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SimCity 4 General Discussion and Tutorials => Tips, Tricks and Tutorials => Tutorials on Custom Content Creation => Topic started by: deanva on December 18, 2021, 04:29:14 PM

Title: Creating symbols in Gmax BAT help
Post by: deanva on December 18, 2021, 04:29:14 PM
How do you create arrows for road signs using the Gmax BAT? there is no tutorial that I have seen, the only tutorial about batting the images are no longer available.
Title: Re: Creating symbols in Gmax BAT help
Post by: mgb204 on December 19, 2021, 08:18:35 AM
BAT beginners tutorial with working images (ST) (https://community.simtropolis.com/omnibus/simcity-4/bat-lot-editor-tutorials/bat-essentials-part-1-r11/)

3D modelling is at it's core all about shapes/geometry and combining them together to create objects. Depending on what you specifically wanted to make, either you'd create the entire shape using the tools available, or you can often make a more basic sign, for example a simple circle for the sign part and a cylinder for the pole. You can then apply textures that would include any other details of the sign, rather than model them directly, which is often a more efficient method.