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{{jack|4}} is a brand new level editor for games with a quake-style BSP architecture. The aim is to develop a convenient cross-platform tool capable of incorporating [http://jack.hlfx.ru/en/features.html the best features] of existing editors, such as [[Valve Hammer Editor]], [[Q3Radiant]] and others. Despite Quake and Half-Life having been released a long time ago, the large community have arisen around, still developing mods and games on their bases. However the existing editors suffer from fundamental disadvantages their users are well familiar with. J.A.C.K. does aspire to be the universal level design tool for classic games. But not only the classics! The editor shall become a key development tool for the [http://www.moddb.com/engines/volatile3d-ii Volatile] engine, that is why its second name is Volatile Development Kit.
{{jack|4}} is a brand new level editor for games with a quake-style BSP architecture. The aim is to develop a convenient cross-platform tool capable of incorporating [http://jack.hlfx.ru/en/features.html the best features] of existing editors, such as [[Valve Hammer Editor]], [[Q3Radiant]] and others. Despite Quake and Half-Life having been released a long time ago, the large community have arisen around, still developing mods and games on their bases. However the existing editors suffer from fundamental disadvantages their users are well familiar with. J.A.C.K. does aspire to be the universal level design tool for classic games. But not only the classics! The editor shall become a key development tool for the [http://www.moddb.com/engines/volatile3d-ii Volatile] engine, that is why its second name is Volatile Development Kit.


J.A.C.K. is available for free on it's website, aswell as paid version is also available on {{steamicon|3}}.
J.A.C.K. is available for free on its website. A paid version, with several bugfixes and some extra features, is also available on {{steamicon|3}}.


== Features ==
== Features ==

Revision as of 18:53, 20 May 2023

J.A.C.K. J.A.C.K. is a brand new level editor for games with a quake-style BSP architecture. The aim is to develop a convenient cross-platform tool capable of incorporating the best features of existing editors, such as Valve Hammer Editor, Q3Radiant and others. Despite Quake and Half-Life having been released a long time ago, the large community have arisen around, still developing mods and games on their bases. However the existing editors suffer from fundamental disadvantages their users are well familiar with. J.A.C.K. does aspire to be the universal level design tool for classic games. But not only the classics! The editor shall become a key development tool for the Volatile engine, that is why its second name is Volatile Development Kit.

J.A.C.K. is available for free on its website. A paid version, with several bugfixes and some extra features, is also available on Steam.

Features

See here.

See also