This is a mix of art and modeling, so I thought I would try here first! I am building a 3d model of a house--which you can walk thru in a first person view. Here''s the question: I have long walls--say 30 feet long by 10 feet high. I am using 128x128 textures. Since my wall is one object/mesh, the texture stretches to fit--which distorts the texture, of course. So, to fix it I tile the texture (10x-20x). But I have the impression that this reduces performance in the game. Is tiling the texture the right way? Or should I create the wall in smaller segments? Or is there an even better way?! Any 3dmax users? How do one assign a texture to only one face of an object, say a wall, leave the other faces untextured?! Thanks. Please direct me to the correct forum if this is not the right place. -me-

Thanks Pete, that does help!

...though I was hoping that tiling was not the
answer...because some things just don''t like to
be tiled--such as textures with edge detail. I
guess I should brush up on the modeling side.

Thanks again.

-me-

Thanks Nomad!

UV mapping is what I am using in 3DsMax for tiling
my textures, as well as adjusting other parameters.

The problem/question is: If I model, say a door, and
put a nice door texture on it and let it tile--what
happens when I draw a door knob on it? The door knob
will tile as well. Not good.

So I think I have to segment the door model and create
a seperate polygon face for the areas that I don''t
want tiled and texture them separately. I know it can
be done--just don''t know how...yet. Something along the
lines of assigning "Material IDs".

-me-