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- BatchMap version 1.0 .MAP -> .BSP front end
- (C) Copyright 1996 Darrell Esau
-
- WHAT IS IT?
-
- Have you ever had 2 or 3 fairly large .maps to process, each one taking an
- hour or two? You know that each of the three utilities will take 30 minutes
- or so to run. So you start QBsp and let it run...come back half an hour later
- and start Light...come back half an hour later and start Vis. Then you do it
- all over again with the remaining .maps. Ok...maybe you've made a batch file
- to run all three utils at once...but you still have to run that batch file
- on each .map. I got tired of doing that, so I wrote BatchMap. BatchMap will
- allow you to process up to 30 different .maps, all with their own separate
- command line arguments. You can load BatchMap up, input the desired command
- line arguments, and let it go. When you come back hours later, it'll have
- processed each .map with it's own arguments and have each .bsp waiting for
- you with a little ribbon on....well...no ribbon.
-
- SO HOW DO I RUN IT?
-
- Just put the BatchMap.exe file in whatever directory you would like, and type
- BatchMap. Oh...give it a few .maps to chew on.
- ie: BATCHMAP JRBASE1.MAP COM28.MAP WOOD.MAP
- BatchMap needs a config file to run. It's just a text file with all your own
- personal settings in it. If it doesn't find one residing in it's directory,
- it'll ask if you want it to create one. After it creates a config file, it'll
- ask you where you keep your QBsp.exe, Vis.exe, and Light.exe utilities. It'll
- also ask you where you want your .bsp files dumped to.
- After you give it all the information it wants, it'll give you the menu screen.
- From here, you can turn the command line args on and off by pressing the
- letter corresponding to each arg. If the argument needs additional information,
- such as -threads, you will be prompted to put in the info. You can scroll
- through the supplied .maps by pressing the N key for next, or the P key for
- previous.
- There are several other options you can select for each .map...such as weather
- or not to delete the .h1, .h2, .prt, and .pts files, or weather or not to run
- Vis or Light....
- You can change the output directory, or the utility directory from here as
- well.
- If you like the current settings and would like to set them as default, just
- press the S key to save. If you want to pull up the default settings for the
- current .map, just hit the R key for restore. You can also redirect the
- screen output to file (so you won't miss any of the cool errors that QBsp will
- give you), just select that option, and put in the name of the output text
- file.
- A word on redirecting:
- I just used the DOS double greater than symbol (>>) to redirect, so any text
- will be appended on the file if it already exists. If you use the same file
- for redirection, you will want to delete it after each use, or it'll get quite
- large.
- If you chicken out and decide not to run the .maps, just hit the Q key and
- you get dumped out to DOS.
-
- COMPATIBILITY:
-
- Will it work on my Power Mac?
- NO...unless you're an idiot with an emulator...in which case you're just in
- denial and really wish you had a PC.
-
- It was written for DOS so all you Windows-haters would be able to use it.
- If you do use Windows, you can drag multiple .map files and drop them on the
- BatchMap icon.
- If you have a fairly late DOS (5.0?) and a computer with ample resources you
- should be Ok. I believe you need at least 16 megs of RAM to process larger
- .maps...that's all I've got and it runs fine for me.
-
- BUGS/BUG REPORTING/TECH SUPPORT:
-
- If you've got any questions, or found any bugs, just mail them to:
- desau@toocool.itslab.calpoly.edu
- There shouldn't be any bugs, but hey, who's perfect? If you find a problem,
- email it to me and I'll try to fix it and send a "closer to perfect" copy
- back to you.
-
- HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
-
- If you use the program for more than 3 days, you are required to register it
- for $299.95. :)
- Actually...like any good utility, it's free.
- If you use it a lot, and would like to compensate me for my pain and agony
- of programming it, just send anything to:
- Darrell Esau
- 805 Boysen #13
- San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
-
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
- I'm just a poor, starving college student at Cal Poly, SLO. Naw...life's not
- so bad...
- if you wanna check out my web page, go to: http://toocool.itslab.calpoly.edu/~desau
-
- ADDITIONAL CREDITS:
- Scott McNutt for testing. Check out SM Levels at: http://www.best.com/~smmcnutt
- Scott Lyon for testing. Check out the Gamers Corner at: http://www.cyberlynk.com/~scottl
- id Software for the awesome game, and for making it so easy to edit.
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- BatchMap is provided as is, and the user accepts any and all risks of using it.
-
-
- NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT:
-
- QUAKE is a registered trademark of id Software.
- QBsp, Vis, and Light are all property of id Software.
- BatchMap is Copyright 1996 by Darrell Esau
-
-