Prop Entity or Func_detail Brush?

The following image is a small section of the wall of my long depot
hallway. I've been wondering what the most efficient way of
creating my I-beam effect.



Should I use the prop or create it with brushes and set it to
func_detail? I would have a bunch of these things (probably 35 or
so along the hallway, making up the skeletal framework).

Thanks in advance.

With prop do you mean modeling (If you know how then go for it) if you dont then a func_detail is fine also.

Depends what you mean by efficient; the game would render a model faster, but your BSP would be that extra bit larger for other people to download, and tbh that's such a simple little object making it a func_detail is fine.

Func_detail could be a better choice, since they are the easiest entities to render for the engine, on lower machines however, they wouldn't be drawn at all, so it's mostly up to you, should all players be able to see them, or you want to go for a high visual effect...

I sugest the brush.

Looking at your image, i think creating a prop for that would be a waste of work.

Plus you should be able to create props, textures and uvmaps for it....

Thanks guys. Though the design of my hall has changed a bit, I
think I understand the differences a little better now. Thanks so
much!

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<DIV class=quotetext>Func_detail could be a better choice, since they are the easiest entities to render for the engine, on lower machines however, they wouldn't be drawn at all, so it's mostly up to you, should all players be able to see them, or you want to go for a high visual effect...</DIV></DIV>

Since when has this been the case? No offence, but this is a questionable statement, and certainly the first I have heard of. Can you back this up with some documentation? As far as I know, func_details are rendered, no matter the system specs. Now.... detailed brushes such as grass and 'decals' (which in some sense are brushes, since they are textures drawn on polygonal faces) are scalable details that lower end systems lose. Maybe this is what you meant?