North American Stadiums

[cammo2003 20]

The angle of the light source might be slightly off - (I'm going by eye, and comparing the angle of the shadow cast by the light poles on the avenue to the angle of the shadows cast by the stadium). There may also be a *smidgin* too much yellow.

I say this as a complete unprofessional though, so don't take it as gospel.

[SimFox 802]

Cammo2003:

you're right about that, but that is SC4 general issue! And talks volume of "quality" control at maxis I guess. Bated shadows on buildings (all of them - Maxis own and custom ones) do not coincide with shadows on the terrain. To put it simply the sun in game is in different place then one used in BAT. I was raising this issue couple of times, but nobody seem to care about it. Most people do not even notice this issue.

[omnivoreceo 54]

Thank goodness. I've been dying for new baseball stadiums.

[teemu_om 47]

Here's a beta version. Beta, because:

- the seats got messed up for some reason in two night views: zoom5north and zoom5west - I don't know if this can be corrected, they didn't look that way in MAX when it was exporting. Re-exporting could do the trick.

- there are supposed to be trees outside the building but those can't be rendered at least on my current machine (but I intend to build a new one next month)

The size is 12.24 MB. Download links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/41664745/MMP_beta.zip.html

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IPO1X7MB

http://files.filefront.com//;7991701;;/

[skyliner22 16]

Sweet! The perfect stadium to fit in Naha as we anticipate the Fighters, move

[Sim shady 12]

oh dang thats a nice job

[zzsim 3]

Well I just tested the beta, and this is by far the best stadium of any kind I have seen in Sim City, truly 10 star work !

As far as the issues you were having, I didn't notice any problems with the seats at night at the zooms you described (or any for that matter), though of coarse the trees weren't there.  Now I don't have the BAT & GMAX installed right now, but I'm sure someone out there would be more than willing to help you render this if your computer isn't capable of getting all of the details in.

Also they really should make an exception to the 10mb rule for your stadiums because it is a shame to have such fine work only viewed by the fairly small audience in this thread.  If you can't get things worked out here, try taking your work over to SC4Devotion.  Their exchange is exclusive in terms of who can upload, but all you have to do is show them examples of your work and if they think your projects are up to par then you can upload them.  Though you would definitevly qualify based on the quality of these BATs.

Good luck getting these bugs sorted out!

[skyliner22 16]

Also make sure u upload safeco there too, look forward to your future projects!

[teemu_om 47]

Originally posted by: zzsim

As far as the issues you were having, I didn't notice any problems with the seats at night at the zooms you described (or any for that matter), though of coarse the trees weren't there.  Now I don't have the BAT & GMAX installed right now, but I'm sure someone out there would be more than willing to help you render this if your computer isn't capable of getting all of the details in.quote>

Hmm... That's strange, by zoom5 I mean the closest zoom level and in my game the lightning is messed up there (also there are some black artifacts).

As for the trees, I'm not sure if it's computer or BAT related, but like said, I'm getting a new one soon so that could fix it.

[dadyrghluv 8]

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i see what your talking about now, but its only 2 night angles that is messed up, still worthy of a good rating.

[zzsim 3]

Sorry, you were right about the glitches.  For some reason the night lighting didn't appear when I built it the first time (I also didn't know that the problem was lighting related), but after going back and testing it I can clearly see the problem you described.  Though since it only appeared when the lights were on, I can at least tell you that it is definetly related to your lighting system.

[dadyrghluv 8]

absolutey agree zzsim, i also think its a light rig problem it looks like to me, idk. i'm very sure u can find someone who has the skills to fix this minor flaw. and hopefully if its possible, cut it into 2 seperate downloads so that all the mass SC4 alike can enjoy a wonderfully detailed stadium. some of the detail is unmatched, and astounding

[toxicpiano 125]

I really don't think He can't cut it in half, That means you would have to reasemble the DAT files once downloaded. The best thing to do is to ask Dirk if it can be upload it, he will probably let you when he responds.

[Sim shady 12]

theres no way dirk would turn down two top quality stadiums to go on the STEX. Good thing about the glitchy stuff from the stadium is that i dont really use night view and can enjoy its beauty in full light I hope we can get it fixed

[patriots_1228 51]

even with the glitch its the tied for best stadium on the STEX, along with Safeco. definetely talk to dirk about getting these on the STEX.

[Micah 16]

OH YEAH! Houston Astros are finally getting their seat in the STEX! Excellent job! Your detail on Enron... err... Minute Maid Park is amazing!

[dadyrghluv 8]

suprised no one has tried yankee stadium or boston's fenway park. those would get serious downloads in my opinion.

[SimFox 802]

nope it is NOT related to lighting rig! BTW it is working during the day as well, how do you think it is all bright? Anyway this seems like some glitch in image processing part. It may be due to some driver malfunction, or just plain one off glitch. Those "buckets" either just stuck in output window that didn't refresh properly, or render was finished prematurely, I think first is much more likely than the later.

[teemu_om 47]

Scary...

[Sim shady 12]

whoa lol its like from the twilight zone with that nub pirate uploading same train design as you have on the stadium.

[rodent1989 9]

now i understand the babbling about "Koby."  Didn't put it all together until just now!

[Sim shady 12]

i still dont understand what all the babbling about koby was, is that the trains name? i remember it runs after every homerun but dont remember if it had a name

[teemu_om 47]

The  worst part is that the guy just ripped it from Trolca and uploaded it to STEX. Neverthless, the similarity almost freaked me out when I had just woken up at 6am.

[toxicpiano 125]

Yeah what is the Koby thing about?

[scba 179]

Either way, looking NICE, Teemu. You're light years ahead of the rest of us.

[nycsc4 5,250]

great job! Unfortantially I can't download it because I am a Cardinal fan, and Houston is a rival...But Busch Stadium in STL would probably fit very well on a square lot...

Just to let everybody know, I am NOT requesting...

[coultharda 135]

Originally posted by: scba Either way, looking NICE, Teemu. You're light years ahead of the rest of us.quote>

Depressing isn't it?

'teemu_om, making other BATters feel bad since 2006'

Seriously though, fantastic work, as with everything you make.

[SimFox 802]

I don't really get all that talk about depression. When i see good work like this I get inspired not depressed. You wanna be good too - learn. At least now you can see what possible...

[trev1b 0]

Hi, your have great skills. MAybe you could try Chase Field (formerly Bank One Ballpark.) It lot would be rectangle. I would love to see it in the game.

[patriots_1228 51]

guys can we stop telling him to make different ballparks!!

teemu-Koby Koby Koby THATS ALL YOU EVER HEAR!!!!!!!!!

thats just scary