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DEDWD Maddison Gallery  1.0

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After twelve months of procrastination, and as something special for my 40th lot, I'd like to present The Maddison Gallery....

 

TheMaddison Gallery is a the cultural centre of SimCity. Sims from allcorners of the city come to share their "ooh's" and "aah's" as theyview some of the worlds finest art. Currently the gallery is featingsome of the finest paintings from Europe's greatest galleries.

The building's design allows the outside world to see into thebuilding. At the centre of the building is an open space with waterfeature and  mosaic featuring fine Italian marble. The buildingitself has great sheets of green glass held by massive polished steelpillars arranged around the central area.

Surrounding the gallery is a large forecourt featuring modern art fromthe famed artist SimGoober. The irregular and abstract placement ofthese pieces contrasts with the symmetry and order of the mainbuilding, forecourt and ponds. The musuem is a popular gathering pointfor the local sims; "I'll meet you by the head at the pond". It's atradition to get wedding photo's taken infront of the triple heads.

 

Technical Details:

The lot is based on the small in-game Museum, but with the costs and effects equivalent to the large (reward) museum.

 

Type: Plopable

Menu: Civic/Education

Size: 12x12

Cost: 13,000 to build, monthly cost is variable

 

For all other settings, see the README.

 

Custom Features: menu icon, query UI

 

Directions:

Auto-Install:This lot is only shipped with the auto install. It will automaticallyput all files in the right place, for optimum performance. Simply openthe Zip file, and double click the install file. Follow the onscreeninstructions.

 

Dependencies:There are no external dependencies for this lot. There is a props filebut it is shipped with the lot and installed automatically.

 

Credits:

Thanks to all the BSC team members for driving me to finish this andnot settle for a half-hearted result. Special thanks to Simgoober forthe head, Gascooker for textures and assistance, and SandraSim1 fortesting.

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I like the building, but the "bib" surrounding it is too darned big, and it isn't conductive to the urban environment of many arts districts. It would be cool if you could make a smaller version without the bib.

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DT, the "bib" was necesary because of the gmax issue of rendering transparent objects with nothing beneath them. It had to have something and then it was a matter of making the "something" work visually

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Could you make one with a slightly smaller bib, then? a 12x12 is waay too large a parcel for most arts districts. Perhaps a 6x6... Still, nice building.

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DT, the building itself has a diameter of 8 tiles. The min I could do with the transparent texture issue is 10x10. But thx for the feedback.

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Very much a signature building, a must have for any big city and a unique design. The lot is a grand public space that will greatly complement the existing maxis major civic buildings. I love it.

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Brilliant design - I know the large plaza is driven by technical restrictions, but I think we get too used to a lack of large open areas in SC4. For me this works really well - and even at 12x12 it's tiny compared to the La Dafense plaza.

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wow, this is great, i can surley think of a lot of neat ways to implement this, Thanx ^^

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I post here but it means all your work it's just wonderfull what an artist!

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