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Welcome to the community Wiki for the C4 Engine. This is a collection of articles about C4 written by both its creators and its users. The type of information on this Wiki ranges from introductory overviews to detailed coding examples.

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Developer Links

Official Documentation

These pages were either written by Terathon Software engineers or have been carefully reviewed for accuracy.

General Reference

Getting Started

Building the C4 Engine

Graphics Hardware Compatibility

Official Roadmap

Glossary

FAQ

Collada Plugins

Content Creation Programs

Third Party Physics Engines

Recommended Third-Party Tools

Useful Webpages

Useful Books

OpenGL Driver Issues

Engine Concepts

The C4 Rendering Pipeline

Geometry Internals

Lights and Shadows

Shadow Spaces

Fog Spaces

Motion Blur

Creating a GUI Skin

Shaders

Programming Topics

Programming Introduction to the C4 Engine

Using the Command Console

List of System Variables

Defining a Custom Controller

Defining a Custom Property

Working with Sound

Detecting Memory Leaks

Models, Controllers, Properties

String Tables

SimpleBall Sample Code

SimpleChar Sample Code

World Editor

World Editor Overview

Working with Portals

Using Transition Zones

Using Impostors

Using Skyboxes

Using Connectors

Using the Rotation Controller

Shaders

Using the Shader Editor

List of basic processes

List of mathematical processes

List of complex processes

List of interpolant processes

Scripting

Graphical Scripting Language

Expression Evaluation in Scripts

Defining a Custom Method

Terrain

Editing Terrain

Terrain Tutorial

Creating a Terrain Palette

Panels

Using the Panel Editor

Models

Creating a Model

Model Viewer Overview

Materials

Creating a New Material

Importing a Texture

Fonts

Generating a Font

Pack Files

Using Pack Files and Virtual Directories

User-contributed References and Tutorials

These pages are maintained by the C4 community. While every attempt is made to keep these pages up to date and accurate, it should be noted that these pages may contain errors or outdated information.

Coding