Hollow Toruses

Thanx again...I'll be sure to remember this.

Neat. I tried to make a torus yesterday when the question came up in the forums but failed. Although I wonder if it would have any practical use in a map... I wouldn't really know what to do with it (the inside, I mean).

Thank you!

I know what you mean in terms of practicality. The whole thing is a func_wall too, so lighing is pretty basic/limited too unfortunately.

Another flaw is that after I rotated/clipped each part, I tried to shore up the verticies to make it cleaner, but it created 50,000 invalid solids...so it's pretty much as clean as I could get it.

All in all an interesting shape, if nothing else, and while not entirely practical, it gives a bit of an idea the flexibility Daub's method allows.

Sort of reminds me of the Nemodian ships from Episode I, or the original "Lost In Space" spacecraft lol

I had an idea, but in my attempts to work with Rowley's and my ideas for the hollow torus on a larger scale failed, my fear that it was Source bound was confirmed. I still appreciate the help though, rowley.

Sweet! ^^
I bet it took a whole lot of time to rotate, shear & cut the pipes (hollow even!)
Great work

TY Master Dauby!

Would have been wholly impossible for me without using the method you mentioned in the "Mapping Tips" thread.

It didn't really take that long. What took longer for me was trying to get the lighting/texturing ok, but in the end it turned out to be a great exercise for both!