Stairs. Just... Stairs...

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OctoBlitz

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Hi guys,

I am looking for help with stairs, I can never seem to put them in right so I am looking for some help with placing the props. Whenever I try to place stairs, I end up burying them under the map unintentionally.

Thanks guys,
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EDIT: Thanks guys, stairs are now looking like they are supposed to, thanks guys!
 
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SnickerPuffs

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Here's how you make stairs.

1. Make a ramp where you stairs will be
2. make that ramp about 8 Hammer units shorter on the top and slant.
3. Place a rectangular brush on the top of the ramp - That's your top step.
4. Continue placing steps until you reach the bottom of the ramp.
5. Presto! You did it.
 

EArkham

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It's worth it to spend some time making a catalog of prefabs or even just vmfs to cut and paste from once you get a series of stairs you like. Make them generic enough to be reused. Then you can just clip them shorter and vertex adjust the width as appropriate.

Same with prop stairs. Just set up your prop stairs in a blank vmf, create the brushwork you need to make the stairs blend in (like railings and playerclip or blockbullets, etc) and then just use that for future maps.
 

Bogdy

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MoonFox

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I just learned it as: don't make steps more than 28 units high from one another. (16 for floating between top and bottom of each step)
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MoonFox

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I prefer maximum flexibility with props, a ghastly vestige of my days working unreal
 

Hyperion

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...if you made steps 28 units high that it sounds like your grid size is increadibly low. Don't work with tiny ass grid size for something like that.
Standard 12x8 stairs need 4hu grid too...
 

OctoBlitz

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Ah... sorry for being a bit vague... I will fix that