TrenchBroom

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A modern cross-platform level editor for Quake-engine based games.

TrenchBroom is a cross platform level editor for Quake-engine based games. It supports Quake, Quake 2, and Hexen 2 and runs on Windows (XP and newer), Mac OS X (10.6 and newer) and Linux. TrenchBroom is easy to use and provides many simple and advanced tools to create complex and interesting levels with ease.

General

  • Full support for editing in 3D and in up to three 2D views
  • High performance renderer with support for huge maps
  • Unlimited Undo and Redo
  • Macro-like command repetition
  • Issue browser with automatic quick fixes
  • Point file support
  • Automatic backups
  • Free and cross platform

Brush Editing

  • Robust vertex editing with edge and face splitting and manipulating multiple vertices together
  • Clipping tool with two and three points
  • CSG operations: merge, subtract, intersect
  • UV view for easy texture manipulations
  • Precise texture lock for all brush editing operations
  • Multiple texture collections

Entity Editing

  • Entity browser with drag and drop support
  • Support for FGD and DEF files for entity definitions
  • Mod support
  • Entity link visualization
  • Displays 3D models in the editor
  • Smart entity property editors

To enable Quake engines within the editor install and connect an engine:

# Quake 1 support snap install quakespasm-beidl # or vkquake snap connect trenchbroom:quake-engine quakespasm-beidl:quake-engine

# Quake 2 support snap install yamagi-quake2-beidl snap connect trenchbroom:quake2-engine yamagi-quake2-beidl:quake2-engine

The engine will be available at one of these locations: /snap/trenchbroom/current/quake-engine/ /var/lib/snapd/snap/trenchbroom/current/quake-engine/ /snap/trenchbroom/current/quake2-engine/ /var/lib/snapd/snap/trenchbroom/current/quake2-engine/

Details for TrenchBroom

License
  • GPL-3.0

Last updated
  • 3 July 2019 - latest/stable
  • 11 June 2019 - latest/candidate

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