High School 1.0

can do better

3/5 for effort. I can even tell where the Gymnasium is. Nice.

Although I think i should be honest. Not everyone's going to appreciate a Relot/combination of maxis buildings. You should get Google Sketchup and try your hand at Modeling! If you make something cool, people can help you with getting it into the game.

Yes you can do better but better than the last one 3.75/5.00

I agree. You can do better. The lotting is pretty...not so great...2/5 stars.
I suggest using some different parking lot textures as the Maxis are frowned upon(most of the time)

Ok dude. First of all this would look great with some batted material as in the ""ëntire"" building. There are a ton of batting tutorials on the omnibus you can check out. And yes I agree with redscope this lot could also use some custom prop familys such as those beautiful tree's you have surrounding the lot All it takes is finding out the name of the prop or props and you all set 3/5 for a good try

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3/5 for effort. I can even tell where the Gymnasium is. Nice.Although I think i should be honest. Not everyone's going to appreciate a Relot/combination of maxis buildings. You should get Google Sketchup and try your hand at Modeling! If you make something cool, people can help you with getting it into the game.
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Thank you for telling me. ill try using bat or sketchup

^Any questions, just consult the Omnibus or the help desk. It is also recommended if you open a BAT thread to get feedback as you go and I will guarantee you will get much better feedback when you upload

Nice work,still does need improvement though.

nice work, next school it would be cool if you had more busses in the bus loop, and if their door faced the entry to the school, but thats just my opinion. 4/5

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nice work, next school it would be cool if you had more busses in the bus loop, and if their door faced the entry to the school, but thats just my opinion. 4/5
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when i was in lot editor the bus door faced the building idk why it flips

Some props flip, I don't know the reason. I found out it's the same with garbage trucks.

Another example: People crowds always look the same in the LE, no matter how you rotate them. But they do rotate alright - you can see it in game.

That's why you test a lot, right? Make it, plop it down in a test city, check it from all angles, make (mental) notes about stuff that didn't turn out right, go back to the Lot Editor, and fix the problems.

In general, I think pure Maxis re-lots have been pretty much exhausted in 2003/2004, before BATs could be made and before a great number of good BATs existed.

However, you can browse through the huge amount of BATs we have today. You may find some that would perfectly work in other roles - for example, an office building might have that high school look to it. Add a few custom-made props and textures e.g. for sports facilities, and you'll have a pleasant-looking school compound that doesn't look like the zillionth recycling of vanilla Maxis stuff at all.

You can even combine both approaches: If you like a school BAT, but it lacks a gym, you could try making a matching gym in gmax, and put both together in the Lot Editor.

For example, someone once made a really cool foundation for the Maxis Statue of Liberty - it did make a differenc, and nobody said "Bleh, boring Maxis stuff". There are lots of possibilities, and the LE is often underrated.

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Some props flip, I don't know the reason. I found out it's the same with garbage trucks.Another example: People crowds always look the same in the LE, no matter how you rotate them. But they do rotate alright - you can see it in game.That's why you test a lot, right? Make it, plop it down in a test city, check it from all angles, make (mental) notes about stuff that didn't turn out right, go back to the Lot Editor, and fix the problems.In general, I think pure Maxis re-lots have been pretty much exhausted in 2003/2004, before BATs could be made and before a great number of good BATs existed.However, you can browse through the huge amount of BATs we have today. You may find some that would perfectly work in other roles - for example, an office building might have that high school look to it. Add a few custom-made props and textures e.g. for sports facilities, and you'll have a pleasant-looking school compound that doesn't look like the zillionth recycling of vanilla Maxis stuff at all.You can even combine both approaches: If you like a school BAT, but it lacks a gym, you could try making a matching gym in gmax, and put both together in the Lot Editor.For example, someone once made a really cool foundation for the Maxis Statue of Liberty - it did make a differenc, and nobody said "Bleh, boring Maxis stuff". There are lots of possibilities, and the LE is often underrated.
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i would like to use the bat but i cant download gmax. i have sketchup but i dont know how to export. all i can use is lot editor

Well, there's no shame in that! The STEX is full of BATs that lack a really good lot, or that could be used for different purposes. You may also find several BATs in similar style, which you could combine to make one larger complex with the Lot Editor. Sometimes a combination of custom buildings and Maxis buildings on one lot also works surprisingly well.

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Well, there's no shame in that! The STEX is full of BATs that lack a really good lot, or that could be used for different purposes. You may also find several BATs in similar style, which you could combine to make one larger complex with the Lot Editor. Sometimes a combination of custom buildings and Maxis buildings on one lot also works surprisingly well.
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is it possoble to get bat building as plops

I don't get why there is a building at the top of the school. Really nice... [img]https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/41.gif[/img] 2/5

Well, as far as "no dependencies" go...... it doesnt work.... i plopped it and all that showed up was an elementary school on an enourmous lot.

Besides all what is said above.....what's wrong with Flordia schools?

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Besides all what is said above.....what's wrong with Flordia schools?
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theres nothing wrong with them i just designed this one as not florida style

i like it nice building using the maxis items no dependices best of all im lazy dont want to spend half a day downloading good job