Embx61 Work in progress

[QueryEverything]

Oh wow, @embx61 just ...  lovely
You gave me sniffles ...

As an aside, my beloved Grandfather was a retired wood turner, he loved his job, and I miss the smell of his workshop.
Ironically (thankfully ) wood dust is one of the only things in nature that doesn't set my allergies off, hahahaha
My love for him always did bolster my health, I hope he knows that now. xx

Anyway ...  back to non-sniffly topic ...

Looks fabulous, I would suggest making 1 ghosted (for over things), and 1 un-ghosted, for normal gardens etc with benches & so on - and you can charge your 100 logs Worth it!! 

[embx61]

The problem with non ghosted is that you cannot place them over other in use game tiles.
That is why the irrigation gutters had to be ghosted too so they can be placed over cropfields.

It is possible in some ways by using the RedKetchup Overlap Technology so to use one row of tiles and let the rest overhang but you limit the players as where they can place it as where the row is nothing can be build as the placing squares are turn red.
But I will still look into that as well later.

Ghosting the player can even put the bridge inside a house if they wish

I turned the steps at the bottom at each side 90 degrees otherwise the inside will be blocked if for example placing this bridge over a stockpile.

[embx61]

Bridge over the stockpile Kwai

Now have to do the floor and some touch ups and this bridge is done.

Fix that damn Icon too as I made a typo I guess.

[embx61]

O crap.

I just realize that a floor probably not going to work on a ghosted piece?

How the hell do the Bannies know they can walk over that bridge?

[RedKetchup]

euh... dunno try it ^^

if doesnt work... you maybe can make 1x1 at one of the stairs entrance and make all the mesh (everything else) ghosted. maybe there it will work.

[embx61]

It only works on that 1 tile. The rest they just walk under it as it is not existing.
The drawback of ghosting as the Bannies not even know it is there

O well, noting I can do about it so it is pure decoration.

I shall later see if I am able to build a real bridge out of it but have to see how that goes in the code from Luke as I never build a bridge over a river yet.

I know it has to be in a couple of parts, like start, middle, end I believe.

[RedKetchup]

I know it has to be in a couple of parts, like start, middle, end I believe.

start, 1 tile, 2 tiles, 4 tiles,8 tiles i think

[embx61]

With the ghosted bridge on hold I am working on the houses what will closely resemble the Boarding House.

2 are done and working on the third. Then I will make a wooden version of a Doctors House.

Then need to make all the building stages, AO maps and the coding.

[QueryEverything]

@embx61 that bridge looks awesome   I can't wait to see it & the little brother of it in game (mine, I saw it in yours, haha) !! I have no idea about the code, but I would hope that they would be curious enough to go and see what it was when it was built?  Maybe ...  they are strange creatures ...

Those houses look incredible!!  I really like the look of them. 
Will you produce a set (do you think, ever?) that can be in a row?
I don't mind the individual sitting houses, but some of these with the same textures may look good with different fronts & rears, but sit flush with the neighbours for a row series

<--- I know where the exit is

[embx61]

I maybe one day create some houses which can be placed in a row.

The wooden houses I creating at the moment not really fit this concept.

So much to do so less time and after this set is done (1 more house and a doctors house I am up for something different first.

Probably back to the irrigation for a bit.

[embx61]

I can release the bridges as they are done as ghosted.
But they are not functional so pure decoration only as Bannies not recognizing ghosted items and I cannot set a pathing string in the template file for ghosted items.

And if I make the land bridge just buildable the spaces (3x10) are occupied so nothing can be build under it unless those items are ghosted.

If you want them I will compile them (2) as decoration.

Or else have to wait till I get them as a real bridge but that can take a while as I have to study the code first how it is done as I never build a bridge yet.

[embx61]

Working on the Hospital.

The 6 houses are done except for the building stages and AO mapping.

Now I going to watch Columbo and take a rest as I am up the whole night.

Later today more....

[RedKetchup]

wow thats looking so goood !

[QueryEverything]

   @embx61 I'm ready to see what you have   Testing those ghosted bridges will be awesome.
At the moment, I'm thinking it would be the way they look anyway, I'm not entirely sure that my Bannies would cross the correct bridge if they needed to do so - haha.  Smart, yes.  Common sense - not always

My original idea other than the large city land bridges, was for the small ones, ghosted, to go over the small things like stockpiles etc - so, I'd be more than happy for them to come out that way   Thank you


ps:  That hospital looks excellent!!!
Well done!!!!!!

[embx61]

Thanks Red

The more I look at it the more it looks a bit like Noah's Ark. LOLOL

I decided to try a bit with some rounded pieces.
I normally not really like to work with rounded pieces in max but alas it was time to give it a shot as Query think we are not rounded enough