In game business I have even experienced that sometimes when I even talk "seriously", everyone things I'm joking or something. That is the most embarrassing feeling to experience, when you don't even get it in that situation right away that they are laughing to what you said or did* But overall, I try to be humorous just because I can, and my language-barrier makes it even funnier for some people. 

 

From Finland, the country which nobody takes seriously. 

...And you wonder why people think you're funny even when you're serious! xD I take at least one of your fellow compatriots seriously: Olivia Merilahti, lead singer of french band The Do. If you like original pop-rock, you should check them out. Their first two albums are very good, the third one a little less. 

It might match with my taste, though personally I'm not into soft beats, unless it has some good melodies or meaning behind. It feels like many bands run out of ideas when it comes to writing songs. This is one of reasons why it is impossible for me to have only one favorite band. But I guess this went to off-topic* 

Well they do have ideas. Check their first two albums, I'm sure you won't regret it. But yeah, we better stop veering off-topic if we don't want to get trashed. The rules seem pretty strict on this board. 

I'm guessing the answer is yes, but just to be sure: If I make a map in one editor, can I open it and modify it in other editors without issues? Until I switch to Windows 7 and TB 2.0, I might have to use Radiant or WC for some features lacking in TB 1.16. 

The only incompatibility is the Valve220 map format. TB2, WC, J.A.C.K, Quark support it. Radiant and TB1.x don't.

As far as I know WC/J.A.C.K can only save in 220 format so switching between those editors and TB2 should be fine, but you will probably have issues switching between WC/J.A.C.K and TB1. 

OK, I guess I'll go with Radiant if needed, then. Valve220 is for... Valve games, I suppose? I'm mapping for Q1 anyway, so it doesn't concern me. Wait, since when WC is Valve-exclusive? I remember it was once THE editor of reference for Quake. 

I don't know will this help you, but I mostly make everything on Trenchbroom 2 beta, but cylinders, spiral stairs etc. I make in J.A.C.K, it's like a radiant. I haven't received any issues so far, so I would recommend something like that - if you prefer more working on TB's 3d view but need some complex brushes too, use J.A.C.K it is quite easy to use. 

In Trenchbroom 2, there is couple bugs, but those are easy to avoid. One of bug, which might be already fixed, anyway - if you undo your events, it sometimes crashes, so remember save constantly. And also something weird happened me back then, when making brushes in J.A.C.K I have to open them in TB1 not TB2, then save it in TB1, and open it TB2. I said something wrong version.. but that way I made it to work. And again I'm not sure if these issues are already fixed. 

..then save it in TB1, and finally open it TB2. TB's console said something invalid something.. but anyway it opened in TB1 and I was able to save it. 

I prefer radiant because I like the control, albeit at a cost of speed, but as a novice that doesn't seem to have too much of an impact. However, complex multi-vert manipulation, as seen in czg's curve tut, isn't very practical/possible, unless I'm missing something.

TB seems like a very nice editor but I just prefer ortho 90% of the time. 

J.A.C.K is pretty much like Radiant. TB2 beta has ortho view also, but doesn't have much functionality - just about that grid snapping when it comes to those top, down, side views. 

I use TB 1.16 because I'm still under WinXP and apparently TB 2 doesn't like XP (I've tried).
I remember trying WC and Radiant back in the day but I quit because these programs weren't user-friendly enough for me. TB is, so I'm finally getting to it after 20 years. And now that I'm getting acquainted with the tools, I might be able to get used to Radiant. 

Isn't it written in the readmes? Which editor they build their maps on? 

"Nobody reads readmes"
~NewHouse 

* Construction *

Base : Scratch
Editor(s) : WorldCraft, Paint Shop Pro 6, WALly, Maketex.exe, Tex-Mex, CoolEdit, Notepad, Proqcc. 

Editor used: WorldCraft 3.3 

Editor(s) used: QuArK 

Editor: TrenchBroom 1.1.1 Build 368 / Hammer 3.5 

 

...of other useful information in those readmes, it's a shame to miss it. 

Isn't it written in the readmes? Which editor they build their maps on?

I can't remember the last time I read a readme. I suppose that's my problem right there.

Interesting lack of radiant use... 

Is func_detail recognized by every modern compiler? or is it Tyrutils only feature? I never used other compilers, so I don't know if they have this "feature" implemented.

p.s.
Guys you should consider combining all your thoughts into one post instead of multiple one-sentence posts every 5 minutes. And keep debates about headache and being funny in PM messages.
It looks like chat now, it's hard to search through this thread later, when you need specific information but you face wall of text instead...

I'm not ranting, just an idea how to make life easier ;)