Patch Mesh and Capping

[volrathxp]

Ok question....

 

I am trying to build a bathtub (yes a bathtub) out of patch meshes. I am having a little trouble with it. I created two endcaps facing each other and i capped them. the deleted the top cap and left the bottom one. trouble is, how do i get the rounded edges to cap? i can't get it to do this. thanks in help for advance!!!

 

volrath

[Cmdr. Antilles]

Is this a built-in bath tub, or an old-timey one that stands by itself?

 

I'll tell you how to make it if I know what you're looking for, because I really don't understand what you're asking.

[volrathxp]

i think i may have gotten it but thanks anyways antilles!

 

volrath

[Cmdr. Antilles]

Eh... whatever...

[Verlex]

Please tell me this bathtub is not for anything other then your party map =P

[volrathxp]

what you no like the party map?

 

i ended up making a really gay looking bathtub. i'll prolly go back and look at it again later and see what i can do. there's still a lot of work to be done in this map and seeing as how i just decided to add a flooded basement, there's even more!

 

volrath

[Xcom]

Originally posted by volrathxp

a really gay looking bathtub

 

Kinda curious how it looks. LOL. Make a screenshot...

[volrathxp]

i actually ****ed up badly and scrapped the patch mesh one i was building. right now it's a boxy bathtub, but i'm gonna go back in and try and make a patch mesh one.

 

volrath

[Cmdr. Antilles]

If it's a built-in one, just build the outside walls w/ brushes, and leave a space in the middle. Put a simple patch mesh in there, flush w/ the top of the surrounding brushes, so that it all looks like one big brush. Then, just select the middle vertex, and pull it down till you get a nice curved shape. Or, put two endcaps end to end to get a circle, then flatten it out a bit to get a rectangular brush w/ rounded edges. Then, just curve the bottom row inward to get that nice curved bath-tub shape. If you're really having trouble, I might make one for ya.

[volrathxp]

oooohhh thank you so much cmdr

[volrathxp]

i think i'll get the hang of it if i do it though cmdr, but thanks for the offer.

[Cmdr. Antilles]

heh... I didn't think you'd let me do it for you. That's good.

 

Not just because it shows that you don't take the easy way out, but also because I'm really lazy, and don't need more projects.

[volrathxp]

lol.... well... i'm willing to try anything out if i eventually get better at it... i mean hell i made a toilet outta patches i oughta be able to handle this bathtub.

 

volrath

[UniKorn]

Don't overdo the use of patches. From time to time it might be better to use models instead of patches.

[RichDiesal]

I dunno... my most recent duel map is 80% patches (endcaps, bevels, and simple meshes - around 50 of them) and r_speeds are never above 8000 at the most complex point of the map...

 

They apparently don't hinder the engine too much.