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To make everything easier we'll build some guide walls and floors as shown here. They should be 9 wall sections long ( just 1 section wider than the square building on each side) with flooring on both levels. Try to use a flooring that shows the "grid" shape. This may help prevent you from losing track along the way.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:37:42
Now on to the next step. Build a grid of border fencing on top of the square building. You can use any type of fencing you like depending on the look and style of the building you want to make, it's really up to you. However, I should note that I like to use fencing that somewhat matches the posts I want to use for the vertical parts of this structure.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:38:45
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Delete the second story walls and use the fencing tool once again to make sections along what will be the front and back of the building. Note that the new fencing sections should be 1 length shorter on each end like what is shown in the picture. Making them the full length of the existing wall below will cause major problems later and maybe the fatal implosion of your brain. ( test results may vary.)作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:40:40
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If your brain is still intact, then you may now apply flooring to the lower room and delete the walls. I use the blue vynil flooring because it has a pattern that will help you line up the posts later on. (trust me this can get very annoying.)作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:41:38
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Once again using the fencing tool, lay sections as pictured above remembering to leave gap in the middle of both walls to act as a doorway. Are you having fun yet? Me neither. Carrying on....作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:42:32
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This is where it begins to get tedious.. Type in the " boolprop snapobjectstogrid false " cheat and select a post of your choice. I use the plain old squared edge posts because thy are the only ones that seem to look good with the ups and downs that will later shape this structure. Again it's your choice. Being as you now have free control of where you can place the posts, I suggest you place them in the small squares at the edge of the flooring pattern. Remember not to place any at the outside corners of the floor as they too will cause severe head trauma and a runny nose later on. If you are really finicky this step can take a while.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:43:08
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Now lower a section of land towards the end of your guide wall using the medium sized brush. Just one click will do.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:43:42
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Level the land under your guide wall to the same level of the area you just lowered. Make sure you cover enough to get all the flooring sections above to be flat with no sloping.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:45:41
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Using the leveling tool on the second story floor, drag the tool from one corner to ...作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:46:41
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the one across the way. This will lower all of the grid sections on that level by one. This results in...作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:47:40
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the fencing sections that were hovering above the posts will now appear to be connected with the posts below!作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:49:03
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As if placing one level of posts was hard enough.. it's time for the next level. Just try to center the second story posts on the ones below. This may still take a while. Whatever you do, don't place any flooring onder where these posts will go! For some reason the flooring becomes unselectable and can cause you a lot of backtracking and headaches.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:50:17
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Moving on.. Lower your already low section of land by 2 clicks.作者: zhchang 时间: 2004-11-21 12:51:05
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Level it out as before.作者: zhchang 时间: 2004-11-21 12:53:23
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Now on the third story, level all the flooring to the new lower level as before.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:54:26
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Now everything gets even more fun. Go to the second story floor of your front guide wall and relevel the back wall with the leveling tool.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:55:23
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Repeat this step on the third story.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:57:14
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For those of you who are now lost....it won't get any clearer...sorry. Moving on! This is where we will begin to make the arched shape. Using the terrain tool lower the point shown in the picture above by 1.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 12:58:04
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Level the square next to it to acheive whats in the picture.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:00:18
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repeat this on the other side at an equal distance from the center.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:02:10
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Now on the second story floor use the leveling tool from the square shown...作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:03:15
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all the way to the square across the way.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:04:39
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Repeat this on the other side. Remember to keep things the same on both sides of the building as much as possible because it can get very confusing very fast.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:06:33
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Your grid above should now look something like this.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:07:44
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Using the lowering tool again, lower the square shown in the picture by 2.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:09:06
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Repeat on the other side.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:10:05
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Now before we get ahead of ourslves, we need to adjust the flooring on the front guide wall. This does'nt take long, just level out the raised sections as shown. This makes it easier to level the grid from the back to the front as we did before.作者: zhchang 时间: 2004-11-21 13:10:48
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For some reason the leveling tool can only expand between flat sections of the floor grid. This step can also save you from having problems later on.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:13:46
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Now we can resume leveling from the back to the front again.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:15:38
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After repeating on the other side, you should now have something like what's in the picture.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:16:50
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Using the lowering tool again, lower the next square by 3.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:17:40
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Again repeat this on the other side.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:19:52
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Relevel the floor on your front guide wall as before and yes I'm sure you now know to repeat on the other side作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:21:18
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Now level the floor grid from back to front.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:22:31
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After repeating on the other side you should now have a nice gradual arch.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:24:11
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Build a section of wall next to the arched area as shown above. Expand this into a 1x7 room.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:25:03
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Yes you should repeat on the other side.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:26:02
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This will no doubt screw up the arch you just made but don't worry, this is easily taken care of by releveling the grid as before.作者: tfc2000 时间: 2004-11-21 13:30:30
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Now that everything is nice and neat again.....