tutorial on how to make realistic farms and suburbs

[Adnan88 0]

So I started  a city, but then last night I deleted it all since it just looked stupid.... I want to make a farm/industry on one side of the city and across the river Im gonna make commercial buildings, hightower residentials

Is there a tutorial on how to make a realistic looking farm and suburbs?

[Xyloxadoria 1,098]

There are tutorials on both thoose subjets in the Realisim Tutorials Section of the Omnibus.

It can be found here.

[Tysons4 68]

use google earth... zoom in anywhere over land and you will see a town/suburb/city pretty much anywhere you look on the planet that you can then attempt to emulate... cant get any more real than real

[City Planner 121]

In the one tutorial on creating realistic looking farms the author says to get a one by one lot that costs nothing to plant or bulldoze, it also looks as if it doesn't alter the terrain (like a street or road would), does anybody know of such a lot that more or less conforms to the landscape instead of flattening it?

Thanks

[SC4BOY 21]

There are probably quite a few, but the pedestrian malls don't affect terrain.. its in the NAM which you probably already use.

[City Planner 121]

Thanks I'll look to see if I can find it in my polluted menus.

[idgarad 0]

Quick tutorial on "better" looking farms.

1: Ignoring terrain click and drag a crap load of farms. Square, let the roads lie where they may, etc.

2: Hit Pause

3: Take the roads and adjust them so they conform to the terrain. Feel free to chop the crap outta the various big lots.

4: Touch up and unzoned areas.

5: Hit start and wait till they all "pop"

6: Hit pause

7: Anywhere the terrain doesn't make sense or doesn't looking uniform, dezone those spots.

8: Plant trees in the empty lots

9e-zone arbitrary corners and plant trees there too.

10: Enjoy the new look

11: (Optional) I tend to plop a low-density residential plot at farm land intersections and\or a few squares "up the road". Farmers do tend to live on their farms.

[Nuclear550 3]

Also you (if your in to realism) should place farming villages away from a busy downtown. The layering should go high-density to medium density, medium to low, low to farming. Thats how I do my regions, but the rest is up to you.