Frogface BAT buildings

[Superstar 69]

Great! can't wait for it to be done!!!

[+Guest]

The mansion is very beautiful for a place to live and the glass is perfect for the center roof. Better yet, it has classic beauty which older mansions have.

[simty 0]

The mansion looks great.

What happened to the train station? I'm really looking forward to that one.

[frogface 354]

 

Date:6/24/2004 3:54:27 PM
Author:simty

The mansion looks great. 

What happened to the train station? I'm really looking forward to that one.

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well i actaully finished the modelling part of it, equinox did the rendering which finalised the model now BSC team deadwoods is taking over and so dont worry it hasnt been forgotten

[Superstar 69]

Wow, moved around a lot

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Wow thats gonna look good!

can't wait!

 

Anymore R$ Housing Projects coming?

[Smurfer2 7]

The back looks good, but wouldn't it look better if the back was brick? Just a thought.

 

Your next building looks like the home of a king, PM, or president.

[spants 0]

The tower block looks great. Very realistic and depressing (in a good way!), plus the best roof-junk I've ever seen on a building. You should add satellite dishes on at least 70% of the balconies to really get that British chav housing-block aesthetic!

[Vlad788 13]

Great Buildings frogface, they look awesome. Especially the Mansion I've never seen any of it's kind in this game before which makes it unique. Great Job.

 

-Vlad

[frogface 354]

i might make another tower block so im saving some ideas for that, 

smurfer: if the back was brick it wouldn't look as tower block i think. if you look in the photo that's how it looks.

 

i tried rendering it last night and it appeared like this

so not good news at all, the graffiti on the entrance however wouldn't have shown up as it needs to be reset each time for some wierd reason so this time round i will remember to do that.

an update also on the mansion:

i made the main room which you can see into through the skylight if you look very closely, but it really becomes visible at night!

 

[JaWood 194]

Yeah, no kidding!  That great room in the middle there lights up like a chistmas tree at night.  So much, in fact, that you're definately going to have to spend a lot of time working on interior details like furniture and wallpaper.  Holy Cow, though, it's going to look stunning when it's finished.

 

That no texture thing has happened to me a lot lately, and it seems to only happen when I'm browsing the already exisitng material library to pick my textures.  To get around this, I try to use the eye dropper to pick already existing textures on the building, rather than looking for it in the list and picking it there.

 

To fix this, eye-drop-pick all of the textures that aren't showing up.  This seems to reset them and make them show up again in the render.  I sure wish I knew why the heck Gmax does that sometimes...  

 

Also, you might want to make the vending machines a little thinner.  It's Sim City's fault really, since it's so good at making normal things look fat after they're rendered.

[Smurfer2 7]

Date:6/25/2004 1:24:39 PM
Author:frogface

i might make another tower block so im saving some ideas for that, 

smurfer: if the back was brick it wouldn't look as tower block i think. If you look in the photo that's how it looks.

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It looks fine the way it is , it was a late thought. Though you lost me in part of your answer.

Mansion: I really like how this is coming along. What are your plans for the main hall? I'll ramble off some thoughts: a long table, a library, a lounge, a pool...

[frogface 354]

well it failed again  another wasted render, i'll try that jawood but usually when i have this error it goes away after a second render, i have my suspicions maybw when i merged it with the building the textures didn't get passed over or something.

smurfer: tower blocks have a distinct look to them and that is what i meant

the inner room in the mansion im planning for maybe a libary so ill add bookcases and chairs and tables, that'll be suitable i think.

[GaryGerbrandt 6]

Maybe you could make a Frogface Cola skyscraper - complete with lawyers for the fat people and parents driven insane by their child's sugar intake! (The one that caused Billy to throw the cat at the television!)

 

LOL

 

b/s, I think Frogface Cola would be a cool thing to have downtown!

[Pooty 228]

Date:6/25/2004 1:24:39 PM
Author:frogface

so not good news at all, the graffiti on the entrance however wouldn't have shown up as it needs to be reset each time for some wierd reason so this time round i will remember to do that.

an update also on the mansion:

i made the main room which you can see into through the skylight if you look very closely, but it really becomes visible at night!

 

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That is beautiful! One question: How do you get that grid on the glass like that?Great job!

[frogface 354]

pooty: not very hard but time consuming, i just made some splines and sort of made them to match up and make a grid shape, i think there might be an easier way.

 

update time:

got it in game finally!

this is the ploppable version so far, got a few things to add, then a growable version and testing so it should take a while but should be out soon enough

[Superstar 69]

I can't wait... great job frogface, that building will be a hit just watch it!

[+Guest JetRanger]

Interesting, keep up the good work!

[SimCityMafia4 1]

Helping me Please.

I want to know about Desktop showcase where in BAT of toolbar?

I can't find it and still looking & what's this pics save as calling?

 

Thanks

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files/Towerblock9.jpg width=488 border=0>

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files/FF_mansion.jpg width=640 border=0>

 

 

[bourneid 13]

Great job so far on the apartment building. I love all the detail on the roof. A lot of buildings have stuff just filling up space, but the way you have used it gives it a lived in feel. keep up to good work.

[frogface 354]

simcitymafis4: if you mean my desktop theme i got it with windowblinds i think,

http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

 

in the mean time i'm testing and finalising the high rise, decided to call it Garibaldi Arms after the real building, once i can acutally get it to grow in my city expect an upload to the STEX

 

in the mean time ive started on a set of seawalls, mainly designed for my CJ as i couldn't find anything suitable on the STEX

 

when it is built on higher elevations there is a lower level of boardwalk that will show up, you can se it if you look closely.

im planning for the basic pack: staight piece, outer corner, inner corner i will add a pier slightly later as an addon

 

 

 

[subedei 3]

I really like the seawalls sections.   

 

Subedei

[frogface 354]

i finally got the growables to grow!

this means just have to finalise the package and add documentaion and stuff and it should be ready to upload

for the growables there will be 3 lots, if these start popping up like weeds then simply remove one or two, if you cant get enough of these to grow then just add one or two.

 

[HONG KONG 74]

COOL,can't wait

[Alkaola 18]

WOW Frogface i can't wait too , will those beautiful seawalls come on the stex too?

 

One note : I think it will have a nicer look if the boxes on the seawalls are randomly

[Superstar 69]

Waiting to put this in my city...

[frogface 354]

garibaldi arms is online now:

https://www.simtropolis.com/lots/index.cfm?mode=files&filetype=BAT&Str=Frogface%20Garibaldi%20Arms

get it there and enjoy 

 

[Tunafish 48]

I think you should do 2 seawall packs, one for commercial and residential areas and 1 for industrial areas. Mostly I would change the props around. I like the wood texture.

[frogface 354]

Date:7/1/2004 8:18:34 PM
Author:Tunafish

I think you should do 2 seawall packs, one for commercial and residential areas and 1 for industrial areas. Mostly I would change the props around. I like the wood texture.

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i dunno about doing more types of the seawalls, i mainly needed to do this style for my CJ but i'll consider other types, but not sure if i'll get round to doing it seeing how quickly i like to change project but i will definately think about it.

btw its not a texture  i modelled the planks individually

[Smurfer2 7]

I like the seawall. You should be proud of the time you put into it. I like the lower level boardwalk, it's not something that is in the other seawalls.

 

The Garibaldi Arms looks really good in game. I'm off to download it.

 

P.S. You sure have a lot of projects going on.