buzzits power project

peter007 · June 14, 2011, 12:18:26 PM

Wow nice result.
For the isolators. I would make the texture a bit darker. they look so bright

Not sure about it

-Ernst

Buzzit · June 15, 2011, 05:16:18 AM

Quote from: peter007 on June 14, 2011, 12:18:26 PM
Wow nice result.
For the isolators. I would make the texture a bit darker. they look so bright
Not sure about it

-Ernst

now you say it.. they accually are.

so i worked on that
but thats not all i also improved the insulators them selves
i also made the texture transparant(its more transparant now than on this picture)
i feel stupid that i didn't came up with that idea before but thanks to you i suddenly was thinking about it
they look pretty much identical now RL ones:

on a pylon:

i will implement these new insulators to my pylons as these will now be the standard insulators for all sets.

i also rewired the rivercrossingpylon its still a bit blocky but far less than the older one.

i will also start wiring the diagonals and the corner pylons!
so i have a lot of work to do!

buzzit

peter007 · June 15, 2011, 05:43:20 AM

I would say that they're fine in perspective view, but on the render they still look a bit small. Maybe you could try to scale them a bit on the
X- & Y-axis. I think they will look a bit better then

Fresh Prince of SC4D · June 15, 2011, 06:29:04 PM

Quote from: Buzzit on June 13, 2011, 01:39:34 PM

Edit: ups! what i forgot! this switch pylon is based on my imagination!

(my god these sets are getting really big now!)

Not completely, look at this. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=51.4972,7.289239&panoid=aPK9veXogPzO0azLV7Cl4w&cbp=12,168.43,,2,-10.39&ll=51.497309,7.289236&spn=0,0.006856&z=17

The only real difference is your 2nd tier is lower than the rl version. Also the rl version is strangely combine to a 3 tiered power line set on the same powerline.

Buzzit · June 16, 2011, 12:31:24 AM

Quote from: Fresh Prince of SC4D on June 15, 2011, 06:29:04 PM
Not completely, look at this. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=51.4972,7.289239&panoid=aPK9veXogPzO0azLV7Cl4w&cbp=12,168.43,,2,-10.39&ll=51.497309,7.289236&spn=0,0.006856&z=17

The only real difference is your 2nd tier is lower than the rl version. Also the rl version is strangely combine to a 3 tiered power line set on the same power.

there is however a diffrence between that one and mine because the one in google maps is a T-junction and mine a switch pylon.
but what i mented was that i didnt use any samples for this switchpylon

Buzzit · June 18, 2011, 07:49:22 AM

it seems i have a problem that i can't solve..
i made custom LODS for this pylon but it doesnt seem to change anything(i watched metarvo's topic if i could solve it wich suggested custom lods)
this is what i mean

this is how i made my LODS maybe one of the more experience batters can spot a problem ?

in the pim-x i also changed the size nummers so it fits in 1 tile maybe this is the problem?

could someone please help me? because i really want to release this set as it goes really well with the modeling now

MandelSoft · June 18, 2011, 08:01:08 AM

Well, try to render the wires and the pylon seprately and combine them later in the LOT Editor. I'm quite sure that will help...

Buzzit · June 18, 2011, 08:47:06 AM

Quote from: mrtnrln on June 18, 2011, 08:01:08 AM
Well, try to render the wires and the pylon seprately and combine them later in the LOT Editor. I'm quite sure that will help...

i tryed that in the pim-x lot editor but my wires arent showing up in the lot-option. and i don't know how to get them in the powermenu in the other lot editor

MandelSoft · June 18, 2011, 09:22:52 AM

Assign the wires as props, not as buildings. And make the occupant size a bit smaller than 16x16m

Aaron Graham · June 18, 2011, 09:38:20 AM

Humm, have you merge the model in a new scene.

Buzzit · June 18, 2011, 09:59:08 AM

sigh.. i dont get it anymore
it all is getting really confusing now
it seems that i need to learn alot more about batting and lotting
but i'm getting really frustrated now so i called a quit today.
i will dig deeper in the stuff tomorrow

Aaron Graham · June 18, 2011, 10:05:00 AM

It's going to be ok, maybe a small brake can help you out on some ideas on fixing the issue.

Buzzit · July 06, 2011, 05:24:29 PM

hi there people!

i see that alot of things changed over here hehe

anyways i didnt showed any updates for a while now
but i didnt sit still at all!
i made HUGE! progress fixing 2 of the glitches and got atleast 40% of the set ingame and working now!

here are some pictures

:

2 substationpylons:

2 straight pylons upclose:

anchorpylons:

90 degree corner(the ground texture is removed now!) and a switchpylon.:

and the fixed bug i had before:

i'm glad to say im back in action

you can count an new updates these upcomming weeks!

Buzzit

Sciurus · July 07, 2011, 06:12:32 AM

That's excellent, simply excellent!

Guillaume

io_bg · July 07, 2011, 08:43:07 AM

These look great indeed!

Fresh Prince of SC4D · July 07, 2011, 09:23:28 AM

Great progress!

Aaron Graham · July 07, 2011, 10:58:05 AM

Yes, a big progress, Great Job!!!!!!

DCMetro2834 · July 07, 2011, 12:47:59 PM

I really like how you BAT unique items that are a rarity in SC4!

Buzzit · July 07, 2011, 01:41:46 PM

i still have issues with the error 6 in BAT..
i cant render my diagonal and my rivercrossing ones
i still dont know waht this error 6 is

could someone please specify this error?
i really need to sort this one out.

im willing to try anything.
somebody maybe knows if this error doesnt come with 3dsmax?

Buzzit · July 07, 2011, 04:52:13 PM

looks like i may have a short and quick solution

it seems my own pc doesnt have enough memory to handle it.
my dads laptop is twice as fast(quadcore) and has twice the memory.
so i try it here untill i baught better memory(wich needed to be replaced anyways)

you will here more updates in time!

buzzit