I'm a new Quake mapper and I can't seem to figure out what I need to do in order to get colored lighting. I'm using the Jackhammer editor if that is any help. Thanks in advance. 

-Use a key/value on a light entity like "_color" "255 0 0" for solid red
-The light compiler needs to support it, use one like: http://ericwa.github.io/tyrutils-ericw/
-Make sure a .lit file is generated along with the .bsp, the above tool will do it automatically if you use colored lights. Copy the .lit and .bsp to your maps folder
-Engine needs to support loading .lit. Most engines do like Quakespasm, Fitzquake, Darkplaces etc. 

Hello, I'm completely new to Quake. When I attempt to run a custom map in Fitzquake, the command line says, "Couldn't spawn server Maps/myquakemap.bsp"

I am using Jackhammer and choosing Run will compile the map and open Fitzquake, but nothing happens. Typing 'Map myquakemap' into the command line produces the result above.

I assume I'm not saving things in the correct directories, but have no idea where to begin with this.

If anyone has a breakdown for where the map should be in relation to Fitzquake, that would be fantastic. Any information is helpful.

Thank you all so much! 

You need to create a folder called "maps" inside your "id1" folder and but bsp's in there.

GLHF! 

Your advice and some more tinkering with file paths solved the issue.

First of all, I did not have a maps folder under Id1, so this was created. After that I set this as the source maps directory in Jackhammer.

Also noticed that there wasn't actually a .bsp being created when I exported, so this was solved (I think) by adding Fitzquake as the CSG Executable under the build programs list. 

FitzQuake isn't a compiler so you won't need to add it to the compiler setup (aside from the path for your quake executable). Also, quake doesn't use a separate CSG compiler (that is from the Half-Life engine) so you can leave that entry blank.

If a bsp file is not being generated then my best guess is that the bsp compiler found something wrong with the level and refused to create a bsp from the map file you gave it. Check the compile log for warnings and errors! 

Ha, that would explain why it's not working again! I'll remove the csg entry and see what's wrong with the map.

Thanks! 

How do I make the land shake when something heavy falls? Is it possible? 

Custom QuakeC. There's nothing built in. 

Someone asked me if there is a way to convert e1m1 (or any Quake map) to a format that 3dsmax can read.

Afaik Warren's obj->map util is one way only so I don't really know if it's possible. Any ideas? 

It's totally possible to do write a program to do that but you're going to end up with a highly triangulated mesh. Basically, you'll get the resulting BSP triangle mesh which will be ugly as hell to work with. 

Oh, but since I guess the E1M1 MAP source is available ... so I guess you COULD read that and generate brushes from it. But then that would be messy from a 3D modeling perspective since you'd have all these interpenetrating faces and unnecessary polygons. 

Than's bsp importer to Blender rocks: https://developer.blender.org/T35778

You could convert from there or just stay in the wonderful suite. ;) Noesis might do it too, not sure. 

there is a n64 emulator that converts n64 geometry into obj files.

you could try to load up e1m1 there and give it a whirl. keep in mind that the n64 version of quake has reduced polys. 

Was asking for a friend, Than's bsp -> blender importer will probably do the trick! 

i wouldn't mind having a .map to max (ASE, OBJ, ..?) converter though. This way, I could build some structures in a map editor and import them into my 3ds max terrain as reference to build the terrain around.

I remember the Doom3 Editor had this ability, but it would be cool to have one for q1 .map format... 

Maybe try Crafty? I just gave this a test and it worked with a trenchbroom map -> crafty .obj export -> blender:
http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=45 

I had extracted an eartquake as there is in the Hypnotic code, but without the other gadgets. Bad 3DInside is down.

Here is a simplified example with code.
See what you can do with it. 

Hey FYI the inside3d forums have moved here: http://forums.insideqc.com/ 

Where can I find detailed information abount bsp2 format? Do I need bsp2 if I don't want to make a map of greater size than original bsp boundaries? I just have a lot of details, therefore a high brush count. 

There's a few factors, the main one being 65k marksurfaces limit. If you're above that, BSP2 it shall have to be. Check your compiler readout. 

I'm learning Hammer for Goldsrc right now, but some people told me Worldcraft 2.0 is better and more stable. Is that true? 

 

Trying to diagnose a problem...

Using Rebb's jury rigged txqbsp compiler, I get the following warning:

WARNING: Mixed face contents (Sky, Empty) near (4084 1880 2531)

Sky, Empty??? As in, no contents? 

there is some space between corrupted, due to face sharing/splitting i believe. Cut geo there.