Editing
- Extremely fast object manipulation and drawing, designed for efficiency
- Select and texture objects or object faces
- Stretch, position, mirror, flip, and rotate meshes
- Automatic UV mapping
- UV mapping tools, including justify and fit to face
- CSG operations include carve, hollow, split, and extrude face
- Configurable entity system
- Adjustable viewports
- Accurate grid snap
- Draw selection boxes
- Export to .x, .map, .wmp, .dbo, .b3d, or .dif
- Browse meshes by thumbnails
- Manage and browse thousands of textures and meshes
- Extremely small compressed file format
- Edit multiple objects' properties at once
- New brush primitives including arches and tubes
- View detailed statistical information including polycounts broken down by object type
- Texture lock freezes brush texture coordinates
- Select a texture by picking a surface
- Multiple undo levels
- Export .map and compile to Torque .dif in one step
Meshes
- Referenced meshes
- Load .x, .obj, .md3, or .gls meshes
- Shadow-mapped meshes with gile[s]
- Adjust scale to fit meshes without distorting vertex coordinates
Lighting
- Complete lighting for brushes, meshes, and terrain
- Calculate lightmaps, vertex lighting, and uniform lighting
- Support for translucent and masked surfaces
- Control settings per object for casting and receiving shadows
Terrain
- Smooth-blended layered terrain
- Support for large-scale terrains
- Adjustable terrain subdivision
- Automatic edge turning
Supported File Formats
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File Type
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Import
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Export
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Comments
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Microsoft DirectX (*.x)
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yes
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yes
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3D Game Studio map (*.wmp)
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yes
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yes
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In progress
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gile[s] Scene (*.gls)
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yes
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no
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Torque Map (*.dif)
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no
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yes
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map exporter calls map2dif in one step
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DarkBasic Object (*.dbo)
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no
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yes
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Blitz3D Model (*.b3d)
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no
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yes
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CShop Map (*.csm)
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yes
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no
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Map meshes can't be loaded
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Half-Life Map (*.map)
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yes
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yes
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Quake 3 Model (*.md3)
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yes
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no
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Entity List (*.txt)
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no
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yes
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JPEG (*.jpg)
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yes
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no
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Windows bitmap (*.bmp)
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yes
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no
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Portable network graphics (*.png)
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yes
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no
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Truevision Targa (*.tga)
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yes
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no
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DirectDraw Surface (*.dds)
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yes
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no
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Valve texture format (*.vtf)
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yes
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no
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