Krioworks

[Krio 624]

Hello there folks.

I really don't know am I allowed to do this, but admins and slow to answer and my "messenger man" hasn't said anything so I guess this OK.

Thing is that since SimPeg unfortunately went offline, I'ven't had a support thread. And because I really suffer somekind of god syndrome being last good batter with gMax I'll rarely post stuff in here if and when I BAT. I've about 60-100 bats to be un- and re-released and most on those re-release stuff its that they were made like decade ago (I know right).

I would like to just upload stuff what BSC people modded for me years ago, so I've been upgrading those bats what I made with them back in the day. Though if someone gets permission from RippleJet (I guess this was the name) I can release bunch of diagonal, but out-dated stuff in a sec.

 

Anyhow, here are my latest bats in the works and coming up:

Baxter Building

iGroup Tower

Wembley Station

 

One Roxxon Plaza

 

Autotalo, being under work since 2013 i believe.

 

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

Those are very nice projects. I like especially Wembley Station and One Roxxon Plaza.

[Krio 624]

16 minutes ago, JP Schriefer said:

Those are very nice projects. I like especially Wembley Station and One Roxxon Plaza.

Thank you, I would've released Wembley Station years ago but the scene was corrupted for ??? but on new computer it again works and I can finish it. I cant remember the name of that guy who made that Australian station which had diagonal corner. So its like putting that clock tower on 45 degrees angle and into a corner.

[catty-cb 4,394]

2 hours ago, JP Schriefer said:

Those are very nice projects. I like especially Wembley Station and One Roxxon Plaza.

ditto 

 

EDIT: You can no longer download your files from Paeng's old site, but luckily they are all backed up here

https://community.simtropolis.com/clubs/26-city-builders-website/cbex?folder=SC4%2Band%2BSC4D%2BDownloads%2FKrioworks

[MissVanleider 1,850]

Lovely BATs.

Wait... did you say diagonal?!

[catty-cb 4,394]

These are pictures of what Krio has over at CB

https://community.simtropolis.com/clubs/26-city-builders-website/cb-community/albums/groups/44-krioworks/albums/416-bats-by-krio

Some of them can be found on the STEX, I'm currently going thru the files themselves and adding pictures and the descriptions, etc

[Silur 3,304]

Fine - Krio is here:

 

Good luck to YOU! 

 

 

[praiodan 78]

On 26.4.2017 at 3:15 AM, Krio said:

I would like to just upload stuff what BSC people modded for me years ago, so I've been upgrading those bats what I made with them back in the day. Though if someone gets permission from RippleJet (I guess this was the name) I can release bunch of diagonal, but out-dated stuff in a sec.

Although RippleJet hasn't been around anywhere in the SC community for years now, I can't imagine he'd have a vote against that. Credit him for his work and it should be fine. And after all, these still are your creations.

[raynev1 1,886]

Welcome back . I'll be looking forward to see your work again . 

[Krio 624]

On 27.4.2017 at 6:19 PM, praiodan said:

Although RippleJet hasn't been around anywhere in the SC community for years now, I can't imagine he'd have a vote against that. Credit him for his work and it should be fine. And after all, these still are your creations.

Good to know, I'll upload them when I've pictures.

Anyways, I finished this one. Based on a building at Hakaniemi, Helsinki

 

I would mod these myself, but PIM-X doesn't work on W10.

[_Michael 2,681]

15 minutes ago, Krio said:

I would mod these myself, but PIM-X doesn't work on W10.

That's strange. I have PIMX to work just fine on Windows 10.

Have you installed the two things listed on the download page?

Spoiler

 

https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=14216.0 (Attached on the first post)

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2265

 

 

Hope this helps - the buildings look great!

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

Yay! @Krio is back!

Always loved your content, and it looks most of your newer BaTs look even better than your older ones!

[Krio 624]

2 hours ago, _Michael said:

That's strange. I have PIMX to work just fine on Windows 10.

Have you installed the two things listed on the download page?

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https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=14216.0 (Attached on the first post)

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2265

 

 

Hope this helps - the buildings look great!

Not actually.

 

2 hours ago, DavidDHetzel said:

Yay! @Krio is back!

Always loved your content, and it looks most of your newer BaTs look even better than your older ones!

Thank you.

[Krio 624]

Made progress with so called Makkaratalo (officially known as City Center) today. Didn't bother to find textures which are missing, but I don't know should I make this "whole city block" like it was supposed to be or just this what was built. Problem will be the large court yard / empty back lot unless I can't get up a solution with it. IRL City Center complex is made of different houses and the backlot has now filled with several smaller buildings etc.

Btw, prepo once batted this but never released it.

The sausage was originally safety fence for cars which were parked on the balcony, my version is based on current "version" of the building which was hugely renovated few years ago, demolishing the parking space with ramps and added new glass wall with several high end shops and restaurants.

[Krio 624]

So, someone of you might know my old Diagonal Towers from 2007-2008? I'm not fond of them anymore, so I started to redo the first one of them: Tahvontori as Metrobank Offices:

Same shape, colouring but more details etc.

[Krio 624]

After a small break, I returned to BAT and new Tahvontorni is almost complete. You can see that ground floor is missing few walls and then lights of course.

So, what do you think? I always hate roofjunk, so urgh. And logo changed blue to red, because original Tahvontorni had red Alko-logo so red M suits better.

And trivia: Metrobank is a subsidary of Roxxon Oil Company in the Marvel Comics.

[Krio 624]

SimPeg and citybuilder-users might remember this years old BAT:

Originally started it as Kodak Building from Rochester, NY but got bored for being autistic with details so I did what I do best: a look a like. Kojak won't prob be the name but atm its funny. Also yellow isn't the idea for glass, for some reason it helped best with measuring depth better than blue, green or red.

[catty-cb 4,394]

27 minutes ago, Krio said:

SimPeg and citybuilder-users might remember this years old BAT:

Don't recall it, but its looking good 

[Krio 624]

Oh, it was only the spire-part. I remember that Craig even commented one update "oh it has Kodak-sign now" then I forgot the whole tower for years.

[catty-cb 4,394]

I've just been seeing if I could retrieve Krioworks from the SimPeg Wayback Archive

https://web.archive.org/web/20120724124209/http://www.simpeg.com/forum/index.php

Unfortunately it looks like it was never saved 

[Krio 624]

After a small break from batting and hosting ST user Jazzmaster / Yoshiisland for a week I started a new bat because why not?

Logo is bad, but soon this is done. Atleast roofjunk looks better than usually.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Nice and generic look! Looks like a depression-turned-building from the Seventies / early Eighties. I like the roof texture on this one a lot, too!

It might be my monitor, but the colour balance seems to be a bit heavy on green - a check against a backdrop of Maxis buildings should help to make sure and fine-tune if necessary. I also think the parapet around the roof could be a bit thinner . How about some rails for the window washer gondola on the roof? That should help spice things up.

[Krio 624]

Never thoughth about the parapet's width because I rarely do buildings like this. Perhaps one meter is too much? And yeah, going to make window washers there like I did on Roxxon Tower.

But for colour green? It seems gray to me? Does my other posts have greenish tint?

[catty-cb 4,394]

5 hours ago, Krio said:

....But for colour green? It seems gray to me? Does my other posts have greenish tint?

It looks gray to me as well

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Yes, apparently it was my monitor. On this other screen, it looks fine as well. In any case, photoshopping the building image in front of a city filled with Maxis buildings should give you an idea about the overall colour palette and saturation.

While I'm commenting - I just noticed that the middle one of the concrete columns that run down the front wall doesn't go down to the ground. Are you planning to add some entrance structure there that will cover the lower end anyway? If not, the building might look more structurally sound if it went all down to the ground like the others.

[Krio 624]

Yeah, I was saving it for the entrance as you can see.

Also I made two window washer's platforms because too bored to make more AC-units etc. Now I only need lighting and do some few details on lower floors.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Grrr... the board software ate my post last night. OK, again:

The new roof with thinner parapet and more junk is definitely a step in the right direction, and with that massive entrance structure there at base level, the gap in the column makes sense all of a sudden, too.

Concerning the roof, I often have the impression that BATters who design their own buildings follow this process:

• Top the building off with a flat slab
• Stare at the vast emptiness of that flat slab
• Randomly sprinkle some HVACs and other stuff over it, hoping to make it less empty
• Find out that it's still rather empty and add some more HVACs
• End up not knowing what else to do

I think a short Google Maps / Bing Maps flight over Manhattan or downtown Chicago could be really helpful here. For once, roofs are often not just one horizontal plane; they often have raised platforms and sunken sections. Sometimes there's metal bracing that crosses the sunken sections or holds up raised constructions. Moreover, some buildings have ridiculously huge HVACs - some with access doors like a kitchen cabinet, others with actual walk-through doors for maintenance access. A further common feature is defined footpaths for maintenance personnel that connect the most important components/structures. Those buildings with a window washer rail system around the circumference often have a "parking rail" for those gondolas, sometimes even a "garage". All in all, you can go pretty wild up there.

That roof access staircase with the sloped roof looks more suitable for much smaller building to me, tbh. You could totally make it a rectangular block, or even a sunken level with an access door in the side wall and a maintenance ladder leading up to the roof level. Stuff like HCACs or water tanks and whatnot could also be hidden in that sunken area, for example. Something along these lines could make the roof much more interesting and realistic to look at. Again, if you look at some RL examples, you'll probably get better inspiration than from my incoherernt rambling...

And I still like the "B-R-A-N-D" logo somehow.

 

[Ceafus 88 1,794]

I love the BRAND logo myself! good work so far Krio!!

[Krio 624]

First of replies:

Ceafus: Thank you, but I'm bachelor of marketing and that logo is easiest way to go. And hey, "brand".

TWrecks:

About BRAND, look at it. But for more important stuff: I took your advices and look at this:

Next update will show the lights, but its easier to do stuff when there are no lights.

 

Would you like to mod my stuff?

[Finnbhennach 161]

Oooh, the rooftop is looking much better. Keep up the good work.