Displacement disappears

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koeny33

L1: Registered
Dec 25, 2010
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Hi guys,

Sometimes, when I create a displacement, the wall disappears? I mean, it's just gone! And there's another problem too. If the displacement does appear, it's only visible from one side? As soon as I look at the displacement-wall from the other side, it's invisible? (in hammer)
Anyone who knows what could be the problem? Googled it already, but no solution?

Thanks in advance!
Koen
 
Feb 17, 2009
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Displacements can't be seen from all sides. Only the face that you made into a displacement is visible.
 

koeny33

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Dec 25, 2010
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Oooh, oke! So, let's say I want to make a displacement-ceiling, which is a roof at the sime time (so that you can walk over it etc.). Will I have to make 2 different displacements on 2 different blocks?
 

Huckle

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May 31, 2010
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You can make displacements from several faces of the same block so you don't have to make a separate one for every displacement. Making sure that your displacements will sew together nicely while making them out of simple blocks is something that takes practice though, especially once you start doing more advanced shapes.
 

REEJ

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Aug 26, 2010
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just btw - a displacement roof-ceiling will not seal your area
(there will be a leak problem if you decide to use areaportals for your room)

anyway, displacement is created on the sides you select (with same thing as textures) highlighted red faces will become the displacements - unused sides of your block will not show
 

jpr

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Feb 1, 2009
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Oooh, oke! So, let's say I want to make a displacement-ceiling, which is a roof at the sime time (so that you can walk over it etc.). Will I have to make 2 different displacements on 2 different blocks?

In case you don't want the roof to be a displacement as well, you should make two blocks, like this:
tut1.jpg

The rock-textured one will be the ceiling.

Next, make the bottom face of the ceiling block a displacement:
tut2.jpg


Then, move them "over" each other, like this:
tut3.jpg


And you're done