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Quake Editor Tread 3.0 Alpha Released

Posted by timothy on from the when-you-really-need-to-shoot-things dept.

Joe Riedel writes "The alpha version of Tread 3.0, a Quake series map editor, has been released (including source code). Independent game developers and hobbyists who are looking for an editing tool may also want to check it out since it should provide a good starting point for their own tools (and it's free). This latest incarnation of the editor is unrelated source-wise from its predecessors; it is based on an in-house tool I developed a few years ago."

3 of 27 comments (clear)

  1. others by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 4, Informative

    How is this different from other Open Source editors, like GtkRadiant and QuArK?

    1. Re:others by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Speaking as an experienced mapper who has used GtkRadiant years, Tread is lacking a great deal. Perhaps it will become better, but it seems like a waste to develop it when Radiant is already much better and open source.

    2. Re:others by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 3, Informative
      I would like to draw your attention to a rather crappy aspect of the website that hosts this thing: there is no clue there WHAT IT IS.

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      I'm assuming the page has been updated since your post, as the first thing I saw was "Tread is a Quake 1 and 2 map editor that runs on Windows XP."