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Hey all In my maps I have never really focused so much on the whole village/city type thing, i mainly do open trench warfare types... anywho I was wondering when YOU GUYS go about creating a building do you build the outside first and then put rooms inside it, or do you build the inside and then build the exterior shell around it? And Which would you guys deem the best method? Thanks...

i make a box to the right dimensions i want to have and hollow it, pull out the corners so it's not overlapping, add a door, and design from there.

I like to build the outside first then create the inside. I'm doing what JV recomended by making your inside its own walls.

In other words 2 seperate walls, one for the inside and 1 for the outside.

Usually u only have a room or 2 in a building so its seems easier to build the outside first and then do the interior work with seperate brushes.

i use the same aproach as lizard. hollow a box ,move out the sides so they dont overlap then start mapping .usually i make a basic outdoor layout before working on inner details . that is because if for some reason i need alittle extra space inside ,i can easily expand the room .but i make the outdoor area 1st ,expanding might cause problems

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hogleg wrote:I like to build the outside first then create the inside. I'm doing what JV recomended by making your inside its own walls.

In other words 2 seperate walls, one for the inside and 1 for the outside.

Usually u only have a room or 2 in a building so its seems easier to build the outside first and then do the interior work with seperate brushes.

that is the simplest way to prevent light leaks inside a structure.

i dont use hollow, i build the brushes of the outside individually, then do the interior.

i use hollow, miter the brushes and subtract where i want the door.

I have been subtracting opening in my rooms, but I think im gonna go back to manualy creating openings because csg always cuts rooms horizontaly while I find its easier to fix shadow inconsistencies on walls when you cut them verticaly.

I use hollow to make rooms, usualy from a box of my target wall height. I raise the roof and and lower the floor, but miter the corners of the walls(some textures match up better that way)