Posts by Conrad Justin

Amazing how little (32x32 pixels) image can irritate human being... Thank you for this, Hipshot. Small leak might be a result of using external compiler. I should have thought about it. Now I will be able to begin tests.

Thank you! I try my best to find time between University lectures and tutorials. However layout is basically done. Now its time for lighting, item placement and bot support which can be pretty troublesome...

Hello! Good luck! Yes indeed: The community is superb. This is my very first time with Quake and I would be limping and left far behind but for the great community support!

Amazing sculpture and cool textures! Keep it up, sir!

I thought this was unneccesary, I 'll do that.

Welcome my dear friend: Gorgo:

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He said that he needed proper stone texture and new set of teeth. Damn. So litlle time to finish this map and fix all bugs.

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Thanks, Obsidian! Is there a way to build .aas file? In editor AAS: Compile AAS"C:/GtkRadiant-1.6.4-20131213/bspc" -optimize -forcesidesvisible -bsp2aas "C:/Quake III Arena/baseq3/maps/reco-r3.map" >"C:/GtkRadiant-1.6.4-20131213/junk.txt" BSPC log:optimize = trueforcesidesvisible = truebsp2aas: C:Quake III Arenabaseq3mapsreco-r3.bsp to C:Quake III Arenabaseq3mapsreco-r3.aas And lots of these: (...)two tiny brushestwo tiny brushessplit not on both sidessplit not on both sidessplit not on both sides(...)Tried parent Is this a result of so called T-shapes? I just read that I have to have this in mind from very beginning of the mapping. Shall I start brushwork from scratch? Does detail brushes count? I might remove most of them just for aas compilation??In the end there is no .aas file built whatsoever. I cannot test map in Quake.

Thanks! I'm happy you like it!

Now terrain blending works (thanks to new compiler and Hipshot's help)

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Here is the shader Im using for candle. I have 2 32x32 textures: fire.tga with alpha channel and fire2.jpg without. In q3ase it is displayed perfectly but in game it doesn't work.

textures/map_reco/fire
{
	qer_editorimage textures/map_reco/fire.tga
	surfaceparm trans
	qer_trans 1
	q3map_surfacelight 8000
	q3map_backsplash 4 24
	{
		map textures/map_reco/fire.tga
		blendfunc blend
		rgbGen identity
	}
	{
		map textures/map_reco/fire2.tga
		blendfunc add
		rgbGen wave noise 0 1 2 0.3 
	}
	{
		map $lightmap 
		blendfunc filter
		rgbGen identity
		tcGen lightmap 
	}
}

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It seems that it emits light as it should but does not give transparency and wave effect. What did I do wrong?

EDIT: I will have test version for beta plays ready by the end of next week!

Superb. There is lots of ups and downs along the way but progress is inevitable:

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Thanks, Hipshot for checking it out. You have been very helpful for me.

I got q3map2_fs_20g and unpacked it in C:GtkRadiant-1.6.4-20131213, but editor stopped working:

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This was one of the1 dlls I replaced

Thanks, but I can't see it in-game anyway!

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So I have two questions now: How do I make map look pretty in this engine? Cause it looks like light is a bit buggy, screenshots I make are in low quality...

It also seems that q3ase preview shows shaders differently then game.

This is the shader for my terrain. I added few lines but it technicly should work ...

textures/map_reco/terrain2
{
	qer_editorimage textures/map_reco/mossy_ground.tga 
	q3map_clipmodel
	q3map_nonplanar
	q3map_shadeangle 140
	{
		map textures/map_reco/sand.tga
		rgbGen identity
	} 
	{
		map textures/map_reco/mossy_ground.tga 
		blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA 
		alphagen vertex
		rgbGen identity
	} 
	{
		map $lightmap
		blendfunc GL_DST_COLOR GL_ZERO
		rgbGen identity


} 
}

Superb work of art! (I had no idea that quake maps can be that beautiful). Vegetation is a very good call, sky gives it amazing atmosphere, textures are flawless (I look up to those ornaments) and lighting is just perfect. Piece of hard work.

There is no such thing as stupid questions

Contest ends December the 3rd

Texturing models (512x512 texture)

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And creating other textures.

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It seems my terrain vertex blending does not work in the editor (only one texture is displayed) What could go wrong?

Looks very authentically, amazing attention to details!

Red-top,

orange-2nd floor

green-1st floor

blue-underground passage

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How to improve lighting on models? Can this be achived by sky shader?

If I can then here it is: 1K textures on the rock models I also started reading shader tutorials. Q3ASE is amazing! I must admit that its much easier to learn when the community is helpful and there are plenty of high quality tutorials out there.

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What software would you recomend for skybox creation?

Thanks! What are the texture size limitations? Can I use jpg/tga 1024x1024 textures?

Good luck! Simplicity is a good principle.

Isn't cgtextures.com free to use for the quake mapping? I strongly suggest checking it out!

Okey, now comes the question: How to check which brush it is inside the editor? I can remove brush in the .map text file but I would prefer to know which one it is rather than to remove it blindly. Is that even possible?

Edit1: Seriously whenever I remove "bugged brush" (that seems like totaly normal brush) it finds another errored brush:

Entity 0, Brush 174: MAX_BUILD_SIDES

Map file:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90490112/reco-v1.map

All right! I made it working:

• Looked into .map text file,
• scrolled down
• I saw the brush that had 400 lines at least
• I removed it (I suspect I removed half of the entire map at least)
• BSP builds now. Still something about brush degenerate plane appears.

Edit: How can you guys work with this software, seriously?