hollow cylinder

Durf · Post by **Durf** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:47 pm

im not sure i've spelt that right, but i wanna make a hollow cylinder, kinda like at the "tank olympics" with the SW in the middle, but no openings.
help anyone? also, would it be possible to make it so that there are no ends?(like an empty toilet paper roll).

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:03 pm

use the ratio option

so:

ratio 1 = full arc

ratio 0 = hollow arc

meeba · Post by **meeba** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:17 pm

yes, what WinXP said.

and to make the closed ends, just make something that's really thin and with ratio 1, and stick it on the end.

skip that last step if you don't want the ends.

Durf · Post by **Durf** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:14 pm

k ty, buts whats this about arcs? see i wanna make a map with a cylinder tower with the top open, maybe ill close it with a dome(how do i do that?).

Goodbye2U · Post by **Goodbye2U** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:18 pm

Durf wrote:k ty, buts whats this about arcs? see i wanna make a map with a cylinder tower with the top open, maybe ill close it with a dome(how do i do that?).

So a cylinder with the top uncovered? And maybe later,
a dome on top so it becomes a barn silo? That shouldnt
be too hard to do in wings or blender.

Destroyer1313 · Post by **Destroyer1313** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:25 pm

Bluu, that was my post. Crap. I forgot to log my brother out.
Ah, well.

Durf · Post by **Durf** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:39 pm

wings or blender?

tw1sted · Post by **tw1sted** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:22 am

there 3D modlers. serch "wings" on google and it should be like the first or second link

dango · Post by **dango** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:06 am

you can probly do that with the current arcs and spheres.

Durf · Post by **Durf** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:52 pm

no need for that silo shape anymore. although i have two questions!

1) how do a make a box transparent yet visible, like glass(window)

2) im map-making retarded, im haveing trouble with meshes. all i want are 2 faces, thats it, 4 points for each face. can someone give me an example of a working mesh?

Durf · Post by **Durf** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:36 pm

well i got the mesh. i still need that window thing.
also for a texture:

box
name box1
position 0 0 0
size 10 10 10
rotation 0
texture metal
end

is that it? and the picture has to be in the same directory or i have to specify where exactly it is. like: http://bzdurf.atspace.com/storage/metal
also it has to be PNG.

Post by **joevano** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:56 pm

Check out this post I think it is what you are looking for on the glass thing...
http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=7545