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[Silur 3,308]

Thank you ST14 for information!

[kschmidt 6,202]

On 1/13/2019 at 6:35 PM, Haljackey said:

Continuing to connect my region to the 2014 interchange tile

Involved building a rather elongated connection

Connections now:

Monthly challenges of 2014/15 where nice. New Hamptonshire challenge never got anywhere the last unfortunaly ! Maps are nice specialy Bridges Challenge and New Hamptonshire. Eco challenge ! Maybe there´s room for this challenges as well ? Would love to see something like that back on Simtropolis. Monthly challenge region with all maps would be nice to make !

Wondering how you keep the distance between land level and sea level at such size there allways a decent bridge to navigate boats under ?

Sincerely yours,

kschmidt

[RRetail 7,912]

I know the chain is on its way out, but here's a WIP of a '90s style Kmart.

[Evanjs 602]

Beautiful! 

[Simmer2 23,831]

I would like to release the Fortress as soon as possible so I'm going to leave it up to you, the player, to chose 1 out of 2 different skins.
I went ahead and rendered yet another textured version. They are shown naked. No MPP no base texture, what you see is what you get.

So here is the the one I have shown you before.

And here is the new one, you can clearly see the texture difference.

I will be uploading only one, chose wisely.

Simmer2

[gviper 922]

Well, been having fun in a previously prop-poxed city that preceded the city presented in the journal. Went with a strictly grow-only. Here are a few pics as I've been completing a sunken highway around the CBD.  More finished pics here than in progress since I'm not much of a fan of the nitty-gritty. It took some work.

[Huggy-Bear 36]

15 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

I would like to release the Fortress as soon as possible so I'm going to leave it up to you, the player, to chose 1 out of 2 different skins.
I went ahead and rendered yet another textured version. They are shown naked. No MPP no base texture, what you see is what you get.

So here is the the one I have shown you before.

And here is the new one, you can clearly see the texture difference.

I will be uploading only one, chose wisely.

Simmer2

Both textures are fantastic. I think I prefer the new texture, but it was a hard choice.

[sejr99999 8,365]

22 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

I would like to release the Fortress as soon as possible so I'm going to leave it up to you, the player, to chose 1 out of 2 different skins.
I went ahead and rendered yet another textured version. They are shown naked. No MPP no base texture, what you see is what you get.

So here is the the one I have shown you before.

And here is the new one, you can clearly see the texture difference.

I will be uploading only one, chose wisely.

Simmer2   it's a tough choice but I think the second variation although both would be excellent (I'm greedy)

 

 

[Simmer2 23,831]

The castle matter was settled over at SC4D. Both models will be released. Thank you for your attention.
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On to other interesting items. I was playing with a piece of wire and when I decided to wrap it around a chunk of iron and apply power to it, this happened...
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[pclark06 12,055]

working on what appears to be my most intensive restaurant model to date.

[Simmer2 23,831]

...aaand they are out...

 

[Socold 120]

2 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

The castle matter was settled over at SC4D. Both models will be released. Thank you for your attention.
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On to other interesting items. I was playing with a piece of wire and when I decided to wrap it around a chunk of iron and apply power to it, this happened...
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Simmer2

 

 

THAT......IS.....AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[Barroco Hispano 26,915]

2018 Toyota Camry LE:

2019 Dodge RAM:

[Simmer2 23,831]

I have shown this before but I just finished a new tram model and wanted to showcase it in my quad GLR mini spur. I even gave it night lights I also made a quick catenary for this occasion.
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Simmer2

[pclark06 12,055]

this is going way better than I expected

[Billk2007 307]

48 minutes ago, pclark06 said:

this is going way better than I expected

Way cool.  Just tried this place for the first time the other day. 

[tariely 4,498]

Colourful ! 

[Haljackey 17,385]

Today I am working on a new bridge at the entrance to a lake

Should it go north-south?

No it can't because the highway has a 0 tile median. Dual span bridges need at least a one tile median

East-west it is then!

Sloping the approaches

Seeing how tight the smooth curves can get. (Don't worry about lane count mismatches, interchange will be here later on)

Completed rough concept (needs a lot of polishing)

Location in region (Oak Lake)

 

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On 1/14/2019 at 2:23 PM, kschmidt said:

Monthly challenges of 2014/15 where nice. New Hamptonshire challenge never got anywhere the last unfortunaly ! Maps are nice specialy Bridges Challenge and New Hamptonshire. Eco challenge ! Maybe there´s room for this challenges as well ? Would love to see something like that back on Simtropolis. Monthly challenge region with all maps would be nice to make !

Wondering how you keep the distance between land level and sea level at such size there allways a decent bridge to navigate boats under ?

Sincerely yours,

kschmidt

 

What you see is basic sea level, I don't do anything different. No mods lowering ship height for bridges or anything; no terrain mod to increase or decrease water height either.

The bridges I build are 'just' barely tall enough for ferries/shipping for low elevation areas for most of them. That, complied with smooth slope approaches makes it look pretty neat! Hope this helps!

[Simmer2 23,831]

Here is an update on the turn of the century (19th) train shelter. I also made a steam locomotive and a couple of oldish passenger coaches.
Please disregard the bright base texture, this is just a mock up for size comparison only, therefore WIP

Rendered

Unrendered (different angle and light source)

Simmer2

[Dgmc2013 937]

Now, I'm work in the South part of the Balseth Downtown, but it is still in development

 

 

[f3cs 1,063]

New Bridge & New Region 

[Barroco Hispano 26,915]

[JulianMIA 1,601]

2 hours ago, f3cs said:

New Bridge & New Region 

Bridges and tunnels, two of my favorite things... and you got both  

[JulianMIA 1,601]

Was working on the landscaping around the new HSR which is running through the North Yards district and I built these...

 

Then I was messing around thinking how it would look if I built the HSR on raised ground and laid in landscaping lots with a cool retaining wall texture like this...  (just test lots on the landscaping, don't judge! )

Not sure what I think yet, curious for opinions...

[kschmidt 6,202]

Dresden - Neustadt III !

Some services and utilities established !

All energy and water mod wood ease work, yet I like to be realistic and have my own grid on !

Mayor landmark given it´s place like the dresder frauen kirche and other !

Little work on the GLR and tram network !

Enjoy !

 

[matias93 7,535]

@JulianMIA that, that's a really good idea! I would move those fence props from there though. If you were interested on playing a bit with gMax, you could even make some sloped wall props to replace them, as to make the retaining wall not fully vertical.

[The British Sausage 5,449]

First of all acknowledgement must be given to Mattb325 who has created a batch of FA-3 buildings!

I cannot overstate how remarkable this is as he has just opened the doors to whole new grid-busting possibilities! And he has another 25 or so FA-3 buildings/lots to release this year!

 

[pclark06 12,055]

Potbelly is out now!

[JulianMIA 1,601]

4 hours ago, matias93 said:

@JulianMIA that, that's a really good idea! I would move those fence props from there though. If you were interested on playing a bit with gMax, you could even make some sloped wall props to replace them, as to make the retaining wall not fully vertical.

Thanks!  I am definitely going to take the fence out, these were just some lots from a different area I was using to take a look at the retaining wall technique.  I am going to try to actually do final lots with the same fence raised up 15m to try to line the HSR with it and see how it looks, would be cool if I can get it to position just right.  

In the end I think I will probably do a combination of both techniques - elevated HSR with the lots around it and raised earth with the retaining walls.  I realize there will be soooo much of it there is plenty of space to do both...

I would love to do gMax but decided against it because I think if I get started with that I will just end up making things and never getting the city built!  But you're right I think it would look better than perfect straight up and down.  Although the new elevated rail ramps built here in downtown Miami are actually straight up and down so we will see.  Will post updates!

[Barroco Hispano 26,915]

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