My custom content

[DazzaDazza 29]

well this is my fist low poly models I have made, that I plan to put in CXL when given the chance, i have many more but i am in the processes of De-polying them to fit under the gidelines.  
anyway at the moment the Polly cont is at 4500, they are low density low wealth houses that I plan to put on one 40x40 lot, let me no what you think good or bad and some useful tips on how to make it better as well
  

 


 

  

 

[CZAR ALEKSANDER 0]

great looking

[JakeMD 107]

They look pretty cool! Not bad for being low poly.

[gutterclub 2,729]

First set looks very outback, I like it.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Gritty. Nice!

[bixel 1,223]

You can go even more low poly than that, especially on those buildings. Try and go for 2000.

[Asheroo 53]

Very nice Mr Dazza.B)

Would go nice in an Aussie country town. This was my shopfront I did for an Aussie country town, not the best, but a start...

[DazzaDazza 29]

thanks for all your nice comments

Also Very nice ash

Bixel @ I do have a nether 2 version of it one at 1900 and the other at 700 or so for the different zoom levels, but I am finding it hard to crate depth on a flat surface as most houses in real life are not very detailed but they have a lot of depth to them (if you know what I mean). Something I cart s seem to get right with just textures alone. Any tips,

I am hunting the internet for pictures I can crop and chop to make new textures, I have fond the real estate web sites the best ones because they have the best variety of pics , I am gathering quite a collection, about 3 Gb or so, and I am trying to change the way I make the models but even when I look at those models on my fist post I am not satisfied. There just not detailed enough, 

[MTLT_17 26]

And it begins! Haha.... well someone had to say it!

[DazzaDazza 29]

 

well I was bored today so hear is anther low poly model, at the moment the posy count is at 1146, this is one of those models I made some time ago that I had to de-poly, again give some feed back good and bad, so I can improve as I am a complete armature at this  
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[buildsolid 4]

Those look awsome, carry on the great work.

[JakeMD 107]

Another fantastic model.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

It looks very blue collar.

[bixel 1,223]

looks pretty good, the roof is a little repetitive, but you can solve that by creating a texture specifically for it, using the one you have now, also the way to defeat the lack of depth is to use normal maps and some specular. Nvidia has released a free plugin for Adobe Photoshop that can create normal maps for you, just use the desired texture put it in photo shop, use the plugin and bam Normal Map made.

[DazzaDazza 29]

thanks fore the advise bixel, I will try that I have a ton more questions but they can wait,

[Asheroo 53]

Very nice indeed! B) Mr Dazza, maybe we should form an Australian custom content team for CXL, howzat mate?

I'm sure some of you might remember this farm house I did. But yeah, I'll also try out that texture thing Bixel...

May also need to add something more.

[CZAR ALEKSANDER 0]

first of all I would like to say hi to asheroo and ask how soon will these nice building be ready for the game I like the house all in white with the garage

[Psycho_Teddy 25]

This thread is looking promising. If it progresses at this rate MC will be uploading stuff from here in no time.

[Androv 6]

Aussie Content Pack FTW!

Oi oi oi!!!!

[Asheroo 53]

Hey Czar Aleksander, Mr Dazza did that building not me, just make sure you don't get us two mixed up. Obviously, he has a lot more experience at me, and his models look way better. My models though are a bit low poly, but would still look great in a game like CXL.

@ Androv - Yeah!B)

@ Mr Dazza - Sorry if I have kind of stolen your thread. We should share it though. Also, it's your decision whether we could form an Aussie custom content team or not. I do general Australian buildings and some Brisbane landmarks (like my model of the Brisbane City Hall).

[DazzaDazza 29]

Not at all ash every one is welcome to post things, I enjoy looking at other people work more then I do my own . And I really hove no more experience then you do ash. Every thing I have learnt as been tail and error, I have no formal training or anything like that just spare time.

[CZAR ALEKSANDER 0]

hello mrdazza_460

are you going release your nice builds for the game cities xl soon I would love see how the look in my small country town

[DazzaDazza 29]

I hope so,

[DazzaDazza 29]

Hear is some apartments, this one as made from they same way the did in the video,

The poly count is at 1700 but I still need to make some roof textures,   every thing was made from the one texture so there was a truck of cropping. let me know what you think good and bad

    

[Evillions 552]

Well I can point out the bad. One, a car and some tree branches is in the textures. Try to remove them by photoshopping. Remember, good textures are made, not found.

[buildsolid 4]

Originally posted by: Evillions

Well I can point out the bad. One, a car and some tree branches is in the textures. Try to remove them by photoshopping. Remember, good textures are made, not found.quote>

Umm.... I think you got the wrong idea, the first picture is the one he made for XL, the second one is a real life pic (to compare). Correct me if im wrong.

As for the model, I think you should just make the RL one, insteed of a slight variation, and there is something about the window texture thats not quite right, maybe its too repetative (can't quite describe it right).

[DazzaDazza 29]

 

buildsolid @ yes you are right that is the real life pic that i got all the textures from

as for the windows I will have a play around with them to see what I can come up with

 

these are the textures I crated from the real life pic

[buildsolid 4]

ahh, ok I see. well it looks fantastic.

[Sainty 0]

Guys, what program to you use, what guidense to follow? I wanna learn, I wanna do. I have a urge.

[xannepan 513]

Same here Is there any tutorial/guideline for 3dsmax. I did see the video from MC... but this is not detailed enough for me to get started. From my earlier creations in SC4 I do have experience with 3dsmax, but I already noted building creaion for cities XL is very different. I especially need to learn some details on how to texture buildings and how to create the combined textures in photoshop...

 I can't wait to start.