Xyloxadoria's BAT and Portfolio Work Thread

[blyn Corporation 13]

hi peoples can u help me to find this dependency; aaa_Van_Street Trees Props.dat ???

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

On 12/15/2015 at 10:45 PM, Xyloxadoria said:

I have got the building in game!

So far i have figured out three things:

- No existing path sets I have line up with all of the doors of the building correctly. I will have to make my own custom path prop for the building

- The scale of the building might be a bit too small

- The grass doesn't match but that should be easy to fix.

Here is a picture of the building the smaller version is it at the current size, the bigger picture is the building 115% bigger. Which one looks like the correct size of the building? Or would the correct size be somewhere between the two?

 

Overhanging Lot?

[T Wrecks 10,210]

7 hours ago, DavidDHetzel said:

Overhanging Lot?

You know what, for a ploppable version that's actually not a bad idea at all...

[Fantozzi 4,068]

Cathedral of learning, yes? Pittsburgh, yes?

 

But why? If this model was in my game I would prefer to name it "The governour palace of the wise major Fantozzi".

Because this is such a lordly, majestic, eye-catching model - so that's the very right building for a major like me. And not for students, for folks, not for the every-day-sim. This is the building that rules. The skyline, the city, the sims, the game.

Away with the lousy major villa. I'll take this instead (Imagine: sims invite you to become their neighbour and you - BAMM! - drop this beauty next to their family homes).

So, sorry learners. But I want to make this cathedral all my own.

 

 

(Seems watching this model unleashes some wild, 'Tolkien kind' fantasies of might and power inside me)

[Xyloxadoria 1,098]

On ‎12‎/‎18‎/‎2015 at 5:20 PM, Fantozzi said:

Cathedral of learning, yes? Pittsburgh, yes?

(Seems watching this model unleashes some wild, 'Tolkien kind' fantasies of might and power inside me)

Yes it is my evil lair... er the Cathedral of Learning yeah that's what I meant, Cathedral of Learning.

Anyway its in game and i'm working on the lots.

Here are some pictures of the whole thing in game with just the trees (They are VIP Chestnuts and Lindes, which both grow in Pittsburgh)

https://imgur.com/a/ufjtB

I added lights to the paths. They are default maxis lights because i couldn't find better looking ones that matched the building and had light cones. (Mattb325 had nice ones but they have no light cones)

https://imgur.com/a/Cc6KW

All I have left to add now are minor details like people and whatnot.

Right now the trees on the lot are just the normal evergreen trees. They come in a seasonal version so i could make relots of that if people want it.

The four lots i am planning to make for the building are theese:

• Landmark
• Landmark with Jobs
• City Hall
• University (Or a college if you can only have one university, i haven't seen many university lots for download anywhere)

[Harry's Place 918]

i vote for college. I have a pretty big campus creation project in my city and your building is the last piece to complete the puzzle

[Xyloxadoria 1,098]

The Cathedral of Learning is now available for download!

https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30884-the-cathedral-of-learning/

[IDS2 3,429]

Man, that model is gorgeous. Excellent work! The lot really complements it nicely. 

[AndisArt 2,068]

Beautiful work!

[Xyloxadoria 1,098]

I was working on a BRT station earlier for the NAM, it still works because i made it after my hard drive crash, i've reworked it a bit and the L0 station is done!

I will be figuring out how to make the L1 and L2 versions of this too, as that is what the NAM team currently needs. The model in the picture is 5x1

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

Wow, this is going to be awesome!

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Woah!

[Belfastsocrates 1,753]

That looks fantastic. Can I ask if the yellow lines are part of the model and if so would there be an option for white lines rather than yellow? 

This would also look superb as a modern GLR halt/stop

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

Imagine a world with Xyloxadoria's BRT station with Bipin road textures 

[Harry's Place 918]

^^

 

"Imagine all the people

Living life in peace...

You may say i'm a dreamer

But i'm not the only one...."

 

:))) Happy New Year everybody !!!!

 

[Xyloxadoria 1,098]

I made a middle to my BRT station 

Ignore the spacing, i just put it that way to see what everything would look like together. It may or may not ever get BRT use. it would be more for a larger station or GLR. It will be separate props so they can be spaced as needed.

In other news, II found a button in 3ds max that re-orients geometry 45 degrees. I could probably make a good BAT with it but don't really know what to make with it. Whatever i do make will replace the "bridge" building from earlier because I didn't really like how it turned out that much. Here is what it does as an example, it turns what is on the left to what is on the right:

This would probably be good for some kind of glass roof or a building with a diagrid sturcture like one of theese, "organic" or oddly shaped things would probably work with it too.

 

Any suggestions on what i could make? 

Edit: I have thought of an idea of what to make but I am not sure if it is too "crazy" of an idea. The idea is to make a modular transit hub. The actual station itself would be a terminus building modded to work with all of the sc4 networks with a low transit switch cost. There would also be overhanging props added to make the actual station platforms, one that was elevated and one that was ground level. To use the station you would drag the tracks all the way through the overhanging props up to the terminus building itself. Since the overhanging part of the station isn't an actual lot you could drag whatever you wanted through it up to the station building itself. There would be different versions of the station with different arrangements of the overhanging prop so that it would fit whatever kind of network you had.  Is it too crazy of an idea?  Size wise im thinking of having a 6x2 central building then 6x2 platforms added onto that so you would have the choice of 3 networks to use with the station. (Plus bus/subway) 

[T Wrecks 10,210]

You know what, reading your last paragraph, I think you should get in contact with rsc204, who is currently exploring a similar modular station setup in his thread.

[IDS2 3,429]

Woah, what button is that?

That really would have come in handy the other day when I was modeling the dome at the center of this photo. I eventually figured out a way to do it, but it looks like this might be a great timesaving option for future projects. 

[Xyloxadoria 1,098]

1 hour ago, IDS2 said:

Woah, what button is that?

That really would have come in handy the other day when I was modeling the dome at the center of this photo. I eventually figured out a way to do it, but it looks like this might be a great timesaving option for future projects. 

Its called "Generate Topology" and its in the graphite modeling tools under polygon modeling which is only even an option if your object is an Editable Poly or has an edit poly modifier.

Once you click that button it opens up this option menu:

Just pick the picture that looks like what you want your geometry to be arranged as and it changes it to that. Its made to be used on a plane so not not all options will look nice on non planar objects and might distort the geometry. I used the one called "Edgedirection" which looks like exactly what it does (third row third column) Depending on your shape it might mess up smoothing groups, so jest remake those if it does.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Ugh I rememver seeing something like that somewhere on the STEX

As for your shape, maybe a mix between Hearst Tower, CCTV Headquarters and Bird's Nest?