Project Taipei 101

[AndisArt 2,066]

This is heading for a Top-of-the-Top position under all BATs ever created! Admirable talent and work!!

[kd5rax 82]

Alright, the textures are just about finalized, so let me know if anything is amiss. I'll try a test render overnight with standard lods (the last one I tried with custom lods failed...) I know this computer definately wont be able to handle the lighting, so it'll have to wait on a new computer so just be patient with it.

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//finalizedtex1.jpg align=baseline>

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//finalizedtower.jpg width=244 align=baseline>

Ps. I know itll be hard to wait, cause im excited myself. Thanks andisart, I think it is turning out to be better than any other bat ive made before.

[kd5rax 82]

I have some rather unfortunate news... I keep getting the export code 6 whenever I lot stuff soon try to export the ONLY THE STANDARD LODS... So no test untill I get the new computer. I might start on lot stuff because it will be at least a month until I can render the tower

[2ch.net simplayer 180]

You get code 6 if the LOD is too big.  Might work if you modifiy the shape of the LOD.

Rendering the mall and tower separately is also an option.

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

Thanks 2ch.net simplayer, I hope that helps cause I for one can't wait a month

[kd5rax 82]

I was hoping I could avoid it this time around, but yeah, you are right... I'll give it a test with two separate peices in a couple of days. That still wont allow me to render the final ting unless i break it into many peices because the lights are gonna be killer on the final bat, and this computer definately wont be able to handle them...

[sparkythepenguin 90]

Well, just take whatever time you need to get this rolling again. It's hard to wait, but we understand. It looks AWESOME and I can't say that enough!

[carlosau 76]

WOW! Just PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats man!

[SYM Productions 7]

I voted you in for most realistic BAT just before the bell... your patience with this project has been outstanding!  You're in the home stretch now!

- CDI_spy

[kd5rax 82]

Good news everyone.

I tried the custom lods, and they actually rendered. So I'm going to try a test render with the custom lods, so my computer might be down for a couple of days. And I still dont think it will handle the lights though, but the tower can be rendered in one piece. 

[bixel 1,223]

this is most fortuitous, may the celestial gods bless your computer.

[kaji 0]

lol

glad to see this project is still making progress. cant wait to see how things turnout *crosses fingers and toes and wishes for the best*

 

~kaji

[Slowhand 0]

Awesome! It's well worth the wait.

Good luck with the test render. I'm sure it will work.

(My guess is it will take at least 28 hours even for a test render.)

[kagevrtugol 0]

WOW great job, probably the best bat yet! Just wondering if u will ever finish Skydome (Roger's Center)?

[kd5rax 82]

Well, I'm back and I have good and bad news...

The good news first, the tower rendered in like 40 minutes and came out absolutely beautifully except for the bad news...

here are some pictures not affected by the bad news...

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//detail.JPG align=baseline>

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//small.JPG align=baseline>

 

And now, the bad news...

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//messedup.JPG align=baseline>

 

Crazy huh? It does a similar thing in zooms 3, 4, and 5 in all four angles.  It is not the model that is messed up, I think, but the base texture. It wants to show over the building and ends up messing with the display in game. I think that if I could eliminate the base overlay it wouldnt affect the model in game, but I dont know how to make a translucent base overlay... I tried numerous renders and always ended up with the same results and I frankly dont know why it is doing this to me. worse comes to worse, i can always import into gmax, but that would take forever to render compared to 40 minutes.

 

And sorry about the region, I had wiped the drive before I restarted the project and forgot to keep my cities...

 

[GAT-X105 3]

It only looks weird at 3, 4, and 5? Maybe it's a custom LOD problem, those only show up at the closer 3 zooms, above that it uses standard box LODs.

[1ajs 49]

holy crap that looks amazing can't wait to for this to come out. dam gliches o well i will just have to wait for this master peac to come out

[Slowhand 0]

Date: 11/25/2005 9:42:56 PM
Author: GAT-X105
It only looks weird at 3, 4, and 5? Maybe it's a custom LOD problem, those only show up at the closer 3 zooms, above that it uses standard box LODs.

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That's my best guess. It has to do with your custom LODs. I'm not sure if it will work, it might mess it up even, but perhaps resetting all LODs might work?


It looks great by the way. That's a draft render, right?

[kd5rax 82]

hmm, ok, I will try and redo the lods again. I cant do the standard box because the area of it is too large and gives a code 6 error, and i cant use the ones i have now because of odd glitches... Oh well, thats life.

[praiodan 78]

Gosh! It looks stunning. To bad that bug seems to affect the building... I hope you can get it right somehow.

[Superstar 69]

Hmm...If you like you could try sending me the model. I was told that those see through base textures you were asking for are not really textures, what was done is that those texture were deleted through Ilive and so wern't there i.e see through

[sparkythepenguin 90]

Ack! Weird in-game problem aside, it looks awesome in game! The last pre-exported pictures looked like an actual photo of T101!

I am amazed with all the detail. Hope you can get it to work, take as long as ya need

[kd5rax 82]

WOOHOO!!!! I got it.  It turns out it was a problems with the lods, something with how the boxes I used to fit it where overlapping, so I made a big box, booleaned it with the old lods, so I had a hollow cutout of the lod, then booleaned that with a standard lod fit box, taking off the edges outside the cutaway, and it works marvelously.

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//z51.JPG align=baseline>

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//z31.JPG align=baseline>

 

I dont like how harsh the maxis standard lighting is, but hey its gotta fit into the game and every other building has the harsh lights...

BTW SuperStar, I love the new lable.

[Superstar 69]

Looks so awesome! Can't wait to see what you have planned with the night lights!
And no problem about it

[praiodan 78]

Just gotta say: WoO0OoOo0oO0OoT

[frogface 352]

amazing work! you really have outdone yourself this time shame about the maxis lighting but it still does look awesome

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

Fantasmicocious!

[kd5rax 82]

Alright, here is where it starts to get tricky...

I have two options for night lights:

This first one is the one that the tower uses for light shows and special occasions

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//finallights.jpg align=baseline>

And this next one would include individual window lights, the above one would come as is.

This second one is the standard lighting used for most nights.

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//finallight2.jpg align=baseline>

 

The top one can be released within a couple of weeks and will not require a new computer to finish and render, but the second one could take a while..

[DuskTrooper 314]

Looks UBER, dude!

And BTW, SS, it is Trompe d'oeil, not tromp d'oleil!

[Superstar 69]

Looking sweet as always!
DT- I know, have you actually read the lable?