What are clip brushes? Created 20 years ago2004-01-23 21:53:29 UTC by theJ89

I've heard the term, but what are they and how do I make them? It sounds like taking the side off of a brush or something

CLIP is a brush EG u have a room and if u use the CLIP brush(it should have some mans eyes on it) if u use this then we u compile ur map its invisible(just like AAA brush) BUT u cant walk through it. Its a brush that people use for players not to enter say outside the map or if there is a leak.

CLIP
can't walk through
can shoot through

will not stop leaks, but will stop someone swimming off into the sky, use it to stop players from getting to parts of the map you dont want them to and to speed up gameplay by removing any unnecessary edges on walls. There must be a tutorial on it around here.

Never got around to it as it seemed as simple as HINT's (ed:Andy)

Won't stop monsters either. For that, you need a func_monsterclip with a texture other than clip/origin/translucent. Let's say aaatrigger, that's what I use. Also, to clip a monster, you must tick their monsterclip flag. And with ZHLT, the edge of a sky brush acts as a clip brush automatically, so you wouldn't need 'em for skies.

If you have large sky areas and the player isn't likely to fall through them, you can speed up your compile by using the -noclip command. Clipped skies were introduced around ZHLT 200.(ed:Andy)

wow, didn't know that, although if I ever made a proper SP map I'd have noticed pretty quick. They act like every other entity towards clips, cept for the player of course

Clip brishes are used to stop the player from going somewhere they shouldn't. [shameless plug] In the deathmatch map I just posted, "Mkay", I had to use clip brushes under the catwalks. You can shoot through but will never get stuck. [/shameless plug]