Show Us Your Suburbs

[jacqulina 162]

awesome all

happy new year

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

great suburbs everyone! keep it up!

[TheOlympics 546]

Here is a shot of a suburban sector in Kettel Valley. This is a shot from my next CJ that I might submit by the end of this year.

[TheOlympics 546]

also please come check out my NYC CJ https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=36&threadid=103188&highlight_key=y&keyword1=dethsrow

[art128 4,618]

please Dethsrow, Do not double post and don't make pub for your CJ...

Well, nice suburbs

[starrdarcy 4]

Hey Simtropolis members!

its been again, a while since i posted here, however at least i made it this time, and i got some goodies for you today. I remember posting this thread and didn't expect it to go very far, however it looks like its one of the more popular threads with many views and pictures.

I may not post that much, but as I always say... quality over quantity! So here is some new pictures of my suburbs which where taken today. There still remains some glitches and more work on the road textures and models needs to be done, however its a good start.

We already know that there is a cul-de-sac mod for SimCity, however for me it didn’t suite my needs and left more to be desired. So after some careful work, and taking note of my previous attempts to create workable cul-de-sac lots, i finally created it. I also created a new corner street piece and custom lots for it.

The models are to scale with real life buildings and the buildings are in fact created from real life building plans. I already know it doesn’t match the rest of the maxis buildings, however i like my buildings to scale.

I do realise also that the texture darkness for the toad may be too dark, that is something i would work for in the second release. Here is an overall shot of what is going on.

As you may have imagined, it took lots of planning, organizing and rendering to make the cul-de-sac models work, it took over 2 days to get everything worked out. On to the second picture, a closer inspection of the area:

Here is a “crescent” configuration of a neighbourhood, which is popular here in Alberta suburbs like Edmonton and Calgary. Some work will have to be done to get these textures to functional work in the game, and the CDS and BC lots will probably will remain as plopables only.

This picture is a close zoom of the cul-de-sac section, this lot would be nearly imposable to make functional since it has irregular lot configurations.

Now here is a zoomed out picture showing the extent of how the new textures and look like. I think they look much nicer than the default maxis lots.

Last but not least... here is the what the alternative looks like, its boring and not very realistic.

I would lieke to mention that these textures still need work, and there is doubts as whether or not some of these lots would work with the game, however its worth a shot, and that is what i will be doing.

Thanks for reading, please drop a reply for comments or suggestions 

-Darcy Cardinal

[Dsrwhat316 12]

Now those are some awesome suburbs! I love how the houses curve around the cul-de-sac. I hope you release these in the future!

~ Dan

[tahill79 13]

wow. thats it. thats all i have to say.

[villagemayor 0]

The pie shaped lots are absolutely incredible! I hope you release the lots soon!

[_Atticus 10]

Wow those suburbs are quite something. It really shows you put a lot of work into it. But yes, I do agree lighter street textures would make it even better. Great job and can't wait to see more.

-Pingangster

[starrdarcy 4]

Hey SimTropolis members!

I got some more pics, and as expected i am working on additional pieces and eventually the roads will be lightened up for a possible future release with my first Urbanz Project pack. In the meantime, here is a new road piece.

Close up shot,

And an overall shot,

I'm probably going to stop placing updates here unless i got good overall shots of a city.

-Darcy Cardinal

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull suburbs everyone great work

[MCO1254 2]

I was looking at the blog for your project starrdarcy. It looks absolutely amazing.

[De Ja Vu 117]

Here are some suburbs from my CJ -Nagiosaki City

[Lampala 1]

Here are some suburbs of mine, taken from all throughout my region. Here's where an avenue goes under a whole neighborhood! Here's a more low wealth area.

[City2TheMax 3]

Here are a couple of things I've been working on:

[GMT 389]

starrdarcy release this stuff. right now!

[liberato07 0]

nice stuff everyone, ill try some suburbs!

[starrdarcy 4]

Thanks for the comments! And the other suburbs by others look well, i still need to work on getting more housing variety in my suburbs. i will be opening my own thread for my work on Project Urbanz: Suburban Dreams to place additional updates on my work.

Cheers,

-Darcy Cardinal

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

I remember seeing this a few years ago. I hope you finish and release them soon

[Hawkeye9 0]

Wow great pictures everyone!!! 

Here are a few of mine from my cj Ampton County:

[AngBayani 0]

Does anyone know any LOTs that has a Detriot style suburb houses (Much like the houses in Gran Torino). If so, can someone please PM me thanks.

[MCO1254 2]

Just off of I-36 and a ways East of Cadillac sits the suburb of Clinton. Clinton has grown rapidly over the last few years. In the upper-right corner you can even see a few new stripmalls that have popped up recently.

Taryn St. one of the main routes through town has developed traffic problems due to the growth, but being in an older neighborhood there is little room to expand it. The Redwood Apartment Building (the tall skinny building) is slated to be torn down soon and replaced with a more modern, more expensive building. Lately many executives have chosen to move further from Cadillac than they have in the past.

Just South of the last shot, you'll find Springsteen Elementary School. Clinton is known for it's school system and this is one of the primary reasons that it is growing faster than any of the other area suburbs.

[griffen_star 0]

Wow the suburbs look very nice everyone!

Here is mine from my CJ - The United Republic of Kreveshkà

Its Pas`, a suburb that sits on the mainland from its main sector Wyveska.

[hijodecordoba 74]

there are some great creative suburbs out there. nice work!

i want to contribute this: rather a small suburb than a sprawling one

[edmonton_stinks 5]

starrdarcy:

OH MY GOD does that ever look Albertan!! I've checked out that blog and you have some absolutely fantastic stuff. Start posting to the STEX ASAP, and if I can figure out how to BAT like that from your tutorials I'll get to work myself!

[Fairlane500 8]

Here's a little peek at a bit of the suburbs from the city of Belvedere, part of a Pacific Northwest themed region I've been working on.

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

Here’s a bit of a teaser from my upcoming CJ. One picture says it all.



Click the picture for Extra-Hi-Definition!!!

[Droftrah 2]

starrdarcy, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like that.

Sterling work.

[futurama2506sim 7]

This is a picture of a small spot full of the same style houses, it's not the most impressive but I think it looks nice.