Anyone suggestions for making realistic-looking jail bars?

I'm still learning mapping so it can't be too difficult.

make a 1x1 square brush from caulk in the z view (top) then with it selected click patch --> cylinder

texture it with a metal texture and replicate it with the spacebar

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Hiya Sleepy_Sentry... welcome to the forum ... I am pretty new to mapping too.. never have done mapping before.. so I am still learning alot.. read and watch tutorials and topics in the forums and you will be mapping as good as StrYdeR and Wyatt Earp in no time lol ...

Ok have a looksee at this pic of a bank I am working on for my map.. is this something like you are after...

http://img9.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img9&image=untitled2va.jpg

If it is.. not that hard to do... mind you I haven't finished working on it..

Step1.... make a brush 8x8 wide and 120 tall... ( can be any measure meant you like )

Step2... Go to patch.. then cylinder... ( this turns your square brush into a cylinder shape.. pole..

Step3... From here its pretty much up to you how you wanna work it.. hit space bar of course just to copy it and space them out to look like a cell...

Hope it helps ya out...


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damn and i thought i did a good job and got in first lol

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Thanks for the help.

That link didn't work for me madcrow . It just redirects me to the Imageshack homepage.

I also found another way to make bars. If you look at the textures under "industrial," there is an elevator cage made of bars.

I think I'm going to make a map of a prison because it is relatively easy and it is interesting.

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Glad it helped.. hopefully this link will work...

http://img55.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img55&image=untitled8da.jpg

I, and StrYdeR, could have directed your attention to that texture.. but I personally don't like to map things in 2d... if ya know what I mean... if you walk up close to that texture then it just shows the bars in 2d ( flat )... making them from scratch is the way to go.... it gives the map more detail and makes it look 110% better...

Ask yourself.. do you want to make beautiful well done maps for COD or make a house for Sims... lol I like taking the pee-pee outta Sims... I would definately learn how to do it as myself and StrYdeR have said... instead of making a quick and easy map... make a great map..

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Sorry cant seem to get images to show for some stupid reason.. anyone know how.. StrYdeR?

Can you just post straight onto here.. or have to be preferred member..?

Or something better then image shack.. or someone can explain which addy to post etc

I don't know of anything better than Imageshack. A Google search should yield some results. Personally I don't use image uploaders. I like using my own webhosting.

Now that I think of it I think Yahoo gives you a small amount of space for images and stuff. You could use that until you find something else.

I'll work on making my own 3d bars. I guess it wouldn't be too hard because I could just make one and clone it a thousand times.

Thanks!

You could still use the texture with the bars for cells that cannot be approached directly. You know, like if you have a wing that's closed off or something.

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Yes I concurr with Filbert... as you said to make it 3d isnt hard at all.. looks a thousand times better.. then for places y9ou cant get to use the bar texture