SimsZone presents: The SimForum BAT Team (SFBT)

[Andreas Roth 626]

Recently, the German BATters at SimForum.de, the largest German SimGames forums, joined their forces and founded the SimForum BAT Team (SFBT). Maybe you already know the BATs created by Mathe Man , but there are some other great talents among us. We will also translate our work into English and release it on the STEX, so stay tuned! Here are some impressions what's currently under development:

A microwave power plant, just as the one from SimCity 2000/3000. We will also make a radio-telescope lot, since the shape is based on a real radio-telescope, the 100 m Radioteleskop Effelsberg in Germany (note: the values in the query are not final yet, I just put in some random numbers to show our new query UI).

A high-enthalpy wind tunnel, a I-HT building:

The Donutor, another I-HT building:

A student's dormitory, modeled after a real-world building in Karlsruhe, Germany:

[aldara6166 109]

I love the wind tunnel...I am getting ready to place the Sim National Raceway in the region I'm working on and if there was a ploppable version I would throw it in right next to the raceway...maybe even along with a building resembline NASCAR's R & D facility...

You guys are great!!  Keep up the good work!!

[ardecila 125]

If it's not too much trouble, could you guys model a quick cylindrical foundation for the radio telescope? I like it, but I want to be able to place it on hills and still have it look good.

[Andreas Roth 626]

That should be possible. Most of the buildings are still in development, and suggestions are welcome.

[Chris M 406]

The micro wave power plant is awesome, glad to see it revived.

[Dargor 17]

Good luck with the German team! Ein sehr guter Idee!

[Mathe Man 18]

Date: 2/21/2005 8:14:07 AM

Author: aldara6166

I love the wind tunnel...I am getting ready to place the Sim National Raceway in the region

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How fast your racing cars are? High enthalpie wind tunnels are normally used for reentry space ships to test the aerodynamical beahviour during the reentry phase. But I will put one on my list of coming BAT projects.

[GingerBlokey 30]

Mein Deutche ist nicht gut. . Aber der BATs ist sehr gut und sie Radioteleskop ist sehr interessant.

[Chris4711 0]

Hi Andreas,

it is beautifully to see also here , what a creative community simZone in Germany is.  Unfortunately my English is too bad, in order to write here more frequently

 

Chris (on simZone Christl II )

[simwario 95]

Nice to see your BAT's here at Simtropolis.

If my BAT skills were better, i would join gladly, but i don't have the time and patience to learn it.

simwario aka Ramsios from the Simszone.

[Andreas Roth 626]

Time to dust off this thread again. The HaDiKo (Hans Dickmann Kolleg) dormitory is nearing completion, as well as the two industrial buildings shown above. The HaDiKo will come in two variations, one R-

[Andreas Roth 626]

Technically, this isn't a BAT, but rather a lot with a single custom BAT prop. Since it will be released under the SFBT label very soon, I post it here anyways. From the readme file:

Garbage Shipping Yard

Didn't you ask yourself once how you actually get rid of the garbage that is moved to another city when you start a neighborhood deal? Well, here's the answer: A shipping yard with loading area, where the garbage is filled in cars that are picked up by trains every day. This lot does not only give you a nice visual feedback for your neighborhood deals, but also reduces the amount of garbage in your city. On the one hand, it works like a recycling center and therefore reduces the overall garbage production, and on the other hand, it works like the waste-to-energy plant internally, but without the heavy pollution this facility emits. You can use this lot independant of an actual neighborhood deal - esp. in smaller cities - which makes it a good alternative to the default landfill.

http://www.newspringfield.de/sfbt/sfbt_abfall_verladestelle_tag.jpg align=baseline>

http://www.newspringfield.de/sfbt/sfbt_abfall_verladestelle_nacht.jpg align=baseline>

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

So this BAT exports landfill waste without actually sending it to another city, is that correct? A slight cheat?

[Andreas Roth 626]

Date: 3/8/2005 9:02:09 PM Author: Lord_Bertrum

So this BAT exports landfill waste without actually sending it to another city, is that correct? A slight cheat?

Well, I won't call it cheat, since you have to pay money to get rid of the waste.  The in-game waste-to-energy plant works similar - if you don't want it to produce power, simply set the funding slider to zero, but you still have to pay the fees for the garbage pick-up service. PEGs Garbage Chutes follow this principle, too, but they give a different visual feedback. I always thought it would be nice to actually see what happens with the garbage when you establish a neighborhood deal, and this is one of the many possibilities.

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

Would that not mean that if you have a neighbourhood deal set up, you would be paying the costs to the neighbouring city and also paying to have this in your city? Also would this lot require you to have a neighbouring rail link to work?

[Andreas Roth 626]

As I said before, this lot is mainly intended to give a visual feedback of a garbage export (and mabe even import). Other than that, it's totally independent from any other garbage facility or neighborhood deal. I could habe made it as an eye-candy lot only, but I thought it is much more useful to give it a real functionality.

[Maranello575 5]

Wow nice bats and cool team name.What is that blue thing on the side of the dorm?Did the building get burned or is it falling apart?

[Andreas Roth 626]

Date: 3/9/2005 9:32:09 AM Author: Maranello575 Wow nice bats and cool team name.What is that blue thing on the side of the dorm?Did the building get burned or is it falling apart?

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Thanks! The blue thing is just painted - I guess it's made out of fun, so the uniform white box has a nice eye-catcher.

[Andreas Roth 626]

The Garbage Shipping Yard has been uploaded to the STEX. Here's the link: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=11946

[GaryReggae 81]

Very nice domitories, they remind me a bit of the 'Bauhaus' building.  The garbage yard is good as well.

[The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz 27]

Bitte, Ich kannst sprechen die Deutsch aber nicht sehr gut! Das Mikrowellenkraftwerk ist prima! Sehr gutes. Auch das dormitory ist sehr real (?) und Ich denke die Garbage Shipping Yard ist eine gute idee!

Did I do ok?

[Andreas Roth 626]

Date: 3/17/2005 1:56:12 AM Author: The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz

Bitte, Ich kannst sprechen die Deutsch aber nicht sehr gut! Das Mikrowellenkraftwerk ist prima! Sehr gutes. Auch das dormitory ist sehr real (?) und Ich denke die Garbage Shipping Yard ist eine gute idee!

Did I do ok?

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The grammar was a bit jolty, but otherwise, well done. Thanks for the compliments; once I'll get some time on my hands, I will release the next buildings (the dormitory and the industrial ones). The microwave power plant will take a bit longer, since the creator seems to be on vacation right now.

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

Andreas, what have you guys got planned for your next BAT project?

[fosterk 4]

Andreas, die BAT arbeit von deine mannschaft ist phantastisch! Ich habe im Dusseldorf gewohnen fur drei jahre, sind Sie je dort gewesen? Es gibt ein kuhles geb

[Andreas Roth 626]

@Lord_Bertrum: Currently, I'm a bit busy with various things, but I will upload the industrial buildings this weekend. The other team members don't have much time at the moment, too, but we're still collecting suggestions in a thread at SimForum.de. One of the requests was the  Messeturm in Basel, Swizerland  which is currently under development. I'll see if I can compile a list.

 

@fosterk: Your German sounds a bit like a Babelfish translation, but it's surely good enough to understand you. And yes, I've been to D

[fosterk 4]

Hahah, I told you it wasn't very good!

Awesome to hear that you'll look into it; I can't wait. I remember having numerous meals up there, and the big opera house below was cool too! Good luck with it all!

[greyveil 37]

Andreas Roth: sorry to bother you but what are the chances of getting a translation of the interface this app is using, it looks promising but I have no clue what a few of the buttons are

http://www.nikis.de/RanDEM/

 

thanx in advance!

 

[Andreas Roth 626]

I must admit I never used that, but here's a small translation of the interface. Hope this helps...

 

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[Andreas Roth 626]

*blows dust off the thread*

Well, it's been a while since I posted last here, but finally, I had a chance to upload two of the buildings mentioned above to the STEX.

 

First, the High-enthalpy wind tunnel; created by Mathe Man: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=12863

 

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And second, the Donutor Inc., created by Spocky: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=12864

 

http://www.malupage.de/pics/bat/ht/donut/donutor_1_1.jpg align=baseline>

[Andreas Roth 626]

Another two buildings are now available:

The HaDiKo Dormitory, as shown above: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=13129

 

http://www.malupage.de/simcity/bat/hadiko/hadiko_vorn_d.jpg align=baseline>

 

And here is the Messeturm Basel, the highest building in Switzerland: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=13130

 

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