Gas Exchanger

[RadicalOne]

It's a gas exchanger, designed specifically to reduce air pollution, much like a water purification plant reduces water pollution. This technology, while as yet undeveloped in real life, is making its first baby steps. If balance is an issue, I can make it add to the water supply whatever it takes from the air, as a city big enough to need this would have a water treatment facility anyways.

Its stats are as yet undetermined, but it will have a significant but not huge effect over an area identical to the SC4 Water Treatment plant's area. It will be expensive - though not as expensive as my "Hyperspace Garbage Disposal" or "Dyson Sphere Antenna". It will go under the "Park" category, but park effect will be 0.

Before I move on the the .sc4desc, how is the BAT? Keep in mind this is a draft render.

[joelyboy911]

The yellow piping could do with a slightly different texture, something with a little variation.

Have you tried the Bitmap Animation Builder? This would look really cool animated.

Edit: I just noticed another thing: You can see one of the yellow pipes through the fan, I recommend cloning the gray bit, and flipping its normals, that way an interior will show. If you need more of an explanation of this, I am happy to give it.

[daeley]

Have you tried the Bitmap Animation Builder? This would look really cool animated.

seconded

also, you may want to change the title of the thread to something a little more explanatory

[RadicalOne]

The yellow piping could do with a slightly different texture, something with a little variation.
I just noticed another thing: You can see one of the yellow pipes through the fan, I recommend cloning the gray bit, and flipping its normals, that way an interior will show.

I can do these.

Have you tried the Bitmap Animation Builder? This would look really cool animated.

How would I do this? I like the idea.

[SimGoober]

BAB is a little finicky... I have figured out how to use it, but I'm not sure I can explain it.. lol.

First, it has to be in GMAX I believe, not Max. But once you have the model complete, I could probably animate it for you pretty quick. Let me know and we can email back and forth...

[RadicalOne]

BAB is a little finicky... I have figured out how to use it, but I'm not sure I can explain it...

Can you try?

First, it has to be in GMAX I believe, not Max.

I do use Gmax. The only thing I have from Autodesk is Maya 8.5 PLE.

But once you have the model complete, I could probably animate it for you pretty quick. Let me know and we can email back and forth...

That is a possibility, but it would, in all likelihood, be easier for me to learn the technique - these gmax files will easily overrun hotmail's 10MB limit.
I would also like to learn so as to be able to apply the technique to other models in the future.

[SimGoober]

Using the program isn't difficult.  My problem (if you call it that) is that I still use the BETA version of the program, as I tweaked the seetings to make it work for me.  The final version was released here on the LEX, and there is a support thread for it as well. 

I never really looked at the release version, so you'd be better off reading through the thread and there is a help manual as well.

[RadicalOne]

The final version was released here

Thank you.

EDIT:
It won't run...it is failing to find a file "C:\gmax\gamepacks\BAT\scripts\TB2Main.ms", so I made one.
Now the damn thing says "file already exists".

[SimGoober]

LOL... I remember when I got the BETA version, I had several "issues" with file names.  Overpop san doesn't speak engwish vewy gud... lol... so I had to do a lot of experimenting, and eventually made it work, though I think is was more blind luck thatn anything.  When he released the final version, I was afraid to even try to start over again, so I stuck with my jerry rigged version...