Burj Khalifa

[AndisArt 2,066]

hm, let me see.

no?

haha

finishing line NOT anywhere in sight... I predict another year for this at least!

[mightygoose 92]

glad to know its still coming.

[trar 334]

All I can say here is keep up the good work!

[SimCityPro 0]

Can anyone tell me how to get the burj dubai to light up at night? I've been searching for three months!

[Xyloxadoria 1,099]

Im going to go ahead and close this topic as random people keep bumping it with "When can i download???!?!" posts

Just so you know YOU CANT. This building is not done and andisart has stopped working on it for now Ive delted the bump posts and until andisart starts working on this again this topic will be locked.

Andisart if you want to open the topic again feel free to PM me.

[AndisArt 2,066]

Alrite, alrite, alrite...!

Since one year I now finally have replaced my gaming laptop from 2008 with a beefy PC rig, meaning working in 3ds Max is now much faster and rendering much less of an endless waiting thing. My PC is able to easily handle this big baby (despite low poly methods used we are at 16 million polygons now). So I always promised I would finish this project and I hold on to that promise. Now that I took this year to set up my new business in RL and that is settling I'm having more time for this also.

So, as for the status of the project:

• currently works are being done to finish the base
• atm working on beefing up all the flora details
• left to do are all the decals for the roads, reworks of some plaza areas like the fountains at the roundabout, addition of vehicles, signs and other small details, a café area and some coach bus parking and entrance area in the back
• after the base is done work continues at tower, reworks of tower details and overhaul of all the balcony details, rework of windows
• after tower is completed then night scene with lights (kind of dreading that stage)
• then finalisation like error eliminations and color corrections etc., afterwards all the steps for creating lot and release

Have a look at the current work-in-progress:

(direct link to fullsize image:  http://s1.bild.me/bilder/060112/48891232016-10-12_base.jpg

[sencillo1 47]

your back!

[TakemeThere 5,833]

That is very likely the best base for a building ever created in SC4.

[rsc204 21,808]

Simply fantastic .

[LexusInfernus 908]

Man, that base alone is so worth it! 

[TekindusT 3,809]

This is simply the most epic BAT base lot ever.

[watercitymadero 804]

.

[Harry's Place 918]

amazing.....

[timmie 988]

Speechless.

[Adrianor 628]

 

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

Amazing, andisart! I have not much to say about..it's just perfect!

I'm happy by the building but I'm even more happy because you're back, one of my first contacts in the BATing world

[elavery 1,013]

Great to have you back!

[mightygoose 92]

Good God man, this is threadomancy for the ages. I have two posts on the same page five and a half years apart, in a thread I've been following for ten years haha. 

 

Good luck, the base looks great! 

[Terring 6,473]

Andisart is back!

And... look at those details!

[APSMS 1,892]

My only concern is that the building itself appears a bit too blue, considering the camera angle.

 

But man, that base! Wow. I'm, uh, well. Really nice work.

[Hellken 1,658]

21 hours ago, andisart said:

Alrite, alrite, alrite...!

Since one year I now finally have replaced my gaming laptop from 2008 with a beefy PC rig, meaning working in 3ds Max is now much faster and rendering much less of an endless waiting thing. My PC is able to easily handle this big baby (despite low poly methods used we are at 16 million polygons now). So I always promised I would finish this project and I hold on to that promise. Now that I took this year to set up my new business in RL and that is settling I'm having more time for this also.

So, as for the status of the project:

• currently works are being done to finish the base
• atm working on beefing up all the flora details
• left to do are all the decals for the roads, reworks of some plaza areas like the fountains at the roundabout, addition of vehicles, signs and other small details, a café area and some coach bus parking and entrance area in the back
• after the base is done work continues at tower, reworks of tower details and overhaul of all the balcony details, rework of windows
• after tower is completed then night scene with lights (kind of dreading that stage)
• then finalisation like error eliminations and color corrections etc., afterwards all the steps for creating lot and release

Have a look at the current work-in-progress:

(direct link to fullsize image:  http://s1.bild.me/bilder/060112/48891232016-10-12_base.jpg

[michal27278 68]

This is Epic...

[Fox 1,444]

Glad to see you haven't given up old friend.. this might make me reinstall SC4

 

 

[VitaBellae 25]

Breathtaking.

[madhatter106 3,903]

 

[Odainsaker 2,134]

"That's no moon...it's a BAT Project!"

 

As it is also a supertall BAT project, do you have to break it up vertically into segments or something?  I vaguely recall reading that there was a certain height limitation for objects in SimCity or BAT, and that to overcome it, supertall projects had to be broken up into vertical section props and then those prop segments were stacked in the Lot Editor.  As I have never fully done such a tall project, but have been tinkering with a tower that could reach such heights, I'm curious as to the experiences others have had with them.

[weixc812 509]

Even a glimpse of this beauty makes me excited

[jaredh 195]

I dare say I never expected this day to happen.

Sadness and now Joy all within a short time in the SC4 world.

[art128 4,618]

If only Suplado! was still active, he'd be over joyed by this sand tower!

[AndisArt 2,066]

Thanks for your replies :-)

 

On 10/17/2016 at 2:23 AM, Odainsaker said:

As it is also a supertall BAT project, do you have to break it up vertically into segments or something?  I vaguely recall reading that there was a certain height limitation for objects in SimCity or BAT, and that to overcome it, supertall projects had to be broken up into vertical section props and then those prop segments were stacked in the Lot Editor.  As I have never fully done such a tall project, but have been tinkering with a tower that could reach such heights, I'm curious as to the experiences others have had with them.

Yes this is how it works, the base will be split into two low boxy LODs and then there is a separate, more custom LOD for the tower. I tried this years ago to see it it actually works to bring it ingame.

This is an image from that trial, showing an older version of the model. The current one is obviously different, but also the tower was increased in height and the top section was reworked to match the original better. You will see more of the tower after I worked on it.