Help with creating foundation

[sithlrd98]

After coming across this article awhile back , I decided to try to create my own foundation. Of course I have Zero BAT skill but decide to try anyway. Problem is , where the tutorial says to extrude to -55 , I can't choose the extrude option in G-max nor MAX8.


So I decide instead to make a box 16x16x-55 and texture it with a texture I lifted off a model(I really liked it) , and finish the tutorial. Make a lot and use my new foundation. Problem is this is what I see....



Not very pretty, so I decide to make a texture prop and apply it over the base texture of said lot...



I still get the same result.
What am I doing wrong?How can I texture the sides of my box and not the top? I am stuck.

Jayson

[vershner]

Did you ever figure this out?  I am having the same problem.

[sithlrd98]

Nope , and since I'm not a BATter , the terms that float around go so far over my head! I did get a PM from Xyloxadoria over at ST:

You will need to make a mesh with a muti material on it Ill make a short tutorial you or other people can beifit form it. Serch for muti material in the tutorials, if one is alrdy there tell me so i dont make anohter.        
Old Private Message    sithlrd98    Yeah , I tried the UVW map (I think that was what it was ) and , looked through the Bat tutorial and still am lost. I will try to change to mesh , but I really don't know what I'm doing!
You Will most likley have to use a UVW map if you havent done that alredy, if that doesnt work you will have to convert it into a mesh and change material IDs.

I have no clue still on how to do it , although I read some of the info on Multi-materials , I just can't seem to BAT myself into or out of a box!

Jayson

[vershner]

Ah... using that information I spent 20 minutes banging my head against a brick wall trying to figure out how to apply textures to individual faces before stumbling across a much easier way to do it.

1. Make a box.
2. Add UV map  (Modifiers -> UV Coordinates -> UV map)
3. Apply your texture and select box from the UVW mapping parameters.
4. Modifiers -> Mesh Editing -> Edit mesh.
5. Click on the red square to select polygon editing.
6. Select the upward facing surface of the box and press delete.
7. Render as foundation.

[vershner]

And also... moving the box down by 0.2 stops the edges showing through the base texture.

[sithlrd98]

I shall try that...thanks!

Jayson