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[jayo 44]

Oh-i see the problem-now i read it properly-I'll delete that post

[trailofcrumbs 0]

fukuda: The only camlightrig that worked was "TB2_CameraLightRigHuge.gmax" but now I can't see the shadows. Is that normal? I don't know the final height of the spire (the design is still being finalized) but currently it's about 960m.

jayo: I appreciate your help though.

[fukuda 351]

trailofcrumbs: There's a fixed cameralightrighuge in the forums, I can send it to you if you can't find it

The first part of any process is the preparation of raw materials, several process units do that, as:

desalter, pipeline control valves and deaerator

[bigskelding 12]

This is a very very early Render of a a high school im working on. what do u guys think. any sugestions?

If you think u have a texture that might work better then plz PM me. not a bad start though right?

[trailofcrumbs 0]

fukuda: Blah. I think I'm too lazy to look further lol I can't find it. Can you send that rig over please? Thanks. And, btw, those "desalter, pipeline control valves and deaerator" looks darn good.

bigskelding: Perhaps, you can add some big windows to give it a sense of space and add some solar panels and HVACs on the roof if you haven't already. That early render looks good. I don't have any textures but I think a mixture of creme white wall paintings and brick textures would look good. And, maybe you can ease that rectangular feel by adding some curves to your shapes or placing one of the sections diagonally. However, if you like it that way you can scrap that previous sentence. Just my thoughts.

[jayo 44]

Bigskelding:NEVER texture windows Make the windows

[Jasoncw 11,840]

He means model the window frames, and texture the glass and frames separately.

I think that while you're modeling a building, you should get most of the modeling done before you start texturing. That way you can really see what you're modeling, without getting distracted with the textures. You can either make everything grey, or you can give the objects generic colors (blue for glass, grey for roof, etc.). You can check out the early previews at my thread to see what I mean. They really make it easier to judge the modeling.

[bigskelding 12]

like i said guys, very very early stage. i have the bricks set right now at a 1x1x1 on the UVW map, and as u can see they look like poop, what would u suggest i set it to?

[Jasoncw 11,840]

I think you should just take all of the textures off, and focus on the modeling, you can worry about the textures anyway. I say this because it's really hard to tell what is going on in the front (what is glass, what is opaque, what are frames, etc.). Once the textures are removed, and replaced with either grey, or a general color of what it might be like later, then it will be easier to see what you have, and what can be improved on it.

The UVW Map only controls what area the texture will be spread over. So if it's a 1x1x1 box, then your texture will be scaled to be one meter wide and one meter tall, for all sides of a box. So the size of the UVW map depends on the size of the texture. But right now you can tell that the texture is too small, since you can easily see it repeat. Generally for the game, bricks are pretty big (you can open the game and find some bricks to see). But yeah, I think it's best to forget about texturing for now.

[bigskelding 12]

how do u remove textures? im still no expert at this.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

I don't really know to be honest, lol. But you can just make a new texture that you just keep the default grey, and you can apply that to everything.

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

Didnt make this for Sim City at all but I can do an edit for it.

[delija21 295]

By delija21 at 2008-04-04

[autoVino 26]

[JakeMD 107]

This is the same render as on the before page, nothing has changed, except i removed all of the textures.

[Sim shady 12]

Wow everything looks great! thanks for the teases everyone

[coultharda 135]

I'm currently trying to get back into BATting after a bit of a break. I'm starting simple, currently breaking apart an old model for its artificial hockey pitch to which I hope to add floodlights to make a nice free-standing pitch, good for use in a complex, or by a school.

[patriots_1228 51]

^all you have to do is make the buildings walls some variation of 16 meters long.

for example, you can make a building with walls 64 meters long, and it will be w2w.

[bourneid 13]

Originally posted by: SimFox A bit of a mystery project:

haven't quite decided if I'll make it. The real building (just has been approved for Moscow) had impressed me quite a bit. This is just one of 5 "donuts" of the entire project albeit the biggest one.

The size is probably the biggest issue. It isn't tall - real thing is about 53m tall, but it is very wide. It would call for at least 18x11 lot. Would it be too much of a problem crime wise??quote>

 

hey simfox..  I dont now if you have decided yet on a use for this model yet... But it reminds me of a center hub of an airport terminal....  add some corridors off of it and you have a center and maybe add a control tower connected in the center of the "donut" 

[SimFox 802]

yep, I'll be making it... And I guess airport is as good use as any... Building is massive enough for that - something like 300 m in diameter. May be it is a bit too tall though - some 70 meters - about 20 regular floors.

Of course the outer rim should be modified, as it is now, planes may have hard time to get close to the building.

Here is a current state of it:

[Sim shady 12]

well it sure as heck looks cool

[scotty222 549]

That looks awesome simfox

Work in progress

[delija21 295]

commie giant

By delija21 at 2008-04-14

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

Originally posted by: Nemesis666 Scipio, that junk roof is AWESOME, a whole lot better than the stuff I use. And the renderer makes it look even better.

ITS, personally I think the textures could do better. Also, can you tell me how to make wall-to-wall buildings?quote>

It isn't textured yet, just bump mapped. The only bit that IS textures is the black marble, which I haven't given properties yet.

[____----____ 37]

whoa that is a badass stage, pretty original and cool idea, nice work.

[outriderdriver 4]

Simfox, that is one awesome structure. Would you consider releasing a fairly plain lot with it before it goes all airport?

[patfirefghtr 160]

JSNK000 that is just sweet!!!! Are you going to put these on the STEX at all?

@ all wonderful progress on your works and they are looking real good too......

[ngeeves 5]

Here's something i've been working on for the last couple of weeks. It's an apartment from Singapore.

ngeeves

[zero7 68]

It's a little while since I've posted anything to this thread, but here's a little something I've been working on this weekend and which should be released in the near future ...

[patriots_1228 51]

wow. For some reason my favorite pat is that little blue dot of light near the entrance. nice start.