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About This File
SUMMARY
IDS Office Plaza is a two-building lot featuring two of IDS2's towers combined to form a large office complex (growable and ploppable) for your SimCities.
BACKGROUND
When I saw IDS's Keillor Tower and Nelson Tower, I thought immediately that both would look great when used together on one lot. However, when I tried to lot them, somehow nothing went together. I took up the challenge and slowly managed to piece some drafts together. Then, after a while, one of them suddenly turned into a promising design and, eventually, into this lot.
The result uses far too many dependencies to be really convenient, so I guess this is kind of a "take it or leave it" affair. I thought I'd release it anyway - maybe one or two of you out there are going to enjoy this, and I certainly won't be angry if you say "meh, too many dependencies, so I'll pass on this one".
DESCRIPTION
IDS Office Plaza was erected at a busy street corner and is composed of a low-rise building near the street and a taller tower further away from the road. Since each of the buildings is positioned in one diagonally opposite corner of the lot, two open plazas remain.
The one in the back of the lower building is far away from the hustle and bustle of the road. Shaded by trees and somewhat secluded by water basins, it offers your busy Sims some cool and fresh air for a rest from their daily business. Two modern sculptures and comfortable benches to sit on allow for some quiet and contemplative moments to let the mind wander and forget about the busy city around for a while.
The plaza at the corner, in front of the taller tower, features a grand entrance to the main tower, flanked by two fountains. The right-hand side, next to the lower building, serves as a café terrace with tables scattered under the trees that offers its guests some shade and a good look over the plaza and the street at the same time.
The lot is entirely seasonal, uses shaded props and features many randomised elements such as varying smaller plants, café tables and crowds of Sims. You will also see Sims wandering randomly around on the lot to make it feel more lively.
STATS / VALUES
GROWABLE:
- Lot size and orientation: 5x9 right corner lot (see included zoning help picture)
- Tileset(s): Houston and Euro
- Zone type: High-density commercial only
- Occupants: 2,400 CO§§ jobs (medium-wealth commercial office)
- Growth stage: 7
PLOPPABLE:
Same stats as growable version, i.e., it's a fully functional ploppable with jobs. Comes with a crisp custom icon and can be found in the Landmarks menu. Also features a custom description and a proper query sound.
All other stats (pollution, consumption, value etc.) have been modded in line with Maxis buildings - you will not experience any surge in power demand, tax income, garbage, or anything else.
DEPENDENCIES
The buildings:
- Keillor Tower for the taller building
- Nelson Tower for the lower building
NOTE: Only the respective .sc4model files are needed for this lot; if you do not want to use the standalone versions of the above buildings, you can delete all other files associated with them and put the .sc4model files in the same folder as IDS Office Plaza. If you do want to use the standalone buildings simultaneously, this will work just fine. In this case, you'll just need to have them installed somewhere.
The textures:
NDEX Texture Set Vol.1 for the base textures
BSC Textures Vol.1 for the overlay textures
The props:
BSC Mega Props CP Vol.1 (please make sure you have the current "Earth Day" version)
BSC Mega Props CP Vol.2
Fountain props included with CBT Tribune Tower (only the fountain props from the sub-folder included in that download are required! The building doesn't have to be installed or used, but can be used simultaneously if you like)
FINAL WORDS
Thanks to iLive for the tools, BSC and NDEX for the textures, Cycledogg for the superb props, darn42 for those nice fountains, and of course IDS2 for the buildings!
What's New 1.3
Released
- Dec 26, 2013: Fixed problem when using this lot together with IDS2's 100 Washington Square (wrong building showing up) that occurred due to an ID conflict. Thanks to Cheddar for the heads-up!
- Jan 09, 2014: Sargeantcm made me aware of another small oversight: The descriptors for the fountain props (that I thought were included in the CBT Tribune Tower download) had, in fact, been made by myself a long time before the upload - I forgot to include them. Now they're there.
- Jan 10, 2015: Link to NDEX base textures corrected as per Sabretooth78's comment - thanks again for the help, dude!
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