Project AI: modular airport

[toxicpiano 125]

Well this is familiar. Well, we'll try to finish this one i think...

A month or 2 ago a now friend of mine called kaji made an airport BAT. Months before that, i had also tried to make an airport BAT, but failed, much like many of my BATs (in fact all). So Eventually i contacted kaji, and he sent me his airport BAT. I found it was too big to render so we decided to make a modular set. FOR MY 1000TH POST, I will show you what i have done (which of course would not be possible without kaji). I then hope to massively expand on the current modular pieces, adding some of my own. New terminals etc.

Today:

I have almost completed the gate spoons

spoon 1

spoon 1 renders

spoon 2

spoon 2 renders

Btw spoon 3 is a mirrored version of spoon 2.

I have finally mastered nightlighting, and plan to make a lot more pieces. I hope this to eventually be incorperated in the next simwings airport pack, although it will be released on its own first, modded by xiziz. The AI part stands for 'airport international' and was the best thing 2 people on MSN messenger could come up with at 9:45pm.

Please comment, and if you have any suggestions dont hesitate to post them.

[kaji 0]

yea what can i say. my skills are limited. and after the loss of my ATCT which was by far my best BAT of the airport series im glad to hand the batton (for at least the shortwhile) over to my friend toxic piano. when i have some more time i will definetly be back BAT'in and hopefully helping this project suceed. enjoy!

 EDIT: Congrats on the 1o0oth post toxic

 

 

and yes please post. posts keep the thread alive =) (duh) lol.....

 

~kaji

[sparkythepenguin 90]

Ahhhhh, the rotunda gate, something that may becoming rarer on these shores. Atlanta and Pittsburgh used to have these on their old terminals.

Looks promising, so go for it!

[choco1 4]

Wow, great looking building, it will be great to use as an airport and I imagine it will look very realistic! Keep it up. And congradulations on the 1000 posts, quite an achievement!

[toxicpiano 125]

Thanks for your comments. I hope to have a new update every weekend, because of the pace i am working at the moment im afraid.

[Fischbob 9]

Nice pics! That armlike node looks very futuristic. I'll be looking forward to the release of this!

[kaji 0]

well toxics' work has rekindled my fire, if only a really itsy-bitsy fire (at the moment) and so i have decided that in time for our release i will hope to have reBat'ed the ACTC that accompanies this set. I hope im not giving too much of the game away but the pack will eventually hopefully include the following:

 

1. the actual modular airport terminal, number of pieces etc to be decided by toxic' (in progress)

2. ATCT, which was pretty advanced until i lost the file >_< so has to be reBAT'ed ( i'll start soon)

3. a cargo terminal for uhm... cargo =) preliminary modelling done - very simple warehouse in the style of current work - some finishing touches are needed, textures, etc....

 

Those are the major things at the moment. i hope. things can be added. suggestions are welcome. i know we havent given you much so far but bare with us, rl can be a drag and hopefuly with some encouragment... or some blatant bullying we can get this done. thanks for your support!

 

~kaji

[gerAndi 29]

looks very nice

but the look is typical american so it would look strange when you use it with the european set ^^

but its amazing

[ianpaschal 77]

Looks sweet dude but why isnt it on SW thread?

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Because it isn't a SW project.

But hey, toxic/kaji, that's a great job well done.

[kaji 0]

thanks shadow. yes when i origonally started this project (on my own) i was not part of simwings, and to tell you the truth still do not know if i am now . I asked for toxic's help to convert this into a modular aiport and he agreed. i worked on other projects for it (listed in previous post) which also needed (need) work doing to them or totally reworking due to corruption =/ i am now only just picking it back up again with some renewed enthusiasm from toxic =)

~kaji

[toxicpiano 125]

Date: 11/8/2005 6:35:55 AM Author: Shadow_Assassin Because it isn't a SW project. But hey, toxic/kaji, that's a great job well done.

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it is techically, as im in simwings already and muzz said it was fine if kaji wanted to join the team.

[kaji 0]

ok geting back on topic hehhe..... here are some pictures of the cargo terminal, bascially a warehouse type building. the textures are not final, toxic has a much better eye for that than me and there will be a set of 3 hopefully with different company's names on them e.g. DHL, FEDEX, and UPS. A simple BAT, to be honest, in the stye of the passenger terminal. I think some good props will make this much better e.g. forklift trucks, lorries planes out back, etc that can be found easily.... ok so without further ado, here are the pics. comments? questions? are very much welcome as usual =)

 

~kaji

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/cargot2.jpg align=baseline>

 

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/cargot3.jpg align=baseline>

 

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/cargot1.jpg align=baseline>

[kaji 0]

yes so no comments .. ok i can live with that so with your silence i reward you with my work on the ATCT which i remodelled today. It has no textures on it and my comp could only handle the draft render so here are some pics.

sorry about the double post but as i feel im showing new work i thought i best bump the thread =/

 

~kaji

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/actctowerpic2.jpg align=baseline>

 

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/ACTCPICCY.jpg align=baseline>

[SYM Productions 7]

kaji, very nice design for the roof man, loove it! and toxicpiano, great look for the gates, really cool! all you need is some outstanding textures and it will be better than any terminal maxis or ea could ever come up with! cant wait for it to come out on the stex!

- Yatagan_Lproud cooperator of SYM Productions

[SYM Productions 7]

Yes I agree with my partner... very impressive, keep going... it's great work!

- CDI_spy , proud part of SYM Productions

[Abc987 3]

Good luck with this!

[sparkythepenguin 90]

Don't worry about bumping your own thread. SYM and I do it all the time. I think it doesn't count as bumping if you have progress to show and/or it's been a few days.

I like the scallopped roofs! VERY Robert Muller Field (former Austin, TX airport).

[kaji 0]

hmm i knew i shouldnt have logged onto the net (trying to do an essay lol)

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SYM PRODUCTIONS: Thankyou very much for your kind words - i am not too good with textures and so this is what i am worring about at the moment *gulp*

 

JRHNEMO: thankyou for your interest

 

SPARKY: thankyou for your continued interest in this project and thanks for the reassurance =) dont have much time now but i'll definetly have a look at that airport.

 

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Toxic has been busy and so couldnt update his weekend and probably wont have anythign new for about a week i think i remember him saying.

 

I on the other hand have been working on an extention to the front of the airport which is a multistorey car park come double decker drop off / pick up point... if that makes any sense. love to show you some pics but a) im really busy right now and b) its still quite raw =/

 

Going up to london for a day or so so wont have any progess until midweek i wouldnt have thought... =/

 

~kaji

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kaji 0]

ok another bump, i still dont feel good doing these but i just wanted to show some progress on the car parl / drop off point for people... im focusing my working on 3 modules for it to correspond with the terminal (left, middle and right) as they say a picture is worth a thousand words so here it is (still in major progress). any comments welcome, or if my picture is worth 0 words then i'll exlpain further back to the BAT workshop =) *hammers and grinding can be heard*

~kaji

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/garage.jpg align=baseline>

[Thut 0]

Nice pics, i will keep an eye on the progress. Great Job

[allan_kuan1992 6]

Interesting, keep up the good work!

I do want some more modern-styled modular terminals and related pieces, and haven't seen any being built lately.

Here are some ideas for BATing your modern modular terminals and related pieces:

Hong Kong International Airport:

Website: http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/

Kansai International Airport: (Found on Google; website seems nonexsistent, but anyway...)

Toronto Pearson International Airport:

Website obtained: http://www.gtaa.com/

This picture has been deleted as it exceeds the sites limitations, please keep all pictures within 800*600 pixles

I give credit to GTAA , Hong Kong International Airport, and the photographers of these photos.

Now, can you BAT a modern modular terminal and something that is related to it?

Allan

[kaji 0]

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TO ALL: thanks very much for the comments so far . they keep me going on the laborius dull parts of the bat'ing process =)

 

ALLAN: at the moment we are concentrating on a specific desgin/ theme and so although the pictures are very much welcome for inspiration i dont think we'll be bat'ing them anytime soon. also could you please resize those pictures so that they fit inline with our pics? about 600 across. thanks =)

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im not too sure how tp is getting along. as i said previously, he has been busy so its understandable.

 

I'm nearly nearly done with the carpark model for the airport. Seeing that airport car park from allan has made me think mine isnt too big after all. ive made the walkway longer between park and terminal so that it doesnt feel so cramped. there is an issue with this addon however. when the airport was origonally created (i say created as i dont think much design went it it lol) i never planned this car park and so the walkway juts into the building at awkward places. i dont think its too noticable... we'll seewhen this gets a little further on.

 

so far the pieces in the set that have been modelled but maybe not finished include:

 

Main terminal (left, middle, right)

Connecting satlites (as shown by toxic p)

Separate satelites

ATCT

Multistorey (left, right, middle)

Cargo warehouse thingy

 

if there is anything more people would like to see in the set please please say so. im getting throught modelling pretty quick so .... here is a pic of the car park it shows the left and middle sections. the right piece is jut a mirror and so havent included it to save space... textures and nite lighting will hopefully be done by toxic p sometime in the near future =)

 

~kaji

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/carpark1.jpg align=baseline>

 

[1dera3 29]

Those... look... AWESOME!

[davidtothej 1]

yes quite impresive, ive been and will continue to follow this project, it looks great guys!

[kaji 0]

thanks very much =) i know ive had a serious dose of rls and it hurt lol. i had to finish off one major art project and start another at the same time. whilst do endless eassays for other subjects and continuing with my graphics work. all very important as ive just got accepted into my chosen uni and so i need to get the required grades im sure i'll chat with TP in detail some more in the next coming days and we can figure out where this project is heading =)

when i have the time im thinking of BAT'ing a firestation for the airport pack. any requests of airport type building wanted just say .. im open to the ideas =)

 

~kaji

[davidtothej 1]

personally, id like to see some integration with either rail, el, sub or glr. there are a great bunch of airports with stations right at the terminal.

[SYM Productions 7]

i have a small, question (and/or comment):

why does evryone try to make their airports huge and impressive, i think practicality and simplicity should stand out more in airport desings, doesn't stop people from making their s nice and flashy, just keep them simple, that's all i'm saying! i personnaly don't have the space for a huge airport in my city, and i don't want to take up a whole city tile for something that can only hold a capacity of 50 000 people.

 

- Yatagan_L  proud part of SYM Productions

[kaji 0]

David: yes i'm thinking of post-poning the fire station until i've had a little play around with a train station. then i think the terminal will be covered really. I'm thinking it would go infront of the car park so it would be quite a huge terminal complex if David: yes i'm thinking of post-poning the fire station until i've had a little play around with a train station. then i think the terminal will be covered really. I'm thinking it would go infront of the car park so it would be quite a huge terminal complex if we ever get this thing finished! not too sure how big to make it. looked at chep lap kok earlier and from what i can make out its a 2 line station which could be something i base my station on.

Yatagan: i suppose its part of the same argument: why does everybody make skyskrapers? no not really, thats not my reason why

I can appreciate the fact that maybe some people dont have a lot of room for these large airport complexes, but at the same time i think that there are quite a few people that do. Its just a way of making airports look more realistic. There are small ingame airports that do their jobs well and xixiz's set can be used on smaller terminal scale too. also the tram service found in the airport pack are airports really so one in each city doesnt look too bad imo. i feel that the idea of these packs of large terminals, are for out of town airports (e.g. large international ones) and arent meant to really compete with cities. Have a look at the show us your airport thread in city building techniques to see what i mean further.

When i started this project i didnt know i was going to get things so large but my influences are large airports and so i guess it was in my nature to. I wish this project could move along faster and i could have some more go than show but i guess this is just the stage of the project at the moment.

I appreciate ALL of your comments please keep them coming!

~kaji

[toxicpiano 125]

one day an update will spring out at you and hit you in the face.