I know that I would prefer that this forum concentrate on making maps for FB but I could not pass this up as it is a very good site to check out if you are interested in the making of maps for Call of Duty. Several good tutorials on the different aspects of map making using the heavily modded Quake engine that CoD runs on. Well worth the time if you ever wondered how to make a map for this game.

http://callofduty-maps.codfiles.com/cod_tuts.html

...Vodka, Sterno, and Nitrous Oxide a happy Bomber Pilot make!


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Awesome Cuda!!  Thanks much!!  I wonder if larger maps can be created....the maps for multiplayer that are available now are too small in my opinion...  Too much mindless grenade throwing and bullet-hosing... Regards,TX-Rahman"BLUE 2"

Great find Cuda, exactly what that game needs!   Don't know if I will be involved with making maps myself, but I'm sure that there will be many people out there cranking them out.  Safe bet they feel the same as we do.TX-Deck out.

Great find Cuda!!!!! And who else better to make maps than an architect who specializes in historic buildings.....  In the future Look for Kingsnake's Concentration Compound, Zeplin hanger, Zenstadt, Ramanheim, Ecowald,  and more. Oh lest I forget, Albert Spear's Germania, the future vision of a world capitol for the fatherland...TX-KingsnakeWhite 1

Good deal Cuda, thanks for digging this up. My question is still do you guys think the game is worth spending any time on? I haven't played it or the demo yet, not sure if I'm going to get it. I bought lockon but haven't installed that yet either, so it's hard for me to say if I'll play CoD at all.TX-ZenBlack 6

Super Duper makes me feel fuzzy all over find Cuda. I haven't got it yet but Santy is bringing it in his sack with many many computer parts and possibly a new Gun, I am thinking on a 358 Win Mag Bolt Pistol !!!!  Gawd makes me excited... Santy is cool as hell!!!!!!!!!S~TX-FlightRisk Green 3

http://fragdom.comURL for the mapmaking software. Now where do I get a simple step by step guide to level editing?TX-KingsnakeWhite 1

...and now here is the find you have all been waiting for!!...Drum roll Please.....I hosted this map tonight(just killed it) so I could upload it here for my compadres! THis is a sniper's heaven...big wide open terrain...hidden minefields..(Ever seen a real mine field with a warning for the bad guys?)...and lotsa high spots to pick off the enemy. Unzip this file into your Call of Duty/main/ folder where your other maps are...look for my server called  --==TX-Cuda's Place==--CRAP!! WTF?? there is no "attach file" here?????...Vodka, Sterno, and Nitrous Oxide a happy Bomber Pilot make!TX-CUDA on UBITX-CUDA on HyperLobby

Man I'm glad to hear new maps are coming out.   I'll hop on tonight and give your server a whirl.TX-Deck out.

Ditto here Deck...I'll jump on it later alsoRegards,TX-Rahman"BLUE 2"

Achtung!Here you will find the manual for the level making software.http://qeradiant.com/manual/Correct me if I'm wrong, the maps are made in 3d-studio or milkshape3d, imported into milkshape3d then the files are ready for the radiant quake engine. http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/index.htmlhere is yet another map making tutorialhttp://www.codfiles.com/file.stuff?body=Tutorials#MappingAll I hear are crickets....TX-KingsnakeWhite 1

This is about as far as I got into making a 1 room map.... I am stuck because it looks like my bps won't compile the lighting in the BSP menu, select “bsp_fastvis”. All I see is --- under Bsp.TX-KingsnakeWhite 1

FYI:I have 3DStudio and AutoCAD. Ya'll want buildings? Let me know the building specs and I'll see what I can do.S~TX-MonguseGreen 2

My $10 is on the big red box, I think it is going to win.TX-Deck out.

Kingsnake, when I light off the CoD tools thing I get an error stating that I have to point it somewhere...do they mean like to point it like my Garand or my MP44??...seriously, it's asking me for something and not telling me what it's looking for. Any suggestions??...Vodka, Sterno, and Nitrous Oxide a happy Bomber Pilot make!TX-CUDA on UBITX-CUDA on HyperLobby

Hmm, I may be in over my head here. All I have is photoshop, GMAX, and the Quake engine stuff that was posted. Is it possible to download models and textures and compile it in the engine without having to actually create anything? And can you grab some of the models and buildings and such that are already in the game and use those?

It did the same thing to me after a reinstall. It is looking for a file. Under file type look at the 2 options for file types, then browse the directories untill you find something like this C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\Tools\bini think you point it to cod.qe4TX-KingsnakeWhite 1

Cuda, this may help: http://callofduty-maps.codfiles.com/cod_build.html

Seeker there are plenty of stock textures in the CoDradiant engine that are stock with the game. I also believe you can d/l plenty of premade models. Monguse, I noticed that there is a program I got called milkshape, it will import 3d-studio asci, and from there you export to a file format for CoDradiant. I don't know the implications of a non-native file format and the ramifications of mesh triangulation etc.TX-KingsnakeWhite 1

A note on File Formats:AutoCAD can export DXF. It can also export 3DS (3DStudio) files from ASIC (solid) objects. The triangulation of flat planes and tesselations of complex arcs may pose a problem. However, by using 3DStudio you can optimize triangulation and tesselations.  I also have in my box of goodies a 3Dmesh software called Sketch UP http://www.sketchup.com/. Its an awsome piece of architectural modeling sotware. It allows one to define basic 3Dmeshes extremely easy. From what I can see between us all we have enough software to create anything. So it's a matter of figuring out the best approach.Can't wait to join you guys on COD and kick some major butt. I'm getting COD as soon as the wallet allows. S~TX-MonguseGreen 2

...damn, I can just see it now....the Alamo at one end of the map and the Astrodome at the other..Joe's BBQ somewhere in between with Buffalo Bayou (in Houston) running thru the middle somewhere. Some of TX-Cuda's bombers crashed on some hillside and in the middle of this mess a sign advertising the next ZZ-Top concert!!...a true TX Squadron map if there ever was one!!...Vodka, Sterno, and Nitrous Oxide a happy Bomber Pilot make!TX-CUDA on UBITX-CUDA on HyperLobby

Ask and ye shall receive...Want a Winn Dixie too?S~TX-MonguseGreen 2

..One thing I noticed in  map I was on until midnight or so with some other guys was that the maps need a spot where there are MG42's( the fixed MG's) set up with overlapping fields of fire. On the Berlin map it seems that there are no MG's in or near the Reichstag. As the Russians spawn is off to the right(if you are on the roof) and they seem to come out of the woodwork from that area I'd like to see some last ditch defenses set up from spots that would allow for the MG's to HAVE to be taken out before any other frontal assaults could take place......just an idea....Vodka, Sterno, and Nitrous Oxide a happy Bomber Pilot make!TX-CUDA on UBITX-CUDA on HyperLobby