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Doombuilder 2 Questions
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:46 pm
by Lakai
Hello. I wanted to ask some questions regarding DB2. I stopped mapping sometime ago when DB2 didn't even exist, but recently i wanted to start again and i found myself struggling with some changes:
1 - I noticed the Insert Sector function is gone. I found this one quite useful in DB1 because it allowed me to create perfect geometrical shapes (like circles, hexagons etc.) Is there any similar function in DB2 that I can use, or some tool that produces a similar effect?
2 - Sometimes when copying and pasting sectors, the pasted sectors have different ceiling/floor heights for some reason (For example: I copy a sector with Floor Height "0" and when pasting it somewhere else, instead of having "0" it has "-16"). Is there any way to prevent this?
Just to mention im using GZDoomBuilder but I also tried with regular DB2 and the same problems happen.
RE: Doombuilder 2 Questions
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:48 am
by Tiger
I noticed the Insert Sector function is gone. I found this one quite useful in DB1 because it allowed me to create perfect geometrical shapes (like circles, hexagons etc.) Is there any similar function in DB2 that I can use, or some tool that produces a similar effect?
Can you elaborate further on this? I don't fully remember such a function like this on DB 1.68, other than making sectors\lines using the 'Insert' key on the keyboard -- which I still use today with DB2\GZDB.
2 - Sometimes when copying and pasting sectors, the pasted sectors have different ceiling/floor heights for some reason (For example: I copy a sector with Floor Height "0" and when pasting it somewhere else, instead of having "0" it has "-16"). Is there any way to prevent this?
I think you can change this within the 'Pasting' section within the Preferences menu.

RE: Doombuilder 2 Questions
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:37 pm
by Lakai
Thank you for answering. Changing the pasting options fixed my second problem; it seems that when copying multiple sectors and pasting them into a different one causes the floor/celing heights to get screwed.
Related to the insert sector, ill show you with a few images i made: In Doombuilder 1 you could press shift + right click and then this window would pop up:
Then you could input the desired size and amount of vertices and the output would be a sector with a perfect geometrical shape:
I wanted to know if there is anything similar to this in DB2, a plugin, a different tool or anything. Thanks in advance.
RE: Doombuilder 2 Questions
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:08 pm
by Tiger
Lakai wrote:
I wanted to know if there is anything similar to this in DB2, a plugin, a different tool or anything. Thanks in advance.
I don't(?) think such functionality yet exists? The only thing that remotely comes close to mind right now is the '
Stair Sector Builder'. Maybe the folks over at the
ZDoom forums might know?
RE: Doombuilder 2 Questions
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:39 pm
by DRL 3.33
The closest plugin I can think of is the DrawCircle plugin, but I can't find a download link for it anywhere. It had a thread on the Doombuilder forums, but those are currently down. The only thing I can recommend is GZDoom Builder, because it has a Draw Ellipse mode and a Draw Rectangle mode.