hkabat-forum-threads PaulvMontfort's Showcase

[Andreas Roth 629]

This is just plain crazy.  How long will that take to render - three days (with 3DSMAX)?

[bixel 1,228]

Hrmm...I am less concerned for the render time than I am about that stupid crime bug. yes we can make it LM but I love functional lots. Who's gonna render this one? LOL

[Andreas Roth 629]

Who was complaining about that buzzing sound in his room again?

[____----____ 37]

wow is this thing gonna be like 20megs? looks out of this world good

[paulvmontfort 617]

well, currently it would take up a space of 17x10 simcity tiles, but due to the shape it would be most practical if the building would be overhanging which means the lot itself could be a lot smaller thus reducing the risk of the crime bug.

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull work,and congratulations on your trixie

[Skyfire2275 23]

Wow, looks amazing paulvmonfort. I am eagerly anticipating the arrival of this beast...

[dmscopio 225]

Paul, will the windows on these building have the reflection of each other? I looking forward to see a better render of with taytracing enabled. I thinkit will creat some interesting reflections.

[villagemayor 0]

Just downloaded the 1 Pacific Place. Great job guys!! Now I have to install into the plugin. FYI for everyone, you might be wondering what that logo is. The logo on the building is Swire, a business conglomerent that owns Cathay Pacific, and a large number of buildings near Taikoo and Quarry Bay, including One Island East. It also owns a large number of shopping malls around HK.

[paulvmontfort 617]

yes as villagemayor already indicates, One Pacific Place is out on the STEX.

BTW, here's another update:

[bixel 1,228]

Very very very awesome!!! T Wrecks anyway to gem a private sim security force employed without going on strikes for the Pacific Place? It prolly has on in RL anyway.

[Skyfire2275 23]

Wow, incredible.

*drools*

[jesselong 0]

Excellent! I just can't wait till the whole complex is finished! What a pity that I didn't take some photos when I passed by there twice in a week.

[villagemayor 0]

Me too. I was in HK two weeks ago. Pacific Place was supposed to be one of my stops but I didn't have time to go. Dang!

[paulvmontfort 617]

time for another update:

I had to redo the base of the Conrad and ShanriLa, they weren't quite right

[mightygoose 92]

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yoman3 5]

Dear GOD

[SURUMI 2]

How many tiles ? 60 x 30 ?

[paulvmontfort 617]

[Jasoncw 11,949]

It's turning out really well.  The reflections look nice.

[6459978. 106]

Yes, the reflections do look nice, but....

The fact that you still see sky reflected where there should be ground is slightly disconcerting. It's tricky to fake it to look good; reflected sky in the windows seems "right" even though in an isometric universe it's strictly wrong... Personally, I'd try to make a transition from more neutral gray refelctions near the bottom up towards blue sky at the top, but that may not look too good either. And/or tone down the refelctions; having the reflections so obvious just begs the question of why the ground isn't reflecting also.

[paulvmontfort 617]

oh, sorry, i haven't told you guys yet, but i was planning to redo most of the materials anyway, these are just for guidance

[bixel 1,228]

That is soo BadAssTactical!!! (am I allowed to say that?)

WOWOWOWOWOWO!

[SimFox 804]

Hello everybody I'm sorry for the luck of the progress (updates on LIPPO) but I was absolutely flooded with work and usual seasonal hassle. At the moment I, unfortunately can not promise that I'll be done with LIPPO before Xmas, as I haven't even started on night lighting yet. But I'll do what I can as soon as I'll have time!

6459978.:

guys, you still think of reflections in very wrong fashion , as if the would be textures, but they are NOT textures! And sooner you'll realize it the sooner you'll get it looking right. You should think of glass not in terms of fakes like textures, gradients etc, but in terms what glass is in PHYSICAL sense! So there should be REFLECTIONS not pictures pasted. so give it something to reflect! And YES NO WAY could/should there be any sky on it - this is plain wrong!

[paulvmontfort 617]

sorry SimFox, I often mix up materials and textures...

[SimFox 804]

Paul, and everybody else who may be interested!

Here is a link to excellent tutorial on making FULLY custom trees:

Tree Tutorial

Word of advise:

You may need to exclude the trees from GI if your computer/software (older versions of Max) are not up to the challenge. In many cases it may be quite unnoticeable.

[jacqulina 162]

awesome work and the detailing is amazing

[paulvmontfort 617]

things are coming together:

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Impressive, simply impressive. Are you planning to make the side with the driveway entrance the front of the lot?

[dmscopio 225]

Things are really coming together nicely, paul. Are you gonna make the lot transit enabled so that the road can merge nicely into the entrance/undergraound parking?