simmars-forum-threads SimMars - Open Disucssion

[AndisArt 2,068]

OrangeDream, which deluxe buildings do you mean? Can you be more specific? Do you mean there is no maintenance cost in the item description?

We always need more BATters! Not sure about the Mayors House, I think there is a BAT somewhere waiting for this, but I'm not sure. So please go ahead and go for it, we can always use a BAT for another purpose

[It-it 0]

just asking, will it be their simmars beta 4?

[timcravey 169]

@It-it There is still much to do for SimMars; many of us will continue to work on SimMars content and mods. But let us get this one up before we start discussing the next one. Whether or not there is a fourth release depends on all of us, including you, continuing to volunteer our efforts for the project.

[kinjiss 0]

Hello,

I'm new here, but your mod has greatly piqued my interest. I can't wait for Beta3 to be released so I will eagerly anticipates arrival.

I thought I would share with you some images/ideas that I thought might prove some inspiration for you guys! sorry if some of this stuff has been shown before!

I thought maybe you guys could take a cue from one of the great futurists, Mr. Buckminster Fuller

his dymaxion cars I think could serve as good inspiration for some automata?

www.google.ca/images

then there are some works by the architect Claude Parent who had some very neat ideas which i hope inspire you guys;

www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/9190/claude-parent-architectural-and-graphic-work.html

mainly i mean the concept images in the middle of the article, i especially like 'les vagues' and 'les grandes oreilles I, les conques'

I wish I could more actively contribute to this mod!

PS if I posted this in the wrong thread let me know.

PPS have you guys looked into using/acquiring some of these japanese mods??

www.youtube.com/watch

[AndisArt 2,068]

hi Kinjiss and welcome to Simtropolis and SimMars

cool u r excited about Beta 3! So are we!

Thx for the links, there's some good stuff there!

Re: contributing, do you have some modding or BATing experience?

Re: japanese mods. yea we did, we found many of them not fitting in so much with the rest of the tileset when actually placed in a SimMars city (often due to the redish tone all SimMars BATs have). Also some of the future mods in the video are very popular and well known and we'd rather create some new content. But there's a lot of inspiration to get from those BATs for sure!

[aikuaiki 0]

I was wondering why Industrial (medium density) development was so sparse compared to "regular" gameplay and realized that SimMars lacks an equivalent to the 1x1 "grounds." These are fairly easy to whip up and don't require anything but a rock or two. Is their omission purposeful?

[AndisArt 2,068]

Good point, it shouldn't be too hard to fill that gap

[aikuaiki 0]

Oh- There's also a lack of R$$ lots that are two-by-whatever. I suppose that could be due to a desire for efficiency and space management, but it makes colonies look very cramped and seems unreasonable without putting all buildings on the smallest possible lot. So... yeah. 2x2 and 2x3?

[blade2k5 1,523]

I only have one question and that is about maps for SimMars. Can you use SC4 maps or are the maps for SM specially made? If they're made differently, how do you make them? Being the resident guru of map making, my curiosity knows no bounds on this topic.

[SimMars Team 19]

well, SimMars plays completely separate from SC4, this includes the regions. Beta 3 comes with one map ready to be played. A map pack with more maps will be released soon. Alternatively, the new maps can be rendered by following the instructions in the ReadMe.

In terms of how the maps are made, it's the same principle, just using Mars greyscale images and the SimMars terrain mods to render them.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: SimMars Team

well, SimMars plays completely separate from SC4, this includes the regions. Beta 3 comes with one map ready to be played. A map pack with more maps will be released soon. Alternatively, the new maps can be rendered by following the instructions in the ReadMe.

In terms of how the maps are made, it's the same principle, just using Mars greyscale images and the SimMars terrain mods to render them.

quote>

So in other words, your using 8-bit grayscale images and can't use SC4TF correct?  Hmmm....

[SimMars Team 19]

Hello all,

SimMars has been pretty quiet for the last months, but there are now several things coming up:

We will start releasing small downloads in the near future, BATs that didnt make it into the Beta release, a terrain mod and possibly more maps.

Also, we have a test build for Steam support for which we are looking for users who can help us with the testing.

Did you know that SimMars has a Facebook page?

With the new Simtropolis verision 7 a lot of the site has been re-organized and simplified.

The former two SimMars forums have been merged into one, the SimMars Project Room, which can now be found in the forum category "BAT - Open Discussion".

To de-clutter the forum several threads have been merged:

- The BAT & Lot Guidelines have been added into the BAT Workshop (into the first posts)

- SimMars Introduction and Concept are now merged into one thread

- Open Disucssion & Overall Progress are now merged into one thread

Stay tuned!

The SimMars Team

  Edited May 8, 2011 by SimMars Team  

[Timmystwin 201]

Ive got steam, i can test if you want.

[SimMars Team 19]

Ok cool that's great.

For anyone who wants to test the latest installer for bugs and functionality you can download the test file HERE.

It is supposed to work with either, the regular and the Steam version of SimCity 4.

(although you can only have one installed on your computer at a time)

[SimMars Team 19]

SimMars Sountrack has been released for download!

Download HERE

[lilmanjs 2]

SimMars Sountrack has been released for download!

Download HERE

Really loving the soundtrack. really flows well for both the main songs and the bonus tracks

[Terring 6,476]

BATs that didnt make it into the Beta release

Does this includes all the B.A.T.s that appears in the forum but not in SimMars, like those?

[Evillions 552]

Terring: Judging from the guy, I'm guessing so. However, they're going to be reworked or modded to a finished product. Even I don't know about this.

[TheCityCentral 33]

I have a quick question concerning the SimMars Soundtrack:

I was hoping to use this music in some animations of mine. Is their any copyright on those songs or Any reason that I couldn't use them?

Thanks

[IL. 1,043]

idk; but simmars look like, dead

it needs more life in it, i mean, common! it's a game! not like you have to check in each detail

why don't you make it more green? and, for example, why not skyscraper farms, or, at least, farms that are one building, not like the stupid simmars farm lands

and why are all the buildings red and have horns on them?

  Edited July 5, 2011 by andisart  
Inapropriate language removed

[AndisArt 2,068]

I have a quick question concerning the SimMars Soundtrack:

I was hoping to use this music in some animations of mine. Is their any copyright on those songs or Any reason that I couldn't use them?

Thanks

You should get in touch with the creator of the track you'd like to use. The file name of mp3s of the SimMars Soundtrack download contain the track number first, then the creator name, then the track name. You can find the creators with those names here on ST. If they are ok with you using them, that's all the permission you need. A reference to the creators would be required I assume, a reference to SimMars too would be a nice touch, but not necessary

[IL. 1,043]

great, i'll do so when i decide to modefy few things in simmar, but i'm thinking about modeling instead

[lj123 0]

I was just curious, do you have an expected release date for Beta 4? thanks in advance for any information you can give me.

[timcravey 169]

We expect to have the next release ready sometime before the first colonists actually arrive on Mars. I'm afraid we can't be any more specific than that at this time.

[Terring 6,476]

It's too early for SimMars Beta 4. The greatest goals for this is the creation of a lot of Martian automatas, as well as the creation of a SimMars version of N.A.M.

[lj123 0]

thanks for the info! i'll check out the automata forums and see if i can help out.

[lj123 0]

thanks for the info! i'll check out the automata forums and see if i can help out.

[+Guest]

What I'd like for Simmars 4 is, once the city gets skyscrapers, you could be able to have eco-friendly style superstructures full of parks and gardens, as well as super-terra domes or stuff like that. Also, I think the terraform 1000 mod should be able to allow you to plant trees and completely changing the terrain to a reddish, grassy terrain. Just a thought.

[genzeo 26]

Hello, I just came back from BATing. Been out for so long and I would like to participate in the Sim Mars Project as a BAT, Im not as good as most of you here but it would be great to know if there is a place I could post my work so comments and suggestions can be made to make it look better and fit Sim Mars thanks

[Terring 6,476]

Welcome to the team

You can share your SimMars creations here