Radiant Virtuoso Pro (WIP)

[MadGypsy]

Yeah, I know that. I didn't build this for g_b and whereas blender is an alternate method that is superior to Radiant for Q3 mapping, it isn't a method at all for Q1 mapping. Also, I am a Radiant modder. 4 years and I haven't finished 1 single map, but I know radiant inside out and continue to push for new possibilities and to educate others according to my research and work.

g_b is on a planet all his own (and deserves to be), where does that leave those that do not possess a tome of game creation knowledge in their head? I'll tell you where it leaves them. It leaves them reading g_b and my radiant work, starting from the ground up.

Also, there is nothing wrong with starting in Radiant and when you get a solid map created, simply move your work to blender. Do you think g_b ditched all his radiant maps and started over completely? Of course not, he imported his maps to blender for further processing. If I'm wrong I'd be shocked beyond belief. Actually to start a map in blender would be infinitely harder than doing it in Radiant and then moving it to blender when you at least have a layout finished. In Radiant you click the ortho view and drag to create a brush. You can lay brushes and manipulate them very quickly, because all the work is practically nothing more than mouse clicks. Blender is not designed for such easy brush creation and manipulation. This is evidenced by how many keyboard shortcuts you will have to use to manipulate your model.

The bottom line is: no one here is ever going to catch up to golden_boy even if he stood over your shoulder and told you what to do. IMO he has "elited" himself clean out of being relevant to a new mapper. I say this all with great respect for golden_boy. I've been trying to catch up to him for years and it's impossible. No sooner will you get "on his level" and he will reinvent the entire process.

I'm reinventing processes of my own.

[damage_inc]

I hate to "break it to you" 'Gypsy but... g_b has defected to BLENDER!!!!

[MadGypsy]

Maybe I should explain what my request to Ingar was. This will be me explaining what I kept hush in my other controller post. In order to bring the true power of Radiant to the controller, I had to completely modify the shortcut list. This is very problematic, cause if you decide you don't want to use the controller that day or something, you are now stuck with a fubar'd keyboard.

My request to Ingar is that he would add a feature in the shortcut list to load custom shortcut.ini's like a profile. This way you can easily "toggle" between necessary shortcut lists that are applicable to the device you are using. Ingeniously simple right? This removes the need to do a bunch of manual or bat driven switcheroos or creating clone games that have appropriate shortcut.ini's in them. Also since NetRadiant is the only radiant that will support this and since NetRadiant does not require an install. I can pre-modify the files to already be configured and simply release this with an entire NetRadiant build. There will be (almost) no instructions, download and go.

You could still use this with GTK, it will just be a pain in the ass to get it set up and manage it. I don't really care about GTK anyway and am more than happy to bring something fresh to NetRadiant, which is also basically specific to NetRadiant. So this product will be renamed NetRadiant Brush Virtuoso Pro and all radiant logos will be switched with NetRadiant ones. Also, this can be considered the Q1 version and upon successfully completing this version, I will move on to the Q3 version, which of course will be more of a patch driven model. The idea is to drag this idea (kicking and screaming if I have to) as far as it can possibly go and across as many controllers as I can get my hands on. I do not intend to be "stuck up" and ignore controllers that are not powerful enough to run the full spectrum of possibilities. I will simply make them the best they can be. I mean, I'd do an Atari 2600 controller if you could plug it in a computer. It would just be a bad controller to choose, but it's possibility would be covered.

EDIT: Original Post has been updated with the new controller diagram, expressing the exclusivity of NetRadiant, Ingar's co-operation and I finally created a logo for myself.

[MadGypsy]

Ingar has replied and told me he would include my idea in NetRadiant. NetRadiant will officially support my controller method.

I love NetRadiant...and Ingar too