Quake 3 map loading questions…

Joel Bennett · 2002-02-13T10:45:42

I have a few questions for those people who have loaded Quake 3 maps in either OpenGL or DirectX. I have found a link to the Quake 3 map specs, and how the files themselves are arranged. I haven''t seen any actual code to load the maps. How did you make the jump from reading the specs to actually loading a map? Did you just make a really simple map and look at it in something like notepad? What programs are used for creating the maps? (I can''t remember the name of the only program that I have heard of. Quake 3 Radiant?) Are these programs relatively easy to learn/use? I noticed in the map specs a lump called vis (or visibility). This is for determining what parts of the levels are visible and what parts aren''t? How hard is it to get this working properly? I realize that some of these questions may seem simple, but I am just trying to learn how to do this. I can imagine some of you guys are seasoned pros that learned this sort of thing from the original Quake maps. So far the only type of 3d files that I have done are .x files and Milkshape text files. I really like the Milkshape models because it''s an easy program to work with and the files are easy to load. Moe''s Site

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Started by Moe January 28, 2002 10:55 PM

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February 13, 2002 10:45 AM

I am thinking I really would like to make my own. The trouble is that I will probably have to make my own level editor in the end as well.

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