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[suplado! 23]

Originally posted by: gt6282suplado: you could get it at turbosquid.com.. BAT tutorials are available at omnibus section and also at SC4devotion.. Anyway, we(well at least for me some basics. hehe) are here to help you guys in starting batting.

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is it free to register???

[Filasimo 1]

yes sc4devotion is free to register

[suplado! 23]

Originally posted by: Filasimo yes sc4devotion is free to registerquote>

i already have an accnt there sir....

what im really concern about is the gmax registration??? is it free?!

[gt6282 3]

Suplado: yep it is free to register..

Filasimo: yeah it looks so so.. I'll try to make my version it (bamboo) but with the Mango Tree? Will see..

Guys, I'll start working on two new *yes, two but the other one is a long term project so it won't be that heavy* projects. I'm sorry there won't be any scrapers in my immediate list right now but I assure you I will bat one in the future. I will unveil my new projects real soon.

[Filasimo 1]

pare, make sure to make it ploppable in mayor mode like how godiva and sorchin did theirs

[gt6282 3]

^alright. No Problem..

Anyway, I just started batting my next project.. I will show it to you guys soon..

I'm feeling nostalgic right now. I just came across this thread about Old School Philippines. When I say old school, I mean Spanish era until perhaps after WW2.

[gt6282 3]

Hey guys! Just came back from my quick hiatus in batting. I started batting my latest and my 3rd project. It is named Project Resort. Yes, it is a resort and not just a resort but a beach resort. Well, our weather here is summer-like *supposedly it should be rainy season but the weather is extremely moody right now* so this inspires me to make a Beach resort *I kinda miss going to these places because it is really soooo relaxing*

Overview

Well, It will be on a CS$$/CS$ lot and will only be ploppable. I'm still figuring out if I will create a big lot for it or make it modular. There are 3 buildings ( and with an option to make another one) I'm going to bat.. Well, I just finish the initial model of the other building and currently batting the other one while the last one will be batted tonight *whew what a long sentence. *. These buildings are Main building, Cottage and Recreational/Entertainment area. The optional one is something like this

PICTURES

Note: The colors is not yet final but I'm planning to use yellow (but with a lighter one) and Brown(possibly a darker one).

Comments anyone?

[Filasimo 1]

hey pare nice start to this im rather interested what textures u will be using ....if youre going to use the spanish roof style that would really make the building have a nice filipino feel to it....cant wait to see more of this development

[DaViru- 2]

wow man great looking building! and i agree with Filiasimo with the roof! & just a suggestion maybe add Coconut or Palm tree flora to give it more of the tropical-filipino taste

[gt6282 3]

Fila: yep.. That is what I'm looking for right now.. But will probably do texturing a littler later. i want to see more comments about it because there might be some problems that I overlook or something.. But anyway, thanks..

davirus: yep! I was not able to mention it in my last post.. I'll also be doing some prop batting and Flora batting that includes a couple varieties or sizes of coconut trees and a bamboo tree. I might use the sc4's stock palm or n747's tall palm.

[gt6282 3]

I just finished batting the "Cottage" and "Recreational/Entertainment" buildings..

I will start the detailing and texturing later or this weekend..

Note: I base this model on this picture

[skyliner22 16]

Wow excellent job! Those will look nice for my resort areas! You continue to progress and i commend you, cant wait for more stuff from the PI!

[Jasoncw 11,941]

The new buildings are looking really good so far.  Some good texturing will make these into great BATs.

For the cottage and recreational buildings though, the roofs look strange in some places.  Try attaching and welding the points together, and hopefully that will fix the problem.  If it doesn't you'll have to experiment with smoothing groups.  The smoothing groups are towards the bottom of the right pane when you have the roofs selected, and the area will have a table with a bunch of number buttons on it, and some more controls around it.  Smoothing groups control which edges will look smooth and which edges will look hard.

To be honest, I haven't worked with smoothing groups enough to be able to say more than "click buttons until it looks good," but I'll be able to help you with getting the textures right when the time comes.  To start off with, read the tutorials in my signature about texturing.

Every thing's looking really good. 

[infinitum19 0]

This one is nice pre. I would love to beta test it

[Filasimo 1]

hey pare for this BAT you should add grassy hut textures since most resorts in the PI have a grassy hut as a roof. it will have more of an island feel to it. cant wait to see what you do with this

[gt6282 3]

3RD B.A.T. UPDATE

I just finished texturing and adding a small details on the Recreational. As of presstime, I'm into detailing and texturing of Cottage and Main Building. I will post the images of it later..

COMMENTOs CORNER

Skyliner22: Thanks.. More PI bats will come..

Jason: Thanks. Yep some areas of it especially on the corner are weird.. I encountered difficulties in making it. I use quad patches for it and actually it is my first time to use it.  I think that is the best thing I could do for now. Anyway, it seems the textures somewhat covered that bad area *hehe*.

infinitum19: Thanks..

Filasimo: Well, there's your grassy roof hehe.. I honestly like it but I think I could do more about it. hehe

[Filasimo 1]

yea i agree pare it looks really good perhaps a bit bright so im sure that you are still tweaking it...cant wait for your next update

[gt6282 3]

ok. I just tweaked the texture of it and came up with this..

I'm still deciding which of three textures I will use.. Though right now, I'm inclined to use the "mid".. What do you think guys?

[suplado! 23]

i will also go for the mid....very nice!

[Filasimo 1]

i 3rd that the mid looks well balanced good work with the options!

[jacqulina 162]

wow very nice work and detailing,great progress

[T Wrecks 10,210]

I don't think brightness is a problem here. The texture is simply oversaturated, I guess. Try decreasing saturation by quite a bit and see what it looks like.

[gt6282 3]

3RD BAT PROJECT UPDATE

It's been awhile since I update you guys on my project. Anyway, Texturing on the three buildings are 99% percent done. I also batted some props and will be batting one more prop/building. I decided to make the flora into a separate project. I'm thinking of batting some rock formations and other flora. Anyway, I recommend you to use Goldiva's beach props and flora.. Here are the recent project images:

COTTAGE

NOTE: I tried T Wrecks suggestion of lowering the saturation of the roof texture. I lowered the saturation of the "Mid" Roof Texture and this is the result. It looks pretty good to me. I also added a few junks on it.

MAIN

NOTE: So here is the Main building. Man, it took me a long time texturing this baby. My PC seems have some difficulties on keeping with this. It is 99% done. The only I have to do is adding textures on the first floor and probably some more tweaking. Overall, it looks great hehe

I'll be posting some more pics in a few days. These pics are the props I'm working on.. I'll start adding nightlights (well the main building has already some nightlights) once I finished all the batting and texturing. I'm hoping to start on that this weekend.

COMMENTOs CORNER

T Wrecks: I followed you suggestion. Well, It looks fine to me. hehe

Jacqulina: Thanks.

Suplado, Filasimo: ok. I just tweak on it and followed T Wrecks' suggestion. So how's it? Fine? Average? or nada? hehe

[androidboi 57]

wow guys, galing ninyo talaga.

[SimFox 804]

those are very nice, but if to speak about the material for the roof for the both buildings , or put better both materials for the roofs It is not the brightness of it that is a problem, but saturation. try to reduce it cause that what makes it "glow". Dull it a bit I think it will be much better then. Another little thing that could be beneficial is to chamfer the edges of the roof of the cottage and then apply to polygons SAME smoothing group. That would deal away with that oddly sharp edge near the summit of the roof

[gt6282 3]

3RD BAT PROJECT UPDATE

Here are some of the props I'm working on..

I also made some revisions with the roofing of the "Cottage". Replaced it with I think a better roofing and added that red something at the top of those roofing.

COMMENTOs CORNER

truflip99: Thanks

Simfox: your statement got me confused but I get what you're saying. about the shape of the roofing, in my latest revision, I remodelled it and use mesh smooth to smoothen the edges a bit (Well, at least not that sharp or something). I'm a bit concern about the corners. If you guys like it than before then I'll go for it. Regarding the materials, I did already lowered the saturation of it. Though I'm satisfied with the results, I'm still concern if it is still too bright or not.. Thanks for the comment.

[waway625 72]

parekoy the red on the top makes it look like boobies ...not a bad idea actually

and hey! ganda ng puerto de loro main ha

[gt6282 3]

hahaha. I'll change the color of it so it won't look like a nips. At first, I was thinking it will look like a "siopao"

[simnewbie 7]

ANAK NG PUSA!!SAAN BA NAKA BILI NG COPY OF SIM CITY 4 RUSH HOUR? KAUNTING TULONG NAMAN

[richard24 0]

^^ madami jan sa tabi tabi., try mo cguro sa quiapo.,