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Posted by DocBadwrench on Thu Jan 27th at 1:24am 2005

I performed a search and couldn't find a message that directly references this, so I figure I'll share it and hopefully help some new folks like myself.

Use Texture Lock on your brushes once you've pain-stakingly aligned all the many faces of a fabrication. In this way, you won't be a frickin' schmuck, like myself, who keeps realigning his textures after he spends hours getting it right.

The shortcut key is SHIFT-L and it can also be found in the Tools Menu, the ninth option down. It will drastically save time, something that's very obvious to me after using it only once. It would also appear that it just stays on... great stuff.




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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Jan 27th at 1:32am 2005

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Posted by Bobv on Thu Jan 27th at 1:35am 2005

or if that doesnt work just put on flatshaded or wireframe and pretend it looks really cool and technological




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Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Jan 27th at 1:36am 2005

No offence or anything, but what a waste of cyber space (here we post editing questions....so whats yours?). Why didn't you put this in a hint/tips area or something.
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Posted by G.Ballblue on Thu Jan 27th at 1:40am 2005

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Posted by DocBadwrench on Thu Jan 27th at 4:42am 2005

Feel free to move it (whoever can). Sorry if it's a waste of space to you, but I found it to be yet another of those details that you might take for granted, but I thought I'd share. Please relax.




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Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Jan 27th at 4:53am 2005

Control pannel---> contact us (on the left side)---> submit as a quick tip there done
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Posted by satchmo on Thu Jan 27th at 4:58am 2005

But you have to admit that more people probably end up reading it here than in any tips/hint place.

It is a very good advice, after all.

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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Jan 27th at 11:15am 2005

i wrote this years ago, some of it is still valid info.

perhaps, we should remake one. edit it for accuracy, then post it for new people to read.

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Posted by Tylak on Thu Jan 27th at 5:26pm 2005

I don't like to leave TL on though. I only use it in the instance you've outlined; just moving around prealigned stuff. In general I would leave it off especailly if you're working with organic brushes. Its very stupid to have TL seams running through your rock walls or grassy knoll.
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Posted by ReNo on Thu Jan 27th at 5:49pm 2005

I keep it on all the time personally, as its very easy to mass realign natural textures such as rocks or grass using the "replace textures" tool with "do not replace textures" checkbox seleted.
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