Terring's Terrible Lots

[Terring 6,473]

Thanks

It's my birthday today, so let me give you a small present. I have reloted all stage 1 and 2 I$$$ lots. Yeap, all high tech industries are ready for action. They have a generic feel, just like my dirty industries, so you can imagine in what they're working. Some of them maybe are laboratories for medical nanorobots or faster-than-light spacecraft engines, or they may produce synthetic skin, genetic mutated pets, quantum computers or positronic brains for the robots, or maybe they're experimenting on antimatter usages or virtual reality or... anything you want! Just let your imagination free. They also have the same SimMars futuristic texture, so it's very easy to combine them and build mega facilities. For once again, most of the activities take place underground, so what you see is a small fraction of what you'll get. Anyway, here are a few pictures.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Of course I'm always open for new ideas, for as long as they're awesome. And I'll need your ideas for the satellite dishes. The Maxis-made dishes are ugly, so I'm thinking about using the satellite dish from RT SNM Vol03. I think it's more realistic. What do you think?

Oh yeah, progress so far. What is ready, what is under development and what is untouched.

R$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

R$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

R$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CS$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CS$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CS$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CO$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CO$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

I$ 1 2 3

I$$ 1 2 3

I$$$ 1 2 3

Rewards

Airports

Seaport

[jlt122 46]

Impressive work Terring! That takes some time to do for sure. Now happy birthday to you and enjoy yourself today and thank you for taking the time to do this.

[KonstantinII 1,106]

It's good to use maxis hi tech industries. I like them

[Terring 6,473]

Thank you guys

All stage 2 I$$ lots have been reloted. For once again, we have warehouses, spaceports, underground facilities, satellite dishes e.t.c.

Progress so far. What is ready, what is under development and what is untouched.

R$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

R$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

R$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CS$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CS$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CS$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CO$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CO$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

I$ 1 2 3

I$$ 1 2 3

I$$$ 1 2 3

Rewards

Airports

Seaport

[Terring 6,473]

By finishing all stage 1 I$$ lots, I'm happy to report that all industrial lots have been futurized! Almost all Maxis-made factories have been replaced my SimMars industries. All industrial lots will have the same style and texturing, in order to combine them and make mega facilities. Because of their generic look, it's easy to build anything you want. Nanotechnology laboratories? Genetic engineering facilities? Cavorite manufactures? Prefab house industries? Mining operations? Positronic brains creators? 3D printers? Teleporting antennas? Cybernetics factories? Anything else? With only a little imagination, you can have anything you wish. And since most of the action takes place underground, free your wildest imaginations!

Anyway, here are all stage 1 I$$ lots. Satellite dishes, spaceports, spaceports, underground garages, antennas e.t.c.

















If everything goes well, the second part of Barsoom Project will be released somewhere in 2014. It may also have a few surprises. Here is one of them, a basic set of trail paths. I'm sure you have better trail paths than those I've made. I also have better paths than those. But if you don't have any trail path set and you're a bit too lazy for downloading or making, here is a basic set for you to play. Those red paths are SimMars overlay textures. That's right, Martians paths on Earth





Progress so far. What is ready, what is under development and what is untouched.

R$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CO$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CO$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I$ 1 2 3
I$$ 1 2 3
I$$$ 1 2 3
Rewards
Airports
Seaport

Since it's Christmas, let me have a break. I'll be back in 2014. So have a Happy Holidays and all that good stuff, and Merry Christmas to all

[KonstantinII 1,106]

Industries look realistic.

[Terring 6,473]

Thanks

Even in holiday season I like to play with the Lot Editor. When I download a building, immediately I start up the Lot Editor to change the lot as I wish. One day I'll upload pictures of my personal projects. During my experiments, I discovered a beautiful and detailed grass texture from BSC TexturePack Cycledogg V 01b and I would like to use it in my lots, including the Barsoomian as well. Here are a few in-game pictures of both textures.
 

This is the Maxis-made grass texture I use





It doesn't requires a new dependency pack
It's green enough for my taste
I already use it
Too basic texture
Most people hate Maxis-made textures

And this is the Cycledogg-made grass texture I would like to use





It has flowers and flowers are cool
It's a bit darker and more shady
Almost everybody has this texture in their folders
It's more detailed and more interesting than the Maxis grass
It requires a new dependency pack
It forces me to relot all the lots I have already reloted!

OK, the last one is a serious drawback. However there are a few mods that replace a texture with an another one. Maybe I'll try that, but not for now.

So what do you believe? Maxis-made or Cycledogg-made grass? Or something different?

[Terring 6,473]

The holiday season is over, so I guess I'll start my little project soon enough. But before that, let me wish you a better new year... oh wait, too cliche. Instead, let me encourage you to create a better year.

Let me show you some work I have made, just for my fun. Every time I download a growable building, I open the Lot Editor to change it's lot a bit. My goal is simple, to futurize them as much as possible in the way I like, a cyberpunk-Utopian mix. And no, I'm not going to upload them. Hope that you like them. Oh by the way, the next update of Barsoom Project will be very important for me, because I have a dilemma and I'll really want your opinions. Until then... enjoy

ZH Rosewood ( )

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Wow! So not only are you to make all the core Maxis RCI and non-RCI buildings futuristic, but you are also going to do the same for custom buildings to?

[Terring 6,473]

Yeah, I like futurising my plugins and customizing them according to my needs. Of course I can't upload those lots, because they'll require billions of dependencies. After all, I want something for myself

[Terring 6,473]

I'm reading for English studies those days, so I didn't had time to work on Barsoom Project. However I found some time to make some relots. 2 of my favorite plugins are the set and the Street and Road End functional Parkings set. Here are my versions, with futuristic cars, no fences, trees and traffic signs in the middle of the road... on traffic islands of course.

I hope that you like them. If you have a good idea, suggest it. Have in mind though that the above lots are only for my personal use. In the next days I'll try to keep on working on Barsoom Project. Specifically I'll try to relot all malls and the airports. I'll need your ideas.

[Terring 6,473]

I'm working on the malls those days. I have some cool ideas so I'll need your help. This is a medium wealth Maxis-made mall. It's a classic boxy building, siting on a stage 1 6x6 lot with a huge parking lot.

And here are my versions of the same lot. Futuristic SimMars-made malls, with an underground garage and surrounded by gardens and a pond. Those lots will be included in Barsoom Project.

So here are my ideas. How about underground malls as well? Let your Sims build them and you'll get a huge underground mall!

And how about using The Living Mall as well? Hmm, too big isn't?

What do you think? If you want them, you'll have to download Sunken Plazas - Mall Set, Sunken Plazas - Tree Plaza2 and PEG Subterranean Mall. I can guess that while my idea will bring some extra variety in the commercial zones, it will also force you to get some more dependencies.

So what do you think?

No "thumbs ups" or "nice", only suggestions!

[KonstantinII 1,106]

 

 

Those futuristic parking are so cool! Where can I get them?

 

You can make these underground lots as props in plugin manager, for the mall. It's easy

http://www2.yuhisa.com/cgi/c-board/c-board.cgi?cmd=one;no=25;id=

Maybe you can add some walk effects

[Terring 6,473]

Those futuristic parking are so cool! Where can I get them?

I have already mentioned that those parking lots are just my version of the Street and Road End functional Parkings set.

 

You can make these underground lots as props in plugin manager, for the mall. It's easy

http://www2.yuhisa.com/cgi/c-board/c-board.cgi?cmd=one;no=25;id=

Maybe you can add some walk effects

Like this?

 

 

 

[Terring 6,473]

Don't worry, I'm still working on the malls. However there was a hole I had to covered, so I have reloted all stage 3 CS$$ lots. Sorry, only Maxis buildings this time...



















Progress so far. What is ready, what is under development and what is untouched.

R$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CO$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CO$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I$ 1 2 3
I$$ 1 2 3
I$$$ 1 2 3
Rewards
Airports
Seaport

[Terring 6,473]

A new update is coming soon.

A new milestone is going to be conquered.

So ask yourself...

Are you ready for this?

[Cool_Z 1,547]

WOW !!!!!!!! Ok I understand better what you said about your "futuristic" cities ;)

[Terring 6,473]

Before the today update, here are 2 thing I want to report. First of all, remember my suggestion about underground malls?



Yeah, I have to scrap this idea. I don't want my mod to get too excessive. Furthermore, it's pointless. You need to download a few plopable malls as dependencies to get their props in those growable lots. But if you already have those malls as propable, so you can build them anywhere you wish, what's the point of having them as growable as well?

At the same time, I made a new set of parks to give some variety to the cities of tomorrow. Some of those parks are actually recreations of Simcity 3000 parks. Can you find them?



And now it's time for the mayor update. Are you ready for this?

ALL RESIDENTIAL LOTS HAVE BEEN FUTURIZED!!



I'm not kidding. At last, all Maxis-made residential lots have been futurized. Say goodbye to the last of the Maxis-made realistic modern homes and say hello to the SimMars-made futuristic prefab homes. I have finished with the rest medium wealth lots. It took me so long because there are plenty of medium wealth lots and plenty of medium wealth SimMars houses. There are so many lots that I can show you only a few of them, as well as all the buildings you'll get depending on the size and the stage of the lots.

Stage 1





Stage 2



Stage 3



Stage 4



Stage 5



And now let's see some of those lots in action.











Progress so far. What is ready, what is under development and what is untouched.

R$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CS$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CO$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CO$$$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I$ 1 2 3
I$$ 1 2 3
I$$$ 1 2 3
Rewards
Airports
Seaport

So what's next? Hmm, the airports. Why not? I think I'll change them into interplanetary and even interstellar spaceports. I have a few ideas and I'll need your opinions. And then? Industries are done, the rewards are OK and... wait a minute... I have to futurize the commercial lots? There are billions of them and trillions of SimMars buildings to use. All by me?

[Cool_Z 1,547]

What an incredible and collosal work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KonstantinII 1,106]

I like the houses! :thumb:

[Magneto 316]

What an insane amount of work you've put into this! Congratulations Elias. I take my hat off to your dedication.

[Terring 6,473]

I think it's time to get back to the project and relot, this time, the 3 Maxis-made airports. I have 2 ideas and I want your opinions. How should I change the airports?

The first option is something simple. Keep the airport as it is, but replace a few things. Futuristic aircrafts and hangars, underground expansions, a bit larger runways e.t.c. An ordinary prefab near future airport. Something like this...



The second option is more radical. Replace the airports with vertiports. Vertical Take Over and Land (VTOL) aircrafts and spacecrafts, no runways, underground hangars e.t.c. A prefab distant future spaceport. Something like this...



What do you think?

[Terring 6,473]

This was my version of the university. Why "was"? Because I don't like it anymore, it looks more like an ugly monolithic factory.

This is the new version of the university. I hope that you like it.

Before complaining, the Global Arena was the only prop that could cover the main building of the university. After all, it looks like the Discovery Spheres from Galactic Civilizations 2.

Bonus, a nice park made by SimGoober.

[KonstantinII 1,106]

The new university looks great! Only one moment. You should definitely make it so the walkways extent beyond the lot so it can be used together with other modular university packs to create a huge campus. Get rid of the green fence surrounding the lot. That's the only thing you need to change. Keep everything else as it is.

 

The red brick paths you made3 can be used to connect other university buildings.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5528/11513815425_2704309f7e_o.jpg

[Terring 6,473]

That's something that everybody can change it by using the Lot Editor.

Remember the old days, before the creation of the modular airports? Back then, the only way to build an airport is by using the Maxis-made airports. The first selection was usually the small landing strip. You build it in small towns in order to bring more customers and tourists.

Nowadays only a few people still use it. It's too small and it can't be compared with the new custom-made airports. This poor little airport has been abandoned by almost everybody and that's sad. So it's time to make a serious change and bring it back, this time as a futuristic vertiport!

A vertiport is an airport for Vertical Take Over and Land (V.T.O.L.) aircrafts. Vertiports doesn't use too much land and they can be constructed everywhere, even on tops of buildings.

And this is for what I'm talking about. The small Maxis-made airports has been replaced by a fully functional vertiport.

And yes, it can be upgraded without any problem. Here is stage 2.

And here is stage 3.

Because it doesn't have runways, you can build it even in the middle of a downtown. Your Sims will not get worried about landing aircrafts soaring above their heads.

Same strategy with the rest of the airports as well. No more runways! If you still want them, get some modular airports and make them.

[airman15 4,111]

Very nice work! These look like they have potential especially for a futuristic themed city.

 

Maybe to help add on to that repair center, you could add some repair/inspection scaffolding (similar to what's pictured here), have a generator of some sort connecting to the ship or perhaps some repair droids next to one or two of the ships?

 

[KonstantinII 1,106]

One moment please. I really want you to remove the fences where the gray areas are to connect them to the RMIP modular set so I can have more facilities.

never mind

[TekindusT 3,809]

You know, Terring, that I'm not a huge lover of futuristic stuff. But you have nailed it with these VTOLports, they look really nice! Very good lotting, IMHO!

[Crazyforsimcity 23]

I love those airports!

[Terring 6,473]

FrankU's attempt to relot the marina inspired me to do the same. The Maxis-made marina is the most annoying reward in the game, because it's very difficult to find the perfect location to build it. Here is why. The size of the lot is 1x6. The first tile has a land "mark". This means that this tile must be placed on land. The second one is empty, so it can be either on land or in water. The rest of the tiles have a water "mark", so they must be placed in water. Because of this, the second tile must be in the coast, in the land-water transition. Now try to find the best place to build it!

My first idea was to remove some of the water "marks", in order to have one land tile and one water tile. This will make the construction of the marina much easier. And since we're talking about the future, let's use some of the airport terminals props I have already used in my vertiport and turn the marina into a futuristic indoor pier. The result?







For once again, let's throw the limits out of the window...



... and take it to extreme. Let's make it futuristic (short of) and in land. Let's turn the marina into a cool navigation control center.



And believe it or not, it will still deploy boats and hang gliders! It's even possible to make a few UDI missions.



You can build the navigation control center anywhere you wish. My recommendation is to build it on flat land and close enough to water bodies, next to ferry ports. Something like this...





Build it right or else...

 

:rofl: