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Re: Making new Q2 maps?

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From: EvilBill
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:02
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Captain Trips wrote:
> Rose wrote:
>> I was thinking about making some new maps for Quake2.  I have already 
>> downloaded Quark and its a very powerful program but I can't figure 
>> out how to save an actual map so that I can use it in Q2?
>>
>> I just thought if I saved it as a .pak file that I would be able to 
>> use it in Q2 - but so far that doesn't seem to be happening!
> 
> Rose a .pak file is just a container. It is basically a .zip file which 
> is not packed. You can open it with winzip and other programs. This is 
> just to be able to put together packages which you can then distribute. 
> For example you can put some models in there or more than one map. The 
> filetype of a quake map is .bsp
> 

It's a zip file in Quake 3, but in Q2 it uses its own proprietary format.
Google for PakExplorer if you need a way to edit Q2's pak files!

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From: EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Making new Q2 maps?
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