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Jul 31 2004 06:41pm

Scythus Aratan
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Scythus Aratan
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Ok heres some tutorials and guides for you budding mappers skinner modelers and whatnot.

Mapping

Firstly go here to get the editor:
http://www.qeradiant.com/?data=files&files_dir=21

http://richdiesal.jedioutcastmaps.com/tutorials/
(Beginner to intermediate)

http://planetquake.com/bubba/mapping.html
Begginer and Intermdiate

http://www.massassi.net/tutorials.php
All kinds

http://planetquake.com/qworkshop3/tutorials/
Beginner --> Advanced

http://www.pcgamemods.com/5223/
All kinds
(Bunch of tuts in a zip)

http://www.jkmapping.com
Video Tutorials - Thanks to Xan.


Skinning

http://jediknight.filefront.com/file.stuff?body=CustomSkinningTutorial
How to edit skins and get them in game.

There are very few guides about how do skin well, just remember how it will wrap
on the model, and know how to
draw realistically with photoshop.

http://www.gamingforums.com/showthread.php?t=87386
Some help with the latter here.

Modeling

I'll split this up into several sections.

Player Modeling

You will need 3DS Max to do this,
which isnt cheap.

Get the JK3 editing tools:
http://jediknight.filefront.com/file.info?ID=18807

http://jediknight.filefront.com/file.info?ID=18604
Getting it to work.

To do this effectively you really need to know
how to model beforehand, and it's not easy. If
you want to start modeling and you havent done
it before, I advise you look at one of the
other sections.


Hilt Modeling

You will probably want milkshape for this.

http://www.massassi.com/coffeestain/03.html
How to get your saberhilt from milkshape to
JK2/3.

http://www.btinternet.com/~howe_alison/brothers/tutorial/gmax_jkii_tutorial.htm
An excellent hilt tutorial.

Again you will need to learn to model seperately.
Don't worry, i'll post some general milkshape or 3ds max tutorials at the end.

General Modeling Tutorials

Instead of posting a massive list i'll give you a link:
http://www.gamingforums.com/showthread.php?t=63469
about 20 milkshape tutorials there.

Also the official site's tutorials:
http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ms3d/tutorials.html

3DS MAX tuorials:
http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tut3ds.asp

and more:
http://www.3dbuzz.com/

Miscellaneous

http://www.gamingforums.com/showthread.php?t=123422
Menu scripts

http://www.gamingforums.com/showthread.php?t=109799
NPC's. Just scroll down and read the thread, all the info is there, if not completely clear.




There.

Thanks for reading this, hope you find it useful.

Scythus -

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This post was edited by Virtue on Dec 21 2004 07:16pm.

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Dec 26 2005 07:23pm

Vision
 - Jedi Knight
 Vision

Does anyone know a good tutorial for making elevators with switches in gtkradiant?

Nov 02 2005 12:57pm

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Terrain can be easy to make, if you know how. It depends on what type of terrain you want it to be, I guess. :cool:

Oh, and here's a tutorial. :)

Nov 02 2005 05:50am

tarpman
 - The Tarped Avenger
 tarpman

I think there's more to it than that, Ranius... have you looked at siege_hoth_sample recently?
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Oct 31 2005 12:32pm

Ranius
 - Student

you said you don't know how to make terrain, no?
well, it's wampa hard:P:

you use patches...
(ohh, ahhhh)
you press the V key...
(ohhh, ahhh)
you extend the patches to what you want...
(aaaaahhhhhhhhhh?)
and there you go:)
(aaaarrrgggghhhh!!!!)

PS: no offense meant:)
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Aug 23 2005 03:41pm

Mikouen
 - Student
 Mikouen

as far as player modelling goes i'm screwed...

i can get 3DSMax at *ahem* less than standard price, but using it is like ":eek:OMGOMGOMG Whaddi do whaddi do???"

i can map ok (not very advanced or pretty) but terrain generation screws me over... anyone know where i can find tuts for terrain?

May 28 2005 07:04pm

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

I think he just wants direct links to the best software for each so he doesn't have to search around everywhere and create accounts to find stuff. :D

May 27 2005 05:02am

tarpman
 - The Tarped Avenger
 tarpman

I think most people here use the ones linked to above. :P
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May 24 2005 03:00pm

Lucky Mintaka
 - Ex-Student
 Lucky Mintaka

I havent downloaded any software conserning modeling,maping, or skinning but i know even with the links above im going to have trouble getting the software required to do it. if someone would be so kind to leave a link of the software they use for Modeling, Mapping, and Skining in my profile or send me something through e-mail Redsky240sx@yahoo.com it would be more then a big help thanks
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May 16 2005 05:21pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

Quote:
Bail, why do you need a program when you can easily go to your desktop, right-click, go to 'New' then 'Compressed Folder' and rename it to "myfile.pk3"? :P

or maybe I just like Pakscape a lot better because of the simplicity :)
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Apr 29 2005 10:51pm

tarpman
 - The Tarped Avenger
 tarpman

Maybe he doesn't have XP, or maybe he doesn't have it set to show extensions.
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Apr 29 2005 06:01pm

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Bail, why do you need a program when you can easily go to your desktop, right-click, go to 'New' then 'Compressed Folder' and rename it to "myfile.pk3"? :P

Apr 28 2005 08:07pm

WiseBullet
 - Student
 WiseBullet

pakscape maybe?
if so its in jk2 editing files


Apr 28 2005 05:00pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

kay, quick question for help

there was this program to create PK3 files with ease. Forgot its name, can anyone help me please?

Thanks in advance :)

- Bail -
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Mar 04 2005 03:06am

Tallepyon
 - Student
 Tallepyon

Me? Why would I do that?

Mar 04 2005 02:37am

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Lies, I'm not that dumb! You deleted your post, didn't you?! :P

Mar 04 2005 12:50am

Tallepyon
 - Student
 Tallepyon

Setementor what are you going on about? I didnt even do anything. You are blind:D

Mar 04 2005 12:21am

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Wtf Talle, it's a permanent post!!

* Slaps Tallepyon * :P

Jan 06 2005 11:51am

The Dragon Reborn
 - Student
 The Dragon Reborn

No i menat which of the file packages inside the link. its ok, though, i've found it. Thanks anyway.
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Jan 06 2005 07:29am

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Quote:
Which one do you download?


If you're referring to the Tutorials and such Scythus linked to, you can download any you wish learn. If you were referring to our recent conversation on RichDiesal's Tutorials, we were just discussing about having backup, incase his site were to go down for good.

Jan 05 2005 10:29pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

Quote:
Which one do you download?

how do you mean?

could you clarify a bit please, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can :)
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Jan 05 2005 08:35pm

The Dragon Reborn
 - Student
 The Dragon Reborn

Which one do you download?

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"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to... suffering" -Jedi Master Yoda

"I shall not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over me and through me, and when it has gone i will turn my inner eye to see its path. Where fear has gone there will be nothing. Only i will remain." -Bene Gesserit Litany, Dune


Jan 01 2005 01:57am

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Well, as long as you have a Zipped version of it, I guess we're alright. :D

Dec 31 2004 08:55pm

ozzcoz
 - Cosplay Nerd
 ozzcoz

Yeah, I can't find it either. I would say I was imagining it, except I still have the .zip file, so ... :confused:
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Dec 31 2004 06:04am

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

I failed to find it on either of the 3 pages. :(

Dec 31 2004 01:54am

ozzcoz
 - Cosplay Nerd
 ozzcoz

It's been around for a while, but as JK2 descends from interest, I doubt each time whether it will be put back up. It is truly one of the best tutorials for beginners to radiant for any game. I believe there is a .zip file with all the pages you can download from the site. I strongly recommend getting this ... just in case. ;)
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