Becca at BAT

[autoVino]

I know what you mean by it looking better before the game (in the preview... probably because the black background offers more contrast and makes it more visually pleasing to look at, while the low saturation background of simcity is hard to get...)  A lot of my time is spent afterwards reworking the coloring of buildings so that they would be perfect... too much time I'm afraid...
Coloring, imo, is the hardest part to make a quality bat (and I know you can do it, I mean you got it right on the first set  )

[RebaLynnTS]

Seeing as i have plenty of free time ... I'll do it right.

This is the color scheme I am thinking of using this time. I put it on a grey back ground, so it would be a bit closer to an in game view. I'm not sure about the garage door yet, though.

[autoVino]

Well this is what it would look like with that color scheme (ingame).  I think that the door is fine and the walls aren't that bad either.  The roof is feeling kind of bright though, but it's not bad (keep in mind that with color correction throught the bat script, your bat will actually be brighter ingame.)

[RebaLynnTS]

I'm still trying to figure how just how much brighter it get's but I think i am getting close. That pic you did is great, and I see the color I want to use for the roof, on a near by car

Edit: I think this is what I will go with .. I've added some details, and aging (just a hint).

[autoVino]

this thread has some theory on how gmax/the script changes the coloration:
http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=140&threadid=76232&enterthread=y

[Pat]

  becca looking real good here and keep up the hard work - pat

[RebaLynnTS]

Here is the second part of the requested U-Haul signs.

[Heblem]

looking great! try adding maybe a metal texture to the signal supports...   

[RebaLynnTS]

Heblem, Gmax don't do metal very well, but I did my best.

Here is the new design and color scheme for the MSS 2 (Sim Storage) units, the blue is slightly darker on the units.

[callagrafx]

Heblem, Gmax don't do metal very well, but I did my best.

Just use a metal texture..plenty of free ones on the Net...

[RebaLynnTS]

I did add a metallic texture, before rendering it, and sending it to Pat. I tired to match it with the original as close as I could, but I did make a few, what I hope are, improvements. Doing that, has also gave me some ideas on signs for MSS.

[SimsReporter]

Hi Becca,

Great to see all your variation of the MSS and LAR.

I have a question. Will The MSS be Transport Enabled. (when the cars roam around the storage units) because some of my Custom Content in game hooks up to streets then the cars turn in there then wrap around and come right out.



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[dragonshardz]

The entrance lot is TE'd. The reason that cars sometimes go in your TE lots and then loop right back out is because the lot is only TE'd so that it connects visually with streets.

[Heblem]

Becca you can also add effect to any "color" texture that make it looks like glass or metal...

This adds more realism in reflection, also could be usefull for glass and steel skyscrapers!
Hope this was useful!
Take care 

[RebaLynnTS]

Hi Becca,

Great to see all your variation of the MSS and LAR.

I have a question. Will The MSS be Transport Enabled. (when the cars roam around the storage units) because some of my Custom Content in game hooks up to streets then the cars turn in there then wrap around and come right out.

Thank you ... TE lots can cause problems with traffic flow, so I only Transit enabled the entrance lot, and made it possible (with a patch) to have it not be TEd. I could make a patch to TE all the lots, but I am not sure that is a good idea. I don't know how to path them, and it might look funny to have cars driving through the buildings.

There are moving vans that will appear on the lots durring the year, to make it look alive. I will be adding other effects as well, in the future.

Heblem: Thank you. Maybe it's just me, but when I do use those settings, I can't really see any changes (I still use them though). I'm thinking it might have something to do with the lighting, which I am still learning about.

I recently noticed that when doing a preview these effects are more apparent, they don't seem to translate to the building mode as well.

[RebaLynnTS]

MSS 2 Update:

Not sure if I should set up the office so it sets in the yard with the Units, or keep it seperate like this.

[dragonshardz]

maybe both?

[RebaLynnTS]

Honestly, I was thinking of doing that. Should not be very hard at all.

[xxdita]

Put the office up front, with some of the boats and such parked close by. Most that I've seen have the office at the entry point of the lot.

[RebaLynnTS]

Dita, don't forget, this is a modular set, you can put it together any way you want