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Maxis Matching - Anthony Roc Skate Rack

by yedda_2000 Posted 8th Jan 2009 at 4:30 PM - Updated 27th Jan 2011 at 3:20 PM by yedda_2000 : UPDATE - Smaller File Size
 
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Test Subject
#2 Old 8th Jan 2009 at 5:33 PM
Oooooh!! It's fantastic!! Thank you!
Top Secret Researcher
#3 Old 9th Jan 2009 at 2:07 AM
Great idea and awesome execution.
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#4 Old 9th Jan 2009 at 7:31 PM Last edited by simsample : 10th Jan 2009 at 10:09 PM.
Thankyou! My daughter has a sim who loves skating, so this is great.

Edited to add: I'm wondering why the file size on this is so big? It is 6Mb; I would expect an item like this to be a lot less. As a comparison, Numenor's coat hook is only 122 Kb. I notice you seem to have used some high res textures in this, but even with a high-ish poly count I wouldn't expect it to be so big. Compressorizing it doesn't help much.

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#5 Old 6th Feb 2009 at 10:41 AM
Nice idea, thanks
Test Subject
#6 Old 12th Feb 2009 at 1:45 PM
Wow! Awesome! Too bad it's only a decoration.
Test Subject
#7 Old 9th May 2009 at 6:35 AM
What a cool idea! Thanks!
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#8 Old 9th May 2009 at 4:01 PM
I wonder the same as simsample. The filesize is really to big to go into my game and that's a shame, because I really like the idea and the object looks great.

Maybe you could take a look at this again?
Lab Assistant
#9 Old 18th Jul 2009 at 8:38 AM
Awesome mesh.
Those skates would be fantastic as clutter items off the rack.

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#10 Old 26th Jan 2011 at 2:24 PM Last edited by BoilingOil : 26th Jan 2011 at 3:59 PM.
It's a wonderful object for sure. But my god, the size of it! 21.6MB is far too extravagant for a decorative object. It's utterly ridiculous! I build 5x6 lots with huge families that still use less disk space!

With only a little work, I've been able to reduce this object to one tenth the size! I did this by using SimPE to change the TXTR resources from Raw32bit to DXT5 format, and then compressing all the resources.

Edit to add: using DXT1format makes the file even smaller. The compressorizer can then reduce it to 1.52 MB.
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#11 Old 27th Jan 2011 at 10:17 PM
^Thanks, BoilingOil, for reminding me about this object. I've been meaning to take care of it forever.
Lab Assistant
#12 Old 6th Sep 2012 at 3:32 AM
oh I'm so happy to have found this! thank you! :D
Lab Assistant
#13 Old 23rd Jan 2021 at 4:07 PM
For some reason in my game the reduced version of this object has a mismatched shadow: a big square. The regular version looks fine.
Lab Assistant
#14 Old 25th Nov 2024 at 1:11 PM
Quote: Originally posted by guirnaldas
For some reason in my game the reduced version of this object has a mismatched shadow: a big square. The regular version looks fine.


I have the same problem. I wish it worked correctly, it's a great addition to a teen bedroom and a skate centre!