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This is a list of all the file formats that can be used by FTEQW and some of the other commonly used engines. The engines are: FTEQW, DarkPlaces, Quakespasm, Quakespasm Spiked, VK Quake, Mark V, and EZ-Quake.
 
This is a list of all the file formats that can be used by FTEQW and some of the other commonly used engines. The engines are: FTEQW, DarkPlaces, Quakespasm, Quakespasm Spiked, VK Quake, Mark V, and EZ-Quake.
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
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Todo: Add IronWail.
 
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==Model and/or Animation==
 
==Model and/or Animation==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
! Format
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|}
 
|}
  
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==Map Source File (load a .map without compiling it)==
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
  
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==Map Source File (load a .map without compiling it)==
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
==Map Data File==
 
==Map Data File==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
| style="text-align:left;" | LH: DP can use .obj as a map if you provide a .ent file with it. You can also use it as a standard model in DP.
 
| style="text-align:left;" | LH: DP can use .obj as a map if you provide a .ent file with it. You can also use it as a standard model in DP.
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=== BSPX lumps ===
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
  
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
| style="text-align:left;" | Equivelent to a .lux file, but embedded into the bsp itself. Compile with ericw's light util using the -bspxlux argument.
 
| style="text-align:left;" | Equivelent to a .lux file, but embedded into the bsp itself. Compile with ericw's light util using the -bspxlux argument.
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
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| BSPX lump: DECOUPLED_LM
 
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| (.bsp)
 
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| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- FTE -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- DP  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QS  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QSS -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- VK  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- MkV -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
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| style="text-align:left;" | Completely replaces the lightmap lump with lightmaps that have UVs completely independent of regular diffuse textures.
 
  
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- MkV -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- MkV -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
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| style="text-align:left;" | Allows per-surface lightmap scaling, for higher resolution lightmaps. This is why .lit2 was basically abandoned. Deprecated in favor of DECOUPLED_LM
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| style="text-align:left;" | Allows per-surface lightmap scaling, for higher resolution lightmaps. This is why .lit2 was basically abandoned.
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
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| BSPX lump: LMSTYLE16
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| BSPX lump: VERTEXNORMALS
 
| (.bsp)
 
| (.bsp)
 
| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- FTE -->
 
| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- FTE -->
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- MkV -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- MkV -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
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| style="text-align:left;" | Up to 65k lightstyles, instead of 4.
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| style="text-align:left;" | Allows rtlights+specular lighting effects to respect 'phong'/edge smoothing. ericw stripped support for this from his tool.
  
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
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| BSPX lump: VERTEXNORMALS
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| BSPX lump: BRUSHLIST
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| (.bsp)
 
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| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- FTE -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- DP  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QS  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QSS -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- VK  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- MkV -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
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| style="text-align:left;" | Allows rtlights+specular lighting effects to respect 'phong'/edge smoothing. ericw stripped support for this from his tool.
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
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| BSPX lump: FACENORMALS
 
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| (.bsp)
 
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| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- FTE -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- DP  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QS  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QSS -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- VK  -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- MkV -->
 
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- EZ  -->
 
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| style="text-align:left;" | ericw-tools uses this instead of VERTEXNORMALS
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
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| BSPX lump: BRUSHLIST
 
 
| (.bsp)
 
| (.bsp)
 
| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- FTE -->
 
| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- FTE -->
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|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
  
 
==Map Misc. Data File==
 
==Map Misc. Data File==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
! Format
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|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
==Texture File==
 
==Texture File==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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==Sprite File==
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
  
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==Sprite File==
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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==Particle File==
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
  
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==Particle File==
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
==Shader File==
 
==Shader File==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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==Script File==
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
  
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==Script File==
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
==Sound Effect File==
 
==Sound Effect File==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
==Music Track File==
 
==Music Track File==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
! Format
Line 1,275: Line 1,226:
 
|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
==Video File==
 
==Video File==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
! Format
Line 1,484: Line 1,434:
 
|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
==Pathfinding==
 
==Pathfinding==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
! Format
Line 1,525: Line 1,474:
 
|}
 
|}
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
== File Archives ==
 
== File Archives ==
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:#999; text-align:center;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"
 
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|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
|-valign="top" style="background:#F8F8F8"
 
! Format
 
! Format
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QS  -->
 
| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N  <!-- QS  -->
 
| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- QSS -->
 
| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y  <!-- QSS -->
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| style="background:darkred; color:white;" | N <!-- VK  -->
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| style="background:grey; color:white;" | ? <!-- VK  -->
 
| style="background:grey; color:white;" | ?  <!-- MkV -->
 
| style="background:grey; color:white;" | ?  <!-- MkV -->
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| style="background:green; color:white;" | Y <!-- EZ  -->
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| style="background:grey; color:white;" | ? <!-- EZ  -->
 
| style="text-align:left;" | Actually a renamed ZIP file.
 
| style="text-align:left;" | Actually a renamed ZIP file.
 
Can use Deflate compression, or be uncompressed.
 
Can use Deflate compression, or be uncompressed.
  
 
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