Help! I have no clue how to map!

[Eklin]

I've been wanting to learn how to map for a little while now, so that I can make my own map of the cloning facility on Kamino.

 

But, my only problem is that I have NO CLUE how to do anything.

 

I downloaded that JKRadiant program from JediKnighII.net, but it didn't come with any tutorials or anything.

 

If somebody could show me a place that explains this whole thing from the ground up, that'd be great.

 

Thanks.

[Xcom]

http://www.qeradiant.com/manual/Q3Rad_Manual/index.htm

 

Official Q3Radiant manual. Don't mind "Q3" in the title. JK2 and Q3 Radiants are practically the same.

 

 

 

http://www.claudec.com/the_tutorial_Index/q3a/tutorials.shtml

 

Tons of tutorials here. Again they mostly talk about Q3Radiant/Quake mapping but the concept is the same.

[Eklin]

Thanks for the link, but when I clicked on Q3Radiant, and then tried to go to any of the tutorials, the links didn't work.

[yrean]

goto the thread at the top that says FAQ and resouces link... it will give you every major link or how to that you need.

[Eklin]

I started out on that Bubba's "First Room" thing, but it really confused me, since it was talking about the Q3Radiant program, and not the JK2Radiant one.

Although they are similar, the differences are numerous, and they really screwed me up.

 

Also, I got my room finished, but when it came time to add textures, all it had were stuff like "fog", "color" and "system", and all the textures in those three things really sucked. The just had like one word repeating over and over again on the wall.

So, I guess I need to know how to add new textures.

 

Also, I finished the map, and I tried it out (crappy textures and all), but it took me back to the main menu with an error message saying something about my version being "1230123908" (a bunch of numbers that I can't remember), and that it needs to be 1.

 

Any advice?