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biotech · 12-07-2007, 02:40 PM

This is an idea I have had for a few years now, we all like these future style mega cities, like we see on coruscant, or in blade runner, but for most of us, we dont have the time to make an entire city ourselves.

My suggestion, if people are interested, is that anyone who wants to take part in this project contribute at least one building themselves (based on a set of dimensions, say your building footprint can be no more than 100x100m).

And anyone that contributes a building gets access to all the other buildings.

It dosnt matter that all the buildings will have different styles, in fact that just makes the city more realistic.

So anyone up for this?

**backstept** · 12-07-2007, 02:45 PM

I've been thinking of building a city too, but never really had the incentive to start

I'm in

**Freak** · 12-07-2007, 03:11 PM

sound like an intresting project, but I got a lot on my plate at the moment.

Melak · 12-07-2007, 03:20 PM

I'd love to, there will probably be some applications incompatiblities though ... let's say one contributes a max 10, another a max 9, max 8, LW, Blender, and a Truespace model. We'd have to make sure everyone exports their building to as many compatible formats as possible ... Count me in!

biotech · 12-07-2007, 03:32 PM

The way I see it, everyone should release their model in two formats, their native program, for others with the same one, and as an OBJ file, which most people will be able to import.

**Freak** · 12-07-2007, 03:38 PM

Who will put the city together?

I mean you will have to lay out road and other transprots route, as well as "Blocks"

Basiclay create a map of how the city will be layed out.

**BEMEUP** · 12-07-2007, 03:43 PM

Cool idea biotech, I'm in!

Another factor would be height. Can't have a city of space elevators... or could you?

biotech · 12-07-2007, 03:44 PM

Thats the beauty of it, you put together whatever city you want, based on the blocks we have made.

There is no set official sci fi meshes city, there is just a series of blocks that anyone who has contributed to can use.

You only need roads if you are looking down on the city or rendering at street level, and in that case, it would be up to you what went down there.

biotech · 12-07-2007, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BEMEUP

Cool idea biotech, I'm in!

Another factor would be height. Can't have a city of space elevators... or could you?

Yeah I was thinking of that, if we go for a 100x100m footprint, I don't think we want any towers to be higher than 3Km.

Melak · 12-07-2007, 03:51 PM

I really like this idea! What about a joint WIP thread for everyone who wants to contribute?
Also, how are we gonna share the files, does someone have an FTP server?

Edit: Some sort of 100x100m block on the base or some sort of scale would be useful too, so you can resize it properly in case of unit mismatch

12-07-2007, 02:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
biotech SFM Oracle Realname: Rich Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England Age: 38 Posts: 3,605 Blog Entries: 2	Future city This is an idea I have had for a few years now, we all like these future style mega cities, like we see on coruscant, or in blade runner, but for most of us, we dont have the time to make an entire city ourselves. My suggestion, if people are interested, is that anyone who wants to take part in this project contribute at least one building themselves (based on a set of dimensions, say your building footprint can be no more than 100x100m). And anyone that contributes a building gets access to all the other buildings. It dosnt matter that all the buildings will have different styles, in fact that just makes the city more realistic. So anyone up for this?
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12-07-2007, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
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12-07-2007, 03:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
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12-07-2007, 03:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Melak SFM Obsessed Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Realname: Leon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin Age: 18 Posts: 1,235	I'd love to, there will probably be some applications incompatiblities though ... let's say one contributes a max 10, another a max 9, max 8, LW, Blender, and a Truespace model. We'd have to make sure everyone exports their building to as many compatible formats as possible ... Count me in!
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12-07-2007, 03:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
biotech SFM Oracle Realname: Rich Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England Age: 38 Posts: 3,605 Blog Entries: 2	The way I see it, everyone should release their model in two formats, their native program, for others with the same one, and as an OBJ file, which most people will be able to import.
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12-07-2007, 03:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Freak Project Lead on SFM Film Realname: Dean Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Age: 27 Posts: 7,794 Blog Entries: 6	Who will put the city together? I mean you will have to lay out road and other transprots route, as well as "Blocks" Basiclay create a map of how the city will be layed out.
	*“Well, I guess wiping out 2 billion people sort of qualifies as a dick move.”* - Guerrilla (TH&B Project): Aries Fighter(On Hold untill I fig textuering out) \| Dropship \| Bomber \| Executive Shuttle \| Fighter 2 \| Ships of the Naraka Empire

12-07-2007, 03:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
BEMEUP A little help here... Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Realname: Mark Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Age: 48 Posts: 666	Cool idea biotech, I'm in! Another factor would be height. Can't have a city of space elevators... or could you?

12-07-2007, 03:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
biotech SFM Oracle Realname: Rich Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England Age: 38 Posts: 3,605 Blog Entries: 2	Thats the beauty of it, you put together whatever city you want, based on the blocks we have made. There is no set official sci fi meshes city, there is just a series of blocks that anyone who has contributed to can use. You only need roads if you are looking down on the city or rendering at street level, and in that case, it would be up to you what went down there.
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12-07-2007, 03:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Melak SFM Obsessed Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Realname: Leon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin Age: 18 Posts: 1,235	I really like this idea! What about a joint WIP thread for everyone who wants to contribute? Also, how are we gonna share the files, does someone have an FTP server? Edit: Some sort of 100x100m block on the base or some sort of scale would be useful too, so you can resize it properly in case of unit mismatch
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