need help texturing a stairway railing Created 18 years ago2006-12-08 01:17:37 UTC by eightballrota

So i built what I think is a nice fanned-out stairway, only problem is the ralings don't match the slant of the texture. So I figured I could make the railing horizontal, texture it, then hit texture lock and reshape the railing to match the steps. Only problem is it doesnt work. Here, lemme show you what I mean.

Here is the railing horizontal to the floor.so I got the texture I want, then I click on it three times to "shift" the one end down like this, which makes the texture look good...but when I let go of the mouse button, the texure reverts back to horizontal, not to how I dragged it., like thisthe railing textures provided are not the proper angle. They decend at like a 45 degree, my stairsa are closer to a 60 degree angle. I can rotate the texture to match it, but then the rail poles aren't verticle. How do you guys texture stair railings?
BTW, the large cylinder in the room is going to be a fish tank. It looks funny for now, needs work.

What you should do is select the side faces before slanting the railing down then use the alt-rightclick trick to apply the texture coordinates to the tops of the railings (that are textured with NODRAW right now) - Then when you apply the slant in the railing and the texture is messed up, select those top faces and use the alt-rightclick trick to apply those coordinates onto the sides of the railing. Then you can apply NODRAW or another texture on the top as you want.