what does "Actor Align" do?

[tarquin]

Just seen it mentioned on the TO mapping forum.
I've tried fiddling with it but it doesn't seem to do anything.

PS. *cough* (http://www.imahosting.com/unrealwiki/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?Command_Line)

[@kuma]

transform the brush permantly, then actor align it

the verts will get snapped to the nearest grid points on whatever grid you're using, handy dandy :)

useful to do after any regular (not multiple) vertex manipulation as I find 50% of the time you'll end up with verts that are a few micro units off the grid (which is as bad as being off the grid by any other amount) - that 'shimmering' of lines you get in some maps when you zoom in/out indicates they should have used actor align.

And it can be safely undone too, which is novel for ued

[Machismo]

heh thanx for the tip :D. that shimerring is really irritaating.

tarquin you should add in how to bind console commands to keys from this page http://www.langsuyar.com/unreal/unrealed.html to Wiki

[tarquin]

ah... :)
I never turn snap off, that's why it had no effect. Thanks :)

[@kuma]

even with gridsnap on verts will 'drift' away from the grid a lot of the time with conventional vertex editing, but not with multiple vertex editing luckily

I found it came in most handy for gridnapping revolved shapes (assuming it doesnt mess up the shape)

[tarquin]

Originally posted by Machismo
tarquin you should add in how to bind console commands to keys from this page http://www.langsuyar.com/unreal/unrealed.html to Wiki

My typing is shot to pieces at the moment, I'm churning out more typos than sense. I've created a link for a page on that topic, so if anyone wants to write it up, it's open season :p http://www.imahosting.com/unrealwiki/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?action=edit&id=Binding_Editor_Commands

BTW, it's fine to import tutorials you've written yourself from other sites, but we can't import this guy's page without explicit permission.