Displacement Texture on both sides

[DaKoruM]

Is it possible to put a texture on both sides of a displacement so it isn't invisible from behind, and if not, is there an easy way to invert the displacement so that the other side is textured.

ie if I have a sphere that I want people to be inside, or likewise a dome of some kind, and I have already made the dome with displacements, is there a way to like copy paste select the second displacement and invert it so its textures are shown on the inside of the dome?

[Superpiccolo]

Just make 2 set of displacements. 1 for the inner and the 2nd one for the outer.

[DaKoruM]

Just make 2 set of displacements. 1 for the inner and the 2nd one for the outer.

yeah, i actually used zyklus's sphere prefab to make the displacement, i suck at making smooth displacements, and I was just wondering if there is an easy way to turn a displacement inside out so that all the faces on the displacement are in the same position, but the texture is visible from the opposite side

I was also hoping the 1st option was possible because it would effectively half the amount of displacements I would have to use EXPENSIVE displacements, you see I'm modelling the hull of a space ship and I tried it with brushes and they are no good the ship is too curvy (every time I save they manage to march themselves off the grid and slowly develop cracks everywhere)

[Superpiccolo]

Oh the inner of a spaceship. Well you could try making a prop instead, that way it would a lot cheaper and it would be visible on both sides (if you need to be) and it would be able to achieve a much smoother surface.
Just be sure to enclose the prop within world brushes.

[DaKoruM]

yeah... only problem with that is Is I don't really know how to do props...

now I need a program called XSI yes? is there a free cut down version like gmax for 3DSMAX?

[DaKoruM]

never mind, found the link in the Source SDK panel thingy, cheers for your help

[Superpiccolo]

No probs. ;)

[zyklus]

Hmm... A space ship...

Paper.
Pencil.
Pen.
Ideas.
/me scribbles furiously


On the side note, I did accidentally create an inverse sphere while building my program, I'll see if I can't reproduce the result.

[DaKoruM]

dammit I have reveled too much!

but yeah that would be awesome if you could reproduce it, I wish there was just an "invert" button but obviously there is no such :-(

[Angry Beaver]

IMHO the simplest way to get it visible on the inside is to use a custom .vmt with $nocull 1 in it; however, this would not deal with the solidty issue as displacements are only solid from 1 side.

[DaKoruM]

IMHO the simplest way to get it visible on the inside is to use a custom .vmt with $nocull 1 in it; however, this would not deal with the solidty issue as displacements are only solid from 1 side.

OMG I LOVE YOU :D

This is pretty much exactly what I need, I am using a custom texture anyway so I can just edit the vmt and hey presto, I will report back guys. :)

and as for solidity, I can just put clipping boxes inside :cool:

[DaKoruM]

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ITS PERFECT AND EXACTLY WHAT I NEED