Erdmoebel

Hello everybody! I picked up the BAT again, cuz let's be honest: SC4 is still THE city builder around, kind of a shame after all this time but whatever. I'm working on something simple now to get back into the groove. I'll make some northeastern USA W2W models. For now just two residential townhouses but I'd like to do some urban civics as well. Suggestions are highly welcome :-) Anyway here is the first preview of the first BAT: It's not based on any real buildings, I just tried to achieve a NYC/Philadelphiaish kind of vibe without caring much about architectural eras and stuffs, also it's not final yet, I'm open for criticism :-) Okay that's it for now. I'd love your feedback on this ^^

The latest progress: I'm not yet happy with it but I hope to have it finished sometime next week, then I can start work on the carpark.

It has grown a bit The building on the left is purely fictional. No roofjunk yet, I'm thinking about a helipad. And instead of a garage I'm gonna make a ploppable carpark, so you can fit this into your cities however you like.

It's going to be a police station though but thanks for the idea =D Should be a fun next project! And thanks for the pictures, they're gonna be useful. Ah and where have I been? Well for a long time I was a console gamer *yuck* but back to PC now and this thing can actually run the BAT properly. I made my old stuff on a laptop with integrated Intel graphics >.> No fun I tell ya Edit: Next update I want to put a NYPD logo next to the entrance but I have no idea how to get the white borders of the image transparent. The PNG has the correct alphas already, I just can't get it to show correctly in gmax. Anyone?^^

Hi! Thanks for your suggestions, the roof textures really are a pain in the... behind, don't know why but the internet ran out of seamless textures :-P Allright here's another: This is the first draft of an urban police station. This is not a replica but drew inspiration from a "modern" extension of the 26th precinct, Upper Manhattan. It's gonna be a corner W2W building and suit cities in a lot of geographical regions. I'm no radio buff so no idea if that's the equipment they'd use, maybe someone has a little more insight. Also I'll add a lot more stuff to the roof of course. I'd gladly release my upcoming stuff under the NYBT banner but I'm not doing replicas, so I leave that to you if you'd have me. Suggestions are welcome as always =)

Erdmoebel here. This is my first post after years of abstinence. While I never was the best BATer, I sure put a lot of effort into my creations. Why? Because I LOVE Sim City. I have played every itteration of this game except Societies so I was pumped when they announced a new version. What can I say? It's heartbreaking what they're going to do with this series. This is not Sim City! This is Sim Village Online. I'm terribly disappointed but I voted I'd buy it if they strip the dumb multiplayer "features" and allow proper sprawling metropolises again. Knowing EA though that's not gonna happen so yea, this will be the death of the franchise for me.

I started to work on Berlins most important modern landmark. The Sony Center. It's a giant entertainment complex with cinemas, bars, restaurants but also a lot of office space. It consists of several lowrise buildings under a huge steel tent and a shiny midrise tower. I couldn't find any decent pics that show the whole structure so I'll show it to you from different angles first This one shows the Bahntower (on the left) And this one the rest of the center I have started working on it yesterday so please don't expect too much for now:

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*lol* Nice one. Where did you get the idea for this building? Molvania?^^

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