Reddonquixote's BAT thread

[SimCoug 5,976]

I understand why you won't be making a modular set... that could easily turn into a hair pulling experience.  But after taking a close look at some of those pictures I think you could come up with some really great props.  Flag poles, park benches, statues, various little buildings, street lamps... they would all lend themselves to a great prop pack.

BTW, I really like those perspective shots - they could easily be mistaken for RL photos.  Great work!

[urielgarcia 344]

Had to log in to say ....wow....such a fantastic project Red.  Wonderful. Wonderful.

 

 

     

[jwsteele 77]

OK, I hate to be such a pain, but will Federation Square ever make the list of active projects?  I have a beautiful empty space waiting for that BAT!!  It is such a rarity in the game, because (to my knowledge) we do not have a single high-quality BAT for a city center with bars/entertainment/iconic status like an LA Live, Union Square, etc that are so common in big cities.

Thanks for your continually amazing creations.  You truly are the best of the best!

[gazzyd 9]

Impressed by the Yarra progress Red - look forward to seeing an update on your city too! 

[elavery 1,013]

I think some of the buildings, like the aquarium, would make great props which lotters like me could put to great use.

[jmsepe 2,039]

Red, is it me or some part of the bat you recently released, I think it was Melbourne Central has some part of the bat over hanging? Like the lot size is smaller than the whole bat. Pardon me if this has been answered already. 

Lels. I wasn't reading the description, so it was really over hanging for a reason. Hahaha. Screw me. 

[weixc812 509]

I think some of the buildings, like the aquarium, would make great props which lotters like me could put to great use.

Can't agree more!

Btw Reddon, how is Brisbane Infinity Tower going? That building looks so unique and beautiful, can't wait to dl!

[north_coaster 0]

Well these BATs are all awesome! Great work; I look forward to seeing more.

[gazzyd 9]

At some point I think the Melbourne-based folks in this thread owe Red a beer for his devotion to our city!

[Reddonquixote 4,339]

Lovely!.. I'll take those thankyou   ... how many is that?? :party: :party:

 

Sorry I've been AWOL, been battling cold for a week.. but back and BATing with a vengeance .. Although I did start a new project on my laptop while I'll was indisposed, but its not ready for a reveal just yet

 

Re prop pack, yes I have a few things I can get going back to previous models.. there was that little church and shops I made in Melbourne Central and the buildings around Grand Hyatt, the Tennis Court, Palm trees and Vehicles from Q1, various sculptures and statues from St Paul's Cathedral and the Arts Centre.. and there will be a few more when I get through the next couple of sections of the river, including a helicopter to go on the helipad, and water vessels for the river... should be a good pack when its ready   

 

Fed Square... yeah should have worked on that when I was sick.. I forgot .. soon!! Infinity Tower should be soon Weixc

 

Tonight I made a start on night lights for the library:

 

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

/shouts you a beer of your choice

The library lights look so authentic!

[tonyr 926]

Logging on this morning and seeing an update from you Red made my day. I'm happy you are back and doing well. Awesome update !

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

Wow! The library is fantastic!

[Roger51 381]

Library looks great red, the crossing lights out the front looks a little strange. 

 

Would happily buy you a beer if I ever make it over east Also, any images you want? Been a bit busy with exams but if you make a list I will get you them

[Durfsurn 539]

I'd shout you a beer but I'm 15 Maybe a Melbourne meet up

 

Anyways, veeeeery nice job on the library and the river front. On the functional viaducts thing, I'm sure a NAM team member would be glad to give some info on it.

[scotty222 549]

The Lights look fantastic so far 

[SimCoug 5,976]

Beautiful night lights!

[Reddonquixote 4,339]

Thanks everyone

 

Roger, yeah wasn't sure about those criss-crossing lights either, but I also wasn't sure what to do about them, they weren't created intentionally, it was just the way the shadows fell due to the pillars. Here's a minor update with shadows turned off on those lights - not something I thought I'd ever do, but turns out it creates a more ambient glow rather than a direct light source, I think it looks quite warm and inviting I also lowered the reflectivity on some of the materials so it looks a bit more natural now.

 

 

That's a good idea Durfsurn re the viaducts. I haven't tried them specifically, but I would have just assumed using the one's that come with the NAM already, they'd be ok wouldn't they? BTW, I forget some people on this site are so young... makes me feel shockingly old... ta for that    

[Fargo 566]

Something seems odd about the grass texture. Maybe if it was smaller or there was less variation in the color it would look more natural. 

[SimCoug 5,976]

I like the lighting changes...
and PS, I would love to see those statues on the library make it into your prop pack 

[tonyr 926]

I thought the cross lighting looked beautiful Red,but I agree the change is better.

 

Very observant Roger51 btw.

[gazzyd 9]

Nightlights look nice. Gonna start calling you Greengrassquixote from now on, all that work on the lawn!

[__A 792]

Yeah the nightlights are a big improvement, looks so real :3

[Harry's Place 918]

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[T Wrecks 10,210]

Thanks roger51 for mentioning those lights - you took the words from my mouth. The new ones look good, and I'd take the building as is.

 

Still, I wonder whether it's the best solution. Now we have the backlit columns and that ambient glow, which looks a bit contradictory to me. Isn't it possible to simply add some more fuzz/diffusion and a wider angle to the lights behind the columns in order to avoid that criss-crossing light beam pattern? Or can the lights be adjusted such that they fade after a shorter distance? Or both? Just rambling a little here - as I said, it's not a biggie at all.

 

While we're at it, though, I might add that I love the illumination from the white lamps lining the staircase and the front plaza.

[Reddonquixote 4,339]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the help with this

 

Here's a 3rd version - I found a setting that rotates the light distribution, so I rotated the two sides in opposite directions. That fixed the criss crossing, but it ended too abruptly in darkness in the plaza. So I added another row of low intensity target lights behind the pillar bases, with the targets poking through in between the pillars. I also rescaled the grass so its smaller, I think that looks a bit better?

 

 

Here's two buildings from down the side... I'm having light leaking issues so will need to fix that (if anyone has any good ideas how to do that?)

 

 

Oh, and yeah, don't worry SimCoug, the library statues were suggested in an earlier post, I will definitely be including them as well

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

So perfect *-*

[Darknono35 3,138]

Gorgeous work !!!!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Wonderful work on both buildings.

[tonyr 926]

Just when you think his BATs are perfect,Red finds a way to make them even better! Perfectionist?