Stair Sorcerer

The Stair Sorcerer allows for a quick generation of staircases to connect levels.

It automatically generates stairs, railings, and platforms.

" Maybe his grandfather was a stair mimic?"

Quick Start

Activate the Stair Sorcerer by clicking on its icon in the toolbar. Then click on the build plate to place stairs as shown below. You can then move it around using W A S D , rotate it with Q and E , and mirror it with M .

Demonstration of the Stair Sorcerer.

To confirm the creation of a stair, click anywhere outside of it, press Enter or click done on the bottom right.

Presets

In the right side menu, you can see a lot of buttons with different icons on them. These are the presets. If you click on any of them, that preset is then loaded, and this part of the menu collapses to the very top. Each preset is already completely configured for you, but, of course, you can still customize its behavior further (see configuration below)

If you want to change to a different preset, you can expand the Presets & Search menu by clicking its header at the very top of the right-side menu.

If the number of presets becomes overwhelming, you can filter which presets are displayed by typing in the search bar at the top or by expanding the filter menu next to the search bar and selecting the themes you want to filter for.

Workflow

After selecting a preset, you still have to select the stair type you want from the right side menu.

Stair Type Configuration

Icon Name Description Straight Regular stairs leading straight up. Corner Stairs leading around a 90° corner by using a flat platform to turn their direction. Spiral Stairs leading upwards in a perpetual spiral, centered on a point. Available in 3 sizes only.

Stair Dimension and Position

By clicking on the build plate, a preview of your stair will be created. You can then move it around using W A S D , rotate it with Q and E , and mirror it with M . You can also adjust the size of your stairs by dragging on the orange arrows.

Accepting

You can then accept and consequently generate your stairs in three ways:

done

button in the bottom bar

Editing Stairs

After accepting a stair, you can still edit it to a certain extent. Click on any completed staircase to select it. You can then move it around by using W A S D , rotate it with Q and E , and mirror it with M . You can also delete the staircase by pressing DEL .

Configuration

Using the right-side menu, you can change the kind of stair generated. We have already talked about the Stair Type further up on this page.

Materials

The very first thing you can change is which material will be used for your stairs and their platform. To change the material, click on the large button displaying your preset's icon. This will open a dropdown showing all materials available in your account.

Stair Width Configuration

This button behaves a bit differently than most others. Clicking it toggles through the three available stair sizes. You can best see this take effect if you have already clicked on the build plate and see the stair's preview. It changes accordingly to your configuration.

Floor Configuration

Icon Name Description Raised Platform floors will be raised to platform height. Gridded Platform floors will be placed with visual grid lines.

Railing & Side Configuration

Lastly, you can enable or disable which sides of your stairs should be textured and have railings. This setting is also nicely visualized if you change it while a preview is already placed.

Icon Name Description Left Railings If enabled, the left/inner side of the stairs will feature railings. Left Side Texture If enabled, the left/inner side will be textured. Keep this enabled unless you want the left side to connect to a wall. Center Places the center of the stairs. It can't be disabled. Right Side Texture If enabled, the right/outer side will be textured. Keep this enabled unless you want the right side to connect to a wall. Right Railings If enabled, the right/outer side of the stairs will feature railings.

Save Configuration

Finally, you can decide to save your configuration as a custom preset. This preset will be saved in your account and will appear in the Preset & Search section under custom configurations. You can enter a name for your custom preset to identify it again easily!

Banning

Underneath the Configuration section, you'll find the Banning section. Here you can exclude and include certain models from being used in your stair. Any transparent models are banned; all normal-looking ones will be used.

You can change a model's status by clicking on it. Note that the Stair Sorcerer will randomly select any of the non-banned models for its creation process.

Banned models (transparent) will not be used when creating stairs.