NetRadiant = Radiant 1.5 with useful q3map2 patches...

[Alien]

So could you make a package for other Mac users like clueless newbie?

[MirceaKitsune]

Hello. I have been using netRadiant for a while now and love it, but today I ran into a problem which I think should have a walkaround or fix done for it.

A map I was building on suddenly started failing at one point during the BSP building. I found out that was because of a hard coded limit in q3map2 which limits the maximum number of brushes to 32768 (MAX_MAP_BRUSHES). I asked why it couldn't be bigger and was told it could crash or block the compiler on computers with lower resources if increased too much. I currently need to use a hacked q3map2 to keep building my map otherwise it won't work.

So my question is, could the limit for MAX_MAP_BRUSHES in the compiler be made a preference in the Preferences menu from netRadiant (if there is a way to get netRadiant to "talk" to q3map2.exe about such things). Or if not some q3map2.ini file for such settings or any other way just not a hard-coded number. That would be very useful for larger maps with many brushes or brush-based terrain so they can be built without a hacked compiler. Hope something can be done to fix this.

[divVerent]

I looked at the code, and could make this specific limit dynamic (so it automatically expands while q3map2 runs).

q3map2 in NetRadiant now is able to compile RedStarRepublic.

[seeeker]

I didnt really like the splash image so i did that in a couple of minutes =P
You are free to use this in any way you want =)
actual file is a .bmp, you can get it here:
http://kimi.kieru.net/433029

[divVerent]

Great, can I have an editable source of this (xcf, psd, for example)?

[seeeker]

xcf:
http://yuki.kieru.net/958069
=)

[divVerent]

Committed, but not yet tested - thanks

hope the window size of the splash image will automatically adjust to the bmp.

[Odin]

Suggestion for q3map2: Allow -export to accept an argument, which would be a directory. There is a patch for ioquake3 to load external lightmaps, and it loads from maps/MAPNAME/lightmaps, rather than maps/MAPNAME(to prevent lightstyles from screwing up). Would be cool to have it like this:

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q3map2 -light -export <directory>

Where "directory" is the directory name inside of maps/MAPNAME.

[esteel]

I do not see whats to gain from this.. Nexuiz (at least the development version thats set to be released soon) can also use external lights maps: http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=3685

[divVerent]

Also, q3map2 -export has no gain. It is only there so you can edit the lightmaps, and import them later.

Real external lightmaps work completely differently (and also use different file names), and offer the advantage of having a different allowed size (while -export only exports internal lightmaps).