Create .bsp models from within maps

[Cobalt]

Well I do have the .map source files for the ID maps.

But maybe as a start like you say, I can try to create a new bsp model with that telepad texture, which is called: cop3_4.



[quote="mankrip"Personally, I'd just open the BSP file in Quark and use it as a guide to manually create identical BSP models of the desired parts.
That's what I did to create the BSP sky models of the original ID1 maps for JoyMenu (which used those to make the skies non-solid, in a workaround for the "solid skies" bug of the original maps).[/quote]

[Cobalt]

So at some point, were all the BSP models like health, ammo etc .map files?

[r00k]

yes.
i thought they were in the group of .map files for the GPL pak of id maps... (?)

I have some alias .mdl clones somewhere someone made.

[Cobalt]

[mankrip]

[Cobalt]

Ok, you twisted my arm

I opened up a 25 health box's .map file just to see what it looks like:

http://pastie.org/9667793


So it has some lignt already placed into it.


So now I take my (5) models that compose the teleporter:

http://pastie.org/9667805


But I guess I have to chop down their brushes to be min/max type references like the health boxes, not absolute map values ?

Then I guess figure out how they placed light in the health box and replicate it.

Should that do it ?

[mankrip]

[Cobalt]

[frag.machine]

If you're really willing to fiddle with .map files you should take a look at the to better understand the file format.

[mankrip]

Which editors are you using, exactly?

When editing maps as plain text, it is much, much harder to understand what's going on. It can be nearly impossible.

I personally use Worldcraft 1.6. It's old, but it's easy to learn. There are many tutorials around.

Try a few different editors, while following some tutorials for them. Any of them should help you learn faster.

I'm on my phone, otherwise I would try to find something.

[Cobalt]

[mankrip]

Do you have a WAD file containing Quake's textures? If not, there should be a program named "MakeTex" in Worldcraft's folder. When you have the WAD file with the textures, go to Worldcraft's configuration window (from menu File->Configuration, iirc), find the tab where the WAD file should be set, click on the button to browse for the WAD file and add it to the list, and you're done.

Set Worldcraft's 3D view to "Textured mode". If the textures were correctly loaded, they will show up in there.
And the texture browser displays all available textures from the WAD file.

I don't know if the process is the same in the newer version of Worldcraft, but the manual/help file can help with that.

After setting the configuration correctly, open the map and select all brushes from the teleporter together. Right-click on the selection, and click on "Move to group" in the context menu. All of the teleporter's brushes will be "glued" together as if they were a single object. Make sure it's still selected, and copy it with Ctrl+C.
Go to the menu File->New, select "Quake" as the map type, and paste the object with Ctrl+V. Move it to the position '0 0 0' inside the editor, add a couple light entities around it, save the file with a new name, and build it.

[Cobalt]

[Dr. Shadowborg]

[Cobalt]