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RE: Hexen II model editor

h2rudl — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:33:40 GMT

Thanks for feedback

About the windows: they were originally meant to be breakable and a bit translucent. But there is a Problem:, r_speeds (nomber of visible polys) will increase insanely and the compile-time would be several days I quess.

I know the terrain is very sucky. most of brushes are made with the quick object makers of QuArk. Now I can do it a lot better and more detailed even with better performance.

I know no storylne yet.

There will be puzzles;)

Progress is really slow at the moment, because I have to finish a quake1 map until 30.March

Nice frst post:D

RE: Hexen II model editor

Nanoko — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:30:14 GMT

Hey h2rudl, I just played through what was available of your map, and it was awesome! I'd love to see it when it's complete, although I have a bit of criticism:

1: Lack of breakable objects- even the windows are static.
2: pyramid shaped hills- too slanted.
3: No real quest elements or storyline- big deal, don't really care.
4: Complete lack of puzzles. One thing I loved about your map was the fact that it was action oriented, unlike the original Hexen, which left me wandering aimlessly to find what to do next. I thought your map was really fun, although some slight puzzle elements might have helped.

Other than that, it was awesome! Keep it up!

Oh, right, first post. Hello everyone!

RE: Hexen II model editor

Samkov — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:01:27 GMT

hey anytime, the map is great, and id like to host it on my server sometime if its available in DM when its all complete

great work

RE: Hexen II model editor

h2rudl — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:39:33 GMT

NO don't play it again, no changes have been made since the version that crashes. But thanks for feedback. :)

RE: Hexen II model editor

Samkov — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:38:26 GMT

hey thanks man, ill give it a try and let you know how i like it

EDIT: this is a very cool map, ive played it before, however when i leave the sewers part of it it crashes, is this the end of the map?

keep up the good work

RE: Hexen II model editor

h2rudl — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:29:50 GMT

My map is not really progressing at the moment I'm struggling with hom effects and such stuff. Unfortunately I have to rebuild everything. :unsure: And I also have very little time because I have to do civilian service. (Instead of going to the military)
It's the map I started mapping so im unsatisfied with the amateurish brushwork. I can do it a lot better now. I will do a complete rebuild, but that takes a lot of time :)

http://rudl.quaddicted.com/

RE: Hexen II model editor

BlackCrucible — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:31:45 GMT

Hey thanks!

But I already am using an older version of worldcraft. I've tried both editors you mentioned but Worldcraft suits me best.

But thanks anyway for the reply. I'd like to see some work in progress of your map.

RE: Hexen II model editor

h2rudl — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:22:33 GMT

Hi It's nice to see that I m not the only one who is working on a hexen II map :D

So I have some tips for hexen 2 mapping:

1)when compiling u need to add the command "-watervis" to the qbsp tool. Otherwise the water is not vised!

2)QuArK and BSP are the only editors that support hexen2 and are more or less up to date.
There are a lot of options in QuArK that you have to set otherwise you will run into a lot of compiling errors and warnigns and HOM effects.
Example: QuArK actually does not suit for quake and HexenII because it tends to write a lot of decimals to the .map file. I recommend to set the output map format to classic quake (= no decimals.)
Bsp is a little bit more conservative with less features, but very clean and stable.
There are some very good editors for quake like gtkradiant or ogier. They do not work for hexen2 but it is possible do do the brushwork with them and finish the map later with QuArK or BSP.

3) for questions I can recommend
http://www.celephais.net/board/forum.php

RE: Hexen II model editor

BlackCrucible — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:21:59 GMT

Yeah everything works. Thanks alot!

RE: Hexen II model editor

Samkov — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:32:22 GMT

thanks a ton man, works great

RE: Hexen II model editor

Korax — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:27:11 GMT

I've sent the emails.. Lemme know if it helped you any. ;)

RE: Hexen II model editor

Samkov — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:36 GMT

Hey Korax, could you send me the tool aswell please? A friend of mine and myself have planned to make a few character mods and this tool would be very helpful

thanks again

RE: Hexen II model editor

BlackCrucible — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:58:37 GMT

Yes please, that would be very helpful. :)

I'm working on a new Hexen II mod and I'm trying to make a new player class where you can play as a skull wizard but I'm not so sure if I can do that because I honestly don't know anything about modeling and programming, but I'll give it a shot. ;)

You can send it to sergejaeken at gmail.com

RE: Hexen II model editor

Korax — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:04:05 GMT

Well, a few years ago I was chatting to James Monroe on MSN (or was it IRQ?), and he emailed me the ACTUAL tool they used to design the Hexen II models in, its a special derivative of the old "qME" tool for Quake. :)

I got it here, shout if you still need to have it. ;)

James Monroe was the Lead Developer on Hexen II..

RE: Hexen II model editor

Samkov — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:54:57 GMT

you could try quark, im still trying to figure out how to use it but everyone says its very helpful

http://quark.planetquake.gamespy.com/

Hexen II model editor

BlackCrucible — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:44:22 GMT

Hey guys!

I'm looking for a nice hexen II modeling program which lets you view, edit and make hexen II models from scratch. I've googled my *** off but it seems those programs are very hard to find. Does anyone happen to know where I can find such a program?