BATs Currently in Progress

[ianpaschal 77]

Have I mentioned I am determined to create the most realistic train station and SC4 railway expansion ever? Oh, well I am.

this is supposedly a z4 render, with a 125% vertical stretch.

[Blazerhawk 162]

My return to SC4 BATting. About half finished.

[hamsterTK 93]

about time someone made one of those commie tv towers. Looks like something in Yugoslavia or Kazahkstan

[Jerebannus XVI 7]

oh wow Glenni! that's an awfully depressing tower block, look at all the dirt and grime, looks like such a hopeless place to live......it has to be one of my favourite BATs around, can't wait for it to be released so I can plop it in one of my ghettoes..as usual you never fail to impress, great work matey

[plasticboy 36]

Originally posted by: Scipio Have I mentioned I am determined to create the most realistic train station and SC4 railway expansion ever? Oh, well I am.

this is supposedly a z4 render, with a 125% vertical stretch.quote>

Fine with me, as long as it makes it to its final release.

[skyliner22 16]

A major automotive parts store, the STEX seems to lack these except Auto Zone

[Glenni 1,444]

Added some stuff, redid the tower.

[ianpaschal 77]

cough give credit where it's due glenni cough

nice tower. I really like what you did with the main shaft. nice work. i still maintain though that it needs to look more cementish

[Glenni 1,444]

It has cement on the structure itself, the shaft is just surrounded by lots of metal.

[doodlea21 31]

Hi everyone, I'd decided to remake one of my less popular BATs, the House In The Clouds, with much better accuracy (such as the minor fact that there are two chimneys instead of one!), better textures, and omni nightlights in the more prominent windows.

Let the rendered previews speak for themselves:

 

All that's left to do is get the scaling right (which was way off in my previous version) and produce the lot.

I'll admit the last version was quite bad.

Another BAT project: some lime kilns to fill the void of 'quaint factories' - should be good for adding industrial jobs to rural areas. What do you think?

They are based on real ones in the Netherlands and are a close recreation.

Edit: The House In The Clouds is available to download now! Click here to get it!

[ianpaschal 77]

Originally posted by: Glenni It has cement on the structure itself, the shaft is just surrounded by lots of metal. quote>

Right.  Then let me say it this way; I think the cement should be on the outside, the reinforcements on the inside.

[mcarch 15]

I like it Glenni... a ploppable building I hope!!! Not sure if you want it growing all over the city.

[zero7 68]

Originally posted by: doodlea21

Another BAT project: some lime kilns to fill the void of 'quaint factories' - should be good for adding industrial jobs to rural areas. What do you think?

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I like that.  It will be nice to have some suitable industry to provide some non-farming jobs for a rural area.

[anubis89 107]

Only one thing that I'll say about it: it's not finished yet.

[Gn_leugim 853]

is that a I-HT? =)

[anubis89 107]

I haven't decided yet. maybe it will be just a I-H...

[toxicpiano 125]

Originally posted by: anubis89 I haven't decided yet. maybe it will be just a I-H...quote>

sounds like a good idea,we need more I-HT

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

doodlea21, Glenni ,anubis89, Scipio

I looking foward to placing those BATs  in my cities!

[anubis89 107]

If you dislike something, say it now...

[Godzillaman 21]

Originally posted by: anubis89

If you dislike something, say it now...quote>

The blue color looks too bright. Bring it down a bit.

[mcarch 15]

Agree with Godzillaman, otherwise it looks great.

[scotty222 549]

agree with godzillaman and mcarch

It is great though

[nic49548 15]

Is anyone doing the Federation Tower or the Russia Tower?

[nycc06 229]

for anyone who is interested, i have completed the final renders on the Riviera Tower Complex. The bat should now be ready for export and be uploaded soon. The below pics show the final renders of the bat.

 

[Tia-may 0]

It's really nice and exotic.

[Gn_leugim 853]

let me say.. wow! very nice work!! nice design, nice lights, nice textures!! 100\10!!!

[ianpaschal 77]

That looks really good but I do have some criticism. The lights around the base are too bright imo, and the window's night lights don't look that good but if you don't want to use physical lights or simfox's methods, then those will have to do.

Some other detail things (I'm huge on details so this may not bother other people but it's the kind of things I would change on my own model):

1. The pool looks too far sunken in; keep in mind that the water is often 8" to 1' away from the pool deck which at this scale would be nothing. Your's looks closer to about 1.5 feet, so I would half that distance, I think it would look a bit better. Also if you can, I'd make the corners of the pool not so sharp.

2. The top roof of the building looks too flat to me. Usually you're going to have the edges of the walls stick up farther than the roof. Also the frames on the windows look kind of random. If you still have the splines you used to create the roof shape, make a copy, select it in the modify panel, break all the vertices, then select by element and look for something in the Geometry section called Outline. Check the center box and enter a number to outline the splines. Keep this up, and you can get a bunch off lines that flow parallel to the sides of your building.

[Ferrariguy1000 43]

Originally posted by: nycc06

 

Link to full-size image:

[Edited, picture was waay too big. Please stick to the rules when posting pictures. ~ T Wrecks]quote>

 

very great building, can't wait to see it here!

[patriots_1228 51]

^nyc those pics are 1200 pixels too tall

other than that nice work, i agree with scipio on the advise.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

I really like how the texturing and modeling and stuff lines up in the lower right area of the building.