Chicago BAT Project

[darn42 1,268]

Small update on the daley center. I'm not liking the windows. The reflections seem too blurry. Also ignore the weird drivein texture. Something happened with the composite texture that I will fix.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

[gutterclub 2,729]

Darn, the reflections should be blurly. Look at gladd buildings from the angle and you'll see. Also, its best not to have anything too specific in the reflection as it needs to be able to be placed anywhere in the game. You can always slightly change the lower part of the glass to have less bump so it reflects the plaza better. There's some good advice in Simfoxes NYBT thread when we was doing the Seagram

[IL. 1,043]

Maybe you should add some clouds and stuff to that blue glass on the pyramid-like shaped part of the building

That would make it alot better.

Roof-top gardens (or even pots and chairs; a hiking and recreation area) would be a great idea considering the size of the building, worker need to breath some fresh air from time to time

Assuming that you didnt finish texturing the BAT, everything looks great

Can't wait to download

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

*bump*

OMG, it's CBT again!!! Sry for being inactive so long. Darn told me he was busy with RL stuff and worked on his portfolio so he had not much time but he will have after October is over. That's what he told me.

Also, I didn't really feel like going on with this because I had no ideas about the roff texture and I cannot 3ds max 2013 so I need to hurry to finish this one before I can't use this, either.

Not much I can tell about this new update. As you can see, I experimented with roof textures and this is the result.

  Edited October 7, 2012 by skyscraper241  

[IL. 1,043]

Well, you have a problem with the shadows, but I didnt notice it at the first place, so not too obvious, anyway, I don't see any changes apart from the roof texture.

Can't wait to see it done

[Sgt Pepper 864]

IL- What's wrong with the shadows? I don't see the problem.

About the roof, I took a look at it in Bing Maps-

It's awfully bland and clean isn't it? For now I think you'll have to decide whether or not to recreate the cleanliness of this roof, or dirtying it up a bit for the sake of the game. But this is a recreation, so I'm sure you're going for this clean appearance.

I will say that the roof, when I looked at it in Google Earth is actually tiles or plates. I think you should go for that appearance, with some contrast on it.

[Wraner 335]

I have a Quick Chicago Landmark that should be done!

Why not create the Giant Bean!

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

IL.: Well, I don't know where you see a problem with the shadows But thanks

Sgt Pepper: Thanks mate. But I don't really know what roof you are taölking about. If you refer to the roof you can see in Bing, then I would say that it isn't that clean. Funnily enough, this roof texture looks different to the one you can see if you take a look on it in Google Earth. You can see 3 different roof colours. Ragrding my roof texture, its a plate texture that has been edited in Gimp. Also, you say that the roof is supposed to look as clean as it can be seen in the picture. But as you can see it already does. In my opinion, it's even too clean. I would be happy if you comment.

Wraner: It has been started by darn, but he couldn't finish it yet because he is busy with RL stuff.

[Wraner 335]

Wraner: It has been started by darn, but he couldn't finish it yet because he is busy with RL stuff.

Oh I understand. I am teaching myself to use Gmax so I may be able to join you fellas sooner or later

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Wraner: Glad to hear. Support us by joining us

Before this thread is going to be forgotten let me bump it again!

I only changed the roof terxture manner. Actually, I like this one way better. Just some grime needs to be added to both roofs. Then, I can finally start with nite lites *cough* first time *cough

  Edited November 3, 2012 by skyscraper241  

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Good to see you guys aren't dead.

[art128 4,618]

Looking good!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Good to see you guys aren't dead.

Your not the only one, I thought this team was doom. I could I wish can make some type of Chicago row houses for this team to help out.

Lovely building, keep working on it you will get better.

[gutterclub 2,729]

Looking good but the glass still needs work. It flows from one pane to another and actually looks like water, like the CAL canal set water...what are you mat settings and what have you got as the ground pane..hopefully someone can point you in the right direction

[darn42 1,268]

Good work sky, keep on working on that, no need to stop working just because I'm absent for a while .

Good news btw, I've gotten rid of a lot of distractions and I've done some more tutorials and so I am going to be working on daley center a bit again after I finish my most recent scene

[darn42 1,268]

Ok guys, I'm ready to start BATing again. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what I was doing with Daley center and I'm not interested in spending too much time figuring it out. I need your opinion on this, is it good enough quality that I should I release it how it is now and possibly do a v2 later on, or just put it aside and possibly not continue on it? I am going to fix some minor stuff like the path on the roof, but other than that I won't be doing any work on it for a while.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

IMO, plaza, walls, and windows look great, the roof is definitely the weakest spot. I mean, considering your skills, not that it's terrible. The pavement on the plaza tiles visibly, that's not ideal, either.

Btw, would you consider making an alternative export with just the main building, but without the plaza?

[Jasoncw 11,840]

If it were my project I would put it on hold and finish it later.

[SimCoug 5,972]

From a lotting perspective, I agree with twrecks, a model without the BATed plaza would offer greater versatility in the game. That said, it never hurts to put this on the back burner and get started on something that catches your interest.

[darn42 1,268]

Here is a preview of my new project. The modeling is going very fast on this one, but it has an epic roof. I am thinking it'll be the better part of a day to model the roof to my satisfaction.

A cookie to whoever guesses the name of the building first

[Francis90b 748]

It's the Chase tower, 10 south Dearborn street. It will be interesting to see how it turns out .

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great, keep it going!!!!s

[Susaji 523]

Nice!

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

*gives Francis a cookie*

Yes, I'm very glad to have you back, darn!

[poiuy1208 46]

Looking forward to seeing your works progress.

[RQTect777 11]

Yes!! We need a better version of the building!

[darn42 1,268]

And here is the work I got finished today. I'm feeling good about this one

btw, francis, did your cookie taste good?

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I wouldn't say I'm feeling good about this one.

I'm feeling great about this one! And knowing that it's not just somebody on the job but you makes me feel all the better.

[paulvmontfort 616]