In the apsp2.wad packaged with the map jam 7 bundle, there is a texture called *glass01

Used in combination with the window creation instructions also bundled should help you get somewhere! 

Quality lighting in that shot, perhaps just need a few more vertices to really show it off. 

...second shot 

I will give it another shot, maybe this time it works without this weird rendering / z-fighting issue. 

Is it possible? I have to be missing something.

Following CGZ's curve guide I can get all the way until this point:

"Next up, I stretched that bit out, so it was long enough to reach the "corner" of the curve I was going to make, and skewed it so the start of it was flush with the end of the pipe I already had"

The problem I am facing is the Skewing part. I don't think TB2 has this operation other than vertex editing. I tried to manipulate vertices but it just got into a cluster soup.

Any insights on this or a step by step to help with these issues when considering TrenchBroom 2 as the editor?

Otherwise, I might just make right angled pipes ;) 

If I create one brush and give it texture *glass01 then I create another brush and give it skip texture like in that windows-test.map example. I need to combine them in a same space that they are equal to one another.

As an result I get z-fighting. Is the problem in my compiler how it handles skip textures? I Ealier pointed out this "skip" texture subject, but this time it might be an actual purpose on creating glass effect, right? 

Whenever there is complicated tasks in brush geometry I personally use J.A.C.K for those, less headache* 

Thanks NewHouse,

I found that the Brush Tool in TB2 can help with my issue. I can create a brush by selecting all 4 corners of both ends of the pipe sections, this properly creates the links and makes a pipe corner. Still any other methods people use would be appreciated! 

Are you using these guides for you curves?

http://www.quaketerminus.com/hosted/happymaps/curv_tut.htm

In TB2 you can also use that other "grid" view when working on vertices, I assume you're using two windowed interface option (3d camera/ top down view)? 

Yes, I am using that guide in particular.

I generally just use the 3D camera only, but for this tutorial I am using the 2d view split. I was using the grid view that would match the tutorials. Editing vertices still just causes a complete mess, if I could skew the brushes I would be golden. 

I might sound crazy but I actually rotate brushes in TB2, then I place it almost in place I want it to be.
Edit -> snap vertices to integer. Then slowly matching it better on grid. I you use snap vertices to grid, remember adjust your current grid view to something you want your brush's vertices to snap.. if remember right.

I do this because sometimes it is hard to tell how much space some of the pieces actually needs, so I can freely resize whenever I need to. As long as they eventually are in grid then everything is fine.

Thought I do prefer angles like: 22.5, 45, 45+22.5 etc so they should be in the end in in grid flawlessly. Reason why I use rotate tool was, because it didn't calculated x and y scale for texture and looked stretched imo. But after rotating and then carefully snapping it to right points, it was in right scale in texture-wise yet in world grid.

In some cases.. for example kind of cylinder.. you can use that combine brushes by using that Edit -> CSG -> Convex Merge. For curves I haven't used Subtract or Intersect yet, so I can't recall whether or not it handles those texture scales or not. 

I just use simple rise/run ratios. Mostly 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, etc, with some 2:3 in places. Very easy to keep on grid and only a few texture scales to remember. 

Does TB2 have skew though? 

I don't think TB or TB2 has a skew feature as demonstrated in the curve tutorials. 

How does that brush tool works even?
It has quite weird logic behind it and can't get hand of it at all. Is it demonstrated somewhere, documents or something? 

In TB2, you can access the documentation through the help menu.

This is a very handy document to getting all you can out of the editor, including the brush tool. It is in the creating objects section 

Thx.

Now I can make pipes in TB* 

Is not supported in TB2. It's on my todo list. But first I need to get it more stable and do the final 2.0 release. 

Great to hear from the one and only!

No problem, I'll make do with what I can, my map idea really doesn't require curved pipes anyway was more a curiosity.

Looking forward to future releases! 

It's very much possible to make bending pipes in TB2 and honestly very easy. It's even possible to do that in TB1 with no 2D views.

I made this 45� bending pipe in TB2 as well. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Coj1cMqWcAAcH4Q.jpg:large 

Cool to see,

Did you use vertex mode? 

 

Finally managed to draw out a layout for the whole level on paper; now starting to block out some new areas. If I can resist detailing and texturing for a while longer I may have a chance at having something playable by the deadline.

http://i.imgur.com/wLpNb7G.jpg 

I'm slowly starting to realize how the starting area should feel yet look.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxYkKdSD855U2kwaTBVWGFyVzQ/view?usp=sharing 

Good starting layout flatHead, keep it up!

Looks like an interesting map so far from that view NewHouse.