Proposal: new texture group(s)

[SneaksieDave]

I've got an addition to make and it possibly requires or at least inspires a new texture group or two, so I'm looking for opinions before uploading.

 

Recently I submitted door/wood/arched_heavy01.

I now have ready the arched frame that goes with that door.

 

On the one hand, it's obviously best to keep the pair together; the frame and door are a team, and should be easy to find, together. So, the frame could be put in the same group with the door. It's a door accessory, after all.

 

But on the other hand,

-The frame could be used without the door.

-The door could be used without the frame.

-The frame is not made of wood, and therefore, putting it in door/wood would be misleading.

 

No /door/frame group exists. One could be made.

 

However,

-This separates the door from the frame, but only by one folder.

-This doesn't help with other arches to come.

 

So, what's the best thing to do?

 

A.) Create both a textures/darkmod/door/frame subfolder, and a new specialized textures/darkmod/arch folder. Textures like this doorframe go in the /frame folder, and textures like stone arches would go in the /arch folder.

 

B.) Create a specialized textures/darkmod/arch folder only (similar in theme to specialized folders which go beyond material, like /door, /window, /roof, and /decals), and stick both stone arches and doorframes in it (perhaps doorframes in a subfolder), with the doorframes of course sharing close naming with their partnered doors.

 

C.) Something else...?

 

I think I lean toward A. That at least keeps the doorframes in clear view, while a mapper is working with doors. Any other arches would be treated as a new specialized category, independent of material (at least in the parent group).

[sparhawk]

If it is clearly an arch, and we expect a lot of them, then we should create a group for it. Otherwise I would say that we should either use door/frame where only the frames goe into that subfolder, or the name should be door/frame_doorname (to deisgnate that this the frame for this door) to make it distuinguishable. Putting a door and a frame together into a seperate directory is not a good idea, because then you would have to know which doors have frames, when looking for just a door.

[SneaksieDave]

Yep, I'm going with groups. Funny, I asked because I expected this to be a hot topic of debate, but I guess not!

[sparhawk]

When we reorganized, we said that we can create new groups if neccessary. New groups shouldn't really be a problem anyway.