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I just finished my first test BAT (first BAT ever) and I haven't really had a major problem. Once, max quit half way through a render, but I refitted the LODs and the render was fine after that. I do need to make sure the Output folder is emptied after rendering, remove the meshes, etc., but otherwise everything works great. I don't think I'd be able to BAT on my dinky laptop without help. Thanks. BTW this render had 500 000 polys and took 19 minutes. Yes, it's a glossy lump. OK-- it is so way late, in fact, it's now morning. I've been up all night trying to figure out how to get nightlights to work. As I was about to dispair sometime around 730 I figured it out! Or at least one way for one type of lighting. And then you know what? The bl**dy thing wont show up in the game and only shows in the left panel of lot editor. Aargh! Does anyone have a quick answer to this problem? (It's probably earlier in this thread and I'll backtrack and see.) I have bldgprop V 1&2 etc... BTW. I'm removing files after all is done w/out deltree. Could this be a problem? EDIT: *giggle* it's supposed to only show up on one side of Lot Editor isn't it? Still, the BAT won't show in-game.

Date:8/23/2004 12:57:13 AM Author:JohnB I am sorry to rush you guys, but i have posted this message a week ago and no one helped me yet. Someone please help. I am making something cool that will be a first in sc4 but I need bat for max to work. quote> The same thing happened to me. I am NO expert at this, but maybe what caused my error message is what's causing yours. When you copy the new .model file in your C:\ *** My Documents\SimCity4\plugins to paste into 3ds max BAT, are you copying the .model extension, as well? I know this is silly advice, but I can't think of anything else. Your filenames are either not identical, you've changed the filename format of the gmax export, or your paths in the .ini files are wrong. Good luck.

This looks great utoria, and looks like you put a lot of effort into it. You're inspiring me to start playing the game again.

I'll be rendering my first BAT in about a week or so. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for all your effort.