Is it in any way possible to do mapping for Nexuiz on a Mac? I think there is a version of GTKRadiant for Mac, but will it work for this? Also is there any other way to do it without using Radiant?

Altobe wrote:Is it in any way possible to do mapping for Nexuiz on a Mac? I think there is a version of GTKRadiant for Mac, but will it work for this? Also is there any other way to do it without using Radiant?

there is a version of GTKRadiant, yes, but the easiest way is to grab radiant 1.5, install it, and get the nexuiz plugin for it. I'll make a zip of it for you quick...

http://server.stormassault.com:8080/sha ... z.game.zip

Thanks for that, but I'm having trouble even getting radiant to run. I think it's an X11 problem.I have to dig out the install disc and re-install X11.
This is the message I get in the console:

/Applications/MacRadiant14.app/Contents/Resources/script: line 18: open-x11: command not found
Could not get display!

well I'm not too sure how mac really works, does mac use X11 as the display manager?

Anyways, it could be because there is no xserver currently running, that's all I can think of at the moment...

OK I got Radiant up and running. I have 1.4 & 1.5, but I can't get it to recognize that file you sent me, ' nexuiz.game'. The only thing it gives me is Quake 3. I'm really a noob at this, so bear with me. I guess Quake 3 was part of the install package. Like when it first starts it prompts me to pick a game. I tried typing in nexuiz.game but it didn't work.

oh, and yes it does use it as a display manager, I think. When I start radiant X11 starts too automatically.

ok, the zip I gave you only works for radiant 1.5, and you extract it to the root dir of radiant (for me, this is "/home/psychiccyberfreak/.radiant/1.5.0"). After that you can delete the package.
The folder structure of /home/psychiccyberfreak/.radiant/1.5.0 is now:

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,-+nexuiz.game
|  |-local.pref
|  '-shortcuts.ini
|-global.pref
|-junk.txt (if you compiled something allready)
|-qe3bsp.sh (again, if you compiled something allready)
'-radiant.log (if you have logging enabled)

[TSA] Psychiccyberfreak wrote:ok, the zip I gave you only works for radiant 1.5, and you extract it to the root dir of radiant. After that you can delete the package.

Um, thanks for that, but how do I do that?

I was editing my post above while you posted that..

IIRC (has been a while since I've been on a mac) you can just put the package into ~/.radiant/1.5.0/ , right click on it and hit extract here.

[TSA] Psychiccyberfreak wrote:I was editing my post above while you posted that..

IIRC (has been a while since I've been on a mac) you can just put the package into ~/.radiant/1.5.0/ , right click on it and hit extract here.

OK I put the nexuiz.game into ~/.radiant/1.5.0/, but when I right click.... I guess I dont understand what extract means

ok, well, you need something that will extract the archive's files such as stuffit expander or something like that...

Oh You mean un-compress it, or un-zip it. If thats what you mean I did and then I put the file in the ~/.radiant/1.5.0/, folder, but i'm still getting nothing

Altobe wrote:and then I put the file in the ~/.radiant/1.5.0/, folder, but i'm still getting nothing

ok so in your ~/.radiant/1.5.0/ folder there is a folder called "nexuiz.game"?

[TSA] Psychiccyberfreak wrote:

Altobe wrote:and then I put the file in the ~/.radiant/1.5.0/, folder, but i'm still getting nothing

ok so in your ~/.radiant/1.5.0/ folder there is a folder called "nexuiz.game"?

yes

oh stupid me... download the zip again then follow the steps above, I forgot the /games/nexuiz.game file...

so I should put the new nexuiz.game folder in the ~/.radiant/1.5.0/ folder?

You also put chess in it! Nexuiz.game Folder/Games/chess

Altobe wrote:so I should put the new nexuiz.game folder in the ~/.radiant/1.5.0/ folder?

yes.

It's still not showing up. I have "Nexuiz.Game Folder" in "~/.radiant/1.5.0/". When I downloaded it it came with some game packs, about 5 of them, those are all there,but no nexuiz.

Altobe wrote:Is it in any way possible to do mapping for Nexuiz on a Mac? I think there is a version of GTKRadiant for Mac, but will it work for this? Also is there any other way to do it without using Radiant?

I'm currently using MacRadiant 1.4 (google for it). It seems to work the way it should. It doesn't have native upport for Nexuiz, but that can be hacked by expanding Nexuiz's data[numbers].pk3 and then moving the textures, models, and scripts folders into Quake3's baseq3/ folder. Finally, drop Nexuiz's entities.def script into the scripts folder. Make sure it's the right one.

You also need to have X11 installed.

Thanks a lot for the help, also does anyone know of a manual for radiant. Something with all the tools and options listed and what they do?

Altobe wrote:Thanks a lot for the help, also does anyone know of a manual for radiant. Something with all the tools and options listed and what they do?

This is the page I generally use:

http://bubba.planetquake.gamespy.com/mapping.html

Clueless Newbie wrote:

Altobe wrote:Is it in any way possible to do mapping for Nexuiz on a Mac? I think there is a version of GTKRadiant for Mac, but will it work for this? Also is there any other way to do it without using Radiant?

hacked by expanding Nexuiz's data[numbers].pk3 and then moving the textures, models, and scripts folders into Quake3's baseq3/ folder. Finally, drop Nexuiz's entities.def script into the scripts folder. Make sure it's the right one.

Could you please give a little more instruction in doing this I'm not sure about expanding nexuiz data .pk3

Altobe wrote:

Clueless Newbie wrote:hacked by expanding Nexuiz's data[numbers].pk3 and then moving the textures, models, and scripts folders into Quake3's baseq3/ folder. Finally, drop Nexuiz's entities.def script into the scripts folder. Make sure it's the right one.

Could you please give a little more instruction in doing this I'm not sure about expanding nexuiz data .pk3

The data .pk3 I'm talking about is in nexuiz/data/. It's not called "data.pk3", mind you. It's "data [lotsa numbers].pk3". Just drop it on stuffit expander or any other unzipping application. When you open it, you'll find the three folders I mentioned; models, textures, and scripts. I don't remember offhand where I got the entities.def file though. But I think you'll find a link to it in one of the [MAP] threads I've started.

Once you've got the folders and the entities.def file in place, set MacRadiant to make Quake3 levels and you're ready to start mapping.

Thanks, I'm going to try it now.

Entities.def into the baseQ3 scripts folder?

Now its saying," failed to load project file, please enter a valid project file" What project file is it referring to?

Altobe wrote:Entities.def into the baseQ3 scripts folder?

Yes. Make sure you have hte right one.

Altobe wrote:Now its saying," failed to load project file, please enter a valid project file" What project file is it referring to?

Do you have the option of making a new project file? If not, then I'll let somebody more knowledgeable take over.

Clueless Newbie wrote:

Altobe wrote:Now its saying," failed to load project file, please enter a valid project file" What project file is it referring to?

Do you have the option of making a new project file? If not, then I'll let somebody more knowledgeable take over.

I think I can make a new project file, just call it "nexuiz"?

Altobe wrote:I think I can make a new project file, just call it "nexuiz"?

I think you're supposed to enter the name of your map there.