Level Editor/Tools/Spiral Stairs

Spiral Stairs
Where	Toolbar, shape tools
Shortcut	Wheel: inner radius; Ctrl+wheel: step height; Ctrl+Shift+wheel: arc per step
Works on	A spiral staircase of wedge-shaped step brushes
Settings	Tool Properties

The Spiral Stairs tool draws a winding staircase round a central post or hole. Each step is its own wedge brush.

Drawing spiral stairs

1. Pick Spiral Stairs on the toolbar.
2. Press on a surface (or in empty space) and drag to set the spiral's footprint.
3. Let go and drag up to set the total height.
4. Click to finish.

While drawing:

• Scroll wheel: the inner radius.
• Ctrl+Scroll wheel: the step height.
• Ctrl+Shift+Scroll wheel: the arc per step.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	What it does
Step Height	Meters	0.25	How tall each step is. Keep it under 0.457 m, the height a player steps up.
Inner Radius	Meters	0.5	The radius of the central post or hole. 0 makes solid wedges that meet at the middle.
Arc per Step (deg)	Degrees	22.5	How far round each step turns. 22.5 makes 16 steps per full turn.
Direction	List	Counter-clockwise	Counter-clockwise or Clockwise, seen from above.
Alignment	List	Align to surface	Align to surface, or always the XY, XZ or YZ plane.
Collision Type	List	STATIC	See Box.
Collision Layers / Collision Mask	Numbers	1	Leave at 1.

Related pages

• Spiral Tower (a spiral staircase inside a round tower, with floors)
• Stairs