3dpuzzlemaster's NEW lot thread

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

After what happened to my computer(story is in the last post of my old thread), I decided to make a new thread to organize everything and not continue my work on the old thread. Now that is taken care of, I am continuing my maxis mod here. I will make a new mayor's house, and replace all the rewards with modded versions. Like last thread, I will take advice, just as long as it isn't crazy. There are going to be quite a few more dependencies, but I am going to categorize them to each RCI level. I also thought up of a few new techniques to make each lot better. Now that is taken care of, I am working on getting the dependency packs together and I will post them here. Untill then, you can ask questions or comment on anything you want(keep it reasonable).

EDIT- Here is the dependency list:

Main lots(Res/Comm/Ind/Misc):

- Mikeseith's European and 1960s car mod(new instances)

- SG Mega props

- Cycledogg trees

- LBT mega props

- LBT mega textures

- XD's parking lot starter kit

- XD's parking lot textures

- Orange mega props

- BSC prop pack No 1

- Simfox tree packs one and two

- RF16 Roof Junk LE props

- Roof junk set 4

- RLI Prop Pack

- Helipad and roof junk

- SYM Prod Old fire escape

Industrial:

- PEG security fencing kit

- PEG CDK3 vehicle pack

- Underworlds Industrial prop pack

- RNP Refinery props

- r3boot's Tank prop pack

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Others:

- Nuclear container props

- Euk Bat prop pack

- Nexis Army tents by mrbisonm

- Vending machines real brands by r3boot

- Caspers Osperays, Hueys, A10 Thunderbolts, and Harriers

- chav prop pack by frogface ill tonsko and glenni

- Boeing C17 Prop

- Boeing E3  Sentry Prop

- WW2 Air Attack

And of course:

buildings as props volume one and volume two(just scroll down and you will see them)

That is all for now

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

Here are some pics:

Water Pump

Grand Railway Station

Cruise Ship Building

That is all for now, I will post some RCI pics next time.

I will post in-game pics when I upload the lots.

[Droidika 10]

So youre relotting maxis buildings using other props eh? don't sound too bad! im not that into that water pump though.... The original only takes up a 1x1 space, yet this one been made twice the size just for a some trees and a parking lot...i'd scrap the water pump idea. the other are ok though.

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

Well, the water pump doesn't replace the original.

I am releasing every lot in different packs:

Residential:

All residential lots will be uploaded in 3 packs that will replace the default lots.

Pack 1 - Replaces all low(R$) wealth lots

Pack 2 - Replaces all medium(R$$) wealth lots

Pack 3 - Replaces all high(R$$$) wealth lots

Commercial:

All commercial lots will be uploaded in 5 packs that will replace the default lots.

Pack 1 - Replaces all low(CS$) wealth commercial services lots

Pack 2 - Replaces all medium(CS$$) wealth commercial services lots

Pack 3 - Replaces all high(CS$$$) wealth commercial services lots

Pack 4 - Replaces all medium(CO$$) wealth commercial offices lots

Pack 5 - Replaces all high(CO$$$) wealth commercial offices lots

Industrial:

All industrial lots will be uploaded in 4 packs that will replace the default lots.

Pack 1 - Replaces all farm(I-r$) lots*

Pack 2 - Replaces all dirty(I-d$) industry lots

Pack 3 - Replaces all manufacturing(I-m$$) lots

Pack 4 - Replacs all high-tech(I-h$$$) industry lots

* - This will be version 2 version 1 is here

Civics:

All civic lots will be uploaded in 4 packs that will add new lots to the game.

Pack 1 - Adds new police station lots

Pack 2 - Adds new fire station lots

Pack 3 - Adds new hospital lots

Pack 4 - Adds new education lots

Recreation:

All recreation lots will be uploaded in various packs because I will make new parks, but all modded maxis parks will add to the default parks.

Rewards:

All reward lots will be uploaded in 2 packs that will replace the default reward lots.

Pack 1 - First half(1-26)

Pack 2 - Second half (27-52)

Utilities:

All utility lots will be uploaded in 4 packs that will add new lots to the game.

Pack 1 - Adds new transportation lots

Pack 2 - Adds new water utility lots

Pack 3 - Adds new power plant lots

Pack 4 - Adds new sanitation lots

Landmarks:

All landmark lots will be uploaded in a certain number of packs because I probably won't work on several of the landmarks.

Important Note: These mods will NOT be compatible with old cities because most of the lot sizes of every lot has been increased; if you download these mods and load an old city, the lots will be resized and interfere with other lots causing pandemonium.

That is all for now

[TowerDude 2,186]

Wow that's some work

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

Thanks!

Here are some more pics but this thime they are industrial:

Chemical tanks:

MPR metals:

Dolan Dye:

Dead Forest Paper:

Wallace Petroleum:

That is all for now! Please tell me what you really think of these lots.

[hittwice99 618]

That sure is a huge project you are working on! Good progress so far. I recommend that you make a variety of lot sizes (not all large). If you are planning on making growables, sizes above 4x4 are hard to grow without manual zoning.

I also recommend you use less Maxis buildings if you are planning on 'replacing' the in game content. In my Industrial Lot Project (see my sig), my aim was to minimize the Maxis buildings in order to create variety in the game. It sure did take time (to find suitable dependencies) but the end result was good.

I can see you are a very creative lotter, that is always good to see. I wish you all the best in this and future projects.

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

hittwice99: Thanks for your feedback! What I mean by "replacing maxis buildings" is that I am changing the lots to look more realistic, not replacing the actual buildings themselves. Like me, some people like some of the maxis buildings, but the default lots make them look too poor. The size I make of the lots depends on what I want the entire finished product to look like; such as if I want to make a large factory, mall, or any lot that requires a  lot of space, I would make it 6x6 or so, or if I want to make something smaller, I would make it somewhere between 1x1 - 3x4(like I said, it depends on how I want the lot to look). What I do too minimize the repetitiveness of maxis buildings is combining similar looking buildings and I make sure they fit as nice as possible so it does not look like an eye-sore. As for the trouble of growing any lot larger than 4x4, I remember seeing two uploads on the stex which I think increase the possibility of residential and commercial lots above 4x4 to grow: The titles are Residential 6By collection and Commercial 6By collection or somethong like that.

Here are some more lots:

That is all for now!

EDIT: I decided to let you all know my progress so far:

CO$$$: 4 lots completed

CO$$: 0 lots completed

CS$$$: 0 lots completed

CS$$: 1 lot completed

CS$: 6 lots completed

I-r: 1 lot completed (4 farm fields completed)

I-d: 64 lots completed

I-ht: 0 lots completed

I-m: 17 lots completed

R$$$: 5 lots completed

R$$: 3 lots completed

R$: 12 lots completed

Landmarks: 0 lots completed

Rewards: 14 lots completed

Parks: 11 lots completed

Civics: 22 lots completed (17 of them are different variations of the kiosk, 5 are the other lots)

Utilities: 9 lots completed

Others: 5 lots completed(These are simple lots with effects: lightning, dust, tornado, earthquake, pollution)

Side Notes: - For realism, each industrial lot, except high-tech and agriculture, will have pollution effects, but will not impact the enviroment.

* There will be two versions of the residential uploads: one with grass textures, and one with a transparent base texture to accomodate with any terrain mods downloaded.

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

hittwice99: Thanks for your feedback! What I mean by "replacing maxis buildings" is that I am changing the lots to look more realistic, not replacing the actual buildings themselves. Like me, some people like some of the maxis buildings, but the default lots make them look too poor. The size I make of the lots depends on what I want the entire finished product to look like; such as if I want to make a large factory, mall, or any lot that requires a  lot of space, I would make it 6x6 or so, or if I want to make something smaller, I would make it somewhere between 1x1 - 3x4(like I said, it depends on how I want the lot to look). What I do too minimize the repetitiveness of maxis buildings is combining similar looking buildings and I make sure they fit as nice as possible so it does not look like an eye-sore. As for the trouble of growing any lot larger than 4x4, I remember seeing two uploads on the stex which I think increase the possibility of residential and commercial lots above 4x4 to grow: The titles are Residential 6By collection and Commercial 6By collection or somethong like that.

Here are some more lots:

That is all for now!

EDIT: I decided to let you all know my progress so far:

CO$$$: 4 lots completed

CO$$: 0 lots completed

CS$$$: 0 lots completed

CS$$: 1 lot completed

CS$: 6 lots completed

I-r: 1 lot completed (4 farm fields completed)

I-d: 64 lots completed

I-ht: 0 lots completed

I-m: 17 lots completed

R$$$: 5 lots completed

R$$: 3 lots completed

R$: 12 lots completed

Landmarks: 0 lots completed

Rewards: 14 lots completed

Parks: 11 lots completed

Civics: 22 lots completed (17 of them are different variations of the kiosk, 5 are the other lots)

Utilities: 9 lots completed

Others: 5 lots completed(These are simple lots with effects: lightning, dust, tornado, earthquake, pollution)

Side Notes: - For realism, each industrial lot, except high-tech and agriculture, will have pollution effects, but will not impact the enviroment.

* There will be two versions of the residential uploads: one with grass textures, and one with a transparent base texture to accomodate with any terrain mods downloaded.

[Slashback 136]

Looking good, interesting project!

[Slashback 136]

Looking good, interesting project!

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

Thanks!

I am also starting a modular military airbase pack along with my "others" category!

Here are some more lots I finished:

House of Worship #2:

The Casino:

An additional office building:

And a manufacturing lot:

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

They all look good, but if possible can you please get an in-game pic?

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

nathanthemayor: I honestly would post in-game pics, but for some reason my game crashes every time before it loads a city. I do not have much plugins; they are mostly dependencies, but I have NAM, I think I have some mods for vehicles and terrain/water, and maybe some other stuff, but like I said: I have mostly dependencies because of this mod I am making and not much else. I am not sure if it is a conflicting download or if my computer finally can't handle simcity anymore. I would really appreciate it if anyone has possible suggestions to fix this problem. If this problem still persists, I will get in-game pics one way or another for the actual uploads.

[iuri99 48]

Please put parking in front of commercial building because i haaate the original maxis parking lot back at commercial areas. Cause these commerce have no acess, the only chance to car park i these areas is flying.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Originally posted by: 3dpuzzlemaster

nathanthemayor: I honestly would post in-game pics, but for some reason my game crashes every time before it loads a city. I do not have much plugins; they are mostly dependencies, but I have NAM, I think I have some mods for vehicles and terrain/water, and maybe some other stuff, but like I said: I have mostly dependencies because of this mod I am making and not much else.quote>

In fact, water/terrain mods are the most likely cause of the problem you described.

Why don't you simply make an alternative plugins folder without terrain/water/tree mods and NAM and all that stuff you don't need? Simply add all required dependencies, open up a test city, plop down your lot using the Extra Cheats dll (buildingplop cheat) and take a screenshot. It's a five-minute-job all in all.

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

T Wrecks: That is why I started that topic earlier thinking that it was gizmo's props, but I found out that the real reason is that there was a hidden terrain mod that I forgot to delete. That problem is fixed now.

iuri99: I will definitely be adding accessable parking lots on every lot that I put a parking lot on, none of them will be in the back and isolated.