Red Faction Modding

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

External Links

Community

• Faction Files Community Discord - Active Red Faction series community with #workshop channel for community development discussion

Downloads

• FactionFiles.com - Extensive database of custom maps, mods, tools, developer resources
• RedFactionView.net - Oldschool community site featuring older custom maps and mods

Documentation

RED Level Editor Docs

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 Portals and Rooms

General Docs

• Guide to Materials
• Engine & Level Editor Limits
• List of Prop Points
• List of File Formats
• List of Table Files
• List of Stock Files
• Guide to Importing Custom Assets

Red Faction Tools

• Overview of Red Faction Tools
• Official RF Toolkit
  • CCrunch
  • MakeVBM
  • FontTool2
  • MVFReduce
  • 3ds Max Plugins
• Descent Manager Toolkit
• rafalh RF Tools

Tutorials

Beginner

• The Beginner's Guide to Red Faction Mapping
• Hello Room
• Beginner Mapping (Daedalus)
• Lighting, Water, and Vertex Editing
• Basic Moving Doors (Video)
• Brush Mode Operators (Video)
• Basic Portals

Brushwork, Environments, and Texturing

• Outside Areas, Fog, Skyboxes (Video)
• Geometry Bending and Twisting (Video)
• Subtractive Geometry and Layering - Start/End of Time (Video)
• Importing Custom Textures (Video)
• Importing Heightmap Terrain (Video)
• Lightmap Smoothing Groups

AI and Entities

• Basic AI Attack and Patrol

Events and Scripting

• Creating Security Monitors
• Realistic Explosions
• Modifying Gravity (Video)
• Toggling Emitters
• Cutscene Tutorial (Helios/GTA/Trigger)
• Cutscene Tutorial (Beatonator)
• Working with Variable Data via Goals (Video)
• Switchable Bolt Emitters (Forcefields)

Lighting

• Fake Volumetric Lighting via Particle Emitters

Multiplayer Specific

• Basic Multiplayer Map
• Creating a Keyframe Trick
• Dynamic Multiplayer Spawn Points
• Custom Static Meshes in Multiplayer Maps (Video)
• RF CTF Level Design (Video)
• Changing Liquid Depth in Multiplayer

Miscellaneous

• Door Rooms (Video)
• Ladders (Video)
• Basic Decals
• Basic Liquids
• Basic Skyboxes
• Adding a Moon to a Skybox
• Distributing User Made Levels
• Resetting a Player Start

Mod Development

• Using Blender for Red Faction Static Meshes (Video)
• Using Blender for Red Faction Skeletal Meshes & Animations (Video)
• Static Meshes from 3ds Max (Video)
• First Person Weapon Models and Animations from 3ds Max (Video)
• Custom First Person Weapons
• Beginner's Guide to Table Editing
• Importing a Level from a Mod to the Base Game (Video)
• Creating and Using Custom Debris

Workshop Sessions

• RF Mod Development Workshop: Custom Characters (Video)
• RF Level Design Workshop: Part 1 (Video)
• RF Level Design Workshop: Part 2 (Video)

End User Guides

• Installing Conversion Mods (RF1)
• Installing Clientside Mods (RF1)
• Installing Custom Levels (RF1)

Developer Resources

Red Faction-Specific Resources

• Developer Resources on FactionFiles

Free Resources

• Open Game Art
• Sketchfab
• 3DModelsCC0
• TurboSquid
• DeviantArt
• cgtrader
• Clara.io
• Free3D
• RenderHub
• 3D CAD Browser
  • Please note available resources may have specific license terms.

Useful Tools

• Notepad++ - Free text editor with many useful features
• GIMP - Free image editing software that can be used for creating textures/graphics for RF
• 7-Zip - Free file compression utility
• Pictus - Free image viewer with Windows Explorer thumbnail support for TGA files (and many other formats)
• ImageGlass - Free image viewer with Windows Explorer thumbnail support for TGA files (and many other formats)