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[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Small update on Decatur. It's located on a stretch of land between two waters in a hilly region. Not the easiest terrain to work with, but it sure is fun!

[Fantozzi 4,068]

On 12.2.2017 at 11:29 PM, matias93 said:

Yeah, it really improves, even if I liked the clutter (but it would look good anywhere on the dock). Maybe, only if is easy enough, you could consider using the same texture mirrored, to make the wood planks a little more continous.
I also noted you are rectifying the back of the lots. Are you using modular 1x1 pieces to do that, or adding tiles to the existent lots? I guess it would be more flexible to do the first thing, but in any case is not entirely strange to have a seaport (or riverport) with an uneven backwall. In any case, the progress is great and I'm still loving the concept!

1. The wooden planks are part of the original prop - they are elevated about 0.3 m and the dock about 0.8 m. The prop I made has to go over the dock, to cover the overlapping part. The outher corner made by Doc Rohrlach is all one piece. It is too long north/south and too short west/east - probably he made it symmetrical to be able to use it in both directions, maybe I don't understand his intentions.

So my 'correction prop' has to be higher, this causes a seam I can't avoid but it's easier to hide.

 

2. Doc Rohlachs lots are all 2 tiles depth. My initial idear was to expand them up to 4 tiles depth with having the 2 tiles lots more peripheral and the central lots the 4-tiles lots. Which means also: the 2-tiles lots more rural the 4-tiles lots more industrial - and, yes, as you said, the back rectifyed along the river. 

If I get it to work, mostly I'll do a bigger set. I'll only start with this fix layout - those will be the main lots (like I did in the big paeng theory) and I'll ad puzzle lots to have some more fun/freedom to create different layouts. Also as I did on the 'big paeng theory' - I tend to do some lots only with the fences and others only with the dock but otherwise empty - to make use of mmps on them). But first things first. All this are mindgames as long as I don't get the basic layout working.  

Update:  made left side 3to4 tiles corner, made a platform prop for the gascooker cranes to evitate the offset.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

You're up to a huge project here and doing a great job so far. The overall appearance is very good, I'd just like to mention that the way you positioned gascooker's cranes isn't very logical. Their "legs" should be rotated by 90 degrees because the cranes are designed to move on rails, and these rails would run parallel to the edge, not perpendicular to it. I know you probably wanted the crane booms to go over the ships, but this results in an unrealistic orientation unfortunately.

It's terribly hard anyway to use a set that wasn't made for a particular purpose and try to force it into the desired role nonetheless. Looking at the wonderfully detailed lots, I think the waterfront props you are using are holding you back because they were made with something different in mind. That boardwalk doesn't make much sense in a cargo harbour environment, and on a side note, one thing I never liked about any pier set was those stairs leading up to the actual pier. IRL you'd just have a flat and level slab of land and no height differences - after all, these make loading/unloading and moving cargo a pain in certain body regions...

[Edvarz 1,985]

@Fantozzi Nice job, keep it up! About the offset cranes, if you are interested, a while ago @rsc204 taught me how to offset props without messing with the model file itself, using the S3Ds and the RKT property of the prop exemplar (you can redistribute modified versions of those with different IIDs).

So, I'm not technically working on this right now, but there's no "Show us what you were working on" thread, so this one will do.

This was going to be my entry for the Modular complexes challenge a few months back, but I got nowhere near the finish line. It's a modular apartment complex using Glenni's fantastic Nokkebekken condos, the beauty of these is that they come in orthogonal, diagonal and even FA!, I experimented a little bit with CP's SCILT textures which match the orientation neatly.

6x9, 9x6, 6x12, and 6x6 lots. I'm not a fan of huge parking lots, and the parking space didn't seem to be enough, so I put some underground parking entrances.

And a few individual pieces, 5x5, 6x5, 6x6

I'll be working on this on and off and they'll get eventually released. I think the concept came out really well, there's also the low-rise condos, but that'll be for another post.

[metasmurf 705]

Building/planing coastal town

[matias93 7,535]

@Edvarz I need those wonders, but right now! It's a really great work of you, and don't worry about the parking, provided an adequate transit infraestructure (wink, BRT project, wink) those quantities are perfectly right.

The only consideration is that you maybe will need to release some SCILT fillers to allow for more than one match between the lots (or to get to the lot borders with only orthogonal or diagonal shapes).

[PaleoCardio 150]

@metasmurf Lovely stuff. Nice curves and free flowing natural areas. Loving the wooded areas too. Is that part of a tree controller or are they ploppable?

[metasmurf 705]

@PaleoCardio Thanks! It's this tree controller by vortext. I use the evergreen coastal extended one.

[PaleoCardio 150]

@metasmurf Thanks. they look really great! Will have to check it out.

[Edvarz 1,985]

@matias93 You're absolutely right, I did intend the set to be compatible with diagonal and FA fillers (such as MGB's or SFBT), but now that you mention it, those will show the user's sidewalk texture, which may not be supported on the SCILT sets (Magneto's Asphalt sidewalk and Catalyst's extensions, or Veredas Santiaguinas come to my mind). And there's also the issue of blending the pieces with the white sidewalks in KOSC's superparking with SCILT, although I believe there's mods to customise those already. Maybe a couple of SCILT filler lots will be all that's needed for fully blending the complex with other sets of filler pieces.

[Simmer2 23,828]

First set it out, now its time to play at the beach....or somewhere also if you wish..

While rummaging deep in my gmax playpen storage I also found these items. I made them back in July before I went on holidays.
..One sec......sorry I had to remove some sand from my eyes...

So its time to release some new sand brushes.

8 new sand brushes in MMP, plus 8 more of the same but with a smaller foot print, for a total of 16 new brushes.
I also made a single sand clutter brush (twigs, branches and tiny rocks)
And there is one more I left out (I will reveal it when ready.)

Here they are, the names are in descending order.

SM2 Sands ™

Simmer2/Nick

[matias93 7,535]

41 minutes ago, Edvarz said:

@matias93 You're absolutely right, I did intend the set to be compatible with diagonal and FA fillers (such as MGB's or SFBT), but now that you mention it, those will show the user's sidewalk texture, which may not be supported on the SCILT sets (Magneto's Asphalt sidewalk and Catalyst's extensions, or Veredas Santiaguinas come to my mind). And there's also the issue of blending the pieces with the white sidewalks in KOSC's superparking with SCILT, although I believe there's mods to customise those already. Maybe a couple of SCILT filler lots will be all that's needed for fully blending the complex with other sets of filler pieces.

Veredas already supports both SCILT and KOSC, and thanks to MGB's scripts, to make those textures was really easy, so other sidewalks can be made compatible with little effort.

@Simmer2 That's fantastically cool!!!

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

[korver 27,685]

@Simmer2 Those look awesome, can't wait to put them to good use!

@scotttbarry That waterfront is lovely I've been watching your progress so far and I really like what I'm seeing. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

[Simmer2 23,828]

There is one more thing..

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And this is what you can achieve...

Simmer2/Nick

[9gruntsand1hammer 3,198]

Ouimet office parks

[Fantozzi 4,068]

@T Wrecks - Update, new dock props for the crane  - ?

[MissVanleider 1,851]

On 03/05/2016 at 8:35 PM, Belfastsocrates said:

I've entered into the never-ending spiral of texture creation! It's completely addictive. 

-snip-

I'm pleased with the results so far.

 

You should be very pleased. I love this retaining wall. Please tell me how you did it! XD

 

 

[_Michael 2,681]

@MissVanleider

I can't speak for Belfastsocrates, but since the retaining walls are available and public then it would just be a LE edit. Now where the walls are or what they are called I can't remember. 

[Simmer2 23,828]

Thank you everyone!

Well, the wait is over. Click and plop!

Here are a few more examples.

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Enjoy!

Simmer2/Nick

[Belfastsocrates 1,753]

18 hours ago, _Michael said:

@MissVanleider

I can't speak for Belfastsocrates, but since the retaining walls are available and public then it would just be a LE edit. Now where the walls are or what they are called I can't remember. 

Yeah the walls have been edited in LE with textures I made in photoshop. Unfortunately I've been utterly devoid of time to play SC4 recently so haven't had time to play with these

The walls are by @Bipinbut they aren't publicly available on the STEX as far as I know as they're an unfinished version of something he is/was working on. 

[Fantozzi 4,068]

R.D.E (Rural Docklands Expansion) - WIP, Update 4 (enlarge image for a more detailled view).

[PaleoCardio 150]

On 18/02/2017 at 1:18 PM, Fantozzi said:

R.D.E (Rural Docklands Expansion) - WIP, Update 4 (enlarge image for a more detailled view).

Nice WIP. That's a nice docks/embankments set. 

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[MeMyself&I 379]

5 hours ago, Fantozzi said:

R.D.E (Rural Docklands Expansion) - WIP, Update 4 (enlarge image for a more detailled view).

Nice!  It looks great and I like the cranes better too this way.  Thanks for sticking with this!  I'm eagerly anticipating it's completion

[Dreadnought 8,227]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT II

WILHELMSHAVEN WEST:

(Click to make bigger.)

Yo, guys --

This time we have the Northeast Industrial Park.  Nothing too large -- just enough to barely satisfy the city growth requirements -- but spread out around a single freight terminal sitting on the ONLY road out of the park. (Thereby ensuring the freight trucks will use the rail terminal.)

Mostly the emphasis was on using some interesting industrial buildings and dressing them out with a bunch of custom filler lots to give them that realistic touch.  I also wanted to put enough room between them to allow for some creative MMP work

DAO CHEMICAL COMPLEX

The only glitch here, is that NBVC lotted the tank car filler dock as a train station -- so it spawns passenger trains instead of freight trains!

 

DEAD FOREST TIMBER PRODUCTS

 

McCORMICK & COMPANY

Small and compact -- but lots of jobs.

 

MPR  METALS,  L.L.C.

 

NORTHEAST INDUSTRIAL FREIGHT YARD

Again -- small and compact -- but very functional.  Not a single truck gets past the loading docks.  And you've got a CSX freight pulling out of the terminal yard.

 

CSX FREIGHT -- bound for the Wilhelmshaven docks.

 

[matias93 7,535]

On 18/02/2017 at 1:18 PM, Fantozzi said:

R.D.E (Rural Docklands Expansion) - WIP, Update 4 (enlarge image for a more detailled view).

Yay! More acronyms. SC4 would be nothing without them!

[f3cs 1,063]

Implementing a BRT System in my region. This is the terminal of the BRT System in the CBD, side to side with the Rail terminal, a complex called "Terminal Central". The complex receives 160000 passengers/day.  They're also integrated with line 1 of the metro with the "Central station". The Complex also gives access to the biggest walkable complex of services in the region.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Stuffing Decatur with mmp's.

[MeMyself&I 379]

8 hours ago, Thin White Duke said:

Stuffing Decatur with mmp's.

Wow.  That's coming along nicely!  What terrain mod are you using, just out of curiosity?  It definitely works here.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

@MeMyself&I Thank you! It's good old Berner Oberland.