Yeah, I'm just a tester, but Casper allowed me to have my own thread. So welcome to the Sheep49's BAT world! If you want to laugh your head off, please come back again. :P
So, this is my first attempt at BATting, it's just a model without textures, that I was working on hardly for last 3 hours. Any comments on the shape would be welcomed. ;)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg253.imageshack.us%2Fimg253%2F9049%2Fhouse1ho2.jpg&hash=61f25973b0f63105988229e38e616797fe2ede8a)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg413.imageshack.us%2Fimg413%2F4233%2Fhouse2ke0.jpg&hash=372e4ddc42baddbdfc1f21ac4b9420031d5d2dc7)
Please keep in mind thatit's my first BAT, and I haven't use any tutorial (well, besides making the roof :P). I would also like to thank Casper for helping me. :thumbsup:
See you!
Piotr
Looking good my friend
Progress...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg377.imageshack.us%2Fimg377%2F8074%2Fhouse5pc9.jpg&hash=45d864d80ae17467bfeca965af77394a92fa7525)
I'm still not sure about that big roof part texture &mmm Any suggestions are welcome ;)
See you!
Piotr
Better than me already. $%Grinno$% Nice work, can't wait to see more.
-un1
Looking pretty good, I'm still not convinced with how the arched roof is looking, however.
Piotr: Wow! :thumbsup: This is much better than my first BAT! I have an idea for the roof! ;) Duplicate the roof, by holding down "shift" when moving it, and use the "edit mesh" to move the vertex so that it fits in the original roof, but is longer than it from top view. Then click your original roof, under the "create" tab, choose a "compound objects", then choose "Boolean", and "pick operand B". Now click on your smaller roof. See if you like that! It works for me to create half-spheres and such... (or you could just delete some vertex... :-[)
Anyway, this BAT is looking great! I will be back for helping you with anything else my friend! :)
taht's look good my friend :thumbsup:
@ Fatsuhono: Thanks! :thumbsup: That actually worked! But...
I've got some bad news for you sunshine. ()sad() My dad was (again ::)) trying new software on my PC, and of course he found an useless folder 'BAT'. As he has just downloaded the application that deletes, and I mean seriously deletes, folders, he decided to try it on that folder. You can guess what was next... :(
Anyway, since I'm a democratic man, I would like you to vote what building would you like more in SC4:
A) Sea Towers, Gdynia (http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafika:POL.Gdynia.SeaTowers.2008.4.jpg)
or
B) St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bazylika_mariacka_gdansk_ubt.jpeg)
Vote now ;) See you!
Piotr
I'm sorry ()sad()
but for the vote, I go for the
Sea Towers, Gdynia :D ;D
Sea Towers all the way! $%Grinno$%
Piotr,
Sorry to hear about the loss of the files. I know how much works goes into each of these things. I'm glad to see you are taking it well though. As for your next project, I really like that church, but I'm going to vote for A. Best of luck on it.
-Matt
Hello Piotr.
I remember Last fall. I had often got troubles.
I made new file write over important file. :'(
I vote "A". I look forward to get your BAT :)
I appreciate the Cathedral, but I must say that those towers look beautiful! :thumbsup: Let's go for the 'A'. Maybe I'll be inspired for making towers like that. I'm not good at that style... :P Oh, and I'm very sorry to hearing about you lost that BAT... But I have made stupider mistakes... lol. I once was going through to delete some BATs I didn't need, and clicked on a tower that I finished (I really loved it), but instead of canceling, I clicked 'delete'. :P And then, I emptied the recycle bin! :'(
So... Don't feel too bad. We all make mistakes. :)
Hey everyone! Long time no see! ;) I see everyone chose those Sea Towers. :) So I know what shall I do in the future :P
Here's my current project for my own needs ;) Welcome everyone to the Facade of Churchill Place's City Hall! :D
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg219.imageshack.us%2Fimg219%2F1812%2Fchjl1.jpg&hash=d6cd490537d9778ae18a9e3d10e65ad8c28a2564)
It's modernism all the way, isn't it? $%Grinno$% Now you can see what was I doing all the time today ;)
Piotr
that's a great start Piotr :thumbsup:
It's looking great! :thumbsup:
Thanks Arthur and Heblem for your nice comments :thumbsup:
Another view, this time the basic modelling is finished, and it includes the BAT preview ;)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg225.imageshack.us%2Fimg225%2F1913%2Fch2eb0.jpg&hash=28c9dc24bb9e6d959b14395c68509c8098fd0920)
Hope you liked it! :)
Piotr
hey piotr that is awesome!!! I truely like the progress here alot!!!!
Wow ! nice progress my friend &apls :thumbsup:
Very nice building so far. I can't wait to see it textured! ;)
Fast update: texturing is almost finished, the only things to do are:
- decorations
- roof junk
- fix/make the windows
- texturing the door
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg145.imageshack.us%2Fimg145%2F1599%2Fch4dq8.jpg&hash=2fa62c9f79f82aa5a1d69ee788780d88911b60e1)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg145.imageshack.us%2Fimg145%2F2989%2Fch5zs4.jpg&hash=614b612096410cfe1be022fa1c8b2cf43730bbb4)
BTW, it's w2w, you know :P
See you later!
Piotr
It's great my friend :thumbsup:
As always, good work !
Hmmm... looks a tad bright. Maybe it should be weathered a bit more. For roof junk, a couple air conditioners, a roof access, and some piping should do well.
Hey Piotr I do agree with sim-al there that maybe a wee bit darker weather look wouldnt be to bad for the building... other then that :thumbsup:
I think textures should be darker a little bit, but it's real great for a firts, second ;) BAT.
Beautiful. :thumbsup: May I give a suggestion? For the back wall, select it and hit Modifiers > UV Coordinates > UVW Map, and change length and height to make smaller. Right now, I think it looks too big... Like a scaled-up texture on a small wall. :)
Good work so far Piotr. After you add the details, this building should look pretty good. I would suggest darkening your textures by a couple of shades. The BAT will lighten them up quite a bit when you export. I know this is planned to be a W2W, but I would suggest adding some stuff to the back. Inevitably, it will end up in an area where W2W will not occur or is not practical. It would be good to give at least a little something to look at (power meters or something). Very nice work so far.
Thanks everyone for your kind commens and tips! Definitely useful.
Now here's something new: It's the custom lot! actually made by caspervg, but shhhh He let me to call it my own
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg143.imageshack.us%2Fimg143%2F4632%2Flot0001tn9.jpg&hash=38749a8ec7d7401c0a19adf0ef1c19c060a3f215)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg143.imageshack.us%2Fimg143%2F7798%2Flot0000qb8.jpg&hash=fedbad9172405efa20e00e9f496806f4ea26d3d0)
Hope you liked it!
Piotr
that lot is really great my friend , good work on it Piotr :thumbsup:
WOW! Love the new custom lot! :thumbsup:
This is really good my friend, I love this bat &apls
After a short break, I'm back with... ELECTRICITY PYLONS?!
Fig 1 Also starring my beautiful Paint-writing :D
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg75.imageshack.us%2Fimg75%2F5856%2Flepylonsvu8.jpg&hash=ddb64c31b7c71535daf2808c1b15ca47a0b57150)
What do you think about them? I'm thinking of realising 2 sets of orthagonal, diagonal and FA pylons for:
1. Lot Editor (Props)
2. Direct-to-SC4 (In flora menu)
But first, I need to make some more BATs :D
See you later :thumbsup:
Piotr
these pylons look great my friend :thumbsup: excellent idea to make props and flora Piotr :thumbsup:
Nice work there on your BATs and LOTs there, Sheep49!
The City Hall BAT looks good, Piotr. I hope you haven't abandoned it. Of course, I've never been much of a W2W city builder, but I haven't ruled out building some W2W districts. You have also done a fine job on the custom LOT. :thumbsup:
The pylons seem a bit short, but I assume they are subtransmission or distribution pylons, right? I do think that the creation of ploppable (Mayor mode flora) pylons is a great idea. The inclusion of orthogonal, diagonal, and FA pylons is also a splendid idea, since it allows more flexibility and realism. :thumbsup:
This is looking really good my friend &apls
Nice bat piotr. &apls
Go on your excellent work. :thumbsup:
Nice start on those Piotr. I like the basic design, but I aslo think the pieces of the pole are a bit thick. This may be a result of the pieces, or perhaps the model just looks a bit short for the design, but I like where you're going with these so far.
metarvo: unfortunately, I abandoned it, along with my poles. ()sad()
...
But don't worry! I'm not done with BATting yet! And just to prove it for you...
Presenting SC4D Cafe ($%Grinno$%)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi493.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Frr292%2FSheep49%2Fw2w.png%3Ft%3D1234632974&hash=5886d9d908cdb1d0b7b2d7eeb6ee10cae9abb525)
A nice, 22m high w2w filler. Front wall is almost done (Who wants to hepl me with some flora?), still working on textures and roof junk.
Have I improved my BATting skills in any way? (Judging from this shot, of course) ;D
Hope you like it,
Piotr
EDIT: BTW, If anyone is inerested, here's a building I was inspired by...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gdynia.pl%2Fg2%2F2008_01%2F14881_fileot.jpg&hash=02bf7c6d7e769204eebd3edb2d4e7e36a5c6797b)
Piotr, it's great to see you back at BATing. :thumbsup:
And what an excellent start with this Cafe my friend, it looks awesome. &apls
Oh, well. It's too bad that you abandoned the City Hall, but this Cafe is very good. I wonder, does it have complimentary wi-fi Internet? Since it's an SC4D Cafe, it's only fair that the customers can get on SC4D while they are there. ;D As for your BATting skills, I would say they have improved very much. Welcome back, Piotr!
:thumbsup:
Piotr that cafe is looking real great there!!! I am also glad you havent given up BATting....
Hello once again! I've just done the first render of cafe to see how it would look in the city enviorment. Here's result:*
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi493.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Frr292%2FSheep49%2Fwhatever.png%3Ft%3D1234703175&hash=d3ae3b07863c0440b3841f3f4cddfddcb1bb476e)
Still, I'm lacking some textures and decorations, so it's not finished yet $%Grinno$%
Hope you liked it! ;)
Piotr
*The city shown in the pic isn't real city. It was something I just made of ploppable ITS buildings to check if everything works ;D
Looks good there Piotr and I cant wait to see the finished product!!
Nice work there, Piotr :thumbsup:
Looks good Piotr. If I can be of any assistance with anything let me know, but it seems like you have things well in hand. Some roof junk, and perhaps some details surrounding the advertisiment on the side (perhaps some lights or something like that) and something on the front of the building (not sure what, though I know you mentioned plants, those would look good). Nice progress so far.
nice work my friend.