nybt-forum-threads NYBT International Month

[gutterclub 2,729]

More exciting progress Seraf 

This just popped in my head the other day - if there are to be future 'NYBT Month' themes, what about 'NYBT Bygone Month'... buildings that once graced NY but no longer exist (but can be resurrected in SC4) 

Possible idea fodder: http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-buildings-that-no-longer-exist-2013-4?op=1

Wow, the Gillneder Building was something else...can't believe it was knocked down in 1910. I think you'd need to do an NYBT Bygone year, with the amount of details that would have to go into some of those buildings. Amthaak would have been the perfect candidate for such as task.

[SimCoug 5,973]

 Wow, the Gillneder Building was something else...can't believe it was knocked down in 1910. I think you'd need to do an NYBT Bygone year, with the amount of details that would have to go into some of those buildings. Amthaak would have been the perfect candidate for such as task.

A NYBT Bygone year... sure, I'm not picky 
Yeah, It's too bad the Gillneder had such a short life.  I also was taken aback by the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel... 

I suppose we can't complain too much considering what building took it's place...
 

[Seraf 1,239]

Most of those buildings would require a few months of work ;D I have Penn Station already started and I would say modeling is finished in about 40%

T Wrecks - I could add some transparency to the blinds but I'm afraid it would extend rendering time ...

Ok, so, I'm almost done, I just need to add some furniture inside, fix one bug on the roof and add some exterior lights aaand it will be ready to export

  Edited July 21, 2015 by Seraf  

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Yeah, no worries about the blinds. The night lights are fine the way they are IMO.

EDIT
By the way, your avatar looks great in the round frame.

  Edited July 21, 2015 by T Wrecks  

[MushyMushy 3,618]

The nightlights look great! This is going to be a great release.

Also, when I said something about midrises all those posts ago, I didn't really mean the international style in particular. Some classical-styled midrises would also be a great addition to the game! I've always found it difficult in my more NYC-ish styled cities to make a decent transition between the super tall art deco behemoths to the W2W apartments and such.

 

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

How do you plan to do that furniture? Mapping, rough modelling?

[Seraf 1,239]

Yeah, no worries about the blinds. The night lights are fine the way they are IMO.

EDIT
By the way, your avatar looks great in the round frame.

Thanks There was so much fuss about avatars being round or square and I was like "I don't really care, mine looks good both ways"

The nightlights look great! This is going to be a great release.

Also, when I said something about midrises all those posts ago, I didn't really mean the international style in particular. Some classical-styled midrises would also be a great addition to the game! I've always found it difficult in my more NYC-ish styled cities to make a decent transition between the super tall art deco behemoths to the W2W apartments and such.

 

Thank you Well, I think Plaza, Dakota and Ansonia would all qualify as midrises and they all are on my to-do list on the first page of my topic

How do you plan to do that furniture? Mapping, rough modelling?

I tried with mapping but I didn't like the result. So I decided on modeling the furniture.

Furniture test: (only on ground floor for now)

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Would you like to render the furniture seperately? I'd like to take a look at it

[SimCoug 5,973]

Wow, the ground floor with the furniture looks amazing!  

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

Looking amazing!

[Seraf 1,239]

Ok, so this is how one side of the building looks with furniture inside:

I'm thinking about moving furniture closer to the windows.

Stitch - Render of furniture that you asked about: (you can see HD-size render in upper right corner)

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Do you only work with this single desk+chai? I believe it would be awesome to have a very small commercial building with an entirely modelled interior design (especially when there is facade of glas)

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks great buddy!!!!

[Seraf 1,239]

Do you only work with this single desk+chai? I believe it would be awesome to have a very small commercial building with an entirely modelled interior design (especially when there is facade of glas)

I have three different kinds of workstations but that's all. I don't see the point in sweating over interior that is barely visible when I could spend that time working on next BAT. For now I only plan to completely model interior of Penn Station glass concourse, I doubt I will model a glass-facade building anytime soon after this one.

This is the finished night view; I know it's not perfect but it's good, theoretically I could add some lights on roof but at this point work with this model became so tedious and rather unpleasant due to lags in max that I just want to export it and be done with this building. And on top of that the month is coming to an end and it would be nice to release something for International Month.

I might have to turn off the lights on the top floor (or delete the furniture on it), for some reason after adding furniture there some light glitches started to appear on renders :/

  Edited July 25, 2015 by Seraf  

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

It's looking really good with the furnitures closer

Great job, Seraf.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

No this was not meant to be something you're supposed to do, that was just some general suggestion (thinking of Bipins Highway-filler BAT)

[cmdp123789 710]

Maybe a little light in the roof.. but other than that, I think it's beautiful, and looks pretty darn good to me.

[SimCoug 5,973]

Spectacular Seraf!  The addition of the furniture really makes the night view come to life - well done!!  

I think this is definitely ready for the STEX

[Belfastsocrates 1,753]

It looks fantastic! 

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Wonderful work!!!!!

[wallacet 336]

Wow. This is fantastic. You're making me want to dust off my SC4 disk and give it another go!

[MushyMushy 3,618]

It looks great to me. I might add a a single light on the roof or something, but other than it's STEX-ready in my opinion.

[Seraf 1,239]

Guys, New York Life Insurance Company Annex is on STEX!

Enjoy! Thanks for all your feedback

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

Great news! I'll download it now!

  Edited July 30, 2015 by JP Schriefer  

[9gruntsand1hammer 3,198]

Great work!

Nice to see the first of the international buildings being released. I'll download it as soon as the stex starts working again. Right now I'm getting error code EX2.

[Harry's Place 918]

Outstanding work Seraf!

[cmdp123789 710]

Great upload.. Now, where are the rest of the projects? hmm hmm? 

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Still new SC4 content, awesome to see it's still active and popular