Help: Can't get brush entities to work in Trenchbroom

[MaRiNe [Q2C]]

So it's been a very long time since I've mapped, and when I did, I used Qoole v2.50. But since I can't get it to work anymore, I thought I'd change to Trenchbroom with the Q2 addon instead (big thanks to Null for that).

However, I'm either forgetting the basics of mapping, or I just can't a brush entity to work in Trenchbroom. The menu gets stuck at "Create Brush Entity >" and doesn't let me add properties to any of the brushes. So I can't get even get the sky in my map to work!



Any advice would be appreciated.

[Null]

Trenchbroom V1 doesn't have full Q2 surface support, so things like the sky you'll have to tag in another editor like Qoole.

If that's too much of a pain, I recommend getting Trenchbroom V2 that natively supports Q2. It isn't officially out yet....
But if you contact the author Kristian at [e-mail], he should be able to send you a link to the latest beta version.
Also if you send a pm to Kitsune on this forum, he should be able to hook you up with the latest copy of V2 as well.

You might also find this helpful when learning Trenchbroom:
leray.proboards.com/thread/3616/trenchbroom-shortcut-cheatsheet

[MaRiNe [Q2C]]

Thanks so much, Null! I've sent Kristian an e-mail and Kitsune a PM. I'd like to try out Trenchbroom V2 - I wasn't aware that there was a beta version of it.

That cheatsheet will also come in handy when I (hopefully) get my hands on Trenchbroom V2.

[NIN-Kitsune]

The version I sent should do the trick, it's what I use to this day still! You can also select as many brushes you wish for that purpose as well and apply the entity to all desired brushes at once as a single entity can affect multiple brushes. Let me know if anything else you'd like to know ^w^!

[MaRiNe [Q2C]]

Thank you Kitsune, I received the file! I will now try it out and see whether I can do a small test map with brush entities, and then maybe go for a single player unit that I've been wanting to make.