Zed (Cool_Z) at it again... (my BATs)

[Cool_Z 1,547]

AO really makes stuff look more solid. It's a bit difficult to include when you overlap textures, but if you plan well for everything that's repeated it is doable.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Almost ready...

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Released :

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=783726058

[blackdragonbird 13]

Superb as always.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Just starting.

Got a shape, got something... let's make it nice to look at.

 

[Matthias King 348]

Very unusual. I'll be interested to see what it becomes.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

I take a little pause to update my early works to today's standards...

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=417797417

[barcasam7 185]

This looks better! What did you exactly change to have this desired effect?

[Turjan 1,048]

54 minutes ago, barcasam7 said:

This looks better! What did you exactly change to have this desired effect?

Look at the wonderful nightlights. That's the special technique that Cool_Z pioneered at work. Plus color variations.

Edit: The description also mentions an improved LOD.

[Matthias King 348]

This looks great, but then again, it always did. What did you change other than the night lights?

The Phoenix Tower and the River Residence have always been two of my favorite CS buildings, not only by you, but just in general. They were among the very first things I subbed on the workshop when the game released.

[Judazzz 1,936]

For me the same as The King: even though they're oldies, both the Phoenix Tower and Riverside Residences are among my all-time favorite Workshop assets. Even though not really necessary (imo.), seeing the Phoenix being updated is awesome news!

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Well as others have noticed... changes to the main model : only the nightlights. (But I think it was worth it).
The LOD has a much better texture (hey it was my first) and lost some tris in the process.

I'll update my old work in the next days. Some will be quite easy... some will be very hard 

[Avanya 2,605]

Those night lights look sooooo good!!  Beautiful building which is now even more beautiful! I wonder if the color variations are applied to the already spawned ones in my cities, or if we'll need to do a little bit of rebuilding.  

[Cool_Z 1,547]

4 minutes ago, Avanya said:

Those night lights look sooooo good!!  Beautiful building which is now even more beautiful! I wonder if the color variations are applied to the already spawned ones in my cities, or if we'll need to do a little bit of rebuilding.  

I think you won't need to rebuild, because before updating I just had the four colors being almost the same, so there was variation, but you didn't notice.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Is it a bird ?
Is it a plane ?

Is it a potato ?

No, but as it's not dead it means it must be alive...

 

[Cool_Z 1,547]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=927115552

[Darf 1,439]

Really neat!

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

Hey! Where you been?? Good to see new stuff from you

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Been out for some time (I didn't even play since the last DLC...)... but like I always do... I'm coming back... again 

 

Coming pretty soon :

Rework of this existing asset : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=471301045

Added a few details, cut some tris, adding color variations, making a working LOD (old version blinked when turning).

[Matthias King 348]

Z!

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Noticed the old version lacked blinkers in the front... so hey, let's change the lights too...

(but daaamn, working on a 512 map is hard... think I'll go up in size and reduce it later, because things get very imprecise at that scale ).

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Released...

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=931900112

[Matthias King 348]

On ‎5‎/‎16‎/‎2017 at 0:42 PM, Cool_Z said:

Is it a bird ?
Is it a plane ?

Is it a potato ?

No, but as it's not dead it means it must be alive...

 

I like the look of this office. I'm looking forward to seeing it done.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

New windows and nightlights : 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=417805731

[Judazzz 1,936]

Woohoo, one of my all-time favorites getting a little make-over!!! \o/

[Matthias King 348]

13 minutes ago, Judazzz said:

Woohoo, one of my all-time favorites getting a little make-over!!! \o/

Yea, this was one of the, if not the very first building I subbed after discovering the workshop, and it's still one of the best ones on there.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

[Turjan 1,048]

Wow, what an enormous difference this wonderful nightlighting makes . Given how often I see this building in most of my cities, this should be very noticeable.

[Turjan 1,048]

On 5/30/2017 at 6:27 AM, Cool_Z said:

I know you have lots of fun with SC3 at the moment. I'd just like to ask whether this overhaul wasn't pretty much done? At least it looks like it on the pics.

Just asking for a friend...

[Cool_Z 1,547]

Well... it will happen. 

 

Family reunion... (Not in CSL obviously. Still a few family members missing)...