BTS Support Beams

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Introduction

Support Beams found throughout the BTS Areas

This guide will show you how to create beams.

Creation

Sides

Beam Sides

Note:This 128 value can be changed depending on how high you want your beam to be

Create 2 1*8*128 brushes with the nodraw texture. Position these brushes 16 units away from each other.

Center

Beam Center Brush

Create a 14*4*128 brush with the nodraw texture. Position this brush in the center of the 2 side brushes.

Texturing

Textures

Using the Face Edit Sheet, Set all visible faces to metal/metalbeam_bts_001a and enter the following properties:

Texture scale:

• X: 0.125
• Y: 0.125

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  On the selected faces, set the Texture Shift X Value to 96.

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  For the other side of the selected faces, set the Texture Shift X Value to 32.

Top Beams

If your beam set has a "Top Beam", it will typically have another wall beam on the other side.

Sides

Create 2 16*128*2 brushes with the nodraw texture.

Center

Create a 8*128*28 brushes with the nodraw texture.

Todo:  Finish the rest of this guide

See Also

• Portal Behind The Scenes Level Creation
• Portal Level Creation