pitch roof!!!!

Hi there I am having a nightmare with a map I am producing it calls for a pitched roof but I can't seem to be able to generate one. I've tried the clip tool and this has appeared to word untill I run the map and then nothing happens. I am pulling my hair out this map is taking a life time to produce... Any help would be greatly appreciated :biggrin: by the way please excuse any bad spelling....

If it's a triangle shape, just create the brush vertically, then skew it to a midpoint. (click on the brush three times)

Or you could rotate the brush ... but clipping usually makes some funky stuff, I personally skew it whenever possible.

That also allows you to make a cool connector in the middle! :smile:

(I'll post an example in a moment)

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Did you confirm the clipping by hitting Enter? Clipping often works
fine, you should take some care while working with brushes more complex
than the average box but most of the times it shouldn't cause trouble.

Alternately, do what Crono said and instead of using the block shape, use the triangle (or was it wedge?) shape.

Another possibility is using vertex manipulation, it allows you to draw
vertices to other places. That way you can take a brush and move the
top vertices to each other, Hammer will then ask if you want to combine
these vertices into one. Click yes and you should be able to get a roof
shape just fine. Take care when using this method as it's easy to get
trouble with it. As long as your surfaces stay flat (e.g. a face
shouldn't bend) it should be fine though.

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No, I was suggesting to make a vertical block the thickness and height the roof top point it suppose to be ... then copy it to the other side, then skew them in to meet at the center ... the only hard part is getting them to meet right at the center, but even that is fairly easy ... so easy I decided not to make something showing it. It's pretty straightforward. Even faster and easier than vertex manipulating.

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Thanks guys for the help. I'll let you know how it goes on this thread, in case you are wondering. Once again thanks.... :biggrin:

As previously stated, be sure the clip tool actually removed the angle.

Clip gives you 3 options:

1) remove the piece you want.
2) remove the piece you dint want.
3) split the solid along the line of choice.

The red piece will be the chosen piece. Clicking the clip tool button several times during the process shows the results. Do this BEFORE hitting "Enter"

Now, the question's we need to ask is,
1) what tools are you using? Older tools borked clips sometimes. A hall of mirrors can be a result.
2) Are you sure you are clipping along a gridline? If not, errors can occur.
3) Have you jumped up there to be certain the solid is there/gone?

It might help if you:

1) post a pic of the hammer view and the ingame view. (optimized screen of course.)
2) try using the previous suggestions and totally ignoring my post. :smile:

Good luck.

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