BAT Request Thread

[Girafarig 1,379]

I have two requests.

The first one is a proximity station for GLR, since I need one for a small project I have going in one of my cities and I haven't been able to find any. Nearly all GLR rail stations are run-through, and there's a couple with overhangs. But I need something like the Ninja Kiosk here, or really like the Maxis train station, but for GLR. I really like the Kiosk here, too, because it has stairs going downstairs and I'm going for a cut-and-cover subway line – but any GLR station that works by putting it next to a line will work… or it won't. We'll see.

The second request is, well, anything by or in the style of the late Clorindo Testa. I particularly like the Banco de Londres y América del Sur, pictured here below. Testa also designed the National Library here in Buenos Aires, which is a… very polarizing building, let's just say that. I love it, but I did a quick search to see if someone else had mentioned it and it was in a topic about the ugliest buildings (!). How dare you.

 

[matias93 7,535]

On 4/17/2023 at 11:37 AM, Girafarig said:

I have two requests.

The first one is a proximity station for GLR, since I need one for a small project I have going in one of my cities and I haven't been able to find any. Nearly all GLR rail stations are run-through, and there's a couple with overhangs. But I need something like the Ninja Kiosk here, or really like the Maxis train station, but for GLR. I really like the Kiosk here, too, because it has stairs going downstairs and I'm going for a cut-and-cover subway line – but any GLR station that works by putting it next to a line will work… or it won't. We'll see.

The second request is, well, anything by or in the style of the late Clorindo Testa. I particularly like the Banco de Londres y América del Sur, pictured here below. Testa also designed the National Library here in Buenos Aires, which is a… very polarizing building, let's just say that. I love it, but I did a quick search to see if someone else had mentioned it and it was in a topic about the ugliest buildings (!). How dare you.

 

For the first one you need a FLUP-compatible station, which currently doesn't exist publicly, but the RTMT team is developing the technical elements for a pack of it, which should be included on RTMT 4. In the meantime, your best option is to use a Tram In Avenue-Subway connection to go under the avenue (which also allows for much more flexible network building than FLUP pieces), and use usual subway stations.

About Testa's buildings, I can only second the request, as they are both exquisite examples of South American brutalism, but with the caveat that the inverted pyramid shape of many of them works poorly with the axonometric perspective of the game. See, for example, Mattb325's Geisel Library:

 

 

[Girafarig 1,379]

Here's another BAT that someone might find more interesting to do: the Palacio de Aguas, also here in Buenos Aires.

See, it's a very beautiful eclectic-style building, and it's always good to have more of these buildings, if only for the eye-candy effect. But what's actually interesting about the PdA is that's it's actually a water tank. On the inside, it's just tanks, pipes, and a WC museum (no, seriously). So ingame, it should be a water building, like so many water towers that we currently have in the Exchange (or a museum, if you're so inclined).

And believe it or not, this is not even the only water tank disguised as an ornamental building in Buenos Aires. There's at least three of these at different spots in the city. But this one's the prettiest.

[sejr99999 8,335]

this would be an interesting building to see in SC4     It's in Guangzhou China

this is now available by ct1999 on his kofi account

  Edited November 8, 2025 by sejr99999  
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[Dead_End 1,621]

For something a little bit different: Ducks!

Rubber Duck is a series of floating sculptures by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. Since 2007 these ducks have been on display in various harbor cities across the world.

[Sniffeh 121]

I would like to request distribution centers for Fedex, UPS, and Walmart, as well as a Social Security office. No one has made these yet, and several other users want them. Also, a realistic USPS Post Office for big cities would be nice.

[Flann 1,709]

6 hours ago, Sniffeh said:

I would like to request distribution centers for Fedex, UPS, and Walmart, as well as a Social Security office. No one has made these yet, and several other users want them. Also, a realistic USPS Post Office for big cities would be nice.

Perhaps @IDS2 could be persuaded to model the Minneapolis post office :

Or perhaps the Paul D Wellstone federal building, a former post office that currently hosts the passport agency.  It would make a nice social security office:

 

 

[Sniffeh 121]

17 minutes ago, Flann said:

Perhaps @IDS2 could be persuaded to model the Minneapolis post office :

Or perhaps the Paul D Wellstone federal building, a former post office that currently hosts the passport agency.  It would make a nice social security office:

 

 

Wow. What a nice looking building. Most Social Security buildings that I've seen are made of brick. This is what the one near me looks like: 

 

If you follow this link, you can see several of the buildings in Ohio: https://ssofficelocation.com/offices/ohio/new-lexington/

[matias93 7,535]

Our main Social Security building would be more of a job for @madhatter106:

While our main Postal Service office looks like a @debussyman project:

Their local offices, though, aren't even purpose-built, just rented space in some random building, which is super boring.

Now, about what's currently available, you might be interested on this Polish Social Security office by szymcar:

 

[Brad 343]

On 9/14/2023 at 1:51 PM, Sniffeh said:

I would like to request distribution centers for Fedex, UPS, and Walmart, as well as a Social Security office. No one has made these yet, and several other users want them. Also, a realistic USPS Post Office for big cities would be nice.

some of them do exist. may not be exactly as you want or expect, but they are modded.

MATTB did a mail center on the other site. relot here-

SSI office is in RR's education and health pack-

the Walmart is renamed as Wally K-

 

 

[Sniffeh 121]

On 9/15/2023 at 10:58 PM, Brad said:

some of them do exist. may not be exactly as you want or expect, but they are modded.

MATTB did a mail center on the other site. relot here-

SSI office is in RR's education and health pack-

the Walmart is renamed as Wally K-

 

 

Thanks. I'll try out the RRetail one. I thought I had downloaded all his bats, but I somehow missed this one.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

Everyone remembers the big, sprawling movie studios of Hollywood yesteryear, MGM, Universal and 20th Century Fox, but what about those small champions of grindhouse and the forgotten double bill-

Cinecitta, from gladiator epics to art-house and spaghetti westerns

 

Hammer(Bray Studios), masters of horror with mainstays like Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt

 

Toho Studios, home of Godzilla and samurai

 

American International Pictures, from gangster, horror, sci-fi and crime with stars as diverse as Jack Nicholson and Vincent Price.

 

Estudios Churubusco, one of Mexico's oldest with Mariachi to masked wrestlers fighting Aztec mummies.

 

Shaw Brothers, birthplace of Kung Fu, Bruce Lee and Sonny Chiba

 

Cannon Films- the 80's wouldn't be the 80's without the classic cheese of Golan/Globus

 

and of course, Bollywood

[Sniffeh 121]

I know I've been posting a lot in this thread lately, and I apologize if I'm bothering anyone. However, I have another request. Could someone kindly make some funeral homes? Apparently, the game designers wanted to create these, but they were dropped along with other critical public services since they needed to finish the game quickly.

[20huskies 4,693]

23 hours ago, Sniffeh said:

I know I've been posting a lot in this thread lately, and I apologize if I'm bothering anyone. However, I have another request. Could someone kindly make some funeral homes? Apparently, the game designers wanted to create these, but they were dropped along with other critical public services since they needed to finish the game quickly.

I really don’t mind at all about you  posting here.  In fact, I really enjoy the ideas here.  I wish there were more posts, honestly.

[Sniffeh 121]

48 minutes ago, 20huskies said:

I really don’t mind at all about you  posting here.  In fact, I really enjoy the ideas here.  I wish there were more posts, honestly.

Really? Why do I feel like nearly no one here likes me? Every time I post a question, I cringe. Last night, I was convinced that I would wake up today to discover that my account had been suspended.

[Brad 343]

i think much of how we feel is related to translations and how we read things into the sentences. 

let me try this. take this statement" it's raining."  to a farmer that would b good. to someone where it has rained for a week, not so much. @ 5 pm in FL, it's a yawn- who cares cause it does that every day. the same sentence to someone with a hurricane coming means hurry the hell up and get home before the storm.

same sentence can mean many things depending on the person's own perspective. same applies to the internet. and it gets more compounded when we deal with soo many nations like in game sites. 1 word can b translated to many meanings sometimes by google itself. there was a discussion i saw long ago bout berries. even a cranberry is different depending on where you are. what people visualize just by 1 word is quite different. not just the fruit but the plant, the way it grows, the climate or terrain around it,etc.

it is human nature, but we must try not to add or read emotions into posts.  much is mis-interpreted off the net.

 

[Ct1999 4,198]

On 09/06/2023 at 9:50 AM, sejr99999 said:

this would be an interesting building to see in SC4     It's in Guangzhou China

One of my colleagues has this model, If I can get it I may BAT this. (Alert: This building size in SC4 is 10x3)

[Ct1999 4,198]

On 07/03/2021 at 5:18 PM, CdMadero said:

Maze Hotel (473 Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei) Pencil wall to wall tower

Hmm...This thing gets my taste.

[Sandros 75]

I would like to have some more ordinary 70s/80s buildings for my town. Something like these rowhouses and this sportcentre.

[watercitymadero 804]

The Henderson (2 Murray Road) Hong Kong

 

[watercitymadero 804]

One Island East

is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay

[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

20 minutes ago, Sandros said:

I don't know if this is the thread to ask this but I was wondering if there is a mod that blocks all limousines. I don't like to see limousines in the poor neighbourhoods of my city all the time. I don't know why they appear but it looks really strange.

You may have a lot in your city that spawns them. Something upscale, maybe.

 

On 10/15/2023 at 6:06 AM, Sandros said:

I would like to have some more ordinary 70s/80s buildings for my town. Something like these rowhouses and this sportcentre.

 These are fairly "urban slummy"-

 

[chongjunxiang3002 340]

On 6/10/2023 at 5:18 PM, Dead_End said:

For something a little bit different: Ducks!

Rubber Duck is a series of floating sculptures by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. Since 2007 these ducks have been on display in various harbor cities across the world.

Hey, I found it!

http://simcityedit.com/simedit/lev-bbs.cgi?bid=SC4=2-5&skin=skin/config/=/simedit/skin/config/&style=1&page=3&ppid=1269692985850536#1269693043449185

[Dead_End 1,621]

5 hours ago, chongjunxiang3002 said:

Hey, I found it!

http://simcityedit.com/simedit/lev-bbs.cgi?bid=SC4=2-5&skin=skin/config/=/simedit/skin/config/&style=1&page=3&ppid=1269692985850536#1269693043449185

One thing I love about this game is that no matter what you're looking for, chances are someone actually already made it a decade ago! Thank you!

[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

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[JulioC 2,580]

2 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

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this is really interesting 

I won't make any promises, since I'm busy with other BATs and I don't even know how to create overhanging buildings rn and have some problems with custom LODs haha but I will take a look on it

[matias93 7,535]

On 12/4/2023 at 9:32 PM, JulioC said:

this is really interesting 

I won't make any promises, since I'm busy with other BATs and I don't even know how to create overhanging buildings rn and have some problems with custom LODs haha but I will take a look on it

The visible part of this building is very small, probably not much bigger than a subway entrance, and wouldn't require custom LODs or overhangings

[grebe48 27]

I have a BAT request, and its fairly simple, but im not good at using models. I'm wanting plopable 69kv power poles for eye candy. No lines/ wires (sloping and such). Just to add more realism to my cities, as i use the Maxis power poles with PEG's texture mod as my 138/161/240kv systems, and wanting a sub transmission system to supplement. Looking for 4 types, I'll paste the pics below. 0 and 45 degrees. And, 0-45 degree, and 0-90 degree transition. Thanks in advance!

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[JulioC 2,580]

26 minutes ago, grebe48 said:

I have a BAT request, and its fairly simple, but im not good at using models. I'm wanting plopable 69kv power poles for eye candy. No lines/ wires (sloping and such). Just to add more realism to my cities, as i use the Maxis power poles with PEG's texture mod as my 138/161/240kv systems, and wanting a sub transmission system to supplement. Looking for 4 types, I'll paste the pics below. 0 and 45 degrees. And, 0-45 degree, and 0-90 degree transition. Thanks in advance!

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There was a good pack of these on the former SC4Devotion LEX. Maybe it will be available to download soon.

In the meantime, I think one of these could do the trick?

 

[JulioC 2,580]

19 hours ago, matias93 said:

The visible part of this building is very small, probably not much bigger than a subway entrance, and wouldn't require custom LODs or overhangings

I agree on the custom LOD question, but I think it would work better as a overhanging building, just like this

 

I think this would make it easier to fit better in different slopes and hills