hkabat-forum-threads SimFox Construction & Research

[nihonkaranws 88]

SimFox it looks just amazing! Keep up this good works!

[SimFox 802]

here are first "night shots" of Hangzhou corner Office/retail building

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Amazing work as always! Seriously, this stuff is beautiful. You have a few things on the way while I have yet to find a good place for your last upload, what is a guy to do with all this great stuff?

Cant wait to see things finished,

-Todd

[bixel 1,223]

This is truely incredible, you using Mental Ray?

[SimFox 802]

Bixel:

yes, btw what exactly are you reffering to ?

[tankmank 853]

wow sooo amazin

[Odainsaker 2,135]

cant typee....havin heart attackk....omigosh the lighting!!!

[mcarch 15]

Lookin' Good! I love the shops.

[Jasoncw 11,843]

It looks phenomenal.

I also like the building itself a lot. It's very modern, but it reminds me a lot of older styles.

[connorc24 2]

I Think you could make a killer version of the Sapporo Dome. You should really think about giving it a try.

[villagemayor 0]

another building that I want to download. Stop it!!! I have so many that I have not installed in the plugin folder!

[TV-VCR 14]

This is too much beauty to comprehend. These are not SimCity buildings, these are works of art.

Absolutely breathtaking work SimFox. That W2W is hair-raising! I like how it looks both classical and modern at the same time.

[SimFox 802]

The Hangzhou corner is basically ready. I've finished the last texturing and lighting...

but now I need some advise /opinions - here are three versions:

regular with no ambient light

with moderate ambient light (from the light street)

with brighter ambient light

the last one is probably extreme, but do you think that such an ambient lighting has it's place here?

I plan to make it CS$$, not sure of number of jobs, it's gonna me W2W with 2m standard.

[TV-VCR 14]

Originally posted by: SimFox

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I like that one the most. It has the right amount of ambient light to it. I mean, unless there's a power outage, there's going to be some shops and lamps around it.

[mcarch 15]

SimFox: I'm not sure what 2m is... so I'll ask, if the lot is giong to be 3x3? Cs $$ is great! We need more of those! =)

[SimFox 802]

2m is a distance from the edge of the lot facing the street. It's gonna be 4x4 corner lot

[Cockatoo 2,256]

Personally I think that the ambient lighting is beautiful. That's something I really REALLY wish I could do in Gmax. I'd go for the middle option, moderate ambient, I think the extreme version is a little... well extreme.

I've said it before, but you're night lighting techniques are by far the best here on ST. Seriously, everyone else is still in the dark ages... compared to this stuff.

[kondrokavn 0]

simfox your buildings looks amazing!!!!!!

[villagemayor 0]

Look at the detail of the building and the interior! I swear I saw someone in the building cooking with a wok and holding onto a cleaver cutting veggies.

[fabsies55 5]

how many of these buildings have you made? i can only see about 3 or 4 that i know of.

you should really make all of these cause they all really good. id like to see the ones on the first page they are really good.

those textures and the complexity is really good.

i love it.

[surdanis 6]

my goodness. SimFox, you are truly my new favorite batter. the buildings i've seen in this thread are absolutely amazing and stand as testament to your skill. however, that last one you showed us pics of has some of the most fantastic nightlighting i've ever seen, being beautifully detailed. is there any ETA on that building or any of the projects you've been jumping around for the last year or so? BTW, your Russian buildings are equally phenomenal, and my most recent download was Krost.

keep up the good work!

[SimFox 802]

QiuTao building (formerly known as Hangzhou corner) is on STEX.

come and get it! (https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=20326)

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

*download*

Its beautiful!!! My only problem now is to find a place where I can show it off the best!

-Todd

[surdanis 6]

great work!

any chance you can do anything like Ryubo Department Store from Naha's famous Kokusai Street?

Or maybe these two stores.

Or maybe the Heiwa Dori off of Kokusai.

[shinkansen1 84]

The Glico Man building from Osaka would be a very interesting one to B.A.T.

[Cockatoo 2,256]

Nice... yep, that's a 10 star download for sure. Awesome work.

[SimFox 802]

well, was for quite a while wanting to create such a bustling shopping area... but A LOT of pictures are needed for it to be feasible.

here is a new one - new office of Sinosteel in Tianjin:

^^ click on pictures to see full Zoom 5 preview

[Sim shady 12]

wow, talk about abstract. It definitely is unique.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

My gf just commented it looks like a giraffe's neck, lol.

Very strange building, and I must confess I find it rather ugly. However, one can't deny that it's rather interesting and characteristic.

[bixel 1,223]

Sinosteel tower is genius. Did you use some nifty array algorithm to do that? Oh and also in your last building. Its looks as though the self-illuminated textures are casting light. Is this true? I dont think my textures do that.