Quake 4 Mods for Dummies

Erik “foyleman” Guilfoyle joined the game-modding scene shortly after the release of Half Life in early 2000 by creating a custom level and supporting material for the game. After that, foyleman was hooked on modding games.Two years and a lot of practice later, Soldier of Fortune was released. foyleman jumped at the opportunity to map a custom level for this game and was among the first to release a map for the game with custom textures. This led to a flurry of emails requesting advice for constructing custom material, and the beginning of a compendium of game modification tutorials.Not much later, foyleman started up his own Web site to host existing and new tutorials. The site grew until he had the largest collection of tutorials on the Internet for Call of Duty mapping. Now, foyleman is running the MODSonline.com modding community with the assistance of two other administrators (Foxhound & RedRumMDK) and several friends, covering many games including Quake 4. As new games are released, he starts off the tutorials section with beginner instruction and leads the member forums in preparation for the next up-and-coming game.

Aside from his love for games, foyleman is also the vice president of an established media company, Tres Inc (tres3d.com & tresware.com). His company has been producing 3D models, animations, motion graphics, and websites for companies and corporations throughout New Jersey for over five years. Tres Inc. is now working on an animated short and preparing for a game of its own.

Erik is now working on a second title, Half-Life 2 Mods for Dummies which is due out later this year.