Resources:Tools

This page is work in progress!

Besides Radiant a mapper requires a great many other tools, image editors, sound editors and so on.

Image tools

Terragen

Terragen classic is a windows or mac only application. The good news is that the app works perfectly well under wine so Linux users can use it also. The classic version is a free download though a little limited in it's rendering dimensions, it's fully functional and worth a try.

Download from [Terragen Official Site]

For more information about how to use Terragen to make skyboxes for your map, see the topic Making sky box images with Terragen

Misc tools

PovRay

Povray is a command line ray tracer capable of producing amazing output with a few simple text files. PovRay can be used for the following

• Make scenery, there is a city scape macro
• Make foliage
• Make skyboxes

For more information about making skyboxes with PovRay see the topic Making sky box images with PovRay