SH3 0.0.6?

[Diego Cueva]

Ok, Paul, actually, I think I will try rebuilding everything I´ve done and start from the nothing. This may increase the speed of the level. So, I will first need to test it to know if I will need to rebuild the map. It´s still in early phases and if someone could find a map of this level for me in the internet, I would appreciate becouse I´m building it only with my knowledge of the map and I can´t find it in the internet...<br><br>Thanks,<br>Diego Cueva

[Paul]

A map? You mean just a floorplan (unless its been converted before)<br><br>Theres n64 emus and goldeneye roms, i guess, dunno if they'll be of help (screen grabs for textures maybe?)

[Diego Cueva]

Yeah, I need floor plans ( the ones used in reviews and online guides of the game. And no, I can´t use their textures getting screenshots of the game. (copyright issues)<br><br>Diego Cueva

[randall]

There tons of 007 maps that have been redone in UT, Quake (all three), and the Lithtech engines. I think there is even a webpage dedicated to it. So find out if your map has already been done for Quake first.

[Diego Cueva]

Ok, now, I have a question, If the map has already been made for Quake, can I get it and optimize it for PQ (light textures, lighter map, less complex, etc) and post it, so people can download it?<br><br>Diego Cueva

[randall]

Not without the creators consent. I'd be pissed if someone modified my map without telling me and then posted it to the public.<br><br>If you modify it solely for your own use, there isn't much they can do about it. Especially if they (the creator) doesn't know about it.<br><br>But what fun would that be?<br><br>

[Paul]

I've never made a map but in halflife dont you have to decompile the .bsp to .map in order to change it. doesnt that process remove textures and lights? <br><br>i dunno... are quake1 maps even made as .map before compiling?

[Diego Cueva]

I searched the web for a Complex clone for Quake and din´t find anything... Maybe I should make my own "PQomplex" port (I love this name!;D ).I´m currently trying to make a level for DM with light textures (raimbow6 style) too.<br><br>Diego Cueva

[randall]

Yeah, but each .MAP file has it's nuances. So a halflife .MAP can't be decompiled and immediately recompiled for Quake, unless the map editor supports that kind of function.<br><br>Quake maps store the textures in the .BSP file. This is important to note, because in Quake 2 and 3 they aren't stored in the .BSP (This is the same for UT and the Lithtech engines).<br><br>So it is possible to decompile a Quake map, and extract the textures as well.<br><br>Artistic freedom is really one huge "grey area".<br><br>It may be okay to copy a map (meaning you placed each brush and texture yourself), while using the original map as a reference.<br><br>While it is NOT okay to decompile a map, modify and submit it to the public. It's just common courtesy and consideration to the original artist.<br><br>kind of an "unwritten rule".

[randall]

Oh, Quake files are normally written as a .MAP file before compiling. Although editors like Worldcraft saves them as a .RMF file, they are converted to .MAP before compiling.

[Diego Cueva]

yep

[Paul]

aha!

[randall]

Damn, I wish I could remember the site that had all those 007 maps. They were for Rainbow 6, Quake3, Quake2, Quake, Unreal Tournament...<br><br>I'll take another looksee.

[Diego Cueva]

Man, I think I´m going to make my custom map only... Yeah, maybe it´s a better idea... But I still want the textures randall... <br><br>Diego Cueva

[Paul]

Why do you keep threatening me with mod powers?!