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Maxis "Lost & Found" #4: The Matte Sphere *OPEN CONTEST*

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Posted 6th Jan 2005 at 07:28 PM - Updated 16th Feb 2009 at 01:21 AM by Numenor : Added several Animated Spheres by Pixelhate - Viewed 43626 times.

Information (Click for more details): Direct link to this thread New Mesh

07 FEB 2006 - Complete renewal of all the existing Spheres + Added a couple of recolours.
After more than 1 year since the starting of this thread, I could see that still there is some interest about these strange objects

But these packages were created long ago, using outdated tecniques, and therefore I've updated and fixed all the packages posted so far by myself and by other users.

1) The original "Matte Sphere" - formerly brought to you as a "Maxis Lost&Found" - has been completely rebuilt: now it is a recolourable stand-alone object, and a new UVmap has been provided for the mesh.
2) The Gray & Glass recolour by RGiles has been updated, too.
3) The Man-Trap Sphere by Wes_H (not recolourable) has been completely rebuilt.
4) The most famous SuperSphere by JWoods has been updated and heavily fixed: now it's a complete and funcional outdoor lamp (it's recolourable, but only for the stand).
5) A couple of new recolous -Animated ElectricGlow (sphere only) and Rainbow (sphere and stand) - have been added.
NOTE: All the recolours are for the original MatteSphere only: they won't apply to Wes_H's or JWoods' Spheres (they are different objects!).

To see what we are talking about, look at the following screenshots; from left to right:
1) the Grey&Glass recolour and the original Matte Sphere;
2) the Animated ElectricGlow, the Rainbow recolour, the Grey&Glass recolour and the Original MatteSphere;
3) The Man-Trap Sphere by Wes_H
4) The SuperSphere by JWoods.

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11 Feb 2005: The "SHOW THE WORLD YOUR OWN SPHERE" CONTEST is open!

12 Feb 2005: added "Man Trapped into a Sphere" by WES_H
16 Feb 2005: EP-ready and completely fixed version posted (including the clickable area).

16 Feb 2005: added "Super Sphere" by JWOODS

15 May 2006: added "Urban Design" Spherical TV by Helloitsjoe8 (click thumbnails to enlarge):

04 Feb 2009: added several amazing Animated Spheres by Pixelhate (click on thumbnails to enlarge):

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The Matte Sphere is a test object that Maxis left out of the catalog once they finished the beta testing phase. All its test functions were removed before releasing the game, so today the Sphere it's simply a decorative object (quite interesting, indeed). Now the package is EP-ready!

Credits are due to Carrigon, for having inserted this object into his hacked collection, and to RGiles for having created the translucent glass texture for the Sphere (I've slightly changed it, even though it was not necessary).

I have cloned and modified the ObjectData file, so that now the Sphere is visible in the catalog, under Decorative/Stautes (I didn't changed the GUID, because it isn't a different object from the original Sphere).
I've added a recolour for the wooden stand, as well (CEP recolour!).

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6th Jan 2005, 07:39 PM	# 2
daysies The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,523 Thanks: 15843 in 58 Posts	Oooh, this would look so cool if someone can retexture it to look like a palantir w/ Sauron's eye.

6th Jan 2005, 07:40 PM	# 3
daysies The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,523 Thanks: 15843 in 58 Posts	BTW, Numenor, I kept on forgetting to tell you that when I watched the Return of the King extended (the extras), I heard "Numenor" mentioned many times and I was like, "Hey, so that's where he got his name!" LOL

6th Jan 2005, 08:00 PM	# 4
Carrigon Firestarter Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 302 Thanks: 26 in 4 Posts	It looks really kewl We need to make it do something, but I can't think of what yet.

6th Jan 2005, 08:04 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daysies

BTW, Numenor, I kept on forgetting to tell you that when I watched the Return of the King extended (the extras), I heard "Numenor" mentioned many times and I was like, "Hey, so that's where he got his name!" LOL

You guessed right (actually, I chose that nickname after having read the book, way before the movie - and MTS2 - would come out

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Numenor wasn't a person, but actually an island, that lately sank down into the ocean. My Avatar represents one of the last Ancient Kings of Numenor.

6th Jan 2005, 08:11 PM	# 6
daysies The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,523 Thanks: 15843 in 58 Posts	... and I kept on asking my husband what the name of those statues were (in your avatar) and I won't ever forget them now... the Argonoth...

6th Jan 2005, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Carrigon

It looks really kewl

We need to make it do something, but I can't think of what yet.

I'm desperately trying to make a floor lamp of it. I've cloned it, edited the ObjectData to make them appear in the catalog among the floor lamps (I've registered a new the GUID for the "lamp" sphere, that I called "The Daily Globe"

). I changed the Global Data to Lamps globals and edited the Object Functions to make it turn on and off, added the right BHAVs and everything, and still it doesn't light up.

6th Jan 2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by daysies

... and I kept on asking my husband what the name of those statues were (in your avatar) and I won't ever forget them now... the Argonoth...

Almost correct. They're the Argonath.

6th Jan 2005, 08:37 PM	# 9
daysies The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,523 Thanks: 15843 in 58 Posts	Oops, I had spelled that way originally. I don't know what made me change it.

6th Jan 2005, 08:51 PM	# 10
xbuttcheecksx Lab Assistant Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 92	would be cool if someone made that into one of those earth globes

6th Jan 2005, 10:31 PM	# 11
trombones03 Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 37 Thanks: 203 in 1 Posts	The glass one does not show to be in my game. Am I doing something wrong? Oh, I do have the recolor enable .package.

6th Jan 2005, 10:37 PM	# 12
daysies The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,523 Thanks: 15843 in 58 Posts	You probably need to update to the newest release of CEP. It got updated today. Edit: I had to look for the link: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=119480
	Last edited by daysies : 6th Jan 2005 at 10:40 PM.

6th Jan 2005, 10:48 PM	# 13
trombones03 Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 37 Thanks: 203 in 1 Posts	That worked, thank you.

6th Jan 2005, 11:33 PM	# 14
Apriltini Lab Assistant Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 69	Yup, a really huge globe would be cool.

6th Jan 2005, 11:47 PM	# 15
brgndyrose31 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 121 Thanks: 157 in 8 Posts	That is really neat. A cool thing to do with it (even though it might not be able to be done yet) is to have like electricity flow through them, so when you touch it, it will follow your hands.

7th Jan 2005, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by numenor

). I changed the Global Data to Lamps globals and edited the Object Functions to make it turn on and off, added the right BHAVs and everything, and still it doesn't light up.

Bet it's some setting somewhere. I've had that happen with things. Try a reverse clone. Clone a floor lamp, put these graphics in there, see if that does it.

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7th Jan 2005, 04:58 AM	Idea # 17
Lcm Test Subject Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10	Heyyyz I got an idea for what that ball can do, U know those lamps that have electrical surges thru em, when u put ur hand the all the electricty runs to ur hand????? that would be cool :smash:

7th Jan 2005, 05:38 AM	# 18
trombones03 Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 37 Thanks: 203 in 1 Posts	brgndyrose31 just said that a couple of posts ago, Lcm.
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7th Jan 2005, 08:48 AM	# 19
Numenor Original Poster The ModFather Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,547 Thanks: 152712 in 151 Posts View My Journal	Sorry, but it can't become a Palantir, nor having electrical surges that flow inside it, because the mesh for the globe is completely empty, inside. So, no objects can be represented inside it. What a pity, though; the Palantir was a great idea (well, it would be a giant Palantir, but who would care? )

7th Jan 2005, 12:30 PM	# 20
Guest Posts: n/a	Too bad you can't put something in it...making it a huge fishbowl would be cool.

11th Jan 2005, 12:57 AM	# 21
kat92 Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 36	You could make it look like a giant fish bowl. paint little fishies on it and such

23rd Jan 2005, 11:07 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Carrigon

It looks really kewl

We need to make it do something, but I can't think of what yet.

For me its going to sort of serve as a crystal ball for my gypsy sims. The plasma ball Idea was a great idea and could be done with new animations. I seen some new deco items earlier in another thread that had been remeshed. Fire crystals. that had light that moved around on them. Id like to see it narrowed down to a blue or purple light that moved slower and smoother but it does give inspiration. Or glowing smoke inside the balls maybe. There is a lot that can be done with this sphere. And Carrigon, since you are excelent with code maybe you could add some mind control functions to it. There are some great possiablilities for this.

I have about a million clickin around in my head now lol.

Unfortuneately I have no idea how to make animations, or know enough about codding these things to do any specific thing.

Will be interesting to see what you guys can come up with.

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23rd Jan 2005, 11:43 AM	# 23
Miura Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 38	What an interesting signature cozmicrain

23rd Jan 2005, 01:57 PM	# 24
maxxie Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10	miura: re cozmicrain's signature... it doesn't specify which hair to pull... so much left to the imagination!

11th Feb 2005, 02:06 AM	# 25
EaglesRule95 Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 12	Someone should make it be one of those weather things but make sure it won;t like completly crash the game.

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