[OTTD] [Real Cars / 32bpp],[Real Houses / 32bpp] and [Real Fences / 32bpp] Development Thread (WIP)

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Re: [OTTD] [Real Cars / 32bpp],[Real Houses / 32bpp] and [Real Fences / 32bpp] Development Thread (WIP)

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Its nice to have an architect on the job!

As we have said, we use reduced scale (80%) to squeeze just a bit more into available space. We do it by modelling it in real scale (we use building plans or photographic reference) with one side of a tile being 15,5 meters long, then rescale it so its 12,4m long. Its surprising how well that works.

Nice comparison side by side, it looks similar, but there is a difference. In first row the last house on the left with orange-tiled roof is the only one that is not rescaled down - it was first house in our house set and I used to learn basics with town sets. Therefore its not good example to use for comparison, but there is no way you could know that (in fact nobody except us from CZTR Team knows that... probably). Its properly scaled variant is a tad smaller with round pool with kids playing in it.

Fun fact - the building itself and the fence around was modelled in 3D software, but all its 26 variants were hand drawn by me (difference in windows, front yard, garden, chimneys, roof tiles and that tiny swimming pool you mentioned). I would love to say its a homage to all hand drawn sets and that it could serve as an example that beautiful 32bpp graphics with extrazoom can be hand drawn... but since then I learned how to use Rhino3D (btw what do you use?) and everything made since then is either 3D or Photoshop, so its was more like necessity than intention.

Back to comparing.

Difference pops up when you put that two storey buildings side by side. Those in you examples are houses that are 100+ years old and oh boy, they built it quite large. The house on the left is old elementary school, height from floor to ceiling would be at least 3,5 meters, while it would take at least another half of a meter for the floor of the next storey. Also there will be fully fledged attic. I am looking forward how your houses would look if you scale them down a bit, especially if you start modelling larger structures.

It would be great if it were possible to have larger or differently shaped town buildings than 1x2 or 2x2 tiles...

As for what kamnet wrote - well, yeah. When planning layouts for our industry set I realised that fully. Here is an example of power plant I used as a reference:

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And here it is "layoutized" for OTTD purposes:

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Personally I would love to have huge industries, not only would it fit snugly with the rest of our sets, but also the economy of player companies would probably improve via enforced distancing between industries. There is only downfall that it would require an ARMY of 3D modellers at my disposal and that I do not have ;(
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Zley_Muffle wrote: 31 Oct 2020 09:37 Its nice to have an architect on the job!

As we have said, we use reduced scale (80%) to squeeze just a bit more into available space. We do it by modelling it in real scale (we use building plans or photographic reference) with one side of a tile being 15,5 meters long, then rescale it so its 12,4m long. Its surprising how well that works.
That is a valuable piece of information to see how I adapt my set to cz, the question is not the measures apparently but the move to openttd, in my case the renders that come out of 3dsmax I reduce them by 75%, that confirms the famous 5% that I told Stefino yesterday before having this talk with you.
Nice comparison side by side, it looks similar, but there is a difference. In first row the last house on the left with orange-tiled roof is the only one that is not rescaled down - it was first house in our house set and I used to learn basics with town sets. Therefore its not good example to use for comparison, but there is no way you could know that (in fact nobody except us from CZTR Team knows that... probably). Its properly scaled variant is a tad smaller with round pool with kids playing in it.
Nobody told me, I am working all day with houses and measurements, I have a trained eye.
Difference pops up when you put that two storey buildings side by side. Those in you examples are houses that are 100+ years old and oh boy, they built it quite large. The house on the left is old elementary school, height from floor to ceiling would be at least 3,5 meters, while it would take at least another half of a meter for the floor of the next storey. Also there will be fully fledged attic.
Precisely, in modern constructions I use the height between floors of 2.60 meters and slabs between floors (finished floor level) of 20 cm, those 2-story houses in my set are exactly 3 or 3.20 meters high because they are made in the style ( but flattened a bit) of the house where I live. (old house with a gabled tile roof and 3.50 meters between floors).
I am looking forward how your houses would look if you scale them down a bit, especially if you start modelling larger structures.
The idea is to make a test reducing everything a little, as I told Stefino the past days, I suspect that there is a difference of 5% in the move to openttd.

In CZ the higher the buildings, the more distorted the scale for the lower side, Yesterday I modeled a tall building, I am going to have to put it side by side with CZ to see where I am going.
btw what do you use?
For speed modeling (Houses and buildings only) I use Autodesk Revit, the program that I use every day in my work, that's why I can produce so much in such a short time, then I pass the model to 3dsmax to render and from there to Photoshop. Other things, not architecture, are modeled in 3dsmax.
As for what kamnet wrote - well, yeah. When planning layouts for our industry set I realised that fully. Here is an example of power plant I used as a reference:
Precisely, I see that industry render and it seems totally out of proportion, more toon style than real (please do not take it the wrong way) Personally I prefer realism, I know the problem of long vehicles and curves, but what is the point of doing a great job of 3d modeling or texturing and then deforming it and leaving it with unreal proportions? It is precisely one of the things that I do not like about the original Opentdd and it is what I am looking to change.

About internet plans, I'm honest, they are a disaster, they generally have spaces badly related, with flow problems and above all with absurd measures.

Anyway, none of this matters, it's just talk, at the end of the day what matters is that both sets look good together, I'm going to take into account the data you told me and see what I can do.

Have a good weekend!
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Re: [OTTD] [Real Cars / 32bpp],[Real Houses / 32bpp] and [Real Fences / 32bpp] Development Thread (WIP)

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Zley_Muffle wrote: 31 Oct 2020 09:37 It would be great if it were possible to have larger or differently shaped town buildings than 1x2 or 2x2 tiles...
Discussed in the past. Nobody got into the trouble to create a patch. So currently the only available option is to code them as industries. :(
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First test after some changes, seems good. 8)
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temporal8 wrote: 01 Nov 2020 11:29 First test after some changes, seems good. 8)
Very good :)
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So currently the only available option is to code them as industries.
I am planning to take advantage of it.
First test after some changes, seems good.
Indeed - and its not deformed so it looks unrealistic. I am really curious what you will do next for your set, personally I would love to have you on the team :oops:
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Im definitely going the route for full temporal8s + CZ replacement on my OTTD :)

Do you still take suggestions on cars or are you done with that part? :)
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New Update, I´m working in some 3 storey apartments following the same style of the houses, they come in 3 different colors to be able to combine them and make different designs.

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Indeed - and its not deformed so it looks unrealistic. I am really curious what you will do next for your set, personally I would love to have you on the team :oops:
Thank you very much man for your compliments, at the moment I have my own plans but who knows for the future, you guys are a very talented team and it is really a pleasure that you like my work.
PowerN wrote: 02 Nov 2020 18:57 Im definitely going the route for full temporal8s + CZ replacement on my OTTD :)

Do you still take suggestions on cars or are you done with that part? :)
At the moment I'm with buildings but tell me and if I see it possible maybe I'll add it.

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You are doing an amazing job with them I have to say.

Well I would be thrilled to see my car in the game, as everyone would probably like to see theirs :D

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Little update, I'm working on some tall buildings, the 1x1 or 1x2 tiles restriction... bothers me a bit but that's what it is ...

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PowerN wrote: 10 Nov 2020 15:44 You are doing an amazing job with them I have to say.

Well I would be thrilled to see my car in the game, as everyone would probably like to see theirs :D
Thanks, I feel identified, my beginnings in 3d modeling were 20 years ago modeling my own car for a game and after that I spent many years modeling cars for different games.
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New update, working in some old Buildings.

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Nice! Since they are old any thoughts of also adding the same ones using bricks instead of the painted walls? (Dunno how the renders will look though.)
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Very nice :) Maybe one tip for you - be careful with the roof textures. Int he last picture there are stripes on the roof and it makes the roof not so nice as it could be. Yes- it is a problem to find texture which is suitable for repeatable usings on the surface :)
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perverted monkey wrote: 15 Nov 2020 03:48 Nice! Since they are old any thoughts of also adding the same ones using bricks instead of the painted walls? (Dunno how the renders will look though.)
The bricks are not noticeable from afar, only with maximum zoom, I prefer something that can be seen even from afar.
stefino_cz wrote: 15 Nov 2020 06:41 Very nice :) Maybe one tip for you - be careful with the roof textures. Int he last picture there are stripes on the roof and it makes the roof not so nice as it could be. Yes- it is a problem to find texture which is suitable for repeatable usings on the surface :)
Yes I know, it is a placeholder texture,
There is no problem with finding textures, it is possible to create a new one with Pixplant or similar.

Anyway I think I am a prisoner of the of the first houses style, with bright and flat colors, I was seeing in the game that perhaps the combination is out of tune and it is important that everything maintains the same style.

When I see the image I think that the best way is to follow the existing style, re-texture these buildings with the same colors that I used for the houses and the 3-story apartments that I did previously, it will be the only way that the whole set retain a visual unit, It will be less realistic perhaps but more pleasing to the eye.

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temporal8 wrote: 15 Nov 2020 15:52 Anyway I think I am a prisoner of the of the first houses style, with bright and flat colors, I was seeing in the game that perhaps the combination is out of tune and it is important that everything maintains the same style.

When I see the image I think that the best way is to follow the existing style, re-texture these buildings with the same colors that I used for the houses and the 3-story apartments that I did previously, it will be the only way that the whole set retain a visual unit, It will be less realistic perhaps but more pleasing to the eye.
I noticed that too, but I thought that those are the poor people's :( old apartments. More affluent OTTD citizens :mrgreen: prefer the houses of the suburbs. :lol:
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perverted monkey wrote: 16 Nov 2020 05:16 I noticed that too, but I thought that those are the poor people's :( old apartments. More affluent OTTD citizens :mrgreen: prefer the houses of the suburbs. :lol:
You gave me an idea, in fact I had already designed 2 houses in bad neighborhoods when I made the first set of houses, maybe I can make the version with bright and flat colors, and also the run-down version for bad neighborhoods.
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The fact is that the houses I made before, including the 3-story apartments, are for the suburbs, bedroom towns, but now I need construction for the city center and I am thinking of a mix of tall buildings, commercial area and housing. The latter are more related to what can be seen in countries like Sweden, yes, maybe I am mixing styles but this type of construction, similar to that seen in swedish houses grf allows you to build a city in a fast way without having to make a lot of different 3d models.
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temporal8 wrote: 16 Nov 2020 10:52 and also the run-down version for bad neighborhoods.
I am missing the plastic pink flamingo's in the front yard ;-)
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temporal8 wrote: 16 Nov 2020 10:52...without having to make a lot of different 3d models.
Very smart how you utilize a model and make variations of it. :]
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New Buildings, I am concerned about the little help that is obtained in MNL, my idea was to make all these buildings a Town replacement set but unfortunately I am afraid that it will only remain in eyecandy objects because there is code that I need, such as detecting streets for 2-tile buildings and I don't even have the code that detects the corners working.

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