OPX - American Building Pack

[opteryx 1562]

This is a project I've been working on and off on since late 2015, the basic goal is to create structures that are based on US west coast architecture, but most buildings will be 'generic' enough to work on maps located other places in the US.

The buildings are inspired both from real life, other video games and some are completely fictional, but hopefully they will remain realistic enough.

 

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These buildings will be featured on my upcoming map Santa Flora.

[bad benson 1733]

looks awesome!

 

people making new buildings are a rare breed these days. we should put you in a conservation program or something :lol:

[SpartanSix 367]

Looks pretty sweet bro, Never understood why Bohemia never did this in the first place. I remember when ArmA2 was coming out and it said something along the lines of "all buildings will be enter-able" or whatever and that never happened, so hopefully this will sort that out. Good-luck with it mate.

[jw custom 56]

Thats impressive work B)

[Luke_z_Brna 958]

Awesome! and when will you realease it?? i want to have it in my projects. :)

[giorgygr 61]

While always admiring your work && the above is an awesome model && i would like to see it (even) in a *life-like

map..can't say i m very happy because i m eager to see the "Al kut" and it's bazillion buildings.

 

..buuuut!!...i know though If the artist just has the mood to work on something else...i can't do nothing about that :/

[LittleRat 0]

Looks very Good! Keep up the hard effort.

[1para{god-father} 105]

Looks very nice indeed, make me want to make another terrain already  :)

[opteryx 1562]

Windows complete

 

Interior overview

 

Still gonna add more stuff.

[KPABATOK 14]

Would live in that. Seems cool. However, as a non-designer, just observer, here's my advice: interiors are too polished, try to give them some "age" if you know what I mean, will make them more realistic. Like crack in a wall, or a stain here and there. Maybe changing colours, no idea, again, not a designer.

 

Cheers.

[opteryx 1562]

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee219/Opteryx_album/renders/arma3%202015-12-11%2001-44-43-01.png~original

 

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee219/Opteryx_album/renders/arma3%202015-12-11%2001-45-32-18.png~original

 

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee219/Opteryx_album/renders/arma3%202015-12-11%2001-46-03-84.png~original

 

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee219/Opteryx_album/renders/arma3%202015-12-11%2001-44-23-69.png~original

[giorgygr 61]

Crap..*real lookin' houses in ArmA..

Who would imagine that oO

[opteryx 1562]

Now that Tanoa is out I've gotten motivated to getting back into modelling/mapping. Tanoa has a lot of assets that I want to use so I probably won't need to create that many custom ones for my planned project.

 

Here is a simple building I started on yesterday, it doesn't have any ambient shadow or decal dirt yet so it's looking a little sterile. My plan is to make a large urban map based somewhere in southern California or some kind of similar climate.

[emoglobinsky 149]

Now that Tanoa is out I've gotten motivated to getting back into modelling/mapping. Tanoa has a lot of assets that I want to use so I probably won't need to create that many custom ones for my planned project.

 

Here is a simple building I started on yesterday, it doesn't have any ambient shadow or decal dirt yet so it's looking a little sterile. My plan is to make a large urban map based somewhere in southern California or some kind of similar climate.

 

Very nice, can you tell me how many rvmat and how many textures you are using ?

In fact, i would love to see how to achieve this object, like if you can throw some explainations, i'd appreciate a lot !

[Valken 622]

Beautiful.

 

You know, you can use the LEGO design philosophy. Each building floor can be STACKED on top of each other to create bigger and taller buildings, and can stand on its own on the ground. 

 

That would allow you to make a ton of variations right away. Just position stairways up and down, and add a balcony to connect and secure the front doors. A little color variation (even just basic primary colors) would allow mission makers to create a town very quickly.

 

If you travel around, you will notice many "towns" are build up at different times, yet each town has a lot of similar looking, but different color buildings due to the way contractors builds up blocks and blocks. Just insert a random CUP or another user town in between buildings and you have a full neighborhood fast.

 

Please make the builds enter-able! :D

[CrazyCorky 463]

All you modelers have the skills I wish I had! Looks amazing man!

[opteryx 1562]

Very nice, can you tell me how many rvmat and how many textures you are using ?

In fact, i would love to see how to achieve this object, like if you can throw some explainations, i'd appreciate a lot !

You do what I do way better than me already. I am still trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing, so I wouldn't really be comfortable pretending to know what I'm doing is right or a good way to do it.

 

Anyway, here is my attempt at dirtying up the storage building, what do you guys think? Too much dirt?

[emoglobinsky 149]

You do what I do way better than me already. I am still trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing, so I wouldn't really be comfortable pretending to know what I'm doing is right or a good way to do it.

 

Anyway, here is my attempt at dirtying up the storage building, what do you guys think? Too much dirt?

 

Ah ah, thanks but your final result is way more realist than mine :D

I feel like i'm rushing my work and not doing any details that give life to a building, like vents and eletronic panels, and all that stuff. They are very generic and not realy personnal.

 

Fo example, is the vent texture on it's own texture, or is it an atlas texture ?

 

The dirt is just fine, are you using decals for grafiti ?

[opteryx 1562]

I'll send you the building via PM when I get time to compile and upload it, that's easier than explaining, hehe.

[infrareddimming 195]

Dirt looks fine, so unless the ingame result is significantly different I'd say it's the right amount.

[opteryx 1562]

Playing with graffiti decals

 

Alternate texture scheme

[fingolfin 1972]

Looks great! :)

[CrazyCorky 463]

Will you be making these buildings enterable?

[opteryx 1562]

Will you be making these buildings enterable?

Some will be, but not all. This is for two reasons, one is performance and two is reduced workload. I tried making all buildings open in my OPX2 project and it just became too much for me. It's not unlikely that I will modify buildings to be enterable in the future though.

[opteryx 1562]

New building