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Delay posted on January 17th, 2018

I've tried UV unwrapping my merry go round. Is there a faster way to make multiple parts of the mesh share a texture other than putting them on top of each other in Blenders UV editor?
That's what I'm currently doing sixteen times per part, and I have a bunch of them.

Another way to texture multiple objects using a single UV texture. If it's multiples of the same object like horses on a merry go round for example, once you've modelled the first one, unwrap and texture it, then make copies using the array modifier or copy/paste and place them or whatever you need to do. That way, all further copies of the object will use the same texture from the original. I did that for the windmill blades on my Thomas the Tank Engine ride. Big time saver.

Edit: Your best option would be to delete one half of that, then half it again, leaving a quarter piece, like the platform in Dani's video. Then you've got far less uv bits to worry about. Then make it complete again using the array modifier.
Also, why are you using the Blender render mode? Use cycles, it's much better, lol.

^That doesn't seem like what I'm going for. You start with the premise that I have two seperate meshes; I have one continuous one.
^^^Here's the situtation:

As you can see, there are lots of pieces in the UV editor that look the same. They're actually different fractions (1/8th) of the same circle, so they are identical. I want them to share one place on the texture/UV map(*). As of now, what I do is take every one of them and manually move them to a position they all share. I am okay with doing that once or twice, but do that over 32 times and it gets annoying. Additionally, the parts are rotated or mirrored sometimes, which I also need to correct.
In total: It's a pain and it seems like the most brute-forced and inefficient way to do this. Is there a way to improve this?

*Making more than one piece share a place on the UV map would mean that less space is required. I could increase the scale and thus the detail of all parts, which I think would unarguably be better.

Those mountains would be great for some sort forced perspective type stuff.

A quick video (done in slow pace) how I think that could be done.

The short answer is yes....though I'm not exactly sure how you do it.

Great roundup - very solid with some cool designs. I particularly like the idea of an even more compact gerst with that whoopdee first drop (I think it was dragonfly?)

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Roundup 206

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I don't know Blender, but in 3ds Max I'd first texture one part of the mesh and then copy that part over.

Haha, most square mile build areas don't have an actual mountain in them - I think you can generate mountains in the background though. Looks great though!

You're gonna have to make a tiny, little coaster so it's to scale.

We are around half way through the contest!

Glad to see people have been working very hard on their entries. If you have finished, then please send the entries in using the info below

COASTERGUY246 posted on January 11th, 2018

Since many of you are progressing well, I will be taking submissions now

Email me the park with this format in the Email Topic

[SS3] - (Coaster Name) By (Username)

So for example:

[SS3] - Paragon By COASTERGUY246

Email Adress: thomasgc13@gmail.com

^Its hard to understand what you mean, can you share a picture of your situation?

I've tried UV unwrapping my merry go round. Is there a faster way to make multiple parts of the mesh share a texture other than putting them on top of each other in Blenders UV editor?
That's what I'm currently doing sixteen times per part, and I have a bunch of them.

10 years ive been using forums and still cant attach a photo without some serious googling...

https://towersstreet.com/talk/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FofE6klz.jpg&hash=3b941275bfab8ae84996cbce51be2581

@PvM Tnx, I will wait for it :)

I have a short question. I would like some clarity about TCM's CCC2 (Custom car creator 2) I do not quite understand how it works, is there someone who wants to make a video or a thread on this subject?

Welcome to the site! I remember seeing "The Chronocrator" and thought it was very cool, I would love to see it uploaded so I could fiddle around in it. If you need anything at all please don't hesitate to contact myself or any fellow moderators. Enjoy your stay!

I just created my account on NLC and want to use this thread to intruduce myself. A few of you might remember me from NLE even though I wasn't one of the most active users over there. But I was one of the first. I already saw some very familiar faces, or better: read some familiar usernames around here. I'm glad to see that, although NLE is dead, the community is still vivid!

Sadly I dropped out of NoLimits a little some time ago, mainly due to a lack of time and pacience to build a coaster that meets my demands, so don't expect to see anything new from me any time soon. But I will probably re-upload some coasters here and release to other 'raw' coasters without any scenery and stuff that I have still sitting on my hard drive. My last "big" project ("The Chronocrator") was also never released to NLE because I got tired of fiddeling with blender to get all the details right, but I would love to put it up to this site at some time. We'll see. But even if I probably won't build to much new NL stuff I will drop by the forums from time to time or take a look at what brilliant creations you guys are uploading to the Exchange!

Salutes to the whole community!

Correct!

That is the remaining track from indoor part while the outdoor part was completely cut off. You are next.

Sky Ride at Leoland?