Quake 1 Maps for Quake 3

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Quake 1 Maps for Quake 3

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Does anyone know if there's a way to import the quake 1 maps in quake 3?

Much obliged,

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With a few hours work and a working knowledge of Q1 and Q3 editors, yet it's possible on some maps.

However, the overall map scale is off, and the map would have to be entirely retextured and the entities re-placed. The lighting usually needs a complete overhaul as well or you can try getting creative with notepad find/replace on the raw map file to tone down the light entities. Either works.

You'll have to google around for a DeBSP program that works on Q1 maps. Bear in mind that the Q2 and Q3 map and BSP formats are supposed to be nearly identical, so you can get away with some stuff on-and-off with tools designed for Q2.

My last experimentation with direct Q1-Q3 conversion resulted in getting a .map file into Q3Radiant, but often large sections of the structure were missing and needed re-constructing. It's do-able, but time intensive.
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Post by lowdown187 »

Thank you for both replies. Those map downloads were exactly what I was looking for!
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Post by Lieutenant Dan »

Thanks for those links, the maps are great.

Even though I could just boot up quake 1 and play the actual ones.
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