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| [[Category:TODO Finish Multipage Removal Manually]]
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| {{Software status
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| |type=tools
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| |appid=496450
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| |status=released
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| {{jack|4}} (Initially Volatile Hammer Editor{{ref|1}}, commonly {{jack|3|nt=0}}) is a map editor for games with a {{Quake|3.1|addtext=-style}} [[BSP]] architecture. {{jack|1}} is heavily based on {{hammer|4.1}}, improving upon the experience from {{hammer3|4.1|nt=5}} by adding many quality of life features inspired by those found in {{hammer4|4.1}}, {{q3r|4.1}}, and more{{clarify}}
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| {{jack|1}} is available for free on its website. A paid version, with several bugfixes and some extra features, is also available on {{steamicon|3}}.
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| {{modernImportant|The map compilers which come with {{jack|1}} are forked from older versions of the various engines' compile tools and are not actively maintained. Additionally, the '''''paid version of {{jack|1}} does not include compile tools for {{gldsrc|2}} due to license conflicts'''''.
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| As {{jack|1}} exclusively uses Valve220 notation for exported [[MAP]] files (being the first editor to extend it for use with {{quake2|2}} and {{quake3|2}}), a supported compiler is required. The following up-to-date compilers are supported:
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| * {{gldsrc|4}} - [[VHLT|VHLT v34]] and forks
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| ** {{svencoop|4}} - [[SCHLT]]
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| * {{quake|4}} (and {{w|Hexen II}}) - [[ericw-tools]]
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| * {{quake2|4}} - see [[MAP (file format)#Quake II|Quake MAP (file format)]]
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| * {{idtech3|4}} - {{nrc|4.1|addtext='s}} Q3MAP2, or [https://github.com/VeraVisions/vmap VeraVisions's VMAP]
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| }}
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| == Features ==
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| ===General Features===
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| * Cross-platform editing (Windows and Linux)
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| * Large memory addressing (64-bit)
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| * Extensible via plugins
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| * Supports various game formats and resources
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| * Customizable color schemes
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| * Realtime texture effects (transparency, animation, scrolling)
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| * Improved decal rendering (Half-Life)
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| * Embedded shader editor (Quake III)
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| * Large map support (up to 262144 x 262144 units)
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| * Multiple VisGroups per object
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| * Textures bound to game configurations
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| * Loads resources on demand
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| * Dynamic sky rendering
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| * Supports curved surfaces (patches) from Quake III engine
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| ===2D View Features===
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| * Background images with adjustable offset, scale, luminance, and filtering
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| * Selection while dragging in 3D view
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| ===3D View Features===
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| * Selection while dragging objects
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| * Display of origins for models and sprites
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| * User camera placement, movement, deletion, saving, and loading
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| ===Entity Editing Features===
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| * Smart mode improvements with preview of assigned key values
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| * Support for Hexen II
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| * VMF format import and export (beta)
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| * Triangulation of non-planar faces
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| * Incremental saving with version numbering
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| * Improved entity report with hidden entity management
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| * Advanced patch texturing functions
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| ===Other Features===
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| * Tabs in Texture Browser
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| * Ability to hide triggers and unknown entities
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| * Texture axes locking during vertex manipulation
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| * Selection center display in status bar
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| * Tear-off mode for submenus
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| * Support for deformVertexes autosprite and autosprite2 in Quake 3 shaders
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| * Many more minor improvements
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| ===Additional Features (from previous versions)===
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| * Compile maps within the editor (non-blocking)
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| * Automatic selection in 3D view
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| * Improved snap to grid functionality
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| * Preserve internal connections during copy/paste and clone operations
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| * Model viewer integration
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| * Extended FGD format for entity descriptions
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| * Autosave functionality
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| * Update checking
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| * Multilingual support (English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish)
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| * Precise model selection in 3D view
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| * Loading and rendering of portal (*.prt) and hull (*.p0-p3) files
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| * Assigning random yaw to entities
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| * Multiple texture fitting
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| * Texture replacement with scaling
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| * Context menus for entity creation
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| For more details, refer to the changelog{{ref|2}}.
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| == Trivia ==
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| * {{jack|1}} was used to make three of the four deathmatch maps that were added in {{hl|4.1|addtext='s}} 25th Anniversary Update. {{cow|Contamination}} and {{cow|Rocket Frenzy}} were built using the free version (1.1.1064), and {{cow|Pool Party}} was built using the Steam version (1.1.2800).
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| == Support ==
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| {{Jack|2}} comes with [[FGD]]s for the following games, which have been updated to take advantage of newer features:
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| * {{gldsrc|4}}
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| ** {{hl|4.1}}
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| ** {{op4|4.1}}
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| ** {{gunman|4.1}}
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| * {{idtech2|4}}
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| ** {{quake|4.1}}
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| ** {{quake2|4.1}}
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| ** {{hex2|4.1}}
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| * {{idtech3|4}}
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| ** {{quake3|4.1}}
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| ** {{w|Tremulous}}
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| Compilers are also included (except for [[VHLT]] on the Steam version), but are outdated; see note above.
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| See [[:Category:GoldSrc FGDs]] and [[:Category:Non-Valve engine FGDs]] for additional supported games.
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://jack.hlfx.ru/en/ Home page]
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| * [https://crystice.com/jack/?id=jack Website]
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| * [http://jack.hlfx.ru/en/download.html Download page]
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| * [[Steampowered:app/496450/JACK/|Steam page]]
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| * [https://hlfx.ru/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4207 HLFX Topic] of first alpha.
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| == References ==
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| # [https://hlfx.ru/forum/showthread.php?s=5147af4dae551e4afbb5b2c8f0a17bfd&threadid=4143 HLFX Topic of first announcement] (Volatile Hammer Editor).
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| # [http://jack.hlfx.ru/en/features.html List of J.A.C.K. features] on official website.
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| {{leveleditors}}
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| {{gldsrc sdktools}}
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| [[Category:Third Party Tools]]
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| [[Category:Third Party GoldSrc Tools]]
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| [[Category:Non-Steam Applications]] <!--Free version is completely independent of Steam-->
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