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[TakemeThere 5,834]

@Simmer2 Pretty cool to see all the different possibilities, you must be getting close to releasing them by now yes?
@kingofsimcity What a huge difference those relots will make. Never cared much for high wealth residential but I will definitely do now. 
@Tyberius06 Those are the best looking set of port lots I've ever seen, nice work!
@Dreadnought That naval base is looking great, lots of unique structures and relots.
@kelistmac Can't wait to see more of that town.


Man this thread is just full of awesomeness, form the above members and everyone else posting in here.
Imo this is the most exciting thread on the site and it helps to add interest and longevity to the game by showcasing all these new developments. I'm sure most of the regulars know about it but perhaps Simtropolis could do something like add a link to it on the front page of the site for the less frequent users to see.

 

[Dreadnought 8,227]

On 9/7/2016 at 10:56 PM, nos.17 said:

 

@Tyberius06 ... Lots also have a property called Item Order that is the primary determination for its menu location. This can be easily edited in the reader. ( Tutorial if you need one ). As KOSC mentioned, the  plop  costs can also determine the order, but only if two Item Orders are the same. If that is the case, the smaller cost will come first. Also, here is a reference for the numbers that Maxis buildings use. You may have to experiment a bit to find out where they lie among other custom content, but giving all your lots in the set the same Item Order will guarantee they will show up together.

Yo -- nos 17 --

What exemplar property would you change to move a lot from the Parks menu to the Landmark menu? 

AND  -- Is there a numbering system list for the category of a lot -- education, landmark, water transit, etc, etc ??

[11241036 5,108]

@Dreadnought To move an item to another menu category, you need to change the OccupantGroup property. In some cases, you'll need to enter more than 1 value. Please refer to this thread for additional information (I've refrained from hyperlinking since on frequent occasions I'm only getting asdgfzuajzdfzjatfja or the like when I'm clicking on links here on the STEX): https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=2378.msg71084

[TakemeThere 5,834]

18 minutes ago, Dreadnought said:

Yo -- nos 17 --

What exemplar property would you change to move a lot from the Parks menu to the Landmark menu? 

AND  -- Is there a numbering system list for the category of a lot -- education, landmark, water transit, etc, etc ??

If it's just a ploppable building/structure with no jobs all that's needed is to change values in the "OccupantGroups".
From "Building:Civic, Building:Park" with the values "0x0001005, 0x0001006"
to "Building:Landmark" enter "0x000150A"

edit I see I was just beaten to the punch lol

[nos.17 5,224]

Red Robin

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

@nos.17 Nice, I always like it when more than one person models a business, we get variety now.

[TakemeThere 5,834]

Started working again on some stuff today such as the HD rendering for more of these things;

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

Labrador Rapids, Hixon

[matias93 7,535]

An agrarian reform for the CJ! Those plots were purchased by the government to a latifundist and distributed on tiny pieces to his former inquilinos; even if by its size they are far from meeting the needs of rural families, this policy allowed to end a backward and almost feudal institution.

[Dreadnought 8,227]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT --

WILHELMSHAVEN:

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Just a couple of quick shots --

This is Lighthouse Point, just off the entrance to the ship canal.  The idea here was to put a lighthouse out on a mostly deserted area off the edge of the industrial park.  The emphasis was on the "nature MMP" aspect.

I'm finishing up a few fine points on the naval base and will show those in a day or two.

 

[matias93 7,535]

Disturbing the grid and making some overcomplicated crossings 

Sadly, as my game has been very unstable recently, this is taking too much time: I'm having a CTD or hanging each half hour, on average... 

[Tyberius06 12,237]

Hello!

Thanks for everbody the support, oppinions, suggestions, criticism

@metasmurf, @matias93, @Dreadnought: Thanks for the advice about the Container ports, I made a few changes on them.

Special thanks for @Simmer2, @rsc204, @kingofsimcity, @Girafe and @FrankU for their work.

Finally I could upload the Heretic SeaPort Project into the STEX (and the LEX aswell). You can download it from here

Heretic SeaPort Project

Enjoy and have fun!

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

WIP 

[TakemeThere 5,834]

Spent the last couple of days finding, organizing and then reordering(in-game) all my mmp files something I've been meaning to do for months. Now I'm now ready to work on my first water mmp scene in about 3 years. So far so good, but still much work left to do;

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

Love how this ended up

 

[_Michael 2,681]

@Dreadnought @matias93 @Takingyouthere Loving the work! Looking forward to the further developments!

In the meantime, since my exams have finished, I've been working on this. I had laid out the canals, rails and highways about 10 months ago, when I first got the map, but left it at that. I then picked it up again and it will become a largish town. Hope you like!  

[TakemeThere 5,834]

Starting to get the hang of this river making stuff




*Finished results here*
 

[Dreadnought 8,227]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT --

WILHELMSHAVEN:

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Here we have the last of the Imperial Dockyards.  (Until I build bases for the other ships in the fleet. lol-lol)

This is the Repair and Refit Basin -- (minus the lock gates since I couldn't figure out how to make them).  This basin can modernize, repair, or even build a battleship from the keel up.  You have all the machine shops, foundries, and rolling mills necessary for furnishing the armor plate and fabricating the parts -- even an engine shop.  There is a dedicated rail line along the quay with another one that services the ammunition bunkers and other quays along the harbor.  At the foot of the basin area you have a recently constructed fitting-out pier for the new super-dreadnoughts -- since they are too large to use the other facilities.

I provided one overview and several detail shots.

 

 

 

 

 

[Tyberius06 12,237]

Hello everybody! 

@Dreadnought: Huh, that's a massive Navy area!  I do not have much experience with military lots or NAVY lots (I love the peace!  ), but that looks very impressive!  

Well, I made a cleanitol file, which contains all the elements what is supposed to be replaced by the new set. I will upload this cleanitol with an update very soon.

Also I do appologies because I had to make some minor changes on some of the lots, (that means I have to reupload the whole pack and the players who wish to use my set need to redownload and replace the old version with the new verion.), and during that I attached the PEG-CDK3 (without SP) Docks set to my set, with some also CDK3 bigger lot (Acme Algie, Captain Jack, Vandy's Shipping - not the SP version -, Blackie's Boat Yard, Fred Ginger Fishery and the two Garbage Disposal Shipping Yards) and with two transition pieces between the CDK3 Docks and the CDK3-SP Docks (these two are totally new lots).

Before I upload the new version I would like to ask those who already tried the uploaded set, that has anybody found minor or major issues on my lots, what I sould fix before the new upload? 
Please tell me, and I'll try to fix. 

Pictures:

1. The CDK3 Docks with the two transition (left hand side the two 5x5 lots)

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- Tyberius

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

Some random shots from a new Tile I'm working on.

 

[CT14 2,486]

So, about those wagons on the CP Wagon Factory lot... it was high time for the museum to tag them and bag them!

They have been replaced by motor vehicles and some typical industrial props. This version uses original dependencies, minus the RippTide pack and adding a @MushyMushy semi truck. To reflect urbanization and the passing of time the base texture layout uses more of the 'old concrete' style filler texture, already found on the lot.

Here, the diagonal cars are a CP prop family. A group is loading a Maxis truck at the center doors, next to the dumpsters. The trailers and flatbed truck are also Maxis props. On the far left is a smoker's barrel. The MushyMushy tractor is is hooking up to a trailer.

The rear of the building has a cleanup pile in the corner, a wheelbarrow, and a break area with table and more workers on break.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Not bad, but Mushy's tractor is obviously too big for the (underscaled) Maxis trailer. I guess you'd be better off using either Mushy's trailers or at least SimGoober's. These should be closer in scale.

[CT14 2,486]

@T Wrecks True, I guess Mushy's trailers are the way to go.

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

here's the WIP town of Lauderdale, Hixon

[_Michael 2,681]

@DavidDHetzelLooking good, but I don't understand why the highway goes from evelated to ground, back to evelated again. Surely it would make more sence just to keep it elevated?

[matias93 7,535]

Same thing with the rail line, it doesn't look like the traffic volume justifies an uneven crossing, and the ramp slope has its weakness

[Dreadnought 8,227]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT --

WILHELMSHAVEN:

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Got a few new shots for you --

This is the "up-scale" marina complex nestled between the museum ships and the boardwalk area to the north.

This area has just about everything a "well-heeled" boating enthusiast might desire -- the harbor promenades, snack shops, restaurants, a club house/hotel/administrative office complex, a swanky large hotel, several night clubs, a resort cottage for the VERY elite -- even a miniature golf complex (lol).  Not to mention -- a place to park your boat!

Two overviews and a few detail shots.

 

 

 

 

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

@_MichaelIts supposed to be similar to how most Rural Interstates work, just you'll just have to use your imagination and pretend there's a berm on the side of Highway.

@matias93 your right about the bridge looking awkward, I could rework it and have the avenue going over the railroad. The idea I have in mind for Lauderdale is that its a rapidly expanding city and the avenue is actually a bypass around the main town tat has got a lot of retail growth that is quickly taking over the farmland, most of the city will actually be north of the Highway.

@Dreadnought Where did you get those big boats in the first pic and the waffle house park in the third?

[_Michael 2,681]

@DavidDHetzelYou could achieve that look exactly by using RHW. The reason I said it looked strange is the MHW elevated is ~15m up, but the rural interchange is less than 7.5 m. The 15 up and down is unrealistic, but 7.5 up and down is less so. Have an experiment with RHW, it. Any be daunting at first, but it's well worth the results.  

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

I've thought about RHW, but it really doesn't fit my play style, I may work with some of the Smoncrie hold raiser/digger lots though in the future.