The Quake Army Knife (QuArK)

The Quake Army Knife (QuArK) is an editor that allows you to modify Quake, as well as many other games that use engines that are similar or compatible to those that id Software used to create the Quake saga. Basically, this program supports 41 different games developed with 5 different engines. Of course, it's also fully compatible with all the available expansions and mods for these games.

So what exactly can you do with The Quake Army Knife (QuArK)? Well, a lot of things. This program lets you directly and intuitively edit maps, as well as the models for characters and creatures. It also lets you import your own sounds and textures. Best of all, the software lets you create and modify .pak and .pk3 files; you can also import .bsp files to add, change, or delete entities within these files. If you're wondering what .pak or .pk3 files are, they're extensions for some of the files used by Quake, Hexen, Quake 3, and Half-Life, among others.

The list of video games that you can edit with The Quake Army Knife (QuArK) is very extensive and grows longer with each new update. So far it includes Quake 1, Hexen 2, Quake 2, Heretic 2, Half-Life, Sin, Kingpin, Soldier of Fortune, Quake 3: Arena, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, Half-Life 2, Daikatana, Portal, and Counter-Strike, among others. This means that, if you have any of these video games, you can edit and modify all the levels and models as you wish.

The Quake Army Knife (QuArK) is a free and open source software, thanks to which fans of first-person shooters can get creative by creating their own levels, characters, and so on. In general, the program is pretty easy to use, although it also offers lots of tutorials and explanatory videos on its official website, thanks to which you can learn how to do anything you want.