Quark Setup

Thanks to Shoot for the work put into this tutorial.

Ahhh Quark - I still use it from time to time - but still gravitate to Radiant and GTK . Its been sometime since I setup the model support for SOF2 in Quark - last fall sometime I think - the support for SOF2 is in the latest downloads o­n the quark site and sourceforge. The latest final version is 6.3 (Final) and was done o­n Jan 15 2003 - there is a new beta out for 6.4 which is available o­n the site - I would suggest using that o­ne - it includes better support for SOF2 and has the bounding box support for models included.
Go to o­ne of these sites to get Quark - Look and be sure you have the latest version as it is continually under development.

You will also need Python to be able to run Quark - I recommend the minipython program not the full versions of Python - they dont work right with quark and they can cause a lot of other issues - Here is the link to get the Mini-Python - Look o­n right side of the page at the top of the form for the python links and requirements.

You will also need the sof2map.exe file that comes in the sof2mpsdk - place this in your base folder.

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1. Install Mini-Python - follow the instructions - I recommend restarting after installing this.

2. Install Quark - for the purpose of this I am suggesting 6.4. Create a Folder called whatever you want - for example - Quark 6-4. Unzip the Quark 6.4 Snapshot file to this folder.

3.Place this folder where you want it - in the root C drive or in program files.

4. Click the Quark.exe file - it will come up and say that setup was cleared and ask if you want to activate colorful captions again - (Not really sure why) click yes. - Quark will then open but it is not setup.

5. First go to the games option o­n the left side of the menu bar and select sof2 from the list of supported games.

6. Next you will setup the program configuration - Choose configuration from the edit menu, then select sof2 from the list of games.

7. Setup the Configuration: See the image below for the actual screen

1. Choose where your sof2 directory is at
2. Uncheck the Run Build Programs in Quark Console - This is optional but I recommend viewing the build program running in its own window so you can monitor it
3. Select the directory where you have the sof2map.exe program is located so you can compile.
4. Select OK or apply then ok - this saves the configuration.

8. Next you need to setup the texture browser - From the toolbox option o­n the menu bar choose texture browser.

9. Click o­ne time o­n the Raven Textures and Shaders icon and then click the "Make a link for a folder button" see the image below - it is the 2nd icon from the right o­n the icon bar.

10. A texture finder window will appear - select the base folder and press ok - this will search the pk3 files in your base folder for any textures that occur there. If you have done this correctly you will see a screen that looks like the o­ne below - a base folder with all the folders that are in the pk3 files.

11. Now close the texture browser and then close Quark - it will ask you to save changes to the datasof2.qrk file - click yes and let it close.

Shoot...out