textureing a room/hallway with pillars

Fandore

here's some progress in a room a i'm currently texturing, i have yet to get to all the proper lighting and detail work but the texture and trim work look nice and in place on most part , oh and i'm thinking about using blue for power down, what do you guys think ?

SamusDroid

It's very boxy. Need to make it smoother. Textures are too stretched looking too. I like the pillars though.

AurOn2

You people
Why do you all want smoothness?

My 2 cents: Try to keep the boxiness as a sort of theme, and see how it works out. smooth maps are great and all, but it get's old after a time.

Vetinari

Take a look at the prop browser, you're gonna find some interesting stuff there
E.g. wallmods.

Flaterectomy

I'd say, if you're making a curved surface, you're best off clicking those lines and making them smooth. You can make a theme out of angles, but then you're better off making obvious angles instead of going for curves.

[AwE]Sentinel

I like it as well. It is nice and clean like a quake map. The fps will be good and you can focus on fighting in these rooms. And the most important part: It doesn't look generic and you can still add details once the layout got tested.

BeigeAlert

Even if you want boxy, there still has to be some smoothness, or else it comes off as just bad looking. Try giving your edges a very slight bevel. That way, any specular lights will give off a slight glint on the edges and nothing will look like it's made out of cardboard.

Fandore

i'm focusing on layout and texture mapping first, this is without any props or detail. i don't fully understand 100% how to do everything yet but this piece here is only one part of a much larger room. i think, the hardest part is lining up the beams. that took quite some time as for some reason or another, when i lock the textures and try to copy it, it only works partly..

[AwE]Sentinel

Yeah, the editor is a BIT capriCious, heHe But if you know all it's flaws and short keys, you will become faster.