BSP (file)
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File storing level geometry and objects for Quake engine and all of it's successors (Id tech 2, Id Tech 3, Goldsrc engine, Source engine, etc.).
BSP is not suited for direct editing. It get builded from a MAP file. The process of building is called compilation. Compilation have several stages:
- BSP - first stage, map geometry is converted to BSP tree, all level structures are created.
- VIS - cluster-to-cluster visibility being calculated for a map.
- LIGHT - static lighting (lightmap, lightgrid) being generated.
For each of game and engine, BSP file version and structure is different. Blood Omnicide using Id Tech 3 BSP version, known as Q3BSP.
Darkplaces engine can load following BSP file versions:
- Quake BSP
- Half-Life BSP
- Quake 3 BSP]
