Func_Msgboard: The TrenchBroom Level Editor

Posted by SleepwalkR on 2013/03/01 18:37:12

Today I am releasing TrenchBroom 1.0 for Windows and Mac OS X. TrenchBroom is a modern cross-platform level editor for Quake.

Features
- True 3D editing, no 2D views required
- High performance renderer with support for huge maps
- Vertex editing with edge and face splitting
- Manipulation of multiple vertices at once (great for trisoup editing)
- Smart clip tool
- Move, rotate and flip brushes and entities
- Precise texture lock for all operations
- Smart entity property editors
- Graphical entity browser with drag and drop support
- Comprehensive texture application and manipulation tools
- Search and filter functions
- Unlimited undo and redo
- Point file support
- Automatic backup
- Support for .def and .fdg files, mods and multiple wad files
- Free (as in beer) and open source (GPLv3)
- Cross platform (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux supported)

Check out a video of TrenchBroom in action here.

You can download the editor here.

If you would like to give feedback, please do that in this thread. If you find a bug or have a feature suggestion, please submit them at the issue tracker.

If you are wondering where the Linux binaries are then sorry, but currently there are none. The Linux version has a few problems which I could not fix before this release. I will get working on those right away so that the Linux version should be available in a couple of weeks, too.

Finally, I would like to thank necros for all his work over the past year. Without his tireless efforts, TrenchBroom would simply not exist. Or it would suck.

Alright, enough of this. Have fun with the editor!

Update: 2.1 here:
https://github.com/kduske/TrenchBroom/releases/tag/v2.1.0-RC1
Features "cool shit".

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Thank You, XaGe!

#1731 posted by former_total_newbie on 2015/04/24 17:30:05

Will definitely give that a try soon. I can also see myself eventually switching to TB2 only, but this is the kind of interim solution I'm looking for.

Thank you very much, once again!

Hiatus

#1732 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/05/12 10:16:30

Hey guys, just to let you know: I'm putting TrenchBroom development into hiatus for a couple of month. I have to finish my PhD thesis and TB2 distracts me too much. I'll pick it up again as soon as my thesis is submitted, which should happen in the fall.

I was hoping to release TB2 before this time, but unfortunately I didn't make it. I'll still be around and maybe I'll do a bit of work here and there, but there won't be a release until the fall, I'm afraid.

#1733 posted by - on 2015/05/12 17:30:01

Make TB2 your thesis! Problem solved!

We can call you Kristian Duske Doctor of Mapology

Kristian Duske Doctor Of Mapology

#1734 posted by xaGe on 2015/05/12 18:50:47

I second that! lol. At least the TB2 develop branch functions pretty well in its current state. Good luck with the thesis.

Thanks

#1735 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/05/12 23:37:47

Well, let's just say if I had put half the amount of work into my thesis that I put in TB2, I would have been finished in three years, not five ;-)

Good Luck With The Thesis, SleepwalkR!

#1736 posted by former_total_newbie on 2015/05/16 01:03:58

Good Luck Kristian

#1737 posted by SpronyvanJohnson on 2015/05/18 08:07:23

A very understandable decision. One request though, since I don't know anything about compiling. Could you put an installer up for the current version of TB2? That way we can already start playing with it :)

Or maybe someone else can make a Windows installler from the develop branch?

I'm Reluctant

#1738 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/05/18 11:21:06

If I publish the current state, then I would probably get a lot of issue reports and questions, drawing me back in. I'd rather not. Sorry.

#1739 posted by SpronyvanJohnson on 2015/05/18 16:03:44

That absolutely sucks, but I can respect that. Even though you broke my heart :P

Re: Skies

#1740 posted by oGkspAz on 2015/06/05 15:22:20

I only recently found out about Trenchbroom and had been using qoole for most of my map making (eish misaligned brushes). Very nice to use overall with a few minor things to get used to. Current problem with lots of googling and I've found no answers. Sky brushes are not currently swallowing my rockets but I see this does work on Aerowalk. Is there an entity I need to apply or something? Thanks!

#1741 posted by JneeraZ on 2015/06/05 15:33:23

I think it has to do with the BSP compiler you use ...

Re: Compiler

#1742 posted by oGkspAz on 2015/06/05 15:42:48

So it seems. Just downloaded something called Txqbsp and that fixed it. ty

TrenchBroom 1.1.5

#1743 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/07/01 13:47:55

ericw fixed a couple of bugs and made a new release.

Changes
- Fix crash during vertex manipulation (ericw)
- Fix vertex drift issue when copy/pasting (ericw)
- Fix for entity key/value corruption when renaming a key (ericw)
- Add checkbox to filter detail brushes (ericw)
- Work around modifier keys getting stuck (ericw)
- Fix for some valid wad files being rejected (ericw)

Download here!

Drag And Drop Bug

#1744 posted by FifthElephant on 2015/07/01 23:06:04

Any chance this will get fixed any time soon? kind of annoying to get that error noise every time you drag an entity into the 3d view

Hm Sorry

#1745 posted by ericw on 2015/07/01 23:28:22

wasn't aware of that one; doesn't happen on my Windows 8 system. Mind posting an issue on github for it, or is there one already?

Yeah

#1746 posted by FifthElephant on 2015/07/01 23:33:02

I have a windows 8 pc.

Everytime I drag from the entity window it brings up an abort/retry/fail message. I am sure it's a known issue.

Here -

#1747 posted by FifthElephant on 2015/07/01 23:35:33

https://github.com/kduske/TrenchBroom/issues/664

Says something about a driver issue but it has persisted through every driver update I've had.

Running an intel 4000 graphics chip on windows 8

Thanks

#1748 posted by ericw on 2015/07/01 23:49:43

Ah ok, wasn't aware of that one, will look in to it sometime.

Testers

#1749 posted by ericw on 2015/07/06 22:04:30

I did some more work on getting to the bottom of
a) slightly-off-integer plane coordinates that you often get in TB1 with force integer mode OFF
b) vertex jumping by ~1 unit that sometimes happens with force integer mode ON, especially after vertex editing
I think I finally have a good picture of what was happening, and fixes for it, tech details here. Anyone want to help test? Just email me and I'll send a beta build.

TrenchBroom 1.1.6

#1750 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/07/16 12:31:43

Changes
- Fix crash when dragging entities on some OpenGL drivers (ericw)
- Fix some crashes when loading mdl and def files (ericw)
- Fix for editor view getting out of sync when exiting vertex mode (ericw)
- Improve floating-point precision for map loading, raise threshold for rounding coords (ericw)
- Workaround "force integer plane points" mode sometimes choosing wrong coordinates (ericw)

Download here

Re: Trenchbroom On Launch

#1751 posted by oGkspAz on 2015/07/31 15:04:00

I am unsure if this is on my PC only but every time I launch Trenchbroom it comes up windowed. Also the Texture lock is also always on at launch. So before I can start any editing I have to maximise and toggle lock off. The lock of course a preference only thing.

File A Bug Report

#1752 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/07/31 18:33:09

at github.

Here, To Be Precise:

#1753 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/07/31 22:41:56

https://github.com/kduske/TrenchBroom/issues

Thanks!

Just A Heads Up

#1754 posted by SleepwalkR on 2015/08/02 17:10:13

I tested TB1 on Windows 10 and it worked fine. TB2 alphas are a bit buggy.

Not Using TB2 Alphas Yet

#1755 posted by FifthElephant on 2015/08/02 17:43:43

Since I'm working on vanilla quake anyway. Using ericw's latest build.

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