Hello guys, this is my first post here. It's interesting to finally have some reason to post here. I'm following func_msgboard for sometime, following all the cool maps and mods are being born here... Good stuff :)

Anyway, i decided to try something in Q2 engine. Right now, i'm having some problems when using _sun. Compiling with qrad3, i get this result:

https://imgur.com/a/AZDM3

it doesn't happen when i compile regular lights only, just when I use Sun... :/ Anyone have some idea? Thanks! 

Arghrad solved my problem :D
back to work 

Is there a way to scale (prop) models easily? I have downloaded Preach's crane and helipad models from his site, and after placing them on my map in Trenchbroom they look so small, about the size of a cat. Quite endearing, actually. xD

Will I have to resort to some mdl editing in a separate editor? D: Guess I'm going down the deep end of Quake custom content creation, no more simple map making, huh? xD 

I usually just jump into QME here? and scale the model: https://i.imgur.com/zCDf0EZ.png

Of course, QME sucks ass and tends to mangle models if they look at it funny so... have fun? 

QME likes to break mdls. Should only be used to view models. :( you may get lucky tho. 

Scale is defined by just one float in the .mdl binary file, I think (Can anyone confirm? Does anything else need to be tweaked other than this one float?)

If so, you could be able to just hax0r it with a hex editor. Preach - any ideas? 

Actually it's a vector of 3 floats

http://tfc.duke.free.fr/coding/mdl-specs-en.html

you'll probably want to scale bounding radius too. 

Yeah, you only need to change those 4 floats, so a hex editor will do the trick. If you prefer, you can install the qmdl python module then run the following script against the model.

from qmdl.helper import Helper

#read the model file
mymdl = Helper()
mymdl.load("crane.mdl")
#rescale
mymdl.mdl.scale = tuple ([i*4 for i in mymdl.mdl.scale])
mymdl.mdl.boundingradius = mymdl.mdl.boundingradius * 4
#save again
mymdl.save("bigcrane.mdl")

This is multiplying the scale by 4, vary the value as required. 

Thanks guys, you just keep helping out, no matter what I keep throwing at ya', AND always in a timely manner, might I add! :)

And for your information Preach, I used your script on a newer Python version 3.6.4. 

I'm guessing it's model dependent, but I noticed that the larger I made the helipad, the further away the model diverged from the model entity (or is it in this case just a handle?) in Trenchbroom. Is there a centerpoint in the mdl I should adjust? Can it be done with qmdl or should I use something else? 

One of the quirks of the mdl format is that the model keeps the bottom left corner fixed when you rescale it, rather than the centre. If you add a line like

mymdl.mdl.origin = (-64 -64 -64)

after the mymdl.mdl.boundingradius line in the script from the previous point, you can specify the coordinates you'd like the bottom-left point to be at. Play around with the values! 

I figured it would be something like that. Thanks a heap for going through the trouble of helping me out! :) 

It's cool to see someone using it, I worried that it being a python module was a bit off-putting 

How to make train move through four path_corners? I named each correspondingly and gave paths corresponding direction. 

I made a sample map linked below. It's pretty easy to do as you'll see.

I made 4 path_corners. t1 - t4 make sure the target/targetnames are correct and that they close a "loop" - that's the part that people mess up on the most.

I don't think you need to specify a direction. I didn't in this case. Sorry for the weird name. Also you can use Quake101.wad or q.wad for the textures in this map.

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/Box_Mac.map.zip 

Thank you for your help! watched your tutorial on tuesday so thaks for that as well! 

You're very welcome. LMK if you have any requests for tutorials. :) 

New to mapping (thanks @dumptruck_ds) and wondering where everyone gets their textures?

For the moment I'm just looking for the default Q1 textures, but it'd be good to know where to get custom textures come from too. 

http://www.quaketastic.com/?dir=files/texture_wads

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/wads/ 

Texmex will let you open a map/bsp and save as a wad 

Does TexMex have a homepage somewhere? Or is it just floating around, no longer developed. 

This is all I could find: https://www.quaddicted.com/files/idgames2/planetquake/texmex/ 

This is all I could find: https://www.quaddicted.com/files/idgames2/planetquake/texmex/ 

Guessing this one is the one people are using
https://www.quaddicted.com/files/tools/ texmex_34