The Pentagon Project

[kefka 3]

I never realised how big it was

[christopherstickler 1]

Is it going to have a secret nuclear reactor in the center thousands of feet below ground?

[The Evil Octopus Man 25]

Date: 5/27/2005 12:13:08 PM
Author: kefka
I never realised how big it was

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I think it's supposed to be one of, if not the, biggest building in America in terms of land area.

This is looking great Oppie! Can't wait to see this one finished!

[simpleplan 0]

OMG! This building is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful and Oppie u made it look sooooooooooooooooo nice i think i may cry! Lol! HEre's some pics of the Pentagon if anyone's interested! Maybe this will help for the middle part! Yup, that part is the part where got destroyed and now rebuilding!

Image deleted, 800x600, please

[DoubleJ2K 3]

WOWIE!  I think there have been a couple of attempts to do the Pentagon, but this is the closest I've seen it come.  If anyone can do it, it's Oppie.  I live in the DC Metro area and drive by the Pentagon all the time, so it'll be great to see it in my SimCity as well, not too far off from Rubik's WTC complex!

[Drake Ramoray 1]

I didn't know, that you can get so detailed aerial photos of political buildings like the pentagon. That's an awesome zoom level!

[Stik Fig 2]

Ummmm....simpleplan, might I ask who got detailed arial photos of the pentagon...I knew the cold war was back...anyways i hope this project turns out great!

[Superstar 69]

Just a note simpleplan, that one pic you have there is a little way too big, you may want to resize it to a max of 800*600

[simpleplan 0]

Well, pardon me for being a newbie so i dont quite know abt the sizes that are allowed and stuff. Anyway Im not sure who got the photos but I took it from Yahoo! It's kinda easy if u know how to use yahoo. Anywayz here is the picture again! But it's kinda blur...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[oppie 487]

Update time!

 

The inner courtyard is pretty much finished. I would add some more trees if it weren't for the fact that these few trees are already bogging down the render speed a lot. The walls still look a bit dull but I'm sure texturing will solve that problem. http://img191.echo.cx/img191/3128/pentagon128in.jpg align=baseline>

 

...and speaking of texturing, earlier on I said I wouldn't start on the wall texture before the model was finished. Well, I recently realised that because of the pentagon shape I couldn't just slap a box UVW map onto the entire thing as I usually do. So I'll have to UVW map every wall seperately, something on which I've now started. Compare the picture below with one of my earlier preview renders and you'll agree that the textured version looks even more realistic.

http://img191.echo.cx/img191/9564/pentagon110zu.jpg align=baseline>

[hobostank 8]

dude your making the pentegon.YEAH!!!

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

Unreal...It's awesome...

[simpleplan 0]

Yea Oppie! It now looks more realistic! BTW, if u noticed, 2 sections of the roof of the Pentagon are black in colour.  Great job through!

[Guinnessmonkey 0]

Date: 5/27/2005 12:44:11 PM
Author: The Evil Octopus Man
I think it's supposed to be one of, if not the, biggest building in America in terms of land area.


This is looking great Oppie! Can't wait to see this one finished!

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IIRC it's the largest office building in the world that only leases office space to one corporation (other companies do exist in the pentagon, as there's, a bank (or was it two banks?), food court, etc.... They just don't have office space)

Date: 5/26/2005 6:58:12 PM
Author: MTLT_17

In the middle of the Pentagon Inner Courtyard there is a Gazebo with a snackbar, If you really want to know.

Little insider information.

-MTLT

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Yup. I have to say I was actually dissapointed to see that the BAT doesn't have it in right now, as the gazebo amuses me, as it has a cool story: (possibly apocryphal)

During the cold war the Soviets had their version of bunker busting nuclear warheads pointed at the Pentagon, of course. Their intel sattellites could see the roof of the gazebo but not what, exactly it is. Being Soviets used to places of power go in the center architecture, they assumed that the building in the center of the courtyard must be the entrance to the central command center, with an underground elevator to the secret bunker underground. They therefore pointed all their missiles at it in order to achieve maximum penetration into our command center in the even of a nuclear war.

They were quite embarrassed after the Cold War when the realized that had millions of dollars in nuclear weapons pointed at a hot-dog stand. It just hadn't occured to them that the US would make the very center of its military headquarters building a little park for employees to relax and eat lunch and whatnot (not exactly the kind of facilities one might expect as a Soviet conscript ).

Anyway... Keep it up. As I now live in the district I drive by the sucker every day (and my dad worked in it on 9/11), so I'd love to have it in as a super-reward.

Maybe it could even eventually get tied into the regional tracking mod: If you have enough military facilities in your region (Peg naval ports, AF bases, Army bases, Missile silos, etc) you can earn a Pentagon reward, which should create an ENORMOUS boost to any city, as it employs about a jillion people.


Though as a quick question:

Is the plan to include the subway station and bus terminal that exist as part of the real Pentagon? Also, will the final model include (at least part of) the sprawling parking lot, or pretty much just the building itself?

[the_crispbread_witch 0]

Wow! The inner courtyard is just awsome!!


Guinnessmonkey: Great story about the hot dog stand.

But... Would it matter where they pointed their missiles?
The world would not exist today if they were launched...

[oppie 487]

LOL, after that story I'll just have to change the statue into that gazebo.

About the subway station; a lot of people asked me to include it so I probably will

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I think the idea about this regional tracking stuff and making the Pentagon a super-reward for military facilities is not a bad idea at all. If a school employs some civiv workers, couldn't the Pentagon be modded to employ a gazillion of them? I mean, categories like CS or CO for the Pentagon sound a bit cynical to me...

[JohnB 66]

Wow Oppie the new update is just. Its incredibly realistic and accurate. The inner courtyard is amazing. I can't wait to have this baby in my Washington DC.

[hobostank 8]

When you click on tis in SC4 you get that info box thingy well for this yo should put that picture of the pentegon they use in the back.I'll show you later if you don't know what i mean.

[JohnB 66]

Any new updates? I cant wait for the Pentagon to come out.

[scififan68 23]

Date: 6/13/2005 12:35:16 PM Author: JohnB Any new updates? I cant wait for the Pentagon to come out.

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I think oppie is busy or has RLS. Yeah! I want the pentagon to come out too!

[Björn_1984 244]

This is a very nice project. Hope you finish it soon.

[Gemika 6]

Oppie this looks stunning! I am thrilled your making this thing. I don't know if you have noticed but I threw together a little military project, well its not little anymore. We where thinking about making the lots a part of a reward chain so maybe the Pentigon could be used in conjunction to that chain. Would be really cool.

GE

[keiferkapper 0]

Date: 6/14/2005 5:22:57 AM Author: Gemika

Oppie this looks stunning! I am thrilled your making this thing. I don't know if you have noticed but I threw together a little military project, well its not little anymore. We where thinking about making the lots a part of a reward chain so maybe the Pentigon could be used in conjunction to that chain. Would be really cool.

GE

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An excellent idea!

[The Evil Octopus Man 25]

Date: 6/14/2005 5:22:57 AM
Author: Gemika
Oppie this looks stunning! I am thrilled your making this thing. I don't know if you have noticed but I threw together a little military project, well its not little anymore. We where thinking about making the lots a part of a reward chain so maybe the Pentigon could be used in conjunction to that chain. Would be really cool.

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No reward chain with the Pentagon. Please. Just a standalone landmark with and without jobs would be great.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Well, one option doesn't exclude the other, does it?

[SpartanBadger 4]

Simply put, one word says it all. WOW.
Oppie that is truly incredible, good luck and I can't wait to see this finished, absolutely amazing.

[mikesetsfire 0]

simply superb oppie. Your attention to detail in the layout and texturing will make this a must have. ill be downloading it as soon as you release it

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

The idea of linking this into a military reward chain sounds good to me.

I have a question, does anybody know what happened after the 9/11 crash, was the damaged part of the buiding rebuilt? and if so how quick was it done, you don't hear a great deal about that.

[keiferkapper 0]

Date: 6/20/2005 4:19:03 AM Author: Lord_Bertrum

The idea of linking this into a military reward chain sounds good to me.

I have a question, does anybody know what happened after the 9/11 crash, was the damaged part of the buiding rebuilt? and if so how quick was it done, you don't hear a great deal about that.

The damage section was rebuilt within a year.  It wouldn't surprise me if someone attempts to make a version of the Pentagon with the damaged section in the future but it might upset some people since it opens up old wounds.

 

  http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/0911/news_2-1.html