Burj Khalifa

[dmn 134]

Amazing!

[The British Sausage 5,449]

4 hours ago, AndisArt said:

Haha I wish that was the only question left for this project

But to answer your question: there will be around 4 transit-enabled road connections to the lot, these are mainly the side access points. The main traffic  ramp is very broad and can't be connected ingame so up to now the plan has been to have the main ramp overlapping the lot to connect to the road this way. I might change that though, not sure yet. Would help to know if it's possible to transit-enable avenues? Maybe the main ramp could be connected as an avenue. That would still be much less broad than it originally should be, but maybe it looks better this way.

To be fair an overlapping texture which connects to the avenue is vastly better than a TE-connection! If it's doable then it will make this lot even more seamless when placed in game...

[AndisArt 2,067]

8 minutes ago, The British Sausage said:

To be fair an overlapping texture which connects to the avenue is vastly better than a TE-connection! If it's doable then it will make this lot even more seamless when placed in game...

Ok I'm not sure right now we are talking about the same thing. With overlapping I mean overlapping geometry/texture that extends beyond the lot to manually connect to the road this way. With transit-enabled I mean that you can connect the road directly to the lot like so:

 

Which one do you mean?

 

[jmsepe 2,039]

This is some gorgeous building. I can't wait to see it in SC4. 

[tnt88 25]

Would love to have it in my city, hopefully soon!

[AndisArt 2,067]

Here's an update to illustrate where the transit-enabled part to the lot will be. The road connection in the top of the pic is already set up, for the planned areas in the bottom I will have to remodel and redesign to make it fit. The main ramp to the lot will be redesigned to fit an avenue texture. (I still have to confirm if you can TE an avenue, dont have the game installed atm)

 

Additionally, the lot will receive some redesigns, or expanded designs, more in line with the recently completed roundabout area and with the actual Burj Khalifa. When I started the project many moons ago the tower was not built yet and I based the planning on the official model of the tower and lot, which was different then the final design that they built.

Areas to be redesigned are marked with color, the top right quarter area represents more the final goal of the look for the base:

 

By the way, the tiles in the background represent one ingame tile of 16x16 meters. The green background is the total size of the lot.

[Terring 6,473]

On 22/2/2019 at 3:11 AM, AndisArt said:

I still have to confirm if you can TE an avenue

Yes, you can. There are a couple of lots that are avenue TE, like on-avenue bus stops.

[AndisArt 2,067]

Ok I tested the placement and function of transit-enabled parts of the lot and it's all working and in place:

Also, I spent the last days cleaning up the whole scene in 3dsMax and was able to reduce the polygon count from 18 million down to just above 5 million. Now Max runs the scene much more smoothely and that is very welcome.

I'm moving on the the main ramp entrance now and the roundabout section there.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

8 hours ago, AndisArt said:

from 18 million down to just above 5 million

Wow, talk about optimisation! Those are some impressive numbers, and - needless to say - the building is even more impressive.

I'd like to thank you explicitly for going the extra mile and getting the base to actually connect to the SimCity grid. It's always a bit sad when we get a top-notch building, but it doesn't really line up with anything in game.

[elavery 1,013]

I agree, getting it to line up in-game is a small detail but it makes all the difference in the world!

[simlegends 0]

Woaw ! Really good ! 

The next bat is Marina Bay Sands (Singapore ?) with the garden ? 

Paris building ? Trocadero with Champ de Mars ? 

[mitsos 12,854]

It would be great to see this project completed..

[nikoxlaux 239]

On 27/2/2019 at 12:06 AM, AndisArt said:

Ok I tested the placement and function of transit-enabled parts of the lot and it's all working and in place:

Also, I spent the last days cleaning up the whole scene in 3dsMax and was able to reduce the polygon count from 18 million down to just above 5 million. Now Max runs the scene much more smoothely and that is very welcome.

I'm moving on the the main ramp entrance now and the roundabout section there.

Any update bro??