Hello all, here is a project that I have been working on for the past two weeks. My previous building model pack was fairly well received, and I decided that it was time that I put some effort into building houses and residences that you would find in open world games.

This pack is a mega pack, almost twice the size of Guru Buildings: Volume One. This pack includes more than 100 enterable houses. Each house includes many bedrooms, living areas and multiple stories for you to populate and use in your games. Also included in this pack, are many related assets that compliment the models. My previous pack did not include a lot of related media, only the buildings. I wanted to change that this time around. I am still in the planning phase for a lot of the assets but expect to see a lot of content in this thread. I'm hoping for a release around next week or sooner, it depends when I can get everything together. For now, enjoy some renders of a few of the buildings and some media I have produced so far.








Interiors
Each house has it's own wall and floor textures, most are gritty and old. Great for creating an apocalyptic atmoshere, and can be populated with ease using Guru's new Fly Camera in the editor.





Some other items being created:



Comments, questions, suggestions? I'm all ears. This pack will include doors, most likely animated. I'd like to release within a week or two. All the houses are finished, now i am just building more furniture and item entities to compliment the assets. This will be my largest pack to date.

Cheers

nice. any eta?

wait them on the store...
shut up and take my money...LOL

when will these be available. I have V1 of your buildings they are great

Great work as usual

houses are always good. maybe I'll buy this (sooner or later for sure).
Some asian styled houses would be nice, also some modern homes.
Yes, yes... really some asian buildings would be great...

Hey guys thanks for the comments, I am glad you like what you see! Expect this in the store some time next week, that is my goal to be finished by. I will start uploading the house models individually this weekend. The pack will go live as a bundle once the rest of the assets are finished.

Here are some new things:







Stay tuned for more

cheers

Very nice.

SOLD. I'll have one of everything please

Suggestion: There's a lot of Aussie users. Consider a full veranda wrapround (building 2 for example) with a corrugated iron roof. I'd buy ANY model with a distinct Aussie theme. Old style stone buildings, corrugated iron water tanks, stone water tanks.

Anything Aussie. No hurry. Next week will be fine

This really nice stuff , when will you release these?

Some really great gear here, this is gonna take a long time to upload.

Thanks for the comments and support guys! I am diligently working away at these models, only a few more to go. I will start uploading the houses to the store tonight so hopefully some will be live on the store tomorrow. Expect the full pack with all the houses and items bundled together by next weekend.

@!nullptr You may be surprised by what you see in the final product

@TazMan Ahaha yes preparing them for the store is a daunting task. Screenshoting all these models is going to take a while. You know the pain

@Pirate Myke Thanks man

Some more stuff:







Stay tuned

These models look just perfect. Roll on next weekend. funds are awaiting your release. Amazing.

my money are yours.......LOL

great stuffs..

gameguru nothing without you teamhalo. you play a big part in our game development. I too will support this pack. I haven't even started a guru project yet, but I love supporting the artists. you and bsp are my most favorite artists.

Fantastic collection ...
This is a must for any GameGuru user.

@Tarkus - Thanks a lot for your support!

@JC LEON - Stay tuned it's coming soon I am excited to share with you!

@MXS - Thank you very much for saying that, it really makes me feel great knowing that you appreciate my work and enjoy what i make! I am so glad to be apart of this community

@synchro - Thanks man!!

OK Guys - The houses have been uploaded to the store, the pack is coming very soon. Hopefully they will be approved tomorrow and live later this week. All will be available individually, if you want to try one out if you are on the fence about the pack. All the other models are included in the pack, so the pack is not just the houses. I will be adding as much stuff as I can to make this pack my biggest, most quality for the price pack yet.

Stay tuned and watch this thread for updates as we progress with the pack

New Screens








cheers

I'm viewing many models on the store.. but how much time for the complete package? and how much money it will cost??

I was wondering this, how much will the entire pack be, I just have to have this pack, can I ask you a quick question,, how many rooms does the biggest building have, as I am thinking about a level set in an abandoned building which needs a lot of rooms. Horror adventure style.

Just got to have this pack... great looking buildings there.

@JC Leon it should be live in the store today, if everything gets approved The purchase price for the pack is going to be $19.99 USD. This includes 100+ house models and other custom assets.

@Tarkus - The pack is going to cost $19.99, I hope that is not too much, a lot of content is included and I thought a lot about a competitive price point. I'll be adding more content to the pack until I am satisfied with the final project, so if you happen to grab it early you will be getting more content eventually as I finish it. I have to have it released today or tomorrow but more content will be added.

UPDATE - THE PACK IS RELEASED! FREE SAMPLE HOUSE

Hey guys, I just submitted the pack for approval, so it should go live very soon, also, I have released one of the 3D houses as a free sample, so anyone can download it and try it out to see if you like the style of the models. I hope you guys have fun with this pack and are able to use it in projects. I will continue to update this pack add a few more things over the next week or two, so expect more posts in this thread. Everyone the purchases the pack will continue to get the new content when it is released. My biggest challenge that I have yet to conquer is getting animated doors working. Right now the pack comes with a few fake doors, but expect some animated ones coming once I can figure it out. Cheers

New screens:







Stay tuned for more content

@teamhalo, if you want, email me a door and I will knock up a quick vertex animation and script for it and see if you like that, very quick and easy way to do it, and will havesome free time on my hands this Sunday if you wanted a few done.

yes we need some good doors, wooden, ones with bits missing,

@teamhalo, as soon as i see the pack go live, i will be purchasing, support is important to us all, thanks.

19.99 is great value, around 15.00 uk sterling thereabouts, as soon as this hits the store, it will be downloaded here. I will upload some screens with them populated with entities too. They will of course be dark and moody, as this is my style…..

thanks again for inspiring..

When will this pack be out? I see some items in the store but not the pack.

great price--I'll buy them instantly when on the store...

@AuShadow That would be amazing!! Are you sure? I will release any doors that you animate for free to everyone, I can email all the media for the doors that are currently in the pack. I was wondering if we could be able to use the scripts from the Stock doors, since they are already written, what do you think?

@Tarkus Great idea. I will mock up a quick model like that for you. Hopefully AuShadow will be able to assist with animating them, but there will be a static door with bits missing just for you! Thanks again for your support, please post screenshots in this thread! I can't take good photos I'm sure you will be able to come up with some great scenes using this media!

@Timba and @JC LEON - Unfortunately TGC is not approving the pack yet. The store had a glitch and it deleted the Media files for about 20 entities so they were not able to approve it today, and I had to reupload just now . I am in the eastern USA timezone so the bundle will not be available until tomorrow if everything goes smoothly. Sorry guys

UPDATE: The Free House is Live!

I know many of you have been patiently waiting for this pack, and I can't wait to get it online for you guys, I do have some good news! I am giving you all a free Sample Building, to see if you like the style of the model and how you can walk around in it. Watch the video below, and download the Model from the store and play with it!!

Free One Story House Sample from Guru Buildings : Volume Two

WATCH THE VIDEO:



DOWNLOAD FOR FREE IN THE STORE HERE

@Tarkus Im going to model a broken door really quick for you and post a render in this thread later when I can.

Thanks a lot for your support everyone, when the pack does come online and if you do purchase it please post some screenshots of what you make with it! I want to see what you guys come up with and how you can combine it with other store media! BSP has a bunch of great stuff to use with this pack as well

cheers

Yeah won't be a problem, will have some time on my hands this Sunday and making it work with stock scripts should be easy enough to do.

GREAT...

but we need transparent glass for windows.please consider make this addiction to the pack...

Impressive work, teamhalo, and thanks for the freebie.

Cool look forward to the door.... going to use the freebie to add some lights and then fill it with furniture...... Yes I have all the BSP stuff I will probably populate it with some of that. The pack V2 looks like it going to be a great addition

See below for some Guru Buildings V1 screens I have done. So if anyone hasn't got V1 they can see what can be created.

All screens grabbed in-game on my project "Lost In Time"

Thanks to TeamHalo.

Here are a few screens using the FREE building in the store now. I have used some Valuable Assets Store Items to fill the rooms, as well as some of MegaPack 3 and some of BSP Store items.

The pack is now in the store, I just downloaded it there thanks to you teamhalo.

@Tarkus : Fantastic screenshots!!! Excellent shots, the house looks great! Thanks a lot for posting! Also thanks for purchasing the pack, I hope you enjoy it a lot Post some screenshots of the new pack stuff in this thread if you make some cool scenes!

@Gtox Thanks a lot man! Enjoy the model glad you like it

@AuShadow Awesome I will email you tomorrow morning as soon as I can. Again I really appreciate it.

@JC LEON Hey man, I completely agree with you and wish it was easier to do that. Unfortunately, Game Guru does not handle transprency with enterable models well, at all. My first builds of these houses all had trasnparent windows and textures with alphas, but the meshes did not display properly. Literally through the window it would not render any meshes and it would be just terrain. It looked awful. So i had to scrap the window transparency, and until Game Guru renders transparency properly will I consider adding full transparent windows to the pack. However - if this is an imperative feature that you must have, drop me and email and I will gladly email you the transparent window versions of the textures, you would just have to drop them in your model files that are in your purchase folders. Thanks again for purchasing the pack!

Update:

The pack is finally live in the store. Thanks a lot for everyone that has followed the project with me and commenting and sharing your thoughts and encouragement, I will be adding some more content to the pack very soon, possibly tomorrow. I will be updating the screenshots and renders in this thread so stay tuned. If you bought the pack, please share some screenshots of the scenes you make

Cheers

I will post some exterior shots, and some interiors of the new buildings, which are excellent.

At work at the moment, so might no be until late tomorrow, might get 1 or 2 done tonight, happy guruing.

Just finished a few new screens using one of the Guru Buildings V2 brick buildings.

Some exterior screens and a few interior. Hope you like them.

I have to say the new buildings offer a lot of scope for exploring type games, you could lock rooms, confuse people by teleporting to smaller rooms within the same buildings etc, great stuff teamhalo.

Are there a couple of doors missing from the pack at the moment, I see the images in the store, but no assets called door2,door3 and door4, the fake ones.

Didn't even hesitate. Bought my pack yesterday. Probably never use half of it but the price.... just had to. +10 VA

Please guy I need some help, if somebody at home.
Downloading teamhalo's building pack, but after 6 hs downloading, 48 files of 124. I know this is normal, my question is:
¿Can I stop downloading, and restart let's say, tomorrow?

Being not able to use internet (so difficult post this question), and Editor does not minimize, since the download windows is modal, and my internet connection usually stop at 00.00 pm, the scenario is not so good.

Thanks in advance

3com

@Tarkus - Great screenshots, it's awesome seeing them being used with other media. If you take an other ones post more if you want Also on the doors, they are on the way the TGC store had some issues with uploading but a lot of content is still coming.

@nullptr - thanks so much for supporting the pack, I hope you enjoy it and can use the media in your projects

@3com - thanks also for supporting the pack! I'm not sure how the download process works, you may have to leave it running to download the whole pack at once but that is something the store dev could clarify.
New stuff coming to the pack:

Here are some new bedroom floors:





I'm also working on some shutters for windows. More doors are coming. Stay tuned and post some screens in this thread if you make something cool

cheers

even more floors, and shutters to nice work, can't wait Will post more screens when I can.

Fixed!!
I have ceased to be in the dilemma.





Tomorrow I will resume the download and discover the answer

Tx TeamHalo

3com

Just found this anomaly on the red and blue houses, on highest setting on the tab tab metric settings for entity shader. Odd!

restarted PC and they are back to normal.

Hey, haven't seen an email from you, just wondering if you still wanted me to try and animate those doors later today?

Edit: don't worry just got the email

Good job. Buildings created very well . If I can give you some advice , the texture of the windows should be transparent . I took the liberty to change the texture of the building that you shared . Try looking
with this system you can put a light inside the building and avoid adding an illumination map to the model .
Forgive my English

Quick Video of Lost in Time (reworked Chapter One)

This video features GuruBuildings V1, which is the main basis for the levels, they are just so old and decaying and suits my ideas well, as soon as I can I will grab a video of GuruBuildings V2, who knows I might sneak in a jumpscare or two......

Hope you enjoy it.... and many thanks to teamhalo for creating such awesome models.

Sent you an email with a very basic door anim, custom script (real simple easy to follow script), fpe uses standered door sounds, and a demo video.

@3com - Any update on the status of the problem you encountered? Where you able to successfully download the model pack? Let me know if you still have issues. Thanks again for your purchase.

@Tarkus - I see you have seamed to find an anomaly with the Guru Shaders. Some of the buildings don't look spectacular with lightmapping in Gurus standard settings. If it happens again I recommend saving your level and closing and restarting the engine. I will post below the ideal lighting conditions for the models. See below for my comments on your video

@Bisella - Excellent work making those windows transparent! It looks great! I have explained earlier in this thread about why I did not go forward with trasnpareny, but I will try to be frank and lay it out here: The problems lies in

1. Game Guru does not have good support for transparency. I tested my models using transparent windows and the way the draw system is designed resulted in a window into an empty space, looking at terrain in the distance. Instead of showing the inside of the house, nothing was rendered. It was completely immersion breaking and a huge glitch. I could not release a store media pack that had such a beaming glitch due to Game Guru's limitations, not my models. As soon as we get proper transparency support, where polys are still drawn through the model, I will consider adding an updated texture set.

2. The texture atlas files are 10 MB flat, but over 20 MB each when you add alpha channels. Spec and Normals at 10mb each flat. If I added alpha channels, each upload would be 40mb. This means 100 x 40 = 4,000 MB or 4 GB of Game Guru Media! Ouch, I don't want you guys to have to wait all day to download these assets, alas that is another reason why I choose not to add alpha options, but obviously the glaring problems with transparency in the engine are the main reasons.

I encourage you to edit the media if you do decide to purchase and add the transparency and play with it, see if you have better results than I did. I am glad you like the model

@Tarkus - LOVE the video! You need to send that to TGC, the sound design and scripting in the game is awesome, I am genuinly impressed at what you had to show in that video, it looked great. I am so happy that you are able to use my media in your projects, and feel free to share as much as you like in this thread, and I would love to see another video if you make a level with some of the new houses in the recent pack. Happy game making

@AuShadow - Got the email, sending new 3ds and obj files for you to edit directly. Not at my workstation tonight but will get back to you soon, thanks so much for offering to help out with animating the doors. I know the community will really benefit once we get some free doors up on the store for everyone to download.

UPDATE =

Sorry guys no new media shots today, I was not able to work on anything today but I promise more stuff is coming. Working on more curtains, and those new floors should be hitting the store soon. IF you have any last minute things you would like to see in the pack, please post here. Again, everything that is added to the pack will be accessable by anyone who purchased it regardless of when, so if you have the pack now you will be able to download everything that is added to it as time goes on

Cheers all , thanks so much for supporting my project

definitely I will buy the pack and will definitely add transparency.

forgive my english

Here's a quick update today. I've created a few textures for these curtains. An open and closed version of the model, they should allow you add an extra bit of detail to your houses in games. I think next I may build more furniture or maybe do some ceiling fans.







More coming soon. If you have ideas of what media you would like to see in the pack, let me know and I will see about adding some stuff in

Waiting next sunday, since I need the few free time I've right now; working in comp7 screens.
I'll tell you when done.

Thanks a lot

3com

@teamhalo Looking forward to the new pack stuff, great work, I will get a new video featuring a V2 building by Thursday, it fits in well to my theme, I'm glad you liked the video, more to come.

Nice Curtains, these will be in the new video coming soon....... thanks teamhalo