A question about slopes in Valve Hammer Editor

[Serberuss]

Hey guys,

I have a bit of a noob question related to working in VHE. When creating a slope how do you go about positioning an object onto the sloped surface? Take something simple like a crate for example how do you approach making it line up correctly with the grid? Are there any tutorials that you're aware of that talks about this? I've searched for a while but haven't found anything so far.

Thanks for any help.

[El_Exodus]

I set the option in Hammer (Tools->Options) to snap on 15° rotations. Makes it easier imho.

[tomm]

for more precision you can hold down alt and rotate the object, which ignores the grid snapping and 15 degree rotation.

[Serberuss]

13 minutes ago, tomm said:

for more precision you can hold down alt and rotate the object, which ignores the grid snapping and 15 degree rotation.

Thanks that's certainly got me a lot closer to be how I want it. It very nearly lines up with the grid but is a tiny bit out, does that really matter?

[wylde]

It is usually ok/necessary to have some models be a little off/into the ground as long as they don't create any visual bugs once you compile. 

[tomm]

I wouldn't worry about that, eyeballing is perfectly fine imo

[Serberuss]

Thanks for the help that's pretty much what I was after

[MinorThreat]

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the angle of the slope, then place the object in question on the slope. Press Ctrl-M to rotate the object around the appropriate axis by a set numeric value; you may have to enter the angle as a negative value depending on the direction of the rotation.

This is a handy tool to help you calculate the angle:

http://www.csgnetwork.com/righttricalc.html

Edited July 25, 2016 by MinorThreat

[Klems]

3 hours ago, MinorThreat said:

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the angle of the slope, then place the object in question on the slope. Press Ctrl-M to rotate the object around the appropriate axis by a set numeric value; you may have to enter the angle as a negative value depending on the direction of the rotation.

The simplest formula is atan(height/width), also if it's a brush you can flip the object instead of putting a negative angle. I always have a calculator nearby when mapping!

[jakuza]

But it doesn't really matter, does it? It's more of a time sink to calculate things than it's even worth. I suppose if it's for vvis than it's important but for things that you're rotating off grid that should be a non-factor anyways right?

[MinorThreat]

It's really quick to calculate the angle, it probably depends on how accurate you need to be. With a large object, like a barrier or a railing for example, I find it easier to do it this way than by eye. 

[Lizard]

On 18.07.2016 at 9:37 PM, tomm said:

for more precision you can hold down alt and rotate the object, which ignores the grid snapping and 15 degree rotation.

Dude.... I was disabling this manually in options for all those years... Thanks