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Mistral Sliding Glass Door
by d4RE
Posted 14th Feb 2018 at 1:42 AM
- Updated 17th Feb 2018 at 2:14 PM by d4RE
: corrected price and location
This is a new mesh, and means that it's a brand new self contained object that usually does not require a specific Expansion pack (although this is possible depending on the type). It may have Recolours hosted on MTS - check below the description for more information.
I didn't really expect the Mistral Staircase to be so popular, but I'm glad it is, because maybe it means my tastes are no so outre as I feared.
Here's a matching sliding door to expand the theme:
This is intended primarily as an interior door, but works as an exterior as well, providing you don't mind the gap between the two glass panes. There's nothing fancy here, just a plain old sliding door with clean lines and transparent surfaces. It also works on diagonal walls.
Recolorable wood and glass, just like the stairs. This door was made using the same textures and material definitions used in the mistral stairs and fence. It is not repositoried because a few alterations were necessary to get the shadows in the right places. Also, you may notice in these pics that some of the glass colors look pale and chalky. I had trouble getting the lighting right while making these screenshots. It's the effect of too many lights and not a difference in color that make them look weird. They still match; I'm just a terrible photographer.
.Technical Data:
in-game price: 454
location: Build Tools > Doors & Windows > Doors
All wood textures are Eaxis, taken from Simple Structure Staircase and Stare Stepper
Glass created in GIMP and SimPE, with a texture generated using Genetica Viewer
total face count - 676
Tools used: SimPE, Blender, GIMP, Genetica Viewer. Compressorizer
Polygon Counts:
straight and diagonal have same poly counts
doorframe_N: frame-98, shadow-17
doorframe_S: frame-100, shadow-17
r_door_N: frame-80, glass-10
r_door_S: frame-129, glass-6
l_door_N: frame-136, glass-10
l_door_S: frame-67, glass-6
Additional Credits:
I stood on a lot of shoulders to make this little door. Credit and thanks to the following for their pioneering work and helpful advice:
Quaxi and the SimPE team, Numenor, Tashiketh, RGiles, jfade, HugeLunatic, Jasana_Bugbreeder, boblishman, leefish


This is intended primarily as an interior door, but works as an exterior as well, providing you don't mind the gap between the two glass panes. There's nothing fancy here, just a plain old sliding door with clean lines and transparent surfaces. It also works on diagonal walls.
Recolorable wood and glass, just like the stairs. This door was made using the same textures and material definitions used in the mistral stairs and fence. It is not repositoried because a few alterations were necessary to get the shadows in the right places. Also, you may notice in these pics that some of the glass colors look pale and chalky. I had trouble getting the lighting right while making these screenshots. It's the effect of too many lights and not a difference in color that make them look weird. They still match; I'm just a terrible photographer.


.Technical Data:
in-game price: 454
location: Build Tools > Doors & Windows > Doors
All wood textures are Eaxis, taken from Simple Structure Staircase and Stare Stepper
Glass created in GIMP and SimPE, with a texture generated using Genetica Viewer
total face count - 676
Tools used: SimPE, Blender, GIMP, Genetica Viewer. Compressorizer
Polygon Counts:
straight and diagonal have same poly counts
doorframe_N: frame-98, shadow-17
doorframe_S: frame-100, shadow-17
r_door_N: frame-80, glass-10
r_door_S: frame-129, glass-6
l_door_N: frame-136, glass-10
l_door_S: frame-67, glass-6
Additional Credits:
I stood on a lot of shoulders to make this little door. Credit and thanks to the following for their pioneering work and helpful advice:
Quaxi and the SimPE team, Numenor, Tashiketh, RGiles, jfade, HugeLunatic, Jasana_Bugbreeder, boblishman, leefish

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