Prosper`s buildings

[Prosper Merime 128]

I'm new. I would periodically show and releases my work here. Recent work you can see on steam workshop. All my buildings I make in SketchUp, uvw map in 3D max. I like American architecture.

[boformer 3,169]

Nice! Don't forget to clean up your models with 3dsmax before you import them. Sketchup outputs very bad models with double vertices.

[Koesj 659]

Edit poly, select all vertices, weld, is the 3 second step you should do when exporting your imported from SketchUp geometry to .fbx yeah 

 

Good to see you strutting your stuff here Prosper! I've been waiting to see the workflow behind those nice apartments. 

[Shroomblaze 320]

Hey Welcome to the forum. I love all your building, great style and texture work you do. Thanks for uploading stuff to the workshop!

[hbn 244]

Some nice looking W2Ws there. Be good to see more someday.

[Judazzz 1,936]

Welcome Prosper, I'm a big fan of your work, they supplement the existing USA assets perfectly!
Hope to see many more lovely buildings coming from you!

[Prosper Merime 128]

Thanks to all!

1 hour ago, Koesj said:

Edit poly, select all vertices, weld, is the 3 second step you should do when exporting your imported from SketchUp geometry to .fbx yeah 

When I did these steps, I reduced only the number of vertices. Not tris. Is this normal?

1 hour ago, boformer said:

Nice! Don't forget to clean up your models with 3dsmax before you import them. Sketchup outputs very bad models with double vertices.

I usually try to create fewer polygons(faces), separate them, delete invisible polys. For example under the windows on the first floors.

[Koesj 659]

1 hour ago, Prosper Merime said:

When I did these steps, I reduced only the number of vertices. Not tris. Is this normal?

Yeah, the number of tris on your geometry is set by your SketchUp modeling technique, but the number of cornerpoints connecting with each other needs to be cleaned up by Max (this reduces the in-game performance hit of your asset by a bit IIRC) - hence the trick of welding everything together.

In the end I switched over from modeling in SU to doing everything in 3ds Max; it's way more flexible!

[Prosper Merime 128]

Valuable advice, I didn't know it.

[Matthias King 348]

Welcome, Prosper.

I like your buildings very much. Wall-to-wall buildings are always a welcome addition. You're one of only a few creators adding to the WTW buildings in the game, and yours are most excellent.

I'm looking very forward to seeing whatever you create next.

[Darf 1,439]

Hey, great to see you have found this place. Welcome!

[gfvsims 169]

Welcome! I have most, if not all, the buildings that you've released on Steam so far. I also love American architecture.

[Prosper Merime 128]

I'm not sure yet, but I really like the dark brick. And you?

 

[boformer 3,169]

Very nice!

You could use the color variations for different brick colors.

[Shroomblaze 320]

I like the dark brick as well.

[Judazzz 1,936]

Man Prosper you make some gorgeous assets! Especially the texturing is out of this world (same for your previously released buildings - the textures look incredibly lifelike!)
Of the three, I like the dark brick version the most, but as Boformer said, using color variations for brick colors would be even better (using the same growable multiple times is inevitable, and well-done color variations are a good way to prevent too much visual repetition).

[Prosper Merime 128]

It has a color map. In the screenshot three of the four colors, dark/lite brown and reddish.

[Prosper Merime 128]

Original building:

 

[Darf 1,439]

Looks a lot better than the real thing IMO.

[Koesj 659]

Christ man how are we supposed to top this haha

[Prosper Merime 128]

Some current work

[Prosper Merime 128]

7 minutes ago, AJ3D said:

Cool! I used to live right across the river from the London Guarantee Building.

enviably)

9 minutes ago, AJ3D said:

What are you plans for the lot shape?

There is the same situation as in the Flatiron building by H3r8yn470r. Don't know how to describe in English.

13 minutes ago, AJ3D said:

Also, do you want some critical feedback on your other models? I think with some small tweaking to your texture colors, they could be some of the best assets in the game.

Of course. Which ones? I plan to tweak the texture at the 11&13 apartments.

[toneenthrall 41]

These are looking incredible so far!

I'd really love to see you work on some British buildings/architecture. I'd happily help source you some material.

[Prosper Merime 128]

This building is located in Chicago.

[Judazzz 1,936]

On 2/16/2016 at 11:40 AM, Prosper Merime said:

I'm not sure yet, but I really like the dark brick. And you?

 

Hi Prosper, your latest USA Apartment (no. 14) seems to have some texture glitches on the left side of the roof of the street-facing part of the podium (you can see it on the left-most building in your screenshot). Don't worry, it's really not a big deal, it just stands out because the overall quality of your assets is really off the charts.

[Prosper Merime 128]

I can't see anything. Circle this area in any paint program.

[Shroomblaze 320]

I think he means this?

[Judazzz 1,936]

Yup, that's it.

[Prosper Merime 128]

Thats it phototexture.

 

Imagine that in this place accumulates water) I think it's very realistic.

[Koesj 659]

Maybe adding some depth with 2% specularity and some very mild normal mapping would better show what you intend to do? That way the fact that the darker areas are actually a bit lower becomes clear.

BTW I finally downloaded all your growables after going through my asset list and deleting everything I don't use. They're really great!