Railing

[Dingo]

Another noob question from Dingo... When I add in my railing it doesn't look like it fits, so how do I put it in so that it looks like an actual railing?

[M&M]

how exactly do u mean they dont fit ?
textures? mapping? ....?

[Dingo]

The top of the railing is almost invisible.... and it almost seems like its double... it seems way out of proportion.

[M&M]

errrm, a screeshot would help
if u dont know how ,then find some freewebserver and make an account ,then upload ur pic .and put its link here between .[img].[/img] w/o dots

some random help!
did u try to remake it? or was it a prefab ? try going into grid 1 and make small adjustments and see if that fixes it

[Dingo]

Argh... it wont let me for some reason... all I can say is that it doesnt look like a nomal rail, I thin kthe only way I could get help is for someone to tell me how THEY make railings. Maybe it will work then.

[Dingo]

I could probably send i through email. If that would help.

[M&M]

well,i was suggesting over this forums so that if i fail to help,some1 with better mapping skills could jump to the rescue

[quote]it wont let me for some reason/[quote]
wont let u do what? upload? or post a link?
ill tell u how i take screenshots and view them here
i 1st press f12 ingame to capture the screen , then brighten it if neccessary .and turn it into an .jpg file (cause .tga isnt displayed over the net and because its much smaller)
then i upload it to my account at www.photobucket.com (free)
and post the link here between the [img]link%20here[/img] tags

[Dingo]

I know I took the screenshot but freewebs wot let me upload the pic on to it.

[panTera]

Most railing-textures have 'cull none' in the shader, so when you don't use the nodraw texture it will be drawn from both sides and looks doubled.

-When making a railing with such texture you need to make a brush the size you want and apply the common/nodraw-texture to all 6 sides first.
-Next you select one side (ctrl+shift+leftmouse) and apply the railing texture to this one side only, either the front or the back. You will now see a very slim railing ingame which is basicly nothing more than 1 brushface (the one with the railing texture), drawn from both sides. The rest of the brushfaces, including the top face, is not being drawn because of the nodraw texture.
-At this moment seen from above (and sides) it will look like a hair-line, so the best thing to do is add another brush and place it on top of your railing;

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(okay, just try to visualize this)

Side view: 
_   <- another brush placed as a 'lit' on top
|   <- railing brush 
     

Also do this with the side ends of the railing, so you'll get this:
Front view:
___________      
]|||||||||[  

______
         = the topbrush
||||||   = the railing brush
] and [  = the sidebrushes

[tltrude]

For railings, you would normmally use nodraw on all but one side of the brush. The top/bottom rails are just normal brushes with wood or metal texture, as are the corner posts in most cases.

The advantage of using a railing texture is that you don't have to make all the posts and the preformance of your map will go up with fewer faces. Also, there are some nice metal posts that you would have a hard time making with normal brushes or patch mesh.

[Dingo]

Thanks.