Re: Question: Mirror tutorial
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:13 am
Under v1.4 and v1.2.13 it's Q.
A standard Q3 character uses a 30x30x56 unit bounding box. As 8 units are roughly equal to 1 foot in reality characters are approximately 7 feet high. Always remember that it's the bounding box you have to hit not the character model (that is why you can actually rail right through anarkis head and hair without killing him, because his model is a bit higher than 56 units).
Additional Mirror knowledge: It is acutally possible to build a mirror that is a see-through window at the other side, just like the "magic mirrors" in the police interrogation rooms where the inmate can only see his own face while people are staring at him from the other side. I created that recently in one of my maps and it works perfectly. Just build a brush place the mirror1 common texture on one side the glass1 tex on the other and the rest is caulked. The only thing you have to be aware of at all times is that the misc_portal_surface has to be closer to the mirror1 tex that 64 units and somewhere in the middle of the main brush. And the other thing I found out coincidentially is that there is something like a minimum distance from the mirror/window brush to the ceiling and/or the floor of the rooms our desired object is placed between. If it is too near the ceiling/and or floor then your look through the window glass will be somewhat weird since your map won't compile correctly in this part. If anyone is interested I can look up the minimum distance. Screenshot will follow.
