[GUIDE] Youme's guide to displacement cliffs

[YM]

Then what was that hole thing with Premuda and its power 4 displacements crashing the map?

Its vertex density that crashes servers. not the fact they're power 4.

 

[Fearlezz]

Power 4 displacements do crash servers tho, so dont use those.

 

[wafflestomper]

I've tried a few times and I can never get the walls to sew completely, and it makes me really mad. I don't know what to do... I've done everything normally, selected just the faces, to the power of 2, but the spots just sometimes never connect...

 

[Nutomic]

Try the tut in my sig, maybe that will help

 

[Dr. ROCKZO]

Displacements have to share a common edge (i.e, if they're not touching on all axis's) and they have to be both of the same power.

 

[wafflestomper]

I'm trying to make the cave and the outer wall to sew together and everything was touching each other. also on the wall it sometimes wouldn't sew together.

 

[YM]

You need the corners to be touching. the two displacements must share an entire edge, or exactly 50% of an edge.

Its clear yours don't since they don't sew, further reading

 

[wafflestomper]

I was able to get the outside wall, but not the cave, but I used a different design, of a cave into like a secret building entrance, so it worked out ok.

But I'm not sure about the cave, I'll keep testing things, and tell you if it works out.

 

[Thingy Person]

Thanks Youme, that tutorial was so sexy that I wanted to go and try it myself.

That's four surfaces being autosewn. The vertex editing tip is golden.

 

[YM]

Just added a note about this to the bottom. It's the method I use now and I feel it's easier and produces better results.

http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=10287

 

[Pocket]

Since this just got some traffic, do you think you could reupload the images that went missing? They must have fallen afoul of ImageShack's "delete anonymous uploads after a year" rule, though I can't imagine why the rest didn't.

 

[TheBestUsername]

Well that was a hyper-necrobump if I ever saw one.

 

[YM]

Since this just got some traffic, do you think you could reupload the images that went missing? They must have fallen afoul of ImageShack's "delete anonymous uploads after a year" rule, though I can't imagine why the rest didn't.

well considering I had an account they shouldn't have. Aaaaalllso I have none of those images anywhere anymore.
Aaaallllso this is not the way I do, or would advise anyone to do, displacements anymore.

 

[Vastrix]

I kinda have a problem with multiple brushes next to each other:

you see that there's a left brush and a right brush(they're right near each other so it should be ok..?)

But when i start editing on the border i get this:

Any idea how to get get around that? :S

Thanks a lot tho!

 

[YM]

You have to cut them up so that the corners meet exactly, like in this picture here: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6696/004fj7.jpg

 

[wareya]

You can also make a corner meet a halfway, as long as the density is only 1:1 or 1:2.
For example, these will all sew:

But these won't:

 

[Vastrix]

You have to cut them up so that the corners meet exactly, like in this picture here: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6696/004fj7.jpg

Yea but the corners aren't the issue it's the touching sides that are a pain

See, it doesn't stick to each other.. :s

Sorry, if this is an obvious/noob question

 

[wareya]

Turn on this button:

Then you should get little pink boxes where complex sews happen:

Use these as a guide for what kind of weird matchups will sew or not.

Any other sew needs to have the meshes line up PERFECTLY:

 

[Vastrix]

Turn on this button:

Then you should get little pink boxes where complex sews happen:

Nope no pink boxes whatsoever

Also, the "sew" button is supposed to not give any confirmation or anything for that matter?

 

[wareya]

You gotta make your brushes line up, then.