KatsBits Site Map

Use the site map below to track down the page you want. Currently listed is every HTML page used by the site. Offsite links and other 3rd party URL's have not been included.

Main Site ^

General site navigation; where to find the different main subsections of KatsBits content...

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• Articles

  • The making of Age of Conan; an interview with Chris Jensen

  • Dungeon Runners dungeons list

  • Online Gaming

  • Conan's Radiant adventures

  • Oblivion game play hints and tips

  • Location of Skills trainers in Oblivion

  • Review - Elder Scroll : Oblivion 1st impressions

  • Review - Vampires The Masquerade : Bloodlines

  • Add / Remove Bots

  • Aimbot

  • ATI

  • Optimising dial-up connections

  • Removing DirectX

  • Uninstalling DirectX

  • Review - Doom 3

  • Doom 3 Chronicles Interview

  • Installing GLSetup

  • Review - Medal of Honor; Pacific Assault

  • Name change

  • Optimising Network settings

  • A question of character

  • Quake 3 Sever setup, firewalls and map rotation

  • Spyware

  • Review - Quake 3 Team Arena

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Resources ^

Useful information, tutorials for modeling, tools & utilities...

• Tutorials

  • VIDEO Tutorials

    • Baking ambient occlusion (AO) maps for terrain using Blender 3D

    • Creating tracks (track editing) for Trackmania Nations - Forever

    • Quick guide to using Blenders Retopo(ology) Tool

    • Using Blender 3D's Automatic IK system for game animating

    • How to creating uniform Spiral Stairs/Steps

    • Using Blender 3D to create low poly terrain map objects

    • Trackmania - Nations track editing

  • Blender3D, game and interactive 3D modeling tutorials

    • Learning Blender 2.5: pt1 layout

    • Learning Blender 2.5: pt2 navigation

    • Learning Blender 2.5: pt3 modeling

    • Learning Blender 2.5: pt4 materials

    • Learning Blender 2.5: pt5 multi materials

    • Learning Blender 2.5: pt6 UWV maps

    • View properties, grid and camera distance settings for Blender 2.5

    • Blender Basics - baking and using ambient occlusion maps

    • Making and setting up collision hull meshes in Blender 3D on game models

    • Import 3DVia Shape models & meshes into Blender 3D, with or without textures

    • Importing Google SketchUp files directly into Blender 3D without converting

    • Blender Basics: Part 1 - Blenders general interface and layout

    • Blender Basics: Part 2 - keyboard and mouse control, moving around Blender

    • Blender Basics: Part 3 - modeling a chair and learning how to use Blender to 'mesh'

    • Blender Basics: Part 4 - materials and textures, using Blenders material system

    • Blender Basics: Part 5 - UVW unwrapping, and UVW and Image Editor

    • Blender Basics: Part 6 - optimising a mesh and making it more efficient

    • Exporting models from Blender 3D to *.o3d using Googles converter

    • Renderbump and baking normal maps from a high poly models using Blender 3D

    • Exporting & importing Google Building Maker models into Blender

    • Resizing textures on Blender models used for game content

    • An alternative use for Blender 3D 'Sculpt' Tool

    • Importing Google SketchUp files into Blender 3D

    • Creating maps with Blender 3D (exporting a model to *.map)

    • UT3 editing, Blender 3D and smoothing (smoothgroups)

    • Rendering Skyboxes using Blender 3D

    • Using brush based terrain for Mega Texture terrain

    • Converting maps into models

    • Blender 3D - useful shortcut keys

    • Prepping custom LWO models with Blender 3D

    • Python path system variable path setup for Blender

    • Doom 3 models and smoothgroups (mesh smoothing)

    • Getting custom models into Doom 3/Quake 4 - prepping models

    • Converting models from Gmax *.gmax to 3DS Max *.max

    • Modeling maps in Blender3D

    • GMax UVW mapping & 2d art work ('skinning')

    • GMax applying alpha masks and opacity

  • IMVU content creator tutorials

    • How to make an animated pet for IMVU using Blender 3D - pt1

    • Guide to creating IMVU rooms using Blender 3D

    • Creating furniture items for IMVU using Blender 3D

    • IMVU developer hints and tips for Blender 3D

    • Making a product bundle for IMvu

    • Making opacity maps for IMvu (imvu specific tutorial)

  • Texture creation related tutorials

    • From photos to normal maps, how to...

    • Making a texture mask from a photo of tree leaves

    • DDS "unknown file format error"

    • Normal maps, texture space and orientation

    • Understanding Oblivion's parallax maps

    • Creating bump maps from images & photos pt1

    • Creating bump maps from images & photos pt2

    • Creating DDS textures using ATI's 'Compressonator'

    • Walk through - making the Map Center challenge textures

  • Editing idtech 4 powered games

    • Texture blending using the Doom 3/Quake engines

    • General outdoor lighting principles

    • General lighting principles

    • Setting up Doom 3's and Quake 4's editor (Doom3Radiant) for custom mods

    • Making terrain from patch meshes pt1

    • Making terrain from patch meshes pt2

  • Misc. & third party tutorials

    • Creating PK3 (PAK) files

    • Steam jet effect for RtCW (pt1)

    • Steam jet effect for RtCW (pt2), using more than one 'jet'

    • RtCW SP end map trigger setup

    • DoNotEnter, using donotenter clip brushes

    • Advanced patch mesh curves

    • Tri-souping (pt1) a solution to z-fighting

    • Tri-souping (pt2) 2 and 3 point clipped brush

    • Common error messages

• Editing Hints and Tips

• Google FAQ

• Tools and Utilities

• RSS Feeds

• YouTube

Downloads ^

File downloads, useful game assets, textures and models...

• Maps

• Quake 4 MP

• kat_q4dm3

• kat_q4dm2

• kat_q4dm1

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein single player

  • Relic Hunt

  • Castlekeep

  • Mages Skulls

• Quake 3 MP

  • kat1024

  • katdm5

  • katdm3

  • Dualists TA

  • Dualists CFT

  • Dualists

  • Emperors Hall

  • Emperors Hall TA

  • Emperors Hall TA r2

  • Dmmtp

  • Dmtpl1

  • Gauntlet

  • Chartres

  • Valhalla

• Trackmania Nations

  • Trackmania Nations custom track pack #1

• Models

  • Blender 3D source files

    • Kats Baskets (katq4dm2)

    • Kats Cradle (katq4dm1)

    • Little Rock

  • ASE models

    • Canal Boats

    • Moai

    • Standing Stones

    • Broken Steps

    • Torch Tall

    • Rocks Small

    • Wooden Platforms

  • MD5 Models

    • 'Bob' rigged and animated character model

  • MD3 Models

    • British watercan

    • Ladder

    • KubalWagon

    • Mushrooms

• Textures

  • Ground 1024

  • Stone Walls

  • Rock 6

  • Rock 5

  • Rock 4 (MapCenter set)

  • Rock 3a

  • Rock 3b

  • Rock 3c

  • Rock 2

  • Flat Rock pack 1

  • Flat Rock pack 2a

  • Flat Rock pack 2b

  • Flat Rock pack 3

  • Rough Rock pack 1

  • Rough Rock pack 2

  • Rough Rock pack 3

  • Brick

• IMVU Content

Community ^

Useful resources for KatsBits site users, including a gamers technical support line...

• Current Forum (active)

• Archived Forum (locked)