Bridge Engineers needed....

[jeronij]

Dear SC4D member,

Have you ever been interested in creating working bridges for our loved game?

Thanks to the NAM team efforts, it will soon be possible to create every type of bridges and upload them as individual uploads, being compatible with the NAM.

Being myself one of the NAM members with more experience in SC4 bridge making actually ( Smoncrie, where are you ?¿?  ) , I have decided to support the members who want to design bridges for SC4, and modd their models so they can be used in the game.

I will explain a bit more about this in the next few days.  I hope some of your will be interested in that project 

[wouanagaine]

I won't BAT anything, but I'm certainly more than interested in such a powerfull feature

[Rayden]

I might be interested in that. Just let me know how difficult and what to do and I will let you know if I am or not able to help out.

[callagrafx]

Piqued my interest too....will be keeping an eye on this

[dedgren]

If the bag of goodies on this site gets any bigger, it's going to take a forklift to move it around.

My lack of BAT skills means I'll be a watcher, too- but I won't stint a bit on providing encouragement.


David

[Cali]

I'd Love to give it a shot. Thats how ya learn

[HabLeUrG]

Id like and know to make a bridges at BAT, but dunno how to configure it at game...

[jeronij]

I am glad to see that there is so much interest in this project 

As stated before, I will handle the tedious modding part and leave you the pleasure of the modelling and lightning 

I plan to make a tutorial about the modding aspects of bridge making, but you shouldnt worry about that for the moment 

If you want to start heating your GMAX/3DStudio you can check the Double Deck bridges thread at Simtropolis:
http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=124&threadid=70813&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

and the LODding tutorial here at SC4D:
http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=158.0

And until I can find the moment to post the main rules for this project,  keep in mind that everything must be done using 16x16 tileable pieces. For a simple bridge only three pieces are needed, a start/end piece ( the game will mirror it), a pylon/center piece, and a repeat piece.

Lets see that virtuosism 

[callagrafx]

content removed cos I'm a silly sod who should read posts more thoroughly before answering   I just read the bit about the modding tutorial

[Rayden]

I can see this is not going to be easy, special for a non-batter like me, but, what about if I already had the models, like the ones bellow? Could I make something out of it? And would you be able to help me or teach me?







I would rather help on the modding part, but I assume you prefer to do that yourself, so, the only way I can help is this way.
Or if anyone more comfortable with the BAT wants to give it a try at these just let me know.

[jeronij]

Rayden, any help you can give is welcome my friend. If you want to help modding you are welcome. I'll contact you about this.

But before we can mod anything, we need some models ready  , so this is going to be the priority at the moment. I will make a basic tutorial will the rules for making the models, and post it here as soon as possible.

About the models, I would prefere original models when possible. Of course they can be based on existing ones 

I have contacted Callagrafx about making things easier for modellers, and he will gently help us to create the right transit network textures for the bridges, so the new bridges will always fit with the existing TN textures. Thanks amigo 

[Rayden]

Ok, I'll let the originals to someone who knows how to make them. But I'll try to learn how to make that, and the only way I can do that right now, is to use those already made models.
I'll wait for your contact and try to help you out on the modding part where I'm sure I will be more confortable at.

[jeronij]

Rayden, you can use these models as a studio basis for your own bridges. When it comes to modelling, the BAT is like a giantic and neverending LEGO  . Just a matter to join pieces 

Anyway, as mentioned before, I will contact you later about the modding part.

[stewart_garden]

Hi,

I was intrigued by the topic and want to offer my encouragement and appreciation to anyone who helps bring more variety and realism to game bridges.

I'm afraid I have zero batting/modding skills so I cannot provide any material help (at least for the time being).  However, I am a bridge engineer in real life and would be delighted to offer any help/suggestions etc with respect to how the things look and work in real life.

Keep up the good work!

Stewart

[jeronij]

Hello Stewart,

nice to count with your support 

Feel free to post some nice pictures about bridges you like, so we can get some inspiriation 

[jplumbley]

I will definately read through the modding tutorial on bridges when you post it!  And if I have time I may offer my services

[JBSimio]

Well... you piqued my interest.  I don't want to promise anything before seeing the tutorial (it's always nice to know what I'm getting myself into!), but I might be up for modeling a bridge or two.  I'll definitely keep an eye on this thread.

JB

[Tarkus]

Definitely count me in, at least on the modding end of things.  (If anyone wants to do a bridge for the RHW mod, I'd be especially interested in helping out. )  Looking forward to your tutorial, Jeroni.  And Stewart, it's good to have a real bridge engineer around!

-Alex (Tarkus)

[jeronij]

I have just posted a beta version of the tutorial about making the bridge pieces here:
http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=930.msg25066#msg25066

This tutorial is subjected to revisions and further enchancements 

[Rayden]

Great work Jer, I'm printing this out first thing tomorrow. I'll see how it goes during the weekend and do some training I got to learn how to bat, no matter how  Thanks for the tutorial (1st part of it).