buzzits power project

[Aaron Graham]

Do anybody know how to make dragable power lines? I wonder if anybody in the NAM team know how to, because that suff is hard. There needs to be a way to make dragable power lines. I believe everyone agree with me on that.

[Buzzit]

offcourse we agree!(atleast i do)
but thats not possible its hardcoded
im not into that stuff
but what if maxis released the source code
i think then it would be pretty possible if you ask me.

[Aaron Graham]

Can they release a source code, and is it even possible to contact them to release it for modders to make there own power lines.

[MR.Y]

oaah, if it will be released, it would be so nice, because then you have more different powerlines, Big and small ones...I hope it will be in near future...

[Buzzit]

oaah, if it will be released, it would be so nice, because then you have more different powerlines, Big and small ones...I hope it will be in near future...

offcourse it will! it will take some time but you i can promise you that it will be released!
and after this pack. than your country is next!

and not only the varity of pylons is imo nice but the fact that every subpylon will have its own 'powerlevel' will be one of the best parts

[Buzzit]

good news people
i finally have a small vacation again!
that means that i will have more then enough time to work on the project again!
i already restyled the 6th pylon (again. ) so its its bigger and more accurate for the game.
i think will have this pylon in game this week in no time! im already figuring out SCPim and its going well!

i think i have the first update tonight

[Buzzit]

well
i got the first pylon up in game
with the right size and in the right menu
only the cost is a bit unrealistic at the moment but that will be fixed


offcourse a picture:

i placed it next to metarvo's for high comparison its good now imo!

BTW! i didnt even told you peeps yet
but all my pylons are in HD.

another picture wich shows that:


but to be honest it looks kinda weird beeing one of the fewer things in HD or is it just me?

[metarvo]

It's good to see you back at work on this, Buzzit.  Now that I see your new pylon in comparison, it really doesn't look that small after all.  It certainly does have a degree of crispness due to the HD render.

but to be honest it looks kinda weird beeing one of the fewer things in HD or is it just me?

This is one of the reasons I chose not to release my current set in HD, along with loading times and file sizes.  I might one day release an HD set, though.

Keep up the good work! 

[Buzzit]

hi!

A small update
i putted the substation pylon ingame as a powerplant!
it generates 1200  mw of power(might by changing)

an ingame picture with the new pylon

i placed it on a 1x1 tile because i  tought 3x3 would be to big for this. and 2x2 will not work.

And some other news.
I recently emailed the dutch company Tennet wich is responsable for the electric power transmission in the Netherlands.
the reason why i did this is because years ago i found a site with all the types of the dutch electricity pylons with all the measurements and stuff.
I hope to optain those aswell because i really would like to have such pictures and it would be really helpfull in constructing the dutch pack in the future.

more of this later!

[Girafe]

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[WC_EEND]

To be honest, I prefer them in HD, I really like to take detail shots and then HD is rather useful.

On another note: if you need any info on the Belgian pylons, I'd be more than willing to look up some things for you.

Xander

[MR.Y]

hm, there is one thing what make that I can't use it in my Citys at the moment: the cables, at different high of the pylons it looks...not so good^^, maybe you can find a good sollution for this problem? I ope so because they looks really great(but so good they look, I'll wait for the german ones )

but good job, good job

[Buzzit]

@ WC_EEND
thanks for the offer! if you have some great shots or something else let me know !!

@ MR.Y
wow your english is pretty hard to understand...
but if you mean that the problem is that they aren't wired then thats true indeed.
but its not a problem at all
im doing it on purpose.
im making 2 types of pylons
wired ones and wireless ones

those are for hilly areas or for people who prefer to see pylons without cables


edit: i'm going to lower down the power for this one to 800MW
the 220kv pylon will have 600MW
and the 110KV pylon will have 300MW
and the Medium voltage will have 100MW

[Aaron Graham]

Great Job again!!!

[MR.Y]

yes that I mean

And I know, my english isn't really good XD

And the wireless pylons sounds good...maybe another sollution is a mod.

But let's see

[mightygoose]

well the more stuff released in HD the more stuff that will subsequently be released in HD.... they look awesome.

[metarvo]

I see that the good stuff just keeps on flowing.  That new substation looks quite nice indeed.

the reason why i did this is because years ago i found a site with all the types of the dutch electricity pylons with all the measurements and stuff.

That sounds familiar to me.    I've spent a fair amount of time crawling the Web searching for power line measurements and pictures.  I used some of the information I found as guidance for my BATs.

[Buzzit]

argh i can't believe this!!
my wired model will not load anymore for no reason!
luckly i found a back up with half the work!
i made a pic with the one i had so far:

looks good imo!

edit:

now the substation pylon is wired aswell

i only had a problem but  i think its fixed now
im gonna check this out now.

[Girafe]

Superb, can you show us two last pictures at farest zooms (to see how looks like the cables because on some versions there are problems)

Second thing, how is the diameter of your cables ?

[Buzzit]

Superb, can you show us two last pictures at farest zooms (to see how looks like the cables because on some versions there are problems)

Second thing, how is the diameter of your cables ?

yeh sure! i will make one tonight.

uhm..
the diameter is 0.03 if im correct