TrenchBroom Set-Up

Introduction

This is a quick-start guide on installing the custom TrenchBroom profile for Nazi Zombies: Portable in order to use its mapping toolset with the program, as well as a brief instructional on installing Vluzcan’s Half-Life Tools, the .BSP compiler to use. Nazi Zombies: Portable relies on Half-Life BSP type 30 as opposed to Quake type 29.

This is not a guide on learning to use TrenchBroom or Quake mapping. Please refer to the Landing page for resource links to these. Additionally, Trenchbroom version v2024.1 is recommended for configuration file compatibility.

If you are looking for Texture WADs, refer to the ones on our asset repository, provided you agree and adhere to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 licensing.

TrenchBroom Profile

Downloading

Nazi Zombies: Portable hosts the TrenchBroom profile on GitHub. Navigate to the repository, press the green Code button, followed by pressing Download ZIP. The profile will then be downloaded.

Installation

TrenchBroom Preferences window, highlighting the games directory button — TrenchBroom Preferences window, highlighting the `games` directory button

Once the .ZIP archive is downloaded, start TrenchBroom and locate Preferences. This will bring you to a panel that displays a list of all currently installed profiles, you will likely only be presented with the default ones available. Click the folder icon (📁) that appears on the bottom of the left window pane to open the <TrenchBroom>/games directory in your file manager.

Trenchbroom’s games directory, with the NZ:P profile installed

Inside of this directory, create a new one of your choice (nzp is likely preferred), and extract the TrenchBroom profile .ZIP contents inside of it. You should be left with a similar result to the screenshot showcased above – an nzp directory where the contents contain Icon.png, tb-nzp.fg, and GameConfig.cfg. Installation should now be complete, verify that NZP is now present in TrenchBroom Preferences to confirm correct installation.

Compiler Set-Up

Downloading

The .BSP compiler, Vluzcan’s Half-Life Tools, can be downloaded for x86 and x86_64 variants of Linux and Windows as well as in-support macOS versions via Nazi Zombies: Portable’s GitHub fork. This link, similar to the nightly deployment builds, will always be up to date and are automatically deployed on-commit.

Installation

NZ:P’s TrenchBroom Compilation Tools dialogue paths

Extract and/or copy your VHLT binaries to an easily identifiable location. Navigate to TrenchBroom’s Preferences menu and select NZP from the list. You will be prompted with four file select dialogues under Compilation Tools. Use these dialogues to select the binaries you copied to a directory previously (e.g., link csg with hlcsg.exe).

Once this is done, the compiler paths can be used in setting up build profiles inside of TrenchBroom, using ${csg}, ${bsp}, ${vis}, and ${rad}. Reminder that this guide was not made to instruct how to set up basic build profiles for TrenchBroom. Please refer to the Landing page for further resources if necessary.