Q3MAP - FACECULL
by ydnar - http://shaderlab.com

Version 1.2 (ydnar 7) Alpha

** UNSUPPORTED--USE AT YOUR OWN RISK **


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What it is:

This is a (tiny) fork off of the 1.2 alpha q3map for GtkRadiant.

The only thing special about it is that it removes faces obscured
by other identical (co-incident) faces.




What this means:

You (the mapper) don't have to caulk all those unseen faces on
detail brushes.

Everyone else (the people who download your map) don't have to
suffer as much from your shoddy map construction.

:)



How to use:

BACK UP YOUR CURRENT Q3MAP. I am not responsible for any damage
you do to your Quake 3 or Radiant setup.

Unzip and copy the q3map.exe file into the GtkRadiant directory
(or wherever your current q3map is).

Compile like usual. Your map will now take up less memory and
have lower r_speeds.

To see how effective it's being at removing those unsightly
faces, run with the -v argument.

Note: The "normal" q3map can be used for vis and light. The
changes to q3map only affect the bsp stage.



Version history:

Date		Version					Notes
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2001-12-03	1.2 (ydnar) Alpha		Initial version (win32)

2001-12-03	1.2 (ydnar 2) Alpha		Tolerance expanded
									(more brush faces caught)
									
2001-12-04	1.2 (ydnar 3) Alpha		Fetail faces inside other
									detail brushes now culled,
									Small against large detail
									faces also culled.

2001-12-04	1.2 (ydnar 4) Alpha		djbob found a bug where
									coincident caulk faces
									were causing textured
									faces to be caulked. Fixed.

2001-12-04	1.2 (ydnar 7) Alpha		5 and 6 were internal test
									versions. This version
									takes into account extra
									surface info, so coplanar
									clip brushes no longer
									cull away textured sides.



Blah:

Shouts to K, djbob, MrD, AstroCreep, and all the whiny mappers
who made me do it.

Have a nice day.



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