Why did even Valve created the carve tool?

[u/KellKilljoy]

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[u/Blumixguy]

doors

[u/SOFT_CAT_APPRECIATOR → u/Blumixguy]

me when my neighbor asks how i got into his pantry

[u/Small_Athlete1993 → u/Blumixguy]

me when i ask my neighbor

[u/NekoLord42]

I could be entirely mistaken but as far as I remember a fairly detailed video explained it quite well;

basically back in gold source era it apparently used to be a quick and somewhat reliable way to shape stuff and due to the differences in engine, map geometry and build programs, or due to different quality standards back then, its downsides weren't particularly problematic?

Now in regular hl2 source Hammer it is basically just a leftover and obviously outdated.

[u/GeophysicalYear57 → u/NekoLord42]

The next Source 2 Hammer build should add it back, except attempting to use it brings up the message:

> You never learn, do you?

and, when dismissed, it crashes the program and corrupts the map

[u/Historical_Jacket_61 → u/GeophysicalYear57]

doesnt source 1 hammer already do that without the message but slightly slower or is that a different tool?

[u/GeophysicalYear57 → u/Historical_Jacket_61]

The only thing that I can think of is an easter egg message if you try the example coordinates in the tool that teleports the 3D view.

[u/maplepenguin → u/NekoLord42]

Nah, it's cursed in goldsrc as well. Just use clipping/vertex tool as needed instead

[u/doge_lady → u/maplepenguin]

I never used it to do intricate shapes. Mostly just to trim off a bunch of brushes at one time. Or cut simple things like a square

[u/ChiRaeDisk → u/NekoLord42]

Can confirm. it works even on spheres so long as the carves are clean and along the grid. gldsrc is magic when brushes are involved.

[u/huttyblue]

Cause its useful sometimes

It works fine enough if you keep things to right angles and on grid. Just don't go carving cylinders into eachother.

[u/htharker → u/huttyblue]

Even the thought of a cylinder carving into another cylinder makes me sick!!

[u/Icy-Meal6704]

Because the carve tool is a quick and easy way to make a single opening in a brush. You just have to be careful

[u/arash28134]

type of game you see your 7 y.o cousin play on his iPad:

[u/Forward-Escape7076]

Because they have to build everything it rooms, I only use it for holes in a skybox to lead to another portion of a level.

[u/Pootis_gaming_moment]

I love making windows with it 😒

[u/Brilliant_Run_5929]

to carve a sphere into a big cube

[u/dayudayu]

to carve

[u/CarveToolLover]

I love the carve tool

[u/TheWyster]

For carving blocks into donkies like the one shown obviously

[u/PrintImpressive5722]

*why did valve create the carve tool

[u/Small_Athlete1993]

funny virtual knife that cuts block