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metsfan0908
September 1st, 2008, 11:03 AM
I was Modeling a map and on one base i was able to make a roof but on the other the cap wont work it only re-creates the border and doesnt make a roof.

anyone know any other ideas to make a roof? it worked fine on the other base. :|

Rentafence
September 1st, 2008, 11:14 AM
Create polygon tool

metsfan0908
September 1st, 2008, 11:15 AM
it wont let me do that ethier for some reason i select polygon then i goto create something and it wont let me

Advancebo
September 1st, 2008, 12:28 PM
shift+drag mouse to extrude edges. then target weld the verts on the extruded edges to the base

metsfan0908
September 1st, 2008, 12:33 PM
which polygons do i slelect?

OpsY
September 1st, 2008, 01:35 PM
You'd better watch some modelling tutorials. I suggest H Guru's to start with But There's some process in there that you will have to ''un learn'' on the short term.

Look on halomaps in the tutorials for H Guru's Making a map tutorial.

Bad Waffle
September 1st, 2008, 03:59 PM
Also, instead of asking which polygons to move when we clearly have no clue what the map looks like, look up the term, "independent thought". You don't ask somebody how to make your map.

metsfan0908
September 1st, 2008, 06:42 PM
i know how to make a map and stuff and i tryed what all of you had sad and it did'nt work....

and im not asking you guys how to make a map....
i've also watched H gurus map tutorial.... but all i need is a roof for my second base and then i texture and im done.... (with the model part)

just for some reason it wont let me make a roof :|

jngrow
September 1st, 2008, 06:45 PM
How about a screen shot so we can see what the problem is??

metsfan0908
September 1st, 2008, 07:25 PM
fine...

E:

this is one base:
http://i34.tinypic.com/sfyooi.jpg

This Is the one i cant get the roof onto:
http://i35.tinypic.com/66ajuo.jpg

Bastinka
September 1st, 2008, 07:40 PM
:facepalm:

I don't really think it's worth explaining :|

Chainsy
September 1st, 2008, 07:47 PM
Wow way not to help. You need to delete those top faces, as it wont let you create faces over other ones.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn229/1chains1/untitled-1.jpg

Con
September 1st, 2008, 07:59 PM
You really need to learn to make a map without taking a tessellated plane and extruding and moving some faces. You have a horrible waste of polygons there, and it's not worth it to clean that up at the end. You should start with only what you need, and work with that. Watch/read some tutorials, as you obviously don't know how to model a map yet. You need to learn more basic skills and stay away from poor methods like you're using now. When you're making surfaces, create it using only polygons necessary to making the shape you need. Anything else is purposeless. My advice is to go through some basic modeling tutorials.

metsfan0908
September 1st, 2008, 08:31 PM
Okay look I deleted the faces on top and then went to border then right click and cap

And it didn't work

SnaFuBAR
September 2nd, 2008, 12:28 AM
because you kept the top row of polygons on the inside :|

if you don't know what you're doing, stop, and get tutorials. as in right now.

metsfan0908
September 2nd, 2008, 09:49 AM
omg i know what im doing it just didnt work this one time because it worked perfectly fine on the other one

just is there another way to make a roof?

Con
September 2nd, 2008, 11:03 AM
Stop deluding yourself, you really don't know what you're doing. You came here for advice, now take it. If you knew what you were doing, then this thread wouldn't exist.

MMFSdjw
September 2nd, 2008, 11:12 AM
Ok, this is what you're starting with,
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v318/30/120/41113111/n41113111_34758567_1147.jpg
Select these faces and delete them
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v318/30/120/41113111/n41113111_34758568_1447.jpg
Select the interior border and hit cap
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v318/30/120/41113111/n41113111_34758570_1950.jpg
Then select the outer border and hit cap
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v318/30/120/41113111/n41113111_34758571_2203.jpg

And move one of the faces up some so the two are not overlapping.

And please, never release this map.
Ever.

metsfan0908
September 2nd, 2008, 11:29 AM
it wont let me just select the inside or outside it selects the whole thing

and i DO know what im doing stop teling me to get a tutorial