Chicago BAT Project

[Darknono35 3,137]

That's right  T Wrecks If I have time tonight I'll be looking into exporting chase.

 

Also, Darknono, Aon tower has been something I wanted to make; it's one of my all time favorite buildings, but you did such a freaking amazing job on it, I couldn't care less that I wasn't the on to do it. Seriously, you did a phenomenal  job.

Glad to heard about the Chase I want this building in my game

And thanks for the compliment . Other buildings from "Windy City" will be done very soon

 

Actually, I'll try to work with 3dsmax 2012 or 2013 if the Bat4max working perfectly with this both versions, and if details are betters

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

I barely have time to go on batting as I'm ill right now so slow progress. Just a small update today:

 

[RepublicMaster 428]

Good progress Skyscraper! I look forward to how the building will turn out.

[Jillybean86 38]

I just discovered this BAT group thanks to the incredible AON Center on the front page, and as someone that works in downtown Chicago, I just want to say you're doing truly great work. Keep it up!

Looking forward to more great stuff from you.

 

Edit: I work in 333 Wacker Dr, and you've done an amazing job on it. I really love the bridges and the river scene. I walk across that bridge nearly every day.

[unclesahm 32]

Darkono, how can I bribe you into creating a ploppable version of the CNA North Tower?

[Ace3 1,209]

You really don't need to. It's already up  

 

Love the building Skyscraper. What you call "slow progress" and a "small update" would've taken me at least two entire days of nonstop work to complete

[unclesahm 32]

That's just a growable, not a plop... I'd use the buildings cheat but I'm (still) on a Mac, and the darn thing will never come up where I want it, so I can't recreate the whole plaza!

[Darknono35 3,137]

Darkono, how can I bribe you into creating a ploppable version of the CNA North Tower?

@unclesahm, the growable version of the CNA North Tower is the only one version because it's an small building, and actually, no plop version will be foreseen at this time... maybe more later , and I'm boring with the bug of the Chase Tower, and I want finish my others NYBT and my USA stuff before.

I take your request in consideration

 

@Skyscraper: Good keep up the good work

[jwsteele 77]

Any plans for the Chicago BAT Project to ever do some of the art-deco infill for both CO and R?  Lots of awesome architecture on a smaller scale (I'm talking the 4-12 story buildings that would be 1x2 or 1x3 tiles near the loop).

[Straight WEST 19]

^^^^I agree with jwsteele. It would be a very nice change if Chicago BAT Team focused on older art deco buildings instead of glass & concrete boxes (not that there's anything wrong with that ). Some suggestions if I may:

 

55 East Wacker (A personal Chi-town fave)

 

The Former Crain Communications Building on 360 Wacker

 

(It does have an odd angle though)

 

& The Wrigley Building, just across the street from the Tribune Tower.

 

 

Chicago has tons of beautiful old masterpieces like this and it'd be a shame to bypass them.

[SimCoug 5,972]

It would be a very nice change if Chicago BAT Team focused on older art deco buildings instead of glass & concrete boxes (not that there's anything wrong with that ). Some suggestions if I may:

55 East Wacker (A personal Chi-town fave)

 

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[Straight WEST 19]

 

It would be a very nice change if Chicago BAT Team focused on older art deco buildings instead of glass & concrete boxes (not that there's anything wrong with that ). Some suggestions if I may:

55 East Wacker (A personal Chi-town fave)

 

Pssst... check out

 

 

And here was I thinking nobody cared about 55 Wacker. Nice, real nice. I'll be sure to download once it comes out. 

[Darknono35 3,137]

Be sure guys, I foreseen to done an Art-Deco for my next building of Chicago , as New York, Chicago has a lot of awesome buildings of this style, and SC4, hasn't too many buildings like this

The Darn's 55 East Wacker will be an real jewelry in the the game and for the community, and an master piece for the Chi-town Architectural

[edwardjeria 503]

is great idea

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Due to lack of updates, here you got a small one!

 

[RepublicMaster 428]

It's still coming along nicely.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Hey everyone, I have been thing about this for a long time a very long time even before the Chicago team. I am fan of New York City, and Chicago, and I have been making building for NYBT, but I do also want to make buildings for the CBT. Everyone on ST knows what front line I will hold down, the residential front. I have been thinking about making Chicago Bungalows and apartments, I hope I can get one started, once I do bat a building from Chicago I'm officially on the CBT. NYBT is still my home, so I will have to keep my forums active.

 

So what do you guys think?
 

 

 

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Aaron, you should know, you're always welcome! 

 

We've been hoping for him to join for about 1 year now! D:

[SimCoug 5,972]

So what do you guys think?

Ummm.... YES! If you create a set of houses, I'd be happy to help with modding/lotting.

[sencillo1 47]

Aaron that would be awesome.

[Ion_Cannon 677]

Do it! You know you want to

[Darknono35 3,137]

Great to see you on the CBT !!! I hope you'll can do several houses and apartments soon

[art128 4,618]

Aaron, as a first for the the Chicago team, and that would be a very impressive addition in my opinion, why not BAT the Robie House?

[GeometryMath Algebra 614]

Well the AON Center is more or less overscaled:

But it could be possible that the guy who created the WTC forgot to apply the 133% scale up from actual height, or something...

[Darknono35 3,137]

@GeometryMath Algebra: like you have mentioned, the old version of the WTC isn't at the good size

You can use the latest version done by Sgt Pepper

 

[GeometryMath Algebra 614]

Yeah, I know, but the version by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club BATs (Yay, Beatlemaniac! ) are just individual buildings, not the entire complex. I guess we have to make another version of the entire pre-9/11 WTC complex.

[GeometryMath Algebra 614]

Double posting, but whatevah!

Just did a scale testing between different BATs to see if DK35's AON Center is really overscaled or not.

From left to right: AON Center by DK35, One World Trade Center by Sgt. Pepper, One World Trade Center by rubik3, One World Trade Center (new) by nycc03, Maxis' Empire State Building, and Sears Tower by ks_jpn.

I think the AON Center is really overscaled, because it should be WAAY shorter than the WTC, ESB, and Sears Tower. I also found out Sgt. Pepper's WTC was also overscaled too, so that made me stick with the old BSC WTC.

So, by unanimous decision, AON Center is REALLY overscaled, but still gorgeous.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

A unanimous decision by one person is not too impressive. Anything else might indicate a schizophreniac.

 

You are comparing different buildings made by different authors using different scales, picking out one of them and saying it is "overscaled". The only comparison with true value is to take several buildings that you know have been made using RL dimensions plus a uniform scale modifier. Let's see what we have here:

 

• For A.ON Center, we know DK35 claims to have picked RL dimensions * 133% to compensate for a squished appearance
• For Sgt Pepper's WTC, I don't know the scale multiplier, and I know he wasn't going for an absolutely precise recreation at all
• For rubik3's old WTC, I guess it is scaled to 100% without any modifier
• For nycc's new 1WTC, I know neither the accuracy to RL dimensions nor the scale modifier (if any)
• Maxis' old WTC has been made at 100% scale or is even underscaled; that much seems pretty much agreed upon if you ask around.
• For KS_JPN's Sears Tower, I cannot really say anything.

 

As a mathematics buff you should know that you're handling an equation with lots of unknown factors here, and that you cannot reach a satisfactory result until these factors are determined. Since this is impossible, I'd propose a different approach:

 

Take the RL height of all the buildings shown here. Make a simple column in max that has the same height as the corresponding RL building (or maybe a set of three columns - one for 100%, one for 120%, and one for 133% of the RL height). Put these columns next to another; they will be a perfect representation of height differences in any uniform scale modifier. Then plop the BATs next to them, and you'll see what's really overscaled or underscaled.

 

My guess: All the BATs will oscillate around any height benchmark (100%, 120%, 133%) you choose.

[edwardjeria 503]

this is a big problem, t wecks, according to you, what would come to be the most realistic building according to the height

[Vlasky 1,803]

I was in need to do a height check for my own purposes just now, and I've finally used your image just out of curiosity, and I can tell you for sure that all of the BATs (excluding Sgt.Pepper's and Darknono's) are underscaled and most likely without any scaling, that is at 100%.