An open-source Level Editor for Doom 3 and The Dark Mod

About

DarkRadiant is an overhauled version originally based on GtkRadiant designed for use with The Dark Mod (www.thedarkmod.com), a Thief-inspired modification of the Doom 3 game engine.

The project is open source (written in C++), you can obtain or browse the sources from the GitHub project page.

Features

Massive improvements have been made since development started: large parts of the code have already been refactored, improved or fully replaced by superior code. DarkRadiant supports the major platforms:

• Windows (Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win8.1 / Win10)
• Linux (supporting wxWidgets based on X)
• macOS

Feature Highlights include:

• Media Browser
• Surface / Patch / Light Inspector
• Layers, Grouping and Selection Sets
• Model Scaling
• Particle Editor incl. realtime Preview
• Export entire map sections to ASE, LWO and OBJ format
• Browsers for Models, Entity Classes, Skins, Sounds
• Support for most idTech4 shader features
• TexTool (U/V Editing Tool)
• MD5 Animation Viewer
• Curve Editing
• Drag-Manipulation of Brushes, Patches and Lights (Point & Projected)
• Python Script Interface
• Game support for: The Dark Mod 2.0, Doom 3, Quake 4, Quake 3, XreaL
• Imports all kinds of maps in classic Quake/idTech map formats
• Exports maps to Doom 3 / Quake4 / Quake 3 format
• Customisable colour schemes
• English and German localisation

The Dark Mod Editing

Our goal is to provide the TDM fan-mission community with a capable and easy-to-use editor. To achieve this, specialised plugins were developed to assist authors in tackling the complex mission creating tasks:

• Stim/Response Editor
• Objectives Editor
• Difficulty Editor
• Conversation Editor
• AI Property Panel
• Readable Editor incl. Preview
• AI Head Selector