wtf displacement tool

Fivz

holy shit I can sub divide and the option was hidden from me because I didn't drag the box out... I am so mad right now.

AurOn2

....sub divide?
dear sir, please elaborate?!

Racer1

I'm guessing Fivz is just venting. He probably did it the hard way (manually), and then realized after the fact that the tool allowed him to do it with one click.

Loki

^^

BeigeAlert

Also worth noting is that the tool replaces the materials on the polygons with a "mapping group" which prevents any seams from showing on those faces. See, if you were to manually divide all the faces, and add a texture to them, the minute you add any sort of displacement to the faces, the material mappings go nuts, and it looks really ugly. BUT, if you use the displacement tool, it treats the entire group of faces as a single material mapping, projecting the texture on them using the original face's normal vector.

deathshroud

i used it whilst making my map, i was surprised by how easy it is to use. im familiar with displacements in source engine

Fivz

AurOn2 wrote: »

....sub divide?
dear sir, please elaborate?!

If you use the displacement tool and drag the box out there's more options. The hours days I could've saved if I knew about this a year ago...

AurOn2

OH THAT.
...i totaly don't use that. Manual all the way! L-)

BeigeAlert

Fair warning though guys: you WILL lose all your work if you switch tools before finalizing the geometry. I recommend using the displacement tool ONLY for the subdivision/mapping, and just use the move tool to shift the vertices around.