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This tutorial explains about holding ALT while applying texures. This method only works when you are doing the point and click method. If you apply texures while holding in ALT, it will align the applied texure with the current texure selected. This can be very useful when trying to get the texures to allign with each other when texuring complex shapes, such as rocks, pillars and odd angled faces.

Example



Here is a example on this method. I have created a 8 sided arc, with a wall thickness of 15. I have texured the sides, but shifted the side texures up slighty, so the trim at the top of the texure has now been hidden.



I now select one of the side texures...



...hold in ALT, and right click on the horizontal face above it.



Now it has been texured with a trim, which is at the right angle! This trim was the hidden trim of the side texure, and of course aligned itself with the side texure because I was holding in ALT.

Now I repeat this for each of the walls, and I end up with a nice pipe with a trim.
Simple =]



Obviously there are many other things you can do with the ALT application - just experiment. I've found that not many people actually know about this form of application, so hope this has been useful to you!


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0 starsPosted by Niborius on Sun Nov 22nd 2009 at 1:27pm

Thanks a lot for this! I always wondered how to do it.
0 starsPosted by reaper47 on Thu Aug 24th 2006 at 9:48pm

I can't believe I didn't find this earlier. Thanks.
0 starsPosted by Forceflow on Sun May 14th 2006 at 9:51pm

Thanks !
0 starsPosted by resurjoe on Sat May 13th 2006 at 8:26am

0 starsPosted by SpiKeRs on Wed Apr 12th 2006 at 5:42pm

Cant believe never knew about this little feature, this is gonna be a real big help
0 starsPosted by Biological Component on Wed Apr 12th 2006 at 4:19pm

Misaligned textures can eat slag now.
0 starsPosted by Elon Yariv on Sun Apr 9th 2006 at 1:17pm

I heard there was a tutorial on that already on snarkpit. I don't know how to rate this tutorial cause I've seen this tutorial many times... and it's always the same.

Anyway, if you only press the right mouse button the texture's attributes are copied to the other face without aglining, can be usefull sometimes.

I have many tips but I never thought of submitting them as tutorials.
0 starsPosted by Andrei on Sat Apr 8th 2006 at 2:49pm

Nice little trick. Didn't know that one. Until now i used to torture myself by using the texture manipulation tool on each side which, of course, took alot of time and effort.
0 starsPosted by MJ on Sat Apr 8th 2006 at 5:55am

Simple yet very useful..
0 starsPosted by Captain P on Fri Apr 7th 2006 at 2:34pm

Yeah, that tutorial covers it already imho - besides, it's texTures, not texures.
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