nybt-forum-threads NYBT BAT Thread

[psander5 195]

I love the fountain Seraf! Its exceptionally detailed for such a small thing. Its a shame that SimCity will render most of those details out when you export, but that you've modelled them anyway is to be applauded I find it pleasurable to put more detail into props than into larger buildings sometimes.

[maikeli.1 12]

Simcity4fan hows The Marriott marquis coming? also what has happenend to kryptowhite's 17 strate street and 599 lexington ave simcity4fan did you and kryptowhite move your models because i tried to download them and they said file does not exist so what happend to them?

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Heres my 120 Wall street building

[Simbourgeois 139]

The fountain looks marvellous! What a beauty, indeed  Can't wait to see it in my city!!!

-Where shall we meet tonight, ma chérie?

-At the Cherry Hill fountain, mon amour...

Best regards,

Simbourgeois

Mayor of Belleville

[Ke|is 3,333]

hi,  good after a long time the building is reescale.

but I have problems with the lighting,....

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Wow!! looks good and yes its be a long time, I can't wait till its on the ST Exchange.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Heres the update on the Transportation Building, its not much change to the building I have change the ground floor hight and Madhatter106 said the wall textures was tiling and I try to fix that the best way I can, they are lighter if you need me to change it to be darker I will change that. SimHoTToDDy said to make the roof have some ribs, I have tried it but I did not look as good to me maybe I should try it agian its not on the update picture.

[PBGV103 729]

Nice job! looks perfect to me

[DazzaDazza 29]

well they look great

[Amthaak 1,501]

Nice job Aaron, you really improve in texturing job (The hardest work at least to me, because it's endless...!)! Sorry to not comment so much in this thread, but be sure I am following your team bat work very closely!

BTW, the fountain is beautifull.

[Hanson784 165]

Everything looks great!

That fountain looks amazing Seraf. Are you still working on Bethseda Terrace?

 Jumpthefence, nice work; you're improving with your skills.

I'll show some of my progress on the Flatiron Building soon.

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

Aaron Graham: try aiming for something like this: (click)

I shifted the hue of your main wall texture to have a little more red, I desaturated significantly (about 40%), then darkened slightly.

I put a fake texture on your base to give you a slight idea of direction. I also made it lighter than the main facade and and made it a subtle purple color.

I also corrected the obvious tieing in the main wall texture, and fixed the gradients to match the building.

I added some variation to the roof and tried to accentuate the ribs I was talking about before (still think you should model some on).

On another note, I think there are some very nice details that are missing from your model (or at least, VERY difficult to see). I highlighted what I'm referring to because they are pretty hard to see in most other pictures I have looked at. Little details like this bring a BAT to life, rather than having a boring wall. Don't make them stick out like a sore thumb though, just make them thick enough to know they are there.

In addition to that, you might want to make the roof over-hang the walls a little bit more, because right now it looks like it is flush with the facade (which is odd). Try adding some geometry that will hide the bright tops of the set-back walls on the building. In reality they would have some sort of cap / flashing (to prevent water from getting in), in fact you can see a fine dark line on the tops of those walls.

Looking forward to what you do,

-Todd

[Renedius 25]

nice

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I am so sorry SimHoTToDDy its seems that its to late to change the textures on the Transportation I have export the building and sent it to Gwail to mod it and Simcity4fan12 to take a night picture, but do not get so upset hopfully I make a V2 of the building in the future. One thing is that I have been working on this building to long and I have not been working on the other NYBT models and my Apartment models like I suppose to, I hope you understand.

[Gwail 52]

If I can spare my own three cents, Aaron, I suggest you just to take a break away from the TB and make something different. Get rest, get it back in a week or two and then modify as Todd suggested. In my opinion it is far better option than publishing another version of building later. The building is coming great and the fans will wait. And don't worry about me, for any reason - texture remaking doesn't influence the modding at all.

I'm glad too see all the progress out here. Not too much, but always two steps forward .

Sorry for my absence, I've got some infection and still don't feel too well, just lurking around. I do hope to get better soon to be ready for any modding request, if needed . Any of my own work will unfortunatelly wait longer, as it seems to be a very busy February IRL, at least.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I agree with Gwail. From what I have seen, apparently it's even possible to manually assign the same ID to a building when exporting it for a second time. This way, the BATter can send the BAT to the LOTter, who starts modding and lotting it. As soon as he's done, he can simply wait for the latest export, and if that latest export has the same ID as the preliminary version, then only the .sc4model file will need to be overwritten. It's no additional work at all this way - provided the building remains identical in terms of size.

[maikeli.1 12]

PBGV103 when are you releasing 345 AND 320 park ave?

[lucky7 73]

Fantastic work everyone, can't wait for the releases!

Take care,

lucky7

[Seraf 1,238]

Thank you all for comments 

Hanson - Yes, I'm still working on Bethesda Terrace, I bought more RAM and can continue the work just after I finish MCS.

Aaron Graham - Transportation Building looks nice The base doesn't look very interesting, but it's not your fault

Update from me;

BT:

Two bridges from Central Park:

[Vlasky 1,803]

OMG!!! Beautiful!!! Will you be doing well known points in CP? Like lakes ?

[Francis90b 748]

Really wonderful models! I'm impressed by the fountain, and i really like those two bridges!

[Renedius 25]

great job

[simcity4fan12 13]

Originally posted by: maikeli.1

Simcity4fan hows The Marriott marquis coming? also what has happenend to kryptowhite's 17 strate street and 599 lexington ave simcity4fan did you and kryptowhite move your models because i tried to download them and they said file does not exist so what happend to them?

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Mine were removed by me.  Kryptowhite was banned and so his models were removed. I'm not really posting here at ST anymore, just visting to send PMs to friends and read some CJs and still download some stuff, I'd rather completely leave ST but I have to stick around a bit and check on the ol' NYBT.

@Gwail- Was most of the modding on my BATs done? I think I want to release them at Devotion with the custom querries. I don't think NYBT is really active over there...so I think it would be good to kinda start out a little more out there.

@Seraf- Wow is all I have to say to that! Fantastic work! By the way, your Supreme Court building makes a fine addition to a Civics District to one of my cities.

@Kelistmac- It's been a long time since you posted here for NYBT! I had thought you quit. I'm glad you're sticking around. The model is looking excellent so far, the base could use some more work, and it seems that there is a tiny issue with the lighting rig on that model where part of the roof has no shadows coming from it's details. The shadow cuts off halfway there. Also, I think the model is a little too tall(it needs to be scaled down just a little bit not too much though) but it's not much of a problem and is your choice to change it. I think some of my models are too tall(or possibly too short) so it's not really a problem at all for you to worry about. And what problems exactly are you having with the lighting or is the no shadows deal the only problem? O don't really know much about that since I haven't had this problem yet, but you might need a larger lighting rig or something like that.

I'm still with NYBT and wanted ya'll to know that. I haven't been BATing much New York stuff, but I'm going to try to finish the V3 of One Brooklyn Bridge Plaza soon. This might be one of my last posts in the forums here(My last was in the Leaving/Returning Thread, but I'm posting this to let you all know I'm alive).

[nofunk 1,933]

Simcity4fan12: LOL

seraf: Your modeling work is just amazing! I love your attention to detail. I've also seen your work on Michigan Central Station over on the Polish site, and I'm really looking forward to seeing more! Let me know if you need any reference shots or help with part of MCS -- I work in the city and drive past it every day.

[simcity4fan12 13]

Well actually, I'd rather just completely quit. No more NYBT for me, or ST. NYBT will either have to go on with out me or just dispand.

[nofunk 1,933]

Or you could just come back. It's pretty obvious you're not ready to leave Simtropolis. And I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone here is upset with you or holding anything against you. And if you were really that upset with the site, you wouldn't keep visiting. So just come back. I think you've got a lot of talent and a lot of potential, and it would be nice to see you active again.

I just wrote "LOL" because I think it's funny that you keep saying you're quitting, but yet you keep posting!

[simcity4fan12 13]

No, I'm serious this time. I'm just tired of this place.

[cmdp123789 710]

why?? I mean whare are you posting then?? I mean I dont get how a person gets mad at an internet site... could you please explain?? I thought you were happy with the team and stuff...

[DCMetro34 576]

Originally posted by: simcity4fan12

No, I'm serious this time. I'm just tired of this place.quote>

I think he wants to quit in a way. But at the same time, he care a lot about NYBT and that is why he comes back. It seems funny, but really it is because he cares.

[maikeli.1 12]

Simcity4fan12 please dont give up i like your BAT Teams work you are doing great