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I figured it belonged here...here's another thread that I posted at the beginning, but it goes with this one:

http://www.conitecserver.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB9&Number=175424&Forum=All_Forums&Words=city%20size%20levels&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=1&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=175424&Search=true#Post175424

sorry to be offset here, i guess? I only had time to read the beggining of the thread. Anyways, i was thinking, havnt really tried this yet, but would it make it faster to make all the walls of the building using sprites, and then adding the details through models, and finally having a "floor" and sidewalks as wed entities?



Amigo