launch quakelive (either through steam or standalone)
press the 'play now' button
the game will load
now you can look at the textures!!!!

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go %AppData%\..\LocalLow\id Software\quakelive\baseq3

open the [mapname.pk3] file with 7-zip or similar and you can find the "textures" folder

Most of maps uses textures from common packs (like pak13.pk3).

For example, ctf4 have only jumpad textures in pack.
http://i.imgur.com/j21ijP7.png

I need to get list of texture names (or shaders) used for every map. Looking for them manually in every pack takes too much time.

Try converting bsp to map and then parsing the file.

You can select all pk3's and right click -> Extract in to get all the files from all pk3's. If that doesn't work, then use this:

Go to the folder with the pk3's. Shift right click inside the folder -> 'Open command line here'. Type in:

ren *.pk3 *.zip

Select all the (now) zip files, right click -> 'Extract in ...'. Now you have a folder with all the contents of all pk3 files.

To fix your QL installation, run

ren *.zip *.pk3

Altough you can't really figure out what map uses what, it does give a list of all textures.

If you use a sensible program like 7zip instead (which is also free unlike winrar) then you don't need to rename, just right click and open with or extract to.

I got 7zip as well, but how do I open multiple files at the same time like you are saying? Also, I don't have 7zip in my right click menu at all.

I am not saying you are wrong, but I am curious because I use it on my laptop and I always have to open it first and can't extract multiple files at once.

Tools -> options -> 7zip tab

'Integrate 7-zip to shell context menu' must be enabled

If it is and you still don't have the '7zip' option (or multiple options if the cascade option in this tab is disabled) in right click menu's then redownload and reinstall, these menu's being on have been default for years.

Thanks but nope, doesn't work for me. But it's probably something on my end, don't worry about it I will look at it myself later.

With the old builds, you wouldn't get the menu in 32bit explorer if you installed the 64bit 7zip build.
I think (but am not entirely sure it's been several years since it was an issue for me) in the latest builds they fixed that and you should get the menu in both if you install the 64bit build on a 64bit OS.

Aha, that was exactly it. For some reason I had the 32 bit version, I installed the 64 bit one and now it works fine with the right click menu :-) Thanks

I use winRAR and don't need to rename either ;)

/shaderlist

Open the bsp in a text editor, ctrl + f "textures".

Open the map in Quake 3, see what errors are in the console.

Open Wolfcam, enable r_debugMarkSurface, and shoot a wall.

Decompile the bsp, open it in Radiant, and shift + click on a surface.

Thank you.