Hyperboloid Water Tower
Very loosely based on the Ciechanow water tower[upload.wikimedia.org] in Poland. A friend commented that it’s sort of got a Fallout vibe, and I can dig that.
About the asset
Main mesh is 2438 tris
LoD is 134
Textures are 1024 and 256.
No props, DLC or dependencies – this is just the tower and nothing else. Do with it as you see fit.
In-game stuff
3×3 footprint water tower structure. Circular footprint. Like most water towers, it does not need to be roadside.
Costs 6,500.
Costs 320 per week to maintain
Pumps 120,000 cubic somethings of water
Electricity consumption is 240 kw
Nose radius is 50 and noise generation is 25. Pretty quiet.
About
This was fun to make. I did see the post on Reddit a while back asking for something like this. I didn’t have time to do anything with it because I was busy with other things – but I do think hyperboloid structures are pretty nifty. It’s a means to get as much structural integrity out of as little material as possible. Of course, I didn’t do the math – I just twisted the top end of a cylinder 110 degrees in Blender and went from there. 😀
Textures came out nice, too.
Let me know if there’s any funny business with the water pipe node at the bottom. I didn’t seem to have a problem with it, but you never know. Or if anything else is messed up.
Source files are here[drive.google.com], if you want to have a look at them, reupload the thing – or do whatever.
Thanks again.
