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Disclaimer:  THIS SET OF LOTS IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY.  Please read below for details.
 
Description:
This is a set of 16 growable 1x1 lots using C.P.'s 19th Century Tenements.  
This is a unique set of lots because it is only intended for placement along diagonal roads, streets or avenues.  
THESE WILL NOT GROW ALONG ORTHGONAL ROADS.  Each lot is modded to grow on a "corner", which is essentially what every diagonal road looks like to the game simulator.
8 of the lots will grow on "left corners" and 8 lots will grow on "right corners" so you will see a wide variety of lots.
In addition, prop families were used liberally on the lots to ensure a diverse look.
I've included R$ and R$$ lots.  Although the building models are the same, I've used props on the lots to help tell them apart (flowers for R$$ and garbage for R$, etc).          
Each lot is modded with statistics equivalent to Maxis values.   
These diagonal lots will ONLY GROW ON THE EURO TILESET (growth stages 5 & 6) with medium and high density zones.
 
 
Dependencies:
CP Early 19th Century Tenements ('CP_Early19thCenturyTenements.dat' file only)
 
 
Installation:
Simply unzip the file and put the 'SimCougs Diagonal W2W Tenements' folder in your plugins (don't forget the dependencies).
Place the 'SimCoug Diagonal W2W Tenements Tutorial' outside of your plugin folder - this is simply a series of images to help you with the placement of these lots.  
 
 
Developer notes: 
I will repeat this again:  THIS SET OF LOTS IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY.  It will take time and patience to grow these lots along diagonal roads as they were intended.  
While the modding of these lots ensures that they will not grow on orthogonal roads, orthogonal lots can and will grow along diagonal roads.  
That means you may have a wild mix of lots along your diagonal roads.  In order to keep things in line, you will need to keep your bulldoze tool handy, and be quick to mark the 'Make Historical" box in the query.
I've used the maxis $$ pavers as the base texture for these lots, so any sidewalk mod you use should override and blend seamlessly with these lots.  
Please take a look at the tutorial images included with this download for more details.     
 
 
Support:
For comments, questions or help, please visit SimCoug's Lot&Mod Den
 
 
Special Thanks:
Thanks to OP4 for creating the BLAM blank, which was used as the building model for these lots.
A special thanks to C.P. for creating the brilliant Early 19th Century Tenements set (and including diagonal models!)
Thanks to the great BATers who generously shared their prop models - this set would not be possible without them.  
Also, thanks for the gang over at SimPeg for all the suggestions and encouragement.
 

 

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Looks lovely, but 5/5 came for that step-by-step explaining pic :)
Keep up the good work!

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These will add greatly to the ability to develop good-looking non-orthogonal layouts

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These turned out awesome!! One question, what do you mean by these lots aren't for everyone. Who would not be blown away by these??

Here, check out where they popped up first in my latest little creations.... (They're on the diagonal road above the apartment complexes over looking a shopping district)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3200/vxiu.png

And as always, thanks for all the hard work, not only are you a Wazzu Alumni, but an excellent BATter. The directions are spot on! This is a wonderful example of how to create an excellent LOT. Not only wonderful craftsmanship and ingenuity, the well thought out description and proper advertisement, are superb  : ))

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Oh we definitely need more of these!! I sure could use some low wealth homes for my back-river swamps.

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Thanks for the kind compliments everyone.

 

These turned out awesome!! One question, what do you mean by these lots aren't for everyone. Who would not be blown away by these??

Here, check out where they popped up first in my latest little creations.... (They're on the diagonal road above the apartment complexes over looking a shopping district)

http://img7.imagesha...7/3200/vxiu.png

And as always, thanks for all the hard work, not only are you a Wazzu Alumni, but an excellent BATter. The directions are spot on! This is a wonderful example of how to create an excellent LOT. Not only wonderful craftsmanship and ingenuity, the well thought out description and proper advertisement, are superb  : ))

 

Thanks!  I suppose I just wanted to warn folks who thought they could just throw these into their plugin folder and see diagonal lots start to pop up around their city.  It takes a bit of patience and manipulating (changing the building set, using the 'historical' box, etc) to get these to turn out right.  Also, thanks for the image link, I'm looking forward to see how y'all use these in your game. 

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It does involve an absolute tonne of zone, wait, bulldoze, wait*, make historical but it's absolutely worth it IMO.

 

 

* repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as required with the occasional demolish adjacent buildings and replace with grass or pedwalk as the diagonals overhang their lots and spread into adjacent lots. ;)

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These filler tiles w/ fences are great, they are like a hidden gem inside and extra addon.  Never seen this before, any chance for a square puzzle piece ? Can be great for other things and parks

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