Xiahou's BAT Showcase

[JBSimio]

I like this one, XiahouDun.  I agree with Pat that the siding may be a touch bright.  The windows on the rest of the house have a nice trimmed out look, but the garage doors seem rather flat by comparrison.  I like the overall shape and especially how the roof changes pitch on the back side.   

[XiahouDun]

Ok, I'll adjust that texture a little and see what I can do about the garage doors Thanks for the feedback guys.

[XiahouDun]

Updated with the suggested changes, I like how its looking now. Also added small ramps into the garage to give it some extra realism.

[Heblem]

Its looking really nice!!  I hope you do a great lot aswell (not boring as maxis one)

Eblem

[XiahouDun]

Thanks I still want to get a few more props done before I start lotting these.

Something fun from an earlier exporting (was the first full preview)

[xxdita]

So if exporting sends you back in time, does that mean you have to do it all over again? 

The house is looking good.

[Heblem]

-86011 seconds  theres something wrong with your bat, i imagine... 

Can wait for more homes  keep on

[XiahouDun]

Was actually just that one export (which worked in the LE btw). Since then it reports just fine, 363 seconds for this house on the most recent.

Heblem: I have a few more planned, then going to the commercial services. Lots of shops near me, so I have plenty to make

[Heblem]

Heblem: I have a few more planned, then going to the commercial services. Lots of shops near me, so I have plenty to make

Yay! commerces I'm willing to help you in making some (if you get some good pictures of different commerces) 

[XiahouDun]

I'm just going to stick to the standard ones for a start, probably some you've already done too Variety in game is a good thing. Like, in my real life city there are 4 McDonalds, all with different designs.

[Heblem]

Well if you have some interesting pictures of commerces I could do some more "variations", actually I need some more for my BAT thread, im getting empty 

[XiahouDun]

None at the moment, winter is putting my reference shots on hold

[Heblem]

No problem, i hope until summer... I'll go to United States (for visit) and may a chance to take some pictures in San Antonio or San Marcos stores in Texas.

I was thinking in doing an Outlet (as like Tanger Outlets and any other i can't remember) that will include about 100 stores in BAT, modular of course 

Thanks anyway 

[Pat]

XD that is funnier then dog snot to see that happen!!! I do wonder the same thing though if you lost time in the render do you have to remake it?

[autoVino]

The reason the bad calculation occures is based on how the timing works in the bat script.  It takes final time - initial (24hr clock).  But what happends if you go from 10pm to 2 am, or 22 to 2? you get 2 (final) - 22 (initial) to get -20 hours.  It's a bug in the script that I often get (when's the best time to do a render other than sleeping  ?)

[XiahouDun]

Yeah, thats what happened with me. Was a 6 and a half minute render that I started at like 11:59pm.

[Pat]

LoL that makes sense there Auto... See XD there is a reason not to render at that time of the night lol or is that a real good reason???

[XiahouDun]

My buildings aren't big enough to justify doing it over night, so doesn't really matter to me when I do it.

[Heblem]

well just for big bats that takes more than 5 hours of exporting, in my case I use to export all my buildings on medium quality (theres isn't any different with high) so usually takes from 10 to 30 minutes of exporting...

[XiahouDun]

Updated previews on everything I've finished so far (except the most recent house) in the new preview method, along with some of the minor changes made since finishing them.