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 

This is more of an engine question but does quakespasm or vkquake support increasing the playback speed for animated textures using the +0, +1, +2 naming convention?

DP lets you circumvent this with Q3 shaders but i'm just curious if there's a more universal option for having an animated waterfall look smoother 

Not that I know of, but there's a tutorial on Preach's site about using func_wall's on-trigger function (switching texture between two sets) to double the framerate from 5FPS to 10 using two sets of premade textures. 

That the method in the tutorial is a bit convoluted, because it describes how to get the effect in unmodified Quake. It would be much better to achieve the same effect with a simple mod that added QuakeC code to perform the switching between the textures. 

So i guess i'll just deal with the low framerate.

I have another question/problem - I made a huge lift in my map that goes up slowly, it's a door -

https://i.imgur.com/GaKblfA.jpg

It has items on it, but seemingly at random while the player is riding it he will get snagged on it and take damage, and send the lift back down.

Is there any reason for this/workaround? I know i could make it so you ride it down slowly instead of up, but I have to redesign it if i do that. I wanted to avoid using a func_train but if it's some sort of engine problem I'll switch.

I'm using quakespasm btw 

I switched to a train and the collision does not match up with the position of the train - i tested in quakespasm and vkquake and it's broken in both, but oddly enough in darkplaces the collision of the train is correct

I have no idea what's going on 

Check for an "angle" or "angles" key on the func_train and delete it if there is one. 

I feel like a dope, that was it. Leftover from converting door > train

Thanks. 

Another thing that can cause weird physics glitches, like the one you had with your elevator, is setting the server fps too high in the config (default 72, if I recall correctly). When I use Quakespasm, setting it to 150 still seems to allow everything to work correctly. 

It still would happen. Sometimes the train gets caught too and does a point or 2 of damage but it's alright since it doesn't break the whole sequence 

I had the same stubborn func_plat that caused me headaches to solve.
Glad finding the solution here.

(for the the func_plat head) P: 

It's been asked many times, but here I go. There is a worldspawn key to set the lava alpha for that particular level, right? Which one is that, again? 

Worldspawn

----- Alpha Options -----

water_alpha(string) : "Water Alpha" : : "Set the transparency of water (ex .70), which are brushes textured with a water(ex *04water) texture. This setting tranfers directly to the other 'liquid' types and teleporters, UNLESS you are using an engine that supports individual 'alpha's' for each(see below). NOTE - Defaults to the players own 'r_wateralpha' settings if no value is assigned."

lavaalpha(string) : "Lava Alpha" : : "Set the individual transparency of Lava, brush solids textured with a lava(ex *lava1) texture. Default inherits the 'water_alpha' setting. If 'water_alpha' is not set then it defaults to the players own 'r_wateralpha' setting."

slimealpha(string) : "Slime Alpha" : : "Transparency of Slime, works the same as 'lavaalpha' except for solids textured with a slime(ex *slime0) texture."

telealpha(string) : "Teleporter Alpha" : : "Transparency of Teleporters, works the same as 'lavaalpha' except for solids textured with a teleporter(ex *teleport) texture."

This works for me and I believe it to be accurate but if it is not, please let me know otherwise. 

... and it threw me when I was testing:

IF 'water_alpha' is NOT set, then it defaults to the players own 'r_wateralpha' setting."

That means, that to set lavaalpha, it IS necessary to set a starting water_alpha to get the results you desire!