J.A.C.K. (Just Another Creation Kit) is a level editor that supports the following 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)

This software depends on game files and cannot be used without having at least one supported game installed. Half-life and Quake III Arena are required to unlock certain achievements.

The required games are available on steam but game files will work from other sources as well.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2200/Quake_III_Arena/

How to check your progress: You can view progress under help > Statistics inside the software, alternatively progress can also be viewed on SteamDB: https://steamdb.info/app/496450/stats/

When you first launch the software you'll be given the option to set the location of your games,
Right click the game in your library > Properties > Installed Files > Browse... for steam games.

• Launch a New map using Quake III Arena (File > New) or [Ctrl+N]
⮩ Head to Tools > Automatic Configuration or [Ctrl+F2] to set the location of your games.


Curvature
Create 250 curves (Quake 3).


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Find Categories: on the right side of the screen and pick (curves)
• Create a box by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter 250 times


Effectives
Create an effect in Effects Editor (Quake 3).


• Tools > Edit effects... or [F3] > New effect...
• Select any .tga or .jpg file from Quake 3 Arena\baseq3\textures
• Close and Save the new effect with any file name > Yes

Full path of the file I used:
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake 3 Arena\baseq3\textures\base_button\shootme_glow.jpg

• Launch a New map using Half-Life (File > New) or [Ctrl+N]
⮩ Head to Tools > Automatic Configuration or [Ctrl+F2] to set the location of your games.


Unpacker
Extract textures (Quake or Half-Life).


• Click Plugins > Half-Life > Extract textures
• Click the + symbol and select any .bsp or .pak file from Half-Life\valve\maps

Full path of the file I used:
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\maps\c1a2a.bsp


Spray Paint
Place 50 decals (Half-Life).


• Select Apply Decals (Left side) or [Shift+D]
• Click 50 times in the camera window
Note: Get this with Export Services below to save time.

Any game should work for the following achievements but I tested all of these using Half-life.

• Launch a New map using any supported game (File > New) or [Ctrl+N]
⮩ Head to Tools > Automatic Configuration or [Ctrl+F2] to set the location of your games.


Export Services
Export 100 MAP files.


• File > Export Map... > Any name
• File > Export Map Again or [F4] x100
Note: You must make one change per export, I recommend adding more Half-Life decals.


Incrementalist
Save 25 incremental versions of a single project.


• File > Save or [CTRL+S] > Any Name
• File > Save Incremental or [CTRL+Alt+S] x25


Pathfinder
Create a path using the Path Tool.


• Select the Path Tool (Left side) or [Shift+P]
• Shift+Click on any 2D view > Type Any Name > OK


Clipper
Cut 100 solids using the Clipping Tool.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create a box by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select the block using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S]
• Select the Clipping Tool (Left side) or [Shift+X]
• Drag the line from the Clipping Tool over the box you created and press enter 50 times


Holloween
Make 25 solids hollow.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create a box by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select the block using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S]
• Right click the box > Make Hollow... or [Ctrl+Shift+H] > Ok. Do this 3-4 times on the same block


Splitter
Split 50 faces.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create a box by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select the block using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S]
• Select the Vertex Manipulation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+V]
• Click any yellow dot > Right click > Split Face or [Ctrl+F]
• Do this with 50 different yellow dots


Chisel Me Out
Carve 100 solids.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create 2 boxes by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select any block using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S]
• Drag that block and drop it so it is slightly clipping into the other block
• Right click > Carve or [Ctrl+Shift+C]
• Keep moving that block slightly into another block and carve 100 times


Fusion Cuisine
Merge 16 solids in a single Merge operation.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create 16 boxes by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select every block using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S] with Ctrl + Click
• Select the Vertex Manipulation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+V]
• Select 1 white dot on each block with Ctrl + Click
• Right click > Weld Vertices or [Ctrl+Alt+W]


Group Theory
Create a group consisted of 10 nested groups.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create 12 groups of 2 boxes by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select 2 blocks using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S] with Ctrl + Click
• Right click > Group or [Ctrl+G]
• Select 2 more blocks and the previous group you created and group them again 11 times.


Triangulator
Triangulate 10 complex solid structures.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Find Objects: on the right side of the screen and pick sphere
• Create a sphere by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select the block using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S]
• Select the Vertex Manipulation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+V]
• Drag a few white or yellow dots around slightly
• Right click the sphere > Triangulate or [Ctrl+Alt+T]


Ooops!
Get an "Invalid solid structure" error.


• Follow the guide for Triangulator above but stop after dragging a few dots around.
• Head to Map > Check for problems or [Alt+P] > Fix

Block Party
Create 5000 solid blocks.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create a box by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter 5000 times


Point Blank
Place 1000 point entities.


• Select the Entity Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+E]
• Click anywhere in any window and press Enter 1000 times


Pretty Solid
Create 2500 solid entities.


• Select the Block Creation Tool (Left side) or [Shift+B]
• Create a box by dragging your mouse in any 2D window and press Enter
• Select the block using the Selection Tool (Left side) or [Shift+S]
• Right click > Tie to entity > Tie to func_static or [Ctrl+T] > Close the window
• Repeat the last step but click No on the error message to create a new entity 2500 times

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