Red Faction Modding

This will serve as a landing page for all resources related to Red Faction (1) editing.

Documentation

RED Level Editor

Red Faction's level editor is RED.

• RED User Guide
  • RED Hotkey Reference
  • RED Menus
  • RED Preferences
  • Brush Mode
    • RED Brushes
  • Face Mode
  • Vertex Mode
  • Texture Mode
  • Object Mode
    • RED Objects
    • RED Event List
  • Group Mode
    • RED Groups

Red Faction File Formats

• .tbl
• .rfl

Red Faction Tools

• Official RF Toolkit
  • CCrunch
  • MakeVBM
  • FontTool2
  • MVFReduce
  • 3ds Max Plugins
• VPP Builder
• V3D Tool

Tutorials

Level Editing Tutorials

Beginner

• Hello Room
• Beginner Mapping (Daedalus)

AI and Entities

• Basic AI Attack and Patrol

Events and Scripting

• Creating Security Monitors
• Realistic Explosions

Lighting

• Fake Volumetric Lighting via Particle Emitters

Multiplayer Specific

• Basic Multiplayer Map
• Dynamic Multiplayer Spawn Points

Miscellaneous

• Basic Decals
• Basic Liquids
• Basic Skyboxes
• Distributing User Made Levels

Mod Development Tutorials

Table Editing

• Beginner's Guide to Table Editing