Quake 4 Mods For Dummies

411 Pages·2006·12.664 MB·English

by  Erik Guilfoyle

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Quake 4 Mods
™
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
by Erik Guilfoyle
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Quake 4 Mods
™
FOR
DUMmIES
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Quake 4 Mods
™
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
by Erik Guilfoyle
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Quake 4™ Mods For Dummies®
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About the Author
Erik “foyleman” Guilfoylejoined the game-modding scene shortly after the
release of Half Lifein early 2000 by creating a custom level and supporting
material for the game. After that, Erik was hooked on modding games.
Two years and a lot of practice later, Soldier of Fortunewas released. Erik
jumped at the opportunity to map a custom level for this game and was
among the first to release a map for the game with custom textures. This led
to a flurry of e-mails requesting advice for constructing custom material, and
the beginning of a compendium of game modification tutorials.
Not much later, Erik started up his own Web site to host existing and new
tutorials. The site grew until he had the largest collection of tutorials on the
Internet for Call of Dutymapping. Now, Erik is running the www.modsonline.
commodding community with the assistance of two other administrators and
several friends, covering many games, including Quake 4.As new games are
released, he starts off the tutorials section with beginner instruction and
leads the member forums in preparation for the next up-and-coming game.
Aside from his love for games, Erik is also the vice-president of an established
media company, Tres, Inc. His company has been producing 3D models, ani-
mations, motion graphics, and Web sites for companies and corporations
throughout New Jersey for over five years. Tres, Inc., is now working on an
animated short and preparing a game of its own.
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to the www.modsonline.commodding community.
Author’s Acknowledgments
I would like to express my thanks to those that have knowingly and unknow-
ingly helped me to gain the knowledge that I now have in the field of game
modding. David Gonzales helped to get me started in the world of modding
and gave me time to continue even when we had real work to get done.
Discussions with Turbo gave me revelations and insight into game levels that
have stuck with me to this day. My wife Kate has allowed me to spend count-
less hours on the computer rather than with her, without too much complain-
ing, and I must thank her for that. John McNicol, Don McElyea, and Jeff Sale
have been there to encourage me onward while offering advice when needed.
Also, thanks to Peter and Cathy Guilfoyle, my parents.
What would this book be without the Quake 4game itself? id Software, Inc.,
and Raven Software, Inc., have built an awesome game and have allowed
people like me to wreak havoc on the code that makes it all work. Activision,
Inc., has helped to put it in the hands of you and me. For this game, the
games before it, and the games to come, thank you for making the world that
much more fun.
This book would not have been possible if it were not for the kind and tal-
ented folks at Wiley. Melody Layne gave me the opportunity to work with
Wiley and got me on track with an easy-to-follow format that anyone can
read. Christopher Morris, Leah Cameron, Virginia Sanders, and Clint McCarty
helped to keep me on that track with insightful and helpful suggestions
during editing. As these are only the people I directly dealt with at Wiley;
I know there were several others who had a part in helping me put this book
together and I extend my thanks to them.
Finally, thanks to all the fine members of www.modsonline.com. It is with
them that I have learned so much and continue to learn more with each game
that comes out. I only hope that all the tutorials, forums, posts, and every-
thing else I do help to one day make games even more outstanding then they
are now.