simmars-forum-threads Mars BAT Building Thread!

[Nos_#1 0]

wow all this cool stuff is cool WOW

[tragicomicus1 99]

Well,

I have had people repeatedly tell me that my buildings would look good for the SM project. It seems like every building I post either in my BAT thread or on the stex gets some comment that it shoudl be considered for SM. So I decided to start making some things with that specifically in mind. My style is futuristic anyway so here is one idea....

 

 

 

Obviously it needs much more detail but I think it would fit into the slim and glassy building style.

[hummer0328 6]

awsome!!!

 

You should be on the SimMars Building Team

[tragicomicus1 99]

Hey everyone,

Here is another concept loosely based on some of the sketches I have seen.

 

 

 

I have heard a lot of rumblings about building making being a bit premature but I think that it is a good idea to start on as much as possible so that we can work out bugs and things way before the thing gets off the ground.

 

Just my opinion....

 

 

[Daeley 46]

there has been enough planning... it's time for some stuff to happen!

 

so if you want to create, go create!

[edd_erickson 0]

All of it looks great! Is there an end in sight yet??

[The Great Chozo 34]

Date:7/13/2004 11:08:21 PM
Author:tragicomicus1

Well,

I have had people repeatedly tell me that my buildings would look good for the SM project. It seems like every building I post either in my BAT thread or on the stex gets some comment that it shoudl be considered for SM. So I decided to start making some things with that specifically in mind. My style is futuristic anyway so here is one idea....

 

 

 

Obviously it needs much more detail but I think it would fit into the 'slim and glassy' building style.

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All I have to say is very well done.

Everyone take note, this is what we need to happen. Just make some builidngs, don't worry if they don't look good, just make em, and post em. We can direct you to make any edits or revisions if necessary. At this point we just need to start seeing models no matter what they look like (well they need to be in the Mars theme at least ).

Tragicomicus, the talk about building making being premature was from several months ago, and to be honest, it was only premature to start making buildings before we had an outline of the building styles (ie Utilitarian, Slim and Glassy, etc........). Once we had those categories posted up here, people should have started BATting immediately. There were a few that said it was still too early at that point, and I think that they might have slowed down the process with those comments. But ignore them.

Daeley is right, the planning is over (well not really, but......) we need people to start making buildings like mad. If you get an idea, write it down and then model it. Then post it. It is that simple.

Once again Tragic, those buildings you have look great, they need some more detail, and more detailed textures, but at least you are MAKING them. Edits can come later.

Well done.

TGC

[GaryGerbrandt 6]

Is that my Shoe Tower? lol

[General Gunfire 0]

Now that we have the forums up, could you

Please post this or any ideas/requests for the game at the Sim Mars Workshop Forums,

At this link

Thanks!

[tragicomicus1 99]

Well, here is another workup of a building based on one of Daernons sketches. This one is gonna be really cool I think. Comments suggestions please. It is a long way from done.

 

 

 

 

[octopus7 33]

ok heres one i just started it's a small fire station, it's got to have more stuff , like a control tower, emissions expelling system, communications, etc, hope you like it, i'll confess i'm a sci-fi nut, and being able to design stuff like this is great!

[octopus7 33]

well i've been at it all day and heres the result a small fire station, that looks like it should have been at the outpost in aliens! once i put it through the lot editor, etc, i'll upload it to the STEX, hope you guys will use this on mars

and with nitelites on

[meowza 230]

whoa! that's cool!! More! More!  Keep them coming guys!!

[The Great Chozo 34]

Date:7/18/2004 4:28:55 AM
Author:octopus7

well i've been at it all day and heres the result a small fire station, that looks like it should have been at the outpost in aliens! once i put it through the lot editor, etc, i'll upload it to the STEX, hope you guys will use this on mars

and with nitelites on

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WOW, my eyes see progress, this is good !!!!!

Octopus, that is beautiful, and EXACTLY what we are looking for. Simply spectacular.

Suggestion, if this is a Fire Station, then make the lot as such. Edit the .desc file in the plug-in manager, as if this was the same fire station that is in the game already. This will replace the large fire station, as it looks like it is a 3x3 building. If this is a small fire station, then make a large one based on this style, because it really looks good like that.

It looks like we have a fire station guys.

Take a look at some of the detail, especially on the doors. This is what we had envisioned from the start. This would classify as Utilitarian in style. This same style of building, can be used for industry, as well as other things.

Keep pumping out buildings one a day, with that amount of quality, and you will soon find yourself at the top of the Mars BAT squad.

Excellent work, and lets see more of it, from you and others.

Chozo

You get bunnies for that one 

EDIT --- 

BTW, Octopus, be sure to keep a copy of the Model File, and the desc file, saved on your comp in the chance that you don't upload it. It may even by a good idea to keep one anyway. I don't exactly know how the files are going to be collected, so keep a copy of those two files, once you render it. If we need them from you, then someone will give you an e-mail addy you can send it to.

[builderman 3]

Awesome. Amazing how much progress happens when we involve the entire community.

[The Great Chozo 34]

Date:7/18/2004 7:00:04 AM
Author:Builderman

Awesome.  Amazing how much progress happens when we involve the entire community.

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[meowza 230]

Date:7/16/2004 3:56:38 PM
Author:tragicomicus1

Well, here is another workup of a building based on one of Daernons sketches. This one is gonna be really cool I think. Comments suggestions please. It is a long way from done.

 

 

 

 

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looking nice tragicomicus1, it just needs a few more editing.  Keep it up! 

[octopus7 33]

g'day all, well my fire station is now completed and i've uploaded it to the STEX, grab it here!

hi tech small fire station

i have already started work on the deluxe version of this station, which will use mostly the same textures to keep the look the same, enjoy it!

[MC6Ash 4]

woah, good job guys! thank you so much, thanks to you, the project is back on track, we are that much closer to releasing SimMars! great guys! keep up the good jobs!

[Pooty 228]

Date:7/18/2004 4:28:55 AM
Author:octopus7

well i've been at it all day and heres the result a small fire station, that looks like it should have been at the outpost in aliens! once i put it through the lot editor, etc, i'll upload it to the STEX, hope you guys will use this on mars

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Hey octopus, thats nice. Can i get that yellow and black texture you used? Looks nice.

[redlotus 16]

A'right, folks.  I think that this thread is important enough to pin to the top, so pinned it is.

 

I have one request from all of you, though.  If you are replying to a post on the latest page (i.e. your reply and the post that you are replying to are going to be on the same page), please remove the pictures when you are quoting someone unless you have a dire need to keep it there.  It makes scrolling through the thread much easier.  Let's try to keep this thread as clean as we can.

 

Thanks,

 

-red

 

*edit*  Forgot to mention that the buildings are looking great.  Keep up the great work, folks.

[octopus7 33]

ok here's that black and yellow hazard striping, don't tell anyone but it's actually from half-life LOL
it's taken me ages to find textures so i started deconstructing some games for them, a lot of textures online are crappy and outdated!

[Pooty 228]

Date:7/19/2004 12:38:57 AM
Author:octopus7

ok here's that black and yellow hazard striping, don't tell anyone but it's actually from half-life LOL
it's taken me ages to find textures so i started deconstructing some games for them, a lot of textures online are crappy and outdated!

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Oooh, thanks! Im in the process of making a cargo loading zone.

[tragicomicus1 99]

WEll here is a little progress on one of the buildings I am working on. I am thinking of making generic airlocks that I can merge into each building. This will lend a sense of continuity and save modeling time....

 

 

I will come up with some ideas and post them here

[Pooty 228]

Ok, here's the loading zone I promised everyone:

 

 

Gimme suggestions so I can make it better looking!

[Boris225 1]

It is coming together well Pooty, except that you have to think outside the....earth....

 

Just a few suggestions:

-round out the outside corners of the building

-plop a conveyer belt or two (the prop team might have one?)

-add some more support bracing for those cranes, 'cause they look like they'll fall over and take the building with them

-add trims, shapes anywhere....make it look more edgy, it is too smooth.

 

Good Work

 

EDIT: Now I find it ironic that I suggested to round out the corners and still make it look edgy!

[octopus7 33]

g'day all once again great to see some of the work in progress, well i've nearly finished the deluxe version of the fire station.



should be done by tonight - australian time



oh, nearly forgot, thanks to all sim mars guys who rated my fire station on the STEX, it's appreciated, all i have to do with the deluxe station is add ramps and nite lites.
cheers!

[GaryGerbrandt 6]

Octopus7 and tragicomicus1, you guys should be Buildings Team members... seriously.

[octopus7 33]

thanks bob, i'm hoping that i get to be a member of the building team soon, in the next couple of days i'll be doing a mars police kiosk and a high security jail, complete with emp cannon (to disable any vehicles involved in a breakout, and the ol faithful turbo lasers when the crims won't take no for an answer, guess i remember films like fortress LOL, also keep watching for some work on a mars reward, the cult of cydonia, dark and mysterious, gives commercial areas a boost, but no one wants to live next to them, i'll post pics as soon as i can

[octopus7 33]

ok heres my latest creation (should be ready tomorrow)
small police kiosk


also some more stuff about the cult of cydonia reward,
soon after the colonization of mars, a small band of explorers headed to the cydonia region, where as we know, there exists pyramids and a face, apparently while exploring the largest pyramid, a member of the expedition happened to find a small box, with intricate patterns across it's surface, being curious, he played with the box, until the puzzle was solved, what followed was gruesome beyond belief, a green beam of light shot out of the puzzle box, and tore the explorer limb from limb, the box and remains warped into another dimension, no one knows where, the surviving members of the expedition, set up the cult of cydonia, only they know the sights that they saw, and to this day are very secretive and seem to have a dark and brooding presence, beware those that meddle in the affairs of the cult of cydonia, stay posted, as said before, this will boost commerce greatly, but who'd want to live next door to them LOL, hope you liked the crappy story (yeah i know sounds like hellraiser) LOL