quake/articles/1996/art-488

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From: Tom Grandgent

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Subject: QBSP with all-new features

Date: 13 Sep 1996 14:15:36 +0100

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I have compiled a fast, new QBSP for the Win32 platform. You

can download it from:

ftp://ftp.canvasnet.com/quake/utils/levels/qbsp256.zip

It has the following helpful enhancements:

1) QBSP will allow up to 256 faces per brush (in theory). Don't worry,

it

will only use as much memory as your level requires!

2) The infamous "point off plane" problem has been completely

eliminated.

3) The time is now displayed a little nicer. I already had this exact

code written for my FTP log analyzer so I just pasted it in.

4) You can specify an "override WAD file" on the command line. This

way you can have it ignore whatever the MAP file says and use your

one

big texture WAD. Just do something like this:

QBSP -wad c:\quest\quake101.wad woofer.map

5) QBSP now checks for the existence of a WAD file specified in the MAP

file BEFORE it goes and does all the hard work. Now you'll know if

that WAD file doesn't exist before you go through the trouble of

compiling the level.

I think you'll like the new QBSP, it has certainly been very useful for

me.

-Tom Grandgent (Woofer)

tgrand@ultra.net

Shake N' Quake (http://www.canvasnet.com/quake/)