From: Inskipp To: ml@qoole.com Reply-To: ml@qoole.com Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 01:14:29 -0700 Subject: Re: Q2 questions >Question #1: > When you design a level, do you just go ahead and design everything up >front room by room, and make sure all the textures look great before >continuing on to the next room? Yes.. I go up to about 80% finished before I move on to the next area. This also simplifies finding leaks, since the outer walls are complete. Areas with lots of angled polygons I don't bother aligning until I have the shape just right. During the process of testing, lighting, I think of details to add, and add them in, change the odd texture/brush, etc. Try to get any special entities working properly before moving on. >Question #2: >... Is this just merely just using another brush with csg >subtract tool and then overlaying the layer with a different texture? Yes, but I generally use Duplicate, since this brush will be very similar. Do this with walls too! >Question #3: > Do you as a designer take r_speeds into consideration after you've >already done the layout? or as you're doing the layout? I consider r_speeds when I first imagine how the level should look. During building I check it now & then to make sure there are no problem areas, so no work is wasted. Nature-type outdoor areas are always complex and must be continually checked. > I saw a tutorial >on the web, stating how you could cut back poly counts by making sure that >certain things didn't touch. In software mode, you can set the video so you can see each individual triangle drawn. This technique can easily cut the number of triangles drawn in half. You may not notice this on a P2 in single player, but you sure will on a slower P1 when there are 8 players in the same room. >I downloaded GlideQoole 2.34 I've downloaded & installed just about every GL-related driver/package I could find... GQ 2.34 works well enough for me, crashes maybe once or twice a week. I =LOVE= how it saves your level first when it crashes! I've lost count how many times it has saved my ass.