I'm currently trying to recreate the curved staircase in the main room in Chateau for CoD2, but I'm having some trouble.

BEFORE you reply with the words "brushes and clipping"... I've got that far. I can do the actual staircase itself, it's the trimming I'm having trouble with. I've tried everything to recreate the sides of the stairs (curved wall with railings) but can't get it looking correctly. I've tried with brushes, curved patches and even manipulated terrain patches. Hopefully this screenie should explain a little better.

Maybe it's originally a model and not constructed with brushes/patches/meshes in Radiant?

As far as I know.. it's made out of patches.

Try running the map with show tris turned on to give you an idea how it's made up.

I should have thought of that. /r_showTris 1 or 2 should do it.

I've been trying to do r_showtris, but it's coming up cheat protected. How can I turn cheats on my own local server in order to use it?

run your CoD2 in developer mode.

To start CoD in developer mode

Rightclick on your CoD shortcut on your desktop
In "Target" add +set developer 1 behind the ".....\CoDMP.exe"
So it should look like this: ".....\CoDMP.exe" +set developer 1
Press "OK"
Start CoD
type /devmap yourmapname in the console.

This works for UO, CoD2 and SP too.. just add it to the right shortcut.

I don't think you even have to put the +developer 1 part. Just load it up with the /devmap mp_mapname and it should work.

I was just wondering about the exact same staircase. Before I knew how to make maps, I never even noticed it unitll I made a "lighthouse" stair set a while ago. Made from patches? WOW! Good luck!

Hmm I think you can make it to: 2 Simple Curve Patched wall, and one of the curve patched wall need to be inverted.Then bend them. Then use the Thicken. And you need to use the V button to lift the walls height.

Cheers guys, worked a treat!!!!



Tada!