Vondell's Current Projects

[YoungerPrinceLothric]

On 10/3/2017 at 9:53 PM, Vondell said:

not yet! I still haven't started setting that one up. It's on my list though. Although ... it's a big list, haha.

and, thanks so much! that's incredibly kind. cheers!

 

EDIT: using my concrete wall set to test tank wall capability -- was thinking tanks might look awkward with space all along the edges, but it's only a half tile. and actually, the corner piece is only a quarter tile, it just looks like a full tile.

 

I'm gonna go ahead and get this wall set configured and packaged for submission too while I'm at it.

Can I ask where this metal fencing comes from?

[Fern]

Probably a not completed fence by Vondell

[HeatherL]

It might be one of Vondell's aviary cage parts.

[(Designer)Vondell]

On 7/14/2023 at 11:56 PM, YoungerPrinceLothric said:

Can I ask where this metal fencing comes from?

 

Fern and Heather are correct, that's from my Aviary Cage Additions set.

It's available on my google drive with the current iteration of the set here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/13g1YThUKmPq9Gowf4RIwthkHknVmWyNf/view?usp=sharing

 

I don't remember exactly where I left off on the set, but usually if something made it onto my Drive folder it's finished enough to be playable. It's probably just that there was more I intended for the set that I didn't end up finishing, so I never submitted the set.

 

In the set there's also a 2H tall version of this fence and a few other files.

 

Good contender for another set to try and finish up this year to finally submit.

 

The post you quoted also reminded me of one benefit of having those concrete wall pieces as scenery and not just fences - scenery can be tankable, fences can't be. Good food for thought. I don't even remember writing that post, lol. The merciless forward march of time ...

[(Admin)Cricket]

4 minutes ago, Vondell said:

Good contender for another set to try and finish up this year to finally submit.

I know sometimes it's difficult to find time to work on projects.  Just so you know, we plan on having a Fall Fest in either October or November.   We try to release new goodies during that time! 

[YoungerPrinceLothric]

Thank you all for clarifying. I feel kind of silly and should have assumed they were also a part of his projects but then again my downloads folder is full of hundreds if not thousands of mods and I think it's all scrambled my brain over time ?

[(Admin)Cricket]

2 minutes ago, YoungerPrinceLothric said:

I think it's all scrambled my brain over time ?

Downloads tend to do that to us. 

[Z.Z.]

I have over 4000 user made downloads, I have been trying to get them organized, but sometimes its just overwhelming.

[Mugcake]

On 12/19/2014 at 8:30 AM, Vondell said:

Hey all! I've been browsing silently for long enough now, it's about time I show you folks some of the stuff I'm working on.

I've actually been a member here since 2007 and had been at Zoo Admin and a few of the older sites before that. And, well, you know how it happens, I caught the ZT design bug again and now I'm getting back in the game. It's great to see familiar folks still around even if it's only a one-way familiarity. :-)

 

Anyway, sure enough, ever since I logged back in last week I've been excited to dig into some .ztds again. ZT1 modding is very calming to me, meditative almost. I've missed it.

 

I wanted to jump right in and do something I've never done before, so I thought I'd use my (amateur) knowledge of Blender to actually go make some 3D object models and render them out as isometric sprites, like the game devs did it.

 

http://s5.postimg.org/c9aq86pef/Untitled_2.png

(the Gorilla itself is from a free creative-commons 3D model database which are great resources for this kind of thing.)

 

http://36.media.tumblr.com/34f4537736bb8e9b34f618c6ace5233a/tumblr_ngo40pwXM91td5q8fo2_250.png

 

Did a matching Orang-Utan statue as well, to keep it company. :-) Here they are in action:

 

http://s21.postimg.org/cs93v2jd3/Statues_Prev.png

 

These guys are pretty much ready to roll, as far as I can tell, but I wanted to introduce myself first before just handing my downloads over, being a total stranger. :-)

 

 

 

Now that I've confirmed to myself that I do have that skill if I need it, I've moved on to tackling my other project ideas. Most of them are just things that I personally want for my own design use.

One of the big ones there is I wanted to expand the functionality of Catfish's Aviary Cage set, which is already one of the most useful item sets I can think of.

 

I've just configured several additional pieces of scenery that use the same grid and sit flush with the aviary cages; one- and two-high pieces along with their respective corners, as well as a two-high version of the cage ceiling piece and a special 5H piece with a 2H gap at the bottom so both heights can be used for one seamless cage. The latter can also be combined with the one-high piece to create a "window" at guest eye level.

 

http://s5.postimg.org/b21dtponr/aviary_cage_prev.png

 

The glass ceilings are something else I'm working on, but they fit the new 2H cage walls nicely as well.

 

I mostly just knocked these out for my own utility. The little ones look nice as decorative "fences" too, which can add a nice bit of visual consistency to cage exhibit areas.

 

Once I got used to placing and aligning wall sections, I wound up wanting to do more of that. I tried to decide what the most versatile single wall type would be and wound up with this set of concrete walls, five heights plus corner pieces for each.

 

The concrete walls are definitely the nicest scenery I've made so far and I'm proud to say all its graphics were done from scratch. :) It's amazing what kinds of uses I keep finding as I play with these. They go up to 5H, so they're fully compatible and flush with the cage ceiling and walls too.

 

http://s5.postimg.org/dxjixoyzb/Preview.png

 

These are almost ready to go as well, just a little housekeeping to do on my end first.

 

 

At some point I'd love to turn these into fences. Fences are still a mystery to me. I'm pretty sure every fence guide that's ever been online is long gone by now. Nobody would happen to have the text of one sitting around on a hard drive, would they?

 

 

hello to everyone and it's good to be back! :) I haven't even scratched the surface of all the things I want to do yet.

I’ve not been able to find these on the site, did you release them in the end?

 

Sorry if I’ve overlooked something obvious, I’m sorta new here and don’t know the ins and outs of everything yet 

[HeatherL]

6 hours ago, Mugcake said:

I’ve not been able to find these on the site, did you release them in the end?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kQEvBUi9AWb13BibJFNxQDhl_1gRU-JP