Rural Renewal Project

[Gn_leugim 853]

lovely!

[Jasoncw 11,840]

It's all looking great, the best nature stuff I've seen.

[Gn_leugim 853]

OMG.. you rock!!!

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

HOLY........ Why havent I seen this before? Your work is remarkable to say the least! Wherever you go, ill have to keep an eye on this stuff, its too great to miss!!!

[roboo1 1]

Everything is absolutely beautifull except the fact that we can't download it...

[Alien_397 8]

roboo1:  Try here: https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?board=249.0 .  All the flora I've made is available in the sticky note at the top of each

page, along with the fences and paths.

I'm presently making the Lake Livingston Dam, in Texas:

The big challenge is that I'm making it for in-game water, using a few tricks with perspective and LOD's to give an impression that the spillway side is

lower than the lake side(despite the fact we know it can't be)

Here's the newest shot showing the ladders added on the front and the beginnings of the control building on the side.

Chris

p.s.  I've no clue why line breaks and word wrapping aren't working.  I tried to fix it with no luck.

[Gn_leugim 853]

I saw this at SC4Dev and then as now, I liked it lot unique must say

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work chris excellent detail

[Alien_397 8]

Things have moved along a little bit on the Lake Livingston Dam, here's a new shot, with Diggis's pond lots he's working on forming the lake in this case, and in-game water below the dam:

[un1 41]

Oh my, that's is so awesome. I can't wait until you realese it!! What did you use to make the waves??

[Alien_397 8]

Hi un1, it's actually an alpha mapped texture applied to a flat plane. I talked about it a bit more(with some pictures) in this post, since I've already discussed it there. Glad you're liking this, it's been a fun project for me so far(and I can't wait till it's released either )

[Godzillaman 21]

You are all BAT beasts!

[lucky7 73]

Simply breathtaking, wow!!!!! BTW, your work is a wonderful addition to my CJ, it's improving it a lot!!!!! Thank you for your wonderful work!

lucky7

[Gn_leugim 853]

Such a nice additions to those who want to add realist to game =)

[patriots_1228 51]

Are you by any chance related to Jesus C.H. Rist?

Cause that thing is awesome.

great work chris.

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats awesome chris wonderfull work

[ianpaschal 77]

Wow. Gorgeous. I'm not crazy about the seam between the dam water and the churned water on the ground, but other that that its just awesome. Very nice work.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

It's coming along really well. I agree with Scipio that how the different pieces meet each other should be refined, but as a whole this is coming along really well.

[ianpaschal 77]

Here's an idea.. if you make a piece that sort of swooshes out from the gates and put an alpha map on it with some white water to hide the seam and blend the slopes together.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

I think that's what he did.

[ianpaschal 77]

Ah, well then it needs adjustment

[Alien_397 8]

Actually Scipio, I was just thinking about updating the foam texture along the seam to match better , but I haven't had any time to revisit that. Right now I'm working on getting the road functional. I've basically reworked the LOD's to allow a bridge to be dragged across, and there will be a special bridge without any columns made for it.

Until we can get the bridge put together(threestooges over at SC4D is giving me some help on the technical aspects there), I ran this test with a standard Maxis bridge(hence the column sticking down through the dam)to make sure it's all put together right. I've still got a spot or two to fix on LOD's as this is just a test, but other than that it works fine.

You can also see some new details I've added in, such as the guard rails. The extra set of street lights has been removed from my model since I took these pictures since they'll be T21'd in like the Maxis ones seen here

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[jayo 44]

how did you model the fome??

Thats crazy

[jacqulina 162]

those rails look really nice

[Alien_397 8]

Look back at my second to last post Jayo(the one without any pictures)

And thank you Jacky

[SimsPlanet2 7]

Wow, amazing projects and stuff. I really want them all. Where can I download them? I have searched for it on the Stex. Could you send me a PM? Thank you!

[toxicpiano 125]

Originally posted by: SimsPlanet2 Wow, amazing projects and stuff. I really want them all. Where can I download them? I have searched for it on the Stex. Could you send me a PM? Thank you!quote>

there's a load of props and beta stuff at sc4 devotion

[GMT 389]

gosh I'm just stunned because of the amazing work you guys put into the RRP

[art128 4,618]

this dam is awesome ! excellent work

[Gn_leugim 853]

again? OO lol