Simcraft's Hannover Building Project

[Simcraft 0]

Hello Guys,

My name is Simcraft and I am almost new to this forum although I am registered for a while. I am from Germany and i just started to work on buildings for Sim City 4. I focus on buildings from my home town Hannover, which is in central-north of Germany (south of Hamburg).

First of all I want to share some infos about Hannover with you.

Hannover (german) or Hanover (english) on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (transl: Niedersachsen), Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hannoverian Kings of Great Britain. With a population of 522,944 (1 February 2007) the city is a major center of northern Germany, known for hosting annual commercial expositions such as the Hanover fair and the CeBIT. Every year Hannover hosts the Schützenfest Hannover, the world's largest Marksmen's Fun Fair, and the Oktoberfest Hannover, which is the second largest Oktoberfest in the world (after Munich). In 2000, Hannover hosted the world fair Expo 2000. The Hannover fairground, due to numerous extensions, especially for the Expo 2000, is the largest in the world. Hannover also has regional importance because of its universities and medical school, its international airport, and its large zoo (known as one of the most spectacular and best zoos in Europe). One of the most famous sights is the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannover

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Telemax television tower

After this short introduction I want to show off my first Building I am creating right now. Its the Telemax television tower, which is the highest building in Hannover. The building is of special architectural interest due to its square surfaces, which is rare for television towers. The tower is illuminated in the corporate colors of the Deutsche Telekom AG (magenta) for special occasions, such as the Hannover fair or CeBIT. I plan to illuminate it like in real.

And this is my BAT so far. Day version is at about 85%. I hope you like it so far. It is the first BAT I ever did (although I got decent gmax and photoshop skills). I would like to share your comments and critism with me!

Will post an update soon!

Oh and mntoes, sorry for creating a similar header as you did for your (excellent) uk housing project. I just liked that idea too much.

[NYM1980 3]

Nice start!

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

What a neat tower!

You are making great progress, just remember to scale it up vertically by 33% so it doesn't seem squished. As a pointer on scale, doors should be about 1x3m. The only thing I think needs work at the moment is a few of the textures, but wait and see what you do before I get excited

Lovely work so far, looking forward to what else you have to show us,

-Todd

[Simcraft 0]

Thanks alot so far. And thanks for helping me with the scale! Will keep you guys up to date!

[Simcraft 0]

Having my first bug now. Take a look at the picture and you see the wrong shadows on the roof. The roof is not one model actually, but 4 triangles made with the line shape tool. Its weird because one of the 4 triangles is working correct (the right one) but the others not. I also already copied the working triangle and put it to the place where the other triangles are, but the problem still happens.

Another problem. When i export the tower, open the .SC4model it in plugin-manager, move it to landmark-section, save it (so .SC4desc will be created) and finally open LotEditor I cannot find it in the building menu. Why not? The two files are in pluginfolder.

Regards,

Simcraft

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Originally posted by: Simcraft

Another problem. When i export the tower, open the .SC4model it in plugin-manager, move it to landmark-section, save it (so .SC4desc will be created) and finally open LotEditor I cannot find it in the building menu. Why not? The two files are in pluginfolder.

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Well that's because you have to put your BAT on a lot first, you can't just open lot editor and expect it to be there all ready on a lot after using the plugin manager. You have to open a landmark lot, and replace the landmark with yours. But you have to make sure the lot size is big enough first, where your BAT will appear on the list to replace the building.

I hope that's clear and helps!

[Red Lightning 7]

pretty good

[Simcraft 0]

Originally posted by: Sgt Pepper

Originally posted by: Simcraft

Another problem. When i export the tower, open the .SC4model it in plugin-manager, move it to landmark-section, save it (so .SC4desc will be created) and finally open LotEditor I cannot find it in the building menu. Why not? The two files are in pluginfolder.

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Well that's because you have to put your BAT on a lot first, you can't just open lot editor and expect it to be there all ready on a lot after using the plugin manager. You have to open a landmark lot, and replace the landmark with yours. But you have to make sure the lot size is big enough first, where your BAT will appear on the list to replace the building.

I hope that's clear and helps!quote>

Thanks alot! I knew I had to place it on a lot, but didnt know it has to be on a landmark lot. Now I only need to figure how to get rid of that graphic bug.

@Red Lightening, thank you, too