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[Lucario Boricua 7,052]

     What's going on in the Kingdom!? Those who want to find out must go this way!     

 

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

2007 Cadillac Escalade

[rivit 3,402]

Down by the seaside
See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear
What the little fish are sayin'...

 

The latest in a set of experiments on game water. This one a pretty calm summer's day - only small ripples. You can get this from my Archive Here.

Read the readme to learn about it.

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airport terminal-gate 3x2

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

I just realized that I lost all the plugins I downloaded two years ago 

[frantic 355]

On 30.4.2020 at 3:48 PM, T Wrecks said:

@frantic: What a fantastic first BAT! Looks like a clean and realistic modeling job and great texturing.  I have recently modded and re-lotted some older service stations and other retail stuff and found out that I'm a sucker for freestanding signs of all kind - they make for interesting lotting options and add a lot of visual interest (and realism!) to commercial service areas. Good to see that your BAT comes with such a sign as well.

My only suggestions are that, in terms of textures, the rounded section may be a tad too dark/saturated to blend in seamlessly into a Maxis background, though. White and black are really hard to translate into SimCity. The night lights in that section are a very cold white, too. The lettering is beautifully lit, though. In terms of modeling, is the rounded section supposed to have visible edges, or would it be an option to use smoothing groups to make them disappear? Depends on what you are going for, of course, and that building section makes the entire structure look a lot more interesting either way.

All in all, this looks splendid so far and my above comments are merely intended as a little food for thought. It's great to see new BATters on board!

Thanks for the feedback! The rounded section is indeed meant to have visible edges, as that's what it looks like in real life (this is an older photo so the lettering is different):

I agree with the black looking a bit off, I was actually trying to texture it so it would blend in with the rest of the glass and the frames without being transparent, but for some reason applying a cylindrical UVW Map to that particular 14-sided part gives me a 16-sided texturing area, which wouldn't work with what I had in mind. I don't know whether it's just a GMAX thing or if I'm doing something wrong, but it was a cheap and lazy solution anyway - I will just do it the same way I did the transparent windows. I will also make the night lights a bit warmer and after a few other fixes and added details it should hopefully be ready for release

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

2 hours ago, WolfZe said:

airport terminal-gate 3x2

Wow! @WolfZe, that's excellent! Could I convince to rotate it 45 degrees and release a diagonal version as well? It's desperately needed in our sim-airports! If that's too much of a bother or you aren't interested, please ignore my request. 

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

Bus stop 6/10, Dubai aircondition bus stop, I couldn't find out enough resources, so just scrawled some with Photoshop, Still texturing.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[Silur 3,308]

There are retail and wholesale sellers of bricks on Santana Island (Beta version). 

[pclark06 12,073]

I am getting a new PC but before I get that I'm making one last building on this current one that was a request from someone I know - my Roy Rogers retextured into the Canadian burger chain Harvey's.

[mattb325 28,891]

@Raymond7cn, your bus stops are looking fantastic, and the hologram is amazing! It's great to see some really modern stuff entering the SC4 palette.

The Pulse Memorial Plaza is available for download on SC4 Devotion.

 Here:

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3965

 

[xxdita 1,097]

54 minutes ago, mattb325 said:

@Raymond7cn, your bus stops are looking fantastic, and the hologram is amazing! It's great to see some really modern stuff entering the SC4 palette.

The Pulse Memorial Plaza is available for download on SC4 Devotion.

 Here:

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3965

 

Thank you for this building, @mattb325. As a lifelong Orlando resident, I only hope the final museum looks as good when it's completed!

[dubaidude303 1,126]

1 hour ago, mattb325 said:

@Raymond7cn, your bus stops are looking fantastic, and the hologram is amazing! It's great to see some really modern stuff entering the SC4 palette.

The Pulse Memorial Plaza is available for download on SC4 Devotion.

 Here:

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3965

 

Wow!! This is awesome. Nice work!

[dubaidude303 1,126]

8 hours ago, Raymond7cn said:

Bus stop 6/10, Dubai aircondition bus stop, I couldn't find out enough resources, so just scrawled some with Photoshop, Still texturing.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

I love this bus stop!!!!

[Krasner 1,062]

@Silur That's really nice to see you post more often recently

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

2 hours ago, mattb325 said:

@Raymond7cn, your bus stops are looking fantastic, and the hologram is amazing! It's great to see some really modern stuff entering the SC4 palette.

The Pulse Memorial Plaza is available for download on SC4 Devotion.

 Here:

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3965

 

Dear Matt, Thanks for your compliments, Yes I improved a little recently, and some ideas were inspired by Terring, @TerringBut frankly, I still feel inadequate to model some big buildings, so I choose to do these bus stations for exercise. Actually, I haven't given up those giant Lots (Simtropolis headquarters, Minas Tirith) All I have done now is prepare for them. Please forgive my awkward skill, I will do better someday.

Your Plaza is amazing as it always was. I tip my hat to the real master! (my English is also improved)

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

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Airport Runway Cleaner

[T Wrecks 10,210]

On 1.5.2020 at 3:31 PM, frantic said:

Thanks for the feedback! The rounded section is indeed meant to have visible edges, as that's what it looks like in real life (this is an older photo so the lettering is different):

I agree with the black looking a bit off, I was actually trying to texture it so it would blend in with the rest of the glass and the frames without being transparent, but for some reason applying a cylindrical UVW Map to that particular 14-sided part gives me a 16-sided texturing area, which wouldn't work with what I had in mind. I don't know whether it's just a GMAX thing or if I'm doing something wrong, but it was a cheap and lazy solution anyway - I will just do it the same way I did the transparent windows. I will also make the night lights a bit warmer and after a few other fixes and added details it should hopefully be ready for release

Ah yes, this explains the rounded area. That thing with the 14-sided cylinder turning int a 16-sided texturing area could very well be a gmax thing - that piece of software isn't exactly famous for being bug-free. Still, apparently you managed to wrestle with that tool and its shortcomings impressively well. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress!

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

Bus stop 7/10, The night scene is weird, I will fix it before publish. (AC Milan)

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

@Raymond7cn Beautiful!

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo --

More stuff from Wilhelmshaven South. 

Having worked our way up the east side of the island, we have come to the northern tip.  Almost all the rest of the island is encased with various marinas and their seawalls and breakwaters.  But the tip of the island is more exposed to the usually severe North Sea weather conditions so marinas would have been out of the question.  Consequently, I had to experiment around until I found a suitable landscaping style to accommodate a tidal beach with a more rugged look.

Here you see the back side of the shopping area in the Upper Yacht Basin East -- with the Hotel Krantzler and Leda Shopping building.  Notice that the buildings on the raised area have been protected by my improvised set of sandstone seawalls.

 

This is the Sheraton Isabel maria connected to the amusement park on the upper level, and with a beautiful view of the sea and  rocky shoreline.

 

Some more of the shoreline landscaping with a bit more of the amusement park.  My favorite lot is the Giant Vienna Wheel.  I did a little re-lot work on it and added some more lighting to bring it our more.  Here you can see where I ended the sandstone seawalls and picked up with the Jenex Paris Embankments to provide a more sturdy look to the barrier.

 

 

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

2002 Ford Crown Victoria Police:

I fixed some materials:

2009 Dodge Charger STR-8 Police:

Cop:

[gutterclub 2,729]

On 5/2/2020 at 5:07 AM, Raymond7cn said:

Bus stop 6/10, Dubai aircondition bus stop, I couldn't find out enough resources, so just scrawled some with Photoshop, Still texturing.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

These look great but are you able to show any preview renders so we can see how they might look in game? 

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

8 hours ago, gutterclub said:

These look great but are you able to show any preview renders so we can see how they might look in game? 

Aye, Thank you for your kind reminder dear gutterclub, Frankly, I haven't made transit Lots before,  Anyway, You are right, I will render and put them into city as soon as possible, Thank you.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[gutterclub 2,729]

You don't need to put them into a city, simply carry out a preview in BAT4MAX

[art128 4,622]

@gutterclub Better to render them now before he has too much models to handle the pressure of rendering everything.

 

Though I doubt @Raymond7cn will fall victim to this loophole.

[Haljackey 17,398]

A couple interchange upgrades

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[Raymond7cn 6,776]

8 hours ago, art128 said:

@gutterclub Better to render them now before he has too much models to handle the pressure of rendering everything.

 

Though I doubt @Raymond7cn will fall victim to this loophole.

 

9 hours ago, gutterclub said:

You don't need to put them into a city, simply carry out a preview in BAT4MAX

Dear gutterclub and art128, Above are the screen-shots in game, It seems a little big and I should tweak light effect of it. Not too bad, Thank you for your advices, I will consider more to let them be fit for the city.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[Terring 6,476]

This bus stop looks indeed a bit oversized, but it's awesome and its nightlights are true killers

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

@Raymond7cn What scale do you use?

zoom 6

2010 Lexus LX 570:

2003 Lexus LX 470: