ÜberTools Game Development Kit

introduction

Thanks for downloading the ÜberTools Game Development Kit!

Ritual's ÜberTools for Quake III v4.0 offer a lot of potential for creating user made content. Whether you’re looking to create a total conversion, a player model, or a level, the ÜberTools provide you with lots of power and flexibility. There are so many features to cover that we just could not document them all, but we’ve tried to cover the major areas, and then provide you with ways on where to look to find some additional help. So sit back, relax, and welcome to the wonderfully magical world of the UberTools.. *insert wonderfully magical world music cue here*

As with most GDKs, the ÜberTools are released as-is and are not an officially supported product by Ritual Entertainment or Activision.

This documentation consists of four major sections:

Level Design	-	Contains setup instructions and tutorials for ÜberRadiant, the latest generation of Ritual's in-house map editor.
Scripting	-	Contains tutorials and reference material for Ritual's scripting language.
Older Documentation	-	This section features documents that were originally written for Heavy Metal FAKK2, but which may still apply to newer generations of the ÜberTools.
Other	-	Contains web links and GDK credits.

In addition to the documentation and the utilities listed below, we've included two single player levels, a multiplayer map and one of the character models from the game. Examining those files should answer most of your questions not discussed in the documentation.

Utilities

The following is a list of tools and utilities included with the ÜberTools GDK. Some of these utilities are DOS-based and need to be executed from a command prompt.

\bspc.exe	-	Used to generate an .aas file for a multiplayer map. This enables bot support.
\ubermap.exe	-	Compiles a .map source file into a .bsp file that can be loaded by the game engine (more).
\radiant.exe	-	Map editor, used to create a .map level file.
\UBER Tools EULA.doc	-	The GDK license agreement. Read this carefully to find out what you can and cannot legally do.
\Documentation\start.html	-	What you're reading right now.
\Utilities\dlgedit2.exe	-	Used to created graphical user interfaces that can be used by the game engine (more).
\Utilities\fontgen.exe	-	Used to generate .ritualfont fonts that can be used by the game engine.
\Utilities\LODTweak.exe	-	Used to edit level-of-detail distances in .tik files.
\Utilities\Lipsync\lipsync.exe	-	Used to generate lipsyncing files for characters.
\Utilities\Lipsync\mss32.dll	-	Sound driver required for lipsync.exe
\Utilities\MAXUtilities\max2skl.exe	-	Converts a 3DS MAX file to a skeleton-based model that can be loaded by the game engine (more).
\Utilities\MAXUtilities\max2tan.exe	-	Converts a 3DS MAX file to a triangle-based model that can be loaded by the game engine (more).
\Utilities\MAX4Plugins\	-	Contains plugins for MAX4/MAX5 that allow the loading and export of .tik models. Put all of these files into your 3DS MAX plugins directory.

Source Files

\base\maps\dm_ctf_station.map \base\maps\m4l1a-attrexian_station.map \base\maps\m10l1-romulan_installation.map	-	Map source files.
\base\models\merc-female\body.tga \base\models\merc-female\face-green-dark.tga \base\models\merc-female\head.tga	-	Skin source files
\base\models\merc-female\merc-female.max	-	3DS MAX model source file

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Please do not email Ritual Entertainment with questions about the UberTools Game Development Kit. It is provided as is and is not supported by Ritual Entertainment.