Fabricio New Batter

[fabricio83tst 27]

[fabricio83tst 27]

Them i made a bat and upload only for the people see i am in this new adventure that's BAT i have problems to export a model as CO$$ anyone can help me??? the issue is i can't found the model in lot editor to build in a comercial lot!

[Jasoncw 11,840]

In order for your BATs to show up in the Lot Editor, you need to use the Plugin Manager.

In the Plugin Manager, drag and drop your .SC4Model (visible in the column to the right), into one of the categories in the column to the left. Then fill out the form with appropriate numbers, and click OK.

Then in the Lot Editor, open an existing lot, which is the same type as what you made it in the Plugin Manager. If you dragged and dropped the .SC4Model into the CO$$ category, then open a CO$$ lot in the Lot Editor. At this point, when you replace the building in the Lot Editor, only buildings that would fit on the lot will show up. So if your lot is currently a 1x1, but your building would only fit on a 4x4 lot, then you need to make the lot 4x4 tiles or bigger in order for the building to show up in the list in the Lot Editor.

[fabricio83tst 27]

Some troubles in the render as you can see: the space in front of the lot, all things in building had textures aplied but in the render they don't appear!

[fabricio83tst 27]

[fabricio83tst 27]

[fabricio83tst 27]

[fabricio83tst 27]

don't know why this space over the lot it's the maximum i can put the build inside the lot!

[Sgt Pepper 864]

You have to center the model in gmax. And you probably need to refit the LODs. And also, the model is far from completion.

[vailo 13]

The building is off center because the model is off center in the gmax file. I just group everything together and move the X and Y to 0, 0, then reexport the model. Don't move the Z down to zero because that would make part of it underground. As for the building, it looks oversized; I suggest you scale it down a bit. Otherwise, I think it looks pretty decent, just work on the windows, and maybe fix some of the texture maps on the door overhang and the roof junk.

Also, try not to make consecutive posts; you can put more than one picture into one post you know. If you need to change part of a post, edit it.

[fabricio83tst 27]

ok thanks i'd it and its ok i'll work more on it

[fabricio83tst 27]

Do you know a site where i can find very realistics textures??and mabe a textures useds by simtropolis batters???

[fabricio83tst 27]

them errors with measures and scales i've decided to do another new project:

Now i have a question: how i can take out the lights to my view port?? i searched on tutorials but didn't found anything could help me.

Sugggestions to model are accepted and apreciate!!

[Amthaak 1,501]

Originally posted by: fabricio83tst

Do you know a site where i can find very realistics textures??and mabe a textures useds by simtropolis batters???quote>

 http://www.cgtextures.com/

[SimFox 802]

Originally posted by: fabricio83tst

Now i have a question: how i can take out the lights to my view port?? i searched on tutorials but didn't found anything could help me.

Sugggestions to model are accepted and apreciate!!

quote>

It's quite simple:

[fabricio83tst 27]

making render tests i saw the lines don't appear there mesh thikness are 0,5 what's the problem? did they must appear no?

I'm looking for textures of the top of the building but i'm no speak english well can u say me what's the name of this

texture ???thanks for attention guys! i'm almost finishing my build first to upload on the stex i'd show photos and put it

here to feedbacks?

[zero7 68]

Your example picture is of one of my BATs, so I can answer you about the roof texture.   It is not a simple jpg applied to the roof like a gmax texture.  The texture is a blend of a concrete material with a random cellular pattern to add 'dirt' which was created in the Max materials editor.

You could get the same effect for a texture to apply in gmax by taking a concrete texture and then using Photoshop or Gimp to add layers - I'd suggest mixing clouds and noise at various opacities.

BTW - I'm not sure why you blanked out the company logo on the building - it is a fictional company name.

[fabricio83tst 27]

haha whats coincidence zero7!your building is so pretty and i ispired on it for it!!the black windows are gougeous can u say me how you did it? I blanked the logo cause i thought the batter(you) may could be angry with me! but here you are help me!thanks

[fabricio83tst 27]

So i finished my BAT with yours colaboration,making progress every day, now i show you photos and the file so anyone can upload send me critics and improvements first upload on the stex

I will do some adjusts anyway firt upload: separate windows with divisors, put a park in lot and i dont know!

[zero7 68]

Originally posted by: fabricio83tst

haha whats coincidence zero7!your building is so pretty and i ispired on it for it!!the black windows are gougeous can u say me how you did it? I blanked the logo cause i thought the batter(you) may could be angry with me! but here you are help me!thanksquote>

I'll take a look at the model and let you know how the windows were done. I'll post something tomorrow for you.

I use 3ds Max so a lot is done with materials which can't be done in gmax.  Some things you can get close to with the basic textures available to gmax, but glass and metals are difficult.

Hopefully, if I give details of what I've done in Max, someone will be able to let you know how to get a comparable look in gmax.

[fabricio83tst 27]

How to export in 3dsmax??

[zero7 68]

OK.  I'll start with the easy question.  How to export a model for the game from 3ds Max.   Download BAT4Max 4.5 and Let There Be Light by SimFox.   Follow the instructions to the letter.  The exported building will be as good as your modelling and SC4 resolution will allow! (At least until SimFox finds another way to improve things)

Textures on my model ...

All glass is the standard thin-walled glass texture in 3ds Max arch + design materials with a little extra colour  added using the reflectivity colour - values are R: 0.725 G: 0.812 B: 0.847.  This give a very slight  blue cast to the reflections in the glass.  I also use a texture on a ground level plan to give the glass something to reflect.  This is simply a cityscape captured from Bing birds-eye view.

Material for the 'glass' over the  entrance:  This is not really a glass material; it is more like a translucent plastic.  Translucency is set to 0,7; glossiness on the reflection is set at 0.35 and colour has RGB all set to 0.031.  Any colour tint is due to reflection of the sky.  Again I've used arch+design material.

This is unlikely to be much help as you are using gmax. but as I said in my last post maybe someone will be able to give you some hints on getting a similar look using textures in gmax.

[fabricio83tst 27]

with yours helps and suggestions i'm finished my second BAT ( a special thank to zero7). Now i'm thinking to work a industrial HT thing something like this:

But not a copy of these buildings, takeing inspiriration of this architecture and puting a little cmercial build, and you can trust me or not i had a things in mind to a build like in photo you can see it in my previous work in photos i posted previous i found a thing i liked very much:

 

I love black windows glass protection UV this take a touch of technology.

See my work: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=24512

Suggestions and others ideas are accepted!!!

[fabricio83tst 27]

I don't like make a copies i like make a original things.what do you think about this? but can you see the comercial building, the concrete separate i will make a unique concrete piece without separations. Today in real world it's so easy to make. i can't understand why the engineers didn't make a unique concrete piece.

[SimFox 802]

I think you should make couple of copies to get a sense of what building is and how it is arranged both practically and architecturally . Many beginners think that if they will not copy something it would be easier. In fact it is not true. I mean yes you can make a box and call it HT, yet it will not be. And to create something that would be convincing takes a lot of sense, experience and vision.

[fabricio83tst 27]

yes simfox i understand to make a ht build is not easy but in real world this second photo represents a industry of filters that you can think manufacturing industry right? but the tecnology, research system to produce this is infact high technology cause this product is ecological correct new materials and other improvements that i wrote, now i say: you'r right we see a box we don't see a build like game research like electronic robots or other HT builds in game. In fact this build envolving manufacturing to and as i did can wrote all industrial processes in game less agricultural. What kind industrial would it be in game?

[Jasoncw 11,840]

I would make it based on where you want it to grow. If you make it agricultural, it will grow in the middle of farm fields in a rural setting, if you make it manufacturing, it will grow among factories, and if you make it high tech, it will grow among those. I would probably make it high tech.

[fabricio83tst 27]

i will work on it and posting photos so yu say me your impressions and together we'll see, but in my mind i'll do possible to make HT. Know when you working a build you hide and unhide objetcs no, but when i unhide objects the max unhide the lights to is there a way to work with lights always hide without interfering when i hide and unhide all in my project?it is when i unhide all i wanna unhide all less lights!

[fabricio83tst 27]

progressing so: i will make a  concrete pillars around office. what yu think?

[SimFox 802]

I don't think you need it, since those will never be seen. You should also think hard about if you really need any interior. If you gonna make it in a same technique as you did your previous building then you don't. Rather you should sort out that black smudge problem. It is most probably some overlapping vertices there.

Another tip, once you are happy with a given portion of the wall, attach it to already finished once - try to keep all logical parts of your model as single objects.