Urban Rivers Project

[CarmineHilton 6]

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I am officially in love with those Canals I have always wanted to create a city just like Stockholm myself, this will sure help!

Hope the see them available soon xx

[JonM 38]

Ok, I warmed up the wall texture. Better now?

[T Wrecks 10,209]

At least to my technically untrained eye, it's looking very good now. The shadows seem to have a strong blue tint, though - I wonder if anything can be done about that? If not, I don't think it's a biggie. 

[TekindusT 3,809]

IMO, with tiles simulaing small piers and some ploppable boats, it would be ready to upload and ready to modify radically my city-building style!

[SimFox 802]

Blue tinted shadow is a GOOD thing, actually it is a must!

I'd say that it look good, I would personally go for less tinted version - I'd prefer neutral (proper sant stone color and let all the "tinting" be done by light - that is what is was designed to do anyway.

One suggestion would be to set MR Physical Sky as any environment - it may help with those too dark waters in some places. Bump on water will catch some reflection of the sky making the whole thing lok more realistic. You would have to work around the edges though to keep it tillable. Otherwise it should't be a big problem if your noise size in bump will be small enough. Alternatively you may try some regular (say blurred diamond shaped pattern as a bump map)

[gottago 24]

The texture looks better warmer but I agree with SImfox that it went a little too far and it should be more neutral. Simplest way to do that is just to desaturate by +/- 20%. The coping is still lavender, though.

[JonM 38]

Here are some more shots, I kind of like the lavender, and I am tired of rendering, so I'm just gonna go with it as is.

 

 

[slystone2 20]

this looks fantastic, the textures look great now. I'm ready to play around with this, can't wait till you get it uploaded

[io_bg 249]

That is jawdropping stuff! Can't wait for more pics

[yrogory3 0]

These are some good shots. I used to use canals and water in my cities years ago but haven't for some time. Maybe it was the amount of time it took to get everything just right. Definitely have piqued my interest again with these.

[gottago 24]

You definitely stopped at the right spot--it looks fantastic. Great work!

[Blazerhawk 162]

Absolutely beautiful. That bridge with the lions reminds me of one in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

[____----____ 37]

this is coming along greatly, i've never really dug any of the canals, but these are great.

[Citymax 24]

Fantastic work !!

[iGod 6]

Great work. Looking forward to use such canals in my city too. Even if you're not releasing them - massive kudos for creating such a stunning piece of work!

[art128 4,618]

This canal is indeed very beautiful ! Can't wait to put it in my city, as it looks like Moscow river seawall !

[Slashback 136]

If your problem is high bridges, use the bridge height mod.

[Xyloxadoria 1,099]

Originally posted by: ImVhOzzi

If your problem is high bridges, use the bridge height mod.quote>

That would not work as this is a modeled canal bridge. The bridges will always be at the height pictured becsue the water is part of the model.

[dcfr_14 1]

Looks good so far!

I do have one concern.  Will the wall pieces along the canal continue under elevated large bridges overhead (such as the Golden Gate or Brooklyn bridges), or will there have to be an emplty spot/tile under the bridge?

Keep up the great work!

dcfr

[robkaper 1]

Such a shame this was never uploaded! If it was, if anyone knows where... these are the most beautiful canal/river walls I've seen so far!

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Was this bump really necessary?

[T Wrecks 10,209]

No, of course it was not.

 

@ robkaper: Please note that bumping up old threads without substantial new information/material is against the forum rules as it pushes active threads further down and clutters up the forum. You read and agreed to the rules when you joined, so please adhere to them.

I don't know how experienced you are with Internet forums in general, but let me assure you that such "bumps" will be frowned upon in the overwhelming majority of online communities, so Simtropolis is not the only place where avoiding unnecessary bumps is a good idea.

 

I'm locking this thread to prevent further bumps - should you come back, JonM, or should anybody else feel they have a good reason to add something to this thread, please don't hesitate to PM me or another moderator for this forum section, and we'll gladly re-open the thread for you.