Dmscopio's BAT showcase

[dmscopio 225]

Thanks SimFox, I think I just put these on hold for a while and see what excactly is going wrong. And yes, I use bootcamp, can that be a problem? Anyway, thanks for hints.

[SimFox 802]

I don't think that boot camp should be a problem, basically all it does is creates separate partition and some little code to let you select which on is to be used to start you laptop. But I haven't used it myself as my PowerBook is the last one with PowerPC, so not Windows on Mac for me, I'm stuck with Tiger and quite happy with it, since i use my Fruity computer only for internet and some basic stuff and do rest on desktop PC. Very interesting to see how fast it will render though...

[CarmineHilton 6]

I have a problem with your most recent building: Jiangsu Tower. What textures do I need to let the ground appear?

[dmscopio 225]

@CarmineHilton?u probaly missing some texture, jblumpley of NHP team make the lot for this bat. you better ask him about the texture. Or you can use LE to make a new lot. I wish there is a tool you can identify the texture pack base on the texture ID.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Enter the fairy - Your wish has been granted! *waves wand* *throws fairy powder*

SC4Tool comes with a built-in dependency scanner that is capable of scanning all props and textures used on a lot for their ID and the name of the prop or texture pack they belong to.

Then again, just by looking at the lot I can tell that you need the BSC Textures MEGA Pack, the BSC MEGA Prop pack by SimGoober, and if jplumbley was right with his comment on the STEX, the prop packs by Cycledogg as well.

[dmscopio 225]

that is awsome news for me, TWrecks! You are always my fairy that granting all my wishes!

BTW: There seem to be progress on my render issue. I reduce the objects in my scene and it finaly give me a successful message this morning. Well, almost successful...some part of the stadium still got cut off, but the good news is zoom 1&2 is working and no more code 30 error. I just need to make new LODs and re-export again. I think that will solve the problem.

[yoder7652 21]

Originally posted by: dmscopio that is awsome news for me, TWrecks! You are always my fairy that granting all my wishes!

BTW: There seem to be progress on my render issue. I reduce the objects in my scene and it finaly give me a successful message this morning. Well, almost successful...some part of the stadium still got cut off, but the good news is zoom 1&2 is working and no more code 30 error. I just need to make new LODs and re-export again. I think that will solve the problem.quote>

 

Glad to hear it....I hate it when rendering gets in the way with finalizing a truly great BAT!

[Andreas Roth 607]

Originally posted by: T Wrecks Enter the fairy - Your wish has been granted! *waves wand* *throws fairy powder* quote>

 

Ha, I knew it! I K-N-E-W it! Such an incredible amount of new lots, modding and what not can only be achieved with the help of Fairy Godparents.  Tell me, do they also grant wishes to, uhhh..., other "big kids"?

But joke aside, I'm glad that you almost sorted out the rendering problems, dmscopio. Good luck with the remaining issues, so we hopefully can see this amazing BAT in the game soon.

[SimFox 802]

So you say you have reduce number of objects in the scene and render went through?? How many objects did you have? General rule is that number of objects is more responsible for render time then number of polygons, but i didn't think that it could lead to such an error... This is a good experience!

[CarmineHilton 6]

I've downloaded all the textures you've said and still I have no ground! ... What is this??

[dmscopio 225]

CarmineHilton: I am afraid that you need to create a new lot in LE. That is much easier than looking for the texture packs.

And here is the update of the Shanghai stadium:

The picture was taken by blade2k5.  There is still a little glitch. In his game the stair got cut off, but in other testers's and my game, it looks fine. Right now I just waiting for feedback from the NHP team for the test resaults.

More updates coming soon...

[Skyfire2275 23]

The stadium BAT looks great! The only suggestion I have is to make the nightlights a bit more exciting.

The lot however... needs work. It is kind of bland right now... I know big lots are hard to make, but I think there is room for improvement here.

[SimFox 802]

I think lot looks odd cause there are no shadows on it. Why is it so? Are they simply turned off in game settings, or is it because Stadium was dropped on the lot as a prop??

I would suggest to lit up that fantastic roof! and go for colors!! You know something along the lines used in (EDIT: Munich Re Alianz , got mixed upinsurers) Arena...

[blade2k5 1,523]

SimFox - I have the shadow setting set as low as it'll go in my game. That could be why there are no shadows.

dmscopio - if the stairs are missing only in my game so far, it could be my pc being the difficult old clunker that it is. This piece of junk is always doing something off the wall, or it fails to do something it's supposed to do. So I would assume that if the BAT has the stairs in others' games, then most likely it's just on my end that they don't. It'll be a couple of days before I can look at it again in-game, working a lot of hours until Friday. I'll be able to look at it then.

[moganite 4]

Impresive i had better get hold of it

[dmscopio 225]

Thanks everyone. I changed the nightlight as Simfox pointed out. It is up, have fun!

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

thats amazing. it would look great in my new city once it developes!!!

[blade2k5 1,523]

Those night lights just blow me away!  Wow!  Excellent job, I can't wait to see it in-game.  I eagerly wait to see what you toss our way next

[SURUMI 2]

Whoaaa...nightlights are excellent. Not only the roof but also the inner stadium, it perfectly changes from bright to dark.

[jacqulina 162]

wow excellent the night lights are amazing

[dmscopio 225]

thanks guys, this bad boy takes me so lon to render, it turns out all right eventually.

Some teaser images of the up coming Dmscopio stadium:

This one also suffered rendering issue, but after some testing, I found that the night windows texture is causing the problem. I don't know why in details. I just remove all the night windows textures in the scence and the code 30 error just disappeared. The code 30 error in batformax means error happened in zoom 1&2, so i guess the night windows texture just mess up in these 2 zooms. The night windows work just fine in my Desktop PC, but I done this alone with the Shanghai Stadium in my Mac laptop and the night windows never works on the laptop. Anyone know what is going on? Anyway, your comments on the new stadium?

[SimFox 802]

this is one breathtaking stadium!!

My only suggestion would be to add some polygons to the base to allow it to curve more smoothly.

I absolutely love how you made the plaza around the stadium!

[skyscraper 216]

wow, oh my god, thats a very impressive stadium, i hope you will release soon.

[Skyfire2275 23]

Very nice. I hope it renders properly.

Good Luck.

[Mulefisk 15]

That is bloody amazing!

Hope it's gonna look as good in the game as in those shots.

Great work!

[Gecko_2006 1]

Cool! Awesome work Dmscopio! Plenty of detail in it.

[bixel 1,223]

Wow...that is a fine stadium!!! very very very nice presentation...maybe in SC5 we can get in-game views like those

[moganite 4]

my jaw just fell out fantastic modeling and texturing there you are one of the best here

[jacqulina 162]

wow what awesome work,the detail is amazing

[alex23476 17]

holy sheep

that looks like an awesome building