il_diavolo Posted March 18, 2003 Posted March 18, 2003 Ok... I know that someone out thee must know this, I have heared it is posible but the textures on the map will not show up, I dont care. Does anyone know how?
ioshee Posted March 18, 2003 Posted March 18, 2003 I didn't think it was possible, but that would be horrible if it was. It would mean anybody could edit your map after you release it. I'd like to hear if there really is a way. Because if there is, I will probably never release another map again.
ewok mercenary Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Actually, I'm almost certain that there is a way to convert .bsp into .map 'cause I saw it in another thread about someone who accidentally deleted their .map file. Anyway I think you can but instead of say a single cuboid brush for a wall, you would get 6 very thin brushes representing each face making it hard to edit due to an incredibly long compile time and very slow to play. Hope you understood that. Here's that other thread: http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92930&highlight=.bsp
master_thomas Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 So, it really isn't good to play or anything, but you could observe some of the original maps to see how some things were done like in yavin_trial. The messed up faces and horrible compile times could be good for security. If someone wanted to copy it, they'd have to have gtk radiant for its brushing merging ability and compilcated maps could take days just to finish merging. I wouldn't worry. Only good for observation or simple maps.
il_diavolo Posted March 19, 2003 Author Posted March 19, 2003 lol thats pretty much why I want to be able to do that I have seen such god stuff in some maps I want to know how they did it O well maybe someone will tell me:(
ioshee Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 I would assume that you would lose all the entities. If that's the case then I wouldn't feel quite so violated:eek:
Leslie Judge Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Without entities all the essence of the level is lost. Entities make a map to live. They carry the little tricks we want to know.
wedge2211 Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 In which case, why not just ask about the "tricks" on the forums, or email the author?
ioshee Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 Quote Originally posted by Leslie Judge Without entities all the essence of the level is lost. Entities make a map to live. They carry the little tricks we want to know. Exactly… Quote Originally posted by wedge2211 In which case, why not just ask about the "tricks" on the forums, or email the author? ... and exactly.
lauser Posted March 21, 2003 Posted March 21, 2003 If it is possible to look at other maps in this manner I have a suggestion. This is kind of strange and I think it's a whole lota BS. But I have heard that there are co-ordinates for the FFAdeathstar map in which there is a teleport to another area of the map. I even have the location at a friends place. Rather he has the coordinates. Now I think it's all wishful thinking....BUT...I am curious as heck to know!! I told the people I play with that without a .map file you can't know where it is. But some insisited!! So to anyone who can find this info....All the power to ya!!
Leslie Judge Posted March 21, 2003 Posted March 21, 2003 You can take a look at the .bsp file in notepad. At the end of the file there are the entity definitions. It's very time consuming to find anything but it is possible to query out the infos.
il_diavolo Posted March 23, 2003 Author Posted March 23, 2003 hmm that is a interesting Idea I will take a look at this now
Neø Posted March 23, 2003 Posted March 23, 2003 It is possible, I found it somewhere on a link from PlanetQuake while I was looking for that but I lost it. And from what the Tut said about it, it said the brushes aren't 6 thin ones. I'll go take another look now.
il_diavolo Posted March 23, 2003 Author Posted March 23, 2003 If you find anything send me a message please Thanks
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