Prosper`s buildings

[Prosper Merime 128]

I think for this week will be enough. New buildings already in the workshop.

[Prosper Merime 128]

Please advise a map with the most flat (smoothest) terrain. I mean flat areas for building the city.

[Darf 1,439]

Clear lake maybe? Not sure if it's possible for growables to enable the flatten ground setting.

[Judazzz 1,936]

Holy smokes, you've been seriously busy lately! What a superb collection of uploads!
I'm a bit busy in the next couple of days, but I'll try to have a bunch of screenshots of each of your new buildings before the end of the week, okay?

[Prosper Merime 128]

36 minutes ago, Judazzz said:

Holy smokes, you've been seriously busy lately! What a superb collection of uploads!
I'm a bit busy in the next couple of days, but I'll try to have a bunch of screenshots of each of your new buildings before the end of the week, okay?

This is a small part)

It would be nice. Given that the sketchfab models does not work in Steam client.

 

1 hour ago, Darf said:

Clear lake maybe? Not sure if it's possible for growables to enable the flatten ground setting.

I completely forgot about this map. It is necessary to try.

[Judazzz 1,936]

45 minutes ago, Prosper Merime said:

This is a small part)

It would be nice. Given that the sketchfab models does not work in Steam client.

Well, since I had some free time, I figured I might as well take some screenshots straight away (I was dying to see them in-game anyway  )
I put all pictures in one album, and I think I captured them all: if I forgot some, let me know.

[Macronomicus 128]

3 hours ago, Prosper Merime said:

Please advise a map with the most flat (smoothest) terrain. I mean flat areas for building the city.

You can use Network Node editor mod to fix those front alignment issues  on the building, adjust the road nodes until its perfectly flat in the areas you need it.

[Prosper Merime 128]

Thanks @Judazzz, I've added screenshots to the assets.

11 hours ago, Macronomicus said:

You can use Network Node editor mod

Haven't used this mod. Confused that this alpha version.

[Darf 1,439]

Hmm, I got the same problem as Prosper, the models can't seem to be displayed in Sketchfab via steam. I reported this on the sketchfab boards, but it doesn't seem to be a problem for other people. Anyone has a problem with this?

[Avanya 2,605]

I have the same issue. @TimTheTerrible[NL] and I talked about it the other day. It never worked as great as in a real browser for me, but now it's not working at all.

[Macronomicus 128]

On 5/31/2016 at 6:51 AM, Prosper Merime said:

Haven't used this mod. Confused that this alpha version.

Well, he wants to add more features, so he calls it alpha.  Right now you can only raise/lower each segment of road/wall/quay/etc with keyboard buttons, its awesome! I

[Darf 1,439]

On 31-5-2016 at 3:41 PM, Avanya said:

I have the same issue. @TimTheTerrible[NL] and I talked about it the other day. It never worked as great as in a real browser for me, but now it's not working at all.

I reported this issue to Sketchfab and they seem to have fixed it! So people can use their models again.

[Prosper Merime 128]

I don't know what to do. Doing this building https://goo.gl/maps/pxavmjot3ZG2.

Without extruded windows - 3700 tris; with extruded - 16872

 

 

 

There is another variant - to remove all the window polygons and create a large mirror (specular) polygon in back. But there will be no window frames. ~3500 triangles less

 

 

+ 1500-2000 tris to complete.

Each of these options gives different results. Which will you choose?

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

On 5/30/2016 at 5:55 PM, Judazzz said:

Well, since I had some free time, I figured I might as well take some screenshots straight away (I was dying to see them in-game anyway  )
I put all pictures in one album, and I think I captured them all: if I forgot some, let me know.

We should all probably hire you to make our Steam Screenshots

Prosper your buildings look great!   3700 tris is not bad.

[Darf 1,439]

I'd pick the variant without extruding, 16k is just a tad too much. Maybe make a plane behind it and divide it up in sections for the window lighting. You could also try and reduce the amount of points per window in 3ds Max, by welding points or you could try and use an alpha map.

[Judazzz 1,936]

7 hours ago, Mr_Maison said:

We should all probably hire you to make our Steam Screenshots

I most certainly don't mind taking a few screenshots for asset creators if they want some - as long as it doesn't become a day job  

[Prosper Merime 128]

I wanted to use an alpha mask for windows behind the building. Have to use for the facade.

[boformer 3,169]

You could also do a mix:

2 layers of planes (one with transparent holes, one with glass/night lights) and one hexagonal cylinder per window (adds 12 tris per window). With smooth shading, the hexagon will look like a circle.

It's hard to do that in Sketchup, though.

[Darf 1,439]

Not very hard, just need to split the planes in a seperate group.

[Prosper Merime 128]

you mean it?

And why 12? I have 32 tris per ring. With so many rings will be 8470 tris.

Also need to use a x2048 texture for the 3 complete sides of the facade. I had planned to divide the facade planes into several polys for metal texture.

 

[Darf 1,439]

You could use like 6 parts per ring and use smooth shading too cover it up. If you use 6, that's 12 tris.

[Prosper Merime 128]

I don't quite understand. Only 6 polygons per ring?

I never did smooth shading.

[Darf 1,439]

First off, here is how you set smoothing groups in 3dsmax. You select the faces which you want apply a smoothing group (a round surface) to and press one of the buttons nummered 1-32. That's all.

Here is a quick example of how to build up the mesh, alpha map and uv map in 3dsmax and sketchup. You will have to apply the alpha map in 3ds max, under textures> opacity map. The second surface is your specular/illumination surface.

example.skp

example.max

[Darf 1,439]

If you use this method it should be 29 windows per floor x 14 faces per window x around 10 floors = 4k faces + some illumination and specular faces.

[Prosper Merime 128]

Thanks, tomorrow I will try to experiment

[Prosper Merime 128]

This week I uploaded two new buildings. I hope you will like it.

Next week I will try to upload the updated old items. Keep in mind that most growables will become the corner. Be ready to place them again.

Many new buildings is expected in the next month.  Hopefully Darf will join to create a cascading residential buildings.

[Darf 1,439]

They are all stunning, but that last one... wow!   What building is that IRL? I found a few nice building ships at East 79th street I'm working on at the moment.

[mrsmartman 200]

Your buildings are classy!

[Prosper Merime 128]

ResidenceInn Philadelphia City Center

[Matthias King 348]

Is that last building not on the workshop?