Getting started

[ironman]

getting started with map making

go to radiant website and download gtradiant for ET
www.qeradiant.com/

then download the pre-made light test map..
www.plc-clan.com/files/etmain/light_test_0331.zip


*then unzip the light_test_0331.zip file into a NEW folder on desktop

* now you have a light_test_0331.PK3 in your new desktop folder (that you created)

If you throw this light_test_0331.PK3 in your etmain and start the game as a none dedicated sertver you can see a small map with lights.
*Now use winrar to open the light_test_0331.PK3 file inside the file are 4 folders take them out and put them in a new map on your desk top..


now you are ready to make changes..

*Start radiant
*open the new folder with the 4 folders in side

*open the light_test.MAP


*radiant will load the map and load all shaders, textures, lights
(everything)






when u are ready to test the changes u have made you press SAVA map as.. light_test_033 then save it in a NEW folder (always)
(i will explain later how to change your maps name)
*press: BSP (top of screen)
*then press (single) BSP Meta

now radiant will test your map if it is still "water tight" and if nothing leaks..
if nuthing leaks it will say 0 leaks (or something)
if radiant is done your new folder will look like this:

(only called light_test)

now close radiant, then open the pk3 file that came out of the zip u downloaded.. then open maps and delete the light_test.BSP then throw in the light_test.BSP you just made in the new folder on ur desktop..

then throw the PK3 in to your etmain and start the game and see if u can start the light_test map

extended map compile
your map will have no lights but is playable ,if you want to have map lights working you will need to do a extra bsp compile..
for light maps to work you will have to save the light_test_033 map (iin radiant) into a new folder,
(always into a new folder to prevent file corruption)
then the normal BSP compile:
_{*press: BSP (top of screen)
*then press (single) BSP Meta}

and then a extra compile (directly after the BSP meta)
*press BSP
*press BSP Lights Fast

then radiant will do a 2nd compiling this will take a greater amount of time, this small map is about 5 minutes but i have maps that can compile for 45 minutes , depends on your computers RAM..

Now open your light_test_0331.PK3 with winrar
*delete the "light_test folder"
*delete the " light_test -BSP file"

*Keep the light_test_0331.PK3 winrar window open.
*Open the folder you created (with the 4 folders in side)
*Open Maps
*High Light the "light_test folder"
and High light the " light_test -BSP file"
*drag and drop them into the light_test_0331.PK3
To replace the once you deleted..

Now throw the light_test_0331.PK3 in to your ETmain folder and you can make a none dedicated server to test your map and look at the changes you made from a ingame perspective..

PREFAB
over the years i tried to make/and made maps i made and collected a whole bunch of prefabs stuff ...

PREFAB 12,3 MB
paradiselost.250free.com/plc/files/etmain/PREFAB.zip

some things are "in pieces" like command post and the health and ammo stuff..

[Piurek]

heh

Im downloading

Try to make sth

TRY hehe

[ironman]

piurek said:

heh

Im downloading

Try to make sth

TRY hehe

make sure that when u are done making some small changes that the building you have made does not leak..

[Piurek]

I download bad version..

Now im downloading good one..

But this program looks hard

I get this lightpack

When i make sth good i get know about it

[ironman]

piurek said:

I download bad version..

Now im downloading good one..

But this program looks hard

I get this lightpack

When i make sth good i get know about it

radiant is one of the hardest programs to work with i have ever seen, there are so many options and things to know, and + it isnt very stable..

[Piurek]

Make me happyer and say that at start u dont undersatnd anything too..

I dont know omggggg..

I download this program Gtk Radiatant 1.4.0

Today END of it..

[ironman]

piurek said:

Make me happyer and say that at start u dont undersatnd anything too..

I dont know omggggg..

I download this program Gtk Radiatant 1.4.0

Today END of it..

dude i was totally lost, lol i still am.. but i managed to fix the command map now (wich took me over 14 hours)
and im doing some more details on the map...

[fatfreddy]

mmmm sounds like exiting thngs r happening.........
FF

[ironman]

fatfreddy said:

mmmm sounds like exiting thngs r happening.........
FF

they are.. still need to work out a lot of bugs tho

[roft]

Lmfao Iron

The more crap you got on your desktop the slower your PC is in starting up // shuting down
Never have more then you need on the D/T lol

[ironman]

roft said:

Lmfao Iron

The more crap you got on your desktop the slower your PC is in starting up // shuting down
Never have more then you need on the D/T lol

im not worried about having crap on my pc, im worried of not having enough back ups of the map i made, when u have 1152 ddr RAM nothing will slow u down even when i have my whole desktop filled with junk..

and i think u have misread something cos i never wrote make a mess of your desktop, i personally have a folder on desktop in wich i keep all my radiant saves, it will get very messy very fast if u chuck everything on desktop..

so i got no idea what this comment u wrote down reflects on, besides it is a silly comment any lil kid of 10 knows not to chuck everything on desktop even when u do have more then enough RAM to handle it, it jus tlooks messy to begin with..

[Hell_Man]

i downloaded your zip test light, i ve unzipped it, and there is a pk3 file inside...

after you said, open this file with winrar, you will find 4 folders in it , but winrar is not to open file, just for zip or unzip, or maybe i missed something....

[ironman]

hellman said:

i downloaded your zip test light, i ve unzipped it, and there is a pk3 file inside...

after you said, open this file with winrar, you will find 4 folders in it , but winrar is not to open file, just for zip or unzip, or maybe i missed something....

right click open with win rar
win rar is exactly lile winzip only much more user friendly..
it is not how u open it, it is THAT u open it...

[Hell_Man]

yes, but there is not the 4 folders in it, that s what i mean

[ironman]

hellman said:

yes, but there is not the 4 folders in it, that s what i mean

cant even download that file anymore i wonder if i deleted it

[gespstylo]

euhmmmm, this may be verry stupid now, but HOW can i donwload that on that site??? i dont find the download file...

[ironman]

when i have som spare time, i will make a proper tutorial , wich screenshots, and map examples that anyone can follow..

that isnt to say i know everything about radiant, even after 5 years of playing arround with it, somethings still are very VERY hard to do.

[ironman]

hellman said:

yes, but there is not the 4 folders in it, that s what i mean

no inside the zip is a light_test_003.PK3 file,
throw the light_test_003.PK3 file on your desk top
then open the light_test_003.pk3 file with winrar or winzip
inside that are the folders you are looking for..

[ironman]

ok check the first post i changed the tutorial..
added a few screenshots

[Hell_Man]

ok boss, i reinstall radiant, and tell you later what happend,

i already try to play with this software, but it is not easy, much and much options, and i hate this camera lolllll ( you know what i mean ,-) )

OK , let's go