Quake Engine Quake2 Build

[Team Xlink]

Hello.

I was wondering what features the Quake2 build of the QuakeEngine.

[Sajt]

Durrr.... you mean the #ifdef QUAKE2 stuff?

[Baker]

I think I'm going to build the Quake2 build and see if the level-preservation code that I think I see really does what I hope it does.

I'd love the idea of being able to return to the previous map as it was when I left it.

Would give the idea of non-linear level progress in Quake a boost.

/If that is what the code does, haven't had time to check it out or really look it over. Most of the rest of the QUAKE2 build stuff doesn't interest me that much (darkfields) and much of the "good stuff" is already standard fare (skybox, fog, origin brushes are supported in a few engines).

[ceriux]

what are darkfields?

[Baker]

what are darkfields?

The opposite of lights, I assume. Never tried it.

Maybe someone can think of a use for such a feature, I can't [but I don't claim to have a great imagination either].

[ceriux]

custom placed shadows? o.O... maybe lol... that really does seem useless...

[Chip]

custom placed shadows? o.O... maybe lol... that really does seem useless...

It doesn't seem useless to me. In some editors, there are lights with properties ranging from -100 to +100, where the '-' value is used to darken an otherwise lighted area.

If I have a global light on the map, I might not have shadows where'd I'd like them to be (i.e. a dark alley, a hidden corner, a dark wall). Maybe less used than custom lighting, custom shadowing has its benefits.

[Downsider]

Someone should make a RAD compiler that allows you to zoom through the map and "draw" on the lightmap. Would be useful, actually.