simmars-forum-threads Civic Buildings

[golfbunny 7]

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On 3/5/2004 9:03:33 AM GouRou wrote:

that is where information teleporting comes in, quantum tunnel all the way to earth, put that server on a backbone n mars will have better ping times than everyone else.

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A quantum tunnel...of course

[MrVegetable 2]

Space Cops.

[Vatt3 8]

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On 3/5/2004 9:09:56 AM site400 wrote:

Speaking of transportation (couldn't find a thread specifically for transportation).

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There is a thread specifically for transportation stuck to the top.

[guinea 30]

i think we are passing into trasportation on this . think police  fire   mayors house  pod thingy

[EmergentFungus 29]

The 30 St Marys Axe tower in London would be a great Marisian city hall.

 

http://www.arch.ttu.edu/architecture/weblog/images/img01.jpg border=0>

 

http://www.30stmaryaxe.co.uk/pix/view2.jpg border=0>

 

http://www.30stmaryaxe.co.uk/pix/loc/img07b.jpg border=0>

[GouRou 2]

ef, can you turn those into pics with butterscotch colored skies n slightly darker ground?

 

scratch that....

 

welcome to mars...

 

ahhh, lovely...

 

[Djohaal 121]

I kicked some life out of my ol' (10 years old) outpost 2 cd, here are some pics for civic buildings

I know they crap but the game is non-3d, that is the command center (maybe a city hall counterpart) with subway-enabled to act as a transport hub between bases

if anyone got spaer time make a model in BAT as a preview, I guess it may come out very nice

This could be either the university or the  sience lab, huge behemothy boulding, self-contained and if destroyed produces a flesh-melting  (u become goo)virus(bio-tech) that kills anyone neraby (or better anyone in a radius of 500km)

Whaty more can I say, medical centers (hospidals for the non-sci-fi-geeks)

I know this may not look like too original, but outpost is dead so we can relive it in simcity4, and BTW it is a GREAT game (a great balanced mix of sc4/c&c but it is mostly sc4 )

[EmergentFungus 29]

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On 3/7/2004 3:28:45 PM GouRou wrote:

ef, can you turn those into pics with butterscotch colored skies n slightly darker ground?

 

scratch that....

 

 

welcome to mars...

 

ahhh, lovely...

 

 

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You like? St mary Axe is on my list of buildings to model so I'll make this the first building on my Mars line up if you like.

[DuskTrooper 314]

Thatsa weird building!!!!!

[Daeley 46]

hey JO, I'd say those buildings look useful

[GouRou 2]

they remind me of high tech dirty industry.

[Griff 0]

How about an immigration center? Imagine all those people coming in every day...

[DuskTrooper 314]

How about an intergalactic police station/

 

How about an MIB branch?https://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/22.gif>

[EmergentFungus 29]

MIB? We've got to change all the police stations into MIB stations! Great idea!

[the_new_simman 5]

Okay, i just wanted to let you know i am in the Text Editing Team. So if you want me to make a new desciption for any building just PM. Thanks. THan I will PM you and you can tell me if you like. I will also PM my Team Leader.

[The Great Chozo 34]

You know what is really going to be cool in this department:

 

The Prisons. I just know that we will some see pretty disturbing and wild maximum security prisons as this progresses. We are on Mars after all.

 

Chozo

[Emma LB 22]

Ok, here's my try at an immigration center... not paradise as Gourou suggested... it's even got some Mars dust sticking it's side alreadyhttps://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/3.gif>...

It's just a sketch, so tell you what you think of it:

 

[Carpman 0]

Looks like it could be made in BAT easily, but I'm no BATter.https://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/3.gif> I like the grime!

[GouRou 2]

wow, nice sketch emma, do share more
I wish I was better at sketching, but I thought of a style that really should be in the game called 'marscrete' or 'marsform'. sort of how adobe blends into the desert, think about how a building blends in with the terrain, even if it comes above it, it still looks like it was just extruded from the ground, kind of like the building style on tatooine (sp? I forget after so long) in star wars. it's a very unique look that is also good at repelling the wind, and uses just the materials around, so it's very cheap. I realize that mars will have to have pressurized buildings, but you could easily seal it against a pressure leak, and it would be a lot harder to have such a leak in a building like that. it's better than a dome or any other human design so far because it looks like it BELONGS on mars, like it belongs in that enviroment. I'll try to find some pictures and post them up for ideas.

[ajokay 0]

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3/7/2004 5:02:36 PM[/quoteDATE]

EmergentFungus[/quoteAUTHOR]

You like? St mary Axe is on my list of buildings to model so I'll make this the first building on my Mars line up if you like.[/quoteMESSAGE][/bEGINQUOTE]

Come on EF... get your arse in gear, i'm waiting for this building https://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/9.gif>

But yeah, a great marsian city hall it would make.

 

 

[parrothead 0]

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3/4/2004 8:33:31 PM[/quoteDATE]

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underwater pressure, and space suit pressure are two different things, a suit maintains a low pressure, so it can give you the bends if you just jump right into it, not the other way around. the ideal thing to do would be to have the entire building at low pressure, so you could remove a helmet, and then go back out, only in a larger dome would higher pressure be required. no?

the reason a suit maintains low pressure is so that the joints will flex, in space the joints stiffen up from the air pressure becoming uniform throughout the suit, making it hard to force the air around when you say.. try to bend your elbow. if the entire system was kept at that low pressure, would pre-breathing and the reverse even be required?

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I just noticed this thread so I apologize in advance for this being a little outdated. I am a dive instructor and I can tell you right now that there is no possible way that someone could get the bends in a spacesuit. The bends comes from breathing air under pressure and because of the high pressure, extra nitrogen becomes disolved in the blood. When the pressure is relieved slowly everything is fine, when it is relieved quickly that is when the possibility of the bends comes into play. On Mars, the outside air pressure is probably close to 0 psi (pounds per square inch) At sea level on Earth air pressure is 14.7psi. Most space suits, and stations, colonies, etc, would be pressurized to the equivilent to about 8000 ft Earth altitude. This is the same pressure as today's commercial airlines. You dont see people becoming bent on every flight so you can see that this is not a problem. The problem would be if someone stepped out of a Mars colony building or took off their helmet. They either would explode, their blood would boil, or their lungs and bowels would get sucked out their mouths.

[fosterk 4]

i was thinking mayors living quarters... tell me is it good? https://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/35.gif> or https://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/34.gif>

[GouRou 2]

how big is it?

[fosterk 4]

err, i dunno ill post it on the bex models, because my BAT doesnt work

[fosterk 4]

well i uploaded it, i dont know when they will put in on though.https://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/36.gif>

[fosterk 4]

its up, sorry for the bumping

[ForesterSC4 0]

From what I know I would suggest making domed parkes on top and underground depending on their use.

Along with that idea I would propose an tunnel system connecting individual cities. These cities would be set up like the original Outpost was in terms of being underground.

I say this due to the lack of oxygen and presure with increased radiation on the surface of Mars.

[GouRou 2]

we are debating ways to use subways and covered highways to allow intercity transportation more realistically. if we can boost subway capacity and keep a balance, we'll go that route.

[fosterk 4]

voila:

[GouRou 2]

that is one hell of a blueprint, however, doesnt it take away from the city concept?