opening at top, is it possible to not make it square? Or at least not totally square and perhaps a diamond from the player's prespective? 

Maybe make them a rougher / darker texture like rock4_1? 

using fence/alphamasked textures will at least still run in any engine. if anything the use of the feature will encourage its adoption - so long as the engine is still maintained
It would be awesome if QS/MarkV could support this feature, it would be a step in the right direction for mappers. :)

@nitin, the top is a large metal frame around a hanging grate (recently added). It should make more sense from above because that is where the player is coming from.

@ijed, yeah rock4_1 is an awesome texture, I will give that a try. 

ok I see what you mean. I thought the map was going to be set inside and that was like a 'viewing window' opening. 

Just looked at the code. MarkV does already have fence texture support. So no excuses. :P 

It supports masked textures. You just name it with an open curly brace like in RMQ.
It doesn't support it on anything other than bsp though. I use it on brush entities (so you could make cobwebs and stuff for example). 

I don't think anyone understand what I am after. I want a model to have an alpha mask/texture, I am not interested in alpha texture for brushwork or sprites. Organic vegetation is really about models and the ability to have gradually faded edges. 

what you meant. If any engines support it on quake .mdl files then I have no idea which ones do. It would be great if they did though, foliage would be brilliant and you could make animated torn up flags like they have in Quake 3. 

http://kneedeepinthedoomed.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/iqm-grass/ 

That's "just" sprites again :P 

 

Can you not just apply an external tga skin with an alpha channel to get selective transparency on a .mdl? Or have you tried that and had sorting issues occur? 

Don't forget fq doesn't support external skins. 

New location - Baramous Keep Start Crypt Entrance 

To see the zombie knight making his debut, and all the support you're getting through moddb.

Looking forward to the release :) 

Having a MODdb page is very good idea, it gives you a chance to spread the word and gives you a central location for news updates.

Got some more news about the MOD progress. If anyone here has played the MOD, please remember to vote on the Moddb page. 

This is fantastic stuff, sock! Keep it up! 

Sock, these screenshots are awesome! 

looks great. thought of including axe sound and animated HD explosions from Bastion/Marcher Fortress to your mod to make it even better? would be blast 

@Jaromir83, the sprites in Marcher are certainly amazing quality but I will need Kinn's permission to use them. I do like what he did with gibs, having multiple frames for different sizes. :) 

@sock, Ive asked him, I believe it would not be technical problem for u to include the stuff 

@Jaromir83, it seems you have had better luck than me, I too emailed Kinn but got no reply. I would love to add the sprites and gib stuff he did with Marcher, but unless I get an email reply from him I am not going to add it. 

Sock - my procrastination does not discriminate. I hadn't replied to either you or jaromir up until today. Been balls-deep in work stuff :{ I have replied now though, so check your mails :} 

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/08/21/its-2013-and-i-want-to-play-quake-in-the-shadows/ 

@Bal, I am totally surprised by this, it is the highlight of my week! :D