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Not sure how to explain it, but you should use the same tactic as you would for putting trim on any angled surface. The idea is to have the width of the trim be constant (usually 16 or 32 units) as it wraps around the shape. This is all in an effort to make quake levels look more realistic -- and if not realistic, at least plausible. Someone around here has a curve-making tutorial, which should help you. Not to self-pimp, but it's the first example that came to my mind: in my only released map, I use trim a lot in the way that I am suggesting to you (although usually on a horizontal surface, not a vertical one).
After watching City of Lost Children again, I was inspired to build something of similar nature.
www.methodonline.com/temp/meth_test3a.jpg www.methodonline.com/temp/meth_test3b.jpg www.methodonline.com/temp/meth_test3c.jpg Feedback is welcome, -Method How do you edit a post? Anyways here are working links:
http://www.methodonline.com/temp/meth_test3a.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/meth_test3b.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/meth_test3c.jpg -Method I try to avaoid the use of 45 degree angles all together, because of the texturing issues, but sometimes it can't be helped.
You shouldn't because stuff like that is what makes your map stand out. Look at a Than map for proof. Inertia is right, trimming adds realism. It makes your map more believable and much more pleasing to the eye (if done right..). And come on, is it really that hard to rotate/scale a texture? Just imo :) Wow, really nive shots ! Did the Hell forces invade Earth or what ? Nice ambience in anyway ! Keep it up !
I am a lazy bu and use them. Luckily Quark has the "fit texture to face with minimum scaling". Some multiplication here and there (as too over-/underscaled textures look pretty bad) and taaadaaaa.
Awesome screenies Method.
Is it for a particular project, or just to show off? :P JPL: The atmosphere is inspired by a French movie The City of Lost Children. One of my favorites on the list with Dark City.
Text_Fish: It's a project codenamed Method's Hideout. My goal was to create a texture set for my themes of level design which are urban, industrial and abandoned. Then it became a design study, to show what I can do with Doom 3 engine. You can find other design studies here: http://www.methodonline.com/temp/meth_test.htm The water I used was actually a hack. It's a shader that distorts any diffuse map. If you jump into it, you'll fall through :( -Method wow very nice shots and very interesting textures. will you release them before/after your project?
PuLSaR: Thanks. The textures will be released to the community once I'm done with the pack, unless of course I'll make a SP level. In which case it should take longer. Here are some of the examples of textures I made:
http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison1.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison2.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison3.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison4.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison5.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison6.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison7.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison8.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison11.jpg http://www.methodonline.com/temp/comparison14.jpg Most are 512 x 512. -Method I see what you mean now.
I'm actually using that method myself (shrinking), it kinda seemed natural. Is there a formula concerning how much textures are stretched at what angle? I actually thought you meant the rust texture on the side of the left pillar/air duct? thingy, which is chopped off without anything to cover it up. But yeah, it's clear now. in basic trigonometry, if the horizontal texture scale is 1 and the texture is stretched upwards to 45 degrees, it travels sqrt(2) [sqrt means square root] or 1.414 units along the surface now. So the scaling must be 1/sqrt(2) = 1/1.414 = 0.7071.
If you have a 27 degree slope (aka "czg curve" ie 0:1 1:2 2:1 1:0) the stretch factor is 0.89. (cos 27 or rather more explilicitly cos(atan(1/2)) ) But a bit depends on the qbsp settings (ie -oldaxis) and map program settings... Yeah it prolly doesn't make sense without pictures and also possibly doesn't work in the editor or final map. Man, you make good stuff, too bad the engine wrong way shininess somewhat detracts from it.
2003... could someone do an improvement to the engine? "unless of course I'll make a SP level. "
Looking at those sweet shots, that course of action should be obligatory.
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