mic´s building again: Release for Pug Monaco Serie and new wip "lost Places Factory"

[Ronyx69 2,413]

It's the base mesh generated when faces end at 0 relative to the pivot. It should be moved slightly above or below.

[Bad Peanut 826]

On 2017-5-31 at 6:57 AM, Miccrosshill said:

Almost done - but i have three issues :

 

1) when i use the script for "onWater" the model becomes a face at the bottom (under the boat)

2) is there a way to prevent the "underWater(flooded)" icon? i got the "rusted barge" prop and it shows no icon the same time when my model does.

3) when looking in my windows there is a plane with a wooden texture - that is not there in the model - the inner of the model is empty - it has something to do with the specular map (happend to the another houseboat model too) - anyone a idea where this comes from ...

 

 

as always .. thank you for your help

this'll look great if i ever get round to making a marina, although i would need more boats to make it look good! (keep making them haha)

[Miccrosshill 367]

*hehe* i know what you mean .. and i finaly got rid of my problems !

 

the "flooded" Problem .. using "Place-everywhere" instead of "onWater" didnt solved the problem - i used the "ruined pier" as template - and the flooding Icon was gone

 

the other Problem with faces under my model was solved by moving first the pivotpoint 10cm higher then 0 and then the model itself again 10cm (pivot still at 10cm)

 

puhhhh that was a hard time to get there

 

 

 

 

thx again for helping & patience with me

 

[Miccrosshill 367]

Released Houseboat #01

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=937523714&searchtext=

 

Wip: Houseboat #02 - inspired by complete makeover Swarzt from USA

[Miccrosshill 367]

StatusUpdate : coming soon - Houseboat 02

 

and this tiny pollar for attaching your boats

[Miccrosshill 367]

That is always the same - you start with one project and then you miss a thing that isn´t at the workshop or dont meet your expectacion. And then you start the next thing right away

 

So i missed some piers and started to make a small serie.

1) straight pier 32m*5m    

2) same as pier01 with 2 smaller arms (on the picture)

3) same as pier01 with 4 smaller arms

 

The pier is "modular" - you can set the different tips like on the picture (2 times Pier Version 2). Some texture finetuning and then it comes with the Houseboat02 this weekend.

 

[Ocram's Razr 964]

If you ever want inspiration, you can Google image search or map/Earth Seattle's canal and Lake Union to see many, many houseboats for inspiration.

[Lee Towers 179]

Looks great, I'm liking those piers! And for even more inspiration on houseboats - search for "woonboot" on google, if you haven't already.

[Miccrosshill 367]

Lake union is awesome .. this is a whole city on water - what big houses they have ... i am impressed - thx for pointing me on this Ocrams

Also big thank you for the tip with woonboot - a lot of my inspirations comes from netherlands ones .. i was in amsterdam some times and i relocated nearly to denHaag 5 years ago

 

btw. Second pier is done .. i put some small props into the 3d model and put a color mask on them .. for a little more diversity (this is the first Variation - straight  pier):

it would be nice to have some CIM´s walking on them - is it complicated to put walkways on them ? Otherwise i would set simple pedestrian walkways with the noPillar mod and then the pier right above them .. this way i have not to bother with a kind of stair to the street.

[Miccrosshill 367]

*hehe* what happen if you forgett to give the lod file a _c map ? its become wonderfull colorated

Ok, have to reimport the piers then a last test and they goes into the workshop - all three are finished with color variations ... now we need so much more boats

here you see all 3 types - straight one, 2-arms and 4-arms.

 

i am also working on some furniture for the houseboats - here a Blender render:

 

and finally a gave the creating of lights a try - but unfortunately you can´t edit almost nothing exept type, position and direction. I was hoping to get a small table-lamp - that is what i got *lol* - the light with the smallest intensity that function. I found also in the ModTools the values for Color&Intensity - but they wherent saved

[Miccrosshill 367]

Released :

pier 01 - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939816115

pier 02 - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939816541

pier 03 - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939816982

[Miccrosshill 367]

Also now in the Workshop: Housboat details - Furniture

Armchair - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939872399

Couch - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939874248

Parasol - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939873202

Table big - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939874248

Table small - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939874823

[Miccrosshill 367]

And finaly .. for a Houseboat Party not unimportant :

 

Houseboat Nr. 02 - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939922266

[Miccrosshill 367]

Houseboat 03 ready for Workshop :

 

But i have a problem with finding the Asset Ingame without "FindIt-Mod". I checked myself - it don´t appears in any category - as i used the "ruin pier" as template i assumed it was also there in the same category. But it did not. Same to the piers-assets - i tried the Asset UI Category Changer but without sucess - i tried different categories and i found never the model. Then i tried this one - that messed up the model totaly - it wasn´t loaded at all.

 

Any tip how to get your asset in the desired category? People won´t find the assets without FindIt. thx anyways

[Ronyx69 2,413]

Try out ItemClass changer as well:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=455068042

I think both the UI category and class contribute to where the asset actually shows up.

[Miccrosshill 367]

thx ronys - i will give it a try - i also got it with the ModTool - i did earlier a error - so thats why my model messed up ..

[Miccrosshill 367]

boah .. i hate modding ... sometimes - like now ..

 

as nobody without the "FindIt" mod will find my assets ingame - i am looking for a way to change the category. I am failing the whole time .. i tried ItemClass/cat/priority -changer - i saved one asset with diffent categories and i found not one i vanilla game - you have to use findIt.

I want this really bad for the user who don´t want to have another mod more - i would prefer to have my houseboats/piers all in the PublicTransportationShip Tab.

I have no idea why this is so hard for me - i assume it has to do with the building AI - that don´t allow free choice of category. Also i am wondering why - when i chosse the "ruined pier" as template my pier/boat don´t appear in this category. When i imported the Furniture - i choosed the grill in the resident tab and after importing it the place where to find them.

 

Any help on this would be sooo appreciat - i name the next Houseboat after you

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Btw, the wooden texture is the floor. Fix that by messing with the floor count and height in the asset editor

[boformer 3,169]

1 hour ago, Miccrosshill said:

as nobody without the "FindIt" mod will find my assets ingame - i am looking for a way to change the category. I am failing the whole time .. i tried ItemClass/cat/priority -changer - i saved one asset with diffent categories and i found not one i vanilla game - you have to use findIt.

I don't know if it helps, but you can try it:

1. Get ModTools
2. Open your asset in asset editor
3. Open the ModTools scene explorer
4. Navigate to ToolsController > ToolsController > m_editPrefabInfo
5. You will see the properties of your asset on the right
6. Make sure that "placement mode" or "placement style" are set to "manual" (not "procedural")
7. You can also change the category with mod tools. There is a property called m_itemClass. You can copy the contents from a different asset with Mod Tools (just open in asset editor), then load your asset (without closing the asset editor) and paste the value to your asset.

[Miccrosshill 367]

Thank you all for your patience and help - found the error and have now the Asset in the category i wanted

Release : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941270689

 

[Miccrosshill 367]

Hi there,

after finishing the first 3 Houseboats which are all static. I am now on making some boats to get enough props for a fine marina. I found already the script from Lee Towers and i try to implement all necessary changes into one script.

- changing shader to floating

- heightmap/Watermap required

- placementmode on water

- change BuildingAi (what seems not to be necessary)

I started with the script from Towers from his tutorial for floating props.

 

var asset = ToolsModifierControl.toolController.m_editPrefabInfo as BuildingInfo;
if(asset == null)
{ Debug.Log("Error: Not a building!"); return; }
asset.m_requireHeightMap = true;
asset.m_requireWaterMap = true;
asset.m_placementMode.value__=2;

// this line gives an error - but without it - you still got a floating boat
// asset.m_buildingAI = DummyBuildingAI;

var shader = Shader.Find("Custom/Buildings/Building/Floating");
if(asset.m_material != null) asset.m_material.shader = shader;
if(asset.m_lodMaterial != null) asset.m_lodMaterial.shader = shader;
Debug.Log("Success!");

asset.m_buildingAI = DummyBuildingAI; -- for what is this needed?

 

Am i also right - that with this new script you don´t need an wrapper (like in towers tutorial)  anymore? I did a test with a Boat and the script and ingame i had a floating boat! Also the Model isn´t disapeared after running the script (like mentioned in Towers tutorial).

 

Can you confirm that?

[Bad Peanut 826]

3 hours ago, Miccrosshill said:

asset.m_buildingAI = DummyBuildingAI; -- for what is this needed?

this is an asset AI that doesn't need road/services or anything, purely decoration (so perfect for boats) it means you can place it anywhere. The international airport uses this AI for the sub buildings within it.

3 hours ago, Miccrosshill said:

Am i also right - that with this new script you don´t need an wrapper (like in towers tutorial)  anymore? I did a test with a Boat and the script and ingame i had a floating boat! Also the Model isn´t disapeared after running the script (like mentioned i

The new Floating shader is a building shader, not prop so now you won't need a wrapper. Wrappers were really only needed because old boats were props and couldn't be placed without being inside an asset (at least without any mods to help). this building means it is an asset, and it has an LOD model too (props disappear after a certain draw distance)

[Miccrosshill 367]

Thx for explaining Bad Peanut

 

Now may i present .. the dream of any Cities Mayor *hehe*

13m Speedboat (High Detail) :

8m Laser Class Sailboat (laser Class is usally smaller - but for a better look i scaled it up):

 

 

All boats floating thx to the new shader

[Miccrosshill 367]

Me again,

 

i encounter a stange issue with the new floating shader. As i understand the pivotpoint determine how deep the vessel lays in the water (waterline). This works for me but he still render ingame extra faces that i did not understand.

this is my model in Blender:

As you see - the whole model is above 0 - the pivotpont is there where i want to have the waterline. when importing all looks fine - no extra faces in preview and in the editor - the ship is where it should. but inGame it has extra faces where the pivot point is located :

as these new faces takes also textures - this looks some kind of weird - anyone who can help? I tired severall things but without success.

 

thx

[Ronyx69 2,413]

When people say above 0, they mean above the pivot, because for the mesh the pivot is the 0.

Faces that end at 0 or very close to 0 will generate a base like that.

Move the pivot or the model so that nothing is at 0.

[Miccrosshill 367]

Thx Ronyx - now i understood how the thing is working

As little present for your support - i named my speedboat after you Hope thats ok :

And now my Boats are floating without any weird faces

Coming next :

Laser Class sailboat

floating Pier

Boat Trailer

Boat Crane stationary

Boat Crane Mobile

more boats

Floating Versions of the Houseboat (maybe now you can attach Props to floating Assets due the new shader for buildings)

[Miccrosshill 367]

Preview : Boat ramp with Boatcrane

[AmiPolizeiFunk 446]

I would like to see "Ferry" vehicle versions of your boats so that they can travel along my ferry paths (canals through the city).

[Miccrosshill 367]

yeah i was thinking the same - it would be nice to have them sailing and driving trough the canals ... i never did a ferry or a ship for routes - maybe the shipconverter should do the trick - but i will definitly look into

 

btw .. wip:

floating Pier:

Boat trailer:

have to finish some finetuning on the textures (concrete too bright .. etc.) the i will release a small "marina" pack - more ships coming soon. Also i am looking for a way to make some Citizen [props] for the marina .. perhaps i got them swimming (floating) - but some sailors, sitting people and such stuff for all the boats ...

 

 

[Miccrosshill 367]

These two are for detailing only - they have a too high tris-count to use as a filler for marinas.

Use them to set accents to your city.

Low Poly Boats for filling are coming.

 

Release : floating Sailing Ship 01 - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=947286991

 

 

Speedboat 01 : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=947297599

 

Floating Pier - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=947425570

 

boat Ramp - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=947544612

 

and the last one for today :

 

Boattrailer : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=947577703&searchtext=