[article] Complex cliff faces

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... the easy way!

The best low poly cliff tut ever, No doubt.

Helpful newbie tutorial, I remember I hated rocks when I first started out mapping.

great work. Really helped out a lot, helped r_speeds, and looks great.

very simple...i like

This has helped me out noend and its so bloody easy aswell

This method is awesome! Unfortunately it doesn't work that well for most corners... anyway around that?

very nice, i like it alot. the way around the corners is by doing the corners like a pipes (cross the ends and clip them at a 45 degree angle)

Remeber it is also important to have a good rock texture. Cassius has loads to help you there.

Yup, i used this method in fy_icewar i released yesterday. i knew i learnt it from somewhere!

Very nice, I'm using this as of now

It looks better than some cliffs that have even higher poly counts (!)

Cool

I've been using this method of rocks for a while now. It's good for thin valleys and such, but not good for constant rocks in a large outdoor scene, since I'm currently facing and r_speed crisis in an incomplete area. The overall tutorial is very good though.

Lining up corners though, and continuing the rock segments if you have not completed the area can be quite a hassle, though. I find doing a corner where the rocks face inwards to be close to impossible, unless you use the same exact brush all around. It's a bit diffcult to explain.

Indeed it isn't ideal for those circumstances. I'd suggest looking into triangle terrain methods for more involved areas of terrain. This is really just for short sections of cliffs or whatever.

Nise and real

Hey guys! AWESOME TUTORIAL! I've used it many times! I dont know if this is allowed here but I made a video tutorial for this! im on youtube as vhetutor and you guys can go check it out if you want! Its uploading as of July 15th 2009. Will be up by later this night. Awesome tutorial!

Reno you literally rock!

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