other map makers. This database will host prefabs, textures, shaders, models... We've almost got 100 items in the database (mainly wolfenstien enemy territory maps / prefabs at the moment and a few for Soldier of Fortune 2) and would like all mappers willing to share their work to do so.

Visit The Mapper's Database (http://www.gd-experience.eu/index.php?section=2&category=6)


Thanks for your contribution

[PytoX]

Thanks,

this could be useful some times ;)

[Chris]

Marko!

Glad to see you still about.

[Basiley]

please add Vista Pro - to "Terrain Generation Tool" section.
tnx&mc.

[[]v[]]

please add Vista Pro - to "Terrain Generation Tool" section.
tnx&mc.

if you can find it. or even get it working.
That was the first terrain software i used on a 66 mhtz pc. maybe even on my old Amiga :O
really nice but out dated. Where are you from the 1990's.;)