Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

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Post by valorzard » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC

When trying to do quick play on Windows 11 Firefox, I got an error saying it couldn't capture my mouse

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

#12

Post by voidfunc » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 9:09 PM UTC

Oh man this takes me back to map making days with q3radiant and gtkradiant.

I miss the days of shooters with strong community run servers.

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

#13

Post by SaltyAstronaut » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC

carlosjobim wrote: post #5

SaltyAstronaut wrote: post #3

Very cool! Would love a way to implement and play on the browser as well. Fingers crossed for that one..such a good game and very nostalgic.

Here you go: https://dos.zone/mp/?lobby=q3

Woah! Welp - here goes my weekend.

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

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Post by lizoenn » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

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Post by naikrovek » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC

voidfunc wrote: post #12

Oh man this takes me back to map making days with q3radiant and gtkradiant. I miss the days of shooters with strong community run servers.

Even just games that included map editors. I miss those a lot.

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

#16

Post by vivzkestrel » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC

- can someone with expertise shed some light on how do you go about figuring out how a game like quake 3 works

- now i know someone would say "just read the source code bro" but i am not a 3d game dev

- as a beginner, how do you wrap your head around a codebase as complicated as quake or something?

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

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Post by gregjw » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 6:08 AM UTC

is the community still here for this kind of project? like people actively seeking out more Quake 3?

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

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Post by raymond_goo » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 6:13 AM UTC

vivzkestrel wrote: post #16

- can someone with expertise shed some light on how do you go about figuring out how a game like quake 3 works - now i know someone would say "just read the source code bro" but i am not a 3d game dev - as a beginner, how do you wrap your head around a codebase as complicated as quake or something?

Download the source code, open it in Visual Studio Code (free), use AI tools like claude code and copilot to learn about it.

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

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Post by drdator » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 6:33 AM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #6

Very cool. Are you compiling the maps with q3map2?

Thank you! No, it's the original q3map from the GPL source release compiled to WASM, not q3map2. Will at some point look into q3map2.

Re: Show HN: Q3Edit – Edit and play Quake 3 maps in the browser

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Post by drdator » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC

valorzard wrote: post #11

When trying to do quick play on Windows 11 Firefox, I got an error saying it couldn't capture my mouse

Thanks for the bug report, I will look into it