Map Mixer for Quake II released!

[Null]

Hello mappers!

I come with greetings from NIN Clan!

We at NIN have finally decided to package and release our internal set of Map Remixing Tools that have kept our main server "Whale's Eye" pumping with fresh vibrant looking maps for a long while now. And now we're making them readily available to everyone to do as they please! And what better place to make this known than the center of the quake 2 mapping universe aka Q2 Cafe!

I know it takes great skill, determination and patience to do what you guys do so well, but now it's also good to know that there's an easier alternative for the less advanced mappers out there

The beauty of Map Mixer is that it works directly on the BSP file making it possible to replace all the internal textures without having to recompile anything and in mere seconds! The application also provides a simple user interface to talk with arghrad and re-light the bsp file as well. And to top it all of there's also an advanced editor to deal with overriding and placing entities, that provides the user with sets of templates ranging from simple teleports to more complex combinations like moving colorful lasers and what not. Another cool thing is, when you're done with your creation, with only one click you can package up all the files associated with the bsp (env/textures/sounds/override) into one neat zip file ready to be uploaded and shared!

The application currently supports multiple mods and comes pre-loaded with dm, wodx and xatrix entities and templates.
Texture replacement is simple as drag and drop from windows explorer. Also NIN-KitsuneButt was nice enough to write up a thorough manual for all you good folks out there to better understand all the other features not mentioned here:

Map Mixer Manual - how to use the main functions
Map Mixer - how to easily host your creations
Our Map Center - where you can share your creations with us or download others!


I hope we can work together to keep Quake 2 alive and well for years to come!

Here's what the Re-Texture interface looks like:


And here's before and after shots of the standard map mintro.bsp




www.netdoo.com/wodx/MapMixer1.0.rar

Cheers!
NIN-Null

[Wixen1 [Q2C]]

Hi NIN-Null and welcome to the Café

Thanks for sharing your work, it looks awesome and easy to use.

Comments on using this map remixing tool is very welcomed.

-W1

[Null]

TEMP BUG FIX:
It was recently brought to my attention that some people might need "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)" in order to properly run the application without errors: "Error while generating thumbnail at index <number>"

You can download and install "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)" from here:
www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5555 4MB

If you get a crash in mapmixer, make sure that the "textures" and "maps" paths you specify in settings, are both in the same mod directory ex:
C:\quake2\baseq2\textures, C:\quake2\baseq2\maps

Also if the "env" folder doesn't exists in: baseq2 and weapons directories, make sure to create it. (This crash bug will be fixed in next version)
ex: C:\quake2\baseq2\env, C:\quake2\weapons\env, C:\quake2\your_mod_name\env

On another note, Kitsune has updated the manual with even more map overriding tips and tricks:
www.netdoo.com/ninclan/board/YaBB.cgi?num=1310112731

Cheers,

[Wixen1 [Q2C]]

Thanks for the update and links..
-W1

[uzi9mmauto]

According to my Chat Logs about MapMixers and when they came here to download file.
When they went to Download file. They had No Idea that

SIGNING UP IS REQUIRED FOR DOWNLOADS TO WORK.
It takes only a minute and you may DL right away.

[luzifer]

Tried it and I simply like that tool.s
Its really easy to use and gives new life to old maps one likes to play but get a bit bored to look at the same textures over and over again.
Great work ! Thank for the effort you must have put into making this.