chunks

o_nodnarb · 07-17-2006, 01:48 PM

Ok, I am experimenting with source, nad people have been recommending taking chunks out of concrete walls. How do you do this?

o_addicted to morphine · 07-17-2006, 02:55 PM

Two options as I see it:
-You could use a standard HL2 prop for a destroyed section of the wall, but this will really restrain you in the width of the wall as well as the texture choice.
-You can just make it out of several individual brushes. Experiment with the clip tool (shift+x) to divide a single brush into several others, and then clip away edges to make it rougher and give it a blasted away look.

o_nodnarb · 07-17-2006, 03:51 PM

what I'm trying to do is make it look like a heavy metal support crashed into the concrete ground leaving a crater in the concrete, but I will look into what you said, sounds good.

o_player · 07-17-2006, 05:58 PM

You should use displacements for the crater then, and use a brush/model for the metal girder.

o_stino · 07-17-2006, 06:25 PM

wow, clip tool, and new to mapping, hmm, i don't think thats a good combination!

o_nodnarb · 07-17-2006, 06:28 PM

I used the clip tool on the quake engine, but I am new to source mapping. Right now I am making a room that I can go back and look at when I have questions.

hmm...displacements, are there any tuts?

o_alligator · 07-17-2006, 08:01 PM

You can do this pretty fast using the clipping tool. Or like others mentioned, try doing it using displacements.

o_nodnarb · 07-17-2006, 08:44 PM

what are displacements?

o_addicted to morphine · 07-18-2006, 03:41 AM

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Displacements

Poke around that wiki site, it's good.

Also, I frequently visit www.snarkpit.net and www.interlopers.net

Interlopers has more tutorials, but they both have active communities.

o_player · 07-18-2006, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stino

wow, clip tool, and new to mapping, hmm, i don't think thats a good combination!

It is better than getting used to using the carve tool...

o_nezumi · 07-18-2006, 11:04 AM

You could use one of the broken concrete props and hide it under the street. When the girder crashes down some brush is moved out of the way, deleted, broken, or whatever revealing the model. You could use something like models\props_debris\concrete_spawnhole001a.mdl

There's a ton of other broken concrete models in source to take advantage of too.

o_nodnarb · 07-18-2006, 08:29 PM

thanks alot

o_stino · 07-19-2006, 04:59 PM

woeps, i was a little confused, i messed up clipping tool with carving tool

07-17-2006, 01:48 PM	#1
o_nodnarb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	chunks Ok, I am experimenting with source, nad people have been recommending taking chunks out of concrete walls. How do you do this?

07-17-2006, 02:55 PM	#2
o_addicted to morphine Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Coast, USA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Two options as I see it: -You could use a standard HL2 prop for a destroyed section of the wall, but this will really restrain you in the width of the wall as well as the texture choice. -You can just make it out of several individual brushes. Experiment with the clip tool (shift+x) to divide a single brush into several others, and then clip away edges to make it rougher and give it a blasted away look.

07-17-2006, 03:51 PM	#3
o_nodnarb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	what I'm trying to do is make it look like a heavy metal support crashed into the concrete ground leaving a crater in the concrete, but I will look into what you said, sounds good.

07-17-2006, 05:58 PM	#4
o_player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Europe Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You should use displacements for the crater then, and use a brush/model for the metal girder.

07-17-2006, 06:25 PM	#5
o_stino Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Belgium Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	wow, clip tool, and new to mapping, hmm, i don't think thats a good combination!

07-17-2006, 06:28 PM	#6
o_nodnarb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I used the clip tool on the quake engine, but I am new to source mapping. Right now I am making a room that I can go back and look at when I have questions. hmm...displacements, are there any tuts?

07-17-2006, 08:01 PM	#7
o_alligator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: California Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You can do this pretty fast using the clipping tool. Or like others mentioned, try doing it using displacements.

07-17-2006, 08:44 PM	#8
o_nodnarb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	what are displacements?

07-18-2006, 03:41 AM	#9
o_addicted to morphine Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Coast, USA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Displacements Poke around that wiki site, it's good. Also, I frequently visit www.snarkpit.net and www.interlopers.net Interlopers has more tutorials, but they both have active communities.

07-18-2006, 11:04 AM	#11
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You could use one of the broken concrete props and hide it under the street. When the girder crashes down some brush is moved out of the way, deleted, broken, or whatever revealing the model. You could use something like models\props_debris\concrete_spawnhole001a.mdl There's a ton of other broken concrete models in source to take advantage of too.

07-18-2006, 08:29 PM	#12
o_nodnarb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	thanks alot

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o_stino Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Belgium Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	woeps, i was a little confused, i messed up clipping tool with carving tool