Hey guys, been a while :-)
(I'm this guy: http://www.rudolfkremers.com/q/quake.html)

Kristian! Ach mein GOTT! This editor loooks amazing.I may have to give that a spin when I find some time. (Admittedly this will take a while) 

Thanks! 

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"... Good map back in the day. :) 

I have a sequel 99% finished

But it has been lying dormant on my harddisk for about ten years or more.. 

Thanks for your response.

Here is another video, Part 2 of my first time, using the clipping/cutting/slicing tool.

This video is not as long. Only half long as previous one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgPq3-lEdGc

Title: "TrenchBroom: First time, Part 2: Brush Cut/Clip/Slice, Experimenting."

I have a part 3 video that is uploading right now, showing how I compile the map. In case anyone finds that interesting. 

Part 3 video, "Compiling the Map"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaJLtBv-4g

Title: "TrenchBroom: First time, Part 3: Compiling the Map"

I have another video uploading now, showing me creating a one-room map from scratch with items, lighting, spawnpoints, and an exit. 

fyi: You are supposed to be able to type directly into the map textbox like you did originally, but it's bugged and requires you to use that [...] button. Sorry for the confusion. 

New video: "Making a Map"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRVE3ygsM9Q

with items, lighting, spawnpoints, and an exit. 

Being limited to just 3D mode makes it a chore to edit the maps. 2D grid views exist in other editors for a reason. I think it is silly to talk about the "NO 2D grid view" as if it is a great feature. I personally love the fact that you are making a new editor for Quake, but I personally think this design decision was a mistake. There are just so many things that that much easier to do in a 2D grid view and can be done much faster as well. I really suggest putting that kind of a feature into the game. 

I agree, hakkarin. A grid view switch would be nice.

I used the "F" hotkey a lot, in Quest editor. Because the "F" key would switch to flat grid view, and/or switch back.

The grid view made many things a lot easier and quicker to do.

Easy for author of TrenchBroom to do? Perhaps. The grid view would just be the same as the 3d view, but be FLAT. Basically just rotate/snap camera to a 90-degree angle for a "forward view" and then display flat frame/layer of the 3d view as a 2d view--and you still have same functionality as before. 

There is something to be said for an orthogonal projection, maybe... 

What map textbox is bugged? 

He's referring to the video "Compiling a Map", where I used a 3rd-party tool for compiling and in that tool there is a way to select your *.map but it also provides a textfield. Most people would click the "..." button, but I tried to type the path directly into the textfield, but the path didn't save--didn't select the map file. 

but goddammit, fucking awesome work! 

TrenchBroom: Create a Spiral Staircase - Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29wbvatKkY

TrenchBroom: Create/Import Spiral Staircase into TrenchBroom from another Editor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpGsBb6EPZQ 

deqer

I love that you're making videos for the editor but, man ... 25 minutes for a spiral staircase? A little editing/planning would go a long way. 

http://www.quaketerminus.com/hosted/happymaps/curv_tut.htm 

That's the tutorial I used to make curves in my maps. :D

I don't know if the curved pipe tutorial works in TB though, haven't tried it yet. :P 

The concepts will work but you can't create cylinders yet so you can't follow it directly. You can memorize the ratios and proportions and use the clipping tool to get the same results though. 

Willem, my videos aren't official tutorial videos. I just "wing it" as I go.

Most of my videos are titled to indicate that as well, with titles like "First time." and "Experiment."

As you can see in my second staircase video, I used my old editor to create a perfect spiral staircase in just a few minutes, by using circle brushes. 

I know they aren't official. Just passing along some critique for you. I assume you'd like people to watch these since you're taking the time to upload them ... and 25 minutes is a large chunk of time for a spiral staircase video. That's all! 

Spirit: "http://www.quaketerminus.com/hosted/happymaps/curv_tut.htm"

Nah.

That tutorial looks stupid. Thanks though. 

I agree, Willem. I'm making a better video now; and it will only be 3 minutes long this time. :) 

Nice! 

Willem, I updated the description of that long staircase video to make it clear that it's not a solution.

New description is: "NOTE: I don't actually succeed in creating the spiral staircase in this video. However, I show a technique for creating a perfect circle shape. So, then you use the circle shape as a reference and trace over it with your new brushes for stairs and walls. "