iw3xo-radiant // a radiant modification for Call of Duty 4

This project aims to fix existing bugs, extend functionalities across the board and to replace
the dated MFC/Windows UI with a more modern and flexible UI powered by Dear ImGui.

       

Project Page (Guide / In-Depth)

xoxor4d.github.io/projects/iw3xo-radiant

Changelog

github.com/xoxor4d/iw3xo-radiant/wiki/Changelog

nightly builds - develop branch

(download and install the latest release before using nightly's)
(nightly's may require additional assets so make sure to check pinned messages in the #nightly-builds channel on the iw3xo discord)

   

If you want to buy me a coffee:

Build the layout you've always wanted [YouTube]
Feature Footage [YouTube]

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New features not found within the original cod4 radiant:

• completely revamped user interface with docking, tabs, saved layouts and more (Dear ImGui)
• play && edit / create && export effects as CreateFX files right from within radiant (makes effectsEd completely obsolete)
• Nvidia PhysX integration for dynamic placement of prefabs or physics-enabled effects (can be turned into misc_models)
• Nvidia PhysX enabled character movement with cod4 movement mechanics (bouncing) character movement
• d3dbsp loading and bsp/light compilation from within radiant (+ option to compile fastfile)
• automatically generate reflections within radiant when compiling the maps bsp
• live link (sync. brushes (with collision), camera and worldspawn settings between cod4 and radiant)
• mesh painting (xmodels/prefabs) with per object settings, random size, angles, weight etc.
• 3D guizmo to precisely manipulate entities and brushes from the camera window (ImGuizmo)
• a prefab browser with the ability to generate thumbnails + drag and drop prefabs into the scene
• a model browser to preview xmodels + drag and drop models into the scene
• an effect browser to preview effects + drag and drop effects into the scene
• materials can now be reloaded (individually) without restarting radiant
• custom lighting shader with normal-mapping, specular highlights, reflections and fog
• ability to limit shadow drawing distance when using stock sunpreview (++FPS)
• filmtweak support
• render actual water instead of case-textures
• increased asset limits to allow high poly models
• realtime viewports
• context aware grid and camera context menus with QoL features
• better surface-inspector, property editor, layer dialog etc.
• vertex edit dialog with random noise generator
• display missing materials using a proper invalid_texture material
• zoom to cursor
• toast notifications
• editable toolbars, hotkeys, colors
• new file dialogs with working default paths
• texture window toolbar for quick filtering
• custom texture favourite lists (like customizable texture filters)
• preview sky materials within the texture browser (no longer invisible)
• rope/wire generator
• sun direction visualizer
• a proper console with dvar support (incl. dvar suggestions and autocomplete)
• increased undo limit
• print parsed entity and brush num on map load making it easier to find issues in map files (off by default)
• bo3 tool textures (optional)
• terrain patch thickening
• stamp prefabs
• create prefab from selection
• extrude selected brush to other brush faces
• alot more QoL features

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Installation

1. Install the CoD4 Modtools
2. Download the latest release
3. Copy the contents into your cod4 root directory
4. Start bin/IW3xRadiant.exe

• [NIGHTLY]    install latest release, download nightly, unpack and replace iw3r.dll within the bin folder
                  -> check for additional assets in the #nightly-builds channel (📍) on the iw3xo discord
• [OPTIONAL]  bo3-tool-textures.zip (unpack and place .iwi's into bin\IW3xRadiant\images)

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Build / Compile

How to build / compile the project using Visual Studio

1. Clone the repo! (zip does not include deps!)
2. Copy everything within the assets folder into your cod4-root folder
3. Use update_submodules.bat to update submodules
4. Use generate-buildfiles.bat to build project files with premake
5. Load the solution (build/iw3xo-radiant.sln) and open the iw3r project-settings to setup paths:

• General       output directory path -> path-to-cod4-root\bin\
• Debugging   command -> path-to-cod4-root\bin\IW3xRadiant.exe
• Debugging   working directory -> path-to-cod4-root\bin\

• Preferred: Create a new environment variable called COD4_ROOT that points to your cod4 directory and re-generate the project files.

6. Build -> Build Solution or run with debugger

How to build the project using VSCode

1. Install C++ Build tools (msbuild)
2. Add msbuild folder to the "PATH" environment variable:

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin

3. Add COD4_ROOT environment variable with path to your cod4 directory

"COD4_ROOT" "D:\COD4-Modtools"

4. Clone the repo (zip does not include deps!)
5. Copy everything within the assets folder into your cod4-root folder
6. Drag and drop all files from .vscode/tracked\ into .vscode\
7. Open iw3xo-radiant.code-workspace
8. Run task: update_submodules or open update_submodules.bat
9. Run task: generate-buildfiles or open generate-buildfiles.bat

Use provided build-tasks with the option to copy iw3r.dll and iw3r.pdb to %COD4_ROOT%/bin
Run->Start Debugging will build and copy a debug build to to %COD4_ROOT%/bin and launch IW3xRadiant.

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Optional:

https://github.com/xoxor4d/iw3xo-dev

Project Page:

https://xoxor4d.github.io/projects/iw3xo-radiant/

Discord:

https://discord.gg/t5jRGbj

Credits

• X Labs (especially Snake)
• The Plutonium Project Team (especially Rektinator)
• Nukem9 - LinkerMod & detours
• JTAG - NootNoot
• ocornut - Dear ImGui
• CedricGuillemet - ImGuizmo
• nlohmann - fifo_map
• David Gallardo - imgui_color_gradient
• nem0 - ImGui CurveEditor
• Limeoats - L2DFileDialog
• zfedoran - ImGui Spinner
• patrickcjk - imgui-notify
• maluoi - tga writer
• NVIDIA - PhysX
• Infinity Ward - OG. Radiant and Effects Framework
• id-Software - OG. Radiant

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Images

Model Browser:

Custom Lighting Shader On/Off:

Effect Browser and Playback

In-Editor cod4 based movement with bouncing :>

Effects Editor

Disclaimer

This software has been created purely for the purposes of academic research. Project maintainers are not responsible or liable for misuse of the software. Use responsibly.