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[Judazzz 1,936]

I haven't seen it in-game yet, but no doubt in my mind it'll look insanely good!

And speaking of looking insanely good: here's a screenshot I took of your previous upload - I don;t think I've seen more beautiful texturing for this game than this yet - it's mind-blowing!

[Darf 1,439]

Thanks! Yeah, it took quite a bit of time and effort to get the textures right. As per usual some panels are photographed well and others not so much. Takes a lot of photoshop tricks to get them right. Also used a lot of alpha mapping on this building for some of the smaller terracotta details.

Here's an example of the before and after. These are all rescaled and most are already normalized.

 

[Matthias King 348]

Amazing. I got that building in what I think is a good place in my Oldtown.

I haven't placed the new one yet though. I have a spot in mind, but it's on an as-yet unterraformed island, so I have to do that part first, then several of your buildings will go along the main parkway along the northwestern shore. It's supposed to be another old and fairly historic area, and I have a number of your buildings, including the new one, set aside for that strip. I'll post a picture once I finally get around to doing it.

[Darf 1,439]

Ok, took me some time to finish this one off. :S Top of this thing was quite a pain in the ass to texture, but I think it came out quite nice. Especially like how the specular came out. I'm also considering doing an extended 3 story version, because frankly it's quite easy and with texturesharing it will cost minimal memoryspace. Took a few artistic liberties but overall it came out quite true to the original.

https://sketchfab.com/models/a3e2f09fd726470da60487aa359d79fa

[Abrams 1,744]

Top notch!

[Avanya 2,605]

Gorgeous!  

[Judazzz 1,936]

Sublime stuff! Is it your own design, or an existing building? Has a Dakota Building-esque quality!

[cmdp123789 710]

Wow! that looks amazing!

[Matthias King 348]

I agree with everyone here. That looks incredible. I'm trying to decide if that would fit in a SoCal city, but it's so good I may have to just do it regardless.

[AmiPolizeiFunk 446]

Glorious. Agreed that the spec map is particularly impressive.

[mutton noir 170]

Superb.

[Darf 1,439]

17 hours ago, Judazzz said:

Sublime stuff! Is it your own design, or an existing building? Has a Dakota Building-esque quality!

Nah, it's a building on 495 washington street. Not very known, but it indeed has some resemblance to the Dakota.

I've released it on the workshop, you can find it here:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=921095786

[Turjan 1,048]

This looks even good in a near vanilla city

Spoiler

 

[Darf 1,439]

Oh wow, should've taken some snow screenshots!

[Darf 1,439]

Extended versions almost done:

[Matthias King 348]

The shorter version is going in my Historic District today.

When was the real-life building constructed? Just for my own curiosity to fill in the story in my head.

*EDIT: never mind, I found it. Designed by architect Stephen Decatur Hatch and built in 1892. That's an old building. Romanesque-Flemish architecture. In 1898 it was a shoe factory and storehouse for wine. The first building in Tribeca to be converted for residential use. Very interesting.

[Darf 1,439]

Yeah it's quite a little gem. Extended versions up:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=922038264

https://sketchfab.com/models/f173277450a440af9fb72de5b1467c30

[Darf 1,439]

Released a small LA based office building: https://sketchfab.com/models/04b4a68d5a914913a4a58a19649c69d0.

[Matthias King 348]

 I can't wait to see this on the workshop! What size is it? 2x3? I'm pretty sure I know right where it's going when it's released.

[Darf 1,439]

2 hours ago, Matthias King said:

 I can't wait to see this on the workshop! What size is it? 2x3? I'm pretty sure I know right where it's going when it's released.

It's already there, 2x4.

[Matthias King 348]

Yea, since I only saw the sketchfab link I thought it wasn't done yet, but when I loaded Steam I saw it on the workshop. Already got it and placed it exactly where I had in mind. It looks awesome. You're doing killer work, and I'd love to see more LA buildings from you. This one is fantastic.

I might post a pic of where it went.

[Matthias King 348]

As promised.

A shot from the corner across the street.

And a night shot from the roof of the bank.

I look forward to your next buildings.

[Darf 1,439]

Looks great! Seems like you will have to create some more space downtown again. Released this 2x4 office, the Wurlitzer Building: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=932869801

I recommend checking out the model on Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/models/c3121fd0af1d44a499faf39ae2a89a59

[Matthias King 348]

Oh! That looks nice! I'll find room for it forthwith.

[mutton noir 170]

Another fantastic asset-  the attention to detail is stunning

[AmiPolizeiFunk 446]

that second screenshot (night) looks frickin' dope. nice work

[oak street local 8]

Wow Darf, I really like this asset! Thank you so much for making my cities so beautiful!

[Darf 1,439]

I updated Kauker Manor a bit, no full remake this time, but mainpoint was to redo the LoD, which had some very high triscount.

Reduced LoD tris by about 900 faces, reduced texture size LoD texturesize to 512x256. Reduced triscount by around 150. Redid some textures (the brick should look especially sharper and updated the UV map. Added new props like the hawnthorne bushes instead of my own I made at the time.

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=529720148

[Darf 1,439]

Ah, before I forget, I released a university:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=955760059

 

[Epic Lurker 108]

Another beautiful building. Two small comments: it does look a little bit bright compared to other buildings (I was using daylight classic + tropical LUT). Also, it appears the LOD model is a few meters offset from the main model.