A Qt-based WAD texture editor for Quake games.

A replacement for TexMex.

Features

• Open and edit WAD files
• Import PNG, JPG, JPEG images as textures
• Texture operations: flip, rotate, resize, rename
• Defullbright: remove fullbright colors from textures
• Export as WAD or individual images
• Supports both WAD2 (Quake) and WAD3 (Half-Life)
• Animated liquid texture preview

Installation

Requires Python.

git clone https://github.com/tunalad/qthon.git
cd qthon
python build.py

The binary will be in the dist folder.

On Linux/macOS, you can also use make install after building (installs to ~/.local/bin).

Acknowledgments

vgio by Joshua Skelton - The backbone of this project. Handles reading and writing WAD2 and WAD3 files.

Quake Fluids Explained by Federico Dossena - An in-depth article explaining how liquid animations work in Quake, including a demo which was adapted for the liquid texture preview.

Fugue Icons by Yusuke Kamiyamane - A set of icons used throughout the interface.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0