Aquarium Condos 1.0

nice

Very nice. Night lights?

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Very nice. Night lights?
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Sorry, the screenshot mysteriously disappeared for a second; fixed it now.

awesome building bro

Maybe, you can work more on the night lights. Nice 4/5

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice. Should look good in a built-up coastal area.

I like that you have done 3 versions. Thanks.

This looks like a great job, I see you worked off two in-game buildings (two of the best imo) and made something of your own here. I especially like the slab sides with the off-white walls and rows of balconies. Decent lot, the style doesn't overall match the building but it's a marked improvement. Textures could use a bit of work as well as the roof but this is a great effort and, like I said, a noticeable step forward in quality from your previous stuff. Keep it up!

This look great! I see that you have followed some of mine and others tips about the ground texture.

I'm very happy to see that you have improved 5/5

Not bad. A nice, simple, mid rise type thing that bulks out any plugin folder. Always good to replace maxis things.

I can't really see fault with it, not even in lotting, so I'm going to have to give this a rare 5/5. Well done. Nice work on the description too, but can I ask, what growth stage is it in the growable lots?

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Not bad. A nice, simple, mid rise type thing that bulks out any plugin folder. Always good to replace maxis things.

I can't really see fault with it, not even in lotting, so I'm going to have to give this a rare 5/5. Well done. Nice work on the description too, but can I ask, what growth stage is it in the growable lots?
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Sometimes I forget some people need the growth stage for certain things... Just added the stats now!

very nice. I think its a 5 out of 5 too. keep growing and getting better. I can't do these so i need ya.. lol (high five) lmao!

Nicely Done

A fun little model. The front doors aren't modelled, by that doesn't matter, since the little canopy helps "cheat" it. As good as the rooftop nighlighting is, I'm disappointed in the nightmaps for the windows - a model this cute deserves better nightlighting than Maxis nightmaps. Otherwise, a solid contribution...

Truly beautiful. I love the design, and it does resemble Bilyk Condos, my favorite SC4 building. Great job. 5/5

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A fun little model. The front doors aren't modelled, by that doesn't matter, since the little canopy helps "cheat" it. As good as the rooftop nighlighting is, I'm disappointed in the nightmaps for the windows - a model this cute deserves better nightlighting than Maxis nightmaps. Otherwise, a solid contribution...
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I use GMAX, can it use something else other than nightmaps? Besides Omni and Spot lights.

thank you I really like how this looks
also very useful to provide different uses

Thanks. Very nice and useful.

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I use GMAX, can it use something else other than nightmaps? Besides Omni and Spot lights.
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Make a box, and give it a texture, then make it self illuminate. Then the texture will look like a lit window, and if done right it looks cool.
[url="https://www.simtropolis.com/omnibus/_/simcity-4/batlot-editor-tutorials/nightlighting-in-gmax-for-objects-and-windows-r202"]https://www.simtropolis.com/omnibus/_/simcity-4/batlot-editor-tutorials/nightlighting-in-gmax-for-objects-and-windows-r202[/url]

Use that if you're really stumped, and I did link to 2 places you can get such textures there. Hope this helps.

[quote name='Timmystwin' timestamp='1339175802']

I. Lostalim, on , said:

I use GMAX, can it use something else other than nightmaps? Besides Omni and Spot lights.

Make a box, and give it a texture, then make it self illuminate. Then the texture will look like a lit window, and if done right it looks cool.
[url="https://www.simtropolis.com/omnibus/_/simcity-4/batlot-editor-tutorials/nightlighting-in-gmax-for-objects-and-windows-r202"]http://www.simtropol...nd-windows-r202[/url]

Use that if you're really stumped, and I did link to 2 places you can get such textures there. Hope this helps.
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Thank you very much!!

Very nice!
I checked it in depth, and I have some comments to make:
- The size of the model makes it mostly comparable to McCormick Place Luxury Condos, rather than Colin or Bilyk Condos (not a problem), however some stats, esp Building Value (relates to taxes) are quite off.
- The blue nightwindows are not very much OK for a R building, pls consider using a warm colour instead (I'm OK with nightmaps). The nightmaps posted by certain members on the STEX are almost always worse than Maxis actually, as they tend to have large "features" of relatively high contrast, and often high saturation. I have made a custom set (derived from Maxis "Brown", but somewhat cooler - "Yellow"), which I could make it available to you, if you are interested.
- Pls also consider making a taller version too, really comparable to Colin/Bilyk. If you make the LODshell (around the base) as large as Colin/Bilyk's, you won't need to make any lots, you can simply include it in the Maxis families and have it growing in the Maxis Lots.
I think a 2nd (improved) version or re-release would be well worth.

Can anyone help? Whenever it gets built there's like a christmas box thing. If you have any information to fix it please email me at andrewptz4@gmail.com
-Thank You

how can i get the building to light up at night as my downloaded building cannot lighted up at night. thanks and please do reply me as soon as possible

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how can i get the building to light up at night as my downloaded building cannot lighted up at night. thanks and please do reply me as soon as possible
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[color=#222222][url="http://www.sc4devotion.com/maxis/SC4Update4BAT.zip"]http://www.sc4devotion.com/maxis/SC4Update4BAT.zip[/url][/color]

[color=#222222][url="http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/SC4Patches/R1/UPDATE-SKU1-TO-P2.EXE"]http://akamai.cdn.ea.com/eadownloads/u/f/sims/SC4Patches/R1/UPDATE-SKU1-TO-P2.EXE[/url][/color]


[color=#222222]These 2 updates should fix your nightlight issue.[/color]