WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[Sergis]

24 sided cylinder. go make it in hammer, see what i mean.

been there, done that, still no comprende

 

[fubarFX]

come on, there is only 2 flat polygons that could go wrong, everything else are triangles, how do you make that invalid?

 

[re1wind]

True, but have you done that with a single brush restriction? Why do it with a single brush? why not? Perhaps as a challenge? knowing the deepest and darkest brush techniques? choose your reason, its knowledge.

compare with http://i.imgur.com/Poadwl9.png

How to turn that odly placed 4-gon into two triangles?

press Ctrl + f when selecting these two vertices. apply to all 4 sides.

that turns it into this, which is a valid solid

 

[soylent robot]

didnt even know you could do that

thanks!

 

[Ælement]

I found something under the couch!

 

[re1wind]

either 2-point gorge style (but it's way too small for that, or cp 2 (and general area of cp 1) of a 5cp map.

 

[colacan]

Smooth those pylons!
EDIT: And 5cp would indeed be a better idea.

 

[Kill_the_Bug]

either 2-point gorge style (but it's way too small for that, or cp 2 (and general area of cp 1) of a 5cp map.

that would be an interesting payload map - use the truck as the payload - you ride inside the bin to push the cart

 

[re1wind]

Smooth those pylons!
EDIT: And 5cp would indeed be a better idea.

normally brushes auto-smooth themselves if the angle between the plans is less than 45°, which is clearly the case. i don't know why it hasn't in this case

 

[Seba]

Smoothing groups are wonky IIRC. They've never autosmoothed for me I don't think.

 

[re1wind]

Auto smothing noticeable in this screenshot. Notice the sharp edges on the top 3 segments compared to the smoother vertical pillars.
Or this screenshot.
Or this one, notice the smoothness of the curved wall.
Or this one, which actually demonstrates how unreliable auto-smooth can be, as the angles between those arch segments are roughly the same.
or the curved wall above the cap point on the right.

 

[Pocket]

The thing about autosmoothing is that the lightmap scale has to create smaller "pixels" than the width of the faces. I have no idea what to do when the faces literally taper to a point, but try turning it down to 8 for now and see if that does anything.

 

[colacan]

Because helipads are underrepresented in TF2.

 

[Penguin]

but the crates assure that it is unready for helicopters to land on it

 

[colacan]

Of course. You don't want everyone to land on your control point.

 

[LeSwordfish]

Put the damn prop in, please.

 

[re1wind]

*bleeaargergergerg*

 

[Sergis]

*bleeaargergergerg*

the name of the map, i assume?

 

[Seba]

No, that's what he's calling that theme (in other words, wtf is with that dirt ground).

 

[re1wind]

its a texture used in the underworld in viaduct_event.

use the word "event" in the texture browser and you'll find it.

edit:
random displacement detail thing.

this april fool contest is somehow encouraging me to push my displacement-fu and environment-fu to new unheard-of levels. :-\