Q2: beta of spirit2dm1 - awaiting resurrection

Post by **dichtfux** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:59 pm

No, this is not a typo. This really is a map for Quake II.

Don't know if anyone in here is still playing q2, but I thought I'd show it to you anyway. Hope that's ok.

It's a DM-map designed for 3 players. One atrium, lots of vertical action.

The map is available from my website or via this > download link <.

Shot 1:

Shot 2:

Shot 3:

Shot 4:

Known issues:
* no clipping yet, having trouble with the clip-texture
* one VIS error at stairs near lasers (don't ask me why this happened)

Feedback is appreciated of course.

Post by **dnky** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:50 pm

Unfortunately I dont have Q2 any more, because this looks really rather good.

Post by **Amphetamine** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:06 pm

Is there a .txt for Q2E realtime lighting?

Post by **dichtfux** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:48 pm

Amphetamine wrote:Is there a .txt for Q2E realtime lighting?

Not yet, because I don't have a clue what that is and how to do it.

All jokes aside: sounds interesting, but I didn't find info on how to create one at the Q2E website. If you point me to a document/tutorial that explains how to make one, you might get one. :icon31:

Post by **TRINIX** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:24 pm

dont have quake 2 any more, cant seem to find it. but from your screenys, looks like a very sexy map.

Post by **Amphetamine** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:40 am

It's prety easy install Q2E (grab the newest version from a link in their forums, the one on the website is outdated), start the game in developer mode with cheats enabled, load your map drop to console and /editlights then bind a key to /addlight.

Just noclip around your map and hit the key wherever you want a realtime light added. They work just like D3/Q4 lights.

When you're done use /savelights to write to the textfile and then /editlights again to drop back to normal.

Post by **v1l3** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:30 am

I got Q2 out of the Q4 Special edition DVD I bought...I dunno if it's available to buy anymore...but...eh I got more excited to get Q2 over Q4..heh. Nice to see someone pop up a Q2 custom map=) Downloading...

Post by **dichtfux** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:12 pm

@Amphetamine:
Got myself Q2E beta 0.68 from the forums (which almost drove me mad btw, it's a pain in the ass to find things between all those tons of kiddie posts and vast signatures) and played around with the lighting stuff a bit. I'll most likely create a light file for the final version but it seems to much work atm to make it look really good.

There may be good documentation/hints on how to do this fast & easy hidden somewhere in those forums, but I need a few hours sleep before I dare to go there again. Q2E is pretty cool though, I really like it. The water's awsome. I've had beta 0.4 lurking on my HDD for months but never really tried it, shame on me.

@v1l3:
I've also got Q2 from that Q4 special edition. Took me some effort to get it but I really wanted Q2 and the Addons. :icon14:

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:40 pm

lolz. well if you don't like reading their forum maybe odium can help out here

Post by **pjw** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:25 pm

That looks really, really nice.

Tempts me to reinstall Q2, but I'd have to find it...

Post by **v1l3** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:48 pm

Very Nice! Blows away a good amount of the ol' school ones (minus map marics83tkc).

Post by **dichtfux** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:19 pm

Thanks guys!

Beta2 is ready. The download link above has been updated.

changes beta1 => beta2:
* made elevator suck less (made it more obvious that it's an elevator)
* lots of clipping
* fixed the fugly VIS error near lasers by adapting portals
* changed the damage the laserbeams deal from 1 to 25 :icon4:
* various small texture fixes