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+This simple .wad file contains skip textures for use in Quake level editors,
+They were created for a video tutorial series for the editor Trenchbroom 2.0.
+Hopefully you will find them useful!
+
+Skip textures are not a standard feature of Quake compiling software. However,
+ericw's tools and some others compiling suites do have support. 
+
+You can get Eric's here:
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+https://ericwa.github.io/ericw-tools/
+
+You may use this wad file in any way you see fit. Map files do not
+rewuire any credit. Please give me credit if you include them in any 
+type of non-map distribution.
+
+credit:	dumtruck_ds 
+email:	lango.lan.party AT gmail DOT com
+
+You will find the tutorials on YouTube:
+https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF502yOYr_olPaw6xgnYmaQ?view_as=subscriber
+
+Here's "skip" info from the readme found in the qbsp docs for ericw's tools:
+
+SPECIAL TEXTURE NAMES
+The contents inside a brush depend on the texture name(s) assigned to it.
+
+By default brush contents are solid unless they have a special name. Names beginning with an asterisk are liquids. A prefix of *slime indicates slime, *lava is for lava and anything else beginning with * will have contents as water.
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+All faces of a brush must have textures which indicate the same contents. Mixed content types will cause qbsp to print an error and exit.
+
+SKIP 
+Any surfaces assigned a texture name of skip will be compiled into the bsp as invisible surfaces. Solid surfaces will still be solid (e.g. the play can<61>t walk or shoot through them) but they will not be drawn. Water, slime and lava surfaces can be made invisible using the texture names *waterskip, *slimeskip and *lavaskip respectively.
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+HINT 
+Hint surfaces cause a bsp split and portal to be generated the on the surface plane, after which they are removed from the final bsp - they are neither visible, nor structural. Strategic placement of hint surfaces can be used by a map author to optimise the PVS calculations so as to limit overdraw by the engine (see also: vis(1)).
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+Use a texture with the name hintskip on any surfaces of a hint brush which you don<6F>t want to generate bsp splits or portals. All surfaces of a hint brush must use either the hint or hintskip texture name.