pretty sure the .map file isn't the issue, I've downloaded it twice since I first posted here, still sending it over with the .wad I used for textures. 

where is the preferences file kept? I tried preferences and application support, if it's external then maybe deleting those files will fix things. 

You can try. The preferences are in ~/Library/Preferences - but I doubt that it's the issue. 

out of curiosity, any progress getting this on windows yet? 

I'm rewriting everything in C++, which takes some time. I have decided to do the interface using an OpenGL GUI toolkit so that it is portable. I plan on getting map loading, rendering and camera navigation to work today so that the editor will be able to display a map. Then I will use that milestone to make a windows and a linux version. When that's done, I'll start implementing all the editing functions and the GUI.

It really is a whole lot of work, so don't hold your breath. I am sure that I will be able to release a beta in summer though. 

 

sounds good 

wow, that sounds great! let me know if you need some windows testing. ;) 

Once I got something to show. 

"I have decided to do the interface using an OpenGL GUI toolkit so that it is portable."

Which one do you plan on using if you don't mind saying? 

Google for Gwen Gui and you'll find it. It's better than all other toolkits I've looked at, but it's still very cumbersome in comparison with Interface Builder. 

I think Warren mentioned sometime ago that he was trying to do a webgl version of toetag but gave up for whatever reason. I think it would be pretty cool if there was an editor that worked in a multi-platform browser such as Chrome. Chrome currently supports all kinds of ways to access files as well as WebGL. For GUI stuff it would be possible to use jQuery.

Would anyone else like to see a web app version of this or any other Quake editor?

For what it's worth, Insomniac, developers of Resistance and Ratchet and Clank started using browser based tools and say their tools are pretty awesome now (not just because they are browser based, however), so it's probably not nearly as shitty as you might think if the tools are made well. 

Keep in mind this is just one opinion, but a few months ago I seriously was playing with WebGL. But it would be a ton of time and effort to maintain a WebGL version since Javascript and C derivative languages share little in common.

And then there are the major security issues of WebGL ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebGL , there are sadly several which the statement "The reports provided example exploits capable of cross-domain image theft, graphics memory theft, and client-side denial of service." touches on), which I think may terminally prevent it from being seriously adopted ... and as a result as far as I know only Chrome and FireFox will support it "out-of-the-box". Safari has it disabled, although it is used for advertising within apps on iPhones and such. Internet Explorer will not support it.

I don't think WebGL can ever take off since it is easily possible to make a harmful web page with it if one choose too.

I like the idea of WebGL, but as security issues are a major concern on the internet, I think WebGL has no future.

/One opinion 

That sucks I guess. But surely those security issues will get patched? What alternative is there for 3d on the web? What about performance? MS probably won't support webGL because it's not webDirectX.

It is entirely possible to make an app that runs in the browser but is loaded from client side files. However, I suppose if it's easy enough to make a portable native app, then you might as well just stick with that, since it will give better performance. 

Can access OpenGL directly, and are portable. If I were to make a browser-based editor, I'd check out Java applets. But I'm not ;-) 

 

haven't tried it yet (windows lol), but does the prefab stuff work like instancing?

e.g. change the prefab and this ripples through to all your instances of that prefab already in the scene... 

!!(!) instancing would be insanely awesome. even more so if it worked for anything.

ie: in 3ds max, when you copy any object, you can make a copy or an instance without having to make something specifically as an instance. 

i'm always doing shit like having a million copypasta'd light fixtures then somewhere down the line i decide that I wanna change the design slightly, and having to track down and change every single one again is just about the worst thing ever. 

Proper, Max-style instancing would make this the one and only true editor. Seriously. 

Like many awesome features, QuArK has cloning. And since it also has groups (think folders), it is really super duper awesome. 

Quark is, unfortunately, an abomination. :) I've tried to use it several times and give up within 5 minutes. The interface is absolutely atrocious. 

Very 90's retro UI, could never get my head around it enough to build anything.