Gamer4Life Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I parented multiple shapes that create the walls/structure of a tower i made. I first ctrl dragged and it distorted all the shapes to different sizes but only on 2 sides of the structure. I then clicked debug and realized even though i'm saving the shapes in one size when i hit debug they revert to the image of what they look like when i ctrl+ left click drag them. Notice how in Screen shot 10 how the left and right of the structure are the only ones that change sizes. It doesn't matter which direction is drag / ctr+left click drag the arrow to make a copy of it the effect is the same. I also have completely deleted the structure and started a new one and it has a similar effect just slightly different. All i did was parent one of the shapes to all the shapes in the structure then left click to select the structure and then ctrl+left click drag. Is this not intended to happen or am I doing something that should not be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSilentBoo Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I am very much a noob in these regards, but perhaps a different mindset might help... You say that you have parented all of the items to one of the parts of the tower and then tried to move it with Ctrl+'Drag' - Have you tried creating a pivot and parenting everything to the pivot and then dragging the pivot point? I'm no expert but I use pivots all the time and they seem to work on my game for this purpose, however dragging parented models also works for me... Just a thought, I only parent small quantities of things, perhaps try moving the tower in two parts and see if that improves results? 2 Quote Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64-bit, 8GB RAM) Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.70GHz Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7970M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer4Life Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Very great advice! The parenting to a pivot stopped the distortion. I can now move my building around and duplicate them without error. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSilentBoo Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I'm glad that I was able to help Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones ^^ Quote Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64-bit, 8GB RAM) Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.70GHz Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7970M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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