This calls for a question then : what do the *.map files contain, the ones from the Maps directory that you have to put in your server DIR ? I had always thought they contained a dumbed down 3D description of the zones, basically the world coordinates of the solid areas, so that NPCs do not fall underground etc. Am I wrong to think the contents of these files *.map is well-known and "easily" parseable ? I got them from Sourceforge so that was a given for me.
The S3D files are Sony material and feel like "less desireable", being proprietary.
I know nothing about how the 3D in EQ is orchestrated so I am asking newb questions here, to understand what we know and can retrieve, and what we cannot. If there is a place to get a bit more enlightened about this topic I welcome any link
