Making new Q2 maps?

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3 total messages Started by Rose Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:49

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Author: Rose
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:49

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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
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Re: Making new Q2 maps?

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Author: Captain Trips
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:25

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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

I don't know your exact problem. But if you just want to test something 
make a .bsp file. (Don't forget to vis the .map file.) and put the .bsp 
file into your ../quake2/baseq2/maps folder. If it does not exist create it.

After that you can go to the quake console and write "/map mymap.bsp" 
maybe you could cut the .bsp like "/map mymap"

> Rose
> Working From Home Blog
> http://roseb44170.blogspot.com/
> 
>

Re: Making new Q2 maps?

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Author: 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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