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[tariely 4,498]

8 hours ago, WolfZe said:

But..........  I'm selfish. 
Until Christmas all this is certainly not ready ! Who the hell puts such a huge power plant in his city, except me ?
I will never upload that ....

OK, so you're selfish. Bad Santa.. 

But. To answer your question : you underestimate a player's imagination. Sometimes a lot fires it and we can organize a whole tile around that lot. I know I have done so and will undoubtedly do it again.

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24 minutes ago, tariely said:

OK, so you're selfish. Bad Santa.. 

But. To answer your question : you underestimate a player's imagination. Sometimes a lot fires it and we can organize a whole tile around that lot. I know I have done so and will undoubtedly do it again.

Good, when everything is ready, do you get the whole giant puzzle, promised.

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The second boiler house and the transitions to the next buildings stand.

Still much space to fill.

 

[rsc204 21,859]

2 hours ago, tariely said:

OK, so you're selfish. Bad Santa.. 

But. To answer your question : you underestimate a player's imagination. Sometimes a lot fires it and we can organize a whole tile around that lot. I know I have done so and will undoubtedly do it again.

2 hours ago, WolfZe said:

Good, when everything is ready, do you get the whole giant puzzle, promised.

I'll second Tariely here, you might be surprised how many people would be interested in such works. Sadly many CJs/MDs have been decimated over the years when image hosts changed terms or shut down. But certainly plenty of players have devoted very large areas to a big complex based around power, not that I can find one for reference right now. Having more tools at our disposal for recreating such installations is a boon, because let's face it, a 4x4 lot doesn't shout realism.

Not that I would want to bully anyone to release stuff, but even if you only upload the models to save time, I guarantee you someone will be grateful and make use of them.

[Simmer2 23,830]

Revamped almost all textures, changed and fake-bump tricked the wall texture. Added several more detail (windows. doors, arch entrances etc)

Still more to do....stairs, connection bridges and a few more things.

Simmer2

[JulianMIA 1,593]

1 hour ago, Simmer2 said:

Revamped almost all textures, changed and fake-bump tricked the wall texture. Added several more detail (windows. doors, arch entrances etc)

Still more to do....stairs, connection bridges and a few more things.

Simmer2

Nice improvement - separating the turret floor and rampart textures from the walls, really adds realism and depth...

[pclark06 12,014]

an Interstate Batteries store that pops up in industrial areas. I could double it as an I-M file as well. edit: Freightliner progress

[RRetail 7,910]

Eat, see, play and sleep.

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The two machine houses with connection for the flue gas desulphurisation

[Simmer2 23,830]

Is it ready? Maybe not yet...
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[VALASatoshi 1,130]

@Simmer2 Looks great so far! And funny that you were last to comment as I'm making progress on these big rail station lots (11 so far) using @Reddonquixote's station, and it all wouldn't be possible without your textures/props! One of the more complex project's I've started and I'm liking where it's going 

[jmsepe 2,039]

That's a nice station. The transition form ground to elevated rail is a little too long. Is that part of the current NAM or is that a new mod?

[T Wrecks 10,210]

@Tyberius06: I think it's a feature of the new NAM. However, @VALASatoshi, if you're going for realism, you could also switch the overpass and make an avenue bridge instead. Trains are much less slope-tolerant than road vehicles, so you'd typically try to avoid any unnatural gradients. I guess you can also make some pretty nifty constructions using the elevated avenue pieces, including an elevated intersection with the road that runs parallel to the rail line.

@Simmer2: No way it is close to finished! I would expect some lizards enjoying the sun on the warm stones, plus some ants crawling around... maybe some horse droppings, too... in short, your model is totally devoid of any detail. This is utterly unacceptable.

[Yes, I am kidding.]

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

I disagree. I think the elevation change is perfect... esp when looking at the real station. The rail goes over a large road, and goes down in elevation and at the end of the station goes underground. Either way I’m not going for realism I’m going for what I want and what the game can do. I’m not going to go learn how to model just to make a brand new elevation change that fits perfectly with the existing props and textures especially when what’s included with the NAM ismore than adequate. And I also want to make some buildings overhang under the rail. Matt also made wonderful el rail stations. Didn’t think I’d be posting defending my decisions

[Tyberius06 12,237]

13 minutes ago, T Wrecks said:

@Tyberius06: I think it's a feature of the new NAM.

I think you meant to reply to @jmsepe. I haven't posted anything here for 2 weeks now :). But yepp, that's the new L0-L2 (15,5m) direct ERRW transition which would be more realistic than the old puzzle piece based 4-5 tiles long one, which seems to be too steep for real life rails. With the ERRW the shorter ramp got the L0-L1 (7,5m) transition and the L2 got the longer ramp.

You can still find in the NAM the old Puzzle Piece based shorter and steeper L0-L2 transition ramp, but it doesn't have those flexible effects than the ERRW ramps.

- Tyberius

[T Wrecks 10,210]

1 hour ago, VALASatoshi said:

defending my decisions

Well, that word seems a little big now, seeing how nobody attacked them in the first place.  I explicitly said "you could also" - if this sounds like an attack, then how would you expect me to word it to clarify that I only intend to offer an additional option that you may not have had on radar?

It's sad that I should even have to write this, but of course this is your creation alone (which I gave my Like to with a thumbs up, by the way, because I think it's pretty awesome, makes for a lovely picture and I genuinely, well... like it!), of course you are free to do as you please, and of course you don't need to defend or justify anything. "I'm doing it like this because this is how I roll" is, has always been, and will  always be, totally fine - be it explicitly by stating it or implicitly by ignoring any comment and sticking to your original plan.

This being said, you are also 100% right that the rail goes over the road here. I just "travelled" to Melbourne using Google Maps, and I saw that, in fact, the entire complex seems to be raised relative to the bridge across the Yarra River - here's the view from Queens Bridge. Not that this has to matter for aynything, of course. It's just a very interesting setup, I think.

In any case, I'm curious to see the station once you've aded those buildings under the elevated rail and finished the surroundings. All of your projects have been a delight to look at so far, and this one is no exception.

@Tyberius06: Whoops, you're right - I screwed up there. Thanks you for leaving that additional info on the rail viaducts after I summoned you for no reason, though.

[CT14 2,486]

19th Century Small Shops Preview

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Two more transitions and a building, then the power generation is finished.
Then it goes on with the ash storage, the ash return and the loading units at the port.

[nycsc4 5,250]

10 hours ago, VALASatoshi said:

I disagree. I think the elevation change is perfect... esp when looking at the real station. The rail goes over a large road, and goes down in elevation and at the end of the station goes underground. Either way I’m not going for realism I’m going for what I want and what the game can do. I’m not going to go learn how to model just to make a brand new elevation change that fits perfectly with the existing props and textures especially when what’s included with the NAM ismore than adequate. And I also want to make some buildings overhang under the rail. Matt also made wonderful el rail stations. Didn’t think I’d be posting defending my decisions.

You're station looks wonderful.  But I don't think @T Wrecks was at all attacking your design or insinuating that you should do things differently.  Just some harmless tips we all usually offer each other in this community.  I also don't think he was suggesting that you learn how to model and create your own pieces, what he suggested is already possible with the current NAM.

Anyway, I've attempted to use this station on more then one occasion and wasn't able to make it work.  You've done an excellent job and I also look forward to the final design.

I also have a slight update for anyone who may be interested.  Been working on the Granville Street entrance into the Downtown Peninsula.

Starting off with the beginning of the Granville Street Greenway:

Can someone please explain to me how to use these little tags?  I'm trying to say I relotted Kelly's The Bow to add some benches and a Canadian Flag, but my cursor keeps getting trapped in the blue box and my keyboard suddenly becomes non-functional.  I can't even delete it.
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Thanks!

[Darrius11able 728]

So earlier today I once AGAIN tried my hand at sunken RHW in urban area and was surprised at how well this came out. I definitely plan on using this design specifically because how well it looks at night. 

Traffic GIFs are very satisfying to me so enjoy  

Also if anyone is aware of lights that work with RHW 6C/8C that are on the barriers I'd like to know as I feel this would much better with them. 

[Haljackey 17,385]

Terraforming a new part of my mega-region

[Simmer2 23,830]

Well I went ahead and upped the ante a bit further. Added several more details and there is still room for more.
Can you spot the differences? (there are quite a few)
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[Tyberius06 12,237]

Hi everyone!

I'm gonna be lazy and copy almost the same post from my development thread over at SC4D.
@Simmer2: well that castle is pretty amazing. As I see you've changed the layout a bit, added an extra tower and connected two towers with a footbridge. It's pretty impressive stuff.

@nycsc4: that city is coming along pretty well. I like how you build up the GLR network, and specially love the use of the Warwick houses. I love them too...

@WolfZe: that mega power plant will be amazing! Keep up the good work!  

In the past couple of weeks I've been busy with RL: new job, 6 days a week, 40-50 hours, mostly evenings, so after 5 months of unemployment which was occured during the summer, this little change hit my free time a bit. So some of my projects has been put onto shelves. But as I showed in my last post I started to clean up 2-3 years old personal custom projects and try to bring them into a shape where they can be released for public. These walls and fillers were necessary for my playing style, the only way when I like uniformity is in SimCity and in my cities. Also I had to make some custom lots in special set-ups and thanks to rsc204, who provided a special repository in this thread for Rivit's TSR streets, I was able to make a full NO Grass (NGN) version of the TSR streets on all wealth levels, and I have a few pictures about my latest city. So let's see them

1. The NAM has the Madison Wells station which is (by default) an El-Rail over Road El-rail station with a roadxroad intersection beneath the station. I made two custom versions, the first was simple El-rail over road station without the roadxroad intersection, on the second version I changed the roadxroad intersection to a roadxOWR3 intersection, gave the that piece modified paths to ensure full function. So here are some pictures about the second version. The first and third images shows a special 1x1 piece a single El-Rail over roadxOWR3 intersection filler piece. It has a nominated capacity to let traffic pass through but it doesn't have station function otherwise.

2. Rivit's TSR streets. I used Rivit's original repositories and MGB's modifications to make GoFSH work and manage to make a full sidewalk version of the TSR streets on all wealth level. Huge thank for @rivit and @rsc204 to make those stuffs available.

3. Simmer2 in the last couple of years has put his mark onto everykind of industrial stuffs (Titan of Industry) and since then he has been expanding his portfolio with various BAT projects from spaceships to ancient castles. Well his industrial props always inspired me, so I decided to take T Wrecks IRM fillers ideas and upgrade them with SM2 props. Well this project has been shelved until I start working on the Heretic Seaport Projects again, but I started to work on a new industrial wall set, and Simmer2 gave me a prototype of his new 4m long slope tolerant soundwalls. These are just test lots, not the final versions.

4. And for the end of this post, I share a couple of pictures about one of my cities. i started to replace some of the GLR stations with my GLR stations from the Heretic GLR Station Sets (vol.1, vol. 2, vol. 3).

Stay tuned...

- Tyberius

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Great stuff there! I particularly like the diagonal slope-conforming sound walls. 

By the way, @Tyberius06, seeing how you have become pretty much a transportation / FLUPs / pathing expert by now, I was wondering if the NDEX tunnel portals have ever been on your radar? I recently came across them again, and they are impressive models for sure.

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So, all the gaps closed and all transitions made.
Thus, about half of the plant is done.
So far, there are 23 different LOT's.
Let's see how many will be left.

[Tyberius06 12,237]

16 minutes ago, T Wrecks said:

I was wondering if the NDEX tunnel portals have ever been on your radar? I recently came across them again, and they are impressive models for sure.

Thanks!

I don't know which portals you do refer to. I remember one which called NDEX Rail to Subway Transition, but It might have actually custom paths. (I just checked, it has). Could you send links, and I check them. 

Thanks

- Tyberius

 

[T Wrecks 10,210]

1 hour ago, Tyberius06 said:

I don't know which portals you do refer to. I remember one which called NDEX Rail to Subway Transition, but It might have actually custom paths. (I just checked, it has). Could you send links, and I check them. 

I meant these two, for roads and for avenues, respectively. Unfortunately, it looks like the road/avenue texture is baked into the model, though. Otherwise, these things could even be repurposed. Anyway, I think they belong to the best-looking tunnel portals there are. I thought these might be interesting for you when you FLUPify or otherwise mod something. If not, that's all right - I figured it'd be worth a shot at least.

[pclark06 12,014]

HHW Freightliner has been sent to @kingofsimcity who I'm sure will make an awesome lot. I may need to re-export after KOSC's lotting though due to the left side wall being taller than the building height, I must have moved it accidentally while editing the model. 

The Interstate Batteries dealer also has had some progress made. I want to make a toolbox inside the window so I'm working on that and the textures are obviously not done yet. 

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A coal loading crane for the dock of the coal power plant.

20 meters rail distance at the base. 80 meters high

 

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The cooling tower is placed.
The hybrid cooling tower ensures the operation of the power plant, as long as Elbe water can only be used to a limited extent for continuous cooling. This is the case, for example, with high water temperature, low headwater runoff and low oxygen content of the river.
For urban planning reasons, the cooling tower has to meet two requirements: low height and only small formation of swaths. At 60.5 meters, it is significantly smaller than the approximately 200 meter high natural draft cooling towers. Steam billows are largely avoided by the use of fans, which are switched on in certain weather conditions via a weather station.