Dmscopio's Bat showcase

dmscopio · March 28, 2009, 07:01:56 AM

these two are great for next university pack, and they all have detail references. great suggestions guys!

ObladiOblada: I think this one have a very special design and it could be a individual CV lot on its own. I think it would be more appropriate to make a dedicated project for this instead of including it in a pack. Thanks for sharing!

Engorn · March 28, 2009, 08:18:47 AM

Dmscopio, I've been looking the preview images of the Guggenheim on your website and I see that there is a problem, I think nothing difficult to solve. Look, the part where Puppy is (the flower covered dog), is connected with a road, so this part is higher than the part next to the river. May be it will be great to give the chance when you plop the museum in the game to let it at the same level, the museum and the ground, of course with a previous appropriate terraforming of the area (knowing the height of the museum's ground). My suggestion for this is to let this part "out" of the lot, so when you plop it, it could be "covered" by the ground, if you know what I mean

On other hand, I see that you have done that part as a solid, and in the real museum a road and the GLR pass under the square where Puppy is. I can't find any images of this, so I will take some this week

dmscopio · March 28, 2009, 10:06:10 AM

Engorn: yes, i know what you mean. I can make that part a plop and make it go out of the lot, However, the only problem is how tall does it need to be. The higher terrain need to be the same height as the puppy platform, so i need to figure out how tall is it in the 3ds max space...i think i will export some testing models for this. I also noticed the underpass issue you mentioned. that one is easy to fix. Thanks for the suggestion.

Engorn · March 28, 2009, 11:34:57 AM

OK, thanks for your attention.

SpeedyFarrar · March 28, 2009, 02:27:46 PM

I found lots of Uni pictures here

Also, MIT has quite a few nice buildings, such as:

Stata Center (by Gehry)

Huge picture here

Simmons Hall (a dorm building)

Large picture here

Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex

PDSI

blade2k5 · March 29, 2009, 11:12:33 PM

Love the work your doing on your latest projects David. I do have a request for you when you have the time and want to do it project

How about this tower

That is one of coolest looking blds I've ever seen and is so futuristic looking, at least compared to what's been built so far in the real world.

dmscopio · March 30, 2009, 07:06:05 AM

SpeedyFarrar:Welcome, and thank for posting. The Stata Center is definitely in my short list for the university pack. Thanks for the request.

blade2k5: Thanks for the request. This is the Shanghai tower, which will be the tallest in China by 2014. Alot of people in simcity.cn have requested this one for me. But it is such a complex project and i will have to wait till my other project finished. Maybe some day....Anyway, thanks for sharing.

And here i did some testing for the guggenheim lot, It appears that the trick i mentioned to Engorn is not working. By rising up the ground level to fit the lot will make the whole thing look wired. Here is the result:

The building will just cut into the terrain and not blending well with the terrain.

So now i think i will just leave it the way it is....or anyone got another suggestion?

SimFox · March 30, 2009, 09:17:47 AM

May be you could look at how sunken stations are made...
Did you try to make your building to be a prop? I think it may solve some of the problems...

dmscopio · March 30, 2009, 09:46:02 AM

Quote from: SimFox on March 30, 2009, 09:17:47 AM
May be you could look at how sunken stations are made...
Did you try to make your building to be a prop? I think it may solve some of the problems...

Is there a tutorial or forum around? The sunken station is below the ground level right? If so there is no shadow issue like this one...and i am still thinking a way to solve the problem of blending the edge of the building to the slope of the terrain. Not sure it is possible thought. Oh, the whole thing is a prop, and it goes out of the lot to meet the higher terrain.

SimFox · March 31, 2009, 04:03:24 AM

I don't quite understand what you mean by blending... But I bet not the same thing I do. So could you clarify this a bit.

As for Sunken stations, I haven't seen any tutorials but you could study the SC4Modle files there is some info there. They aren't below ground, and that's why you don't get that "reversed" shadow effect. They are propes placed at the basic elevation of the lot and are covered by any terrain that is above that level.

dmscopio · April 01, 2009, 11:22:05 AM

Some progress on the Guggenheim:

ObladiOblada · April 01, 2009, 12:20:32 PM

It looks really nice! I like especially the water tecture with the reflecting building

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Emperor Stormont · April 01, 2009, 12:21:34 PM

oh wow

That looks absolutely gorgeous David, truly fabulous

Especially love the water texturing

kimcar · April 01, 2009, 12:25:42 PM

&aplsI agree with other , the water texture is very cool. Do your pool gonna have nightlight ?

sithlrd98 · April 01, 2009, 07:39:10 PM

We really need a "drool"smiley! Looking great David!

Jayson

praiodan · April 01, 2009, 10:43:36 PM

Ever since I discovered there was no Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Landmark included to the game as it was in SC 3k (German version, at least I think there was one

) I strove for it... and now, seeing those pictures makes me just a very happy man

I also like your attempt to get its special layout concerning the terrain into the game and I hope you'll be able to find a suitable solution to really make it blend...

Engorn · April 02, 2009, 02:40:58 AM

Er, sorry, I just fell from my chair... This is AWESOME!

This BAT will be legen... wait for it ... dary!

I can see that you have made the Spider. We know well each other, especially one of its legs, but don't think blue

dmscopio · April 02, 2009, 08:05:10 AM

Thanks everybody, i am glad you all like it. There are still some details that need to be fix in the model. And also need to light up this thing. More updates will come.....

Engorn: so what exactly you did to the poor spider? hmmm....

Orange_o_ · April 02, 2009, 08:11:26 AM

I am really very impressed by what you made. Once again curves are perfected, of a very great realism.

Bravo

Engorn · April 02, 2009, 11:57:28 AM

Quote from: dmscopio on April 02, 2009, 08:05:10 AMEngorn: so what exactly you did to the poor spider? hmmm....

Well, it was a rainy day (as near all the other days) and a bunch of friends and I were walking by there with our umbrellas. I was talking with a friend that was in my side, looking at her, son I didn't saw the spider's leg, and suddenly something hit me...

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