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[Evillions]

Hotel Pacific

HHHmmmmm..... That been released to the STEX already. Or it's the wrong creator or something like that. Anyways nice progress!

[zero7]

Hotel Pacific

HHHmmmmm..... That been released to the STEX already. Or it's the wrong creator or something like that. Anyways nice progress!

It wouldn't surprise me if the name has been used before, although the nearest I could find on the STEX was a typical NDEX blue tower called Hotel Pacifica.  However the model is entirely unique as I'm making it up as I go along - it's not based on a real-world building.

The reason for the lack of updates recently is the arrival of this year's release of Football Manager - the other game I'm addicted to.  Normal service will resume in December.

[art128]

The last BAT look great my friend  I really like the design of the poll.

[Sciurus]

It's a very good work, impressive!

[zero7]

First you fire up Sim City and add a few zones to an old region. Next thing you know, you're downloading the latest NAM and a few new buildings ...

... then you see  BAT4Max HD - so you download that to see what one of your old BATs looks like in HD (quite good, actually!) ...

... and then you start creating a new building (not HD) ...



... and you find yourself with a little apartment block that sits on a 1x1 corner lot.  Just needs nightlights - obviously lotting is not an issue for this one 

[BarbyW]

  Welcome back, Richard.

[zero7]

Welcome back, Richard.

I know .... back again!   All BATting FAQs should contain a strong warning about the high probability of addiction    Sim City itself should probably be class A.

[vester]

Good to see you back ! 

[Pat]

hehehe also a Welcome back from me Richard!!! Its good to see your addicted again lol!!!!!

[zero7]

Barby, vester, pat - thanks for the welcome back.  It's always nice to come back to the SC4 community - it feels like my online home

Here's a night shot ...



I should be able to get this packaged up and on the Lex tomorrow evening.

[RebaLynnTS]

Once you BAT . . .  Can't think of a rhyme.

Anyway, welcome back.

[Pat]

LoL Becca... Richard that is looking great with the nightlighting wow!!!!!

[zero7]

Once you BAT, you'll meet TheTeaCat ?   

Apartments are now on the Lex ... first upload since November!

Right, now it's time to see what this 'Let there be light' stuff from SimFox is like.

[RebaLynnTS]

If I tried to model anything with that much detail, my computer would lock up

[just_a_guy]

That looks really nice! I especially like the night lights !

[zero7]

OK, so the last one was residential - that means the next one has to be commercial, right? 

I've reused a lot of the materials from the apartments on this, although I've switched from my rig to the SimFox 'Let there be light' one, so the tonality is a little bit different. 

This is Abacus Financial Services:






The idea is that there'll be two lots for this.  One a tight urban lot and the other with green areas and parking for an office park environment.

[just_a_guy]

Wow, the nightlighting is awesome! Good job!

[zero7]

Wow, the nightlighting is awesome! Good job!

Glad you like the nightlighting.  It's always been one of the aspects of BATting that I've most enjoyed. 


This is what I'm working on at the moment.  It's a set of contemporary townhouses which I'd imagine facing onto a canal or river.  The roof will end up as ribbed, galvanized metal - please ignore it's current blocky state.  The blue panels will be altered to provide colour variants.





These preview images are HD; the final model will almost certainly be SD to maximize the detail in zoom 5.  Each house is 8m wide, so this will fit w2w on a 2x? lot.

[tcx]

That's a really nice model 

[beutelschlurf]

moin Richard,
that looks like something here in germany! ... like just being build, you know? ... very good indeed! 
... are you doing it for a living?

b_schlurf