Tutorial: Making realistic looking walls with

I don't really know if i can post tutorials in this forum, but it says "mapping", so i think this fits here.

This tutorial is really simple and actually a bit like rad0n's tutorial.

Here we go:

1. Start a new project by clicking on File -> New.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5489/20305313ue0.jpg

2. Select the block tool (shift+b) and make a block like this:

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2343/54303082tm0.jpg

3. Right click on it and select create object.


No picture for this since it's so obvious.


4. Activate it. (from 3d or any window)

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3686/12113694mo2.jpg

5. Clip it with clipping tool (shift+x) to 4 pieces that are identical to each other from window named top. Tip: If you make the cut at "X", then the block comes to identical pieces.

By pressing the clipping tool icon, you can change the cutting area, red area is deleted and white saved, when only white area is visible, it will cut the block to 2 pieces. *Hopes you understand*

By the way, the cut is done by pressing enter.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/783/84783591ou9.jpg

6. Now make sure you've activated every block, and press the vertex tool icon (or press Shift+V). Again, if you press the icon multiple times, it changes the screen. You see yellow and white dots, we don't need to touch to the yellow dots now, so press the icon until it shows only the white dots.

Well, drag your mouse like this over the block:

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9623/61uy1.jpg

And press enter. Now you will see a red dot! Try moving it around:

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8203/62hg2.jpg

Cool, eh? Now you can play with other dots too:

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/5350/63qu5.jpg

Then press the selection tool's icon (or press shift+s), it should now look something like this in the 3d camera (use the camera (shift+c) to move around.

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2540/64on1.jpg

Okay, it maybe is not really cool, but when you fill your map with those, it will be.


Well that's all for now. Remember to watch out for using vertex stupidly and causing invalid stuctures, i used to do that alot when i was new to vertexing (2 days ago).

Post some comments & critics and report any mistakes if found.

[ Edited ]

But better version with realistic
http://www.thewall.de/content/media/half-life/tutorials/felsen_variante_c/felsen_c_bild3.jpg
http://www.thewall.de/content/media/half-life/tutorials/felsen_variante_c/felsen_c_bild4.jpg
http://www.thewall.de/content/media/half-life/tutorials/felsen_variante_c/felsen_c_bild5.jpg
http://www.thewall.de/content/media/half-life/tutorials/felsen_variante_c/felsen_c_bild6.jpg

On those walls you will get stucked at the edges. =)


I builded Flibos wall by using the clipping tool:
(On this one u wont get stucked)

http://img41.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95845_cliff_122_220lo.jpg

heh. wait 10 mins and i will post one too :D

nice job :D but nothing new for me :x

/Edit: Done.

1. Make a tunnel (or a cave,whatever)
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut1fl8.jpg

2.Make a solid in one of the edges,then clip it to get 2 solids
http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut2nh6.jpg

3.Clip them again,till you get this:
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut3ml9.jpg

4.Vertex them all,like this:
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut5lw0.jpg

5.Shear them,till you get something like this:
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut6un8.jpg

6.Clip the edges like this:
http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut7rb8.jpg

7.its pretty much ready...just copy/paste the thing you just made around and detail it... stretch,shorten,etc... :D
http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut8gc7.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut9jw0.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut10hj5.jpg

8.now deal with the textures :D
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tut11xu4.jpg

9.done.you should get something like this:
http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tehendma6.jpg
http://img463.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dfafadzl5.jpg

dont forget to null :D


-This is more like a tunnel(cave) turorial,but i find it pretty useful in making walls and mountains too ^^


[ Edited Thu Feb 22 2007, 08:33AM ]

Very beautiful. I hope your tutorials will be finished of as a kz map :)

glad you like it :D <3

thats heeps cool bl00d, i keep getting invalid solid structure though :P

I don't prefer flibo's way of doing a wall.

http://r.viive.fi/tut/1.JPG
http://r.viive.fi/tut/2.JPG
http://r.viive.fi/tut/3.JPG
http://r.viive.fi/tut/4.JPG
http://r.viive.fi/tut/5.JPG
http://r.viive.fi/tut/6.JPG
http://r.viive.fi/tut/7.JPG

radon has probably shown this somewhere.

Yeah, my post is old, i prefer to make also a block with 5 edges and vertex with it. Then you won't have any wallbugs.

ill update teh tutorial, sure, seems like some pics are broken too, but youll need to wait till saturday, when i get mah laptop. hamma doesnt work on my main pc :< btw vertex is useless after 4. :> you should get errors only up until 4, and be clear from there on