Timos BAT Experiments

[JEC 100]

the seating looks awesome, and i'm glad your modeling the seating, jtportland and i think oneill also used the same technique, but have you tried exporting yet? they don't seem to like it very much.

[timo 15]

No I haven't tryied exporting yet, but yes, it's my biggest fear that the stadium won't export...

When I made first tests with the seating I had over 1 000 000 polygons !
That was because I used an arc spline fot the seat, arc spline wich had to much vertices... Now I have only 200 000 polys for the whole stadium.

If it doesn't export, I'll remove the seats, and I'll try a texture. Anyway this stadium is smaller than my previous one so I hope I can export.

 

I think I'll take a break from the seatings... I think I'll finish the roof...

 

[flrscf 0]

The seating is looking very realistic. Just like the real thing.

[mambomumba 8]

I like the seating and I hope you can keep it this way.

 

 

Good Luck with the roof. '); height=15 alt=Insert smilie src=https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/1.gif width=15 border=0>

 

 

/mambomumba

[timo 15]

Thanks for your comments + support everyone!

I finally decided to to a little break from ArenA, and went back to Castalia... Here's the latest preview pic, with minor additions :

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Do you think it needs further improvements (textures, roof...)??? Ready to export???

 

Now I'm working again on the ArenA, maybe I'll even start De Hoftoren (white building on the pic on the 1st page)... This should keep me busy for quite some time...

 

EDIT : Wait! I totally forgot about night lightning!

[mambomumba 8]

Nightlightning should be good. Even if it never works for me. Yeah, I got the updates and it doesn't work anyway, so don't waste time on helping me. Just forget that I wrote this...

 

Otherways it looks very ready for exporting....

 

That white building seems to be a very big project but I'm sure you can make it to the very end.

About arenas, remember my brother?

 

 

 

                                      mambomumba|mambomumba

 

 

[timo 15]

Thanks mambomumba, it's great to see you visit this thread even with no updates! (sorry about no updates...) Don't worry, I won't spend too much time on night windows, the main reason is they don't seem to work for me neither. I won't even be able to test it unless someone helps me.

And... who's your brother?? I'm not sure so I won't take a guess!

 

Anyways, I realised I had more work than expected on Castalia, I must redo a few walls.

Not much progress on the ArenA neither...

I didn't give up, just spent less time on the BAT last couple of weeks. I hope I can release Castalia soon, but also I want to make the better possible...

 

See you in the next few days for an update!

[mambomumba 8]

OK.

I've mentioned my brother on the first page. If you're still wondering.

 

              Why isn't anyone else visiting this lovely thread?

 

 

                         mambomumba|mambomumba

[scba 179]

Can someone try and make a couple of simple stadium seating props while you're at it? I'm SICK of the junk that came with the game.

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

Timo, I think you need to do a lot more work on the textures, I know that is very hard to get the right texture for the walls from looking at the photo's you have posted. But the roof textures and the window textures don't look right at all. I'd hate for this great model to be let down by bad textures, look at the detail you have already put in (the metal tubing around the top of the building - for cleaning the windows I presume).

[timo 15]

scba : No I won't make seating props, so you will have to use my stadium, not custom ones! (just kidding). The idea is nice, so nice I think someone already uploaded some kind of stadium props pack. Watch the stex, look for heckk and dinogamer... Or jusy type stadium, you should find what you're looking for...

Lord_Bertrum : OK I will try to improve the textures... But the problem is they look fine to me! I'll try anyway, but in order to help me, could you tell me what textures you don't like, and how I should change it? Thanks

 

And anyone else who can give advices on the textures, feel free!

 

I released a small rugby pack on the stex, for bat makers to use freely (garfiedude request). Just a rectangle with a rugby texture, 3 lines for the posts, and the sub bench I made for the stade de france.

 

[Franz Ferdinand 14]

nice amsterdam arean mate its looking sweet !

[sharkbait16 0]

Timo, it's looking very nice, but yeah those windows definately need a new texture, can't tell as much on the roof.  Well, looking forward to updates!

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

Ok Timo, I was referring to the light blue colour used for the windows, or the surround of them, (not quite sure). Although the original building has a similar look, on the model it just seems a little too fake or not real enough.

[udriveitmissionsrock 2]

Do 3DS models work in the BAT?

udriveitmissionsrock signing out

[timo 15]

A little update, just to let you know I'm still alive :

First of all, thanks for your comments.

udriveitmissionsrock : yes I guess but I'm not sure...

 

1) So I've been playing with windows textures, I hope you can help me to choose or to improve. I made a preview with 3 new textures :

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I like #1, but still I wonder : should I try to apply the same (or a few similar) texture(s) on each single window?

 

2) I've started the hoftoren (white building - pic 1rst page). I'll show pictures as soon as it looks like a building...

3) I didn't do anything new on the arena... sorry

4) I had the idea of modeling my guitar! It could be a fun landmark!

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So what do you think about the window textures? Wich BAT do you think I should focus on?

[Lord_Bertrum 3]

I'd say #3 looks the best so far.

[jacqulina 162]

nice work

[rp2005 165]

Date: 6/9/2005 10:53:20 AM Author: udriveitmissionsrock

Do 3DS models work in the BAT?

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Yes, you can export the model into gmax or you can use BAT for Max.  Everything I've released this year is from 3DS via BAT for Max.

 

[madawac 48]

#3 Looks best

Lookin' forward to the Hoftoren

Funny idea modellin' your guitar... maybe I do my drumset

[flrscf 0]

I agree #3 is the best. Nece work, Timo. And I look forward to see the Hoftoren.

[timo 15]

Thanks everyone for your opinions and comments... I see #3 is popular, so I'll propably choose it. But it looks too uniform to me (that's why I like #1), so maybe I'll try to fix that. I'll also try to work on the hoftoren, so I can post a decent pic of it!

Thanx again everyone for your support! I really need your comments and advices!

You can still tell what you think about the windows, they're not finished yet...

[mentarman 14]

These look great. Good luck on everything, especially the stadium (which I say for my own selfish reasons; I'm trying to avoid nagging about bats but it is hard when you see such fantastic work and become impatient!)

[timo 15]

Thank you mentarman! Don't worry, you can always tell me what you think about my work! You can tell what buildings you want me to finish first...

So, I've continued on Castalia... Changed a few textures. I have full preview pics, please tell me what you think.

 

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I'm not sure about the new grey roof texture...

I think I will try new textures, I'll post pics so you can tell me what you think.

 

[mentarman 14]

I think the texture is pretty good, maybe a little repetitive though.

[Glenni 1,445]

hmmmmm not completely sure about the roof.otherwise its a nice building.try this one iget from n747

 

 

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[timo 15]

Thanks GLENNI! I'll try it soon! I really need to find/make a good roof-texture...

[franky_83 8]

That is a really nice building...I so love the color contrasts...looks like a very well-made building.

[Superstar 69]

Nice looking building Timo, can't wait to see it fully textured

[timo 15]

Thanks for your comment guys!

franky_83 : Thanks! I went to Castalia this morning, just to check a few details, and I should add a little more colors... Hope you'll like it!

 

superstar : Thanks, I hope my texturing will be good enough. Don't hesitate to come back here and criticize the textures, cause i'm not sure that I'll always choose nice looking ones...

 

I have been working a little more on castalia, and De Hoftoren. Then I will be back on the Amsterdam arena (I guess).

 

You can choose between 2 grey roof textures and 2 dark textures for the base of the building. Wich do you think is better?

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According to what I've seen this morning the dark texture #2 is better... For the roof I'm not sure but GLENNI's texture (roof texture #2) looks nice to me. What about you???

 

I also tried new window textures :

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I still have to add more details... Also, I realised a little more work is needed to make the red texture of the base building look OK...

 

De Hoftoren is started, just need to fix a few things before I make preview pics.