Is anybody working at unique city art for factions?
Today I did a gayan home so I want to know is there anyone working at it to avoid cross-jobs.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2yoe25k.png

Is anybody working at unique city art for factions?

No one is creating faction cityset graphics at the moment.

Today I did a gayan home so I want to know is there anyone working at it to avoid cross-jobs.

Not sure I understand. Is this a completely new model you made, or is it one of asio's models, with the encircled building added to it?

This is a completely new model as far as I can see, and I hope many more will follow. :goodjob:

Why do you think it's a Asio's model ? It's just a "hill" made from a cilinder with a quick handmade texture :).

[EDIT] Oh lol I see what you show me, no, it's just an extruded cilinder made by me within 5 seconds, and texture took a bit more (like 30 seconds :P). Moreover, the whole building uses the same texture so it's not ripped :).

The idea of the building is from this look:
http://downloads.khinsider.com/wallpaper/1024x768/159-alpha-centauri-006-dxtgm.jpg

Why do you think it's a Asio's model ?

Because asio made a gaian cityset (see attachment)

However like you made with a building on top doesn't exist yet. And there can never be enough varieties. If not for generic cityset art, then there's always room for faction-specific building art.

I'd suggest the building on top uses the same texture as the mushrooms on the side though. Currently it kinda looks like an out of place lighthouse to me. :-s

I agree, I said it's not finished.

Because asio made a gaian cityset (see attachment)
No one is creating faction cityset graphics at the moment
But some exist already! Why didn't you use them? Also can you show me others which exist to avoid unnecessary work please?:)

But some exist already! Why didn't you use them? Also can you show me others which exist to avoid unnecessary work please?:)

They are being used. :confused:
Best way would be to have a look yourself by unpacking Planetfall's PAK file. Do you know how to do that? The cityset art is in the Art/Structures/Cities folder (and a little bit in the Structures/Buildings folder). Some of the dds files used for the citysets are in the Art/shared folder, for the record.

There is cityset art for all seven SMAC factions, and a little for the Caretakers and Usurpers. They're not all equally high quality though.

They are being used.
I am sure I started as gaians and got "bunkers" instead of these buildings in my city as pop grew...

Did you play to the Expansion era? All factions start with the Arrival cityset art, but then when you research any level 3 tech, your faction switches to its unique art.

All factions start with the Arrival cityset art
Gah! I've just started as gaians to look at their cityset. Sorry for the confusion :).

I usually play as Spartans because free combat I plays a nice role in the combat side of the mod.

In my (humble) opinion, The Peacekeeper, Hive -and University citysets in Planetfall are about as close to perfect as humanily possible. The Gaian cityset has its rough edges, the Spartan cityset is acceptable while the Morgan -and Believer citysets could use something new. ;)

Just out of curiosity, which programs do you guys use for making these models? I always wanted to do some models for Civ but I never had any programs that would open dds files.

Also is polygon count a serious issue for the models? I could make much better detail models but I am not sure if it will make the game run too slowly or cause other problems.

Not being a 3D modeller myself, I'm afraid I can't answer those questions. Perhaps you can ask in the main Creation & Customization forum?

Just out of curiosity, which programs do you guys use for making these models? I always wanted to do some models for Civ but I never had any programs that would open dds files.

Also is polygon count a serious issue for the models? I could make much better detail models but I am not sure if it will make the game run too slowly or cause other problems.

There's no point to make much "better models" because they won't be visible anywhere but civilopedia, and with the Civ4 engine which cuts polygons down automatically, high-poly objects start to slow down pc a lot.

To make models you need any 3d modelling program with ability to export civilization nif files.
I use 3 methods:
1) Program "Blender" -> export with Niftools.
2) 3d studio Max -> export with nif import/export plugin, check tutorial forums.
3) Make simple shapes in Wings3d -> import them in NifSkope directly.

About DDS: google "photoshop DDS plugin", and you will be able to open DDS files with Photoshop.