Xannepans creations

[Sim Shady]

thats amazing the details, the structure, the everything!   

[xannepan]

Added statues and revised upper part of the left tower to make it more closely resemble the real cathedral.
A lot of work....
After today progress will be much slower again due to busy time at work. But I will continue both this and Burg Eltz. Burg Eltz is a bit easier and I may be able to spend some time on in the evening hours.
Any detailed pictures of the backside of the Antwerp cathedral are most welcome...

[thundercrack83]

The amount of detail on this cathedral is astounding, my friend! I can't wait to see more progress on it!

[DebussyMan]

Stunning
A piece of art remastered to it's full.

[Pat]

Stunnnnning just stunnimg work Xannepans!!!

[xannepan]

Good progress... ready for test rendering. Rendering in max is fast... but results are soooo unpredictable... I did everything according the book. Sometimes it works and sometimes this is what happens...

Why o why does this happen    ggrrrrr....

Any suggestions guys ?

[vester]

Not sure what is going on ?

I would suggest that you try to export the lotss and render them again in gmax.

[callagrafx]

When you re-installed, did you also re-install the texture fix from the official site.  It looks as if the BAT LOD export is mis-assigning the correct texture refs.  Try re-importing the LODs into BAT and saving as a new file...Export this as normal. 

There are also problems with the pasting of the model name into the Export box in Max, if you do multiple renders then the IDs also get screwed.  It's always best to save the Max scene just prior to pasting the name in.  If you have saved the scene with the model name in the export box, shut down Max and restart, then merge the scene into a completely fresh one and re-save.  There are a few bugs like this and they are a PITA, but easily worked around once you know the cause.  Let us know if you're still having difficulties.

[zero7]

There's a simple rule to follow when using Bat4Max that seems to avoid all the problems - don't change the LOD size after exporting.  

If you do make changes to the LOD size then re-export the LODs, render to a new model in gmax.  Save your max file to a new version and then render to the new model file.

This is why you'll see comments in my thread along the lines of "I'm not going to change the LOD, so I can show an in game render". I don't try an in game render until I know that the changes I've yet to make will fit within the LOD.

[xannepan]

Thanks guys, reimporting it in 3ds-max worked!
It's rendered now so next I'll start work on the lot. But i'll keep it simlpe.
BSC_team: any rules on how to release this on the LEX? Who is willing to provide assistance in making the installer, or should I just post the scmodel etc files zipped?

[vester]

You can make the readme with the sc4tool.

Andreas had a link to it in his signatur. Think its still there.

[M4346]

That does look stunning!  

I think the next step would be to contact someone to mod, lot and package it and make it LEX-ready and have it posted... Barbyw comes to mind?   

Good luck! And I can't wait to see this in the game!   

[Andreas]

Stunning indeed, great work! 

SC4Tool can be found here: http://kurier.simcityplaza.de/details.php?file=315

[BarbyW]

Xannepan, I can lot, mod and package for you with no problem. If you would like me to do that for you, send me a PM and I'll send you my email address or post at BSC.

[LoneRanger]

That turned out to be an amazing cathedral Xannepan.  8)
Gonna be hard work to build a city worth of that creation. 

[Schulmanator]

You are one of my BAT heros! I am so thrilled that you have works in progress. I would love to build a whole village of nothing but your BATs! 

[xannepan]

in game picture of the cathedral.
Next post: progress on Burg Eltz

[xannepan]

Good progress on Eltz. All of my previous problems with the foundation were solved once I merge everything into a new fresh scene. Don't even have to render it as a foundation. The only thing that is crucial is that the LODS fit the walls as closely as possible. For the building itself a more crude LOD is used.
Look how well the hills form shape around the castle walls.

I'm planning to release this with ''blank'' base textures so the terrain textures+rocks will merge with the castle.
But a lot of details have to be fixed before I'm ready... this is just a quick test.

[BarbyW]

I can only say one thing to that - WOW

[M4346]

Oh yes! Burg Eltz is looking really, really good Xannepan!