Hi,
Can anyone give me some good tips in order to sort out my brushwork for 2 areas that i am having problems with...I have tried the tuts and still my brushwork looks naff!
1. My pipe corners always have a angular curve to them instead of a nice smooth radius whilst using cylinders - this happens regardless of using bend mode and or adjusting verticies. How can i get a nice smooth curve?
2. I want to create a flat circle / disk using abritrary brush mode. But whenever i choose any number of sides i always get iregular shapes; i dont want to use a cylinder cap for this brush. Therefore how can i get a nice circle using abritrary brush mode?
Thanks for the help in advance.
Sparky.
Help me sort out my naff brushwork please...
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1. There are not enough triangles in the curve to make a rounded look. Press 'SHIFT + ]' to increase the complexity. Note that doing this too much (and on lots of things) will increase triangle rates and drop FPS a little if done too much...
2. Well how many sides are you using for it. I always get good circles. You should use an cap because it will take 16 - 20 sides to make a good looking circle. See my note above about increasing complexity.
2. Well how many sides are you using for it. I always get good circles. You should use an cap because it will take 16 - 20 sides to make a good looking circle. See my note above about increasing complexity.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply, i must be doing something wrong as i still cant sort it out?
1. I have tried as suggested to increase complexity of my pipe but nothing seems to happen? I am doing this after using bend mode on a 4 x 4 cylinder...
2. For my disk i am using a 10 x 10 brush converted into an arbritary brush using 22 sides, but it doesnt look quite right? I also tried using the cylinder cap but only get a really good smooth circle if i use a smaller or bigger sized brush?
Cheers,
Sparky
Thanks for the reply, i must be doing something wrong as i still cant sort it out?
1. I have tried as suggested to increase complexity of my pipe but nothing seems to happen? I am doing this after using bend mode on a 4 x 4 cylinder...
2. For my disk i am using a 10 x 10 brush converted into an arbritary brush using 22 sides, but it doesnt look quite right? I also tried using the cylinder cap but only get a really good smooth circle if i use a smaller or bigger sized brush?
Cheers,
Sparky
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Try making just the curved part of the pipe, and then add the streight parts with other cylinders. That way the curve can be more complex. Below is a screenshot for "StarTrek: Elete Force 2". As you can see, they found a unique way to join the curved rails to the streight rails. Btw, I have those rails in a prefab, if you want them. Click on my sig logo, if you want to see these EF2 rails in an mohaa map.
12 sided round brushes look very smooth in the game, but it depends on the size of it, and how close players will get to it. Hint, hit key 1 and use an even number of sides--so the verticies (corners) fall on a grid point.
Anyway, curves always look better in the game, than they do in the editor. The complexity of patch mesh is a game option the players can change.
Hope that helps!
12 sided round brushes look very smooth in the game, but it depends on the size of it, and how close players will get to it. Hint, hit key 1 and use an even number of sides--so the verticies (corners) fall on a grid point.
Anyway, curves always look better in the game, than they do in the editor. The complexity of patch mesh is a game option the players can change.
Hope that helps!
Tom Trude,
wow,i presume that is what pushed u to make ur last map tltrude ,right?
if u havent said that this is from star wars ,i would have thought that its urs
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oops ,forgot to unspam this post
anyways
about part 2 of ur question .why do u need such a fine tuned disk ? most of the ppl in battles wouldnt notice if a barrel or "disk" isnt circular if it has enough sides .
i never knew that the normal barrels are 9 sides only .i always thought they were circular ,but i really havent stopped by one and started counting
if u havent said that this is from star wars ,i would have thought that its urs
edit:
oops ,forgot to unspam this post
anyways
about part 2 of ur question .why do u need such a fine tuned disk ? most of the ppl in battles wouldnt notice if a barrel or "disk" isnt circular if it has enough sides .
i never knew that the normal barrels are 9 sides only .i always thought they were circular ,but i really havent stopped by one and started counting
Your too damn good!
Hi,
Sorry about taking ages to reply!
I have been tryng out better ways to get the results i am looking for as suggested; using end caps and brushes with more sides - it seems to work now!
I have also tried another way, but am not sure whether this is a good idea, what do you think?
What i did was create a shpere and then clipped it to one unit think and you get a really smooth, flat circle in the game?
The answer to your disk question: It will become the sealed end of a ventilation pipe, which is slightly bigger than the pipe itself - but i was having problems as it wasnt coming out round!
Thanks for your help,
Sparky
Sorry about taking ages to reply!
I have been tryng out better ways to get the results i am looking for as suggested; using end caps and brushes with more sides - it seems to work now!
I have also tried another way, but am not sure whether this is a good idea, what do you think?
What i did was create a shpere and then clipped it to one unit think and you get a really smooth, flat circle in the game?
The answer to your disk question: It will become the sealed end of a ventilation pipe, which is slightly bigger than the pipe itself - but i was having problems as it wasnt coming out round!
Thanks for your help,
Sparky