...is being forced to use a different engine just to play one map. 

Presumably the Nehahra software engine bumps the edict count?

And if it does, why not just use that one *all the time*?

You mapperse are so stuck in the past :P 

Please, point me in its direction. 

Time not worrying about software mode compatabilaty -- priceless 

there's tyr-quake, which is basically the regular software quake with many limits removed. a good alternative, i think. 

has also more windowed video modes and is much less fussy with troublesome bsps. Very useful when hunting leaks and other stuff.

Necros: What's going on with your email attachments? I'm still not receiving them, are they very big or are they filtered somewhere? 

Is there a way (without QC) to avoid player bodies remaining visible after suicide (with kill command) in DM? Or at least shorten the time until they vanish.

I'm still working on the auto-screenshot generator and it looks weird when after some screenshots, a lot of bodies are all over the place. 

aguirre: use zquake 

In the killer pack, dead bodies remain and don't disappear.. They stay "solid" for the player during the game... Perhaps there is a model you can re-use to modify a little the game to perform this feature..
Enjoy !!! 

I thought nehahra.exe was software. If it's not, then please set me straight. 

Which is where Neh Nekkid (software version) comes in, but Mindcrime never released that. 

i know! get a model program and open up the player.mdl from the pak0.pak

now, delete all but one triangle from the model. 

suggestions, I'd hoped that there was an easier way like an engine cvar.

I started to fiddle with the player.mdl also but realized that if I do that, I can just as well fix it in QC (and actually fix some other problems too). 

I can't remember if this is the case with player bodies, but if they're removed on a timer, you could set host_framerate to a very high value(say 10000) so that time passes very quickly. Otherwise the qc method works well too. 

Bodies disappear at the rate that the player spawns - there's a body queue of about length 4 to which new bodies are added. 

setting r_drawentities to 0? 

in the respawn function was what I commented out to get rid of the bodies without any obvious side-effects.

r_drawentities affects also all ammo, weapons etc so it's too coarse, I want the shots to look as original as possible.

I'm now trying to make the player rotate in any deathmatch or monster position for each suicide, but it seems tricky.

Is there an explanation of all variables/members (e.g. entity.chain) and lower level functions (e.g. find/findradius) available somewhere? 

sadly, i don't have it in electronic form anymore... 

I posted I realized that maybe I should try Google first ...

Anyway, I found one here http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/quake/Qc/qc-built.htm . It appears to be what I was looking for. Together with the Inside3D tutorials, I hope it'll be more clear. 

I have a little problem, a basic one perhaps because I'm a beginner in Quake mapping... anyway... I want tu use some "animated texture": I mean a texture defined with several different one that performs an animation in the game, for example a flame on a wall (see +0light01 +1light01 +2light01 in ID software Light basic textures). I select the first texture (hopng the compiler to "link" the 2 others with it) and I certainly missed something, because during the game, there is no "animated" effect on the concerned brush..
Is there anyone who can help me please... 

try applying other frames on the faces you won't see in the game but these frames will be included into the bsp file...
i do that all the time, compilers i use never add other frames. and i'm not sure if they should... 

...surely compilers really ought to add all the animations into the map by themselves - there's no time when you're using an animated texture when you don't want it to animate, is there? 

Clearly, I want to use an animated texture, and keep the animation feature during the game !! My problem is the animated texture is blocked on the first one, and the "animation" is never performed...
Am I missing something in the compilation option or something else ?? I don't know, so any advices is welcomed 

as i said, apply other frames of the sequence on some brushes in your map and you'll get the animation working... just apply them on the faces that will get cut off by qbsp.exe and won't be visibl ein the game. but they'll be used by the button, etc.. 

AAAaaaahhhh !!! It's not a bug it's a feature !!! For the compiler: having in its texture list the missing ones for the animation is a turnaround.... So even if some brushes are cut and not used, but textured with those required for the animation, the brush that uses the animated one will have a complete list and then the game will performed the required effect ... OK, I understand now... I'm sorry... but sometimes for me, understanding quickly says to past a long time in explanantions... ;-) !!
Thanx
Bye