Jason's BATs & Tutorials

[bigskelding 12]

It looks great, cant wait to see it in the game. i love building with that type of look!

[spa 968]

That looks fantastic Jason. I'm really excited about this one! I don't have any custom police stations in my plugins folder but this one will definitely make it in there.

[scotty222 549]

just one word

awesome

[DarkEldar 6]

Hey Jason thats a very nice building. One thing I have noticed about your buildings is its not the model or the lighting that makes them look good, it is the textures and you can apply them very well to suit any model. Very good work

[ianpaschal 77]

Looking really good, but you know me, I would suggest dirtier textures. It looks a bit like it fell from heaven.

[Swiss_Canadian 2]

That's fantastic Jason! I too though think maybe just the white stripes and the copper roof could be toned down or "dirtied up" I guess to make it look more "loved". But it's looking awesome so far; I love the black marble surround on the door!

[nofunk 1,933]

Wow Jason, this has come a long way since the last time I saw it.

There's something weird going on with the copper flashing in the north viewport. I assume you already noticed that though lol.

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

Argh, I have not checked this thread in a while, let some real gems get passed me. I love the work on the Police Station.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thanks everyone!

And if you guys couldn't tell, I didn't get anything done during Spring Break after all.  The internship took up less time than school usually does, but it was a lot more exhausting, and there were other things I wanted to do.

Sim Shady:  Yeah, unfortunately I have a lot to do.  As a matter of fact, right now I'm procrastinating.   A big project is due tomorrow morning.  The day after that is a midterm exam, and a week after that a big essay is due.  In between those things are the usual homework assignments, so I'll be busy.  But still, this and the Knoll Building aren't too far off.  There's also that art deco skyscraper which shouldn't take too long after that.  But I'm getting ahead of myself here.

Kaos:  That's what ends up happening.  I haven't seriously played the game since late 2006.  But whenever I play the game I just get frustrated with what I can't do, so it just makes me want to BAT.

Bigskelding, spa, scotty:  Thanks!

DarkEldar:  I think that texturing is one of the most important things (the other being proportions).

Scipio:  "It looks a bit like it fell from heaven."  Great! 

Swiss_Canadian:  The horizontal stripes texture isn't done yet, it's going to have panels like the rest of the building does.  Once everything is all done I'll try to make sure that the contrast is right.  Depending on how lazy I am at the end, I'll make a custom texture for the roof (right now it's just my generic copper texture).

nofunk:  Yeah, I'm not sure what's up with the flashing.  There are actually a lot of small glitches like that all over the building.  Some of them I know the reason for, but not that one.  I'll probably just remake it (it's just a box, lol).

Ill Tonkso:  Thanks!

[Sim shady 12]

Wheres your spring break?

And you better get cracking on that project and stop typing responses to us lol!

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Well, I worked on the copper.  I think it looks a lot better now.  And the color is now in-line with the copper in the game.  I also darkened the limestone.  For some reason I have a tendency to make things too bright, so I'm trying to be conscious of that.

Still plenty to do though.

Sim Shady:  I had Spring Break the last week of Feb, and I interned at SmithGroup in Detroit.

Edit:

[ilikehotdogsalot 307]

Originally posted by: st louis dude Detroit is the poorest metropolitian city of USA. and has seen a 26 percent population decline since 1980.

Detroit dosen't even have ONE nationwide grocery chain operating within city limits.

- Detroit lost 36,300 jobs this year, more than any other U.S. city, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Detroit has the highest amount of Abandoned homes and business's in the country to date.- Shootings in Detroit soar in '04. More than 800 people have been gunned down.quote>

Who cares?

[ardecila 124]

Originally posted by: st louis dudeDetroit dosen't even have ONE nationwide grocery chain operating within city limits.quote>

Grocery chains are regional, not national...  Chicago doesn't have any national grocery retailers either, but we do have several successful local chains.

[DarkEldar 6]

st louis dude: Detroit has some very nice buildings and i am sure Jason knows what kind of city he is building with. Back on topic. Everything seems to be turning out well, as always Looks to me like you've lightened the textures or done something.What ever it was it looks good.

[BB62BlackDragon 13]

This is looking good. Will you make this a functional police station?

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Yep!

For the record, it will be a 2x4 police station lot. I don't think it will have any cars, since it will completely fill the lot (I might make a separate police car lot for that), and it will have a very large radius.

[st louis dude 6]

ok i dont rememebr talking about it before but It wold probably be best if I didnt post on here anymore and stop b&itching about detroit

[ilikehotdogsalot 307]

Originally posted by: st louis dude ok i dont rememebr talking about it before but It wold probably be best if I didnt post on here anymore and stop b&itching about detroitquote>

[st louis dude 6]

ok I wont come to this thread and post anymore ok ? agreed?

[Jasoncw 11,840]

It looks like this is farther along than I thought.  I made some finishing tweaks, so this will be the last day preview before exporting (so final time to comment).  Depending on how it goes, I might or might not post a night preview.  I plan on doing pretty much the same thing as Perry Station (some spot lights).

Also, it's time to talk about naming.  From my understanding, police stations aren't named after people.  So what should this be called?  Would "Central Police Station" be appropriate?  What would an appropriate name be (that's not already taken on the STEX).

St. Louis Dude:  It's not about this thread, it's about the entire site.  And me and other people talked to you about your posts when you were originally active in 2006.

[DuskTrooper 314]

Wow....*licks his computer screen, and gets shocked by the static electricity buildup, furthering the amorous feelings towards the buildings, as in those classic cartoons*

[SimFox 801]

It looks absolutely delicious - I also have almost untontrolable desire to lick and even bite it.

The only minor thing the slightly bugs me (and makes the building look a bit like a toy) is the color of cupper. It is too bright and too saturated. Try to mute it a bit.

At any rate it is very, very nice!

[patriots_1228 51]

Looks alot like the Maxis central library

I think central police station works fine, although you could add a city name in front of it to jazz it up.

[ianpaschal 77]

Very nice work Jason. Do you think you might have a great time making a sandstone version? Just sort of yellowish grey textures instead of these marble ones? Cough... Just wondering....

[spa 968]

This turned out really well.

[bigskelding 12]

Looks almost ready to go! cant wait for this bad boy to be in my game!!!

[Jazzmaster 716]

We can never have enough great police facilities like this.  I'm always looking for variety for my medium/highrise areas, and you've been brining a lot of that lately, great job!

PS: I don't really care that you didn't BAT on Spring Break; you have a life too!

[st louis dude 6]

Is it my fault for just telling the truth? but ok before you say anything I be done posting crap on this site

[ilikehotdogsalot 307]

I didn't even compliment your Police station, Jason. I'm sure you know it's great though Great work!

[BurroDiablo 222]

Yeah, that police station is looking smexy