Ribbed like tunnels Created 19 years ago2005-03-28 10:09:31 UTC by talos

I am trying to create "ribbed like" walls and tunnels. (Go to "http://www.pluton.co.uk/andy/images/tunnel.jpg") to see what I am talking about.

I have tried to use cylinders and archs that I make into arches which have curved surfaces. However, this process is kinda buggy and it puts a ton of polygons on the screen, and in many cases crashes hammer.

I was wondering if there was a way I could create a custom texture with some sort of bumpmapping effect that could achieve the same effect but draw less on the system.

I'd suggest normal maps. Look at the materials stuff in the SDK documentation.