bsp files ?

needforhint · Post by **needforhint** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:41 pm

I just started some learning about them (bsp files), but if anyone could speed that procces, I would be thankfull. This is the problem... I can't load .bsp files in irrlicht. I get console errors "uknown header" or "format unsupported", I use irrlicht 1.0 and I have my code correct (I tried also the tutorial code too with just a different .bsp file

). I can load only pk3 files, and I can't even be sure about that, because I've loaded only one pk3 file in my life, the irrlicht media one. So, the second, I installed myself a GTK radiant and I can't load bsp files in it too, only *map, *mapx and *reg. So I really wonder now

Vuen · Post by **Vuen** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:04 pm

Which BSP files in particular are you trying to load?

needforhint · Post by **needforhint** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:55 pm

here it is
http://hl2-maps.zoxt.net/Half-Life-2%20 ... st.bsp.rar

dawasw · Post by **dawasw** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:04 pm

Oh you have Half Life 2 .bsp map hmm I use gtk radiant with quake III and every map I make loads 100% correctly.

Maybe you should use Quake 3 .bsp ?

As I remember right only q3 bsp's are supported. HL 2 bsp won't run with irrlicht. (I think HL 2 maps have kinda diffrent texturing method, because they use materials for textures including some surface information for physics and stuff)

Correct me If I'm wrong, but HL 2 bsp won't run I think.

needforhint · Post by **needforhint** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:20 am

thanks dawasw, you are right.

But now I seem to load pk3 files with no problem, but I can't load a bsp file "stand alone" . I tried also the irrlicht q3 bsp file from unzipped pk3 to load stand alone, but to no avail. What is a bsp file? Does it contain textures or only geometry?

sh1ny · Post by **sh1ny** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:46 am

needforhint wrote:thanks dawasw, you are right.

But now I seem to load pk3 files with no problem, but I can't load a bsp file "stand alone" . I tried also the irrlicht q3 bsp file from unzipped pk3 to load stand alone, but to no avail. What is a bsp file? Does it contain textures or only geometry?

Well it contains geometry with reference to textures, but the textures are stored separately. Example

somemap.pk3
- Maps/
----somemap.pk3
-Textures/
----texture.tga

dawasw · Post by **dawasw** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:05 pm

somemap.pk3
- Maps/
----somemap.pk3
-Textures/
----texture.tga

Sh1ny sorry but a little correct

:

somemap.pk3
- Maps/
----somemap.bsp
-Textures/
----texture.tga

That means you have 2 folders in a .pk3 file the 'map' folder and the 'textures' folder. Map folder should have .bsp file (compiled by gtk radiant) and textures folder should have only JPG files of textures - because If I remember right Irrlicht .bsp loader won't load tga textures of .bsp map file.

sh1ny · Post by **sh1ny** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:01 pm

<--- l33t typeor..err typoer

needforhint · Post by **needforhint** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:38 am

thank you, that's what I needed to know