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Development => Mapping => Topic started by: Zorchenhimer on February 24, 2007, 11:19:19 PM

Title: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Zorchenhimer on February 24, 2007, 11:19:19 PM
For some reason the preview window in BSP for making an arch doesn't work right, I think. I cannot get the brushes in view, only part of it. Am I doing something wrong? Is there some way to fix this? The attached pic shows the most I can see of the preview.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Cobo on February 25, 2007, 01:30:44 AM
Have you tried clicking the reset view? You probably have, I guess you can play with the buttons until you get it right.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Zorchenhimer on February 25, 2007, 12:29:25 PM
When I hit the reset button it just moves the mesh out of view. It's really annoying. And the Left/Right/In/Out buttons don't do much.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: jitspoe on February 26, 2007, 04:38:46 PM
I'd stay away from most of the stuff in the make menu.  It can give you messy results.  It's better to build that stuff up by hand.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Cobo on February 26, 2007, 06:57:38 PM
Arch by hand... ugh, that would take some time.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Zorchenhimer on February 26, 2007, 07:04:20 PM
It's better to build that stuff up by hand.

Eww. Thats gonna take a while. Oh well, thanks.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: jitspoe on February 26, 2007, 09:34:48 PM
Wow, I just noticed something.  n-sided brush and cylinder are not in the make list.  That's not good.

If you use cylinder, you'll have a lot more control.  Then you can just use a clipping plane to slice it in half.  From there you just drag the two brushes on the end down to the desired height  The problem with arch is that it uses a %, not an exact number of units (though you could probably calculate it), so if you try to ever build anything around that arch, it could get ugly and lead to a lot of brush overlapping.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Zorchenhimer on February 26, 2007, 10:01:35 PM
Wow, I just noticed something.  n-sided brush and cylinder are not in the make list.  That's not good.

Do you mean this list, or one that I don't know about?
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Cobo on February 26, 2007, 10:57:41 PM
He means that list. Didnt sort said he was removing some options from the make menu?
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: jitspoe on February 26, 2007, 11:57:24 PM
He removed sphere.  Zorch:  Go to help|about and see if you're using .95e.  It's there in .95d.
Title: Re: Previewing arch in BSP
Post by: Zorchenhimer on February 27, 2007, 12:36:09 AM
I'm using .95c.