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Welcome to RichDiesal's JK2Radiant Mapping University!

If you are completely new to JK2 editing, start with General Concepts 101: Lesson 1.
 

General Concepts 101 (by RichDiesal) Lesson 1: Introduction to the Mapping University (ALL NEWCOMERS READ THIS) Lesson 2a: The Tools You Need (Radiant Installation and Recommended Programs) Lesson 2b:   Tools You Need Updated Version (GTKRadiant 1.4 (Raven) (as of 11 NOV. 2005)) Lesson 3: Getting Around JK2 Radiant (Usage of Radiant, Basic Brushes, Basic Texturing) Lesson 4: Basic Brushes (Edge, Clip, and Vertex Tool) Lesson 5: Basic Entities (Usage of Weapon Entities and Types) Lesson 6: Basic Lighting (Light Entities and Placement) Lesson 7: Adding More Rooms (Creating New Rooms) Conclusion to General Concepts 101 Brushes 201 (by RichDiesal) Lesson 1: Liquids Lesson 2: Fog Lesson 3: Throwing the Player (trigger_push) Lesson 4: Injuring the Player / Bottomless Pits (trigger_hurt) Lesson 5: Doors (func_door) Lesson 6: Auto-Moving Brushes (func_train, func_plat) Lesson 7: Switches (trigger_multiple, func_usable) Lesson 8: Glass / Destructible Brushes (func_breakable) Conclusion to Brushes 201 Entities 220 (by RichDiesal) Lesson 1: Dynamic Lights and Light Switches Lesson 2: Special Visual Effects (fx_runner) Lesson 3: Special Auditory Effects (target_speaker) Lesson 4: Rain and Snow (fx_rain, fx_snow) Lesson 5: NPC Spawning and NPC Routing Lesson 6: Worldspawn Conclusion to Entities 220 Textures 301 (TBD) Lesson 1: Basic Texture Creation and Import Lesson 2: Square Texturing Lesson 3: Circular Texturing Conclusion to Textures 301 Brushes 301 (TBD) Lesson 1: Basic Stairways (By Myth) Lesson 2: Spiral Staircases (By Myth) Lesson 3: Triggered Forcefields (JKA) (By Tesla) Lesson 4: Custom / Locked Doors Conclusion to Brushes 301 Reference Sheets Dynamic Light References Relative Distances JKA EFX Files List (JKA) Common Errors JKA Soundsets

General Concepts 102 (by RichDiesal) Lesson 1: Caulk (Appropriate Use of Caulk) Lesson 2: Compiling (Description of Compiling, Compile Types) Lesson 3: Detail Brushes (Usage of Detail Brushes) Lesson 4: Basic Curves (End Caps, Bevels, Patch Meshes) Lesson 5a: Models in JKO (Basic Placement and Usage) Lesson 5a: Models in JKA (Basic Placement and Usage) Lesson 6: Shaders and Skies (Usage of Skies, Info on Shaders) Lesson 7: MP Mapping / Basic Level Distribution (Player Starts, Levelshots, .Arenas, Making a PK3) Conclusion to General Concepts 102 Curves 201 (by RichDiesal) Lesson 1: Domed Ceilings Lesson 2: Corridor with a Curved Ceiling Lesson 3: Circular Hole in the Floor/Ceiling Lesson 4: Arches Lesson 5: Spikes Lesson 6: Texturing Tricks Conclusion to Curves 201 Level Distribution 230 (TBD) Lesson 1: Good Level Design Lesson 2: A Decent Framerate (Hints) Lesson 3: A Professional Sheen Lesson 4: Signature Textures Lesson 5: Sound Triggering and Music Lesson 6: Multiplayer Bots Conclusion to Level Distribution 210 Shaders 365 (by BabySpinach) Lesson 1: The Necessities of Shaders Lesson 2: Light-Emitting Shaders Lesson 3: Custom Skyboxes Lesson 4: Custom Liquids (some issues in JKO) Conclusion to Shaders 365 Scripting 370 (TBD) Lesson 1: The Necessities of Scripting (JKA little JKO) Lesson 2: Entity Control (JKA) Lesson 3: Mover Script (JKA) Lesson 4: NPC Spawnscript (JKA and JKO) Lesson 5: NPC Control (JKA and JKO) Conclusion to Scripting 370 (JKA little JKO) Guest Lecturers Volrath with Importing Custom MD3 Models from GMax/3DS Max into Radiant The Blue Stormtrooper with CutScene (SP Scene)