Qworkshop3 Tutorials

Quake 3 Arena Level Editing Tutorials

All these tutorials were created using Q3Radiant which was used to create the levels in the game.
I hope you get some use out of these tutorials when your making new Q3A levels.

We currently have 75 tutorials available for your enjoyment. Have any tutorial ideas, email me Bill Brooks

A little hint, why not use <CTRL> + <F> to search this document. i.e. if your looking for help with doors then try searching for the func_door entity

New Maper

Basic to Advanced Maper

Capture the Flag

Entity Specific

Texture Entities

Texture Creation

Modeling (Milkshape / 3DSMax)

Miscellaneous Information

New Mapper - Read these if you've never edited before
First Room	Learn how to build a simple room
Q3Radiant Basics	Get to grips with the editor
Creating .arena files	What to put in your arena files
Creating .pk3 files	With winzip
Leaks	Fighting those nasty leaks


Basic to Advanced Mapper - These will be easy for you
2 - 3 Point Clipping	Using the Clipper
Aligning Textures	Help aligning your textures
C4 Trip Wires	Trip, Boom ? I think so.
Curved Corners	Basics of curved corners
Curves and Shadows	How to make curves that cast shadows
Detail Brushes	Notes on Detail brushes
Doorways	How to make an arched doorway
Duel Entities	Countdown Start timer like in Q3F duel maps
Fog	How to add a little bit of fog
Free Standing Arch	Create an arched doorway
Glass	Basics of glass shaders
Grates	A floor grate
Hellfog	Scary fog :)
Hanging Banners/Flags	Place banners/flags into your level
Launch pads	Launchpads that push you about a bit
Lens Flares	A little special effects lighting
Light Beams	More advanced lighting
Lighting Help	More basic and advanced lighting help
Mirrors	I can see myself thinking
Moving Spines	Alien egg tube thingies
Rain	A bit or rain sir ?
Skies	A little help with the sky
Space CTF Teleporters	misc_teleporter_dest trigger_teleport
Space Maps	How to create a basic space map world
Sparkles / Glitches	How to remove sparkles and glitches around meshes
Spiral Staircase	More advanced stairs
Stairs	Help with basic stairs
Starfield Shader	A stars flyby shader
Target_Location	How to add location information to you're maps
Team Specific Doors	How to create team specfic doors
Teleporters	Using the teleporter models inc. misc_teleporter_dest trigger_teleport
Terrain 1	Simple terrain
Terrain 2	More advanced terrain with water
Trap_Door_Floor	Simple trapdoor idea to get you going
Twisted Pillars	Twisted pillars made of skin
Water	Lets get wet

Rocket Arena 3 Maps	A quick look into RA maps
Layered Walls	Advice on adding textures

Capture the Flag - Help with Capture the Flag maps
Capture The Flag	Covers all team_CTF_* entites
Mirrored Levels	How to easily mirror you map
Space CTF Teleporters	misc_teleporter_dest trigget_teleport
Target_Location	How to add location information to you're maps
Team Specific Doors	How to create team specific doors

Entity Specific - Help with getting them entities working
Floating Items	How to suspend items like weapons and health
Capture The Flag	Covers all team_CTF_* entites
Buttons	func_button
Doors	func_door
Func_bobbing	func_bobing
Func_pendulum	func_pendulum
Func_timer	func_timer
Func_trains	func_train path_corner
Jump Pads	target_position trigger_push
Launch pads	target_position trigger_push
Lights	The light entity
Lighting target	More basic and advanced lighting help
Lighting a model	More basic and advanced lighting help
Sky Light	More basic and advanced lighting help
Shaders	More basic and advanced lighting help
Light Beams	More basic and advanced lighting help
Ambient Light	More basic and advanced lighting help

Misc_model	misc_model
Portals	misc_portal_camera misc_portal_surface target_position
Shooters	info_not_null shooter_grenade trigger_multiple
Space CTF Teleporters	misc_teleporter_dest trigget_teleport
Target_Location	target_location
Target Speaker	targer_speaker
Teleporters	misc_teleporter_dest trigger_teleport
Trap_Door_Floor	func_door tigger_multiple
Worldspawn Entity	Various information

Texture Entities - Help with the common textures
Area Portals	I can see you hiding bob
Clip Brushes	Stop those pesky rocket jumpers
Hint Brushes	Control those leaf-nodes Three page tutorial

Texture Creation - Help with creating your own textures and shaders
Alpha Channels	How to create them in psp5
Custom Textures 1	The Basics
Custom Textures 2	More advice
Custom Textures 3	How to create grates using shaders
Custom Textures 4	How to create skies using shaders
Custom Textures 5	Metal and their shaders
Custom Textures 6	Metal texture effects
Sparkles / Glitches	How to remove sparkles and glitches around meshes
Starfield Shader	A stars flyby shader




Modeling ( Milkshape / 3DSMax) - Creating models
Milkshape Modeling 1	The basics of Milkshape
Milkshape Modeling 2	Your first weapon, a Sword
Milkshape Modeling 3	Basic skinning
Milkshape Modeling 4	Getting you sword into Q3


Miscellaneous Information
Bsp Compiling Options	Compiling options from within
Creating .arena files	What to put in your arena files
Bots	How to get bots to work
Creating .pk3 files	With winzip
Duel Entities	Countdown Start timer like in Q3F duel maps
EditPad	Easy way to edit shaders from within
Sounds Descriptions	A short description of the standard sounds

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