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FTEQW File Formats

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Revision as of 22:42, 15 September 2018 by Echos (talk | contribs)
echos added a To-Do; this page is a work in progress, it's not yet finished.

Model and/or Animation

Format Ext FTE DP QS QSS Notes Examples Tutorials
Quake1 (.mdl) Y Y Y Y These became known as Alias models, even though that‘s not correct. John Carmack always called these Alias models, so the name stuck. none none
Quake2 (.md2) Y Y N N none none none
Quake3 (.md3) Y Y N Y none none none
Inter-Quake Model (.iqm) Y Y N N none none none
DarkPlaces Model (.dpm) Y Y N N none none none
Unreal Interchange Model (.psk) Y Y N N none none none
Zymotic Model (.zym) Y Y N N none none none
MD5 Mesh (.md5mesh) Y N N N none none none
MD5 Anim (.md5anim) Y N N N none none none
QuakeForge 16bit Alias (.???) Y N N N none none none
Half-Life (.mdl) Y N N N none none none
Hexen2 (.mdl) Y N N N none none none
External Anim (.???) Y N N N none none none
FTE Heightmap Map (.hmp) Y N N N none none none
Wavefront (.obj) N Y N N none none none
Alias Triangle (.tri) N N N N none none none

Map Source File (load a .map without compiling it)

Format Ext FTE DP QS QSS Notes Examples Tutorials
Quake1 (.map) Y N N N Echos: External TGA textures will look wrong in FTE due to params not being adjusted. none none
Quake2 (.map)  ?  ?  ?  ? none none none
Quake3 (.map)  ?  ?  ?  ? none none none
Half-Life (.map)  ?  ?  ?  ? none none none

Map Data File

Format Ext FTE DP QS QSS Notes Examples Tutorials
Quake1 (.bsp) Y Y Y Y none none none
Quake1 2PSB (.bsp) Y Y N N none none none
Quake1 BSP2 (.bsp) Y Y N N none none none
Quake2 (.bsp) Y Y N N none none none
Quake3 (.bsp) Y Y N N none none none
Half-Life (.bsp) Y Y N N none none none
Qfusion (.bsp) Y N N N none none none
SOF2 (.bsp) Y N N N none none none
JK2 (.bsp) Y N N N none none none
JA (.bsp) Y N N N none none none
Extensible BSP / BSPX (.bsp) Y N N N none none none
Quake1 Prerelease (.bsp) Y N N N none none none
Quake1 Alpha/Pre-Alpha (.bsp) N N N N none none none
Quake Live (.???) N Y N N none none none
Wavefront (.obj) N Y N N none none none

Map Misc. Data File

Format Ext FTE DP QS QSS Notes Examples Tutorials
Quake1 external lightmap (.lit) Y Y Y Y none none none
Entity Replacement (.ent) Y Y  ? Y none none none
LightDirectionMap (.dlit) Y Y  ? N none none none
DeluxeMap (.lux) Y N  ? N none none none
RealtimeLights (.rtlights) Y Y  ? N none none none