where

[Schattenparker 0]

well, i hate the ingame red/white powerlines. after playing around with the bat it would be easy to build betterlooking ones. the only problem is: i can

[Andreas Roth 605]

As far as I know, the powerlines are hardcoded and therefore not editable in the Lot Editor.

[Schattenparker 0]

was f

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

They probably are editable in the reader, myslef i would like to make them Grey like the UK ones are.

[the_crispbread_witch 0]

This is the wrong section for me but...

I've searched for better powerlines many time and like Andreas said, hardcoded. (there's soo many threads on this subject)

But I've seen some ploppable eye-candy power lines... Not sure if they looked good in-game but it's an alternative. Sorry but I don't have any links.

[smoncrie 43]

There are several different versions of the red and white power poles with IIDs 0x0ad20000 - 0ad50430. You can probably replace them with models that use the same IDs.

 

I gather that the lines between the poles are controlled by the exec.

The power poles are not props, buildings or lots, so you cannot use the lot editor.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Schattenparker:

Wenn ich der Moderator auf diesem Forum waere, wuerde ich dir den Hosenboden stramm ziehen fuer das was du oben geschrieben hast. Bitte, diese Grossen Worte sind hier nicht erlaubt.Danke.

mrbisonm

[Andreas Roth 605]

Hehe, fluchen ist schon gef

[popewiz 1]

It seems like you could just BAT a couple of buildings (pole, wires) that you could place in the pattern you wanted.  They would 'conduct' power just like zones and buildings do anyway.

[smoncrie 43]

This topic about power poles has come up several times, and I have made the suggestion that the poles could be changed several times, but there has been no response.   This time I will post a picture.

This is the result of a very quick test where I changed one of the power pole FSH files:

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//smoncrie%20powerpole.jpg align=baseline>

[smoncrie 43]

Oops,  double post!

 

I created the power pole shown in the normal way by dragging with the power tool.

[kassarc16 4]

Oh, me likey! Any possiblity of releasing a quick mod for that?

[Andreas Roth 605]

Nice work, smoncrie! Could you make the FSH a bit darker, it looks so... ghosty at the moment. Or maybe add some darker spots, if possible, to add a certain realism.

[smoncrie 43]

Sorry kassarc16 and Andreas,

 

The picture just shows that the power poles can be changed.  What I used was very much a shortcut and nowhere near a working mod.

As I said, what is needed are new BAT models. Unfortunately, I do not really have the time to make good ones.  If the BAT models use the correct IDs, the game will use them in place of the original ones.  There is more than one model to allow different orientations of the wires connected to the pole.

If someone makes the BAT models, I would be willing to help turn them into a mod.

[6459978. 106]

I'm game for making some BAT models, what is needed? Also, is the position of the wires hardcoded? because that would have an effect on the necessary models.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Yay! 6459978. to the rescue!

We will end up having the most realistic power poles we've ever seen, complete with fully interior night lighting.

Seriously though, a more neutral colour would go better with the game IMHO.

[Andreas Roth 605]

@T Wrecks: And don't forget the roof junk.

 

@6459978: As far as I know, the wires are hard-coded, yes.

 

@smoncrie: Well, the shape of the power poles looks good for me, they only stick out a bit because of the color. So I thought you re-colored the FSH file with a uniform grey (much like the vehicle mods) - this would have been enough for me, except of the brightness of the color.

[smoncrie 43]

6459978,

 

Thanks for your offer to help.

 

Andreas is correct: the position of the wires is fixed.  The height of the Maxis model is 41.65489.   If necessary I could try to tease out the positions of the wire attachment points.

Night lighting may not work in this case, and I suggest that it should be avoided in the first model.

Here are wire frames of the four Maxis poles.  It looks like two rotations of two models.

 

Andreas, in my picture the shape was preserved by alpha maps, but as you pointed out, it still does not look very good.  Since 20 FSH files would need to be changed, let

[kassarc16 4]

I think another thing to do would be getting rid of the concrete base and put an earthen one. I'd say get rid of the base completely, but it needs to have something level.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Well, I was thinking for the base, maybe actually retexture it with a FSH, included alpha map, so it's actually invisible. Like a foundation of sorts.

[smoncrie 43]

The base is needed when you drag a power line over water.  In any case, I have not yet found it. It cannot be changed until it is found.

[Bee21 2]

The pilons look much better in grey as they don't stick out too much like the red and white ones do. They red and white ones really scar a beautiful mountain if it needs crossing. Yes the grey would do this too but not to such an extent.

[6459978. 106]

Okay, here's my first attempt at a transmission tower. It's based on one I can see from my bedroom. The other 3 variations should be easy to derrive from this model, so I can have them all exported by the end of the night.

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//powerline1.jpg align=baseline>

 

Are there any special LOD requirements for this model? I'll try to make them as close-fitting as possible I suppose.

 

<EDIT>

 

Ummm.... this throws a bit of a wrench into things: When I preview the render it looks fine, just like above, but when I export, the model comes out looking bloated.... like all the splines suddenly became chunkier... Any solutions to this dilemma?

[smoncrie 43]

6459978,

Any progress?  Should I try a different method?

[SpecialEdVTEC 1]

this is exactly what i've been waiting for. doesn't look like development has gone too far, though!

[Andreas Roth 605]

Well, what do you expect - this thread is more than two years old...

[neongamer 3]

Lmfao!!