Request for something unique entirely

[SirRaunaldi 0]

So in my hometown of Vero Beach, FL, there are houses that are along the river that have docks attached to them.  There is also kind of like a wall that contours the water.  So far, I have seen nothing of the sort that will work and thought I would try to make them myself, but I have no experience what-so-ever and thought I would ask the community for assistance.

Being that there is no way for me to link the image without having it somewhere on the web, I will simply just give you the general area I am referring to.

If you do a Google Earth search for "Indian River County, FL", you will be in the right area I am talking about.

To be more precise though, type in, "Tarpon Drive, Vero Beach, FL", and you will see my issue.  Zoom in and you can see that most of these houses along the Indian River have boat docks.  Not only that, but there are walls there to contour the River to a uniform shape.  I am not even sure this is possible in SC4...

The average elevation in Vero is a mere 13 feet above sea level and there is even a map that was made by my request here on Simtropolis if you need to play around with it.

I plan on picking up a book on how to do basics in 3D Studio before the end of the year so I can do things like this myself, but if anyone is willing to give it a shot, that would be awesome.

Thanks

Sir

[psander5 195]

Hi there.  It's definitely possible to do what you're after, though it's probably best to make them in two pieces.  If you want them to be functional then I'd suggest that you make the houses as normal (btw I think most will agree that simple houses are a perfect project for a novice BATer), then you could make a series of residential seawalls similar to the commercial and industrial styles already available, that you just plop as extensions to the back yards. 

I don't know if you'll manage to find someone to make them for you... anyone who can BAT usually has a long list of projects to do already.  It's much more likely that they'll get made if it's you that does the making!  I think it's worth taking the plunge.  It can be challenging and frustrating at times, but ultimately it's fun! 

Good luck!

[ionionion 69]

Use this at the back of any rezidential lot.

an example

[SirRaunaldi 0]

ionionion:  Something like your example would work!!

But seeing as I have the PPonds kit already, and not knowing how to use it to the fullest extent...

How did you get the houses on the water like that?

[ionionion 69]

I put the dock items from PPonds kit on back and side of the zone.