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Oh, that sounds very interesting! @Dreadnought were you aware of this? @EastChapel I am not really playing sc4 anymore, nor am I really in touch with all the lot editors, etc. Blender holds fantastic sheer endless opportunities, I am an absolute beginner as well. The last week my evenings were filled trying to produce a procedural riveted steel plate texture, and I will say, that it was a hell of a ride, but it does work: But looking at it gives you brain damage:

Trying myself in Blender texturing for the first time:

Genuinely thought I had, but in fact I had not. Really glad it is an easy fix. (and I appreciate your patience!)

I tried installing the first official release (uninstalled the beta first). I am experiencing a few issues now. My apologies for the many questions, I seem to be the only one who is that incompetent My renders look like this now: when viewing the layers the detail still seems to be there: I went through the log and notice the following: when I clicked the "compositing" button: Compositor node 'b4b_compositing' has only been partially connected. Missing connections: Noisy Image, Combined_env_light I also noticed that some detail that shows on the preview is lost when the model is in lot editor: (see the railings missing on the stern section)

hello everyone! I have just run another test render and wanted to see if you can help me a bit [I have not downloaded and installed the latest BAT4blender pack yet that is mentioned above, so maybe some of it is adressed] (top: textured ship rendered in GMAX, bottom new ship rendered in blender) The shadow resolution seems way below the resolution of an actual edge the shadow in general is quite dark (compare to shadow of gun barrels on textured battleship above rendered in GMAX) I have the feeling that the quality of the model is still below the GMAX render (maybe I am mistaken), if I compare some of the edges Anything that can be done about that? In any case, I am incredibly grateful that BAT4Blender exists now, so thank you VERY MUCH for all your effort!

Just realised that I never replied to this... I hope you saw that I have released several models without crew onboard or any historical flags.

Thanks to the amazing work of @memo, I have started BAT4blender and the Simtropolis shipyards are open again.

Yup, downloaded the source code rather than the release... bloody amateur It has actually exported a full SC4Model from blender - I AM AMAZED! SD Render: HD Render: Is there a way I can increase the resolution even further? (I did use the Super-Sampling)

I tried the *.bat file: Exporting XML file: C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Blender\Sailing Cutter\88777601_cc09a227_00030000.xml Using fshgen to create SC4Model: C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Blender\Sailing Cutter\Cutter_16-0x5ad0e817_0xcc09a227_0x00030000.SC4Model Error: Unable to access jarfile C:\Users\XXX\Documents\SimCity 4\Tools\fshgen-0.2.1\src\scripts\.\fshgen.jar Failed to create SC4Model using "fshgen". Check console output for error messages, or disable Post-Processing. CANCELLED The folder mentioned does not include the folder "." nor the .jar file mentioned: C:\Users\XXX> dir "C:\Users\XXX\Documents\SimCity 4\Tools\fshgen-0.2.1\src\scripts" Volume in drive C is Windows Volume Serial Number is 7EBA-36C2 Directory of C:\Users\XXX\Documents\SimCity 4\Tools\fshgen-0.2.1\src\scripts 01/10/2025 21:02 <DIR> . 01/10/2025 21:02 <DIR> .. 01/10/2025 21:02 208 fshgen 01/10/2025 21:02 277 fshgen.bat 2 File(s) 485 bytes Any ideas? (I assume I need that missing jar file - I did not see it in the release on github however) Apologies for the many questions, sadly this is not my strong suit. EDIT: my Java installation should be ok C:\Users\XXX>java -version java version "1.8.0_461" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_461-b11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.461-b11, mixed mode)

I am on a journey now... I am having trouble with the fshgen... maybe I set it up wrong? What is the file that needs to be referenced under post-processing? (I have selected: \fshgen-0.2.1\src\scripts\fshgen) ... Using ImageMagick filter "MagicKernelSharp2021" to downsample rendering: C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Blender\Sailing Cutter\7ab50e44_cc09a227_00030430_Day.tmp.png Saved: 'C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Blender\Sailing Cutter\7ab50e44_cc09a227_00030430_Day.png' ------------------------------------------------------------ Exporting XML file: C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Blender\Sailing Cutter\88777601_cc09a227_00030000.xml Using fshgen to create SC4Model: C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Blender\Sailing Cutter\Cutter_16-0x5ad0e817_0xcc09a227_0x00030000.SC4Model CANCELLED Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\scripts\addons\BAT4Blender\GUI_ops.py", line 177, in modal raise self._exception File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\scripts\addons\BAT4Blender\GUI_ops.py", line 209, in execute_queue_loop f() File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\scripts\addons\BAT4Blender\GUI_ops.py", line 111, in f Renderer.create_sc4model(fshgen_script, File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\scripts\addons\BAT4Blender\Renderer.py", line 289, in create_sc4model result = subprocess.run([ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.5\4.5\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 548, in run with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.5\4.5\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.5\4.5\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OSError: [WinError 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application Error: Python: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\scripts\addons\BAT4Blender\GUI_ops.py", line 209, in execute_queue_loop f() File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\scripts\addons\BAT4Blender\GUI_ops.py", line 111, in f Renderer.create_sc4model(fshgen_script, File "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\scripts\addons\BAT4Blender\Renderer.py", line 289, in create_sc4model result = subprocess.run([ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.5\4.5\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 548, in run with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.5\4.5\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.5\4.5\python\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OSError: [WinError 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application

Thanks for the ideas. I tried running it as admin, which did not solve the issue unfortunately. I also wasn't able to find any file named properties.xml anywhere in the SC4 folder. I installed SC4 via steam

Pim X won‘t run for other reasons (probably dll related) but in any case I always prefered SC4 Plugin Manager for its simplicity…

Hi Guys, set up a new system and am struggling with SC4 Plugin manager. I pretty much have the same issue as described here. However I did not entirely understand how they solved it in the end, nor did I have access to any of the files they exchanged. Anyone of you pros able to help me out with this one? Thanks very much all!

Hi Guys, just found this topic and became super excited! After having used GMAX for years to model, I have started using blender for other projects. Does BAT4belder work well? Is there a guide how to install and use it somewhere?