RED

The information in this article pertains to Red Faction 1 only.

RED is the Red Faction Level Editor. RED is usually assumed to mean "Red EDitor". Internally, RED is called DED. Given Red Faction was effectively built from the ashes of the abandoned Descent 4 project, it's safe to assume DED was to be the name of the Descent 4 editor.

Levels in Red Faction are comprised of a mixture of BSP brushes and objects. .rfl is the extension used for Red Faction levels.

Purpose
RED is used to produce levels (maps) for the PC and Playstation 2 game Red Faction. It should be noted however that while all maps for the PS2 version of the game were originally developed using RED, there is currently no known way to play custom RED levels on the PS2 version of the game.

RED can also be used to test various edits when developing mods for the PC version of the game.

Functionality

 * See RED Functionality Overview

User Friendliness
RED drew on elements from all the other level editors and 3D applications that Volition's level designers had used in the past. They had RED designed the way they wanted.

Customization

 * REDPF - Bundled with Pure Faction since version 3.0 comes REDPF. REDPF is an upgraded version of the stock editor. It features new and useful buttons added just to the top of the viewport area, new options added to the trigger properties window (for new trigger features introduced in Pure Faction), and the addition of very useful help strings.


 * RED-Optimized - A few years ago, community member RED-FROG released his own custom modified version of RED, called RED-Optimized. This version saw enlarged important buttons, removed help strings and removal of the splash screen.

RED Command Line Parameters

 * See RED Command Line Parameters

Related Pages

 * RED v2