hkabat-forum-threads Massively Gigantic Japanese BAT Gallery

[jp walker 1]

i was searching jap sc4 sites today and found a pic of a BAT by NOB

it looks like a combo rail/EL rail station and plaza to me, but there was no link.

[jestarr 3,423]

It's called the Yokogawa Station and is available here.

[Odainsaker 2,137]

This one is small, but interesting...

The Asahi Super Dry Hall, an odd modern Tokyo landmark made by Masa.

This is also called Asahi Hall or Asahi Beer Hall, and it is the showcase gallery for mega brewer Asahi Beer, whose golden headquarters tower rises behind it.  French artist Philippe Starck created the bizarre Flamme d'Or sculpture at the top, making this structure a giant 1980's landmark on the city's riverfront.  The sensual golden flame has been likened to everything from a rich beer froth to a giant droplet of pee.  Only in Tokyo...

Here is the real building:

Unfortunately, the BAT does not seem to have nightlights, or at least I cannot seem to get them to turn on, which is a bummer as the real building has spectacular lighting with an array of slick colors on the flame.  On the plus side, the lot does not actually have all the pink plazas shown in the screenshot, so you can plop it from your landmarks menu into the tightest of your Tokyo urban lots.

You can download Masa's Asahi Hall from his website SIM-ISM at http://sim-ism.nsf.jp/  It is primarily in Japanese, but the BAT page is clearly denoted, with the downloads at http://sim-ism.nsf.jp/sim-bat.htm

Enjoy, and please drink responsibly, and definitely not so much that you pee as greatly as the building suggests.

[hamsterTK 93]

Lol that building is cool!

its weird but I think I might be able to find a use for it

[mrbisonm 1,622]

Even if I would never use a building like this.......(kinda strange alright)....thanks for the update and link.

[2ch.net simplayer 180]

Sim City Force now has an embassy!

http://motherlandofsimtropolis.dudyconstructor.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=55

It is a platform for direct communication between SimCityForce residents and Simtropolis. You can directly contact Japanese BATers and members there!

[SURUMI 2]

Wow ! Great news !

Thank you, 2ch.

I'll check this out.

[Odainsaker 2,137]

Alright, an embassy for us to directly mingle.  Many thanks 2ch.net simplayer, we will have to post lots of praise and thank you messages there.

We might start with some praise for the author of the Mid-land Square Building.  Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will translate the name (Sananko...Mitsu an koku...arg, I wish I did fully study Japanese in college).  But this new artist has greated another great BAT from the city of Nagoya...

Kanayama Minami Building

Some quick Google research reveals that this building stands by Kanayama Station and houses the Hotel Grand Court Nagoya, the Nagoya branch of the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the Nagoya Urban Institute, a non-profit urban planning think-tank..

This great BAT can be found the on the artist's website at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~no6081/

The download link there is very straightforward to find.  I can't wait to see what project comes up next.

[simukoshi 0]

Originally posted by: Armandeus OK, here's more info I found.

Water textures in the middle of this page:

http://kamurai.itspy.com/bbs/lev-bbs.cgi?bid=simedit=&style=0

More BAT textures here:

http://0bbs.jp/KEN/

Millenium Tower download:

http://briefcase.yahoo.co.jp/dareka789

Instructions: download mireniamu.000, mireniamu.001 and mireniamu.bat, put them in the same directory, and double-click (execute) minreniamu.bat

more lots:

pictures here:

http://www.geocities.jp/dareka789/bat.html

downloaded here:

http://briefcase.yahoo.co.jp/dareka789

More (with other lots on further pages, accessable by clicking the number lists at the top):

http://xworld.s7.xrea.com/simcity4/exhibition/building-08.htm

More:

http://www25.tok2.com/home2/hakokun/lot.html

Tokyo Diet (Congress) Building (and other lots):

http://www2.tba.t-com.ne.jp/avocado/simcity/

The Tokyo city hall in Shinjuku is pictured on this page (the twin-towered building):

http://kamurai.itspy.com/bbs/lev-bbs.cgi?bid=simedit=log4

but I'm still looking for the download link. I have downloaded it, but I can't remember from where. Edit: I remember. I downloaded it from that page. It seems to have been removed.

Trains and buses:

http://www3.tok2.com/home2/hakucho485ec/sc4/index.html

http://www.geocities.jp/sim4mamo/2004mk_bat_lot_mod.htm

Convenience stores (including 7-11): http://www.geocities.jp/sim4mamo/2004mk_bat_lot_001.htm

Train stations, etc.: http://www.geocities.jp/sim4mamo/2004mk_bat_lot_003.htm

Parks: http://www.geocities.jp/sim4mamo/2004mk_bat_lot_004.htm

Chain Restaurants in Japan: http://www.geocities.jp/sim4mamo/2004mk_bat_lot_005.htm

Japanese dept. stores:

http://www.geocities.jp/sim4mamo/2004mk_bat_lot_006.htm

Misc. stuff: http://www.geocities.jp/sim4mamo/2004mk_bat_lot_007.htmquote>

 

seems to be offline

[SIMMANIA 4]

Thoses new fighters are insane ! :-D

[pnorrell 4]

New fire station from Kei... (note the new web address)

Download here.

Fifth Star has also announced on Ragutaro's BBS that he is back in the BAT-ing business, so I will move him back up into the active category in the links list of the guide...

[pnorrell 4]

A new discovery by sarjm, from SC4D...

Here is the site:BAT Okiba (depository).

The author's name is apparently "Nanashi no boon"...

You must use Internet Explorer to download.

Requires:

thedietbuilding.1

thedietbuilding.2

and thedietbuilding.bat, which acts as an .exe

[Rearviewmirror. 3]

 Hi pnorrell, that is The National Diet Building (????? Kokkai-gijid?) is the place where both houses of the Diet of Japan meet. It is located at 1-chome, Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the left wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the right wing.

The Diet Building was completed in 1936 and is constructed entirely out of Japanese building materials.

Sorry can't figure out the author.

[Moshi 61]

Thank you pnorell for sharing that! The diet building (Kokkai Gijido) is the japanese equivalent of the Capitol.

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

Originally posted by: pnorrell A new discovery by sarjm, from SC4D...

Here is the site:BAT Okiba (depository).

The author's name is apparently "Nanashi no boon"...

You must use Internet Explorer to download.

Requires:

thedietbuilding.1

thedietbuilding.2

and thedietbuilding.bat, which acts as an .exequote>

So for anyone that hasn't sorted it out, yet. You have to open a command line, cd into whatever directory you want to build the file in and type the following...

COPY /B "thedietbuilding.1"+"thedietbuilding.2" "thedietbuilding.EXE"

Exit your command line and browse to the directory you created the executable in and run it. You'll be prompted...really! Click on the ?? (not the ?????) to browse to your plugins and you're good to go.

[bixel 1,228]

Kanayama Minami Building = AWESOME!! is it me or is BAT based off of real buildings so much better?

[hamsterTK 93]

those 2ch things on bat okiba are bizarre...especially the first one on the list lol....

[Simfan34 11]

I can't download it!

What is this!

[sarjm 1]

Originally posted by: Simfan34 I can't download it!

What is this!quote>

That is a BAT representation of the ASCII characters which you can se below the picture.

If it is the Diet Building which you cannot download, go to the site  http://ktkr.karou.jp/ right click on the links and save link as/save target as. You will then have 3 files. Double click on the dietbuilding.bat and it will join 1 and 2 to make dietbuilding .exe. Run that as explaine by mike_oxlong 3 posts up

  

[2ch.net simplayer 180]

It seems people here are gradually discovering the REAL "Simtropolis" of Japanese SimCity community.....lol

It's not SimCityForce, but 2ch BBS. VIP CITY CJ's, giko-cat statues and tachikoma hashutsujo etcetcetc

Have you ever wondered why Japanese don't do CJ's? They actually do, but it is all hidden 2ch BBS that is so inaccessible from outside.  This http://vipcity.s162.xrea.com/ is the HQ of  the Japanese CJ union "VIP CITY". 

[pnorrell 4]

Originally posted by: mike_oxlong

So for anyone that hasn't sorted it out, yet. You have to open a command line, cd into whatever directory you want to build the file in and type the following...

COPY /B "thedietbuilding.1"+"thedietbuilding.2" "thedietbuilding.EXE"

Exit your command line and browse to the directory you created the executable in and run it. You'll be prompted...really! Click on the ?? (not the ?????) to browse to your plugins and you're good to go.quote>

Do you really have to do that? It seems to work fine for me if I:

1. Click on the .bat file

2. Navigate the resulting .exe to the folder I want it installed and click "ok"

I haven't needed to type in this COPY /B... stuff.

It creates a new folder called thedietbuilding that includes a lot file and a dat file, which I assume is the model. Isn't that it?

[mrbisonm 1,622]

lol.........too complicated......I don't even know how to open a commandline? Where?

Why can't they make things easy?

Besides I can't even download it, because it says «Forbidden 403»

[jcabassa 20]

Originally posted by: Simfan34 I can't download it!

What is this!quote>

 

LQTM! I think it's having a wet dream and it got an erection, so it was censored. Jk. Just felt like saying that.

btw, for those of you who don't know- LQTM=laugh quietly to myself.

[Romaq 18]

Well, it *is* an impressive display (The 'What is this! picture).

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

Originally posted by: pnorrell

Originally posted by: mike_oxlong

So for anyone that hasn't sorted it out, yet. You have to open a command line, cd into whatever directory you want to build the file in and type the following...

COPY /B "thedietbuilding.1"+"thedietbuilding.2" "thedietbuilding.EXE"

Exit your command line and browse to the directory you created the executable in and run it. You'll be prompted...really! Click on the ?? (not the ?????) to browse to your plugins and you're good to go.quote>

Do you really have to do that? It seems to work fine for me if I:

1. Click on the .bat file

2. Navigate the resulting .exe to the folder I want it installed and click "ok"

I haven't needed to type in this COPY /B... stuff.

It creates a new folder called thedietbuilding that includes a lot file and a dat file, which I assume is the model. Isn't that it?quote>

Oops, yeah you're right. I never downloaded the batch file. I never remember to RTFM

[Fox 1,444]

I guess this needs no introduction ... I'll let the quality of the work speak for itself ... 

Landmark

Lot size - 9x10

Capacity - cs$$$ 4250

Plop Cost - 230,000

Monthly Cost - 230

Check out all the minute detail and awesome lighting effects used on this beauty!

 - Burj in Detail - 

Dowload here

Download[6,132kB]

Visit his site here!

BAT Showcase by KS

[Fox 1,444]

Sorry ... Double Post!  

[Odainsaker 2,137]

Hehe, at last no more random BAT requests, no more unauthorized uploads of the older version, and finally spectacular nightlights to boot. The definitive Burj Al Arab has arrived!

Kowtow to KS! We're not worthy, we're not worthy...

[Romaq 18]

Wow! At some point with this thread, could someone set up a 'directory' of some sort? Perhaps after offering reposting into the STEX on behalf of the asian author. But ideally, it would be helpful to have all the stuff referenced in these 80 some pages within a post or two.

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

i was starting to worry about something happening to KS, guess this is the reason. this guy is crazy!!!