BAT Request Thread

[GTSinc 6]

I was just curious if someone could make a standard KDOT (Kansas) bridge for use with roads, RHW-2 and possibly RHW-4. I call it a KDOT bridge, because I feel like every state has its own design, and I haven't seen this one elsewhere.  I know its a photo of an overpass, but the bridges are exactly the same.

[nRVOUS 333]

The Bullocks Wilshire Building is one of my favorites in Los Angeles and a BAT of it would be incredible to see in Simcity 4.

Edit: The Jewelry Center in LA would look nice as well.

[Dollar Tower$ 101]

Please someone make this building:

I would love to see this in my city!!!

[Cyclone Boom 16,880]

@Dollar Tower$

I've moved your post to this thread, which is the best place for building requests.

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

I've been going through the little towns of the midwest on google maps and I have found some buildings that would be great for Sim City.

BANK OF THE WEST - Lamoni, IA

One is the branch in downtown Lamoni and would make a nice simple 1x3 W2W, while the above one is a sub brach outside of town near a grocery store. Would make a nice 1x2 or 2x2 CS$ lot.

PIZZA RANCH - LeMars,IA / Emporia, KS

There are two different kinds of Pizza Ranchs, one is a W2W corner lot, the other a more traditional suburban sitdown place.

SCOTT'S - Lindborg, KS

Just a small Grocery Store in a small midwest town.

Sinclair - Home,KS

Sinclair was once a popular fuelbrand in the us, but slowly it got phased out. Now the brand has been revised and and these stations are popping up all over the place!

SPANGLES - Emporia, KS

Just thought it looked cool.

[PanzerMan1001 16]

First National Bank & Trust Building, Orlando, Florida

 

Description: Construction commenced on the building at 1 N. Orange Avenue in 1923. The 10 Story building was completed one year later, designed by famous architect William Lee Stoddart in the commercial style with touches of renaissance revival and Beaux Arts styling. During the depression, it was owned by the Florida bank. Today it sits derelict, having been abandoned for nearly 15 years. The building's future is uncertain.

Why this would be beneficial to the game and / or the community:

This structure would serve as a placeholder for cities transitioning from towns to cities. Although there are many buildings of this size and design are available online, most of them tend to be stone and granite colored. The building's color tone and it's size would make it identifiable among adjacent structures.

 

 

 

[matias93 7,535]

On 18/8/2016 at 5:40 PM, nRVOUS said:

The Bullocks Wilshire Building is one of my favorites in Los Angeles and a BAT of it would be incredible to see in Simcity 4.

It happened, and then not:

 

[nRVOUS 333]

@matias93 That kind of makes me mad honestly, Why wan't it released though @mattb325 ? it looks great!

[matias93 7,535]

Because batters have their mysterious ways, and they give their enormous work for free, so we can only request.

[nRVOUS 333]

1 minute ago, matias93 said:

Because batters have their mysterious ways, and they give their enormous work for free, so we can only request.

True, But its still a shame how many excellent bats won't see the light of day.

[rsc204 21,808]

- Devil's Advocate time -

Many creators feel very under appreciated. They get negative comments for no real reason, complaints, badgered for support from users who are simply hopeless and blame the creator. There is sometimes way too much negativity generated by the act of releasing one's work. Now consider, if I make something, it's because I want it in my game, I've made it for me, not you. The time it takes to turn a finished piece of work which I can use as intended, into something I can release, can be mind-boggling. What with readmes (that few bother to read), dependency lists and very often tweaks to make it more suitable for general distribution, it can easily run into many hours of my time. Sometimes you ask yourself why you are doing this? I mean, I'm not interested in the Kudos, there is no money in it, I'm just trying to give something back.

So when the negativity comes, sometimes it really bums you out. People giving me a 1/5 rating because my mod "doesn't work", when thousands of people are using it without problems. Users arguing with you that they are not missing dependencies, when that is the only possible explanation for the brown box.

Reading between the lines, Matt simply ran into one of these situations that was the final straw that broke the camels back. As per site policy, there is no moderation of STEX comments/reviews whatsoever. I agree these matters are subjective, but that we can't moderate things when they are clearly mis-informed or spiteful, I think that is part of the problem.

I've had highly regarded users of this site, totally screw with the rating of my works, with just one completely ridiculous and ill-judged review. It totally kills your motivation and is counter-productive to the idea of community. That nothing can be done about it can really get to you.

Anyway, before this turns into a negative rant...

Support creators. Take the time to comment/review their works. But tread carefully, we have feelings and are human beings. We're not selling products, we're giving them away out of generosity.

If you don't like something, fine, just don't be a jerk about it. I'm convinced if moderation of such offenses did take place, we'd have more people still creating than we do. But just letting the people that make the content you love know you are grateful, it can be priceless. If creators feel more valued, they are more likely to continue doing so.

[Justin1987 1]

I would like to make a request for some bridge restaurants like these, which have gas stations attached to them:

The Vinita, Oklahoma McDonald's Restaurant (a.k.a. the Will Rogers Archway):

 

The Illinois Tollway Oasis:

 

These buildings would have to be designed in such a way that either the Maxis highways or NAM highways would go underneath them.

 

You can read more about bridge restaurants here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_restaurant

[metasmurf 705]

On 2016-10-09 at 11:04 PM, rsc204 said:

- Devil's Advocate time -

Many creators feel very under appreciated. They get negative comments for no real reason, complaints, badgered for support from users who are simply hopeless and blame the creator. There is sometimes way too much negativity generated by the act of releasing one's work. Now consider, if I make something, it's because I want it in my game, I've made it for me, not you. The time it takes to turn a finished piece of work which I can use as intended, into something I can release, can be mind-boggling. What with readmes (that few bother to read), dependency lists and very often tweaks to make it more suitable for general distribution, it can easily run into many hours of my time. Sometimes you ask yourself why you are doing this? I mean, I'm not interested in the Kudos, there is no money in it, I'm just trying to give something back.

So when the negativity comes, sometimes it really bums you out. People giving me a 1/5 rating because my mod "doesn't work", when thousands of people are using it without problems. Users arguing with you that they are not missing dependencies, when that is the only possible explanation for the brown box.

Reading between the lines, Matt simply ran into one of these situations that was the final straw that broke the camels back. As per site policy, there is no moderation of STEX comments/reviews whatsoever. I agree these matters are subjective, but that we can't moderate things when they are clearly mis-informed or spiteful, I think that is part of the problem.

I've had highly regarded users of this site, totally screw with the rating of my works, with just one completely ridiculous and ill-judged review. It totally kills your motivation and is counter-productive to the idea of community. That nothing can be done about it can really get to you.

Anyway, before this turns into a negative rant...

Support creators. Take the time to comment/review their works. But tread carefully, we have feelings and are human beings. We're not selling products, we're giving them away out of generosity.

If you don't like something, fine, just don't be a jerk about it. I'm convinced if moderation of such offenses did take place, we'd have more people still creating than we do. But just letting the people that make the content you love know you are grateful, it can be priceless. If creators feel more valued, they are more likely to continue doing so.

If you put your work up online you need to be prepared for all kinds of reactions. This includes clueless people who don't know what they're talking about, or just plain assholes. That's just how things are, and it's just best to not take it personally. For example, on Youtube you have people thumbing down videos all the time just for the sake of it. At the end of the day, if most people are downloading and enjoying your content its all good.

Personally I don't even look at ratings when browsing STEX. If it's good work its good work, no matter the number of yellow stars.

 

[rsc204 21,808]

29 minutes ago, metasmurf said:

you put your work up online you need to be prepared for all kinds of reactions

Agreed. But all of us are humans, some days you can brush it off without thinking about it. Others it can get to you. But one nice or positive comment can quickly drown out any negativity too.

[Mary Maurine Mayo 984]

On 10/13/2016 at 2:26 AM, rsc204 said:

Agreed. But all of us are humans, some days you can brush it off without thinking about it. Others it can get to you. But one nice or positive comment can quickly drown out any negativity too.

this is why i have not been doing anymore work to release. i am making stuff for me only... at first i could just brush it off..... but it does get to the point where you cant ignore it anymore.... 

[Fantozzi 4,067]

On 9.10.2016 at 11:04 PM, rsc204 said:

Many creators feel very under appreciated.

Me, personally, I wouldn'r raise my voice in this case and speak for others. As to turn my back on the community for the reason of being misjudged, not praised or supported enough would mean my vanity has more weight than a single user who downloaded my content and liked it.

Shure - seeing how my lots got bad rates in the competitions made me loose all interests to participate again. But seeing 10 people downloading the same lots - is enough reason for me to continue uploading. As mostly it's about sharing the fun as it's a game and it's about passing some satisfiying, relaxing hours whith playing and nothing much more.

So - to think I must have five stars and tousands of downloaders can't be anything else than vanity.

And me, myself, I never would judge that bad about people sharing content - they share it for vanity. To be true: I don't know their reasons and I never would insinuate them. Shure taking part in competitions - you do that for winning and for audience and vanity is okay there. But sharing? I would never think such a bad think about people shareing. I never would share my coat with you to be proud you're wearing my coat.

The idear of sharing is completely different. I share my coat as you felt cold and now you feel comfortable. And now we can sit down together and the conversation will be more comfortable for both of us. And when I ask you for a coat you might remember, I lent mine to you to and you will share yours with me too. There is no vanity in doing this - it's very basic social behavior.

And to make vanity the central and only point for contributors to contribute isn't fair. 

Regard it as some kind of communication. And you can't get any connection anymore. The other part remains silent. No matter how much you shout into the microphone - no response from the other side, only a slight hissing.

And that's all. sthe line, the connection is lost between a single user and the community. And all thinking about the 'why' is speculation.

It happens and it's always sad.

The question 'why do flowers wilt' may be even childish - but on the other hand, as often child questions do - they are a challenge to our thinking.

 

[Fantozzi 4,067]

1 hour ago, Mary Maurine Mayo said:

this is why i have not been doing anymore work to release. i am making stuff for me only... at first i could just brush it off..... but it does get to the point where you cant ignore it anymore.... 

And that's the wilting-flowers-thing. You can explain why they are wilting but gives this explanaition also always the reason? You can explain why people have to die - but gives it reason to death, or, maybe better: do those explanaitions justify death? It's not that you get a good explanation and it blows your sadness away. Still it's injustice.

You didn't heal my sadness with your explanation. I would need something else.

But now - without knowing you and nothing about what's going on inside of you, just like throwing a stone into the dark in your direction. I could turn this around. Like you throwing a stone at me, hurting me by refusing to share with me - and the hurting remains even if you explain.

As what you wrote is an excuse - but not the reason.

If you listen inside of you, there would be a reason quite different. Don't write this to offend or to blame. I'm human. My feelings during the day are like a rainbow, changing colours. I feel disapointments and sadness and fun and pleasure. They are echos of what I experience during the day. If the things happening during the day changes, but the echos remains the same inside - the disappointment continues even if the cause of it passed some time ago - you have to search the reason for this continuing echoing inside yourself. To be unable to forigve and to forget isn't something happening on the outside.

And when you start to write  "this is why..." my suspicion is you're talking about one of those remaining echos inside yourself. It's not that I think I'm a clairvoyant or some kind of healer.

[metasmurf 705]

On 2016-10-13 at 8:26 AM, rsc204 said:

Agreed. But all of us are humans, some days you can brush it off without thinking about it. Others it can get to you. But one nice or positive comment can quickly drown out any negativity too.

If people can't read a readme, download the required dependencies or behave in general I wouldn't value their opinion. For me it's that simple, however maybe not for others.

 

 

[Mary Maurine Mayo 984]

On 10/14/2016 at 7:44 AM, Fantozzi said:

And that's the wilting-flowers-thing. You can explain why they are wilting but gives this explanaition also always the reason? You can explain why people have to die - but gives it reason to death, or, maybe better: do those explanaitions justify death? It's not that you get a good explanation and it blows your sadness away. Still it's injustice.

You didn't heal my sadness with your explanation. I would need something else.

But now - without knowing you and nothing about what's going on inside of you, just like throwing a stone into the dark in your direction. I could turn this around. Like you throwing a stone at me, hurting me by refusing to share with me - and the hurting remains even if you explain.

As what you wrote is an excuse - but not the reason.

If you listen inside of you, there would be a reason quite different. Don't write this to offend or to blame. I'm human. My feelings during the day are like a rainbow, changing colours. I feel disapointments and sadness and fun and pleasure. They are echos of what I experience during the day. If the things happening during the day changes, but the echos remains the same inside - the disappointment continues even if the cause of it passed some time ago - you have to search the reason for this continuing echoing inside yourself. To be unable to forigve and to forget isn't something happening on the outside.

And when you start to write  "this is why..." my suspicion is you're talking about one of those remaining echos inside yourself. It's not that I think I'm a clairvoyant or some kind of healer.

hello there...

 

I have two projects started and when RL settles down again i will finish them. and release them..  you are right on your comments perhaps maybe i am being to sensitive.  

thanks my friend for the reminder...

[Fantozzi 4,067]

48 minutes ago, Mary Maurine Mayo said:

perhaps maybe i am being to sensitive.

No - it's only, that we change. Those feelings don't stay forever. Me, often I feel disappointed and upset. But the sooner I come over this and forget about, the better. As those who disappoint me don't care for me. It's better I care for myself and return asap on the way I wanted to follow, not letting me be pushed away. As to overcome disapointments makes you feeling much stronger instead of avoiding them.

Thank you for your announcement. Looking forward to it.

[AndisArt 2,067]

On 8/31/2016 at 5:35 PM, Dollar Tower$ said:

Please someone make this building:

I would love to see this in my city!!!

What building is it? I might be up for it

[EvansRE4 796]

I would like someone to BAT this amazing building. Known as the city hall of Toronto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_City_Hall

https://www.emporis.com/buildings/.../city-hall-east-tower-toronto-canad...

https://www.emporis.com/buildings/.../city-hall-west-tower-toronto-cana

TORONTO | Toronto City Hall | 326ft & 260ft | 27 & 20 FLOORS

[AndisArt 2,067]

5 hours ago, EvansRE4 said:

I would like someone to BAT this amazing building. Known as the city hall of Toronto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_City_Hall

https://www.emporis.com/buildings/.../city-hall-east-tower-toronto-canad...

https://www.emporis.com/buildings/.../city-hall-west-tower-toronto-cana

TORONTO | Toronto City Hall | 326ft & 260ft | 27 & 20 FLOORS

I like it! Maybe I will do it ;-) will let you know if

[pclark06 11,832]

11 hours ago, andisart said:

What building is it? I might be up for it

Bank of America Center at Houston.

(btw your MoMA Tower is awesome! it hits the feels too since I visited MoMA a month ago or so)

[AndisArt 2,067]

2 hours ago, pclark06 said:

Bank of America Center at Houston.

(btw your MoMA Tower is awesome! it hits the feels too since I visited MoMA a month ago or so)

ah ok thanks. It's an iconic building, so I guess many would be happy if it will be made into a BAT.

And thanks :-) nice you got to go to MoMA!

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

1 hour ago, andisart said:

ah ok thanks. It's an iconic building, so I guess many would be happy if it will be made into a BAT.

And thanks :-) nice you got to go to MoMA!

I know DuskTrooper did a similar building -

but I think its different as its not tiered.

[Odainsaker 2,134]

Hmmm...I have the Bank of America Center from Houston as a landmark in my plugins.  Plopped it just now:

It is not an exactingly accurate reproduction, but it works.  Basic Maxis nightlight windows.  No dependencies.

Researching my stash, it came from a downloaded file named torre_BankOfAmericaCenter.rar dated to 2004.  There was no documentation included with the simple file, and inspection with iLive's Reader shows no special info text or author tags.  I do not recall from where it was originally downloaded...it may have even come from the now-defunct EA SimCity Exchange.  I have not yet found it again on the current exchanges.

 

EDIT:  Thanks korver, who found it at SC4Devotion as a rescued BAT from torremayor.

 

[EvansRE4 796]

8 hours ago, andisart said:

I like it! Maybe I will do it ;-) will let you know if

I would greatly appreciate you if you did. And could you possibly add a darknite version? If not then a maxisnite would work just fine.

[korver 27,685]

@Odainsaker I believe this is what you're looking for. https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1160

[will62russ 76]

On 10/9/2016 at 2:04 PM, rsc204 said:

- Devil's Advocate time -

Many creators feel very under appreciated. They get negative comments for no real reason, complaints, badgered for support from users who are simply hopeless and blame the creator. There is sometimes way too much negativity generated by the act of releasing one's work. Now consider, if I make something, it's because I want it in my game, I've made it for me, not you. The time it takes to turn a finished piece of work which I can use as intended, into something I can release, can be mind-boggling. What with readmes (that few bother to read), dependency lists and very often tweaks to make it more suitable for general distribution, it can easily run into many hours of my time. Sometimes you ask yourself why you are doing this? I mean, I'm not interested in the Kudos, there is no money in it, I'm just trying to give something back.

So when the negativity comes, sometimes it really bums you out. People giving me a 1/5 rating because my mod "doesn't work", when thousands of people are using it without problems. Users arguing with you that they are not missing dependencies, when that is the only possible explanation for the brown box.

Reading between the lines, Matt simply ran into one of these situations that was the final straw that broke the camels back. As per site policy, there is no moderation of STEX comments/reviews whatsoever. I agree these matters are subjective, but that we can't moderate things when they are clearly mis-informed or spiteful, I think that is part of the problem.

I've had highly regarded users of this site, totally screw with the rating of my works, with just one completely ridiculous and ill-judged review. It totally kills your motivation and is counter-productive to the idea of community. That nothing can be done about it can really get to you.

Anyway, before this turns into a negative rant...

Support creators. Take the time to comment/review their works. But tread carefully, we have feelings and are human beings. We're not selling products, we're giving them away out of generosity.

If you don't like something, fine, just don't be a jerk about it. I'm convinced if moderation of such offenses did take place, we'd have more people still creating than we do. But just letting the people that make the content you love know you are grateful, it can be priceless. If creators feel more valued, they are more likely to continue doing so.

Is there a way to reward financially the good BATters for their creations?  I totally see how some BATters can feel underappreciated and taken granted.  That would explain why many of our popular BATters move on to more rewarding adventures.  Just brainstorming but how about this as an example:  If someone downloads a bat they pay 50 cents or one dollar or whatever.  Simtropolis website gets a percentage and the BATter gets the remaining amount paid.  This plan would also help promote quality since the better the BAT the more it would be downloaded and greater the financial reward for the BATter.  

I for one have a number of buildings I would love to have in my game and I would be willing to pay for it, such as The Carnegie Hall Building and The Singer Building with an improved lot for downtown city use.