nybt-forum-threads Aaron Graham's NYBT Residential Thread

[Jumpthefence 74]

Good to hear that you computer's doing fine- you had me worried for some time there.

Everything looks pretty good, although I can't help but wonder about the North side windows on the apartments. I presume the window furthest to the left is divided from the others in some way or by something that has to do with the opening in the parapet; I'll be patient and see what you decide to do.

The roof accesses on the Tapscott Houses are a bit funny- I hope no one ever runs out the door, otherwise they have a two story drop ahead of them.

Edit: Welcome to page 11!

  Edited July 17, 2011 by Jumpthefence  

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Wow, those Tapscott houses appear smaller than I thought when compared to the lot size. Which is not to say that they don't look beautiful!

The other projects are as promising as ever - you're making it terribly hard to complain.

[supremec 77]

A lot of BATs, they are very awesome

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Gio10469- Thank you, I have my computer fix so I'm sure you will like to more updates.

Jumpthefence-

The roof accesses on the Tapscott Houses are a bit funny- I hope no one ever runs out the door, otherwise they have a two story drop ahead of them.

Your right, I hope there's a building next to the tapscott Houses or there will surely be a person in the hosptial.

T Wrecks- Thank you!!!!

Supremec- Thank you, let's hope I can finish them all.

Tapscott Houses

Here's the night lights of the small houses, I hope you like them, if you guys think I''m finish I will export it can get prepared for a upload on Friday.

Maxis Nite

Dark Nite

Park Tower Apartments

I was playing with the trees a little, and I have made a better roof junk, I hope you like it. The render with all those trees is 33 min and I'm using 91% of my RAM. The poly count of the scene with all those trees is over 7,000,000, it's because of the trees the trees have over 1,000,000 poly each, the building it self is 125,822 polys, and the reason was I made the building out of one object.

  Edited July 19, 2011 by Aaron Graham  

[Jumpthefence 74]

I can't find anything to add; everything is looking absolutely wonderful!

[Vlasky 1,803]

Love it but some work on trees of Park Apartments would make em even better

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Jumpthefence- Thank you!!!!

Vlasky- Thank you, I will working on them some more.

Talks about the Tapscott Houses wealth type

Ok, do you guy think the Tapscott Houses can only be just low wealth residential or what?? Help me out I have exported the building, I would love to upload this on Friday, the more work the less chance it can be uploaded on Friday, but I'm not trying to rush I have to many building to work on.

EDIT

Here's some in game images.

  Edited July 20, 2011 by Aaron Graham  

[Hamish 1,370]

The buildings all look fantastic. Seriously good works been going on in here.

The Park Tower Apartment building is really nice. Nice modeling of it too, building made out of one object? Pretty advanced work. Trees look amazing too.

Tapscott Houses look like low wealth to me. Beautiful low wealth though. There are a few NY themed buildings in the game that are around this size and are low wealth, I think they'd fit perfectly into that category.

[Roger51 381]

WOW Aaron!

Those look wonderful, I would say that low wealth resi would do fine.

Keep up the outstanding work!

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Enough with the teasing, start releasing!

[Vlasky 1,803]

I say go with the $$. Also they look lovely and imho ready for release. Maybe some prop trees family in the backyards?

[gio10469 24]

I'm going to go with $$ as well.

[Seraf 1,239]

Tapscott Houses look great but thats a pity there isn't any recreation stuff on their roofs. You know like loungers with big umbrella or some small shrubs.

Park Tower Apartments - you say 1 mln for one tree? >.> OMG it's a lot, my Agricultural Building with all its sculptures has something about 4 mln. But anyway Trees look really nice.

[supremec 77]

These houses are so famous

[Francis90b 748]

I'd like to see them in both wealth levels, as i've said some posts ago...plus, changing a number in Ilives is not great deal as well...if you feel lazy i might do that after downloading them (but you will be cursed because of your laziness, be sure ).

Seraf:

This is google maps satellite view for the area around the "existing" buildings...i can't honesly say that i can subscribe with your point about shrubs or umbrellas.

  Edited July 20, 2011 by Francis90b  

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Done being a tease? I can't wait to see some of these. Oh I made a rhyme!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Hamish- Thank you!!!!

Roger51- Thank you!!!!

T Wrecks- It should be comming soon.

Vlasky,Gio10469, and Francis90b - Thank you, I went with the R$$, I went throw hell trying to added the R$$ to the building.

Seraf - Thank you!!!!

Supremec- Thank you!!!!

Sgt Pepper- Lol,Thank you, I will soon upload these, they shall not be such a tease, but please be patient.

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Tapscott Houses

I have some pictures to the R$$ version of the Tapscott Houses.

  Edited July 21, 2011 by Aaron Graham  

[supremec 77]

Basic LOTs, but impressive BATs

[Francis90b 748]

Oh, sorry to hear about that...but thank you very much for the effort .

EDIT:What about some trees on the LOTs?

Maybe a couple of trees in the back, and sometimes (not on every lot) one in the "court" between the buildings...just be careful about going overboard.

  Edited July 21, 2011 by Francis90b  

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I'm so so sorry I did not added and trees I want 3ds max trees on the lot, that's one reason why Graham Apartments will not be uploaded to STEX any time soon.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Beekman Hotel Tower Here's some renders, I put some work in the Beekman Hotel Tower, but the details are giving me a hard time, but it's moving very slow, you should see some changes. I am having a hard time with the first floor details, I hope I can find a way to finish them.

605 Park AvenueHere's the 605 Park Avenue, I'm moving slow on this as well, but I think i can finish this faster than the Beekman Hotel Tower.

Image605 Park Avenue

  Edited July 23, 2011 by Aaron Graham  

[Vlasky 1,803]

OMFG Aaron!!!! You're productive as Chinese labourer with European quality of work!!!! It looks lovely , both Beekman and 1st floor of park ave condo

(ps I know my statement is discriminatory so what!)

[art128 4,622]

Beekman Hotel Tower is looking really sweet, I think I might use it!

[Sgt Pepper 864]

The Beekman has me excited. It looks really awesome so far, like you're handling the details far better than I ever would.

I'm curious of the really thin building that's part of the Beekman Tower you have there...is it a different building? An extension/Annex? Or is it part of the original structure? I'm not familar with Midtown and its surrounding areas.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Vlasky- Thank you, I glad you like it.

art128- Thank you, I'm glad you like it.

Sgt Pepper- Thank you, I believe the small building, is part of the Beekman Hotel Tower, it has the same bricks so I'm sure it's part of it. It could just be an added on to the building.

[supremec 77]

I'm glad to see an excellent work

It's remarkable Aaron, and I would like to see "605 Park Avenue" with windows

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Great progress shots! I had almost forgotten about Beekman Hotel Tower - good thing you brought it back to my attention. I'm still looking forward to this highly unique building, especially because of the annex.

Btw, I recently checked some of your stuff in game and wanted to give a little heads-up concerning your Tapscott Houses: Firstly, it looks like you have adjusted the slope settings a bit too restrictively. Mininum slope is 0, but maximum slope is only 1, which is very little. When I tried to cheat-plop the houses, I couldn't place them on even very moderate slopes, which means that they won't grow there, either. I also discovered that you apparently forgot to restrict the zone density to medium and high, i.e., the houses will grow on low density (which was probably not intended).

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Thank you, for telling me. What number should I put the Tapscott Houses maximum slope, 2, 3, 5, what number should I use and what number should I use on all non slope friendly buildings. For the zone restrict the zone density, I will fix that, thank you for checking that. I have came to a point to have someone to check and test my buildings p before they are uploaded, I would love it if you can be that guy, I have asked Vlasky, but he did not check this one because it was friday and it was to late. So it you would to test my buildings before release you can it's up to you, you and Vlasky can test the out, six eyes is better than one.

And I realized that the Prop folder is spelled wrong, it is suppost to be Props folder .

This is what cogeo comment on the Tapscott Houses.

The BATs are excellent!

However, as far as the modding is concerned, I have some comments to make:

The Maxis $$ NY rowhouse houses 31 sims. And the 1x2 lots are actually stage-4! This means that the simulator will not "upgrade" these to yours (stage-5), at least for the 01 and 02 models, because they house fewer sims (model 03 houses more people, but the difference is too small). They may only be upgraded to condos or hirises. So I think you should increase the number of occupants to a higher number, some 40-45 residents, to make state transitions smoother.

  Edited July 25, 2011 by Aaron Graham  

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Hey guys sorry for no updates but I have been trying to create some more buildings once again, I know you guys want me to upload the NYBT Park Tower, Graham Apartments and the Hogan Apartments, but like I said before the trees are a problem and I do not want to export the trees with the buildings, I rather export the trees speratly for the building and make them prop. I have some problems with 3ds max 11 so I am force to use 3ds max 12 design, I keep having a error.

Concord Arms

Here's my new building to the NYBT family the Concord Arms, it's located in Bronx, New York City. there still a lto of work to do like the acunits in the window and details on the walls of this building.

Here's the Google map link to the Concord Arms. Click

Here's a Bing map over look to the Concord Arms. Click

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Here's a tree I'm working on, I hope yo u like them. Tell me what I need to do on them to make them better.

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HD

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I'm going to show this picture off sense it took 1 hour to render.

  Edited July 27, 2011 by Aaron Graham  

[Vlasky 1,803]

You are doing an amazing job Aaron. I humbly bow before your work...