About This Software

What is J.A.C.K.?

Supported Games

• Half-Life (including mods and Gunman Chronicles)
  
• Quake (including mods and some Quake-based games, e.g. Hexen II)
  
• Quake II (including mods)
  
• Quake III (including mods and idTech3 based games, e.g. Tremulous)

Main Features

• Cross-Platform Editing: the editor is available both for Windows and Linux users.
  
• Large memory addressing support: 64-bit version of the editor overcomes the 2 Gb available memory limit.
  
• Large Map Support: you can create and edit levels with dimensions up to 262144 х 262144 units.
  
• Extensibility: the editor supports plugins to extend its abilities.
  
• Multiple Game Formats Support: preview models and sprites of different games, open different map formats, from MAP to VMF.
  
• Realtime Texture Effects: support of transparency, texture animation and scrolling, and Quake III shader scripts greatly enhance perception during the development stage.
  
• Embedded Shader Editor: now the process of creation of shaders for Quake III and idTech3 based games becomes delightful!
  
• Curved surfaces: the editor supports curved surfaces (patches) used in idTech3 based games.
  
• Dynamic Sky Rendition: the editor renders skyboxes in the same way games do.
  
• Color Schemes: the editor's look-and-feel can be easily customized.
  
• Autosave & SteamCloud: configure autosave and cloud save functions to protect your project from editor crashes and own design errors.
  
• Additional Instruments: brush merging, triangulation, UV-Lock, multiple visgroups, model rendition in 2D viewports, automatic selection in 3D, preservation of internal connections, and many more...