how do for playing file .map? 

Is there another 3D editor available for quake?

Due to how incredibly buggy TrenchBroom is I spend more time trying to work around the bugs (hello non-integer's) and unexpected behaviours than I do actually mapping. There's also the worry that my maps might not open the next time I try to work on them.

It's quite frightening how old Quake is (happy 20th btw <3) and yet afaik there's still no modern, stable editor. I realise this may come across as whining however I can't help but wonder how active this community would be if Quake's tools and resources we're even remotely up-to-date. 

Is there another 3D editor available for quake?

No. Before 2013 we all used notepad.exe

Can't you just use notepad like the pros? 

...and I realise I may be responding to a low-effort troll post, in which case jokes on me I guess 

Contributing your bug reports and explaining your issues to the project instead of wasting time and effort on whining would eventually help make it more stable and bug free. 

Trenchbroom is bae <3 

Kinn:
>Is there another 3D editor available for quake?
>No.
Thank you.

I was inspired to return to Quake mapping a few times but regressing to 2D editing is very off-putting and I haven't got the patience/time to wrestle with buggy software.

xaGe:
Sure, unfortunately most of my bugs are already open on the issue tracker (and some are years old). The rest are enhancements and usablity fixes but it's not worthwhile suggesting features currently.

Just discovered NetRadiant, gonna try it out in the meantime. Thanks 

And where are these issue reports? Please paste some links and I'll see what I can do about them. 

Non-integer plane coords can be fixed easily in TB2. Have a look at the issue browser. 

I have it installed, but use it little now a days. I've been lucky enough to have small issues with TB2 and anything I did have issue with was fixed before too long after I reported and documented the issue the best I could. 

 

Changes
- In-editor compilation support.
- Support for launching game engines.
- Add issue generator for long entity properties.
- Add issue generator for empty groups.
- Improve texture loading in Quake 2.
- Don't allow drawing brushes outside of world bounds.
- Reset the rotation handle position and keep a list of previously used positions.
- Store texture lock state in the preferences and default to on.
- Allow Shift+Drag to snap vertices to the grid.
- Fix crash when closing the editor while the clip tool is active.
- Fix skew bugs in UV editor.
- Fix duplicated objects not being added to the current layer or group.
- Fix rendering problems when duplicating entities within groups.
- Fix handling of brush entities when grouping.
- Fix initial point placement in the complex brush tool.
- Fix crash when undoing CSG operations.
- Fix crash when undoing brush resizing.
- Fix usage indicators in entity and texture browsers.
- Fix layout problem in game path preferences.
- Fix ESC key behavior in preference and About dialog.
- Fix window position and size restoration problems.
- Fix ESC key behavior when in clip mode.
- Fix case sensitivity problems in open file dialog on Linux.
- Fix layout of view dropdown window on Linux.
- Fix texture lock for faces having +Y as their normal.
- Show correct window icons.
- Better support for dark UI themes.
- Performance improvements.
- Cosmetic changes.

Downloads
http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/downloads.php 

Changes
- Fix rendering views flashing on Windows (#1389).
- Don't crash when Quake 2 game path is not set or cannot be found (#1388).

Downloads
http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/downloads.php 

 

For the continued support of TrenchBroom.

It only keeps getting better and better! 

Thank you sir. 

Just tried the new beta in Windows 10. Selecting an issue, right-clicking and choosing a fix no longer fixes the issue. This was working fine in the previous beta.

Thanks for your continued development of TB. It's a fantastic tool. 

Also please give more information, e.g. What issue you were trying to fix etc. 

I've submitted it on Github with extra info. Thanks. 

 

Hello there! First please let me say thank you for this great editor. I was instantly able to create a cool 3d level, and it works on Linux, love it!

So now I have my level geometry (.map) and would like to try it in a game engine, add textures and entities to it, etc. As far as I have understood I need a compiler and a game engine so I can use it. How do I set this up in TrenchBroom? How can I add Textures and Models (entities)? Is there a way to use data (textures, model) from the apparently abandoned transfusion-environment (http://www.transfusion-game.com/)?

Thanks again for any hints,
L. 

If you look at the Transfusion SDk available here for download it's geared toward using Radiant based editors and the Quake 3 map format and assets.

Currently TrenchBroom 2 supports Hexen II, Quake and Quake 2, not Quake 3.

Although Transfusion being based on the darkplaces engine will allow you to use the Q1 map format for TF it's probably not the best place to start if your fairly new to Quake mapping. 

Download the latest TB2 from it's website. Install it and actually read through the extensive documentation that comes with it located under the Help menu--> TrenchBroom Help or shortcut [Ctrl]+[H]. 

Some basic map info on the Quakewiki you might want to look at here:
https://quakewiki.org/wiki/Getting_Started_Mapping


You can get some very nice Q1 map compile tools from here:
http://ericwa.github.io/tyrutils-ericw/