Cataclaw's BAT Thread

[Cataclaw 12]

Cataclaw's BATs

Greetings.

To avoid spamming the BAT - Open Discussion forum too much, i've decided to put most information about all my upcoming BATs here.

The first post of this thread (i.e. this post) will contain information, images, progress indicators, etc.

NOTE: I'm notoriously unreliable when it comes to release dates. Sometimes i'll be late with projects due to RL issues, other times i'll have lots of free time to devote to BATting so i'll get things done early. It balances out okay.

COMPLETED

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1000 de la Gauchetière - BAT #02

Succursale SAQ - BAT #01

Tour de la Bourse - BAT #05

Club Super Sexe - BAT #18

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

See various pages of this thread for information, screen shots and news

[Cataclaw 12]

Project #03 - An SAQ building

This is a small commercial services building. It's an SAQ Succursale as they are known here in Quebec. What do these so called SAQ shops sell? ALCOHOL and lots of it!!

My first two projects are almost done and i've never exported a gmax file before or used the lot editor for that matter. So before I try it with my two big projects, I decided to create a small building to use as my guinea pig.

If i'm successful, i'll STEXify the first two. I should have this BAT on the STEX in 2-3 days if I don't encounter any major problems.





(Sorry for the double-post, I wanted to keep the first post of this thread for general information. Hope you kind mods don't mind!)

[Woko 2]

finally a SAQ in my city!!!  Great job Cataclaw.

Which building of montreal will be the next?  La tour de la bourse should be nice.

[Cataclaw 12]

News update! The SAQ Outlet BAT is finished! I spent hours figuring out how to render, export, use plugin manager and use lot editor. The results can be seen below.





The BAT/LOT is currently pending approval and will be available shortly on the STEX. I can tell you it's a great feeling to be finished with a project and to see your final work in-game. I hope you folks enjoy it. (I know it's just a small shop mostly only people from around here will recognize and appreciate, but oh what the heck )

Now that I've gone through the process.. I feel confident to try this whole procedure on my other two big projects.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

*MEEEP* Wrong!

While it may be true that only a few people here will recognize this building (I am not one of these people), there will be lots more who appreciate it (and this time I can count myself among this group of people).

I remember very well how those CS-filled suburbs looked with one boutique next to the other and all those little theatres.

Now, thanks to mostly SimGoober, KevDan25, JaWood and some others (whose ranks you have joined now), I can make really interesting-looking CS suburbs where not every building is labelled either Small shops or boutiques.

So thanks for this small building and looking forward to seeing your other creations on the STEX!

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

I've just seen the SAQ building on the STEX, it looks great!

[jacqulina 162]

nice work

[Cataclaw 12]

While i finish up work on my 1000 de Gaucheti

[Woko 2]

It's a nice model!!    Very futuristic. I can't wait to see an update.

[sharkbait16 0]

Imaginative is an understatement. This'll look very futuristic in the game, nice.

[Cataclaw 12]

Slapped on some textures just for fun. It's a beginning..

[Woko 2]

WooW!! I repeat what I said: Very Futurist!!

[Cataclaw 12]

Some shots from my upcoming projects:

Toutsimcity.com Headquarters

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Place Ville-Marie, Montreal

[Cataclaw 12]

More progress on the Toutsimcity building:

[mightygoose 92]

those more futuristic ones look like they are out of futurama lol.

[Cataclaw 12]

A small update:

[mightygoose 92]

very nice keep it up.

[sparkythepenguin 90]

Yeah that does look Futurama-ish! To me it's like a future style. "Neo-postmodern art deco"?

This is nice that you have all your projects on one page Cataclaw! I love all your Montreal/Quebec series so far, and will be watching for them here.

[Cataclaw 12]

I'm back after a year-long leave!

Here are some shots of a soon-to-be released building, headquarters of the ToutSimCity.com community. Scroll up for an early screen shot, before i underwent a major overhaul.

Here it is before i upgraded the base:

Here is the new and improved base:

[SimRabbit 48]

very nice building, glad you are still making it

[Jasoncw 11,987]

The design changes are a big improvement, it's looking good.

[BusterBunny 0]

Hi there! I'm using your SAQ lot in my CJ, it's to represent a Quebec region. Would you know of any building made of a Desjardins branch, or a Banque Nationale lot, or perhaps a church, like the ones we have around here? You know the type ( )

Keep up the good work!

[Mr. Glamazon 9]

WOW! I'm really happy to have stumbled across your BAT Journal! The last tower you posted is very incredible. I love the details around the base, on those large buildings details tend to get forgotten, so it's really refreshing to see a tower with lovely details! The only thing I might take another look at are the big round columns. It's an injection of Neo-Classical in an otherwise fabulous Art Deco styled tower! I think for the sake of continuity I might mass them and block them more so that if they're not square, they're atleast octagonal. Also, I have a question about the front doors. Is that a texture or an image applied to the surface to simulate a door? Did you do the same on the clockface? They look very incredible! Top work! I'll come back soon to see what you've posted!

[Cataclaw 12]

Thanks for the suggestion, Mr. Glamazon.

You're right, when i take a good look at them, those columns do seem a bit out of place! I'll post an update soon. Thanks for the tip! Appreciate it.

[mightygoose 92]

good to see you back cataclaw. your come back to us at a great time. the STEX is really coming to life as of late.

[patriots_1228 51]

wow that is great, the design is awesome. mind lending me those textures you used for the stores at the bottom?

[Cataclaw 12]

While i finish up the TSC tower, i'm also working on the CIBC building in Montreal:

Here's my progress:

[Cataclaw 12]

I'm back after a long break!

Some stuff i'm working on:

The Apple Store on Sainte-Catherine St. in Montreal, QC (opened summer 2008):

This one is 95% complete and will be available soon.

I'm also working on the Complexe Desjardins in Montreal:

Another project:

And lastly the 400 Sherbrooke St, in Montreal (aka Hilton Garden Inn, still under construction at the moment)

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Woah! Welcome back! Some remarkable stuff that I hope you manage to finish. Would love to see some renders on some of these.

-Todd

[allez l'om 1]

It's so great!! I like your apple store a lot!! The night version is perfect!! it's nice to have buildings from Montreal!!!