Burj Khalifa

[MayorTim 16]

Originally posted by: mcarch I hope your not talking to me... I was just guessing at what the next bat was... if not... you may disregaurd this message =)

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Nope, wasn't talking to you, though the never ending story has to be one of the worst movies ever made. Anyway, lets get back on topic.. Andisart, could we have a new burj picture to stare at?

[Simfan34 11]

Hogwarts?

And Andis Plaza is very nice.

[AndisArt 2,066]

@gerAndi: I feel flattered you're proposing  Well back to serious: Yeah those are cool buildings. I like the style. I would do it. Who knows..

And patriots_1228: it's not EWWW (if it was real). No discrimination for sexual orientation please! 

@IDS2 & Simfan34: Thank you I hope too the Burj will be out soon

@MayorTim: Indeed I have something for you: 

[Godzillaman 21]

That looks AWESOME!

[Walton 0]

This looks AWESOME BEYOND WORDS!!!! AMAZING job! I can't WAIT!!!!! Keep us posted!

[mcarch 15]

*droolz*

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

WOW!

[mightygoose 92]

excellent work,its just a shame your doing one of the older designs...

[Blazerhawk 162]

That is poetry in BAT form! Simply astonishing!

@mightygoose-Don't say that. He might restart. j/k

[Haljackey 17,302]

I'm Lovin it! LOL! Its that good!

Now thats something that stands out! Keep it up because I can't wait to plop that baby in a sea of skyscrapers!

[MayorTim 16]

0_o wow!

[scififan68 23]

Amazing *Jaw drops to the floor* Beautiful work andisart!

[JDRCRASH 53]

Outstanding time and resources taken to develop this project Andisart! By the way, it is going to be 2,650 ft, not 2,310 ft, right?

[slayerd 0]

JESUS dude that is freaking BEAUTIFUL!

[manman99 2]

......................how many dependancy files come with this 0_o!!

[T Wrecks 10,209]

This is not a BSC release, so there won't be many. What we have been shown so far is all BATted, so there wouldn't be a single dependency as of now. I don't see why there would be any at all.

[JDRCRASH 53]

^ ^ ^

Everything made from scratch?

Wow, Andisart, I think this is something that you will always be remembered for here on Simtropolis.

[AndisArt 2,066]

Well, it's true there are no dependencies, as T Wrecks said this is all one model. The plant models are from kd5rax though and not my work.

As for the design and height: I'm doing the 808 meters version which was the official version for a long time. It seems that recently the final height changed to 818 meters. The difference in the design should be minimal and hardly recognizable.

For any queries on release date, I can only say: it's done when it's done! And it won't be soon. What I forgot in my last post was the nightlights for the base, I havn't even started them..  
Or let's put it this way: way back, many moons ago, when I started this long journey, I made a remark that was meant to be a joke. I said I will finish this before the actual Burj gets done end of 2008. Well, looks like there was more meaning in that...

[mightygoose 92]

the main difference in design is the triple setback 5 tiers from the top has gone and teh staggering has been adjusted down the length of the building... and btw that design is the design used for the 750m proposal, the 808m proposal was a sorta hotch potch of the 750m and the 818m, but at no point were any of the designs official.... emaar wanted to keep everyone guessing.

[gerAndi 29]

that is awesome stuff man!

But you really have a monster of a PC don

[autoVino 26]

Amazing!

But I do hope you're not doing this with scanline... would look awsome with some mr ray tracing.

[AndisArt 2,066]

Hey Andi, you know I moved to Dublin? No more Fischbroetchen for me

Actually my computer is 5 years old! I won't be able to render this monster...

SimFox was able to render the tower once, so it is possible. I just hope it will be possible to render tower AND base together.

MR ray tracing would be great of course

[CarmineHilton 6]

"It's done when it's done! And it won't be soon."

It's better to make a perfect version that takes ages, than finish it fast and make it crappy

But I still hope it will be finished before 2008, haha

[chapmanclam 3]

Most impressive =P

Keep up the great work!

Can't wait till its done  

[SimFox 802]

oh, I'm afraid that Tower + base... well Gmax wouldn'be able to handle the LOD of that size..

[AndisArt 2,066]

Yeah that's what I was fearing you to say, lol...

We could give it a try but I guess chances are low it will work.

Is there a way to make gmax handle bigger LODs, maybe new scripts or anything?

I had a look on the LOD issues last night and it seems as if it's not gonna be too big of a problem. There are only 2 spots where the render of the base overlaps the tower. I checked all 4 viewpoints for that. The problem is that those overlapping parts are see-through (the railings). Two different ideas came to my mind: One would be to have a hole in the plaza where the tower will go, so there is nothing being rendered behind. I assume this should work. The other thing would be more tricky, making the LODs slim fit with the railing where necessary.

Does that make sense?

I finished up the detailing for the smaller side building last night, as well as huge stairs for the back of the lot.

And mightygoose, you're right with the design part. I took another close look on all renders I have and the top is definitely different. I will remodel the top part to match it more with the slimmer current design. That means however the tower is gonna be a good bit higher than 808 meters, probably 840-850. Would you mind posting a render of the what you have as the last design so I can compare with what I have?

As far as official versions, I don't believe that Emaar had THE final version anyway, they've been changing the desing during the construction. As they said in the beginning the keep their options open.

[memedoug85 36]

i love this new building... not good for my cities tho as too high

[BurroDiablo 222]

o.0

That is crazy... just looking at it gives me the jitters... I guess working this hard on something has its rewards

[gerAndi 29]

well, no ^^ I didn´t know.. just checked your profile info and there still stood hamburg so...

but hey, as long as you prefer german currywurst over fish&chips ^^

what made you go to ireland ??

yeah. it definitely would be better to render it together.

[AndisArt 2,066]

@El Burro: it sure does in the end, despite of all the headaches and pains in the a**, lol

@gerAndi: The job market is "slightly" better in Ireland, not that this is an understatement.. *cough

Houston, I have a problem. 

I'm working on the tennis court area ATM. For the protection net I applied an alpha texture as a fence. It looks fine so far. The problem is that the whole thing casts shadow as if it wasn't mostly see-through. Is there a way to change the material so it either casts correct shadows of the net of no shadows at all?