Beginner- help with triangles?

[Danja]

I'm making my first map with the new editor, and with the 2D shape editor gone I dont really know how I can make triangle corners.

Heres what I have: I have 2 hallways that I want to connect with a diagonal hallway, in such a way that I would need a triangular prism to do.

Help appreciated

P.S: I'm Big Red Button, this is my new account.

[Cryosis]

Usually I just create a square, then move one of the corners between the adjacent corners. creates a triangle

[virgo47]

He probably wants those corners that make original face octagonal. I'd go for 3d cutting tool - check attached picture. Carefully place all three cutting points + check normal before apply.

[Optimal134]

I think the real question is.... where is the 2d shape editor tool for ut3 how are you suppose to make unique curves and shapes now for corridors and such.....

[Bazzwano]

Originally Posted by Optimal134

I think the real question is.... where is the 2d shape editor tool for ut3 how are you suppose to make unique curves and shapes now for corridors and such.....

there isnt one anymore which I dont know, it was so usfull.. ahh the good old days.
but yeh use the cutting tool

[Angel_Mapper]

Originally Posted by Optimal134

I think the real question is.... where is the 2d shape editor tool for ut3 how are you suppose to make unique curves and shapes now for corridors and such.....

3D Max / Maya / Milkshape / etc... Anything more than basic primitives shouldn't be made with BSP.

[Optimal134]

Bazzwano you mean the geometry tool ? how do you make extended curved halls, join small sections together? Oh and by the way youre maps are incredible! play them all the time on the beach party server.... instagib

[Optimal134]

Awsome work angel...Thank you for youre response,why did they remove the 2d shape editor it would be great to have a comprehensive tutorial on making unique shapes with the ut3 editor..

[Wormbo]

Originally Posted by Danja

I'm making my first map with the new editor, and with the 2D shape editor gone I dont really know how I can make triangle corners.

Heres what I have: I have 2 hallways that I want to connect with a diagonal hallway, in such a way that I would need a triangular prism to do.

Help appreciated

P.S: I'm Big Red Button, this is my new account.

Use a 3-sided "cylinder" and move the vertices so they form the shape you want.

[Bazzwano]

Originally Posted by Optimal134

Bazzwano you mean the geometry tool ? how do you make extended curved halls, join small sections together? Oh and by the way youre maps are incredible! play them all the time on the beach party server.... instagib

thanks for that comment.. um yes the geometry tool has a cutting tool.. but wormbo is right you can start with a triangle his way.. I personally put a cube into place and cut corner to corner.. if i need to. well for a curved hall way.. what I did in dreary was make a cylinder with like 32 sides and a hollow center... then I cut it in half and then in half again.. this creates a curved hallway... after I meshes my map I ended up replacing that BSP with a square. make sence? but if you want curved BSP no I didn't paste pieces side by side

[Optimal134]

Thank you Bazzwano for youre response i understand, but how do you add vertices to make a curved ceiling for the hall or add vertices to the sides.

[Wormbo]

Right-click the brush builder icon to make changes in size and other parameters before creating the new builder brush.

[Bazzwano]

Originally Posted by Optimal134

Thank you Bazzwano for youre response i understand, but how do you add vertices to make a curved ceiling for the hall or add vertices to the sides.

you mean for my example? im not sure what you mean.. well in the geometry editor, there is a mode that will render the sides of your builder brush (making it look like a red block), i forget what this mode is called, when you open the advance options diolog on the geometry tool you can click a surface and extrude.. making more pollys. I personally dont do this.. if the vertex's for my shape is on the grid ( my BSP is mostly square shapes) then i would just place a new brush next to it, that way its more editable, because once you make a polly Iv found deleting a Polly makes holes. that may not be what you want.

you can consider creating a spher and cutting it in half..

I would like to point out. the the BSP for all my maps is very simple.. i suggest you have a look in the editor so see that you dont need to make complex BSP to make a good map. in fact its a very bad thing to make complex bsp.. thats what meshes are for.

if there is a particularly shape you wana make but dont know how.. then ask

[Optimal134]

Yes for youre example say i wanted to have a curved room with a raised ceiling with angles and edges along the walls.

[Bazzwano]

Originally Posted by Optimal134

Yes for youre example say i wanted to have a curved room with a raised ceiling with angles and edges along the walls.

I know exactly what you want to do... but I cannot think of a way to do that, this is what the drawing tool was good at. the problem is that you could move the vertexes arround manully but that wont be acurate, you would see with the cylnder that the points dont all fall on the grid with a object like that.

This is the type of BSP that I donot know how to create, the type where you want a curve like a half curcle where the celling is also say a half curcle. Sorry.. i dont think you can acheve this with BSP anymore.. but might I add I dont even know what all the tools in the modifiyers panal do. the only ones iv ever used is extrude and cut.

but again.. you shouldnt need to make BSP like that.

There Is only one way that I can think of and it would be a long and complicated processing involving the creation of multiple sized cylenders and combining the soft selection tool with the size tool

[Bazzwano]

Sorry someone else will have to help you there, Iv never imported brushes

[Optimal134]

Thanks Bazzwano for all youre help....... youre maps rock