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[raynev1 1,887]

@matias93 Ha ha , political craziness . You have too much time on your hands . No  really , that is pretty cool and very creative . I like it . 

@Dreadnought That did turn out nice with the tenements along the highway . Looks really good . 

 

[matias93 7,535]

Now, on a totally different endeavour, trying my hand MMPing some native fernandezian forest for a nature reserve:

It's not an easy task, in not small amount because no fernandezian flora has been created for the game; not even the relatively similar New Zealand flora is well represented, so I had to take some artistic liberties: what you see there are mostly amazonic plants, mainly from Flunight's Río MMPs, and some generic tropical flora from CP. While the highest trees are not a big problem to mimic, the underbrush, mainly comprising giant rhubarbs (Gunnera) and arborescent ferns (Dicksonia and Thyrsopteris) indeed are, both with a very characteristic and clearly visible shape: huge, lush leaves.

In general, my model to follow is this:

^This is not Juan Fernández, but the superficially similar Tristan da Cuhna

[simmytu 605]

One of the more fun to plan out city that I've made in a while. It's still in development but here's some screenshot of what I've been up to.

[kschmidt 6,223]

1 hour ago, simmytu said:

One of the more fun to plan out city that I've made in a while. It's still in development but here's some screenshot of what I've been up to.

Very nice basketry of RHW, NWM and minor roads and rail network. Plopable showing outline of a busy medium logistics center Looking forward what popsup under those growables, well done !

Sincerely yours,

kschmidt

[simmytu 605]

2 hours ago, kschmidt said:

Very nice basketry of RHW, NWM and minor roads and rail network. Plopable showing outline of a busy medium logistics center Looking forward what popsup under those growables, well done !

Sincerely yours,

kschmidt

Thank you, in my opinion the NAM team did a stellar job for making all of this possible. The industry area along side the rail was something that made train journeys (travelling with NS is a journey in itself but that's another thing entirely) rememberable and it compliments quite well together. In short that's what I had in mind when I created this part of town.

[airman15 4,113]

@simmytu The way you laid everything out here is brilliant!  I am just in love with the way you arranged the diagonal lots inside the rail bend! That's a clever alternative to the awkward jagged patterns I have been building in my own cities!

[raynev1 1,887]

@simmytu I too think that was a clever way to deal with that inside curve of the rail and the overall layout looks fantastic . 

@matias93 The MMP'ing looks cool and those RL images are beautiful .

[Dreadnought 8,231]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT II

WILHELMSHAVEN WEST:

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Yo, guys --

Here are a couple of progression shots of the new "Jade Bight II" region.  It's on an 8x8 large tile map format provided by "rsc204" -- many thanks. 

I decided to devote more time to planning my regions than I have previously.  Usually, I just throw them together as the whim suits me -- but this one has been largely "roughed-in" before I started building.  I imported several cities from older regions that had some good points, but they will be heavily re-worked before they are finished.  You've already seen some pictures from the new cities of "Schillighorn" and "Hohenkirchen".  I have spent a great deal more time working on more realism in the coastal features than previous regions.

 

 

The new city is "Wilhelmshaven West" -- part of a "tri-city" approach -- with each part of the city focusing on either industry, commercial, or residential  (this tile is just one of three tiles that will compose Wilhelmshaven when finished).

Overview One -- is just roughing-in the boundaries ( to limit the physical footprint of the city).  Just the basics of deciding on terrain, transport, and then placing the police, fire, etc, etc.  And -- trying to prevent growth getting away from me (lol).

 

Overview Two -- is a weekly update -- showing the beginnings of the small business districts on the east side of the heart of the city.

 

Overview Three -- Shows the beginnings of the residential south of the hill.  Wilhelmshaven West  will focus largely on residential to supply the other two sister city tiles.

 

And here are two shots of my efforts to create some new terrain features for the region.  This is Boden Marsch, north of town.  I have thinned out the tree cover instead of heavily foresting the whole map.  My new style of MMP terrain seems to be working well -- but it is massively labor intensives.  I can lay out and grow an entire residential neighborhood in about 45 minutes -- but it takes three or four hours to finish the hand-tailored landscape details.

Shot two shows a group of kayakers trying to approach a flock of Herrons feeding in the shallows (lol).

 

 

 

[MeMyself&I 379]

@Dreadnought this looks really good!  I like the "tri-city" approach and I'm eagerly awaiting to see the progress it makes while growing.  I was curious of your marsh area - moreover to your technique, actually.  Is the swamp itself MMP or did you simply lower the terrain a little to get the shallow, brackish water?  The MMP work is excellent, btw, and I know it's a lot of work but the end results are priceless IMO!  I think it's all superb!  Nice herons too.  I haven't seen those MMPs before. 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

51 minutes ago, MeMyself&I said:

@Dreadnought this looks really good!  I like the "tri-city" approach and I'm eagerly awaiting to see the progress it makes while growing.  I was curious of your marsh area - moreover to your technique, actually.  Is the swamp itself MMP or did you simply lower the terrain a little to get the shallow, brackish water?  The MMP work is excellent, btw, and I know it's a lot of work but the end results are priceless IMO!  I think it's all superb!  Nice herons too.  I haven't seen those MMPs before. 

Yo, guy --

Thanx much for the kind words.  No matter how well you think you're doing -- it's always nice to hear that someone appreciates your work

The Herrons are in an MMP pack on a French site -- "Toutes Cities" -- or something like that.  (I think the kayaks are in the same pack.)  Alas, I never thought to bookmark that location and it's been years since I was there.  I'm sure someone here can find a link for you.  Right, Guys ??

I run the PEG Brigantine water Mod -- which will give you several different colors of water and transparency -- depending upon how much you lower the terrain underwater.  It takes a bit of trial and error to get it shallow enough for the cattails to show.  The grayish bottom color comes from the Meadowshire Terrain Controller I have installed.  If you wish to change the bottom color, an MMP sand is usually sufficiently effective to do the trick.  The two colors of cattails are Girafe's wonderful MMP's.  I've got some pics of bridge work coming up that you should like.

I had it in mind to go for a "minimalist" approach to the landscape (i.e., little or none at all) -- but I just can't bring myself to stop plopping trees.  I've even created about 30 tree filler lots to get just the right look for certain spots in the game.  (I'm still lost as to how to fill in a Nam wide curve.)

Thanks, again, for the encouragement -- that's enough to keep me going until "Sherlock" comes on !!

[MeMyself&I 379]

2 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

I run the PEG Brigantine water Mod -- which will give you several different colors of water and transparency -- depending upon how much you lower the terrain underwater.  It takes a bit of trial and error to get it shallow enough for the cattails to show.  The grayish bottom color comes from the Meadowshire Terrain Controller I have installed.  If you wish to change the bottom color, an MMP sand is usually sufficiently effective to do the trick.  The two colors of cattails are Girafe's wonderful MMP's.  I've got some pics of bridge work coming up that you should like.

Thanks for the info.  It's all very interesting and it definitely works well, as you've shown.  I never stop learning and I really enjoy looking at what other people, especially experienced players, do to get the results they get.  I will check the French exchange for those MMPs!  I also really like those cattails by girafe.  Thanks.

Really looking forward to the bridges!  I love bridges!

2 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

I had it in mind to go for a "minimalist" approach to the landscape (i.e., little or none at all) -- but I just can't bring myself to stop plopping trees.  I've even created about 30 tree filler lots to get just the right look for certain spots in the game.  (I'm still lost as to how to fill in a Nam wide curve.)

Trees are good and you've got good trees - and, I know what you mean!  I always feel like I need more trees too.  I don't know if it's any help but @murimk has some really nice fillers for NAM curves, mostly park and plaza lots.  He's also got some nice industrial curve fillers too.  They overhang nicely on the smooth NAM network 90 and 45 degree curves.  You've probably seen them but here's the link if you want to take a look.  Maybe they can fill in a curve or two??

Thanks again for sharing!  I'm looking forward to seeing more develop in Wilhelmshaven West.

[raynev1 1,887]

7 hours ago, MeMyself&I said:

Nice herons too.  I haven't seen those MMPs before. 

They're here on the STEX also below .

Check out the images in the description , I think this is what you were talking about .

[MeMyself&I 379]

12 minutes ago, raynev1 said:

They're here on the STEX also below .

Sweet!  Thanks, @raynev1  

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

It has been a while. But here's the town of Dome des Moines

[Haljackey 17,398]

Great work everyone!

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Today I'm working on a new highway overpass.

[kschmidt 6,223]

Holland ANNO RHW Interchanges !

Worked hard on the RHW interchanges; stubborn US yellow line still dominate, instaled NAM with euro textures and Maartens Euro texture Mod still, only ramps have the right texture !

The Haghue Northern ringroad connection to the A4 Highway !

Old interchange between A4 and A12 highways, currently it´s a all fly over spiderweb called Prins Clausplein

A12 viaduct bridging the rijn-schie canal and some part of Voorburg into The Haghue, canal part to come at the right !

Hope you enjoyed it and maybe help with the yellow line problem, reruned it with NAM 35 no change !

Sincerely yours,

kschmidt

 

[Gadam 38]

FA Road and Rail at the base of a mountain leading in to the small town of Fallen Hill.

My first attempt at FA work.

[HayleyRenaNemeth 465]

So I just finished this segment of the Beach at Faiara Beach. Still have to redo  the section to the south of this segment in Aitra Beach , and the segment to the north of this one where it takes that 90 degrees corner. 

  

[matias93 7,535]

Just by the way, have your seen this? 

Might be useful on this project...

[raynev1 1,887]

    Since I haven't posted any ingame images in a while , I figured I'd show a relot I did of the upload of Nos.17. I have to thank TWrecks again for his ever so useful filler lots . 

The top 70's Safeway can be found Here on the STEX and those great fillers can be found HERE also on the STEX . Thanks for the uploads , you guys are very talented and I love your work . Below , the lower Safeway is the one I re-lotted . I kept the lot the same size and I think it turned out pretty nice . Comments and suggestions welcome .

EDIT  I didn't change any props , just the base texture and removed a few overlay textures . 

  Edited January 18, 2017 by raynev1  
added something

[JohnAJ 253]

A diagonal suburban residential area in a big city.

[tonyr 926]

Eamonn Isle, WIP as of 1/1/2017.

 

[HayleyRenaNemeth 465]

On 20/01/2017 at 9:20 AM, tonyr said:

Eamonn Isle, wip as of 1/1/2017.

that is lovely ,love the night shot especially. 

  Edited February 2, 2017 by HayleyRenaNemeth  
Mod Edit: Removed unnecessarily quoted images.

[raynev1 1,887]

@tonyr and @JohnAJ Those are some very nice scenes you guys have posted . 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT II

WILHELMSHAVEN WEST:

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Yo, guys --

These two pics show the continued development of the city -- some industry going in on the northeast -- more commercial and residential to the east and south -- and the addition of a hill mass to the north of the business district for the Baseball stadium and future commercial growth.

 

 

This Overview required two shots -- East and West -- (the map has started to fill up and simply doesn't fit the screenshot any longer).

EAST

 

WEST

 

And here we have the cemetery.  I had this odd shaped space between two rail lines and hit on the idea of putting the obligatory burial ground out of the way in the southwest corner of town.  I used Paeng's multi-plot cemetery replacement rather than the Maxis multiple cemetery scheme.  The cemetery is central to the grounds with a small adjoining chapel, and there are two "reflective" memorial parks as well.  I rather enjoyed filling in this probably useless space with this bit of creative thinking (lol).

 

 

 

[MeMyself&I 379]

North Bay WIP.  Newly established Ranger Station along the North Ridge Highway in summertime

And again mid-autumn. 

The University area and suburbs of North Bay along the Rushing River.  To the north of the river is the high wealth district of Levi. 

North Bay is eagerly anticipating a lot of new commercial construction in the Daiker Flats district starting in the early springtime with the groundbreaking of a brand new Target Superstore and accompanying strip malls which are expected to bring many new retailers and hundreds of new jobs in response to overwhelming public demand.  Several local groups are starting petitions to stop the destruction of the trees near the river which have been in place for centuries, no doubt.  A compromise is in the works as we speak and the mayor, a native resident born and raised in North Bay, has openly expressed his concern in the matter, vowing to oversee the project himself and taking a personal interest in making sure that everyone involved wins.

[Compdude787 916]

Nice scenes, but they would look even nicer with the UDI icons disabled and with the Yellow Pause Thingy Remover installed.

[MeMyself&I 379]

4 minutes ago, Compdude787 said:

Nice scenes, but they would look even nicer with the UDI icons disabled and with the Yellow Pause Thingy Remover installed.

Yes, I was thinking the same thing.  To tell the truth; I didn't even think about it until after they were up and then I noticed them.  I see the link for the pause screen (thank you very much!) but how do you disable the UDI icons?  Is it a keyboard shortcut?  I'd love to have them gone from the game anyway because they're always in the way.

[matias93 7,535]

On the Sim menu, look for the UDI sub menu, and there is a button on the end that looks like divided in two, it's the UDI icons switch. It's effects should be persistent through savings, so you'll need to do this once for city tile. 

And by the way, you can use a cheat code to drive almost any automata: Ctrl + X; "udriveit" (without quotation marks) and then left click on the desired automata.

[peperodriguez2710 138]

Well, after loads of time with my old region (Nueva Montes, actually Eaton from Jhipolito with some modification) which I didn't like much because the lack of mountains and how I planned originally the main city; I'm creating a new one, Nueva Nueva Montes, made from a mix of maps, though still needs some tweaking with terraformer. I'm inspiring in Valencia for the main city geography, and I'm at the moment creating the harbour.