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[Haljackey 17,398]

Happy New Year!

I am being nitpicky... adjusting some ramp approaches on my latest 4-way interchange.

 

Double-lane entrance

 

MIS flyover support is in the shoulder... fixing that

 

Adjustments complete - interchange is also getting use now.

[Barroco Hispano 26,932]

Mercedes Benz Zetros + Liebherr Excavator:

[korver 27,686]

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,932]

[JulianMIA 1,610]

12 hours ago, Haljackey said:

Happy New Year!

I am being nitpicky... adjusting some ramp approaches on my latest 4-way interchange.

 

Double-lane entrance

 

MIS flyover support is in the shoulder... fixing that

 

Adjustments complete - interchange is also getting use now.

Looks nice!

I have just started working with RHW a lot more and I feel like 'adjust' really means try to bulldoze one little square, have much, much more than you wanted come crashing down, then just having to building a huge amount of it all over again  

BTW - I really like those tower lights, which ones are they?

[JulianMIA 1,610]

When I decided to go with a plain grey 'empty' terrain I knew that it would be a lot of work as essentially every single square has to be covered with something - but I also think that that is really prototypical of many of the world's largest cities and I really wanted to do it that way.  As far as the eye can see in New York, London, Tokyo, or the like, everything has been covered with, built up, paved over, or planted on by the human inhabitants to create something we at least think is better than what was there.

I am realizing though that those other cities really do have an advantage with their millions of builders and at least hundreds of years of building time passed.  Whereas the urban nirvana I am trying to engineer and build and make pretty has only me.  

I have started on adding the greenery to the huge expressway interchange system that spans more than half of two neighboring cities within the region, and what I thought would be a 5 or 6 lot set of median and filler greenery has already turned into more than 30.  The different vacant spaces have shapes and spans that are much more varied than I had originally thought they would be and you keep realizing that your 'set' does not yet contain that overlay, with that type of greenery, in that configuration... 

A long evening of work has yielded nothing more than test lots that I am not sure about - and I have also realized that to really look the way I want I will have to find the grass textures that are part of the RHW itself and try to change them to mimic the shoulder grey.  Since I am picky.

So it is slow going.

I am not complaining though, I'm just sayin'... 

[JulianMIA 1,610]

23 hours ago, CT14 said:

The modular auto factory has spawned a modular auto factory railyard...

Looks awesome!

Love that old Chessie System 89'...

[CT14 2,486]

@JulianMIA Thanks!

Hey, your highway fillers look really good. I think they're ready to go as-is, without any changes to the grass.

Have you tried any of the Terrain Grass NAM mods to see if it gives the effect you are looking for, or a way to get there?

The Chessie car is from Angry Mozart's pack, which will be a dependency for the rail fillers:

Here's another test build:

 

[JulianMIA 1,610]

@CT14

Thanks for the compliment!  I have one other design that uses a different tall palm that I am going to try and I'll post to see what people think.

I know have a mod installed that removes the grass along streets but it appears to have no effect on RHW - I will look to see if there is a different one that might do it though.  But there are hundreds of images that make up the system, it would be a huge job for anyone to mod that.

Sometime I will get to my port area where I can start to use those great rail car props... 

[Tyberius06 12,267]

There has been an error reported  on my latest Shinjuku Station upload. On the Shinjuku Station East Wing v2 (japanese style) there was a missing TE tile on one of the rail tracks, now that has been fixed with v2. The other East Wing and the West Wing stayed untouched. Please redownload the files and overwrite the old ones with the new ones (at least this: PLOP_10x15_Heretic Shinjuku Station East v2_4959d7a0.SC4Lot), also if you've been using the japanese buildings version of this upload (Shinjuku Station East v2), you need to bulldoze and replop this east wing. Thanks for @Wiimeiser for the report.

The new version can be donwloaded here:

- Tyberius

[Barroco Hispano 26,932]

Cooming soon

[JulianMIA 1,610]

On ‎12‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 3:09 AM, delta9 said:

(I'm using TRK-NAM Default Asphalt Streets)

Those parking bays are really nice!

I like the dark asphalt streets you are using but was not sure what TRK-NAM referred to?  Searching didn't turn up anything and these are definitely the look of streets I want to have - default NAM is think gray streets right?  I have another street mod but that one widens and puts a dashed line.  

How do you get this type of street?

[JulianMIA 1,610]

Version 2 of the highway separators.  Probably 2 out of 26 future test versions .  

I also modded the first RHW texture to try out how a large inside shoulder looks as opposed to the original grass - I like it!

 

[TakemeThere 5,834]

Interchange work from around the region, testing the limits of the NAM all over again

Trying at times, but oh so rewarding when you find a fit that works...

[Hellken 1,658]

 

10 hours ago, Goldman Sachs said:

Cooming soon

Wow. It's always good to see HD props. Great texturing and details. How long did this take? Did you model from scratch?

 

4 hours ago, JulianMIA said:

Version 2 of the highway separators.  Probably 2 out of 26 future test versions .  

I also modded the first RHW texture to try out how a large inside shoulder looks as opposed to the original grass - I like it!

I would love to see this on the STEX. These highway medians are fantastic. It's great that they are at different levels.So useful.  

[JulianMIA 1,610]

11 hours ago, Hellken said:

I would love to see this on the STEX. These highway medians are fantastic. It's great that they are at different levels.So useful.  

Thanks.  So far I have built these as individual lots, I have to figure out how to build them as a set of 1x1's and 1x2's - a few choices of middle pieces, an end piece, a lot piece etc. - and still have it come out with a satisfactory look.  The upper one in the pick is a 1x11.  And I am still really prototyping the final style.

This section of urban interchange spans the equivalent of an entire large city square in a region so I think I am going to finish the whole thing and then from that, I should be able to put together a mod of the changes in the RHW textures that achieves the large inside shoulders.  Then from all the lots that are created to do the entire interchange system I should be able to pick the best ways to make a useful set of 'median makers'...

But this will take some time I am sure!

[delta9 24]

22 hours ago, JulianMIA said:

Those parking bays are really nice!

I like the dark asphalt streets you are using but was not sure what TRK-NAM referred to?  Searching didn't turn up anything and these are definitely the look of streets I want to have - default NAM is think gray streets right?  I have another street mod but that one widens and puts a dashed line.  

How do you get this type of street?

Thanks! The mod is Tarkus's TRK-NAM Default Asphalt Streets.

[Simmer2 23,831]

More items on the roster. The second version of the Cold Fusion Reactor as promised, also a Petroleum depot/freight station and even a mid rise building that will function as SM2 Rail Corp in all its black marble glory..
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[JulianMIA 1,610]

Just messing around using some lots that were built for a different location, I am starting to scope out the project to modernize the venerable Gare du Nord railway station, build an HSR station next door, subway stations for 4 lines that converge on the station, and combine all into a well connected pedestrian-friendly (and cars too..) transport hub.

In the picture you can really see how much HD props and crisper textures have improved the SC4 landscape.  Gare du Nord will get new lights, benches, trees, and baggage handling props along with new landscaping that will surround, and combine, the entire transport plaza and give it that south Florida lush look and feeling that I am trying to create throughout the region.

 

But the Gare du Nord station is still a beautiful building...

 

[Silur 3,308]

These are rural (50th) trucks (Automata and Props) for Santana Island.

[JulianMIA 1,610]

On ‎1‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 4:49 AM, Takingyouthere said:

Interchange work from around the region, testing the limits of the NAM all over again

"Testing the limits..." I like it!  To me that is one of the most fun aspects of the game - trying to see how complex, how many networks you can cross all in one place, engineering a solution - albeit to a pretend problem lol.

This was something built a while ago but really demonstrates what I like to do best - an HSR line has to fit in a small space along the river, stay at grade so the bullet train that is coming out from under the city can cross over, then climb quickly enough so that it can cross over the rail lines also coming out from under the city.  The rail and bullet train have to exit their tunnels, cross the HSR, cross the pedestrian Riverwalk, and then of course cross the river.  On the far side they have to deal with an expressway that runs up and down that side of the river.  Building in very tight confines.  Fun stuff. 

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4 hours ago, JulianMIA said:

"Testing the limits..." I like it!  To me that is one of the most fun aspects of the game - trying to see how complex, how many networks you can cross all in one place, engineering a solution - albeit to a pretend problem lol.

This was something built a while ago but really demonstrates what I like to do best - an HSR line has to fit in a small space along the river, stay at grade so the bullet train that is coming out from under the city can cross over, then climb quickly enough so that it can cross over the rail lines also coming out from under the city.  The rail and bullet train have to exit their tunnels, cross the HSR, cross the pedestrian Riverwalk, and then of course cross the river.  On the far side they have to deal with an expressway that runs up and down that side of the river.  Building in very tight confines.  Fun stuff. 

Wow @JulianMIA, beautiful set up! Would love to see more of this

[pclark06 12,073]

The first of five versions of True Values

[JulianMIA 1,610]

6 hours ago, Josh6 said:

Wow @JulianMIA, beautiful set up! Would love to see more of this

Thanks!  Unfortunately I lost that city during a reinstallation of the game - it really was my major 'learning' city though, I enjoyed it.  

Only other pics I could find, a close-up and when I was trying to teach myself to do tropical...

 

[Silur 3,308]

City Hall of SANTANA ISLAND received from the Metropolis some transports:

01 - Construction Mixer FANTA - UDI and PROP;

02 - Mayor Car WILLYS-01-UDI+PROP;

03 - Ice Cream VW Kombi-01-UDI+PROP;

04 - Garbage FANTA CCG-01-UDI+PROP:

 

This army will soon fill the entire island ... 

 

Thank You.  

[TakemeThere 5,834]

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On 2019-01-04 at 1:27 PM, JulianMIA said:

"Testing the limits..." I like it!  To me that is one of the most fun aspects of the game - trying to see how complex, how many networks you can cross all in one place, engineering a solution - albeit to a pretend problem lol.

This was something built a while ago but really demonstrates what I like to do best - an HSR line has to fit in a small space along the river, stay at grade so the bullet train that is coming out from under the city can cross over, then climb quickly enough so that it can cross over the rail lines also coming out from under the city.  The rail and bullet train have to exit their tunnels, cross the HSR, cross the pedestrian Riverwalk, and then of course cross the river.  On the far side they have to deal with an expressway that runs up and down that side of the river.  Building in very tight confines.  Fun stuff. 

 

Nice work, it creates a lot of visual interest when you have transit lines running above and below each other like that 

Here's something else I'm working on;

I'm a little rusty at it so I've been spending some time working with mmp's again

[pclark06 12,073]

On 1/4/2019 at 10:59 PM, pclark06 said:

The first of five versions of True Values

First of several, although this isn't a final building.

[Simmer2 23,831]

Well here it is, my very first commercial building! SM2 Rail Corp. A fictional building I made as an HQ for my SC4 rail empire 
I made 2 versions. 1 as a 2x2 growable and the other as a 2X4 landmark with jobs. Both offer 467 Co$$ jobs and here they are.
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[Hellken 1,658]

Many industrial lots are quite small. In reality, most real-life industrial lots are much larger and are often large compounds. I am creating some custom large warehouse compounds. These are growable and ploppable. I have gotten these to grow in-game. But the modding side still needs a lot of work and I need advice on modding lots.

They grow-in game. These are 10x9 industrial lots based on bripizza and JES warehouses.

A large warehouse hangar. 

 

A warehouse in a desolate winter.  

[philforhockey51 4,220]

great mmp transition