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Posted by Kampy on Mon Aug 10th at 8:18pm 2009

I found these awesome window models, but somehow they look strange from the sides, because they are open. Why is that so and whats the trick? I cant move them more inside the wall or the window pane starts to disappear. smiley





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 Re: window models open at the sides?
Posted by reaper47 on Tue Aug 11th at 12:08am 2009

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Well that is, my friend, because they are open on the side!

They're meant to be used in clearly defined wall openings, surrounded by brushes, probably only ever seen from one side. With the "correct" use of the model, the sides of the window would not be seen, so the polygons are spared for performance reasons, resulting in the "open" look.



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 Re: window models open at the sides?
Posted by Kampy on Tue Aug 11th at 7:40am 2009

I wish someone would model me a frame around those two windows ^^ what a waste to map hundreds of frames around them



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Posted by Kampy on Tue Aug 11th at 9:15pm 2009

I solved it by adding a block around as a frame with a SKIP texture on the window pane side. looks great.




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