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The Reflectoblob

~a blundered BAT

 

Inspired by (and poorly mimicking) Cloud Gate in Chicago, the reflectoblob is a Landmark style piece of urban art for your downtown.

 

Comes in Dark Night and Maxis Night varieties: please download only one. *Note for relotters- the two separate models do not share the same TGI's, so relotting for one -night model will not automatically work for both.

 

Each model comes with 2 lots:

Reflectoblob Plaza - This is a simple lot with only the basic landmark effect.

Reflectoblob Monument - Same as the Plaza but also has the cap relief effects of the Convention and Research centers combined in one. I did that because i wanted to get those effects without plopping those lots for myself in my downtowns. As such it needs road access, but thankfully pedmalls fulfill this requirement.

Both lots appear near the top of your Landmarks menu.

 

The base texture is just the simple medium wealth white, and consequently should get overwritten if you use a texture changer, like in my 3rd pic.

 

This file has No dependencies, however it is an HD export, so hardware rendering may be necessary (which you should already be using if you use an HD terrain mod).

 

For questions, comments, suggestions, whatever, please visit my BAT thread at simpeg.com: Blundered BATs.

 

Happy Gaming :D

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wow cool! I've been to the one in Chicago, you captured the effect it really well! This is going into my city

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Seen the real one, studied it in many an art class, and I enjoy this one just as much, great work!

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Thanks folks!  Yeah this came into being because i was experimenting with reflective texturing in 3ds.  Shiny indeed :P

Hopefully it's a taste of things to come...

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Good job getting the buildings to reflect in it. Even at night too... nice touch.

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Yes! Something what i was waiting since months. Few months ago I  was trying to create Chicago Egg in BAT :P Good job!
 
Btw, could you send me PM with link to the base texture of the Egg (gray bricks on stairs) ? I would be thankful.

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Good job getting the buildings to reflect in it. Even at night too... nice touch.

Thanks, that's what comes from keeping my eye on all your guys' BAT threads :D

 

 

 

Simple but very well done. 5/5

Thank you, sir!  I wish i had the computing power to render the high rises you guys do.  Guess i'll just have to stick with the small stuff.

 

 

 

Yes! Something what i was waiting since months. Few months ago I  was trying to create Chicago Egg in BAT :P Good job!
 
Btw, could you send me PM with link to the base texture of the Egg (gray bricks on stairs) ? I would be thankful.

Here is the texture i started out with, but i changed the contrast and recut it for my own BAT.  It came from cgtextures.com and i'd recommend looking there for starting textures.

 

 

 

funny and interesting for my public squares ;)
 

I look forward to seeing some shots of it in action :P

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