Klaw's Mapping Class

Started by Klaw, July 24, 2017, 12:40:00 AM

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Klaw




So I let the cat out of the bag this evening, that I was planning to stream a map making class on Twitch. After that, I fielded map making questions from 3 members.

As a result, I'm gonna start moving forward now :P

Required resources:

RPG-X UE - https://last-outpost.net/rpgx/

Radiant Software for the Quake3 Engine (Recommend Netradiant) - https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiI3wxAqoQpZkE2aFRVl7fPzvqDH

A Little file for management stuff to bring STVEF into Netradiant - https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiI3wxAqoQpZe4qwm3ofKUkmumo

This File needs to be put in the Baseef folder of your RPG-X install - https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiI3wxAqoQpZkE6rdMv7-bE-NPsM



How to Setup Netradiant:

1. Install RPG-X
2. Place the "mapextras.pk3' file in the Baseef folder of your RPG-X install.
3. Open the Netradiant Zip file, and extract the contents somewhere easy to find.
4. Open the Netradiant addons file and extract the "games" and "stvef.game" folders to the root of the netradiant folder.
5. Open Netradiant, and follow the gui setup to select "Star Trek Voyager Elite Force" as your game and point the editor to your RPG-X install.

Congratulations: Netradiant is installed - now what do you do with it?!

Poking around at the interface

I'm very picky with how I have my interface. Largely because it's how I learned to map :P. So, This next part revolves largely around choice, trial and error and just playing around with things (which is 93% of mapping anyway). I'm going to help you get setup like I have mine.

1. Press "P" to open your preferences.
2. Under interface, select "layout" - I choose the third option from the left (second to last). The four square layout makes life easier to see when you're dealing with the 3D Axis.
3. Scroll down to Settings, and select "Brush" - make sure that "Always use caulk for new brushes" is checked.
4. Select "Orthographic" and make sure 'Display size info" is checked
5. Press OK and proceed.

Note - the changing of the layout will result in a need to restart the program.

And just like that - Your radiant install looks just like mine. Now you're ready to begin

Some Additional Resources to consider as you endeavor to press forward with mapping:

Will and Ant's Map Source files are on this page (Will and Ant were responsible for a LARGE chunk of RPG-X's original maps, including Poseidon-B, Atlantis, the STRP-HQ series and MANY MANY more.)

(More to come later)