hmm, backslash b should work, not sure how it wouldn't work for you unless the Tome of Power has special code to do it that isn't the same as trigger_once/func_door/etc. code. 

Thanks metlslime,

I will try it on a trigger_once to see if I get the desired effect...that will rule out if that is indeed the case. 

So using /bTEXT/b does not work even on something like a trigger_once. (Backslashes instead obviously)

I am at a loss here! 

what engine?

\bSome text\b does work. 

Use this: http://www.quaketerminus.com/hosted/oqnm_4_20/oqnm_4_20.htm 

Where in the world does this gem come from??

That worked but I still am puzzled about how ad_swampy achieves the same with just /b. I am using Quakespasm as engine of choice.

Thanks negke for the link! 

Use my light tool and add the "-parse_escape_sequences" option, see:
http://ericwa.github.io/tyrutils-ericw/doc/light.html

I should probably just leave that on by default in the next version. It's also weird to do it in the light tool :P

necros: was this working in bjp's tools? or in qc strings? IIRC, If you use \b in qc code, the qc compiler is what parses the \b's and turns the text red. 

copying mfx leads to hell in the most direct way. 

I'm using Nemesis' BSP Viewer, but all the textures have their colors fucked up. 

Well jeez, I admit I was not planning on looking at light.exe for the solution but that spells it out as clear as mud!

MFX, haha eh I am okay with hellish landscapes. ;) 

TexMex can create a wad file from the textures in a bsp. It doesn't even need to be "installed". Just unzip to a folder and run it. Best texture wad utility I've used. 

Is there a tool that lets you view a bsp file? 

Is there a tool that lets you view a bsp file?

Quake? 

http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=83 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OFpXBZGi-zM/UcSDRbUu4KI/AAAAAAAABNY/DkS-Pr6cjus/s1600/efdm12_large.jpg 

Neato 

Is there a tool that lets you switch the version of a BSP to 29, the one that Quake uses? There was a tool called QVER, but it no longer works on modern systems. 

Seriously now, I want to do a tech level with some few small spaceships shooting at a large one visible through one of the station's windows. It's merely aesthetic, but I want the spaceships to appear flying around and shooting the large spaceship. 

 

func_trains and lots of triggering. 

You'll need to become rather proficient in QuakeC before you can start slicing that particular sausage.

I have no idea if there are any decent QC resource sites still online.

Leaving all the QC aside for a minute, you will find that you don't have much room in Quake's map bounds to have a very large scene like that, so you'll also need to do some tricks to fake perspective to make everything look bigger than it is.

The simplest way to make an object look arbitrarily large is to keep its displacement from the player constant.

A simple example - let's say you want to create the illusion of a planet or a huge spaceship - you create a small model that fits in a sky-textured room outside your window, but you will have to update the position of the model every frame so that its relative displacement from the player never changes - that way it will appear to never move in the player's view and will always seem very far away. 

What wad editor is good today? 

or Wally 

can be used portable for a hard disk? 

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/tools/texmex_34.exe