The UN Headquarters

[Superstar 69]

The voting has finished and the UN building won to be the first NY building to work on so here is a pic of it in my NY2 and I need lots of advice from anyone who can to make this project worth anything so this is the pic, and let me know

 

[frogface 354]

i think if you post of pic of the real one then we can see what needs to be done to improve it.

 

[EchoOfGecko 0]

[Superstar 69]

Here is a pic of the original UN in NY, know now?

 

[joerg 281]

Ok well the biggest problem is your texturing. We will start with the tower. It looks like you have a texture running all the way up the side of the tower and you used no geometry to make the windows and the top utility floor. So here is what i suggest. Pull all those textures off and start modeling all the windows and the window trim aswell as the sky lobbies and the top utility floor. Then once you have that modeled texture the windows with a few different shades to make it look more reflective. Then you can texture the trim and stuff. Also it looks like you have some real solid modeles for the other 2 buildings but they still need alot more details and you need to again concentrate on texturing. It seems your not using textures that repeat very well they are 2 noticable. And what happened to the dome ontop of the other building it seem to be missing in your model. And lastly as for the lot you will want to spend more time designing the lot to match the real layout and not just grass.

[Superstar 69]

Thanks for the suggestions, I said that it needs lots of work so don't worry, this was my first ever to be BAT, and I left it out for abit but now I'm planing on releasing it as a really good quality building, so thats why I need lots of advice from anyone who can

[mentarman 14]

I think Joerg hit the nail on the head. You've done some fine work, it just needs some attention to detail and some work with the texturing and I think this will be a great BAT.

[UrbanLegend 63]

My advice:
Tower:
-You can see the texture pattern tiling. When you create a texture for a large face like that, take a screen shot of the model from whatever view you are texturing. Use Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro (free) to cut and paste elements from those actual UN pictures to create a new texture that will fit in one tile across the face of the building.

Other buildings:
-coloring - Colors should really be more desaturated and darker. Remember that you are looking at a city from 10,000 feet so haze should make everything look a little duller. Bright colors (especially white) tend to stand out in the game and give BAT building the appearance of 'glowing'.

-Texturing - Even for monochromatic buildings, texturing fine 'noise' and variations in coloring will give your building depth and prevent them from looking 'plastic'. You can even use textures cut from your reference pics.

ALL
-Details - What makes a building or any 3D model stand out is details - small and large. Recessed doorways, HVAC equipment, awnings, light fixtures. All these little things help to give a model depth.

[Superstar 69]

Well this is a pic of the windows, now I need someone really good at window texturing, I need a texure of the following

 

 

I need a texure of one window in the same types of color like above, maby a few brighter and darker so that they won't all look the same...

 

I would make them myself but I'm not any good at making texures, so if anyone has any post them here...

[ravens31 1]

That building looks too short, so don't forget to make the building about 125% of the real building's height.

[Superstar 69]

Can anyone help me with the texure, it will be hard for me to start without it...

[Superstar 69]

Here it is now, made the windows as accurate as possible, even counted and now I need the texture to work stuff out, any help here from anyone?

 

[Superstar 69]

Here is a pic that will make the whole thing look better, this is not the texture yet, please could someone help me out?

 

[Rickk 16]

I can try to help out, but it will have to wait a day or two.

Now quit asking every post.

[Superstar 69]

Thanks rickk, and sorry for asking every post, it was just no one was answering

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

Date: 7/7/2004 4:53:06 PM
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That building looks too short, so don't forget to make the building about 125% of the real building's height.

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Actually, I'd say it looks about the right height as it is.

[Grover_G 3]

I'll see if I can dig up some good pictures of the U.N. compound.

Just one question, are you planning to create all the buildings as seperate lots?

[Superstar 69]

First off all the hight is more or less ok, In the newer version that I'm making now I'd expect the hight perfect, and for how I'll release the building I'm not sure, I think I'll make one big lot and also each building seperate all in one version

[Superstar 69]

So about the texure, I'm still waiting for someone to come help out, it's hard for me to carry on without it, I don't want to nag but it is true

[madawac 48]

Maybe you find some of them useful:

[Superstar 69]

Thanks, the color is good but it is not right for the UN, it should be more like one main color a texure and a total of two or three texures, if anyone knows how to create them let me know

[Grover_G 3]

Here are some window textures that could help. There are three types of proposed windows; fully openned, half-openned and fully closed. I've also included two different shades of colour for the window blinds, one darker and the other, lighter:

[Superstar 69]

Thanks grover, I started putting the texure on, this is only one, I'll add the diffrent shades soon enough

 

 

I have not started yet on the bottom level and I'll start soon the sides and the top

[Superstar 69]

Well I texured all the rest of the building and I'm moving on to the front of the building now this is the door ( or front )

 

 

And this is the real thing, as you can see there is a plaza there or something like that but the pic is not clear so if eneyone can get a pic of the front I'll be more then happy

[Grover_G 3]

I haven't exactly found any decent shots of the roundabout, but I found something close to that: Linky

Also, I've found a floor plan of the entire UN compound. See it here .

[dudyconstructor 46]

Thats great SC4 needs an United Nation HQ thats great keep the good work

 

[Superstar 69]

Thanks Grover_G for those great pics, more will be more then happy to get...

 

This is the UN in BAT.... (for now)

 

 

I'm looking for more pics to help me out for now

[dev 47]

Pic is not working?

[Djohaal 121]

Also make the lighting irregular! the UN tower will look simply DULL if it has all the windows lighted

[hackinosa 29]

it looks good so far!