CSG Brush Face Deletion

[Marcus]

Is it not possible to delete CSG brush faces like in 3D World Studio? I hate to render six faces when I only need to use one of those.

[Rick]

I noticed this too. I was trying to get a top/down view of a house and I wanted to leave the ceiling from the inside there to trap in the lighting, but remove the top part so the player could peak in. I did this before by deleting faces in 3D World studio. Would be nice to have this.

[Einlander]

Can't you use the face select in the editor and apply an invisible material to the face you want to delete?

[Marcus]

Can't you use the face select in the editor and apply an invisible material to the face you want to delete?

 

I would guess that would be even more expensive than rendering the face.

[beo6]

There is a material named Caulk. Paint that on the faces that should not be rendered.

[Marcus]

There is a material named Caulk. Paint that on the faces that should not be rendered.

 

Thanks! Do you know if there is still overhead for using it though?

[beo6]

According to Josh that material removes the faces when collapsing the BSP brushes on load. So there should be no overhead.

[Marcus]

Great news.