Call Of Duty II - Radiant Editor Manual

by John Barradale

Copyright 2007



Version 1.03 - 02/11/2007



Updated as of 11 February 2007

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This manual endeavors to explain the procedures and familiarize the reader with the tools required to create their own single player or multi player game maps for Call of Duty 2. It's main objective is to provide a clear and concise explanation of the steps involved without leaving any guess work to the reader. Any suggestions, criticism, complaints or requests can be emailed to jbarradale@gmail.com. Thank you.




This manual is free to use by anyone of the Internet and Gaming Community and has no restrictions on it whatsoever, as I believe the Internet to be a place where people can locate information at no cost to them. I would only wish, but do not require, at least a mention of who wrote this manual. You may include the manual or a link to this manual on your own website at no charge. Updates will be posted only on this website and not any other. To get the most recent version, this is the place to go.




The people who have contributed to this manual and a great deal of thanks to them. They are as follows:


John Barradale Creator and researcher for this manual, appropriate since he is a published author, instructor, and all around computer expert for over 20 years.








I would also like to thank the many posts found on the Internet with too many user names to mention here, especially to the work done on the Quake 3 Editor manual, found at:
http://www.qeradiant.com/manual/Q3Rad_Manual/index.htm
Q3Radiant Editor Manual
Based on Version 192 - partly updated to GtkRadiant
By Paul Jaquays
With additional contributions by Astrocreep, Christian Antkow,
EutecTic, Inolen, Mr. Elusive, Maddog, Martin Ka'ai Cluney,
Robert A. Duffy, Small Pile of Gibs, Suicide20, and The Dog!
Special thanks go out to the members of the Quake3world Editing forum.
Your questions prompted many of the sections in this manual.
QERadiant.com thanks John Hutton for re-formating this manual into a more web friendly version.






Conventions used in this manual.


Procedures or steps will be shown as follows:


STEP ONE: Start The Editor. {Double Left Click} on your brand new icon for the Radiant Editor, if it is not already running.


The step will be numbered, bold, light blue, followed by an optional summary of what we are doing in bold black. The menu choices, mouse clicks, or buttons to be pressed will be shown. The way they are shown is as follows:


Step Numbers: STEP ONE
Mouse Clicks: {Left Click}, {Right Click}, {Left Click Hold}, {Double Left Click} ...
Keyboard Keys: <A>, <1>, <Backspace>, <Enter>, <Tab>, <PageUp>, <Home>, <End>, <Delete> ...
Menu Choices: [File]->[Save As...], [Selection]->[CSG]->[Hollow], ....
Each of the words or phrase enclosed in brackets are a {Left Click} on a menu item. The first item is the word along the top of the screen, the main menu item. It is followed by the {Left Click} on each of the sub-menus that appear with an arrow connecting them.
Buttons: (Save), (OK), (Rotate X), (Hollow), ....


There are many ways of doing things, if there is another way I have found, then this will be shown by the phrase Alternate Method in bold and italic type face.

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Appendix A - Updates and Changes Made:


Sunday, 07 January 2007 - started to add content to the manual. Began with the editor basics, installing and setting it up. The options for the editor and how it operates, looks and feels. Figures with captions added for additional clarity.


Wednesday, 10 January 2007 - Added Appendix B, list of commands and their keyboard shortcuts. Added Appendix C with command list, sorted by keystrokes for those who wish to know what a keystroke they pressed might have done.


Thursday, 11 January 2007 - Added more content to Section I, tool bar buttons and more explanation of the main screen. Added the FORTY steps to build a simple room. A BIG difference between the six to eight that are given in some tutorials.


Friday, 12 January - posted Internet version update into new file name, radiant.html, easier to type in.


Saturday, 13 January 2007 - Added content to new section II, fundamental commands. Revised Appendix B to include a three column table to also show the menu or alternate commands of each of these in this list.


Sunday, 14 January 2007 - Continuing to add content to section II, revising section I.


Monday, 15 January 2007 - Adding new Project of outdoor map.


Tuesday, 16 January 2007 - Major revision necessary to remove the idea of using the Hollow button at all.


Friday, 19 January 2007 - More experiments completed. Added a fireplace to house, adding this to section on putting objects into map as another mini-project / example. Also added an insert to the fundamental commands to explain the difference between moving a selected object and resizing a selected object. Actually as I glance at the clock, it is really Saturday. Oh well. Who needs sleep?

Monday, 29 January 2007 - Separated Chapter 1, 2, 3 and appendix into smaller files, getting too big. Begin to add Chapter 3, components of the Call of Duty 2 game and editor. Began to add the section, “Adding a bunker to the map.”

Saturday, 03 February 2007 - Finished bunker section. Began to create the web page for this section. Named the sections differently, files too large for word processor. File names are radiant_ch2a.html, radiant_ch2b.html and radiant_ch2c.html as are the word perfect files name: My Radiant Editor Manual Chapter 2A.wpd and so on.

Sunday, 04 February 2007 - Posted bunker section on web page.

Monday, 05 February 2007 - Started new section radiant_ch2c.html with adding a house to map and then later will do adding an arch hallway.

Tuesday, 06 February 2007 - Progressing on House. Made a text version of Table of Contents in “My Radiant Editor Manual TOC.wpd”

Friday 09 February 2007 - Posted Additions From Section On Adding a House.

Saturday, 10 February 2007 - Began major error changes. Dimensions in height of ceiling wrong. Running old version of map, player not able to enter doorways without crouching. Figures mis-numbered. Added two figures (more renumbering) to show proper methods, in roof section, additional cuts needed. Remaking house from scratch to make better figures, to replace the ones showing the old dimensions. Sunday, 11 February 2007 - Working on error changes. Updated verion to 1.03 02/11/2007 major revisions

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Appendix B - Commands and Keyboard Shortcuts, In Alphabetical Order.

Command	Keystrokes	Menu Command, or other alternate
AddTerrainRow	Shift + Control + A
AdvancedCurveEdit	Y
AssociateEntities	Shift + G
AutoCaulk	Alt + C
AutoEdgeTurn	Alt + F2
BendMode	B
CameraAngleDown	Z	<Shift> + <Control> + {Right Click Hold} drag back
CameraAngleUp	A	<Shift> + <Control> + {Right Click Hold} drag forward
CameraBack	Down	{Right Click Hold} drag back
CameraDown	C	<Control> + {Right Click Hold} drag back
CameraForward	Up	{Right Click Hold} drag forward
CameraLeft	Left	{Right Click Hold} drag left
CameraRight	Right	{Right Click Hold} drag right
CameraStrafeLeft	Comma	<Control> + {Right Click Hold} drag left
CameraStrafeRight	Period	<Control> + {Right Click Hold} drag right
CameraUp	D	<Control> + {Right Click Hold} drag fwd
CapCurrentCurve	Shift + C
Center2DOnCamera	Alt + X
CenterView	End
ClipSelected	Return (Enter key)
CloneSelection	Space
ConnectSelection	W
Copy	Control + C
CSGMerge	Control + U
CubicClipZoomIn	Control + [
CubicClipZoomOut	Control + ]
CycleCapTexturePatch	Shift + Control + N
CyclePatchCap	Shift + Control + P
CyclinderHeightDown	Alt + Comma
CyclinderHeightUp	Alt + Period
DecPatchColumn	Shift + Control + Subtract
DecPatchRow	Control + Subtract
DeleteSelection	Backspace
DisassociateEntities	Shift + Control + G
DownFloor	PageDown
DragEdges	E
DragVertices	V
DropVertices	Shift + Alt + Control + D
EnterPrefab	Alt + PageDown
EntityColor	K
EntityList	L
ExtrudeTerrainRow	Alt + O
FileOpen	Control + O
FileSave	Control + S
FitBrush	Shift + B
FitFace	Control + B
FlipClip	Control + Return
GetDistance	Alt + F1
GridDown	[
GridUp	]
HideSelected	H
HideUnSelected	Alt + H
IncPatchColumn	Shift + Control + Plus
IncPatchRow	Control + Plus
InvertCurve	Control + I
InvertCurveTextureX	Shift + Control + I
InvertCurveTextureY	Shift + I
InvertSelection	I
LeavePrefab	Alt + PageUp
LightShiftDown	Alt + [
LightShiftUp	Alt + ]
LinkSelected	Alt + K
LinkSelectionToggle	Shift + O
MakeDetail	Shift + Control + D
MakeDontSplitCoplanerGeo	-- none --
MakeNonColliding	Shift + Control + Minus
MakeSplitCoplanerGeo	-- none ---
MakeStructural	Shift + Control + S
MakeWeaponClip	Shift + Control + W
MapInfo	M
MouseRotate	R
MoveSelectionDOWN	Subtract
MoveSelectionUP	Plus
NaturalizePatch	Control + N
NextLeakSpot	Shift + Control + K
NextView	Control + Tab
OverBrightShiftDown	Shift + [
OverBrightShiftUp	Shift + ]
Paste	Control + V
Patch TAB	Shift + Tab
Patch TAB	Tab
PatchInspector	Shift + S
PatchMatrixTranspose	Shift + Control + M
Preferences	P	[Edit]->[Preferences]
PrevLeakSpot	Shift + Control + L
Quit	-- none ---
RedisperseCols	Shift + Control + E
RedisperseRows	Shift + E
RedisperseVertices	Shift + F
Redo	Control + Y
RefreshTextures	F5
RemoveTerrainRow	Shift + Control + Q
SelectAllOfType	Shift + A
SelectAllOfTypeRecurse	Alt + A
SelectConnectedEntities	Alt + Control + E
SelectedAssociated	Control + X
SelectionKeyValue	Shift + Control + F
SelectNext	Shift + Period
SelectNudgeDown	Alt + Down
SelectNudgeLeft	Alt + Left
SelectNudgeRight	Alt + Right
SelectNudgeUp	Alt + Up
SelectPrev	Shift + Comma
SelectSnapPointsToGrid	Control + G
SetGrid1	1
SetGrid16	5
SetGrid2	2
SetGrid256	8
SetGrid32	6
SetGrid4	3
SetGrid512	9
SetGrid64	7
SetGrid8	4
SetViewToEntity	F6
ShowAllTextures	Control + A
ShowHidden	Shift + H
ShowTexturesInUse	U
SplaySelection	Alt + W
SplitPatch	Shift + Control + X
SplitSelected	Shift + Return
SurfaceInspector	S
TexDecrement	Shift + Subtract
TexIncrement	Shift + Plus
TexLayerCycle	Shift + L
TexLayerLightMap	-- none ---
TexLayerMaterial	-- none ---
TexRotateClock	Shift + PageDown
TexRotateCounter	Shift + PageUp
TexScaleLeft	Control + Left
TexScaleRight	Control + Right
TexShiftDown	Shift + Down
TexShiftLeft	Shift + Left
TexShiftRight	Shift + Right
TexShiftUp	Shift + Up
TextureFit	Control + F
TextureFitAll	Alt + Control + F
ThickenPatch	Shift + Control + T
ToggleCamera	Shift + Control + C
ToggleClipper	X
ToggleConsole	O
ToggleCrosshairs	Shift + X
ToggleCubicClip	Control + \
ToggleFilterActionNodes	Alt + Control + 9
ToggleFilterCaulk	Alt + 6
ToggleFilterClip	Alt + 7
ToggleFilterConnections	Alt + 8
ToggleFilterCurves	Alt + R
ToggleFilterDecals	Alt + Control + D
ToggleFilterDecals	Alt + D
ToggleFilterDetail	Control + D
ToggleFilterEntities	Alt + 2
ToggleFilterHintSkip	Control + H
ToggleFilterLights	Alt + 0 (zero, not letter O)
ToggleFilterMantle	Alt + Control + C
ToggleFilterMantle	Alt + Control + M
ToggleFilterModels	Control + M
ToggleFilterNames	Alt + Control + M
ToggleFilterNonColliding	Control + Minus
ToggleFilterPathNodes	Alt + 9
ToggleFilterPortals	Control + P
ToggleFilterSky	Alt + Control + A
ToggleFilterStaticModels	Alt + Control + B
ToggleFilterStructural	Alt + Control + S
ToggleFilterTerrain	Alt + 3
ToggleFilterTranslucent	Alt + 4
ToggleFilterTriggers	Control + T
ToggleFilterWater	Alt + 5
ToggleFilterWeaponClip	Control + W
ToggleFilterWorld	Alt + 1
ToggleGrid	0 (zero)
ToggleLightMapLock	-- none ---
ToggleLockPatchVertices	Control + Period
ToggleOutlineDraw	J
TogglePatchWireFrames	Shift + W
ToggleRealtime	Control + R
ToggleSnapToGrid	Alt + Control + G
ToggleTexMoveLock	Shift + T
ToggleTexRotateLock	Shift + R
ToggleTintDraw	Shift + J
ToggleTurnTerrainEdges	Control + ?
ToggleUnlockPatchVertices	Shift + Control + Period
ToggleView	Shift + Control + V
ToggleZ	Shift + Control + Z
TolerantWeld	Shift + J
Undo	Control + Z
UnSelectSelection	Escape
UpFloor	PageUp
VehicleGroup	Shift + V
VertEdit	G
Vertex Select Down	Control + Down
Vertex Select Up	Control + Up
ViewConsole	O
ViewEntityInfo	N
ViewFilters	F
ViewTextures	T
ZoomIn	Delete	[View]->[Zoom]->[XY Zoom In]
ZoomOut	Insert	[View]->[Zoom]->[XY Zoom Out]
ZZoomIn	Control + Delete
ZZoomOut	Control + Insert

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Appendix C - Commands and Keyboard Shortcuts, In Alphabetical Order by keystrokes.


Command Keystrokes


SetGrid1 1
SetGrid2 2
SetGrid4 3
SetGrid8 4
SetGrid16 5
SetGrid32 6
SetGrid64 7
SetGrid256 8
SetGrid512 9
GridDown [
GridUp ]
ToggleGrid 0 (zero)
CameraAngleUp A
LightShiftDown Alt + [
LightShiftUp Alt + ]
ToggleFilterLights Alt + 0 (zero, not letter O)
ToggleFilterWorld Alt + 1
ToggleFilterEntities Alt + 2
ToggleFilterTerrain Alt + 3
ToggleFilterTranslucent Alt + 4
ToggleFilterWater Alt + 5
ToggleFilterCaulk Alt + 6
ToggleFilterClip Alt + 7
ToggleFilterConnections Alt + 8
ToggleFilterPathNodes Alt + 9
SelectAllOfTypeRecurse Alt + A
AutoCaulk Alt + C
CyclinderHeightDown Alt + Comma
ToggleFilterActionNodes Alt + Control + 9[Perhaps they meant Cylinder?]
ToggleFilterSky Alt + Control + A
ToggleFilterStaticModels Alt + Control + B
ToggleFilterMantle Alt + Control + C
ToggleFilterDecals Alt + Control + D
SelectConnectedEntities Alt + Control + E
TextureFitAll Alt + Control + F
ToggleSnapToGrid Alt + Control + G
ToggleFilterMantle Alt + Control + M
ToggleFilterNames Alt + Control + M
ToggleFilterStructural Alt + Control + S
ToggleFilterDecals Alt + D
SelectNudgeDown Alt + Down
GetDistance Alt + F1
AutoEdgeTurn Alt + F2
HideUnSelected Alt + H
LinkSelected Alt + K
SelectNudgeLeft Alt + Left
ExtrudeTerrainRow Alt + O
EnterPrefab Alt + PageDown
LeavePrefab Alt + PageUp
CyclinderHeightUp Alt + Period
ToggleFilterCurves Alt + R
SelectNudgeRight Alt + Right
SelectNudgeUp Alt + Up
SplaySelection Alt + W
Center2DOnCamera Alt + X
BendMode B
DeleteSelection Backspace
CameraDown C
CameraStrafeLeft Comma
ToggleTurnTerrainEdges Control + ?
CubicClipZoomIn Control + [
ToggleCubicClip Control + \
CubicClipZoomOut Control + ]
ShowAllTextures Control + A
FitFace Control + B
Copy Control + C
ToggleFilterDetail Control + D
ZZoomIn Control + Delete
Vertex Select Down Control + Down
TextureFit Control + F
SelectSnapPointsToGrid Control + G
ToggleFilterHintSkip Control + H
InvertCurve Control + I
ZZoomOut Control + Insert
TexScaleLeft Control + Left
ToggleFilterModels Control + M
ToggleFilterNonColliding Control + Minus
NaturalizePatch Control + N
FileOpen Control + O
ToggleFilterPortals Control + P
ToggleLockPatchVertices Control + Period
IncPatchRow Control + Plus
ToggleRealtime Control + R
FlipClip Control + Return
TexScaleRight Control + Right
FileSave Control + S
DecPatchRow Control + Subtract
ToggleFilterTriggers Control + T
NextView Control + Tab
CSGMerge Control + U
Vertex Select Up Control + Up
Paste Control + V
ToggleFilterWeaponClip Control + W
SelectedAssociated Control + X
Redo Control + Y
Undo Control + Z
CameraUp D
ZoomIn Delete
CameraBack Down
DragEdges E
CenterView End
UnSelectSelection Escape
ViewFilters F
RefreshTextures F5
SetViewToEntity F6
VertEdit G
HideSelected H
InvertSelection I
ZoomOut Insert
ToggleOutlineDraw J
EntityColor K
EntityList L
CameraLeft Left
MapInfo M
ViewEntityInfo N
ToggleConsole O
ViewConsole O
Preferences P
DownFloor PageDown
UpFloor PageUp
CameraStrafeRight Period
MoveSelectionUP Plus
MouseRotate R
ClipSelected Return (Enter key)
CameraRight Right
SurfaceInspector S
OverBrightShiftDown Shift + [
OverBrightShiftUp Shift + ]
SelectAllOfType Shift + A
DropVertices Shift + Alt + Control + D
FitBrush Shift + B
CapCurrentCurve Shift + C
SelectPrev Shift + Comma
AddTerrainRow Shift + Control + A
ToggleCamera Shift + Control + C
MakeDetail Shift + Control + D
RedisperseCols Shift + Control + E
SelectionKeyValue Shift + Control + F
DisassociateEntities Shift + Control + G
InvertCurveTextureX Shift + Control + I
NextLeakSpot Shift + Control + K
PrevLeakSpot Shift + Control + L
PatchMatrixTranspose Shift + Control + M
MakeNonColliding Shift + Control + Minus
CycleCapTexturePatch Shift + Control + N
CyclePatchCap Shift + Control + P
ToggleUnlockPatchVertices Shift + Control + Period
IncPatchColumn Shift + Control + Plus
RemoveTerrainRow Shift + Control + Q
MakeStructural Shift + Control + S
DecPatchColumn Shift + Control + Subtract
ThickenPatch Shift + Control + T
ToggleView Shift + Control + V
MakeWeaponClip Shift + Control + W
SplitPatch Shift + Control + X
ToggleZ Shift + Control + Z
TexShiftDown Shift + Down
RedisperseRows Shift + E
RedisperseVertices Shift + F
AssociateEntities Shift + G
ShowHidden Shift + H
InvertCurveTextureY Shift + I
TolerantWeld Shift + J
ToggleTintDraw Shift + J
TexLayerCycle Shift + L
TexShiftLeft Shift + Left
LinkSelectionToggle Shift + O
TexRotateClock Shift + PageDown
TexRotateCounter Shift + PageUp
SelectNext Shift + Period
TexIncrement Shift + Plus
ToggleTexRotateLock Shift + R
SplitSelected Shift + Return
TexShiftRight Shift + Right
PatchInspector Shift + S
TexDecrement Shift + Subtract
ToggleTexMoveLock Shift + T
Patch TAB Shift + Tab
TexShiftUp Shift + Up
VehicleGroup Shift + V
TogglePatchWireFrames Shift + W
ToggleCrosshairs Shift + X
CloneSelection Space
MoveSelectionDOWN Subtract
ViewTextures T
Patch TAB Tab
ShowTexturesInUse U
CameraForward Up
DragVertices V
ConnectSelection W
ToggleClipper X
AdvancedCurveEdit Y
CameraAngleDown Z
ToggleLightMapLock
Quit
TexLayerMaterial
TexLayerLightMap
MakeSplitCoplanerGeo
MakeDontSplitCoplanerGeo

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