TrenchBroom

TrenchBroom is a modern cross-platform level editor for Quake-engine based games.

• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shcAvnYp9ow
• Website: https://github.com/TrenchBroom/TrenchBroom
• Discord: https://discord.gg/WGf9uve
• Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@trenchbroom
• Video Tutorial Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgDKRPte5Y0AZ_K_PZbWbgBAEt5xf74aE
• Manual: https://trenchbroom.github.io/manual/latest

Features

• General
  • Full support for editing in 3D and in up to three 2D views
  • High performance renderer with support for huge maps
  • Unlimited Undo and Redo
  • Macro-like command repetition
  • Issue browser with automatic quick fixes
  • Point file support
  • Automatic backups
  • .obj file export
  • Free and cross platform
• Brush Editing
  • Robust vertex editing with edge and face splitting and manipulating multiple vertices together
  • Clipping tool with two and three points
  • Scaling and shearing tools
  • CSG operations: merge, subtract, intersect
  • UV view for easy texture manipulations
  • Precise texture lock for all brush editing operations
  • Multiple texture collections
• Entity Editing
  • Entity browser with drag and drop support
  • Support for FGD and DEF files for entity definitions
  • Mod support
  • Entity link visualization
  • Displays 3D models in the editor
  • Smart entity property editors
• Supported Games
  • Quake (Standard and Valve 220 file formats)
  • Quake 2
  • Quake 3 (partial, no patches or brush primitives yet)
  • Hexen 2
  • Daikatana
  • Generic (for custom engines)
  • More games can be supported with custom game configurations

Releases

• Binary builds are available from releases.

Compiling

• Read Build.md for instructions

Contributing

• Bug reports and feature suggestions are welcome. Please submit them at https://github.com/TrenchBroom/TrenchBroom/issues
• If you wish to contribute code or improve the documentation, please get in touch with me at [email protected].
• All help is appreciated!

Credits

• Qt
• FreeType
• FreeImage
• GLEW
• TinyXML
• miniz
• Assimp
• Catch2
• CMake
• vcpkg
• Pandoc
• Quake icons by Th3 ProphetMan
• Hexen 2 icon by thedoctor45
• Source Sans Pro font

Changes

See releases for latest changes.