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[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thank you!!!

 

Everybody go back to the previous page and give vortext some reputation!

 

 

mipro essentials will now be updated as planned.

 

This update includes:

• overlay textures for future use (feel free to use them as a dependency in the future)
• generic landmark query for future mipro use
• queries for the lighthouses
• the corrupted One Detroit Center growable version query has been fixed
• elements of the query have been separated into different .dats (a separate .dat for each custom query, prop, etc.) on my computer which will be merged into one .dat only before uploading, to help minimize query corruption in the future (I have no clue why it happens)

 

I'll post here when essentials is updated, which will probably happen when I upload my batch of BATs, planned for April 4th.

[nofunk 1,933]

I'm not sure if I've ever posted this here, but work will be commencing on the Garfield Building, located at 4612 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit!

 

 

The windows look weird because the base glass is transparent and the upper floor windows are missing the texture. I'll be modeling the interior and going with transparent glass since the windows are so large!

[KiethMarkus2014 14]

Great news Jason, I look forward to seeing those released in the near future.

 

Great work once again Nofunk, I have always loved the BSP and Mipro creations and I am glad to see it's still going strong after all these years.

[Harry's Place 918]

good another building for the nofunk collection in my city

[DrFlex 24]

I just started to rediscover SC4, and I simply want to say how great your project is; which is a lot coming from a Buckeye! But it is awesome that love is still given to the state, and to the region in turn. Keep it up (and maybe expand south)!

[ericexp 54]

Good stuff! Very much looking forward to the next releases! Get back to work...lol

[slickbg56 778]

HELLLLOOOOOO (echo) (echo) (echo)... all is quite on the Mipro front...

[nofunk 1,933]

Wow, it's been almost a year since we've posted anything in this thread! Hey  Jason... I think it's time we got back to work!

[raynev1 1,886]

 Looking forward to see some new stuff from you guys . Mipro Rocks !

[sencillo1 47]

YES!

[PanzerMan1001 16]

The way I see it, what you guys are doing with the mipro project is much more than just creating beautiful buildings for a video game. In twenty years, some of the buildings that were modeled in the mipro project will be *sigh* demolished, and people will be able to get a good look at these buildings in other ways than just google maps. Mipro is helping to preserve Detroit's rich history. Well done!

[PanzerMan1001 16]

On 1/4/2014 at 11:09 PM, nofunk said:

Hey guys, what ever happened to the Garfield Building?

 

[nofunk 1,933]

PanzerMan1001: I'm glad you see mipro that way! I can't remember if Jason has, but I've definitely modeled quite a few Detroit buildings that have since been demolished, and I suspect there will be others in the future. I guess it's my way of memorializing some of Detroit's (and our nation's) best architecture before it's gone forever. Even the most mundane pre-WWII apartment building is often magnitudes better than what's being built today!

Also, the Garfield Building is still in the hopper. I worked on it a little bit last month, but it still needs some significant texturing work. My biggest challenge is that the windows are so large, I'll probably need to model the interior, but that can become a lot of work. Maybe this weekend I'll get focused and work on it some more!

[LivingInThePast 364]

Sweet! I didn't know BSP was still active and kind of believed it to be lost like so many other projects stalled out due to lack of time/interest or technical difficulties. Somewhere in my old computer I have a list of all the buildings BSP planned back in 2006, including the Hudson's building, which I think a guy named Wolverine was working on. Quite the impressive building when it was extant and one of the biggest lost jewels in RL, and SC4 to a lesser extent.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

On 9/17/2015 at 8:05 PM, slickbg56 said:

HELLLLOOOOOO (echo) (echo) (echo)... all is quite on the Mipro front...

Maybe I should post about this BAT I've been working on... 

[nofunk 1,933]

Look at you single-handedly reviving mipro! This is so beautiful and it's been a long time coming! Can't wait to see it in my city!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I dreamed that someone would make this building!!!

[raynev1 1,886]

That building is looking awesome . 

[pclark06 11,795]

Hummina hummina hummina

[slickbg56 778]

Looks fantastic! Great work so far.

[Vlasky 1,803]

Glorious! My favorite building from Detroit!

[matias93 7,535]

Crying, crying so much

[9gruntsand1hammer 3,194]

Yesterday I was plopping some buildings in my city from Detroit and thought I wish I could have the Guardian Building and here it is.

The building is wonderful and your attention to detail is incredible. 

First the Ritz Carlton from Kellydale and now the Guardian from you, it looks like Christmas came early this year.

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

That's going to be awesome!!

[T Wrecks 10,209]

You're missing several walls, and you've shown better texturing jobs in the past, too. Sloppy job!

Spoiler

Just to make sure that I don't fall victim to a misadjusted irony detector: Yes, I am kidding. I am as hyped about this building as the others.

 

[jmsepe 2,038]

Hmm. Looks like a good promise. Is this w2w? Nevertheless, it seems nice.  

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Thanks everyone!!  

 

@T Wrecks !?!?!?!?!?!!! How dare you!!!! I... I.... I'm a special snowflake... 

Big mean bullies like you chasing BATers off the site!!!!

I have another wall for you.  

 

@jmsepe It's not wall to wall but it would work in a wall to wall environment. It fills up half of an entire block. I think it's a 5x2. So this can either cap a block that's 5 tiles wide. There will be an alley on the back (the render below is of the back of the building). It will be scaled to fit the lot with a one paver tile setback on the street sides, like the rest of my BATs. 

Here's a photo of the building. https://www.flickr.com/photos/11093937@N05/2539621429/

 

And here's a google maps link. https://goo.gl/maps/qmkAKu63qmu 

You can see that it's very close to One Woodward Avenue, One Detroit Center, The Penobscot Building, The Ford Building, Chase Tower, and some other BATs that are already on the STEX. 

 

So here's progress.  

[Bombardiere 591]

Something splendid is on way.

When was this building built? I am not very good at recognising American styles.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I haven't researched yet, but it's Art Deco, and Detroit had its heydays some time in the 1920s/1930s - I'd guess it's from the 1930s. Now I'm going to check and see how far I'm off.

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Rats. It's 1929. Oh well, close enough.

[MillionSeven 45]

That's Amazing!
Do you know the future size of the lot? 3x2? 4x3?