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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,795
    FSMCDesigns said:
    nonesuch00 said:

    Maybe the PA was inspired by this Jersey City apartment featured in 'The NY Post'

    I've ditch all or most of the bookshelves personally. I don't believe the current occupant has read all those books either. laugh

    Oops, it's in Brooklyn, not Jersey City; but awesomely cool.

    I think there is actually a DAZ 3D Store product based loosely off this apartment already.

    They do https://www.daz3d.com/z-clock-tower-loft-poses

    Thanks! I've been wanting to buy that!

  • 3WC3WC Posts: 1,145
    Trelligan said:
    alex86fire said:
    The only thing I would love to see with these apartments and never do is a backdrop included for the windows. 

    More often than not I struggle to find an appropiate image (that also has the right license) with the right angle and everything.

    Daz Studio can use HDRIs, right? https://hdrihaven.com/ has free ones. (Sorry if this is off track, I get that way sometimes.)

    Disclaimer: I have no connection with HDRIHaven or its affiliates, except for shock, awe and a small donation.

    Are the backdrops from the promos not included?

  • jjmainorjjmainor Posts: 495
    Sevrin said:

    I did a couple of evening light renders.  I also went ahead and tried the water under the glass thing.  I think the pipes are probably less weird.  Oh, and I repurposed whatever that thing under the bed was as a closet.  A compact bathroom would work too.  Either one.

    You can tell she's rich.  Not only can she afford that much space in Ny, but she can also afford cigarettes in NY!

     

  • SevrinSevrin Posts: 6,313
    3WC said:
    Trelligan said:
    alex86fire said:
    The only thing I would love to see with these apartments and never do is a backdrop included for the windows. 

    More often than not I struggle to find an appropiate image (that also has the right license) with the right angle and everything.

    Daz Studio can use HDRIs, right? https://hdrihaven.com/ has free ones. (Sorry if this is off track, I get that way sometimes.)

    Disclaimer: I have no connection with HDRIHaven or its affiliates, except for shock, awe and a small donation.

    Are the backdrops from the promos not included?

    No.  They usually are not included with interior sets.

  • davesodaveso Posts: 7,918
    jjmainor said:
    Sevrin said:

    I did a couple of evening light renders.  I also went ahead and tried the water under the glass thing.  I think the pipes are probably less weird.  Oh, and I repurposed whatever that thing under the bed was as a closet.  A compact bathroom would work too.  Either one.

    You can tell she's rich.  Not only can she afford that much space in Ny, but she can also afford cigarettes in NY!

     

    that water deal just gave me an idea . It looks really good. Anyway, it would be cool to have this giant lava lamp, different colors , where the stuff would gloop up agains tthe glass ... at night, or even day, there could be glowing lights as well ... subdued a bit. the lava woul dhave a glow to it as well ... 

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137
    jjmainor said:
    Sevrin said:

    I did a couple of evening light renders.  I also went ahead and tried the water under the glass thing.  I think the pipes are probably less weird.  Oh, and I repurposed whatever that thing under the bed was as a closet.  A compact bathroom would work too.  Either one.

    You can tell she's rich.  Not only can she afford that much space in Ny, but she can also afford cigarettes in NY!

     

    And then she will die young from lung cancer...

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047
    daveso said:
    jjmainor said:
    Sevrin said:

    I did a couple of evening light renders.  I also went ahead and tried the water under the glass thing.  I think the pipes are probably less weird.  Oh, and I repurposed whatever that thing under the bed was as a closet.  A compact bathroom would work too.  Either one.

    You can tell she's rich.  Not only can she afford that much space in Ny, but she can also afford cigarettes in NY!

     

    that water deal just gave me an idea . It looks really good. Anyway, it would be cool to have this giant lava lamp, different colors , where the stuff would gloop up agains tthe glass ... at night, or even day, there could be glowing lights as well ... subdued a bit. the lava woul dhave a glow to it as well ... 

    ..that would be pretty cool.  also thought of neon lights as well.

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137
    kyoto kid said:
    daveso said:
    jjmainor said:
    Sevrin said:

    I did a couple of evening light renders.  I also went ahead and tried the water under the glass thing.  I think the pipes are probably less weird.  Oh, and I repurposed whatever that thing under the bed was as a closet.  A compact bathroom would work too.  Either one.

    You can tell she's rich.  Not only can she afford that much space in Ny, but she can also afford cigarettes in NY!

     

    that water deal just gave me an idea . It looks really good. Anyway, it would be cool to have this giant lava lamp, different colors , where the stuff would gloop up agains tthe glass ... at night, or even day, there could be glowing lights as well ... subdued a bit. the lava woul dhave a glow to it as well ... 

    ..that would be pretty cool.  also thought of neon lights as well.

    Yeah, I was thinking club rather than living quarters. Or super cool techie work place...

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,507

    [Super-Secret] [Super-Villian] [Super-Hero] Lair deep in the city. Explains why you don't need safety rails on area on top of kitchen. Just add a fireman pole for a quick way down.

  • SevrinSevrin Posts: 6,313
    Wonderland said:
    kyoto kid said:
    daveso said:
    jjmainor said:
    Sevrin said:

    I did a couple of evening light renders.  I also went ahead and tried the water under the glass thing.  I think the pipes are probably less weird.  Oh, and I repurposed whatever that thing under the bed was as a closet.  A compact bathroom would work too.  Either one.

    You can tell she's rich.  Not only can she afford that much space in Ny, but she can also afford cigarettes in NY!

     

    that water deal just gave me an idea . It looks really good. Anyway, it would be cool to have this giant lava lamp, different colors , where the stuff would gloop up agains tthe glass ... at night, or even day, there could be glowing lights as well ... subdued a bit. the lava woul dhave a glow to it as well ... 

    ..that would be pretty cool.  also thought of neon lights as well.

    Yeah, I was thinking club rather than living quarters. Or super cool techie work place...

    The club idea is what I'd go for.  The raised platforms would work well as DJ perches.

  • magog_a4eb71abmagog_a4eb71ab Posts: 769
    Wonderland said:
    Jack Tomalin said:
    Wonderland said:
     This is the strangest apartment I have ever seen...

    That's what I love about 3D.. you can do whatever you want as an artist :)

    I would agree if this was just art, but this is content to be used by others and it's just really hard to figure out what it even is. It would be really interesting to visit it in real life or even VR, but as a usable set, not so sure, although it does have a lot of props which are kit-bashable...

    I think it looks nice in the renders posted here. It actually appears a lot more extravagant than it does ridiculous. I can't imagine the monthly cost of heating/cooling a place like that in the city. All of that open space(much of it unused) and lots of rather large windows. If I had a place like that, I would turn it into 2 separate floors and rent the other half.

  • FrinkkyFrinkky Posts: 388

    I'm interested in this but I've currently got a QA/bug report in for this PA's first release (most maps not assigned to surfaces, low resolution maps etc). I'd like to know if similar issues are present here. Can anyone say whether there are any issues regarding resolution or maps not assigned (or incorrect maps)? Thanks.

  • DaventakiDaventaki Posts: 1,624

    @Frinkky So far as I know (I didn't look at every surface) I did not see anything that didn't have a map/shader applied to it.  I recieved no errors on load.  Looks like most textures are 2048X2048, some smaller like for books and things.  Wall textures are bigger but are for the whole room.

    For those interested the floor where glass is runs a different direction than the other floor. Will post and example with just textures applied.  I know its fixable but some may not want the hassle or don't know how.  Also I didn't see anyway to turn the pipes off.  You can hide them by changing the top like I did in the render but I seen no actual way to hid them completely.  Someone might can give me a clue if there is a way and I am missing something.

    All I did was apply a wood floor shader and made the tile size a little smaller no other changes.

     

     

     

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047

    ..do you have a parquet floor shader? That may actually look more seamless. 

  • FrinkkyFrinkky Posts: 388
    Daventaki said:

    @Frinkky So far as I know (I didn't look at every surface) I did not see anything that didn't have a map/shader applied to it.  I recieved no errors on load.  Looks like most textures are 2048X2048, some smaller like for books and things.  Wall textures are bigger but are for the whole room.

    For those interested the floor where glass is runs a different direction than the other floor. Will post and example with just textures applied.  I know its fixable but some may not want the hassle or don't know how.  Also I didn't see anyway to turn the pipes off.  You can hide them by changing the top like I did in the render but I seen no actual way to hid them completely.  Someone might can give me a clue if there is a way and I am missing something.

    All I did was apply a wood floor shader and made the tile size a little smaller no other changes.

     

     

     

    Thank you!

    The floor is simple enough to fix. If I do buy this, I'd export the floor only, remove bits I don't want (pipes for example) and create new, contigious, UVs.

  • DaventakiDaventaki Posts: 1,624
    kyoto kid said:

    ..do you have a parquet floor shader? That may actually look more seamless. 

    Oh sure, I have so many shaders its not even funny blush.  I know how to fix it and all I just wanted others that might be concidering buying it what they are getting into because it suprised me to see that they ran different directions.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047

    ...one quick fix, create a plane primitive with same dimensions as the floor area , place it over the floor, and apply the texture to that.

  • jjmainorjjmainor Posts: 495
    It's funny, but that weird ladder was perfect for a project I threw together tonight.
  • mavantemavante Posts: 734
    Sevrin said:

    I did a couple of evening light renders.  I also went ahead and tried the water under the glass thing.  I think the pipes are probably less weird.  Oh, and I repurposed whatever that thing under the bed was as a closet.  A compact bathroom would work too.  Either one.

    Very nicely done. What did you use for the outside city scene?

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,034
    edited March 2020

    The  pipes made me shudder -  not only is that probably a building code violation (rules on insulation and exposed piping, etc), but in hydronic heating systems in apt. buildings the main heating pipes are vertical, (usually 4 inch) with a 1 inch horizontal run around the apt. perimeter, with radiator runs, with zone and isolation valves . Same for domestic water and drain main runs they are vertical, feeds from the apt to the mains always have a down slope. .  The joints are generally not that flanged type shown, but are Victaulic  joints.  (and there are some good freebie models of  Vics around.)

    Victaulic joint..

     Still, as folks have said lots of good props in there...

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  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    edited March 2020

    I agree I bought cause of the lots of good props; I was irritated to not be able to move the books on the desk though - very irritated.

    Sure I can hide them; and start messing around with textures and the props available, but that increases time and reduces value.

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  • SixDsSixDs Posts: 2,384

    "radiator runs"

    You mean diffusers, hacsart. wink (says the guy who has a house with hydronic heating). Although if you said that no one would know what you were talking about, I suppose. And I, too, have a ton of books, the vast majority of which I have actually read. Including a very large number of technical books aka textbooks that I have also read cover to cover at one time or another. And mine are not as neatly arranged as that. But I believe we might simply be dating ourselves.

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,034
    edited March 2020

    Yeah.. no one ever notices diffuser fins under the baseboard radiator covers (or most likely ever vacuums them)..  Runs (as in piping runs) I figured was an easier explanation

    As for hydronic heating -  was on the condo board when we installed a heating upgrade.  put in two new hi capacity boilers, system automation, added pumps for redundacy, repiped a fair bit of the boiler room, new air compressors (our thermostat control system and zone valves are the  pneumatic type) plus a whole bunch of other stuff (converted our MUAs  from gas fired   to heat exchangers) -  was worth it - during the 10 day -30C cold snap we had in February, we had no issues with building or suite heat.

     

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,401
    xyer0 said:

    Daz made Old Manhattan Apartment super cheap too. That's how I bought it, and didn't know I had it. I like this PA's style.

    Same for me.

  • StoicStoic Posts: 157

    If you scroll down in this article you can see this loft was inspired from a design entered in the Evermotion "Whole Lotta Loft" challenge that ran in 2015 & finished in 2016.

    https://www.homemagez.com/40-loft-living-spaces-that-will-blow-your-mind/


    It "qualified" but didn't win or get named runner up.


    It still looks great though.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,047

    ...interesting.

  • ArtAngelArtAngel Posts: 2,030
    Diomede said:
    xyer0 said:

    Daz made Old Manhattan Apartment super cheap too. That's how I bought it, and didn't know I had it. I like this PA's style.

    Same for me.

    Ditto. Missed that one, but hearted it when my world stopped spinning. Had an upstairs flood the reaked havoc in three rooms and a lower level 3 car garage. Waiting for it to be one of those ridiculous deals even though the product is worth every penney asked.

  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,984
    Stoic said:

    If you scroll down in this article you can see this loft was inspired from a design entered in the Evermotion "Whole Lotta Loft" challenge that ran in 2015 & finished in 2016.

    https://www.homemagez.com/40-loft-living-spaces-that-will-blow-your-mind/


    It "qualified" but didn't win or get named runner up.


    It still looks great though.

    I wonder if the PA is the person who did that design for the contest. The contest architect/designer also has it for sale as a 3DSMax/Photoshop set on Gumroad, and the designs do seem fairly close.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited March 2020
    Daventaki said:

    @Frinkky So far as I know (I didn't look at every surface) I did not see anything that didn't have a map/shader applied to it.  I recieved no errors on load.  Looks like most textures are 2048X2048, some smaller like for books and things.  Wall textures are bigger but are for the whole room.

    For those interested the floor where glass is runs a different direction than the other floor. Will post and example with just textures applied.  I know its fixable but some may not want the hassle or don't know how.  Also I didn't see anyway to turn the pipes off.  You can hide them by changing the top like I did in the render but I seen no actual way to hid them completely.  Someone might can give me a clue if there is a way and I am missing something.

    All I did was apply a wood floor shader and made the tile size a little smaller no other changes.

    Did you use a seamless texture on the glass part of the floor? You can rotate the wood planks image in the Layered Image Editor.

    Laurie

     

    Post edited by AllenArt on
  • StoicStoic Posts: 157
    edited March 2020

    Scrolling further down that same article I can see that "Old Manhattan Apartment" is also inspired from that same contest.

     

    On the designer's (Quattro Studio) website you can see additional pictures of it.

    http://quattro.studio/project/loft-story/

     

    https://www.daz3d.com/old-manhattan-apartment

    Post edited by Stoic on
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