Designing a TF2-esque building

Thanks to all the amazing help that you guys have given:O, I've made great progress on my map, with the middle CP completely done and some other things. However, when I start building buildings, they always seem wrong, and never seem like something you would see in a TF2 map. They are either two square or rectangular and too long and narrow. How can you make buildings that both play well and look like it fits in?hmy:

(PS: my map is alpine-themed. One set of buildings is BLU-made and is concrete and blocky, and the next one is RED-made and is wooden.)

Thanks!

Mr.Blob said:

Try to make the buildings a sensible size. For example 256x512 units - 256 units height. This way textures at .25 scale fit perfectly. Of coarse every building isn't those scales - But you can see where I'm comming from to make the "look right."

Edit: for visuals regarding wooden buildings: you can use wooden struts and poles to give the building a nice feel. Just have a look at how maps such as badlands do it. It's pretty easy to do and makes maps really nice afterwards.

Edit²: remeber to func_detail those beams!

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Ha yeah I will func_detail them. I have paid attention to the texture scales, and this is not what hurts my buildings, its more of the shape, they seem to...static and blocky, and I feel like it should be more round and interesting.