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A small contribution

Working on the big park in the middle of the city...

... and setting the bases of the city's public housing neighbourhood:

[Dreadnought 8,227]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT II

WILHELMSHAVEN SOUTH:

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Yo, guys --

On the lower west side of the island -- a "sort of" Manhattan -- a tiny, unobtrusive group of buildings sits below the bluff.  Removed from the teeming streets above and the clutter of high-rise offices, you can find a quiet hideaway and enjoy a good cigar and a shot of scotch in the outdoor cafe.  The people coming and going from the small marina pier will provide the perfect distraction from a busy day while the "Spy Bar" provides the amenities.  I always try to use the old Maxis Marina because it generates the speed boat and sail boat automata I like to watch.  I added a few parking lot fillers and dressed the place up with some of Paeng's PedMalls and some MMP work.

 

On the other end of the same access road, you will find what may be the answer to a high-powered tycoon's predicament -- "Golden Monkey Marine Air".  They run commercials on television constantly -- "Own an offshore island?  Got a North Sea oil rig that needs your immediate attention?  Can't wait for a slow boat?  Charter a seaplane from Golden Monkey!  We fly anyone, anywhere, for any price that rings our bell!  Unregulated flights for discreet travelers."

I modified the NBVC Marina pieces for the seawalls, borrowed the floating docks from the PEG Marinas, added Paeng's seaplanes, and re-lotted his "Island Air" office to fit the scene.  With a couple of parking lot fillers -- you're good to go.  I deliberately made it into several modular pieces so that it can be squeezed into almost any size space, or expanded to fill a void.  "Modular" is your friend !

 

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On 3/2/2018 at 3:25 PM, The British Sausage said:

Wow! This is a very different style Bipin!

Looks you've exchanged grey concrete for green grass!

I've always been a fan of the rural, but cities are cool too! More recently, I've been combining green-space and urban-space into a new whole. I think that's how a lot of real-world cities should present themselves; as having both interspersed with one-another. It's fun being able to use SC4 as a sort of model for contemporary urban planning!

On 3/2/2018 at 4:49 PM, kschmidt said:

Great RHW use; bricked must be somekind of overlay ? Nice use of the diamond intechanges. Black tile path lots obviously doesn´t like hilly terrain, well done !

Thanks! Which brick part are you thinking of? I have a custom sidewalk mod, and the roundabouts are my own BATs (still available on the STEX I believe).

I think moving forward, diverging-diamond interchanges are the way to go! Roundabouts too, of course.

[nycsc4 5,250]

Working on the transitions between my beach and marinas.  You'll have to excuse the abandonment in the last photo, this tile is nearly 1,300 sim years old.  Haven't quite gotten around to replacing them just yet.

Thanks!

[Simmer2 23,830]

Drive by rusty pic dump..SM2 Abandoned Train Depot is where those lost deliveries and forgotten dreams end up. You will find some burned out tankers too  ;D
There is even a scrap metal handling facility across the street (how convenient)
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[kschmidt 6,199]

ANNO Holland !

nRVOUS helped me find the ideal shoppingmall for my hometown, with another building by dmscopio it forms a nice venue !

Enjoy !

[kschmidt 6,199]

Praha - prague 02 !

Started to add some street patern. Hilly terrain in upper part, gradualy lowering into  the old city !

Contuur of the old city,  slightly present !

Widend the river bend a little bit to give som more room for !

Enjoy !

[Simmer2 23,830]

This is part of something new but yet old and lost....

I was bored a bit and started this project. The sidings are almost done.

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@Dreadnought : I too like the old Maxis Marina and its automatas ; it looks great when it accepts to be plopped correctly (not too high....not too low.... aaaargh !). Nice quiet little spot ! And the use of Pond Air is a great idea. I like Golden Monkey's spiel.

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On 2/3/2018 at 2:14 PM, robdragon said:

Was wondering are you going to upload these or are these for you? Would like to get these they are good!

I vaguely intend to upload those rail stations at some point, if the Deps list is not hysteria-inducing   ; shouldn't be for most of them, but... I haven't really checked yet. And RL is getting kinda busy.

[redfox85 659]

Just testing my first ever use of MMPs in the city of Muskoka in the nation of Vesperia:

[T Wrecks 10,210]

7 hours ago, redfox85 said:

Just testing my first ever use of MMPs in the city of Muskoka in the nation of Vesperia:

I think it looks good, but the greenish ground showing through keeps it from looking great IMO. This might be a case for JENX' Poseidon mod. Maybe the water texture is just a bit too transparent, though.

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@twrecks Its Gobias' Carribbean Sea with their Bernier Oberland terrian... and I do agree about the transparency. It's bugging me. And I dont use the Poseidon Mod... its actually Simmer's MMPs.

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2 hours ago, redfox85 said:

@twrecks Its Gobias' Carribbean Sea with their Bernier Oberland terrian... and I do agree about the transparency. It's bugging me. And I dont use the Poseidon Mod... its actually Simmer's MMPs.

You can either change the water or make the water depth a bit more. That looks more like 7.5 meter and too even. I usually make it all even and then use the "lowering" terrain brush after setting it at the lowest value and brush around thus making the terrain a bit uneven.  Be careful not to change the shore depth to avoid the seawalls from becoming uneven. By lowering the water you also get the "wave" effect as well, which looks more realistic!

This is the result.

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@redfox85 I agree with Simmer2; by lowering the seabed more, you could get rid of the green parts in the sea because the NBVC Marina only covers half of a city tile with the seawall and herefore only covers half of the slope.

BTW, there is a way to increase the opacity of the water, but this is done with your terrain mod, not with your water mod. If you can work with the Reader, please open your terrain mod files and search for the property WaterDepthForMaxAlpha. This controls at which water depth (in m below sea level) the water becoms opaque. I believe Maxis default = 24; raising this value will basically make the water more transparent and lowering it will make the water more opaque. By using a bit of trial and error, you might be able to get better results.

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@11241036 Thank you - I was reading up changing the terrian values. Seems very simple too.

@Simmer2 The depth is ... 20m. Yeah I really hate the transparency ! I was trying to make it deeper and deeper ... and still transparent and eventually gave up. Guess now its off to edit the terrain mod!

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14 hours ago, redfox85 said:

Just testing my first ever use of MMPs in the city of Muskoka in the nation of Vesperia:

SHK Brigatine water mod perhaps ?

or PEG Crystal lagoon ?

 

Sincerely yours,

kschmidt

[redfox85 659]

@kschmidt I use Gobias' Caribbean Sea for Muskoka. Barbados is almost like a second home to me. Brigantine is what I use for the other city I've shown here, Laurentia. 

[rivit 3,402]

Since the SC4Fix using GLR has become viable (even enjoyable) again

 

NAM Tram In Street modded onto Tarsealed Streets + SFBT Tram Mod - modded to use my PCC tram - my own Pavings and Grasses

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1 hour ago, rivit said:

Since the SC4Fix using GLR has become viable (even enjoyable) again

 

NAM Tram In Street modded onto Tarsealed Streets + SFBT Tram Mod - modded to use my PCC tram - my own Pavings and Grasses

This is very, very pretty.  Well done.  Love your textures too, plus I'm a sucker for those old PCC cars!

[nycsc4 5,250]

New ferry terminal at Stanley Park:

Thanks!

[T Wrecks 10,210]

15 hours ago, rivit said:

NAM Tram In Street modded onto Tarsealed Streets + SFBT Tram Mod - modded to use my PCC tram - my own Pavings and Grasses

Consider me interested. Very interested. The drooling kind of interested.

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Thanks for the likes!!

Introducing 2 more sidings to go with the set. North American tankers and Euro Tankers (for the euro crowd)
Also I made several new railcars including an entire set of "rusty and grungy"
And I'm ditching the old style bumper for the modern one. Introducing SM2 Uni-Bumper. (Why did I not think of it sooner) It took me 8 minutes to make lol.
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4 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

Consider me interested. Very interested. The drooling kind of interested.

Ditto.

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@Simmer2 : those are lively sidings ! 

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17 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

Consider me interested. Very interested. The drooling kind of interested.

Well here we go folks - on my Onedrive  They were well advanced before I previewed them,  just needed to be packaged

201803 RVT SFBT Tram Mod - you need the original for this to be useful

201803 RVT TSS - NAM GLR - both just the MAXIS files and also sources for those inclined to GoFSH.

Instructions within - Enjoy, I await the pictures

[Simmer2 23,830]

This siding is for all my Japanese friends. It will be included in the final pack.

 

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[AsimPika3172 1,148]

Nice wall paintings or murals, including Joker!   Keep moving forward, Simmer2!  

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Messing around with Mayor Mode Ploppables

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8 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

This siding is for all my Japanese friends. It will be included in the final pack.

 

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Looking good! What retaining walls are those with the graffiti on them?