Your first staircase
Your first staircase
A few useful tips when creating staircases
To gain full control over what you're working with, and to avoid mistakes during
building it.. I recommend that you create a empty world/prefab to build it in
(especially if it is a complex one with much detail or weird shapes)
The characters from nolf2 & Contract Jack can walk up a step that is
maximum 16 units high... A easy way to start is to divide the height from the
1st story floor to the 2nd story floor by 16 to get the number of steps needed..
example:
It's a good idea to choose roomheights that will give you a whole decimal
when it is divided by 16, that makes things a lot easier
And I usually start from the top (2nd floor) with the steps because it makes
the copy/paste easier as well.
I'll build a simple 256 units high staircase in this demo, made of 16 steps and
128 units wide
Set the grid to 16 units and create a box that is 256x256x256 as a referance
(my box has a blue texture)
Level the marker with the top of the blue box and add another box which
will be the upper step. (I'll texture that one with a red texture)
Now is a good time to map texture coordinates, otherwise you'll have to do it
to each of the steps later.. I'll just skip that part
Now place your marker leveled with the bottom corner of the step like I've done in
the next picture you'll see and copy/paste the box.
Repeat this step until you reach the same level of height as the bottom
of the blue box.
Now select all the stairs and unjoin them (ctrl+J)
then unselect all and hold 'ctrl' while selecting all the surfaces you need visible.
after all of the wanted surfaces is selected, press (shift+J) to join them.
Unselect everything again and select all of it, then unselect the surfaces you joined and hit 'delete' to get rid of the rest.
You may change the width and length as you wish when you copy/paste it into
the level as long as the height is untouched..
Voila
To gain full control over what you're working with, and to avoid mistakes during
building it.. I recommend that you create a empty world/prefab to build it in
(especially if it is a complex one with much detail or weird shapes)
The characters from nolf2 & Contract Jack can walk up a step that is
maximum 16 units high... A easy way to start is to divide the height from the
1st story floor to the 2nd story floor by 16 to get the number of steps needed..
example:
It's a good idea to choose roomheights that will give you a whole decimal
when it is divided by 16, that makes things a lot easier
And I usually start from the top (2nd floor) with the steps because it makes
the copy/paste easier as well.
I'll build a simple 256 units high staircase in this demo, made of 16 steps and
128 units wide
Set the grid to 16 units and create a box that is 256x256x256 as a referance
(my box has a blue texture)
Level the marker with the top of the blue box and add another box which
will be the upper step. (I'll texture that one with a red texture)
Now is a good time to map texture coordinates, otherwise you'll have to do it
to each of the steps later.. I'll just skip that part
Now place your marker leveled with the bottom corner of the step like I've done in
the next picture you'll see and copy/paste the box.
Repeat this step until you reach the same level of height as the bottom
of the blue box.
Now select all the stairs and unjoin them (ctrl+J)
then unselect all and hold 'ctrl' while selecting all the surfaces you need visible.
after all of the wanted surfaces is selected, press (shift+J) to join them.
Unselect everything again and select all of it, then unselect the surfaces you joined and hit 'delete' to get rid of the rest.
You may change the width and length as you wish when you copy/paste it into
the level as long as the height is untouched..
Voila
very nice tutorial, Spawn! I'll try that in my next map (if there will be one)
Can you make a tutorial on "round staircases" too?
btw. I also wondered how to make such realisitc looking ladders:
Can you make a tutorial on "round staircases" too?
btw. I also wondered how to make such realisitc looking ladders:
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Wow, you know what, seeing those directions I finally figured out why I can't map. (Aside from being too lazy to figure it out) It's a mental thing. It reminds me of learning algebra in 9th grade and those blasted sin, cosign and tangent, figuring slopes that I never understood, getting yelled at by my teacher and father, creating constant tension and distress. Graph lines just freak me out! Sorry Spawn, as much as I'd like to, I don't think I'll be able to make a map.
But thanks for providing help to those that don't have a weird childhood trauma that prevents them from mapping.
But thanks for providing help to those that don't have a weird childhood trauma that prevents them from mapping.
Yeah, you're right Legbat..Legbat wrote: If I'm not mistaken, the majority of the prefabs in NOLF 2 and CJ were created with 3DSMax and imported into dEdit. Alot of those prefabs are so complex geometry-wise (e.g. curved cylinders) that they would take forever to produce or be altogether impossible to make using dEdit.
A lot of the prefabs in dedit is made with Maya/3dsm, unless you're as crazy as
me and a few others that prefer creating them with dedit lol
Built your ladder https://www.spawnsite.net/forum/viewto ... f=10&t=389, sasser
(um.. slightly modified)
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