Reconsidering the Quake engine

Atariangamer · November 22, 2008, 05:28:57 PM

Darkplaces is a very nice, modern engine. I just tried it, and it looks better than the original engine. It also can be used with realtime lighting, though it takes a hit to the framerate according to your graphics. There are others, and I need to look at them to decide.

HOWEVER, with my bit of time this weekend, I'd like to make a map. However, I need a few things...

I need the CQ textures...Anyone have them? THEY ARE NECESSARY!

Also, if anyone can find some stuff on rendering Quake/Quake2 maps (qBSP and such), plz, tell.

ChexCommander · November 23, 2008, 12:39:34 AM

Heh. Don't look at me. I'm a neophyte.

Manny Cav · November 23, 2008, 12:16:48 PM

Quote from: Atariangamer on November 22, 2008, 05:28:57 PM
I need the CQ textures...Anyone have them? THEY ARE NECESSARY!

Let me give you a bail out.

Replica · November 23, 2008, 03:46:58 PM

Or open Doomu/Chex.wad.

ChexCommander · November 23, 2008, 07:25:50 PM

Quote from: Replica on November 23, 2008, 03:46:58 PM
Or open Doomu/Chex.wad.

I think that would be more work than just downloading from CQG, though.

Atariangamer · November 23, 2008, 11:09:44 PM

Lemme reiterate. The "WAD Textures" aren't the real textures, they are the patches. Quake uses each file as a texture. No patches, no TEXTURE1 lump. I was wanting full rips of textures. This would do normaly, but heres an example of how not: the red key door is made of a plain door and a red sign. they are 2 separate patches, and I would need to manually place them back together. This is harder said than done on things like the computer textures and the like.

Replica · November 24, 2008, 04:07:39 AM

Well, you cant. So you'll have to do it manualy.

Atariangamer · November 24, 2008, 10:06:10 AM

I've tried...XWE keeps crashing on me, and every time it does work, the save function under the Texture menu doesn't work anymore.

plus, I thought there was a pack of them...

Replica · November 24, 2008, 04:41:16 PM

No, you have to do it manually. Try Slumped.

Atariangamer · November 24, 2008, 05:17:57 PM

That does nothing...I can open/edit the wad, but what from there? ><

Replica · November 24, 2008, 06:06:17 PM

Export the patches...

Atariangamer · November 24, 2008, 08:02:15 PM

...lemme reiterate for the third time:

-Manny has a package of the 'patches'.
-I would have to hand remake the actual textures, which is hard being as some of the textures take up 10 patches or more
-XWE has a Texture>Save thing, but its not working for me
-SLumpEd has no such option, working or not.

Ok, the blue wall. Its a patch, but also a texture. things like the boxes are NOT a patch. they are 2 end pieces PLUS a repeated center patch. Thats just a bit too much cut and paste. There HAS to be an easier way to extract the textures from the TEXTURE1 and TEXTURE2 lumps...

Manny Cav · November 24, 2008, 09:46:56 PM

You do not ask an easy thing, but it is possible. When you open up TEXTURE1 or 2, you can scroll through the possible textures. You just have to manually print screen them, position them in Paint or whatever, crop them, and save them.

Atariangamer · November 25, 2008, 01:06:11 AM

Oh! That works...><

I guess I can mess with that some, but I SWEAR I had a pack of the real textures at one point... :confused:

Manny Cav · November 26, 2008, 08:21:05 PM

Also beware of the dreaded duplicate texture. Since you're not doing a Doom WAD, but a new system, there is really no value in having them to fill in all of the textures.