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'''RAD''' is a collective name for the lighting compilers for multiple engines' map formats. The name comes from {{w|radiosity (computer graphics)|radiosity lighting}}; see [[RAD (technical)]] for more information.
 
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! Engine !! Original official compiler(s) !! Modern third-party compilers
|-<!-- NOTE: Quake I does not have radiosity lighting (or RAD), only LIGHT. -->
| {{quake2|4}} || [[QRAD3]] || [https://gamebanana.com/tools/6493 ArghRad] ([https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/360596986392739840/1140802047181070508/kmqbsp_114_test10.zip updated version])<br>[https://github.com/qbism/q2tools-220 RAD (Q2Tools-220, formerly 4RAD)]<br>LIGHT ([[ericw-tools]])
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| {{gldsrc|4}} || [[QRAD]] || [[HLRAD]] ([[ZHLT]], [[VHLT]], and derivatives)<br>LIGHT ([[ericw-tools]], experimental)
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| {{src|4}} || [[VRAD]] || [[CSTRAD]] {{deprecated}}, {{slamminsrc|4|nt=0}}
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| {{src2|4}} || [[VRAD2]] (CPU)</br>[[VRAD3]] (GPU, [[:WP:Ray_tracing_(graphics)|RT]])|| N/A
|}
 
Additionally, {{mono|.rad}} is used as as the file extension for external [[RAD file|texture lighting metadata files]] used by [[QRAD]], [[HLRAD]], [[VRAD]], and [[ericw-tools]].
 
[[Category:RAD]][[Category:Technical]]

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RAD is a collective name for the lighting compilers for multiple engines' map formats. The name comes from Wikipedia icon radiosity lighting; see RAD (technical) for more information.

Engine Original official compiler(s) Modern third-party compilers
Quake II Quake II QRAD3 ArghRad (updated version)
RAD (Q2Tools-220, formerly 4RAD)
LIGHT (ericw-tools)
GoldSrc GoldSrc QRAD HLRAD (ZHLT, VHLT, and derivatives)
LIGHT (ericw-tools, experimental)
Source Source VRAD CSTRAD [Obsolete-notext.png Deprecated], Slammin' Source Map Tools Slammin' Compile Tools
Source 2 Source 2 VRAD2 (CPU)
VRAD3 (GPU, RT)
N/A

Additionally, .rad is used as as the file extension for external texture lighting metadata files used by QRAD, HLRAD, VRAD, and ericw-tools.