[Gtkradiant] experimental GtkRadiant 1.2.8-test1 setup with JKII support
Timothee Besset
gtkradiant@zerowing.idsoftware.com
Thu, 09 May 2002 00:09:35 +0200
Not ready for public release yet, but getting there quickly.
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/nightly/GtkRadiantSetup-JKII-full-1.2.8-test1.exe
This is the first complete setup with JKII support. From Riant's work to
put together the package, plus a few code changes, then putting everything
together in an installer. I would expect that we will release a slightly
updated version of this within the next few days.
Listing the current issues. I'm not pushing them yet in bugzilla, will
probably do if some are more complicated:
- sof2map compiler:
This setup is not using q3map. Therefore we don't benefit from monitored
compiling. The compiling with monitored disable works, but is really crappy
compared to monitored.
Several problems around this:
- there is some work being done to compile JKII maps with q3map. we need to
clearly identify the specifics of the JKII compiler.
- the project settings we use currently is pointing to sof2map. we don't
have an easy way for the user to select between different compilers at this
time
- BSP monitoring defaults to ON when you start the editor. right now you
have to manually turn it off before you compile maps
- without BSP monitoring, we don't have 'run engine after compile'
functionality either
- system.pk3:
the common/ dir is replaced by a system/ dir in JKII
from Q3 and RTCW common texture packs, I built a system.pk3
which is currently missing texes for:
blockplayer
blocknpc
noimpact
shotonlyclip
fog
outside
physics_clip
- curry is completely confused by JKII shaders. This is because they are in
shaders/ instead of scripts/. Fix may not be simple since it would suppose
access from the plugin to the g_pGameDescription (that is, if we want to
fix cleanly and with some reproductibility)
- startup shaders: JKII renamed what we know as 'common/' into 'system/' ..
the prefs would need to prompt for auto-load of system/ instead of common/
- web update shortcuts are not working
- what are the .gla and .glm files that we distribute with the setup? are
those used by the JKII editor?
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What I want to settle before we go live with this:
- add the missing texes into system.pk3
- have BSP monitoring off by default in JKII mode (actually, force disabled ?)
- have web update shortcut working
- put together a walkthrough to get people started (specially explaining
about the current compiling process)
- populate the Help menu docs section with more JKII specific things (add a
link to Mapcenter JKII editing forum?)
TTimo