Decoration Tips and Techniques

Mr_Fusion..... the object that I used for the main body of the turret... is... a pinball (I kinda cheated though). Everything else that I've shown in this tutorial is done without glitches except this part of my turret and the theck part of my doors. I try to stay "legit" with my creations, but there are somethings that you just can't find or create without cheating sometimes.
I shrunk down the pinball until it became an oblonged sphere, (kinda like those levels with the re-sized beach-balls back in the day, how they never looked spherical) and then I used the twist glitch to rotate it on the x-axis. Here is a link on how to recreate this effect http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sho...ake-3d-Objects

wow I use this technique alot but never in this scale, this will be helpful, thanks you XD

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Originally Posted by Cloud87

Mr_Fusion..... the object that I used for the main body of the turret... is... a pinball (I kinda cheated though). Everything else that I've shown in this tutorial is done without glitches except this part of my turret and the theck part of my doors. I try to stay "legit" with my creations, but there are somethings that you just can't find or create without cheating sometimes.
I shrunk down the pinball until it became an oblonged sphere, (kinda like those levels with the re-sized beach-balls back in the day, how they never looked spherical) and then I used the twist glitch to rotate it on the x-axis.

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Hell, that's how I made mine. I remember using these deco tricks since way back in LBP1, I made a 3D cherry blossom tree using the sakura decoration, nice to see someone passing on the ways of the decorations. A single decoration can be more powerful than a Popit full of stickers! Now I sound like a motivational speaker, I'll stop now.

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Originally Posted by Cloud87

Mr_Fusion..... the object that I used for the main body of the turret... is... a pinball (I kinda cheated though). Everything else that I've shown in this tutorial is done without glitches except this part of my turret and the theck part of my doors. I try to stay "legit" with my creations, but there are somethings that you just can't find or create without cheating sometimes.
I shrunk down the pinball until it became an oblonged sphere, (kinda like those levels with the re-sized beach-balls back in the day, how they never looked spherical) and then I used the twist glitch to rotate it on the x-axis. Here is a link on how to recreate this effect http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sho...ake-3d-Objects

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After I messaged you I kind of had a breakthrough and it started to click. I resized a pinball and stickered it green, and it looks exactly like a bit of the DeLorean I need for top down decorating!

Still wasn't sure about how you got it upright, as I haven't really investigated that twist thing before. I don't think it's cheating it's all about skill, creativity and using your understanding of the game to create. Something you are very good at. I'll share my latest efforts shortly. I'm pretty excited with them, it seems that it's opened up so many more possibilities!

Hey, question for you. I want a tiny rotating fan that faces sideways. I believe that you used to be able to accomplish this by putting decorations on a powerup or powerup remover, but it seems that you can no longer shrink a powerup to make it hard to see. Is there any other way that I could make this functioning fan that is facing to the side or is there no other way other than sticking decorations on powerups?

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Hey, question for you. I want a tiny rotating fan that faces sideways. I believe that you used to be able to accomplish this by putting decorations on a powerup or powerup remover, but it seems that you can no longer shrink a powerup to make it hard to see. Is there any other way that I could make this functioning fan that is facing to the side or is there no other way other than sticking decorations on powerups?

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You could try using the Drill Object from The Incredibles Pack.

Hmm... Maybe... I haven't found a video of what the full drill looks like (only seen it at the end of the level). It might be difficult to put things on that drill at an angle kind of like the fan that I want while also mostly hiding the drill itself. I haven't seen the backside of it yet. is the speed tweakable?

IIRC, speed isn't tweakable. Just place the decoration on the base of the drill (sure, angle might be tough, but it wouldn't be much easier on a powerup). Oh, and it still spins when glued.

Using the insperation and ideas from this thread, I'd like to show my latest efforts in building with decorations.

http://i8.lbp.me/img/ft/a88c0d0be654...40431c7b8c.jpg

I think it's looking pretty good, but am open to suggestions!

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Originally Posted by Jgr9

I believe that you used to be able to accomplish this by putting decorations on a powerup or powerup remover, but it seems that you can no longer shrink a powerup to make it hard to see.

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You can use twist glitch to make power up smaller but they tend to twist in it. You could make them in lbp1 and import or if you don't have lbp1 I could do it if you'd first told me how small you want. There is also community levels that have pre-made versions.

One of my friends is a god at this technique and they scare me with what they make HOW DID YOU EVEN- but the only issue is that decorations don't display correctly sometimes, they seem to disappear and reappear strangely when half-obscured by physical objects. Hopefully it gets patched.

I like your paaaaaad :)
Nice decorating tips. All of that portal stuff you made looks really awesome, and I also agree with the people that are saying that you should publish the lvl. Good lvls are few and far between in the community now...........or I just can't find them :p

The pictures do not load -_-

Yeah, didn't load for me neither. But i read the text so thx anyway.

All of Cloud87's photos seem to be gone! He seemed to be hosting them other than on LBP.me.

Really wanted to see the pics again, it's not just easier to understand descriptions but his Portal creations are AMAZING. And without a level coming soon, it's the only taste we get of his incredible talent!

Sounds good bit i cant get your picture to load :(

Thanks so much for this tool, Cloud :) Very useful and very clever!
That said, the pictures in your post aren't loading! D: