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[art128 4,622]

3 hours ago, kelistmac said:

 I hope you like it...

That's a silly question. Only a mad man would not like it.

[philforhockey51 4,220]

@Tyberius06 I like the lots very much, my one and only complaint are the tall tower street lights. They are not very good models because they are oversized in comparison to the rest of the SC4 world. What would it be like to walk under one of these things that are easily 200+ feet tall 70+meters tall. In the Lot they are also in locations that would be in the way sometimes and there are too many. They take your eye away from the work you put into the lot layout. In the future I would suggest you avoid oversized items like these lights. 

[Tyberius06 12,250]

@philforhockey51 Thank you for your feedback. I would appreciate more from others as well. I personaly like those very high cones. They were made for industrial sites, as I remember, I've seen them in use on some other lot, that's why I used them very bravely, maybe too bravely  Well, I'm thinking about it - because the original v1.0 didn't contain those cones - that I'll release a little expansion without those tower lights. So there will be two version some of the lots, one with those cones, one without them. 

[raynev1 1,886]

Hello Everybody , I've been checking out some of SimCoug's stuff on the Stex . This is a small part of what will probably spread all across my Simnation .

 And here is how my Marina Project turned out . 

 Here is the link to SimCoug's contents used in the image . 

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

On 11/12/2016 at 7:39 AM, kelistmac said:

I've been working in a new region inspired by the hometown of my mother in The Netherlands, I hope you like it...
 

 

Yo ---

Looks very nice -- much as I remember Holland.

Where did you find the silver & green colored barge ??

[_Michael 2,681]

Really nice @kelistmac!

More work on my new city.

Some kind of industry:

The CBD:

[Mewds45 132]

Southern expansion, where a grand station was placed in the city. Beyond south of this, is going to be much more expansion...

[pclark06 12,056]

Some commercial vans that should be up by next week.
 

[matias93 7,535]

Wow, that looks neat! Only a detail: if you are using Photoshop or Gimp to redo the fsh files, you could try increasing the transparency of the new layers, to allow the details of the truck to be visible. By now, for example, the yellow truck looks like having no doors.

[pclark06 12,056]

@matias93 I think I have things at 95% opacity. I'll have to change that. lol. Thanks!

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

Some folks have indicated in their feedback that my landscapes tend to be a little THICK with trees and forested areas -- and that they also seem to have a lot of pine trees!!  First -- thanx to all of you for the feedback.  And thanx for not being afraid to be a bit critical.

I'm laying out a new commercial zone on top of a hill and the pics below show several variations in my old style.  Fewer pine trees -- some new flora suggested by Raynev1 -- and FEWER trees with some breathing space between them.

Let me know what you think --

 

 

 

[raynev1 1,886]

@Dreadnought Looking good . Your style is evolving .  How did you like that flora suggestion , cool stuff isn't it ? The open spaces make it look more realistic . 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

59 minutes ago, raynev1 said:

@Dreadnought Looking good . Your style is evolving .  How did you like that flora suggestion , cool stuff isn't it ? The open spaces make it look more realistic . 

Yo, raynev1 --

The Pasture Flora has some good stuff in it -- especially the yellow wild flowers.  But there are a few things that just don't look right -- some are too big for proper scale -- others the colors are too vivid.  But your tip was well worth downloading another MMP set.

YES -- the space between the trees is much better, and cutting down on the use of the tall pines and Lodgepole Pines is much, much better.  I'm still fighting the urge to "fill in the blanks" -- but this approach encourages me to view placing trees as an "artistic" job rather than filling up empty spaces.

I'm also finding it much easier to use deciduous trees since I made a new set of filler lots with transparent bases -- they now look better as stand-alone clumps rather than a giant forest to hide the off-color bases.

[philforhockey51 4,220]

@Dreadnought               spacing is hard, when doing it it feels like you forgot to fill in a patch doesn't it   The first two pics you got it the third one you setup for a harder time at it because of the four "clumps" that is realistic but as you did next to the 2nd group from the left you also have a little extension or arm sticking out of it, that's a good way of of making it look more natural and not manmade, not a perfect circle is the idea   

[CT14 2,486]

FAB project: Diagonal prop family -> I-M plops, and R$ growables (faux "res/com"):

CS$$/CO$$ Growables:

RDQ Heritage Cottages, 3x2 R$ Grow:

RDQ Victorian Train Station:

More FAB diagonal and FA3 testing:

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

[Haljackey 17,385]

Took a little retrofitting but I doubled the lane count of a couple ramps

[Tyberius06 12,250]

Hi!

Still WIP, but I have been busy lately with Noir City North Harbour. Here are some pictures about it.

1.Small industrial area by the Port. (I'm using here the Heretic SeaPort Project lots as they were created mainly for this city. Those street canal bridges are reloted CAL-Goober's canal eye-candy street bridges. They are part of a Working in Progress future project, where I'll make some expansions for CAL's canal and the Wharf as well. That won't be that big like the PEG-CDK3-SP relotting project, but there will be some new addition, and I already fixed the straight 1+ piece, which is in conflict with Glenni's MEGA PropPack Vol.1, because both pack are using in one case the same propfamily ID, so depending on the load order you can either get the straight 1+ canal pieces and/or nice norwegian homes...)

2.  Part of the residental area and a busy EL-Rail/Tram line (the two sides of the train tracks those are the still WIP Slop Walls, what I'm going to release soon.)

3. When I started this city about a year ago, this was the first interchange, and the first thing what was built in this city. In the left top corner there is the main train station of this city tile. Well the next city will get a bigger beauty after @Simmer2 will have finished his recent train station project.  Nice work around there

4. The true WIP picture  Well, there will be some intersection/interchange over here, where the 2x5 lane innercity highway meet the AVE/MHO section, and they will interact with two 4 lane OWRs. Well after NAM35 this will be fun  Another Simmer2 creation  is that nice train station. Well it's getting busier lately, due to the huge residental development in the surrondings.

5. Tracks from the main station to everwhere and an other industrial area at the other side of the city.

6. And again, the slop walls. This was the original idea, why I made them.

7. From an other angle about the goverment distric and my favourite hungarian building. I made this relot somewhen during the last spring and it was made for filling this spot.

That's all for now.

- Tyberius

[9gruntsand1hammer 3,198]

After 3 hours later of trial and error I was able to finally build two underwater tunnels and both I was able to drive on.

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

1 hour ago, 9gruntsand1hammer said:

After 3 hours later of trial and error I was able to finally build to underwater tunnels and both I was able to drive on.

Nice!  I also have used this technique.  Here's a tip - if you use some kind of seawall mod, like the one from NBVC for example, you can use the diagonal pieces as overlays on the coast and extend the flups into the water

[kingofsimcity 5,740]

Today I learned 22.5 and FA2 are not the same.

I'm experimenting with some FA2 IRM fillers at the moment and aligning those brick props are mighty difficult! I can get a close approximation of FA2 but there is a slightly noticeable "zigzag" effect if you view it from another angle, not to mention that little gap between lots. I'll figure out something I guess. (also the lights should be those rickety wooden ones but my LRM setting overrides all). I-HT FA2 is probably not going to happen though.

[Tyberius06 12,250]

Nice idea, I like it. How about I-M fillers? I mostly use those ones.

Recently I made a few more variation (in first step for personal use for all three sets) for simple diagonal versions which can match with custom sidewalks or MGB's Industrial SAM or railway dirt.

 

[T Wrecks 10,210]

@kingofsimcity: Haha, this is exactly what I thought when I saw your FA parks: We could also have FA IRM fillers - at least some.

Honestly, I think the zigzag is not too bad. Of course you see it because you're the creator, but if you had just shown off the picture without saying anything, I highly doubt that anyone would have said "Meh, it zig-zags too much. Nice try, but it sucks".

We'd need a high-tech fence set with suitable FA props - maybe a BATter would be so nice? A fence can't be that difficult and time-consuming to make.

The streetlights are a tricky issue IMO. On the one hand, some people may prefer them being overridden so they get a more coherent look. On the other hand, independent IRM streetlights would ensure that the props look OK. (For example, I used the Maxis avenue streetlight, but that one is rendered slighly off-center. Override it, and your new streetlight will be offset to the side and no longer sit where it's supposed to sit.)

@Tyberius06: Wow! I remember that interchange in the 3rd picture - you showed it viewed from the train station, and in autumn, IIRC... well, it hasn't become any worse, and the rest of your work is up to par as well. Great job!

[matias93 7,535]

14 hours ago, 9gruntsand1hammer said:

After 3 hours later of trial and error I was able to finally build two underwater tunnels and both I was able to drive on.

In any case, you don't need to use FLUPs to do underwater tunnels; another alternative (that gives you more liberty with the space over the tunnels) is to terraform the route to make a temporal leveled landbrigde, to draw the tunnel under it, and then to terraform back to the desired shape: the tunnel stays the same and you can drive it through. This one is an example of my now poxed central tile (I'll avenge its death!). I chose to terraform over the tunnel with a more shallow riverbed because of realism (same reason for the distance from the shoreline), but the method is very flexible; it could be perfectly done with a minimum separation and maximum depth.

[Haljackey 17,385]

Working on a RHW-10 / OWR-10 interchange with huge loop ramps

 

EDIT: Loopty loop!

[CT14 2,486]

@kingofsimcity hey that's great! I have been feeling the need for "out" lots to balance out the FA buildings, and I'm happy to see it already happening. I like the mashup of those FA parks with IRM fillers.

FA alleys are also needed (and probably a new alley set altogether, but that's another story).

[Darrius11able 728]

Need more cars on this highway, I rarely see them use it. I'm going to change the ending of the highway to end in the industrial area so they will starting getting on it hopefully.

[rsc204 21,865]

16 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

We'd need a high-tech fence set with suitable FA props - maybe a BATter would be so nice? A fence can't be that difficult and time-consuming to make.

The problem with FA-Props that need to line up (i.e. modular), is that making them look somewhat seamless is actually very hard to do. For example one of my FA-Tennis courts actually rendered the textures completely straight, not with the usual skewing. This has the effect of hiding from view parts of the model, in one/two rotations that almost makes the props invisible. CP is one of the more skilled modellers out there. But getting the LODs and models to play nice is actually quite the can-o-worms. Most likely why the zig-zag effect is almost impossible to avoid.

Not to mention, I really like the fences you used for the I-HT fillers, but to match up the FA ones, realistically those would need re-making too. If I ever get my computer sorted though, this is something I think would be useful. Although thus far some creative use of Diagonals has worked well around FA/WRCs for me in conjunction with grass fillers. Little areas with flora can add some much needed greenery around industrial areas.

On ‎17‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 7:43 AM, kingofsimcity said:

Today I learned 22.5 and FA2 are not the same.

I think the actual angle is something like 18.5 degrees for FA-2 for the roads, but I'd have to check into that. It's another thing to bear in mind that not all modders will use the same FA angles, and a few degrees here or there can throw everything off.

On ‎17‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 7:43 AM, kingofsimcity said:

I can get a close approximation of FA2 but there is a slightly noticeable "zigzag" effect if you view it from another angle, not to mention that little gap between lots.

In the first instance, try (if you haven't already) to move the props precisely X moves Left/Right then X move Up/Down and stick with the same pattern. It might help to overlap the props a little if the LODs allow it. Otherwise, cheat a little and place some small bushes/flora around the seams, which should help hide any small imperfections. A liberal sprinkling of trees (MMPs) can also be a useful way to hide such annoyances too.

15 hours ago, matias93 said:

This one is an example of my now poxed central tile (I'll avenge its death!).

I have to say, I'm sceptical that such a city could get the Pox. It just doesn't fit with the basic fundamental cause. Usually it requires a lot of smaller buildings and very dense development to trigger that bug. I just wonder if you've considered other possible problems here. Because a half-finished tile with lots of high rises just shouldn't suffer from Prop Pox.

6 hours ago, Haljackey said:

Working on a RHW-10 / OWR-10 interchange with huge loop ramps

It seems like an age ago I was following your building a city from scratch series, which I watched every minute of intensely. You helped to teach me so much about SC4, especially the use of RHW. As RHW has matured through NAM33 to today, I always wait to see what you make of all the new features. I don't comment on every interchange you make, but it's about time I mentioned how inspiring your dedication to highways are for the rest of us.

3 hours ago, ikilluasap1 said:

Need more cars on this highway, I rarely see them use it. I'm going to change the ending of the highway to end in the industrial area so they will starting getting on it hopefully.

Always a tricky one that. I find where possible, keep the parts between interchanges segregated with the exception of highways to really see high usage. Otherwise, try to make other road connections less desirable by ensuring they are less direct. Unless using the RHW is quicker overall, sims won't make an effort to divert on and off the highway. Even though in the real world, the highway is almost always the quickest route for travelling.

[pclark06 12,056]

Coming soon: automata truck trailers that add American trucking brands into the game.

[rsc204 21,865]

On 14/11/2016 at 10:18 PM, Dreadnought said:

The Pasture Flora has some good stuff in it -- especially the yellow wild flowers.  But there are a few things that just don't look right -- some are too big for proper scale -- others the colors are too vivid.  But your tip was well worth downloading another MMP set.

Did you know, @vortext made a seasonal oldies pack, available here (LEX)?

He modified a number of these props, I think it's worth checking out if you don't have them already.