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Documentation for modding Black Ops III

A one-stop shop for tutorials, resources and guides on how to mod Black Ops III and use community tools.

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Guides21
Sections6
Built22 Sep 2026
Contributors7
01 · Index

What's covered in this wiki

Open documentation
Mod Tools Launcher 2 guides
Asset Property Editor Asset property editor overview. Radiant Level design and asset placement tool.
Sounds 3 guides
Ambient Rooms Set up dynamic ambient sound rooms. Localized Audio Localized sound asset setup. Using Music States Set up .mus files, aliases, and script-triggered music states.
Asset Types 2 guides
Destructibles Destructible walls, vehicles and scripted set pieces. Weapon Attachments Set up attachment assets and attachment unique assets for a weapon port.
Mapping 3 guides
Painting Volume Decals Paint volume decals in Radiant for better material blending. Isolated Zones Zones where zombies only spawn while a player is inside. Splitting Large Zones Split one large area into adjacent zones to keep spawning close.
LUI 4 guides
Getting Started Getting Started with Lua UI development in Black Ops 3 Setting up files Setting up Lua files in your map Creating widgets Setting up Lua files in your map Positioning Anchors, offsets, and parent-relative widget placement.
Tools 2 guides
Alchemist Texture/material conversion utility. Fab2Cod USDZ file converter.
02 · About the wiki

A single home for CoD modding knowledge

Technical and general information on modding Call of Duty, with a primary focus on Black Ops III — the only title in the franchise to ship official mod tools — while welcoming contributions for any other CoD title, including those without an official SDK.

This wiki is not affiliated with Activision or the developers. Maintained by modders, for modders.
03 · Contributing

Four steps to a merged page

  1. 1Fork the repo on GitHub. New to forks? GitHub's guide walks you through it.
  2. 2Add your page under _docs/. Copy an existing one for structure.
  3. 3Register it in _data/toc.yml so it appears in the sidebar.
  4. 4Open a pull request. We'll review, polish, and merge.

If that workflow is daunting, drop your draft with images and assets in Discord or open an issue and we'll handle the rest.