Hello all... welcome to my BAT thread and thank you SC4 Devotion for this very beautiful site!!! :thumbsup:
This is a first test for me with the BAT and i need your opinion. ;)
I have started to create some Bat, nothing spectacular just 2 little house.
in fact, the same one two colors but others will follow and i will add different version of the roof.
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I need to fixe a little problem... night lighting show in preview but not ingame. ()what()
In the future, i want to make some industrial Bat's.
and even if my English is limited___________feedback is welcome.
Large BAT doesn't mean good BAT. Yours might be small and simple, but it is an excellent model :thumbsup:
About your problem with nightlilghts: I don't have much knowledge on how the nightmaps work with BAT. That's why I gave up and rather use "real" lights instead, saves a lot of headaches.
Hello, it's time for a little update.
But first, gracias señor DebussyMan for criticism.
Only one response to my first post but i am honoured that it would be you. :thumbsup:
I would add just that your work is impressive!!!
We have six small houses now.
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mmmh... always this problem with the night lighting in game but yesterday one of it functioned.
I never have this problem with others Bat. ???
Still six others with a different roof and I will be a happy men! And afterwards, learn to create a Family.
DebussyMan, i understand when you say to me that large BAT doesn't mean good BAT...
...but here I have one very large Bat. :D ;)
Ovo Stadium
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That one is an old model that I started modeling in Blender some time ago. Maybe, one day, I will have finished it.
I must remake all the interior who is ridiculous. ()sad() and I think of only making a Soccer stadium.
This week, i have lot of work. It is "La Fête de la musique" in Switzerland and I will not sleep much the next days.
See you next week Devotion!!! &opr
As always_________feedback is welcome.
Looks good to me. There's definitly a lack of low-rise residential buildings from the community, so these should slide in just fine. Texturing is really good. The only thing that needs improvement imo is the nightligt.
metasmurf, thx for feedback.
I agree with you, night-light was made with the default BAT nightmaps who is not terrible i find.
Next week i will try the "nitelite", perhaps that will solve my problem at the same time. ::)
The houses are looking fine, I like the rooftexture. The brown/red brick does not look so good, I think the white(mortar) in the texture is too strong.
Are you using these houses as props or as buildings on the lots that you make? As prop nightlights will not show up if the prop is too close to the lotborder also sometimes the nighlights show up in one (view)direction and not the other.
That houses are looking very great!
The stadium, too, so far! :thumbsup:
Thank you guys, your comments are greatly appreciated.
-kwakelaar: The problem seems solved with the night lighting...thank you for help!!! :thumbsup:
I worked on textures and will show the final result quickly, must still fix some small details!!
-bat: thank you for the support and sorry to have the same pseudo one as you, pure coincidence... :-[ ;)
I have started to test the "BATforMAX"... and I will never use again Gmax!!!
Need a little time to familiarize me with the raytracing and the shaders. Last night, I carried out this...
NOPIXEL school of graphics
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NOPIXEL is a small graphics company of one of my friend, but the building does not exist.
Still work on the roof, the entry and the windows...
Take Care_________&__________feedback is welcome.
Nopixel is simple, but great. I like it very much, just like Ovo Stadium. I wish that I would have same amount of skills as you. :)
Looking good!
Divide the front windows into 3 sections and have some of them open. And maybe it'd be a good idea if you lit up from the inside using an omni or something else, rather than using night maps on the windows.
Little Update...!
Bengt: Thank you, you also makes very good things. I do not have large connaisances but I improve.
Shadow Assassin: Thank you too, I followed your opinion and I added some a little... ;)
I do not use the nightmaps on the windows. they is targetspot with the option include/exclude activeted,
but it is funnier with the omni!!!
NOPIXEL School of graphics
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It is not final but I advance... like that already more!!!
Good news____________________Ovo Stadium is in 3DMAX!!!
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Bad news... I will remake the part of bottom. Because of my way of modelling it, I am blocked to make modifications. :'(
to wish me good luck, there is job!!!
Take Care_________&__________feedback is welcome.
Amazing. you start with a little house and end with a superb office and the reworking of the stadium well the roof part
is fantastic. I will wait patiently for your next update
Progressing fast, excellent!
I'm going to assume you speak French and German ya?
&apls
Hello all.
TheTeaCat: thank you for the support Sir :) ...the Ovo Stadium will take a long time to finish but I want to see it in the game!
JosefBrisko: you have with half reason, French yes... German no, or then just a little.... Deutsch ist schwierig... &mmm
Small update from Ovo Stadium!
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I progress but it's hard.... :D
I decided to put my three projects in stand-by, because I want to make ships and Swamper77 will carry them out in automata.
Don't ask me how it makes, I have any idea. It's, at the beginning an idea of Ennedi to make the lakes and seas more alive.
I am completely excited by this project and here what I have at disposal.
Ship1
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Ship2
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Ship3
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Ship4
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Ship5
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Ship6
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Ship7
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Ship8
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Ship9
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Ship10
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Some of there found on the Web, others one made one moment ago. The Trimaran I did it the last night. $%#Ninj2
All is not equal quality but Ship1 and 6 seem to me ready for a small test!?!!?
What do you think of that and the quality of the models appears sufficient to you????
Well-on, don't hesitate to poste useful links & pictures in connection with this project.
And all your criticisms are welcome...
Stay tuned! &opr
To Follow_______________________Sam!
sam this is some mighty impressive work... the boats are fantastic....
the stadium is a vast improvement on the previous version, and i cannot wait to see it finished.
keep up the good work.
MG
John
To tell the truth, Ovo is not completely in Stand-by... :)
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Thus, I do not have much advanced on the boats! :-[
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Thank's for support________Sam!
I love the boats, they'll be a much needed addition to the game. As far as rendering is concerned can I suggest that as well as letting swamper have the models to turn into automata, you also render a straight and diagonal version of each boat and for the sailboats render with sails up and sails down. The version with sails down would be very useful as a marina prop.
@bat56,
These ships and boats are fantastic! I never expect that such a good stuff was appear as an answer for my suggestion! &apls &apls &apls
All details are awesome. As Swamper said, some of them can be invisible in the game, but the general form of each ship will look great in every zoom :thumbsup:
I must say your other projects are very interesting too. More please! ;D
More...!
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To follow...
Astounding. What fantastic models of the boats and ships &apls They all look amazing :thumbsup:
I like what you are doing with the stadium too.
A well deserved (https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg152.imageshack.us%2Fimg152%2F2651%2Fkaffe06ut5.gif&hash=b712f75428e987c8f6b0e93298c7ff4cbdaf43f8)
:satisfied:
TTC
The boats are very much needed :thumbsup:
Hi all... thx for support... :)
I was very busy these last days and I did not progress much. New work, new girl friend. ::)
in short, not of spare time for simcity... but i'm back!
No update today but that will come this week, promised.
I think of being able to send 5 models to Swamper77 this week. ( ship1, 5, 7, 8, 10 )
A question... I don't know if I must add people on the boats for more realism... What you think about it?? ()what()
I'm ok with your idea zero7 but that will take time to do everything.... I will have to work during the night. $%#Ninj2 :D
Stay tunned_____________Sam!
Very nice to see you again, congratulations for new work and best regards for your girlfriend :)
Quote from: bat56 on August 27, 2007, 04:33:09 AM
I think of being able to send 5 models to Swamper77 this week. ( ship1, 5, 7, 8, 10 )
Very good, I'm just preparing a nice place for them ;D
QuoteA question... I don't know if I must add people on the boats for more realism... What you think about it??
It's only my opinion, but don't do it - I think the quality of your boats will be much better than people props and people will look bad on closeups
Excellent !!!!! I love your BAT !!!
Hello...
TheTeaCat: Thank you very much Sir I like it very hot... &prt
metasmurf: ... and the boats are on the way...
Antoine: thank you for the support... ça fait plaisir!
Ennedi: yes I have spare time these days and I use it. I gave up the
idea to put people on the boats, too complicated and long.
But on the other hand, three of them are finished.
Fishing Boat
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Cannes
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Léman
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I am rather satisfied with these. I would have liked to make ingame previews but in this moment
3DMAX crash to very often and when I render the models, I have only white LODs in the Reader.
The .FSH files are ok but not projected on the LOD...
Another strange thing, it does not create .FSH.tgi files.
I am anyway trustful to find the solution... but tomorrow. ?$%kar&%h
Small preview of a new whole in creation.
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All the sailing ships plopables will be, for sure, available with the sails up and down.
If I reaches that point, I would like to put them in the mayor menu, like plopables trees.
Good solution or not???
See you soon________________Sam!
Fantastic boats! &apls
QuoteAll the sailing ships plopables will be, for sure, available with the sails up and down.
Excellent!
QuoteGood solution or not???
Very good :thumbsup: (but I am not a specialist ;D)
Boats look awesome. :thumbsup:
The idea of making them mayor mode plopables is a good one; however, they will not float if placed in the water, they will sink to bottom.
This is a limitation that, as far as I know, can not be avoided. They could be used to plop on beaches/lakeshores, though. ;)
Good looking boats here &apls not good, GREAT :thumbsup: and think about Travis' suggestion. I would like to plop these to my shores.
Ploppable props will be underwater, so it won't work &mmm
I'm sure specialists are right. But I think ploppable props could be used not only on beaches, lakeshores etc., but also on ploppable water (and it was a part of my request :) ploppable lakes can look good, and even better with these boats).
Boats to use on the ingame water should be made in the same way as Somy's and Jeronij's ships (but I haven't any knowledge how to do it).
The boats look stunning, you did a fantastic job on it. :thumbsup: As for using it as a ploppable model that would be a great idea, maybe someone can mod them that they can be placed in shallower water so they won't sink? It what would be a great addition to the game in any way.
Thank you for your enthusiasm guys, I am above and I note all your remarks.
Thx for the technical informations about the Mayor Mod Plopables, it seemed to me, indeed, that there was this limitation. &mmm
I remembers that Jeronij created a tutorial on the subject, it is necessary that I look at there!!
Somebody can explain me how I control the height of the model in water if I makes a landmark of it???
I must say that I has just joined the TSC TEAM. 8)
That will be thus easier for me because I do not have really time and the competences for modding.
The last 2 Automata models will be ready tomorrow...! &opr
Its actually fairly easy to make them float- just mod them as buildings, (as opposed to props), because the game will not let buildings appear below
ground/water lever. Something you might want to do, though, is render them slightly below the plane, so the hull will appear under water. :)
Actually, if you wanted, I could mod them for you, but since you joined the TSC team I don't think you need my help. ;)
Im so happy to have you at TSC team ()stsfd() you're a excellent BATer !
Number 4 ready...!
Asia
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Travis: Thank you, that seems simple indeed.
And thank you also for your proposal of modding. As you say it, I have assistances for that now. ()testing()
Antoine: I can say to you that I am very happy too, & you do not defend yourself badly too!!! :thumbsup:
Number 5, later in the course of the day.
The boats are awesome and I can not wait for their release.
&apls
Robin :thumbsup:
These ships look really fabulous, you did a great job on it. Can't wait for the release either. :) &apls
It's so realistic :o your boat is FABULOUS !!!
These are so intricate and detailed, I'm really looking forward to seeing them in-game! :D great work!
Sam wow i love you boats and i could have sworn i commented before on your works of the small houses... A bigggg congrats on joining TSC :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
those boats are great! excellent work!! &apls
I didn't know that you were also a fan of boats ;D Excellent models.
Wonderful looking boats, bat56! Great work on them! :thumbsup:
Here, it is done... number 5
TrimaRacer
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That at taken a little more time than envisaged cause I made a false handling and I accidentally erased my first model of trimaran... :angrymore:
Here is new, the most detailed.
I will try to send them to Swamper today still.
Once again, thank you very much all for your support... :thumbsup:
WAHOOOOOOO :o
You cheated, it's a real photo of a real boat, right ? :-[
Yes well on, and that it is real plopable boats ingame... :P
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Mmmmhhh... I must manage the size a little...
Simply magnificient, bat56! &apls
It's excellent ! but you're right for the size ;)
The boats look fantastic in-game. These will do for waterways what mikeseith's cars did for the road.
i total agree with what Z7 said about this Bat56.... great pics from ingame...
These will be wonderful additions to the game - they look excellent
How about a tutorial how to make a boat, Eh? :D
"$Deal"$
SimFox, in p.1 he says that some of models are found from the internet :P But he should give the link where he got the models and what he did add to them.
Whoa.... those boats are awesome. I like number 5.
Now when do I get them? :D
Theres one thing that completly turns me off when I look at that in game shot. The level of perfect detail and quality from the render on the previous page has been lost :( It disgusts me every time this happens whether it be with your incredible and much needed boat models (bit of a port buff here) or Blahdy's tunnels. I do hope to see more works come out of you soon though, the stadium looks top notch :D
awesome boats there i hope ya make different colors of the boats with the sails say if someone wanted to do a water race like they do in some cities in their MD keep it up :thumbsup:
Wow, incredible detail, especially that last one. The only thing I can find to criticize(yeah, hate to do that my first post here, but trying to help, I promise) is the one with the light blue hull. The texture on the hull itself could show a little more grit to it(not even sure if that's the right word for what I'm trying to say, but something about it just looks artificial) and the rudder on it is too visible to far into the water it seems. But I'm just knitpicking(I tend to do that, sorry.) The rest are, well, just plain cool. Love it.
Chris
they make great automata. please release them on the exchange when you're ready. :)
I enjoy this work a lot , bat56 , even if I'm far from a maritime theme ... currently . &apls
I've got this water texture too and in fact I think that it doesn't fit so much with the general SC4 looking .... ::)
Quote from: Badsim on September 14, 2007, 07:18:52 AM
I've got this water texture too and in fact I think that it doesn't fit so much with the general SC4 looking .... ::)
Badsim, could you explain what you don't like in this water? In my opinion water mods with wavy surface are much more realistic and look better in most situations :)
I am curious about your opinion, because I know and appreciate your work, especially the way you compose different elements of your cities :thumbsup:
I am trying to do some experiments with water, so your opinion is important for me :)
Edit: I looked at your great MD many times, but didn't post there yet - I wasn't sure if I was be able to say anything wise about it :D
(but you definitely motivate me to learn lot editing)
Hello.
No spare time now, just small information.
FishingBoat and Cannes are free models that I found on the Web, I modified a little them and textured. I seek the websites where I downloaded them to be able to find the name of author. "$Deal"$ It is OK for Cannes, but impossible for the moment to find the other. Continue my research...
The 3 others models, I have them create myself and I learned much by making TrimaRacer. Therefore, as SimFox requires it, I prepare a small tutorial on the subject to put it on SC4Devotion and Simtropolis.
I would like to advance more quickly in this project but unfortunately I have much work in this moment and not much time for SC4. :-[
Small projection...
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Thank you all for your support, I appreciate. :thumbsup:
Next update will be more interesting.
Sam!