Quake Mapping: TrenchBroom 2 Quickstart

IMPORTANT: Trenchbroom has had some user interface changes since this video was published. Please refer to the use manual if you can't find something mentioned.

If you want to make maps for Quake, Quake 2 or Hexen 2, TrenchBroom is your best option. If you’re a total newb or returning to mapping after a long time away this is the tutorial you’re looking for!

Download TB right here: http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/

requires:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...

PLEASE NOTE: TrenchBroom has an excellent manual. You can find it under the “Help” menu.

TrenchBroom Discord:   / discord  
Map-Center on Discord   / discord  

UPDATE: Subscriber Jonathan Linat took the time to package all the required files (listed below) into a GitHub repo. This can be cloned to your own Git or downloaded. Thanks Jonathan!

https://github.com/jonathanlinat/quak...

If you don't want to use the link above, you’ll need the files available at the following sites:

TrenchBroom 2

https://github.com/kduske/TrenchBroom...
http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/

Start.wad

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/wads...

ericw-tools

https://ericwa.github.io/ericw-tools/
requires:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/downl...

Necros’ Compiling GUI 1.03

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/tool...
https://shoresofnis.wordpress.com/uti...

Quakespasm

https://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/do...
https://sourceforge.net/projects/quak...

Here’s a PDF with the setup information and keyboard shortcuts covered in the video.

https://www.quaketastic.com/files/mis...

Here are timestamps to the tutorial highlights:

0:00 Start
0:21 Directory Setup
1:33 TrenchBroom Installation
1:43 Wad Installation
1:53 Tools Installation
2:13 Quakespasm Installation
2:27 TrenchBroom Preferences
2:59 New Map
3:21 Texture Collections
3:44 TrenchBroom Manual
4:06 Navigation Controls
5:13 Applying a Texture
5:18 Entity Inspectors
5:41 Move Entity Vertically
5:49 Grid Sizes
6:09 Reshaping Brushes
6:17 Copy Brushes
6:50 Duplicate in Place
6:57 Brush Movement
7:03 Rotate Brush
7:27 Brush Selection
7:51 Grid Size Shortcuts
9:09 Keyboard Copy Selected
9:51 Keyboard Rotate Selected
10:06 Point Light
10:36 Compiling Setup
12:09 Compile
12:20 Playtest