- Dec 18, 2010
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I had an idea for an interesting programming project that might possibly be useful to mappers here, tell me if you have any suggestions or interest in the project.
When I was turning all of the dev-textured ramps into textured stairs in my 72 hour contest map, I ended up constructing similar but differently proportioned staircases in many areas of the map, and was wondering if there would be a convenient way to streamline or automate the process of making stairs. A "stair library", something like Boojum's prop library or Ace's environment gallery, was my first idea, but I don't think this would give you enough options and flexibility when if you needed stairs of a certain construction or unorthodox height, etc.
A better idea would be to have a GUI application, either a Windows desktop application or a website, with which you could set certain parameters for a staircase, such as dimensions, type of stair construction, and texturing, and then generate a VMF containing a staircase according to the parameters.
Perhaps the UI might look something like this: (excuse my crappy handwriting)
Would anybody be interested in a program or website that does this? Would you find it useful/use it for detailing your own maps if the program worked well? What would be some features you would want to have?
When I was turning all of the dev-textured ramps into textured stairs in my 72 hour contest map, I ended up constructing similar but differently proportioned staircases in many areas of the map, and was wondering if there would be a convenient way to streamline or automate the process of making stairs. A "stair library", something like Boojum's prop library or Ace's environment gallery, was my first idea, but I don't think this would give you enough options and flexibility when if you needed stairs of a certain construction or unorthodox height, etc.
A better idea would be to have a GUI application, either a Windows desktop application or a website, with which you could set certain parameters for a staircase, such as dimensions, type of stair construction, and texturing, and then generate a VMF containing a staircase according to the parameters.
Perhaps the UI might look something like this: (excuse my crappy handwriting)
Would anybody be interested in a program or website that does this? Would you find it useful/use it for detailing your own maps if the program worked well? What would be some features you would want to have?
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