BSP

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BSP stands for Binary Space Partition. *.bsp is the file extension for maps/levels used by BSP based game engines. For more information how BSP works see the Wikipedia article on binary space partitioning.

Links

• General info on BSP formats. (http://www.unrealwiki.com/wiki/BSP_Tree)
• The Source engine BSP format. (http://www.geocities.com/cofrdrbob/bspformat.html)
• The bsp format explained in a for normal people understandable way. (http://www.planetquake.com/qxx/bsp/)
• Quake 2 Engine BSP format (http://flipcode.com/articles/article_q2bsp-pf.shtml) (for understanding and comparison).
• Information at Wikipedia about Binary space partitioning.

See also

• Using Bspzip to Embed Custom Content
• BSP Initialization
• VBSP