i wish skip worked on external bsps. that would be radddddd 

Sounds like tyr's does? 

This question has probably been asked before but after hours of Googling, I have to turn to you. I've been using GTKRadiant 1.4 for Quake 3. I would like to use the same editor for Quake. According to several readme's from different maps, this should be possible.

Google has thought me GTKRadiant 1.5 has a gamepack for Quake and should be easy to configure. However, I don't like 1.5. I'm spoiled like that :)

Quake ED by Sikkpin is mentioned a lot. But all I find are dead download links. There doesn't seem to be a site for it.

Other editors are mentioned of course but before switching it would be great to hear if it's possible with GTKRadiant. If not, links to Quake Ed by Sikkpin would be appreciated since that one seems to be the best fit for me (based on what I read). 

The Quake gamepack should work with either version. Worth a try. 

Looking into it. Apparently official support is dropped for 1.5 and later. So no official gamepack download. Currently looking for mirrors :) 

A slightly modified version of it is available here.

And while I'm at it, might just drop this link as well: q1maptools.zip 

Should be pretty easy to pull that data out of a demo file (assuming you have code lying around that reads demo files, I have some oddball Python at https://code.launchpad.net/~mwhudson/+junk/demp, Mandel has some C at https://github.com/mandelmassa/libdemo or you can ram the demo through lmpc and parse the text). 

Thank you for those files. Unfortunately, the pack doesn't seem to be compatible with GTK 1.4. I got pretty far and solved several errors but eventually it would still crash.

Maybe someone else has any ideas? Otherwise a link to Sikkpin QE would be appreciated. 

You can totally use GTK1.4 with q1, but it requires some small bits of hackery.

Basically, you extract your texture wad as jpg or tga and store them like a q3 texture pack.
Then, when you go to compile, you convert the map that was saved from GTKR (which will be a q3 .map format) into the q1 .map format with a converter program. then you compile as normal.

When i get home, I'll see if I can dig up my old guide for this. 

That would be great. I thought about converting but figured it wouldn't work texture wise and Quake uses different entities and such. At least, when you decompile everything is messed up. 

http://necros.fov120.com/post.php?postID=7

Its very old, but it explains the process at least. You can probably make it so that you can select Quake1 as a game mode (like Quake3, RTCW, etc...) instead of overwriting the Quake3 entities file... see GTKRadiant documentation on how to set up different games for that. I haven't used GTKR in ages. 

btw, i forgot, but there is a better guide to using gtkradiant. i also forgot who made it. :\ 

GTK1.3+ Quake 1 Editor Files

Here is my Quake 1 setup for GTK 1.3+ Please check the readme file for more details of where all the files go and what they do. I was planning to test the entities.def file today, but ran out of time, it was a crazy day. I went through my own def file and took out all my custom MOD stuff, which may cause a couple of problems.

You will need to get some compiler tools, I only included the textures and editor files. You can use func_group entities with most Quake compilers, just remember to add the right switches, for example "txqbsp -group -q2map %1" will cope with Q3 map format and groups! :) 

@Necros: Thank you for the link. What editor are you using now?

@Sock: We can always count on you. Thanks for sharing. A couple of questions though:

The GTK 1.3.8 beta doesn't have native Quake support. I take it I have to create my own gamepack much like mentioned in Necros his guide?

Based on the files you posted I figured this:

Entities.def and q1.shader go in the q1.game folder inside Radiant. I have to make this.

I would need a q1.game file for the qames folder in Radiant.

Textures and maps should be in the Quake folder and Tools doesn't matter right?

Also, Radiant should be installed with only q3 game support? In your readme you mention SDRadiant. Perhaps that's the difference?

I got 1.5 to run with Quake but god I hate that editor. Getting into Quake mapping, while using 1.4, is harder than I thought. My head hurts after 2 days of Googling, trying stuff out and harassing people. 

I recommend you setup the editor like you are going to make q3 map.

* Go to the scripts directory under baseq3
* Rename the existing "entities.def" file to "entities.q3def" instead.
* Add "q1.shader" to the "shaderlist.txt" file
* Drop the zip file into the baseq3 directory.
* Extract the zip file
* Open editor, make cool maps!
* Setup quake 1 compiler tools in maps directory
* Setup compiler batch file (remember special switches)
* Compile map
* Copy bsp/lit files to quake directory 

Damn it, just use TrenchBroom! :) 

 

Yeah for real TrenchBroom is amazing. 

I also will advocate trenchbroom... it is clearly the best. 

I am currently using Trenchbroom :) 

Trenchbroom is definitely on my list. It looks like a great editor especially for terrain and such. However, I will not rest until this works. Not when people put in their time and effort to help me.

Radiant works now. I see the textures. I only get the Quake entities and I can make and save maps. I've read several compiling guides. I think my setup is good (Using Necros his GUI). But I get a line 4: invalid brush plane error.

I figured I need to convert it first but it looks like none of the programs can find the map. Regardless of where I put it. The source map is now in Quake/id1/working folder. Could this be the problem? First I left it in the Quake 3 arena map directory and that didn't work either. Is there a specific location needed? All the tools (compilers) are in Quake/Tools and the output map is in Quake/Id1/maps. 

I thought quake 3 maps had to be in a .pk3 file? 

Only when you release it for the public. 

I think my setup is good (Using Necros his GUI). But I get a line 4: invalid brush plane error.

Rmember to add the right switches, for example "txqbsp -group -q2map" or setup a compiler batch file (remember special switches) 

Switches is one thing, but the problem now is that the tools simply don't see or recognize the source map.