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SageTech
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Posted: 26th May 2005 14:20
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im just woundering if anyone knows how simcity made thier buildings. Were they made of sprites or models?

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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 26th May 2005 14:26
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if ur talking about simcity 2000, i think they actually made them by "painting" pixels, cause they actually have an editor, and all you do is "paint" dots/pixels different colors, and the overall picture looks like a building .

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Posted: 26th May 2005 14:59
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i should have said simcity4, but yes, i remember the urban renewal kit.

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David T
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Posted: 26th May 2005 17:52 Edited at: 26th May 2005 17:56
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SC4 are 3d models optimised to be viewed from an isometric view. The whole gmaee is actually in 3d.

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Posted: 26th May 2005 19:19
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I remember the original Sim City. The buildings were sprites, and they used palette cycling to animate the smoke and movement. The program without bitmaps was ridiculously small - about 10K (yes, not a typo, 10K!).

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David T
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Posted: 26th May 2005 19:36
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If you want to know all about SC4's rendering here is the place to [href]go http://simcity.ea.com/about/inside_scoop/3d1.php[/href]

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David R
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Posted: 26th May 2005 22:11
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Simcity (2000 & classic) uses a matrix of numbered tiles. Each number represents an object. (e.g. #162=abandoned church).

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Toby Quan
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@David T

That is an amazing article that you linked to. A very good read indeed!
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