Brenda_Xnes BAT Buildings

[Brenda_Xne 46]

Hello everyone,

I

[Brenda_Xne 46]

I thought it would nice to add a parking lot to complete the MMTS so I started to work on it on the BAT:



I know there will be people that may not want the extra space of the parking lot, so I

[Smurfer2 7]

That's very good. I love the detail and the parking lot.

[hogmeister 7]

Great looking building, especially with all the added transit features, how about making versions that sit back 3 and 4 tiles from the street (by the use of a plaza infront of the station), so that the tracks can run behind the buildings on the street line ?

[papa_san 8]

it looks great! i really like the overall look of it. great job.

[ApathyNinja 17]

Wonderful. Highly polished and looks more like a monorail station ought to rather than an el station with a different colored awning.

[S.A.C 20]

WOW That would definately be placed in Olympia when it's released! Excellent work Let me know as soon as it's finished and I'll give it a great spot in Olympia!

[deadwoods 542]

Brenda, as I've said before love your work.

 

Based on the two subway/bus stops, I know this will have all the bells and whistles. The detail in this station is brilliant. How did you get the trees? Did you build them yourself in gmax?

 

You've got heaps of space above the carpark. Perhaps a newspaper stand, or a little outdoor coffee area, or some park benches where people can meet...

 

Just one comment, based on the two lots I've downloaded. Can you add a standard prefix to your files (i.e. the SC4Lot, SC4Desc and SC4Model files). That way the files won't get confused in the Plugin's folder. I'd say XNE_ is almost guaranteed to be unique, e.g. XNE_SubBus****, XNE_SubBusPark***, XNE_Monorail***. But whatever works for you.

[Masterbrew 0]

You could place a bus station on the big empty plaza

[RobledoRessainance 36]

That's a stunning model. I like it a lot. Great work on the trees. Have you considered releasing them as a special prop?

[Screwballl 196]

thats one problem with this game, theres all the buildings and people but where do they park? you see almost no parking spots or you see 10 spots for a business that has 60 workers...

looks VERY nice brenda, keep up the good work

[Cobb32118 239]

Brenda, this is awesome.  I especially love your elevators.  Elevators are one of the most fun items to design, and you did them fabulously!

[Postal_Employee_Newman 0]

I agree with everyone else here, these are wonderful models, can't wait to see some in game pics, keep up the great work Brenda!

[Vlakhaas 13]

I love your TREES ... be sure to make them available as PROPS .... if you want help or want the BSC to do the prop packs for you please contact me.

[Nomad1 53]

I have to agree with Vlakhaas. Those trees are great!
The station is very detailed as well. Very nice...

[Yellowlab 11]

Very attractive and useful.  Beauty and brains, nice work!

[jcabassa 20]

Very nice! Can't wait!

 

-jcab

[Brenda_Xne 46]

This is the last in-game test. Everything seems to be working properly: lights, train going thru the station, flying building about to fall on pedestrians, etc.

I started to render the station. I estimate is going to take about 3hrs to finish. This building has over 300,000 polygons thanks to those trees you guys (and I) love so much.

The trees were created using a script in 3D Studio Max. I will release them as props and as a model (if you don

[n74704 21]

its funny.  you come on here and blow us away with your amazing work.  incredible job on the station.  you got talent!!

[Brenda_Xne 46]

[Brenda_Xne 46]

These are the first in-game pictures. I will upload the LOT when I finish adding the subway-bus-monorail connections.

Do you guys think 15,000 passengers its ok?

I would like to make a custom query for this LOT but it

[deadwoods 542]

Brenda, the custom query stuff is pretty easy to figure out. It took me a few hours, and you know the transit enabling stuff, so you know your way aroud iLive's Reader and the SC file structure. After that, the time is spent on the layout (i.e. specifying pixel 2D locations of text and images). Have a look at the Custom Query Tutorial on the STEX.

[oneil_1 138]

wow! you doing a great job! i like the glass roof very modern!
and how about making a big monorail station?

[Brenda_Xne 46]

Thank you Deadwoods for the link
I red Daeley's tutorial, but I still can't do want I need to.

I noticed that my LOT works like it is suppose to but when I look at the query it only displays the amount of people taking the bus (I had the same problem with my SubBus station).

I want this lot to have a query displaying the amount of people taking the bus, subway, etc...and I just dont know how to do that

I PM Daeley for help. If somebody else knows how to do it please let me know

[Smurfer2 7]

Well, I like it. The photo with the two monorails passing is pretty cool.

 

P.S. Daeley is the master of the query. I'm sure he can help.

[Brenda_Xne 46]

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oneil_1[/quoteAUTHOR]

wow! you doing a great job! i like the glass roof very modern!
and how about making a big monorail station?[/quoteMESSAGE][/bEGINQUOTE]

A big monorail station? like...

[Dolfan348488 0]

That is amazing, i love it!

[DuskTrooper 314]

Very nice! 

[cipsus 0]

this is my first reply on the forum, but this lot i just had to comment, it looks awesome and a great addition to Simcity

[Daeley 46]

hey that looks like a very cool building! and I don't mind at all that you PM'ed me

 

now as for showing the capacity that each separate function has, I'm not entirely sure that would be possible... I'll try to look at it today to find a back door, but as far as I know you can only show the total amount of transits, because they all use the same property Transit Switch Traffic Capacity

 

I'll try to see if there's a way around this... but I might not find it

 

edit: well so far no success... I've looked at a few other multi-transit lots and it confirms what I was thinking... you'll have to use Transit Switch Traffic Capacity as the sum of all capacities and capacity used can only give you the sum of all usages... this is because all capacity used uses the same id 0x00001042. Also, the game doesn't really seem to define something as a bus function it just recognises traffic transit trough the transit switch point property.

sorry I couldn't give any good news...

 

...it might not be much, but you can change the bus/metro icon that appears and fades with capacity used