Is there anyone that uses switch textures directly on a wall or do you place the switches in a small nook?

[RichardDS90]

Question is in the title.

 

I prefer to use them in a nook, looks more polished and can aid in variety for me.

 

I don't think I've come across very many mods and WADs that just use the switches on the texture.

[DynamiteKaitorn]

99% of the time I make a tiny hole and stick the switch inside. Also I typically use the switch texture that has the red + green lights.

[Dusty_Rhodes]

It just depends. I've done both. I have zero preference, I just pick what I'm going to do depending on what I'm feeling.

[spineapple tea]

The small indentation in the wall for a switch just looks more appealing to me than a flat wall texture.

[Capellan]

If there's an SW1 wall texture that fits, I'll just use that.  If there's not, I'll do an indent.  Even then though, it might be a 64-wide indent with SW1COMM in it.

 

There's also the fact that using SW1 wall textures is much more line efficient, so it's generally the way to go for line-limited projects.

 

[Hawk of The Crystals]

I always do an indent, it just looks right.

[Astronomical]

If it's a vanilla map I might use it flat on the wall to lower the sector count, other than that I prefer to indent the texture like most people here.

[Arrowhead]

I've done both. It really depends on the surrounding geometry. The indent method often does look more 'polished', though.

[JustCallMeKaito]

Directly on a wall if it's vanilla / a challenge set, in a nook with a light source otherwise.

[Bridgeburner56]

I pretty much always frame my switches so that they stand out better. Even a 128x64 texture will get recessed in some way.
Because no matter how obvious you think a switch is, people will miss it.

[CBM]

I have done both and do both.

 

But I was wondering in what other ways people use switch texture?

 

Like a 3D block sticking out of the wall?

a free standing switch?

a switch that sticks out from the wall below the switch or variations of that?

[Walter confetti]

Depending of the situation, but i use both methods

[Faceman2000]

I like to make pressure pads a la Quake.

[nicolas monti]

Both, depending on the sector height, but I dislike the switch sized nooks of 32×32 units.

[SilverMiner]

I used to hang them on walls in projects where I was allowed to edit a textures lump

 

 

[holaareola]

1 minute ago, SilverMiner said:

I used to hang them on walls in projects where I was allowed to edit a textures lump

 

I've never done a floating one like this, but I'll outdent till hell turns frosty. Why be hiding the necessary?

[leodoom85]

Both, depending of the texture.

[SMG_Man]

16 hours ago, CBM said:

a free standing floating switch?

 

hell yeah

 

(props if you can guess what WAD gave me the idea)