Transclucent walls show "hall of mirrors" effect

[Testicle]

I just finished making a level in which the main room has translucent walls. I also put a starfield in the background.The walls behave like holes in the game, showing the "hall of mirrors effect" and , in short, really pissing me off. How would i make the wall tranclucent showing the starfield in the background.

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[lestat]

Easy enough to fix, your walls are probably in contact with other solid walls, WHen you make something transparent, make sure it doesnt actually touch anything, Leave it about 2 units away from all other walls, that is small enough not to notice , but far enough from the wall to get rid of the 'hole' effect' , example, if you have a doorway, say 256 high, by 256 wide, and you want a transparent window in it, make a bursh 254high by 254 wide, and give it a thickness of 2 units, if it touches the solid part, it will make the hole, because it is seeing through into the solid world geometry.
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[This message has been edited by lestat (edited 12-23-1999).]

 

[Mute]

I just posted this exact same question 20 minutes after you Testicle. It's in a thread called 'Transparent Zone' problems. Hopefully someone can answer this for both of us soon! My transparent zone is NOT touching any other objects so that is not the problem.

 

[Testicle]

The thing is that we ( me and my friend) we made a structure that resembles an aquarium, it is supposed to be made of glass and it has a frame. It was modelled in MAX and imported as a brush. We'd like it to be transparent so that u can see the stars in the background, and to have a small reflectivity, but not too much. The whole idea of the map is four rooms connected with the tunnels to a big glass structure with no gravity at all.Everything worked except the transparency of the big walls in the "Aquarium".
Another quastion: What is the max number of polygons in a map, so that it can be playable with 15-20 bots added? I just want it to be playable, not choppy.

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[Wanderer]

Hmm... I don't work with 3dsmax brushes that are imported. Never did it, never had a reason to. Anybody have experience in this department?

Now the glass can be transparent but it can't have a minor reflectivity like real glass.

For a map to have 15-20 players with acceptable speeds would need to have a low average poly count of about 50. And when I say poly count I mean in game using "stat fps" not through the Rebuilder window.