I posted this a few minutes ago and it apparently was lost in the ether.

Long story short, I'm grabbing new maps as I spectate on https://hub.quakeworld.nu/, and I'm seeing colored lighting on maps that have no lit file.

How is this possible? Running ezquake 3.2.3.

new -bspxlit argument bakes the colored lighting in

Thanks, anyother.

I had found the answer just as you answered.

https://www.reddit.com/r/quake/comments/1b9gr99/comment/ku469tm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Has a bit more detail about -bspx, which appears to have .loc info too? Just a guess since I never use them.