Level Editor/Tools/Sphere

Sphere
Where	Toolbar, shape tools
Shortcut	Esc cancels
Works on	A new sphere brush
Settings	Tool Properties

The Sphere tool draws round brushes: domes, boulders, tanks, decorations.

Drawing a sphere

1. Pick Sphere on the toolbar.
2. Press and drag out the sphere's footprint on a surface or in empty space.
3. Let go and move the mouse to set its height, then click.

The sphere fills the box you draw. Unlike the other shape tools, it always draws on the world grid, even on a slanted face.

Note: A sphere cannot be used in CSG: Subtract Brush refuses spheres, as cutter or as target.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	What it does
Segments	Number, 3 or more	32	How many sides the sphere has round its middle. More is rounder and heavier.
Rings	Number, 2 or more	16	How many bands it has from top to bottom.
Collision Type	List	STATIC	STATIC for a solid, still brush; NONE for no collision. See Box.
Collision Layers / Collision Mask	Numbers	1	Leave at 1.
Alignment	List	Align to surface	Align to surface, or always the XY, XZ or YZ plane.
Match Active Brush	Check box	On	In empty space, copy elevation and height from the selected brush.
Correct UVs on Extrude	Check box	On	Re-lay side wall textures when a face is extruded, so they do not stretch.
Default Brush Elevation / Height	Meters	0 / 1	Orthogonal Viewport. Starting depth and depth for a sphere drawn in a 2D view over empty space.

Tip: Keep segment and ring counts low for large background shapes; a 32 by 16 sphere is already a lot of faces for collision and lighting.

Related pages

• Box
• Cylinder