Rocky walls

[mapmaker]

Does anyone have any advice on making a realistic looking rocky wall? I made some pretty good ones, I think, but they aren't as good as some that I've seen. I'd appreciate any advice.

[Cunnah]

heres on peice of advice

 

Double the texture size on faces this will reduce r_speeds and will reduce repetition in rock faces that makes it look unrealistic

[DNACowboy]

mapmaker did you check out bubba's advanced tutorial, he shows howto make a rocky wall ( as a barrier)

 

platequake.com/bubba

[mapmaker]

Yeah I did, the walls in that tutorial were ok, but now quite what I'm looking for. I'd like an even more rocky looking wall

Does anyone know if it's ok to have a lot of brushes overlap each other

to create a very rocky looking surface? or do brushes always have to line up?

[freehub]

Have you tried using Patch Mesh?

[mapmaker]

That would create a nice looking smooth rock surface, but would lower frame rates by quite a bit. I'm trying to make a jagged rock wall.

[Tems]

i would advise against patches for rock surfaces. i believe most would agree with me.

 

my suggestion would be to do trial and error. look at some pictures/whatnot and see if you can replicate it w/o overlapping brushes. get a feel for the vert editing and how rock walls look in reality. thats all i can say other than check a tutorial.

 

-Tems

[mapmaker]

My rock walls look ok, I think, I just feel like they would look better if I could overlap brushes onto them to give them a more jagged appearance. Tems, will it mess things up (lower frame rates, higher r_speeds) if I overlap brushes?

[chrispcarter]

try making a relatively simple pattern of brushes that you can group and tile - it may look a bit repetitive at times, but it'll be a lot easier than doing it all by hand.

[Tems]

overlapping brushes wont lower r_speeds all that much. however it could cause overdraw/z-fighting. its better to not overlap and to have all unseen faces textured w/ system/caulk. its just more efficient.

 

-Tems