• Textures
• If you are so inclined, you can use Quake, Quake2, Heretic2, etc textures (ie. your old textures) in your SoF maps. You need to convert them to *.m32 format and add them to the /sof /base/textures directory. (and reference them there in WC) You will find the files to convert them at soffiles.com
• However, if you want to use SOF textures, you must reference the sof texture directory and place *.wal files in those directories for worldcraft display anything but no texture.
• I referenced my /sof/base/textueres directory, and when I like a texure, having viewed it in m32view, I place a wal file with the same name into that texture directory. The texture isn't the same, but when I view it in WC, it shows up.
• This is a hack, but it works. Looking at two different textures in WC and in SOF is frustrating tho. It means, that you will have to work really hard to make good use of the SOF textures, basically envisioning in m32view what that texture would look like in your map and hoping. Or else, you've got to replace the texure and try again.
• Water / Ladder Textures- I tested neither water or ladder textures. so they may not work.
• The sof.fgd is Incomplete and (shudder) may be wrong in places, but it works, I have made several maps in WC and played them in SOF. Both converting old maps and creating new ones. I made this for making deathmatch maps. I added many of the misc items, but not all, and I only added one monster.
• Lastly, I am in no way connected with raven, worldcraft, or sof (kudos all around) and do this purely for the joy of map making and play, and just want to give back to the gaming community.

Creating an SOF Map Using Worldcraft

Misc
-Copy the "sof.fgd" file to your /worldcraft/fgds directory.
(Worldcraft uses this file for its entities list. Creating a bounding box for the objects and colors
to help differentiate them)
-Copy the "entities.txt" file somewhere for your reference
(This file better explains the enities. - all of them- some are missing from the fgd. You can add
them in by hand by adding an entity in somewhere and changing its name the the one you
want. The size of the enitity in WC will be wrong, so you have to judge it by hand.)

Configuring Worldcraft
-Open WC.
-Open the "Tools" menu- Click on "Options"
-Click on the "Game Configurations" Tab
-Click the "Edit" button at the top next to the "Configuration" pulldown list
-Click the "Add" button
-Type on "Sof"
-Click the "Close" button
-Choose Sof from the "Configuration" pulldown list
-Click the "Add" button next to the "Game Data Files" section
-Browse the /worldcraft/fgds/ dirctory and choose the sof.fgd
-Choose "Wal/Pak QuakeII" from "Texture Format" pulldown list
-Choose "QuakeII" from the "Map Type" pulldown list
-Choose a "Default PointEntity" from the pulldown menu (I use info_player_deathmatch)
-Choose a "Default SolidEntity" from the pulldown menu (I use func_door)
-Browse to your Game directory (d:/games/sof/ in my case)
-Browse to your RMF directory (I use /sof/base/maps/dm)
-Choose the "Quake2.pal" in your worldcraft directory for the "Pallete File"
-Thats it for set up.
-Now when you create a new map, select Sof as the Map type and it will load the Sof map configuration.

(You can setup your Build Configuration Tab as well, but I haven't actually tried to compile from within WC, so I dont know if it works)

About Textures
(I did not include anything about texture setup, as that is problem with making SOF maps. I have several work arounds that I hinted to above, but they aren't pretty just effective. I am hoping soon we will be able to convert m32 to wal and skip the whole problem. But, if you have any questions, and there is enough interest, I will write an addendum to this page on using sof textures in WC)

Making a Map
-Create a new map
-Select "Sof" as the Map type.
-Make your map.

Compiling a Map
I have never used WC to compile my maps. Typically, I do it in a dos prompt. That way, I can continue to work on my map in WC. I am using sofbuild right now.

Thats It. Enjoy.