Quake 4

Editing Categories:

Modding 

General information about producing and distributing mods

Coding 

Modification of the engine's source code

Mapping 

Information about level design and the tools

Modelling 

Modelling and file format information

Texturing 

Explanation of material shaders and image files

Scripting 

Information about Scripting for GUIs and Levels

Declarations 

Declarations define the properties and behavior of game content

Audio design 

The creation of musical tracks and sound effects

Featured Articles:

How to get help 

A good introduction to the use of this wiki

Console 

Everything you need to know about the Doom 3 engine console

• CVars
• Commands

Script events 

Quake 4 relevant script events

Startup parameters 

Parameters you can add when starting Quake 4

Folder structure 

An overview over the folders used by Quake 4

File formats 

All the different file formats used by the Doom 3 engine

Tutorial list 

An extensive list to tutorials on a wide range of topics

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High quality links:

Other interesting Doom 3 engine editing sites:

www.doom3world.org 

The premier discussion forum for all Doom 3 engine games

www.iddevnet.com 

The official id software website for Doom 3 engine editing

Quake 4 game and engine:

Quake 4 introduces new editors, cvars, events, file formats, directories, and the following functionality:

• Lipsync support
• Guides for easier material creation
• Improved ambient lighting
• Squad based AI
• Portal Skies
• CG/HLSL Shaders
• Playback editor/entities
• Gravity related entities
• FX files/editor (improved particles)
• Improved Level Editor
• Bugfixes in GUI editor
• Improved Networking
• New script events
• Tools moved into separate .dll

Much of the AI and weapon functionality moved into compiled code.

Quake 4 was created by Raven Software and published by Activision. Release date for the PC version was October 18, 2005.

System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows 2000/XP, Mac OSX, Linux
• CPU: Pentium 4 2.0 or Athlon XP 2000+
• Memory: 512MB
• Storage: 2.8GB
• Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c Compliant / 16-bit
• Video: 100% DirectX 9.0c Compliant / 64MB RAM