Quake Mapping: TrenchBroom 2 Quickstart

Channel:

dumptruck_ds

Subscribers:

8,000

Published on February 5, 2018 9:07:31 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gONePWocbqA

Game:

Quake (1996)

Duration: 13:10

92,672 views

2,388

If you want to make maps for Quake, Quake 2 or Hexen 2, TrenchBroom is your best option. If you’re a total newb or returning to mapping after a long time away this is the tutorial you’re looking for!

Download TB right here: http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/

requires:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

PLEASE NOTE: TrenchBroom has an excellent manual. You can find it under the “Help” menu.

Mapping for Quake on Discord https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

UPDATE: Subscriber Jonathan Linat took the time to package all the required files (listed below) into a GitHub repo. This can be cloned to your own Git or downloaded. Thanks Jonathan!

https://github.com/jonathanlinat/quake-leveldesign-starterkit

If you don't want to use the link above, you’ll need the files available at the following sites:

TrenchBroom 2

https://github.com/kduske/TrenchBroom/releases
http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/

Start.wad

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/wads/start.zip

ericw-tools

https://ericwa.github.io/ericw-tools/
requires:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=40784

Necros’ Compiling GUI 1.03

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/tools/ne_q1spCompilingGui103.zip
https://shoresofnis.wordpress.com/utilities/ne_q1spcompilinggui/

Quakespasm

https://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/download.htm
https://sourceforge.net/projects/quakespasm/

Here’s a PDF with the setup information and keyboard shortcuts covered in the video.

https://www.quaketastic.com/files/misc/dumptruck_ds_TrenchBroom_2_Tutorial_Setup_Shortcuts.pdf

Here are timestamps to the tutorial highlights:

0:00 Start
0:21 Directory Setup
1:33 TrenchBroom Installation
1:43 Wad Installation
1:53 Tools Installation
2:13 Quakespasm Installation
2:27 TrenchBroom Preferences
2:59 New Map
3:21 Texture Collections
3:44 TrenchBroom Manual
4:06 Navigation Controls
5:13 Applying a Texture
5:18 Entity Inspectors
5:41 Move Entity Vertically
5:49 Grid Sizes
6:09 Reshaping Brushes
6:17 Copy Brushes
6:50 Duplicate in Place
6:57 Brush Movement
7:03 Rotate Brush
7:27 Brush Selection
7:51 Grid Size Shortcuts
9:09 Keyboard Copy Selected
9:51 Keyboard Rotate Selected
10:06 Point Light
10:36 Compiling Setup
12:09 Compile
12:20 Playtest

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