Source SDK tutorial - Displacements

[tacticmanify]

The first thing I did was make a giant penis

[TheYoungerPerspectiv]

For some reason the displacements I have are... not working. Even though I haven't done anything odd to them, there is a broken piece of it which sort of hangs over the rest of the displacement, whenever I touch it while playtesting the map, it gets stuck and you cannot move without noclipping out. Any clue as to what I'm doing wrong?

[SquaredE2]

I have some displacements which aren't sewing correctly... I have them lined up and they are the same power, any ideas?

[FaNTaSTiiKHD]

@3kliksphilip Can you make an online game with it? I'm really looking forward on making one!

[asdflikesjkl]

@FaNTaSTiiKHD With SDK? Sure you can, but you can't do it alone you'd need an entire mod team to do it and even then it can take up to a year to make.

[AceFateKnight]

@FaNTaSTiiKHD You could use this to make the maps for an online game, but to get the game to work you would need some coders, texture makers(to prevent copyright issues), and who knows how many people to make the models and charecters. But for maps, yea this could work.

[COMBINEdotCOM]

@FaNTaSTiiKHD

yeah!

im makeing one myself although its more of a offline game

[liamlikesanimation]

Why is it that every-time I raise and lower its jagged? How can I make it smooth?

[Skeiln]

Hey, i have a question, i made a rocky underground and upground but i didnt build any walls around it, is this bad or can i leave it like it is?? it all works how it should be but i saw in your vid (almost at the end) that u make another block under it so the box is again closed.. that i didnt do so i wanna know if this causes really bad lag or errors (sorry bad english)

[TheIvanatorion]

@Skeiln you map is probably with leak, it does not allow VVIS to compile, so i think if your map is too bi it can lower FPS

[Skeiln]

@TheIvanatorion Oh i see, thanks for the info

[metalrave]

Finally, thanks for this video, it clarified the use of displacement, it was very frustrating. Also thank you for making me laugh my ass off when you threw your keyboard

[SnoobYHD]

@3kliksphilip Hey, for some reason my sewing does not work. They all have the same power and are all alligned. Yet they do not work.

[3kliksphilip]

@SnoobYHD Did you make all 6 sides of the block a displacement when you made them? That would stop them from sewing.

[CenTiSoN]

I hate it how (nearly) every time I search for a tut for source sdk, i'd find something, and then realising a couple days later that you have a better version on the same topic........ Nice tuts, thanks again.

[SALMING789]

Help! When i make the hills it just makes a pointy pyramid! I appreciate if you can help me.

[3kliksphilip]

@SALMING789 Watch this video, 1:52

[SALMING789]

@3kliksphilip They are still pointy! please explain how i make them round!

[3kliksphilip]

@SALMING789 Wow. Make them more detailed. How many displacements do you have?

[SALMING789]

@3kliksphilip 4 but even when i change them and click apply it does not happen anything.

[3kliksphilip]

@SALMING789 'Change them' in what way? And how large is the area that they're covering?

[SALMING789]

@3kliksphilip Wait is the Displacements the number which is under the "Power"? I can pick 2,3,4. Sorry im a bit confused =S

[3kliksphilip]

@SALMING789 The displacement is the actual ground itself. The power is the complexity of the displacement. It ranges from 2-4. If you want more than 4, you need to place more than one displacement in your level and place them next to each other, imitating a more detailed displacement.

[SALMING789]

@3kliksphilip Ok! Thx for the help.

[3kliksphilip]

@TwistedCyclonee Watch this tutorial, it will show you how to do it.

[nightmarecorn]

i maked a map with only displacments on the wall and floor and a skybox around the map but then i was going to try the map it says it cant find the file

[3kliksphilip]

@nightmarecorn Did you happen to make the displacements func_detail?

[nightmarecorn]

@3kliksphilip yep but i fixed it now

[Tman545380]

for some reason none of my displacements sew together they are perfectly aligned point to point and both were created with 4 power they are even the same size, is it because one is a "wall" (cliff wall) and one is the "floor" on top of the cliff or why

[3kliksphilip]

@Tman545380 How many faces of the displacement are actually displacements? Did you make all 6 sides displacements?

[Tman545380]

@3kliksphilip no actually only the top side of the "floor" and the side of the "wall" that is facing out

[3kliksphilip]

@Tman545380 I just assumed it was 6 sides because if you line them up, (even if they're not the same power) they should join together. Unless you're trying to join one whose side is already joined to another instead.

[Tman545380]

@3kliksphilip both of them arent joined to any yet thats just it i even tested it with new displacements but it wont work

[3kliksphilip]

@Tman545380 Upload your map's vmf file to the internet somewhere (A site like mediafire is best) then PM me the link to it and I'll see what you're doing wrong.

[TheSquishyHedgehog]

Omg i have the same phone as you !

[3kliksphilip]

@TheSquishyHedgehog Why did you admit to that?

[TheMessengersCree]

someone sounds sick :(

[randomguy9898]

holy crap this helped so much

[MrDuskling]

Wow, Nice tutorial. Great quality. Thanks :)

[imp0ssiblew0rds]

My displacements dont show up :(

[3kliksphilip]

@imp0ssiblew0rds Does anything else you add into your level show up either?

[imp0ssiblew0rds]

@3kliksphilip Nope, changes don't show up either, from switching spawns to adding in weapons.

[3kliksphilip]

@imp0ssiblew0rds Your map isn't compiling properly. When you compile your map, copy the text that appears in that pop-up box and send it to me on youtube in a private message.

[Sk8Kookies]

I'm watching everything over again :D

[3kliksphilip]

@leetbh I think it's just a matter of practicing with displacements and trying to fit them together. Can't say I've perfected it either.

[3kliksphilip]

@leetbh Try making a block, and making the top texture and two adjacent side textures displacements. Select all 3 at once and click 'subdivide'/ Should make a smooth curve. From there you can mess around with them.

[gothic717433]

I got an error message, i tried to paste it into here but it was too long.. help?



[3kliksphilip]

@gothic717433 Send it to me in a Private Message on youtube.

[anandodasgupta]

RIP keyboard.

[LuiDeca]

3kliksphilip, i used one of my hl2 blend texture, then i dont know what i did, and some grass spawned randomly in the displacement... it looked really nice, but now i cant do it again i dont know why. Can u tut this?

[3kliksphilip]

@LuiDeca I think it depends on the texture used.

[slayerkiller47]

Funny, I did the same to my piece of crap keyboard, except it broke on impact.

[theyoungster2]

i used a dev displacement texture to make a really cool gradient from grey to orange.

[3kliksphilip]

@theyoungster2 Nice!

[makkwankit]

Thanks guy, I learn too much from you :)

Also, better get yourself a good new keyboard, not the cheap one~ :D

[animatorxpalmer]

Help. I do this, but then it crashed my game. I HEARD it wasn't smooth enough and it crashed (for whatever reason), so......HELP DAMMIT

[3kliksphilip]

@animatorxpalmer What? So... it crashed when you made the displacements too detailed? I think there's an easy solution to that.

[SeriousFailDude]

''Fore some reason my old one broke'' xD I pissed my pants!

[TheDrummerJ]

Hey, I'm wondering... I want to make a ditch I know right click makes it go down not up. But when I go down I go into the ditch and I have a roof above me that is the same texture as the ditch... Any way I could get rid of that?

[3kliksphilip]

@TheDrummerJ Let me guess, you selected the entire block, instead of just the top face.

[TheDrummerJ]

@3kliksphilip

How do I select the top face?

[TheDrummerJ]

@3kliksphilip

Oh I see... Thanks :)

[TheDrummerJ]

@3kliksphilip

Nah I selected the top face bit its still coming up with a roof when I go in the ditch of water and the roof is solid as well...

[3kliksphilip]

@TheDrummerJ Upload your map's vmf file to somewhere online, like mediafire. Then PM me a link to it and I'll take a look at your map.

[SURPLUSNiNjA]

Lets say there are two displacements next to each other like this _| can I sew those?

[3kliksphilip]

@SURPLUSNiNjA Yes, as long as they line up. Subdivide might be worth doing too.

[RandomPieGuy]

Is there a simple, convenient, way of fixing bad geometry?

[3kliksphilip]

@RandomPieGuy Delete it and remake it, I guess. I've never had a problem with bad geometry so I don't know how other people manage it. When you make the displacement, do you make the displacement on all 6 sides, or just one?

[RandomPieGuy]

@3kliksphilip Just one

[3kliksphilip]

@RandomPieGuy Hmm, you shouldn't have had any problems with it. Destroy it and remake it.

[3Coello3]

Philip, I love you.

[Player44100]

"For some reason, my old one broke"

(RAGE KEYBOARD THROW)

-win-

[KIUBIX3]

@Player44100 i'll thumbs up for that =D

[NinjaKittyLOL]

>.< Sorry

[NinjaKittyLOL]

How do you make your hills so.... Round and smooth?

[3kliksphilip]

@NinjaKittyLOL Watch this tutorial on displacements

[fleaSP]

Great tutorials, very helpful for me.

When I use displacement, even slightly, my CSS character gets stuck and Im not sure why.

[3kliksphilip]

@fleaSP The only reason I can think of for getting stuck is if they're more than 45 degrees steep. If you lower one point of a displacement then you can make a deadly pit that will trap players in, simply use a more detailed displacement or make sure you don't just raise / lower one point to prevent this from happening.

[SumGuy45]

I have over 400 hours on Source SDK and I could never figure out how to make hills... Thanks so much... lol

[Scorp471]

now I can make cool maps.

[Wormivv]

lol'd at keyboard, I love your tuts.

[SmilezJuggalo]

I am trying to blend two textures for a pond, but When I go to paint with the paint alpha tool makes vertical lines with the textures on the whole block.

[3kliksphilip]

@SmilezJuggalo Could you show me pictures?

[bwavo]

When I'm building sometimes the blocks im trying to create wont stay to the grid. Do you know how to prevent this? By the way Great Tutorials!

[3kliksphilip]

@bwavo Either your grid size is too small (And it's still snapping to it, but at a smaller scale) or you've managed to disable the lock. I'm afraid I don't have Source SDK installed right now, but compare the icons at the top of your SDK to mine, and see which are selected and which are not.

[bwavo]

@3kliksphilip Thanks!

[TheJarago]

pls can u make tutorial how to create .vpk file in l4d2 map?

[TheYhrite]

Thanks!, Realy Helpful! :D

[puren0ob123]

why does the time skip 2:52 completely?

[3kliksphilip]

@puren0ob123 The end of youtube videos always seem to mess up

[ewegfyciwdcd11]

I lol'd when you threw away your keyboard.

[midgar8784]

For displacements,, when i want to sew the displacments mine will not work at times for some reason. for example, im making a cliff and i make the 2 displacments blocks and i want to sew them they won't sew one block is on the bottom and the other is on top, can you help?

[3kliksphilip]

@midgar8784 They must line up with each other, so that each of the displacement 'points' are aligned to the grid. Also, it helps if you only make one face of each brush a displacement, since they can't sew if there's, say, a flappy displacement bit in the middle.

[midgar8784]

@3kliksphilip oh okay thanks

[iszalgocomin]

I know you're agiangst these kind of maps, but could you make a surf map tutorial? I and maybe more people would be really grateful!

[3kliksphilip]

@iszalgocomin I haven't ever made any myself, so I don't think I could give advice on the design of one. However, if you want to make the slopes, I suggest you mess around with the Vertex tool on the left hand side of the screen, it allows you to manually manipulate individual corners of blocks.

[wowaccpass]

Hey again! :) i'm just gonna ask one quick little question: How to make the level to lower instead of higher?

-EDIT- Nvm :D

awesome tutorial! (Y)

[3kliksphilip]

@wowaccpass ...can you even edit on youtube?

[wowaccpass]

@3kliksphilip Wait wat?

[wowaccpass]

Nah it gets all messed up, so i can't see what i'm writing, that's why i didn't EDIT my comment :P

[3kliksphilip]

@wowaccpass You can't lower the level using that function, but there are so many ways to make the displacement lower you don't need the 'raise' function.

[wowaccpass]

@3kliksphilip But i figured out i could use Right-click :) i meant lower the raised areas, but i didn't clear my self in a good way (sorry for my bad english, i'm to tired for this)

[wowaccpass]

Hey again! :) i'm just gonna ask one quick little question: How to make the level to lower instead of higher?

[rwfrogismyname]

thanks! i'm learnin' new things every day! :D

[ViperStarFilms]

LMAO at keyboard part

[yadda101]

Could you cover the subdivide tool for use in large scale terrain?

[3kliksphilip]

@yadda101 What exactly do you have in mind?

[yadda101]

@3kliksphilip Usually when I do displacements I try to keep all of the edges seamless, however when you try to keep the edges together on a larger scale (mountains, pathways, troughs, etc.) the brushwork before converting to displacements is tough to get your head around. Especially if you're subdividing into quads, I was wondering if you had any displacement 'theory' you could provide.

[3kliksphilip]

@yadda101 Ah I see what you mean, I find the best results come from making the world out of big blocks that roughly represent the hills and dips in the level. Sounds obvious, I know, but it seems to work best. You've also got to be careful and ensure that all faces have only four corners, and that they're completely flat surfaces. Don't want any weird, twisted faces (Yes I've managed it occasionally). I can't really offer much advice on displacement placement since you get there through practice

[yadda101]

Could you cover the subdivide tool for use in large scale terrain?

[Swusdee]

Hahaha you threw the keyboard. XD

You give the most simple and easy tutorials. Thanks.

[kingjulianhird123]

Your sir are the greatest map maker ever lived, and the best resource for Map Making help

[3kliksphilip]

@kingjulianhird123 I wouldn't say I'm the best map maker ever, thanks for thinking that but I only really make tutorials since I never have the time or patience to actually finish maps of my own :P

[rual40]

FINALY, THANK YOU! Ive ben looking everywhare for somthing like this!

[unnominated]

omg poor keyboard xD

[johnmccoy111]

I FUCKING LOVE YOU

[cutieprincess161]

please i need your help and reply qick. you know the things at the left side (block tool ,clipping tool, entities tool etc...)there not there anymore i can't see them anymore. do you know how to make them appear again? please reply back i'm making a mod.

[3kliksphilip]

@cutieprincess161 Go up to VIEW, SCREEN ELEMENTS and tick Maptools bar

[traktor549]

THANK YOU!!! I OWE U EVERYTHING!!! U MADE MY LIFE

[ZeppyLike]

him for some reason the curve tool don't work for me. when i try to compile the map, it says ''system can't find selected file'' in other words, it cant make the map into a bsp. file... hope you can help me :)

[3kliksphilip]

@ZeppyLike PM me the compilelog for your map

[ZeppyLike]

@3kliksphilip oh.. never mind. it works again...

[ZeppyLike]

0:18 RAGE!! xD thanx dude :)

[Zero2562130]

At 1:12, how'd you get the displacements to be so smooth?

[3kliksphilip]

@Zero2562130 Watch the video, I show how to make it step by step, and decreasing the 'distance' will help to make more convincing hills.

[McCreathBen]

You sir win the internet!

[Soulslayerzx]

Lol. That was funny when you threw your keyboard on the floor.

[Player01198756]

I thank you so much for all these tutorials.

[TheLeader1197]

I didn't really understand how you did the texture blending...

[3kliksphilip]

@TheLeader1197 You need to have applied a texture that is able to be blended, search the textures for 'blend'

[thehumor]

when i try to click create and OK it dissapears on camera but it is in the 2d views.

when i try to move it, hammer crashes :(

[3kliksphilip]

@thehumor Sorry, I don't know. Have you ever mapped before, and was it ever in the 3d camera in the first place?

[dani69petrov]

0:18 LOL

[Legojake94]

VERY good to know ty soo much! i didnt know what half that stuff ment..

lol "as u can see i have a new keyboard because the ctrl button wouldnt work on my old one" >throws keyboard away< lol

[Lifetimekevin]

Hey 3kliksphilip.

How can you make your hills etc. so soft-egded? Mine are so squard-boxed. They look like shit... ):

I've checked "soft-egded", but it's still squard/spiked hills?

Damn, can you please help?

[3kliksphilip]

@Lifetimekevin I explain in this video how to make it more detailed.

[Lifetimekevin]

@3kliksphilip I know that you tell us how to use the smooth button, but... it's kind a difficult to explain.

It's when you make those hills kind a things, then they are "soft-egded" without you are using the smooth button, but when I'm doing it, they are squard/boxxy/hard-egded...

I don't know how to tell it otherwise... hope you understand and can give me some help oO

[3kliksphilip]

@Lifetimekevin No, I know what you're talking about and I tackle this issue in the video. 1:52

[Lifetimekevin]

@3kliksphilip Sorry, but that didn't helped me. I already got the power on 4, but my mountains har not soft-egded like yours... sucks.. )=

[3kliksphilip]

@Lifetimekevin Watch the video, I explain how to make it more detailed than 4 in this video.

[imkindaDasH]

was this feauture made after hl2? because many places in hl2 they have very sharp ground and such

[3kliksphilip]

@imkindaDasH No, I believe this feature has always been around, it's just that they were probably trying to keep the frame rate high and neglected the displacement's detail at points. (So to speak)

[Tikktuk]

how to select 2 blocks?

[3kliksphilip]

@Tikktuk Hold down ctrl and click

[Tikktuk]

@3kliksphilip Ok! I go trying it. Thanks, im your biggest fan.

[HeyLookItsASpah]

"Never press ctrl-t when using displacements" FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[3kliksphilip]

@HeyLookItsASpah Select it and press ctrl+shift+w

[iamstormtrooper]

@3kliksphilip i selected it an pressed ctrl+t. I dunt know why. Its just. so tempting.

[3kliksphilip]

@iamstormtrooper Your map won't compile.

[iamstormtrooper]

@3kliksphilip so? it still is supreme satisfaction.

[Rulictar]

How do I click on only 1 side of a wall at once. Because every time I click on a block it selects all the sides of a block instead of just 1 side.

[3kliksphilip]

@Rulictar Select the Toggle Texture Application Tool from the left hand side of the screen first

[Rulictar]

@3kliksphilip It doesn't matter, I figured it out. Hey, my environment light doesn't work correctly, why?

[3kliksphilip]

@Rulictar Watch my new tutorials on it, it should answer every question you have on light_environment. Plus, I don't think that I can answer such a vague description of the problem.

[thehumor]

i have the same keybo- oh u broke it...

[903harman]

Thank you i learned something

[mariodude146]

0:16 I LOL'D SO HARD

[rx3gundam]

How about cylindrical bushes?

[2009MachineGun]

Strange that it broke for some unknown reason... Lets get a detective on the case shall we?

[TheUberCayk]

Hello I have a question, please don't respond in mock sarcasm or suggestions on where to look because I for some reason can no figure it out while putting a lot of effort in.

:)

When I elevate (raise/lower) etc, like you said in your video it is quite sharp, however in the video ITSELF it is very smooth. How do I get it to be smooth. (The setting is set to smooth).

[3kliksphilip]

@TheUberCayk What you're raising is like a sharp spike, or it's just raising an area too quickly? Which one?

[TheUberCayk]

@3kliksphilip Thanks. When I raise it, it only raises a little, I can control quite comfortably, but it comes out blunt (hard) like imagine a pyramid rising out of the ground, I tried raising that value thing to 4, but it basically does the same thing but on a smaller scale.

[3kliksphilip]

@TheUberCayk Increase the radius of the geometry painting tool and it will cause more points of the displacement to rise at once, giving a smoother hill. If 4 isn't enough, watch the end of the tutorial where I say how to join multiple displacements together

[TheUberCayk]

@3kliksphilip Ah yes it worked, thanks.

[lalnaab]

Best tutorial ever! MOAR!

[Sp4RkyMcG7]

xD "Because for some reason, my old one broke." *Slams keyboard on the floor*

[beehivethe3rd]

lol 0:16 - 0:21

[beehivethe3rd]

THANK YOU

[Lillajohan123]

lol nothing happen when i press the "Saw" button