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Quicksand.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little BAT...
madhatter106 replied to madhatter106's topic in SC4 BAT & Lot Workshop
Thanks, all. Here's an old ghost haunting me; I had modeled this one three years ago, and it sat in my "to finish" folder until I realized that I had not even started the texturing. So I am forcing myself to see it through. I don't yet know about the roof... -
Committing Cultural Suicide by Science
madhatter106 replied to A Nonny Moose's topic in Current Events
I wonder what the statistics are for celiac disease in Japan. There's a lot of gluten chatter in the states the past few years, with lots of people suddenly sensitive to gluten. Or at least sensitive to the idea of gluten... -
Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little BAT...
madhatter106 replied to madhatter106's topic in SC4 BAT & Lot Workshop
Toothless Stitch - is the power of gmax like the power of Greyskull? SimCoug - yeah, the upper right shape is neat, it has a great old style classic feel. Though the modeling was easy, the texturing has proven to be laborious. Plus dropping in the details has taken a bunch of time. It's based off a building I found online, though i took some liberties with the color scheme and ground floor. Here it is with some detail work done, but far from finished... TWrecks - the last, fast one is indeed a copy of a reference in my swipe file. I tweaked the ground floor a little bit, and added a little "marquee" for the entrance, but the rest of its humdrum boring nature is a direct inspiration. -
Twinkle, twinkle, little BAT...
madhatter106 replied to madhatter106's topic in SC4 BAT & Lot Workshop
Nightlighting is a bother in gmax...lots of trial and error, lots of preview rendering and not getting it right after a lot of "at bats," no pun intended. The modeling stage and texturing stage are usually pretty smooth, but things really stall at nightlights for me. I wish nightmaps looked better in-game, as they're a helluva lot easier and faster to do... Some more shapes - my other problem is starting lots of stuff and not getting it finished... And here's one that went really fast, like lightning, to get to this state. Still needs some love and some details... -
So beautifully done. Can't wait to see the further results. I love rowhouses.
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What comes to mind when you think about this city?
madhatter106 replied to Sleeping Politician's topic in Forum Games
19th century playwright Henrik Ibsen. Yonkers, New York. -
Twinkle, twinkle, little BAT...
madhatter106 replied to madhatter106's topic in SC4 BAT & Lot Workshop
So little free time to BAT. Had a few hours to finally work in some details and textures on this one. Partly inspired by a dumpy little office building in my swipe file. Not looking forward to the nightlights... -
Did someone test playing SimCity 4 on Windows 10?
madhatter106 replied to JP Schriefer's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
This thread makes me wonder if gmax will run on Windows 10.... -
Wait, no saving throw?
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I was very much looking forward to your STEX Millionth interview. And the new building is to die for... Yay!
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100 Million STEX DL: An Interview with T Wrecks
madhatter106 commented on SimCoug's article in Interviews
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What comes to mind when you think about this country?
madhatter106 replied to KonstantinII's topic in Forum Games
Vlad Tepes. Cuba. -
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Downloading "starter" regions with transit already laid out
madhatter106 replied to tikkytik's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I hate when the riffraff from Littleass City make their way into Big-ass City. Brings the property values down. -
Twinkle, twinkle, little BAT...
madhatter106 replied to madhatter106's topic in SC4 BAT & Lot Workshop
A little diversion from the offices - I BATted some competition for Maxi's Mini Mart. In honor of the STEX's 100,000,000th upload, I present to you Minnie's Maxi Mart...now up on the STEX! Also thanks to SimCoug for the interview questions and allowing me to be a part of the 100,000,000 download jubilee; it was great to share some thoughts about BATting and the ST community. -
While certain things will be easier in 3ds than it would in regular old gmax, the tools will only take you so far. Put a monkey in front of an easel with an expensive set of oil paints next to Leonardo da Vinci with some brown paper and a box of Crayolas, and I would put money on the idea that da Vinci will churn out a slightly better product. (Unless you're going for something along the lines of Cy Twombly; then the monkey will surpass him.) What the tools are is only part of it. What you do with them is the other part.
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My SC4 CJ Scrapbook | Important update and news!
madhatter106 replied to BLANKBLANK's topic in SC4 City Journals
Ooooh, I just caught sight of this on the front page, and clicked. Glad to see a couple of my little BATs inside...
