Microbrush 3 Created 10 years ago2015-01-31 22:15:12 UTC by Shrinker

Hello,

I am working on a little level editor/3D modeler that is not meant to do all the stuff a full editor like Hammer/Radiant/Sledge/Trenchbroom does, but augment the level editing process a bit. I'm embracing the math of brushes (and now also curved patch meshes) and trying to build a powerful tool around it. The thing is programmable out of the box without third-party tools and supports a variety of level formats (HL1 .map, HL2 .vmf, Q3 .map). While my focus is very narrow at the moment (mostly just the bare geometry), I hope that someone who got a bit used to it can brush out their level a lot faster with it than with other editors.

Here is a video of it in use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjjB8MLjvJ4
And a video from today showing my first steps with curved patch meshes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhBy8XjdvG8

An old and a new pic (new pic showing the export to radiant):At the moment, I can not offer a polished 1.0.0 release of it yet as my todo list is still very crowded... but I'm actively working on this every other day.
Work in progress versions can be found here.

The editor is a standard Windows application and uses OpenGL for rendering.

I'll share updates in this thread.

Regards,

Shrinker

Looks Really cool!

Maybe you and Penguinboy can trade some development secrets and improve both programs in the process

Looks Really cool!

Maybe you and Penguinboy can trade some development secrets and improve both programs in the process

I agree!

I've seen Microbrush once, Shrinker (I also love your "customizable" website! :D). But I remember that it was a bit hard on working with it though (imho). But I would like to learn how to use it because it's a really interesting program, indeed. :3

Also, thank you for adding Sledge to your "Other hobbyist level editors you should know about" section!

Much appreciated. Keep up your great work.

Thank you!

Yeah, I hope I can also contribute knowledge and technology over time.
Microbrush 2 was indeed a bit difficult to play with because the UI experience had a really low priority for me back then. Things changed now. You couldn't rebind the camera keys. - You can now. There was no focus on using a UI to interact with the editor. - There is now. There was only one view. - There are now multiple loaded worlds and multiple views per world. There was no 2D view. - There is now a plethora of settings for configuring any kind of perspectivic or parallel projection imaginable. And the main toolbar got a very elaborate help system, hidden behind the [?] button - and this help system will grow into the rest of the editor too.

Microbrush 2 ended up in maintenance hell because everything was hardcoded. Microbrush 3 has very strict and clean interface borders between common editor code, game-specific code, hardcode and plugins. On the way to where I am now, I've developed a Minecraft editor based on the same foundation, but that project is now frozen indefinitely.

New grid functionality ported over from Microbrush 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwUUPiRod-w

I think I'm ready for a new little release version soon. So much has been improved and so much was added since the last version, including that Quake 3 map support.

The new version with Quake 3 map support is available here (Microbrush-3-wip-2015-...zip): http://shrinker.beyond-veils.de/projects/IterationX/Microbrush3/
Might have to hit F5 once because screw the browser cache mechanisms. :I