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[Rott 2,399]

2 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

 

When I make neon signage, I make 2 image layers on the lettering. The base letters are bright white by raising mid-tones and I use a blur. I overlay that with the colored letters and raise the transparency about 20% or to taste. To turn the light off, simply lower the mid-tones of both layers.

To animate, time them for about a half second per frame.

I found the blur effect, a neat thing I never knew about I'll try to experiment with in future, sadly I'm thinking it might not work in my case since I'm using two different free direct night lights to illuminate the two layers of the sign I have there, the subtle outer red and inner orange.

Unless I could apply it with a night light effect maybe?

  Edited October 26, 2023 by Rott  
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[Lazarou Monkey Terror 1,838]

Filling up Brajonel nicely, almost at the 1 million sim mark. Lotting some specific landmarks for the tile now, to give it some unique character befitting such a central location. 

[madhatter106 3,931]

15 hours ago, Rott said:

I found the blur effect, a neat thing I never knew about I'll try to experiment with in future, sadly I'm thinking it might not work in my case since I'm using two different free direct night lights to illuminate the two layers of the sign I have there, the subtle outer red and inner orange.

Unless I could apply it with a night light effect maybe?

There is a way of using self-illuminating materials in gmax.  I use it for my neon nightlights.

In the Material Editor, once you've created a texture, you can click on the self-illumination box and then the color panel to the right of it, and then you can select a specific color.  Alternately, if you don't want it to be a flat color, you can instead click on the button to the right of the color panel, and that will give you the option of loading a specific texture map to add to the texture.  But that requires tweaking things in Photoshop to get what you want - in those cases I find that the base material/texture is one file, and the self-illumination map is a greatly enhanced brighter, low-contrast version of the same.

With this technique, though, you have the self-illumination on for both the day and the night views.  This might not be a problem, however.  But, if you want it to light up only at night, and only have one color of neon to do, then you can use the "nite" prefix on the neon tubes/sign, and create a custom nightmap for it.  

[tariely 4,499]

On 15/10/2023 at 12:40 PM, justforfun said:

A few of the shop fronts I'm making for the upcoming third pack of commercial parades:

(because you didn't think I was done...right?)

 

NIFTYYYYY !   Will we be able to place them on any building front, or just yours ? (or will they be “baked in“ ?)

[Lazarou Monkey Terror 1,838]

 

4 minutes ago, tariely said:

NIFTYYYYY !   Will we be able to place them on any building front, or just yours ? (or will they be “baked in“ ?)

 

I would like to see them in a prop family, adding a bit of variety to Lotters' shop fronts. 

[tariely 4,499]

On 22/10/2023 at 3:35 PM, SIM-ple Jack said:

Quite dazzling actually, especially at night. Unfortunately, the problem is, buildings like that could only be used once in a city or region, and only in a certain kind of city. Which reduces it's utility quite drastically. You couldn't put 20 of them in a city without it bordering parody. Reminds me of this jewel, which everyone probably has, but is rarely seen in pics-

But if you put it on the STEX, undoubtedly, you'll get a ton of dl's.

I for one would DL it. I used the Blue Heaven once : you practically have to build the city around it ! But it's fun to imagine the story of a city that would have that built !

[TheMurderousCricket 5,107]

On 23.10.2023 at 4:51 PM, BadSim said:

Work in progress, same fictional French small town with slate roofs and a rich medieval past: Longecourt-en-Plaine.

I am speech-less...   

This is the most beautiful thing I have seen around here in quite a long while with only korver's True Earth imagery probably being equally realistic to what you accomplished...

This is totally stunning... 

[Krisman 4,652]

Small rural update:
 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

18 hours ago, Rott said:

I found the blur effect, a neat thing I never knew about

Known as the Gaussian blur in Chop society. I mostly use it for blending and lighting effects. There was a trend, a few years back, here, where everyone was using it to blur out backgrounds. I thought I was going myopic.

 

The mission at Bhattswaal

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

2 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Known as the Gaussian blur in Chop society. I mostly use it for blending and lighting effects. There was a trend, a few years back, here, where everyone was using it to blur out backgrounds. I thought I was going myopic.

 

The mission at Bhattswaal

 

Let me guess......

"Wrong-way Corrigan" is the navigator and he's trying to figure out why this doesn't look like the Tiergarten -- right?

[primary01 112]

[Dead_End 1,630]

13 minutes ago, primary01 said:

Oooh! Kabukichō?

[Ct1999 4,200]

16 minutes ago, primary01 said:

Wow, That is really good.

[Terring 6,476]

On 25/10/2023 at 4:33 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

I have already exported all the buildings.

[justforfun 7,927]

20 hours ago, tariely said:

NIFTYYYYY !   Will we be able to place them on any building front, or just yours ? (or will they be “baked in“ ?)

Glad you like them! They will come as independent props that can be used in the LE. However whether or not you'll be able to add them to any building front, will depend on the LODs of each building. A bit tricky to explain, so you'll just have to try. 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

2 hours ago, primary01 said:

 

 

Congratulations, you win this part of the Internet with this one! Bonus points if it's animated-

[pclark06 12,072]

Some fictional gas station concepts I am working on.

[Honolulu 2,779]

A little progress... Some new growables... I waste a lot of time making the parts to join the growables together. I imagine that there is a lot of urban planning inconsistency but I am unable to do better for the moment. The future will tell me if I can improve this shortcoming...

Residential Stage 2 under construction...

[TheMurderousCricket 5,107]

7 hours ago, Honolulu said:

A little progress... Some new growables... I waste a lot of time making the parts to join the growables together. I imagine that there is a lot of urban planning inconsistency but I am unable to do better for the moment. The future will tell me if I can improve this shortcoming...

Residential Stage 2 under construction...

Looks great. You should be proud. That's an order!

[justforfun 7,927]

Imagine 12 new commercial buildings...

 

... combined with 163 new shop fronts, to create 14 new shop parades...

 

... soon on the STEX!

[TheMurderousCricket 5,107]

6 hours ago, justforfun said:

Imagine 12 new commercial buildings...

 

... combined with 163 new shop fronts, to create 14 new shop parades...

 

... soon on the STEX!

Excellent. This is the kind of architecture I need for one of my Central European regions. 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

Down by the Congo river...

[justforfun 7,927]

Judging by the number of new shops opening, the sim economy is booming!

 

 

[CarstenB 660]

On 27.10.2023 at 5:30 PM, SIM-ple Jack said:

 

Congratulations, you win this part of the Internet with this one! Bonus points if it's animated-

I visited this exact building in Tokyo a few days ago I remember the escalators in the main entrance (go to the cinema) and the Godzille statue on the roof. I was there when Godzilla came to life. It was so cool. I would be very happy to be able to download this building.

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

I don't know if the lighting looks good.

[kschmidt 6,223]

Apuglia Brindisi!

Tonight, had as ¨play with Brindisi ! First civilian neighbourhood zoning and last the city center with part of the town wall !

Enjoy !

[hugues aroux 3,867]

43 minutes ago, Barroco Hispano said:

I don't know if the lighting looks good.

My opinion ... for low, grazing light!? oh Yes, good!! ... Lunar ... well, you'd have to ask Buzz Aldrin or Armstrong ...

[mitsos 12,966]

Blade Runner Blues

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

17 hours ago, hugues aroux said:

well, you'd have to ask Buzz Aldrin

Better do it soon, too. He's 93.

18 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

I don't know if the lighting looks good.

I think I can make it work.

[SneakyDeaky 1,130]

11 hours ago, mitsos said:

Blade Runner Blues

 

Now I wanna play cyberpunk 2077! I have yet to play it but I'm getting those "Night City" vibes from the trailers with this screenshot! I like how there's all these brands still around like Sony and Toshiba. I like signs.