Project Taipei 101

[toxicpiano 125]

my head exploded. ill see you in court.

[DuskTrooper 314]

Date: 11/30/2005 2:47:10 PM
Author: Superstar
Looking sweet as always!

DT- I know, have you actually read the lable?

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Yes, I have.
It says: NDEX Trompe D'oleil BATter
Member

Like I said: it should be oeil!

Oeil vey!

[mcarch 15]

Hmm, I cant decifer on the night lights.  In all honesty, I can barely see them

[lrfox 2]

I personally like the second one better, but both are incredible as is the structure itself. I say it's completely upto you, you've managed the whole process yourself so far, pick your favorite. I'm sure it won't make a difference to us, I just can't wait to see it on the STEX

[1ajs 49]

prefer the second one my self can't wiat for them sweet sweet sweet

make an atemed at rendering the second one aka just leav it let it render lol or you only got one pc to use...

[kd5rax 82]

Here ya go mcarch:

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

 

This pic is with only nightlights so it stands out...  I also changed the color, this is going to be the lighting for a limited editon Taipei Gold. I wish the ingame lights would be a pitch black light rig like this instead of the dusk lighting at night.

[mcarch 15]

Thank You!  MUCH better!  I LOVE this nightlighting!

[lrfox 2]

that lighting is perfect

[SYM Productions 7]

Very nice...

Omg I can't wait for this one!  So detailed! 

 

- CDI_spy

[SYM Productions 7]

Argh double-post... sorry

[6459978. 106]

Date: 11/30/2005 6:48:05 PM Author: kd5rax

I wish the ingame lights would be a pitch black light rig like this instead of the dusk lighting at night.

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I've often wished the same thing. And I always think to myself that surely there must be a way to do it... The game knows how to change the colour of the textures for a smooth transition from day to night, so is it possible that there's a dat somewhere that controls that? Or is it hardcoded....

[Tunafish 48]

Very sexy. Excellent job.

[Hordijk 18]

Very sexy.

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Yeah, that's the word sexy

Keep it up!

[kd5rax 82]

After about three tests and some significant reworking to get the lights looking good in the game (the bat tends to have a habit of over-saturationg the lights on the building so it looks funny) This is what I have for Taipei Gold.

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

Some of the lights are still a bit over-excited, but if I have time today, I'll turn the zealous ones down and do a re-render.

Ps: Here are some rather astounding facts: There are 187875 total polygons in the scene (only 875 over my initial estimates I believe) and the render time takes slightly more than 2 hours in 3ds max...

[toxicpiano 125]

dear god its amazing!

[mcarch 15]

Oh my!  Thats not what ya showed me before... lol, that is over bearing.  Kinda looks like a red and yellow stripped pattern   Yup, they definately need to be turned down a bit.

Also is it me or does the building seem blue instead of green? Just an observation that I might be wrong on?!

[1ajs 49]

wow nice drools even more

ya it does seem to be blue but man sure is a beauty

[1ajs 49]

Taipei 101 may be causing earthquakes



http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1655977,00.html?gusrc=rss

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?postid=1735446#post1735446

[kd5rax 82]

Phew, almost done with finals.  By this evening, there will be no more pesky school stuff, and I have a bit of an experiment I want to do with this project, I should have details by tommorrow. so keep an eye out for it.

[toxicpiano 125]

yayness!

[mcarch 15]

Hopefully you do well on Finals!  Good LUCK!

[1ajs 49]

can't wait good luck

[choco1 4]

Well, I am lost for words! That building looks incredible, and very real! The nightlighting is fantastically designed and I cannot wait to see this in my cities!

[kd5rax 82]

Alright, here goes the big announcement all of you have waited for...

As an experiment, I will pre-release a one of a kind version of the taipei 101 project, Taipei Gold.
The only way to obtain the model will be to be one of the lucky individuals selected by random drawing, or by me for their support and help with the project.  The number of people selected will depend on the number of people who apply for the model.  A new thread will soon be posted outlining the rules and restrictions for the drawing.  I will post a new thread soley for the selection process and put it's link in this thread and my signature, please reserve any questions on this particular matter for the other thread.

Application thread, https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=71452
 
Here are some pictures of the Taipei Gold pre-release.

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

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

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

[1ajs 49]

certanly can see a major difrence from the curnt one and and this one drools so bad that i have to change my shirt now lol dies waiting for this to be released

[Richiedude44 13]

I hate to be an $%&^! but - why the drawings for the BAT and model dragging out releasing your BAT? It has been 4+ months on this thread - I respect your work as with any other BAT'ter but personally I see this as ego stroking silliness.

 

Maybe that is just me though.

[kd5rax 82]

It is not really just dragging it out, the final is still far from completion, and if you will check the thread, I have had to restart it, and the new one has taken only about 1 month.  Dont worry dude, itll be fine.  I just thought I'd try it out, but trust me it wont happen again.

[thombo1 2]

Sweet building so far, very impressive. Take as long as you need in my opinion, the longer it takes the better it will probably be.

So no pressure, lol.

[kd5rax 82]

Alright, Im working on the night lights for the final release of the building (the one that is going to have individual window lights) and this is the preliminary preview of what I have now.

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

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

I am going to brighten the inside lights up a bit, but other than that what do you guys think?

[1ajs 49]

just amazing. drools and drools and drools lol till i can't drool any more lol.

the little deatals you show of the lighing so far are what will give this bat a biger boost txs for the hard work and i can't wait to have this in my city but as some plp say over and over take as long as nesary