Show us your Small Towns

[1131989 223]

 

In the 1950s, before the old church was renovated:

 

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Thanks again for the tips and I am eager to give it another go now :-)

Will have to post again soon

You're welcome - I'm already looking forward to seeing more from you. I noticed yesterday that there are also some pretty good inspirational pictures in the "Show us your before/after shots" thread.

[TPB 563]

Westington Town

 

My most recent project, this is a small town located at the western edge of a massive region. The main regional highway comes to an end at this spot. From here on there is only a small mountain road that traverses hundreds of kilometers of snowy mountains through tunnels and passes to reach an isolated farming community up in a hidden mountain valley.

 

As you can see, I recently discovered how to make perfectly round streets... which is awesome! I love it. Allows for some eye-pleasing layouts.

 

There is a commercial district situated right outside the highway on the exit ramps, easily accessible in both travel directions. There are shops, parking lots, plazas, gazebos, parks, sports facilities, bus stops and everything a commercial district needs to thrive.

 

The town consists of six residential neighbourhoods each with their own central parks and services, and a main central commercial and high density residential hub where the towns main services are located. There is also a small market where locals buy fresh produce from the surrounding farms (which I still have to lay out).

 

 

Here's a larger picture I stiched together to show you the surrounding area. There is a  nearby indrustrial complex which the mayor hopes will attract high tech companies due to its high quality services and amenities. From here one can take the West Pass mountain road to reach the distant High Valley (little street leaving the industrial block to the left into the forest. Further down the road and a safe distance from town there lies the dirt industry sector, near the power plant.

 

 

 

Please let me know what you think, sharing these with you all is half the fun for me! Any ideas and criticism/suggestions are more than welcome.

 

Feel free to request images of details you would like to see, and don't hesitate to ask any questions.

 

Alright, that was my pre-development screenshot run.. time to click play!

[Indiana Joe 1,751]

Definitely creative; I'm a big fan of the gorgeous residential layout.  The highway ending/commercial district is confusing though.  Before anything else, basic SC4 gameplay suggests that the commercial district should be between the residential and industrial.  Ending a 6-lane highway with a bottleneck design like that doesn't really make sense to me; the exit ramps are certainly original but I think you should come up with some different approach.  Right now it would be a driver's nightmare.

[TPB 563]

Definitely creative; I'm a big fan of the gorgeous residential layout.  The highway ending/commercial district is confusing though.  Before anything else, basic SC4 gameplay suggests that the commercial district should be between the residential and industrial.  Ending a 6-lane highway with a bottleneck design like that doesn't really make sense to me; the exit ramps are certainly original but I think you should come up with some different approach.  Right now it would be a driver's nightmare.

 

Thank you very much for the feedback.. The town has been running for a while now and I've ran into several problems... you see I'm actually pretty new to simcity4 gameplay as I've spent a LOT of time learning about mods and how to use them and it has been great fun but as you can see I'm not an expert on how things actually work out. Right now I have massive unemployment problems, and my industry is not developing even though there is demand. 

 

The highway exit is ment as a very remote last part of a highway but you are right in that it looks wrong transitioning from 6 to 2 lanes in such a short space, I think I will have it continue on as RH2 at least halfway into the next city and hold off for 4 and 6 lanes until the urban mass requires the extra carrying capacity.

 

At the moment im working on the next city highway connection with a view to maybe create more residential areas and hopefully get that industry going in the first town... any advice on this or pointers to tutorials on this are appreciated.

 

[cardiomonkey 32]

Hi Kingtai

 

I like the idea, but not surprised to hear you had problems once the gameplay started. Mapping out before starting can be great because you can build that one perfect place, but I am learning with SC4 that natural growth and responding to the RCI demand is key.

 

How did you do those lovely round streets? I want some of those today in my new town!

Thanks and good luck and let us know if you cure your towns problems.

[TPB 563]

Hi Kingtai

 

I like the idea, but not surprised to hear you had problems once the gameplay started. Mapping out before starting can be great because you can build that one perfect place, but I am learning with SC4 that natural growth and responding to the RCI demand is key.

 

How did you do those lovely round streets? I want some of those today in my new town!

Thanks and good luck and let us know if you cure your towns problems.

 

Yes indeed! That's what I've learned from this experience. Will be developing things differently from now on.

 

The streets are made with the NAM installed of course, you can find instruction on how to do it in the Nam Manual.

 

It's fairly easy once you get the hand of it. Basically you cross two 4x3 L shaped streets at the short end.

 

Here's a screenshot for you.

 

 

 

It took me a while of practice to be able to make the circles perfectly first try.

[cardiomonkey 32]

 

Hi Kingtai

 

I like the idea, but not surprised to hear you had problems once the gameplay started. Mapping out before starting can be great because you can build that one perfect place, but I am learning with SC4 that natural growth and responding to the RCI demand is key.

 

How did you do those lovely round streets? I want some of those today in my new town!

Thanks and good luck and let us know if you cure your towns problems.

 

Yes indeed! That's what I've learned from this experience. Will be developing things differently from now on.

 

The streets are made with the NAM installed of course, you can find instruction on how to do it in the Nam Manual.

 

It's fairly easy once you get the hand of it. Basically you cross two 4x3 L shaped streets at the short end.

 

Here's a screenshot for you.

 

 

 

It took me a while of practice to be able to make the circles perfectly first try.

 

 

Excellent, thank you very much.

The sheer multitude of functions and complexity of SC4 and NAM together and all the available Mods is staggering and sometimes some things are missed and I missed this.

It is a wonderful game though.

 

I hope your town is developing better now. I like the idea of a town at "the end of the line" so to say, but as has been suggested, maybe the highway should finish earlier and the first part of the town the majority of residential. 

 

Now my morning will be filled with circles.

Thanks again.

[cardiomonkey 32]

I have spent a good couple of hours making wonderful quarter circles, but that is that! Getting past that first stage is so difficult, I just don't understand how to get to a half and then full circle. 

 

I thought I was pretty smart, but then I started playing simcity 4 with NAM and now I know I am not smart, haha! It is so complicated on so many levels. 

[TPB 563]

I have spent a good couple of hours making wonderful quarter circles, but that is that! Getting past that first stage is so difficult, I just don't understand how to get to a half and then full circle. 

 

I thought I was pretty smart, but then I started playing simcity 4 with NAM and now I know I am not smart, haha! It is so complicated on so many levels. 

 

 

Sorry to hear you're having trouble, as I said its not that easy at first.. let's see if I can figure out a walkthrough. Should not be too hard...

 

Lets see..

 

First you draw a 4 x 3 street. Then you do it again crossing the first one as shown in the screenshot from previous comment, at this point you have a quarter circle, now, instead of pulling out 4 more for your next quarter circle, extend the street just 2 tiles this time before turning, and repeat for the last one..

 

Meh I am not good at explaining, here's a picture tutorial... hope it helps.

 

[cardiomonkey 32]

 

I have spent a good couple of hours making wonderful quarter circles, but that is that! Getting past that first stage is so difficult, I just don't understand how to get to a half and then full circle. 

 

I thought I was pretty smart, but then I started playing simcity 4 with NAM and now I know I am not smart, haha! It is so complicated on so many levels. 

 

 

Sorry to hear you're having trouble, as I said its not that easy at first.. let's see if I can figure out a walkthrough. Should not be too hard...

 

Lets see..

 

First you draw a 4 x 3 street. Then you do it again crossing the first one as shown in the screenshot from previous comment, at this point you have a quarter circle, now, instead of pulling out 4 more for your next quarter circle, extend the street just 2 tiles this time before turning, and repeat for the last one..

 

Meh I am not good at explaining, here's a picture tutorial... hope it helps.

 

 

 

The picture tutorial is fantastic, amazing!

Thank you so much. I have now made my first circular street   

 

I really appreciate you taking the time to put that together for me! Amazing. Now I just need to incorporate into my upcoming small town and post, hopefully in the next day or two.

[TPB 563]

The picture tutorial is fantastic, amazing!

Thank you so much. I have now made my first circular street   

 

I really appreciate you taking the time to put that together for me! Amazing. Now I just need to incorporate into my upcoming small town and post, hopefully in the next day or two.

 

 

 

Glad I could help!

 

Enjoy, and do share your screenshots, I want to see what you're making with them

[1131989 223]

[Haljackey 17,385]

Small... For me.

 

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Still a work in progress, ignore the satellite dish. I know there's a building in the way haha

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Wow, Hotel Wolverine sure seems to be the dominant hotel chain there. Or are you using the residential version?

 

It's funny how your large cities are full of skyscraper BATs whereas the small rowhouses are all Maxis, too. Anyway, the rows are looking good, so I'm not complaining.

 

The layout of the main road with one smooth curve and one sharp 90° turn plus that little office building inbetween looks somewhat strange, though.

[Indiana Joe 1,751]

Haljackey going rural?  Quick, someone take a screenshot!

 

Nice.  Needs moar smooth curves tho.

[Chesh 173]

 

[T Wrecks 10,210]

It's looking good, but you know what? I think the marina in the first picture protrudes a bit too far into the river. Why not place it in that little bay and move the ferry terminal to the spot where the marina currently is? I think it would make more sense to have the marina out of the main river and the ferry terminals as closely together as possible.

[BossDragon 220]

The small town of Forest Township. Note that if you notice what appears to be missing roads/streets, it's because it's a little glitchy. It was hard to get a good picture due to that.

 

[tonyr 926]

Cool towns guys!

[Chesh 173]

It's looking good, but you know what? I think the marina in the first picture protrudes a bit too far into the river. Why not place it in that little bay and move the ferry terminal to the spot where the marina currently is? I think it would make more sense to have the marina out of the main river and the ferry terminals as closely together as possible.

 

thanks! here's the result - love it

[Charlie_Zane 963]

Looks like a great small town, Chesh!

[T Wrecks 10,210]

You're welcome - I must thank you for the wonderful pictures you're sharing here, Chesh. Glad you like the result. I also like it a lot, if I may say so myself.

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

A small medieval town which has lasted all the way to the present. This would not (largely) have been possible without Wallibuk's BATs and his recently released Slovak/Hungarian smalltown set. There are a few small kinks but otherwise it is good enough.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which has now become a tourist destination.

[jmsepe 2,039]

Nice medieval looking town in here.

[TPB 563]

Very nice! Are they all plopped?

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Very nice! Are they all plopped?

 

Yes, everything was plopped and every building was a landmark. Otherwise they would be abandoned.

[TPB 563]

I see. Thanks.

 

Would be neat to have growable medieval

 

EDIT: OH, looks like the pack includes some growable W2W too? Neat! *downloading*

 

EDIT 2: Ok there is a TON of medieval stuff out there, sweet. Finding new stuff every day...

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Haha, the McDonald's in front! XD Nothing like gawking at old stuff and grabbing a burger afterwards. Brilliant!

[89James89 1,169]

Nice small towns guys. I love small towns and watching them grow outwards in the game.

 

Here's the biggest settlement in Garton which ironically enough still fits in here as it only has 3-4k pop.

 

Garton Bay

 

 

Cheers

 

James