Zero7 - BAT studio

[art128]

arthur, sciurus - These could well be released as soon as this weekend, so you won't have to wait too long to have them in your cities.

Ok , we can patient  but not too much    Lol 
I would like to say, again great work on this tower and on all your over Bats 

[Pat]

Richard that flat and dealership is looking real great there!!!!

[zero7]

I've now rendered the car dealers and have some in game previews (no lot work yet).  But I've hit a couple of problems - first is that the zoom 3 render north and south views are corrupt and the second is that the BAT render seems to be ignoring some of the car textures where auto-rename has been used when I merged them.  In Max preview the cars are at least 3 other colours.  I think maybe xref'ing the cars rather than merging them into the scene may help.

So much for a weekend release!

[MandelSoft]

I like the car dealer. Looks realistic (and it's good that the building is nightlighted from within!)

[art128]

that car dealer look awesome 

[Pat]

richad siiiiiigh so close but so far dang that bites that dealership is looking soo good too, I hope you can get it the problems straightend out soon...

[Sciurus]

Very nice dealership!

[paroch]

Hey Richard, Great work on both the towers and the dealership.

I go away for a week and come back to find the towers have been released on the LEX - I'll be downloading them this weekend.  And just love the name you gave the towers....... I wonder what might have inspired that!?!

Your rendering issue/problem means nothing to me, all I do know is that they look fantastic, especially the night pic, really looks realistic.

Good luck with the rest of the project.

Regards,

Paul

[papab2000]

Looks nice  Hope you get the issues ironed out so we can add this to our games. 

[Simpson]

This bat is looking very nice, great work 

[zero7]

Thanks for the positive comments everyone.  The good news is that I managed to iron out the problems I was having with the car dealership ...

The better news is that it is now on the LEX   

[art128]

excellent news  It's sure , this bat have a place in my city 

[zero7]

I have now finished cutting the Boleyn Towers down to 8 storeys and will be releasing them pretty soon - I'm going to make another lot first.

So with that nearly out of the way I've started something new - this is what I've got so far:



The reason the fourth side of the larger roof is not in place is because there will be a little roof terrace in that space.  There is also a lot more to this building than is apparent from this shot.  This is not the R$$$ you may expect it to be - it is a Cs$$$ and is based on a building that everyone will have heard of, but which you probably wouldn't recognise by sight.

[SimFox]

it is a very odd place for the roof terrace... it would be almost completely blocked by the adjacent roof.

There is something very odd about your lighting scheme. It has absolutely different tone than the game one.

[art128]

that look good 

[zero7]

Simfox - I agree with you that it's a bit of an odd space for a roof terrace, but I think the fact that it exists is secondary to getting maximum light into the room in the roof space whilst maintaining the privacy of those using it and possibly to ensure compliance with listed building regulations too.

As far as the lighting goes  - I've given up fiddling with it as it detracts from the model making.

Arthur - Thanks.  I hope you still like it as it progresses.

[toxicpiano]

I can't work out what it is, any hints?

[zero7]

I can't work out what it is, any hints?

Not until the full shape becomes clear.   

[Simpson]

This is looking good 

[zero7]

OK here's today's update and you can now get a feel for the scale of the building - as you can see there's quite a bit more to it than the house, which really only forms the entrance.