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Regional view is impressive

[f3cs 1,063]

2 hours ago, RRetail said:

If you like traffic jams, then sure!

The usage of the road is 3000 cars, in the morning. It's not that clogged, just well used. I needed that space on the south of the railway because of the highway (and for landscaping ). I did that too because it looks like a viaduct near my home, it links the two sides of the roads near one of the most used suburban rails in Metropolitan Rio.

[SecretMbr_735754 2,158]

5 hours ago, nycsc4 said:

I've added a couple wider shots of the city here. Again photos are clearer if you click on them.

Great Region views, yeah that's Vancouver for sure!   It looks like a lot of work.   As its my home city I could ramble on about it for hours with a million things to say, but as it looks like a work in progress I hope to see more and it would make a great City Journal too.   The city planning for Vancouver is very unique in North America I think, but that's an essay worth of info too, so I'll just say thanks again and it looks great.       

[RRetail 7,912]

16 hours ago, f3cs said:

The usage of the road is 3000 cars, in the morning. It's not that clogged, just well used. I needed that space on the south of the railway because of the highway (and for landscaping ). I did that too because it looks like a viaduct near my home, it links the two sides of the roads near one of the most used suburban rails in Metropolitan Rio.

Still you must have some annoyed commuters..... It does look good nonetheless!

[Haljackey 17,398]

On 9/3/2017 at 6:09 PM, Tyberius06 said:

Hi!

@Haljackey

1. You draw a diag to ortho curve

2. You cross the curve from the last tile across the first tile before and after the curve

3. Than draw the upper track (on this picture) from left to right, which will convert the turnout.

4. You click with the rail tool on the "wrong" spot to make the turnout complete

I hope the above pictures help you out!

- Tyberius

Hey!

You rock!

This was very useful and I was able to make the junction.

Pic:

Plus the surrounding area I am currently working on:

Thanks again!

-Haljackey

[RRetail 7,912]

3 hours ago, Haljackey said:

Hey!

You rock!

This was very useful and I was able to make the junction.

Pic:

Plus the surrounding area I am currently working on:

Thanks again!

-Haljackey

That's a lot of traffic too. Sorry couldn't help myself....  

[Haljackey 17,398]

1 hour ago, RRetail said:

That's a lot of traffic too. Sorry couldn't help myself....  

Ha! No worries at all. I actually love dealing with traffic in this game, presents me with a challenge!

Note that this area is still a work in progress (this thread is called show us what you're working on, after all). I've already added another through lane on each side of that 90 degree curve to deal with the volumes a bit.

Best to do it now before the area gets developed.

Further down the road:

[korver 27,686]

[f3cs 1,063]

Almost Haljackeyan

 

[RobertLM78 1,598]

Manta:

Sunken railway, Manta:

 

Zonders:

Satellite view:

Transportation view:

 

 

 

[f3cs 1,063]

21 hours ago, RobertLM78 said:

Sunken railway, Manta:

Hello! I want to give you a couple tips. When you're doing things like urban planning, you have to think in two things: the form and the function. I think you should look with care on the second one. You have the perfect opportunity to work with road hierarchy, a physical barrier. Think about real life, viaducts in the real world are expensive, so viaducts are used only in few cases, that could be in your case, the avenues. This filters your traffic and allow commerce to grow in your avenues, and avoid the side streets. If you follow that, in the future, you'll need less expropriation for widening roads. 

[RobertLM78 1,598]

3 minutes ago, f3cs said:

Think about real life, viaducts in the real world are expensive, so viaducts are used only in few cases, that could be in your case, the avenues

Agreed.  I wouldn't be so generous if it weren't for this area being a future commercial district. 

(and with some things, it's just easier to do it at the beginning that to do it later with buildings (and TE roadtop masstransit) all over the place - even if it is at cost of realism while growing)

[Haljackey 17,398]

Final road designs in place before development. The highway has now been fully widened to contain 6 through lanes on the curve

[matias93 7,535]

Wow, there's a lot of great work out there!! 

@A. Gates I don't remember having seen much work on Philadelphia, let alone a recreation, and this one looks like going on the right direction. Nonetheless, I guess you'll have to use many replacements for buildings that haven't been done.

@Thin White Duke while I'm not a fan of suburbia, yours is looking pretty neat, particularly that diagonal part on the upper left corner!

@korver is there something one could say? No, there isn't; there aren't words! Everything you touch is simply magical.

@nycsc4 Impressive!! As you can see, full city recreations are really unusual here, and even more so functional ones! I don't know Vancouver enough to discern how alike yours is to the original, but I can say that those mid-density neighbourhoods are lovely. With no doubt at all, that's the best way to make cities!! Also, your usage of those raised parks is brilliant; take for granted that I'll try to copy it at the first opportunity...

@f3cs It looks cool, but I'm a bit insecure about the little roundabout; for that level of traffic I would try with a 3x3 one. Also, the only times I've seen those structures on real life is for pedestrian walkways, not viaducts, but I guess here we have enough space to avoid such a solution...

@Haljackey I'm always amazed with how much traffic do you manage to have even on empty tiles. Some day I'll learn to do those fractionally angled interchanges, but surely they will be much more empty!!

@RobertLM78 great concept! Though I feel that those trenches are a bit too deep for their function. What about using L1 (7.5 metres) road overpasses to cross over them, and using that same depth? I guess it will work as right. And if you need more depth on the approach to the port, then you can down gradually.
BTW, for the canal on the right, I guess you are encountering a common issue with the brigdes: they don't allow ferry traffic at 30 metres over sea level, but instead of the curved brigdes, you can raise the approaching roads and avenues on a couple of metres and to get functional passes for ferries. It's a matter of trial and error.

 

For my part, I'm redesigning my region and replacing the wide and deep rivers with torrents, more coherent to the mountain environment, heavily eroded by water. It's a fundamentally hand-made work and that surely will require tons of MMPs to look realistic (think on meadows and floodable crops) but I think it's worth the work. In some point I pretend to make the torrents to drain to a ria (a submerged river valley), from where the water will be navigable.

  Edited September 19, 2017 by matias93  
tags finally worked

[RobertLM78 1,598]

1 hour ago, matias93 said:

great concept! Though I feel that those trenches are a bit too deep for their function. What about using L1 (7.5 metres) road overpasses to cross over them, and using that same depth? I guess it will work as right. And if you need more depth on the approach to the port, then you can down gradually.
BTW, for the canal on the right, I guess you are encountering a common issue with the brigdes: they don't allow ferry traffic at 30 metres over sea level, but instead of the curved brigdes, you can raise the approaching roads and avenues on a couple of metres and to get functional passes for ferries. It's a matter of trial and error.

Thanks!

It is a neat concept - an idea which I got from @Urban Constanta 's Bel-Air series. I agree that the depth seems low, but 1) the only two sunken stations I've found were for 15m depth, and 2) (and if I'm mistaken please correct me) the default height difference for networks is 15m - I don't know whether 7.5m would work.

Mattb's station:

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2702

Heheh - I kinda like the curved bridges.  I also like the bridges a bit higher than the default required ferry height - and not so much for ferries, either.  I make them higher to serve these PostPanamax puppies :

 

[Silur 3,308]

Hi friends ... This is my second city of Santana Island CJ named B-07-10. I have some problem with the roads here. And there are many problems with a settlements.

This is a very uncomfortable place for the roads and very bad place for people. But here I have to build a city and build a railroad. It is necessary for the development of the island of Santana !!!

I need another railway bridge - but no money today. May be I'll  settle the fisherman and hunter here. I'll take the taxes and build the bridge.

     

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

Does anybody know if Simmer2 ever published this -- ?

 

[RobertLM78 1,598]

1 minute ago, Dreadnought said:

Does anybody know if Simmer2 ever published this -- ?

That's a nice looking BAT.... he does really fine work. 

[Metacity 69]

Working on the suburb of Covesville. The game seems to be having a love affair with @mattb325's houses...not that I mind!

The grass lots are designated for future MMP work when I get around to it.

[korver 27,686]

[Simmer2 23,831]

@Dreadnought Coming soon...

 

Time to get back into the "game"! Starting with some old stuff I showed but never made it out due to a very busy RL.

Months ago I created a lot named SM2 Metal Coatings Inc depicting an old fictional industrial factory in a semi-abandoned state. Well, I completely overhauled it by creating a brand new base texture, new props (including my first tree) and re-lotting it.

It is a ploppable 6X4 lot made as an IM landmark with 20 jobs (mostly made up of clean up crews) ;D Perfect for those run down industrial areas on your map.

It sports its own single track spur which will visually connect to the rail STR network and a gated street entrance that will also visually connect to streets for that seamless look.

I will be releasing it in the next day or two, once I have finalized it. The new props will be included with this lot rather than waiting for my next prop pack release.

Here are 4 pics showing it in different angles.

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2

3

4

Simmer2

[Fantozzi 4,068]

Ahhhhhh ... when you put rust onto something in SC4, @Simmer2 ... it's like when others gildning watches. Grunge never looked as good - you ennoble grunge! The water tower looks like it served to support the allies in WW2 and now he's back home and if you put your ears on it ... it tells stories of all the things he saw in his long, long life. 

[matias93 7,535]

It's not really an update on the region building process, but on something that was been sorely needed: a new colour scheme for the Mapper and the Terraformer, more apt for mediterranean environments, without super-low snow caps, and definitely more eye-protective than the radioactive default.

If you like to try it by yourself, copy the code below to the notepad and save it as an .ini file somewhere on the Terraformer directory; for the Mapper, you have to save it as BasicColors.ini.

Spoiler

[background]
color = 333333

[water]
0 = 565A59
25 = 374641
100 = 1A2D31

[land]
1 = 797f6c
8 = 6d673b
15 = 425b21
75 = 7B6D52
100 = 7a7952
250 = 897d4e
400 = ad866e
700 = c4ab87
1000 = d1bfa5
2000 = c1b9ae
6000 = FFFFFF

 

 

[tariely 4,499]

I barely dare show up here, as I am not a batter, just a humble re/lotter as of now : I am just beginning to tinker with all the oolala SC4 tools (PIM, Reader, L.E...)  that scared me to death just a month ago, and getting to know Base textures and Overlays by they pet names. Of course, like everybody else, I'm lotting and relotting parks and plazas (incredible how much you can learn doing just that !), although I have tried one Maxis HouseOfWorship :-). My admiration and respect for batters is even greater than before, I must say ! So I will be posting some of the results here. I have mostly been trying to get a feel for what props I prefer, the ones that are gonna be my signature, somehow:-). Also, the right combinations for lighting. All this began because I suddenly realized that many sports parks and many parks had no nightlights !!! My beloved Paeng Parks had no nightlights ! AAAARGH. My peeps don't like to be mugged when getting out for a stroll or playing ball with the kids at night. So I embarked in the process of learning how-to, reluctantly at first, then getting drunk with power, way beyond lights, even when hitting snag after snag. I am now, of course, totally addicted and it's going to be hard to control. But hey, learning new things. Old bitch, new tricks --apparently I'm not dead yet ! 

Here's a typical example of beginner's overreach, I think : Astor Mosaic Plaza (a relot of Astor Plaza, a drab expanse of whitish pavement with a few measly seasonal trees...). The city's contractor's guys for the mosaics must have worked at least three months straight to produce this thing. But the kids love to play hopscotch on it.

Even at night, of course :

Grand, no ? Er...

Well, it is, compared to my very first park, at any rate. I give you... Chevrons Park (tadaaam) :

       

The second one was another love story with ...well, let's say colorful pavement textures :

No less at night :

Of course, now I am trying to relot various parks I've had in my Parks Folder for ages, seeing how they're made, learning more stuff, and trying to adhere to the principles of the Less Is More School.

You might recognize this one (those who do win a Llama) :

But it's hard to resist : so much wonderful stuff oninthe L.E ! In props Packs ! (and I have sooo many !). On lots! (deconstructing the lots from batters I love to see How They Do It)... I never thought it could be so much fun --and so infuriating at the same time, when things absolutely, totally, obdurately, refuse to work. 

Noobie's High. I'm still there.

[RobertLM78 1,598]

That is some excellent work there @tariely 

You'll have to release those to the wild as you have at least one downloader ready to go!   

[Metacity 69]

You can definitely make that two, they look absolutely beautiful! Bon travail!

(And yes, I do speak some French...4 years in high school and a trip to Quebec City, to be specific. No machine translation here!)

[SecretMbr_735754 2,158]

2 hours ago, RobertLM78 said:

That is some excellent work there @tariely 

I have to agree absolutely.  @tariely  No need to be overly modest, the gardens and plazas are great works.    BATS/models are the furniture and LOTS/Textures are the carpets and drapes and other decorations/ornaments.  Some members focus on making furniture, some on landscape/interior design, some do everything.   Its all the same great work that makes the community a home.   Now please, can you upload some of these lots?        

[tariely 4,499]

Wow, I didn't expect that, thanks, she says, blushing (no, really. Parks ? Plazas ? When you see what SM2 showed here not long ago, for instance...

OK, which of the parks do you want first ? I would have to tidy up the deps, but they're more or less ready to go (if someone reminds me how to proceed on the STEX.)

[RRetail 7,912]

35 minutes ago, tariely said:

Wow, I didn't expect that, thanks, she says, blushing (no, really. Parks ? Plazas ? When you see what SM2 showed here not long ago, for instance...

OK, which of the parks do you want first ? I would have to tidy up the deps, but they're more or less ready to go (if someone reminds me how to proceed on the STEX.)

So now we get park relots? It's a great time to be a SimCity 4 user. Welcome to the world of lot editing BTW!

[SecretMbr_735754 2,158]

1 hour ago, tariely said:

Wow, I didn't expect that, thanks, she says, blushing (no, really. Parks ? Plazas ? When you see what SM2 showed here not long ago, for instance...

OK, which of the parks do you want first ? I would have to tidy up the deps, but they're more or less ready to go (if someone reminds me how to proceed on the STEX.)

I'd say if all the lots are ready to go and mostly share the same deps then maybe package the whole set with one list of deps, that way we get a lot of goodies for the least effort of downloading and installing.  

Best practice for uploading to the STEX is using zip format to package everything together and including a readme.txt explaining the files and the deps.  Also include your member/username so others can begin to collect/share/follow your work.   You might get your own groupies/fans    

The upload page is reasonanbly self-explanatory and if you aren't happy with the page or make a boo-boo, you can mostly edit it yourself.  Anything else the mods are usually friendly and helpful.

To start just go to Lots for SC4 and click Upload New File.  I've never experienced a time-out so you can relax and take your time creating the page one step at a time, learning as you go.