BATs by Bipin

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

OMG!!!!! This little house is so pretty, I hope to see more on it.

[Darknono35 3,137]

Beautiful as always

[Bipin 3,402]

The facade of the first house is more or less nearing completion:

 

 

Enjoy!

[Bipin 3,402]

Not much in terms of pictures here, but rather, a plan.

 

 

The idea is to create prop families for these houses as well as prop families for both the driveways and walkways, the former of which will overhang slightly to meet the street curb.

 

 

As with my last houses, which I will release with these newer ones, the buildings will be slope-friendly. I have designed the houses in such a way that the foundation will be visible and function properly when the lot is built on a slope where the first pair of tiles closest to the road (of three total pairs extended away from the road to form a 3x2 lot) must be flat, but anything farther away from the road may be sloped. As for now though, let me know what you want to see in my BATs; what do you wish to see as the next release? Let me know!

[cmdp123789 710]

It looks great! And as far as the release... We'll... I would really love to see released some of the walls you did... And see if some more model could be created, with different shops maybe... Also, following that same line, it would be great if you could create a set of walls for sunken highways... Maybe a set to use with the roads you just released

[SkateEmerica 13]

Will these homes be released as growables? Something like mattb325 did with his homes....that would be epic!

[Bipin 3,402]

Will these homes be released as growables? Something like mattb325 did with his homes....that would be epic!

 

Of course!

[SkateEmerica 13]

Good stuff man. Can't wait!

[Bipin 3,402]

This will be the basic model as far as the tract housing goes:

 

 

It fits on a 1x2 lot at the smallest, but a 1x3 lot would be optimal for its use. Enjoy!

[Xyloxadoria 1,099]

Not much in terms of pictures here, but rather, a plan.

 

 

The idea is to create prop families for these houses as well as prop families for both the driveways and walkways, the former of which will overhang slightly to meet the street curb.

 

 

As with my last houses, which I will release with these newer ones, the buildings will be slope-friendly. I have designed the houses in such a way that the foundation will be visible and function properly when the lot is built on a slope where the first pair of tiles closest to the road (of three total pairs extended away from the road to form a 3x2 lot) must be flat, but anything farther away from the road may be sloped. As for now though, let me know what you want to see in my BATs; what do you wish to see as the next release? Let me know!

Bipin said in chat that this house is small. HE LIES. It is a medium-large or large house. 

 

If this house is too small for bipin to live in then what is a large house to him? 

I MUST KNOW.

[PBGV103 729]

A girl I went to high school with lives here. I'd say it's a large house.

[Bipin 3,402]

 

Not much in terms of pictures here, but rather, a plan.

 

 

The idea is to create prop families for these houses as well as prop families for both the driveways and walkways, the former of which will overhang slightly to meet the street curb.

 

 

As with my last houses, which I will release with these newer ones, the buildings will be slope-friendly. I have designed the houses in such a way that the foundation will be visible and function properly when the lot is built on a slope where the first pair of tiles closest to the road (of three total pairs extended away from the road to form a 3x2 lot) must be flat, but anything farther away from the road may be sloped. As for now though, let me know what you want to see in my BATs; what do you wish to see as the next release? Let me know!

Bipin said in chat that this house is small. HE LIES. It is a medium-large or large house. 

 

If this house is too small for bipin to live in then what is a large house to him? 

I MUST KNOW.

 

 

For the record, it has a smaller footprint than my current house, but only slightly. I thought you were talking about the 1x2 compact tract house; the untextured one in chat. 

[RepublicMaster 428]

The new houses look great. Please don't forget that great suburban shopping area, I'd love to see that released.

[Bipin 3,402]

A few people had asked me how I do the modeling without 3dsMax a little while ago.

 

 

Here's your answer; a little bit of a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in the Bipin BAT sweatshop cutting edge, revolutionary development facility.

 

 

Enjoy!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, I hope you do variations on these houses.

 

I want to see 12 houses in variations.

[edwardjeria 503]

o men

 

is great work

[Vlasky 1,803]

zer houzez are comming!!! :O

[Bipin 3,402]

Well, here's the house with one of the many planned texture variations. Keep in mind it is still a work in progress:

 

 

The garage doors are kind of messing with me though; I don't know how to deal with them in terms of colour and texture.

 

 

Another, alternative trim may be more appealing. I'll add gable details, possibly even shakes, and definitely rounded trim above windows and the garage later. I feel as though the current, rectilinear approach with the trim is too Neovictorian and doesn't do the Neoeclectic theme any justice.

 

 

Regardless, I hope you enjoy the progress and I hope these homes appear to be fairly modern in design for low/middle income families.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, the roof is too reflective to me and i'm sure for others.

 

Where are these houses located at?

 

Do you have a Prop Family Index range for making variation? this can help you out so you can have less lots for the variations you have for you house. If you look at my latest files like the Aronic Place you can see I have only one lot, and all the buildings are sharing the same stats sense the apartments are the same size. I think this is a professional way to mod your work for Sim City.

 

You can get you Prop Family Index range here if you do not have one.

 

https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=2490.0

[Bipin 3,402]

As far as the prop families go, I do have that sorted out. As I recall, I have an IID range from a little while ago. Also, the roof texture is unfinished/broken anyways. If you look closely, you can see that the bump map is inverted; the shingles are sunken, not yet raised slightly like they should be. 

[Darknono35 3,137]

Great work

[Bipin 3,402]

Night is just as important as day:

 

 

A little light leakage, I know, but nothing that can't be fixed.

 

 

Enjoy!

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

These are beautiful! The STEX needs more suburban homes like these! 

[RepublicMaster 428]

I like it! It fills the gap between larger and smaller homes.

[Bipin 3,402]

The first house amongst many has been rendered!

 

 

I seem to of fixed the light leak issue.

 

 

I'm quite satisfied with the porch lights...

 

 

...as I am with the skylight.

 

 

In similar fashion to Aaron's releases, I will make one model with slight variations in assets; the most prominent being with textures. That'll leave me with four or so houses as a result. Enjoy!

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Great job, and I like to read that you're going to make some variations, too! The skylight does look great, too. Not just a black hole, but not a tacky and very obvious "blue sky and clouds" texture, either. I like all those small details like rain gutters and downpipes, they really help to bring the building to life. If I had to pick out anything that could still be improved, I'd say that the porch light above the entrance door seems to have a tad too much glare, but that's such a minor quibble that I can wholeheartedly say I'd take the house as is and be happy.

[urielgarcia 344]

Wonderful!  I love your homes.  They are so beautiful!  I might have to design my house like one of yours!  LOL.

[kellydale2003 2,276]

OH MY GOD... BEAUTIFUL.

 

 

I created similar homes way back then... but they're so boxy and ugly :b

I hope you adopt similar lots to this mod... 

 

I can't play simcity without that mod, and I hope you make lots like that... I would LOVE that. This is amazing... now I'm in anticipation! ahaha

Good job! (:

[Huston 5,798]

Despite having already established this before, I have to re-state this: You, sir, are a BATing genius! Those homes really look stunning. The highest quality low density res. I've seen in a while.

Just throwing this thought out there though; you gonna be returning to futuristic BATing? I really miss all the HQ BATs you were making then

[Bipin 3,402]

I guess I've never actually told anyone, but my BATing schedule works a bit like this: I will do a variety of things at once; often two or three different BATs each day, but I will only show updates for one at a time to keep the theme going. Thank you once again for the kind words everyone!