Reality Factory

whats the best way to create a 2 level map. so i can jump from the top level to the one below im using rfedit pro thanks
any help

Just create two hollow brushes one on top the other, and use a solid cut brush to make a hole in the floor of the top brush, and the ceiling of the bottom brush. Make sure ther is no leak. The m3drf.pdf file can help you.

Thats what i thought the question meant, but i was'nt sure if you meant "two levels" as in 2 maps.

yes one map 2 levels. any way thanks for your help
the top level will have a grate texture for the floor so hopefully i can see the floor below through the grate texture
thanks folks

For your grate texture, if you want to be able to see through the grate, you will need to model your grate so that there are actually slots/cracks/holes etc so that you can physically see through it. A texture map will only make it look like a grate not alow the player to actually see what is below them.

Actually, if the texture is a TGA with an alpha channel you will be able to apply it to the grate and see through it.

if i created the grate texture with a pure blue alpha channel will the alpha channel be scene if not blue what colour does the rf engine not render

It's been so long since I used anything other than transparent TGA's for textures in RF I personally don't remember.

apperently half life used to render all shades of blue except pure blue (hex 000ff)

how do i create a transparent tga file, for example in gimp

Please, read the manual...
Textures without separate alpha channel can have transparent areas by using the color 255, 0, 254

You could create a tga with alpha channel by combining your normal texture and a grayscale texture (alpha) with the AlphaCreate tool that comes with RF.

thank you. im reading it in the manual now