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[RRetail 7,912]

Finally in the home stretch of this massive project. 

[Simmer2 23,831]

Anyone ever seen this in game? Diamond slip lane intersection monument.
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Simmer2

[Silur 3,308]

23 minutes ago, Simmer2 said:

Anyone ever seen this in game? Diamond slip lane intersection monument.

Is this Minin and Pozharski Monument from Moscow? Never seen this in the game 

[RobertLM78 1,598]

29 minutes ago, Silur said:

Never seen this in the game

Neither have I - but I like it

[The British Sausage 5,449]

Having fun with Motokloss' parking lots (https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/27291-ms-parking-lots-road-set-car-props/ -for those curious) and the Network Widening Mod!

 

Lastly, here is another updated overview of Cindersville. I'm focusing on building up the city in the flat areas, then I will carefully build into the slopes to make the city appear wider and then I'll work on some rural villages and the surrounding countryside... It's a big project!

 

[nycsc4 5,250]

Next up on my beautification list was Water Tower Square.  Here, Waterfront Boulevard diverts into two separate streets...Waterfront Street continues diagonally along the waterfront and Water Street continues straight into Downtown Vancouver.  Locals refer to it as the Waterfront Split.  Near the center of the open space at the split is the city's oldest water tower.  It is largely for decoration now, though it does still provide some service to the marinas and a few smaller downtown buildings, about 8% of it's capacity.

Before:

After:

The Water Tower lines up directly with the center of Waterfront Boulevard providing a nice vista.  I also included some markets and spruced up the area around the subway entrance, adding newsstands, food carts, tables, and bike racks.

For those that might not realize it, I stole the water tower idea from Chicago, as far as I know, Downtown Vancouver has no water tower centering any plazas.

Thanks!

[Simmer2 23,831]

Indeed it is the Minin and Pozharsky monument. It came out somewhat blocky but its good enough for the closest zoom.  However I have never seen anyone make that kind of intersection, perhaps I will not release it due to it being such a niche item. It would be interesting to see anyone make that kind of slip lane crossroad though.

Thank you everyone.

So I was traveling my map and came across this peculiar old lot. Seems abandoned and overgrown with vegetation. One wonders what kind of factory was it in its hay days.
It looks to be 100 years old? The building seem to be about to crumble in a heap of old rotten timbers!

Here are some pics I took with my trusty drone.
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Simmer2

[Silur 3,308]

44 minutes ago, Simmer2 said:

It looks to be 100 years old? The building seem to be about to crumble in a heap of old rotten timbers!

This building will stand for another 100 years. This is excellent work!

[TakemeThere 5,834]

On 2019-02-11 at 3:35 PM, kschmidt said:

Dresden aswell will be started if the conditions are there so see you   !

Hmm... popular name for a city isn't it? 

@Simmer2 Woa slow down there, I'm only now getting around to making use of the stuff you made last year! Case in point;




Kidding ofc, keep 'em coming 

[kschmidt 6,202]

2 hours ago, Takingyouthere said:

Hmm... popular name for a city isn't it? 

@Simmer2 Woa slow down there, I'm only now getting around to making use of the stuff you made last year! Case in point;




Kidding ofc, keep 'em coming 

Good to have you back ! Industrial, Radio Antena´s,,Rhw great work !

[Lucario Boricua 7,049]

Finally trying my hand at this! The whole scene is about halfway done but the centerpieces are ready to showcase. Presenting...

 

The Sinnoh Battle Frontier!

 

General view during the day...

 

...and the night

 

Battle Factory!

 

Battle Hall!

 

Battle Castle!

 

Battle Arcade!

 

Battle Tower!

[Duco 546]

16 minutes ago, Dragonxander said:

The whole scene is about halfway

Like to see it finished.

[Silur 3,308]

This is another variation of rural houses from MAXIS.

[matias93 7,535]

6 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

However I have never seen anyone make that kind of intersection, perhaps I will not release it due to it being such a niche item. It would be interesting to see anyone make that kind of slip lane crossroad though.

I cannot find it now but some months ago I uploaded an image of a huge roundabout I was doing, which included divergent slip lanes on the entrances; sadly, your current fountain (which is gorgeous and I wanna) wouldn't fit, as it was just two slip lanes against a straight road. But maybe adding some of those variations wouldn't harm?

6 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

One wonders what kind of factory was it in its hay days.

Looks like a charcoal factory, or maybe a small sawing mill, specifically for making sleepers?

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,927]

Imperial Russian Navy:

[Simmer2 23,831]

13 hours ago, matias93 said:

I cannot find it now but some months ago I uploaded an image of a huge roundabout I was doing, which included divergent slip lanes on the entrances; sadly, your current fountain (which is gorgeous and I wanna) wouldn't fit, as it was just two slip lanes against a straight road. But maybe adding some of those variations wouldn't harm?

Looks like a charcoal factory, or maybe a small sawing mill, specifically for making sleepers?

 

You may be on to something...

[IwanKir 150]

On progress my first bat "Prambanan Temple"

Information About this temple

Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last of these concentric squares are three temples decorated with reliefs illustrating the epic of the Ramayana, dedicated to the three great Hindu divinities (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma) and three temples dedicated to the animals who serve them.

Source https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/642

[The British Sausage 5,449]

Today I discovered a new photoshop technique on GIMP: increase colour brightness and saturation by 10%, then decrease overall brightness by 5% to 10%, whilst increasing contrast by 15% to 25%. Bleed off any excess saturation by decreasing both colour brightness and saturation by 3% to 5%.

Voila! A vibrant picture which doesn't cause the brighter textures to become to bright and thus lose detail!

[Simmer2 23,831]

@The British Sausage Oh wow great lot!. Where did u get it from?

Excellent MMP work as usual!

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Here is another mod, especially for CJ makers. No more diagonal zigzag.......
Works for any diagonal network. This pic depicts low wealthing. Oh and its fully compatible with any MMP you choose.
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Simmer2

[Duco 546]

1 hour ago, Simmer2 said:

No more diagonal zigzag.......

No more filler plopping...yes!

[matias93 7,535]

2 hours ago, Duco said:

No more filler plopping...yes!

At least to me it looks like filler lots...

[Hotwheeler 409]

On 13.2.2019 at 1:03 PM, Dragonxander said:

Finally trying my hand at this! The whole scene is about halfway done but the centerpieces are ready to showcase. Presenting...

 

The Sinnoh Battle Frontier!

 

General view during the day...

 

...and the night

 

Battle Factory!

 

Battle Hall!

 

Battle Castle!

 

Battle Arcade!

 

Battle Tower!

Sinnoh Battle Frontier like in Pokemon Gen 4? What an unusual and unique theme to represent in SimCity.

Any plans for other places from the main games to recreate in SimCity?

[The British Sausage 5,449]

6 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

@The British Sausage Oh wow great lot!. Where did u get it from?

Excellent MMP work as usual!

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Here is another mod, especially for CJ makers. No more diagonal zigzag.......
Works for any diagonal network. This pic depicts low wealthing. Oh and its fully compatible with any MMP you choose.
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Simmer2

What could also be useful is diagonal fillers for diagonal rail / diagonal road crossings!

 

Anyway, as I type this it's just past midnight in England and with this new day I turn 27!

So I may as well kick off 27 with some SC4 grid-busting goodiness!

Special thanks to Mattb325 plus C.P. for making scenes like this possible.

[Lucario Boricua 7,049]

8 hours ago, Hotwheeler said:

Sinnoh Battle Frontier like in Pokemon Gen 4? What an unusual and unique theme to represent in SimCity.

Any plans for other places from the main games to recreate in SimCity?

Finally, someone takes notice!

 

 

Yes, take a look at my post history and you'll notice most of my stuff from the past year and half is about the Sinnoh Region, which I started back in August 2017 and faced delays due to Hurricane Maria and a dangerously busy academic semester following the initial recovery. It's very close to completion, I would hope it doesn't take me beyond mid-March at my current rate.  Once it's complete I expect to start another main series Pokémon region and a secondary region from elsewhere in the franchise.  Stay tuned for what I'll be posting in March!

As for the other Pokémon regions, I indeed have plans to recreate others, but not limiting myself to the main videogame/anime series regions. At present this is the planning status of all the pokémon regions I intend to recreate with SimCity 4:

 

Main videogame / anime series regions:

• Kanto: base map pending creation (Kanto Plain and surroundings, this reaches beyond the largest Tokyo maps available).
• Johto: map already created and rendered (Kansai and Chubu regions of Japan), pending swap-out of game mods. Strong candidate 1 for development in the foreseeable future.
• Hoenn: map already created and rendered.
• Unova: still debating which New York City map to use for this one. Strong candidate 2 for development in the foreseeable future.
• Kalos: map already created and rendered (northern 2/3rds of Metropolitan France + Rhineland), pending swap-out of game mods. Strong candidate 3 for development in the foreseeable future.
• Alola: pending creation of custom map from existing Hawaiian island maps. Terrain mod selection also pending, but partially made.

 

For the other regions of the Pokémon universe that I've been considering, this is their planning status:

• City of Altomare: setting for the movie Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias, its corresponding map is available (city of Venice) but will require a massive overhaul of the game buildings I use.
• Kingdom of Rota: setting for the movie Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, this one has the map created and rendered, along with its mod / custom content selection already made. I expect to feature it in a city journal starting in March.
• Almia: setting of Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, base map pending creation (southwest peninsula of Hokkaido, Tsugaru strait and Aomori Prefecture).
• Fiore: setting of Pokémon Ranger, map selected (city of Naples), some modification of custom buildings required.
• Orre: setting for Pokémon Coliseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, map and mods available, requires some terrain mod swapping.

 

Finally, here's a teaser of what's coming:

Spoiler

 

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Tree of Beginning, one of two centerpieces of the Kingdom of Rota.

 

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

On 2/13/2019 at 7:42 PM, Goldman Sachs said:

Imperial Russian Navy:

Looks FABULOUS -- !!

When do I get to plop one of those in my fleet anchorage ??

[Duco 546]

8 hours ago, matias93 said:

At least to me it looks like filler lots...

Eh Yes, you are probably right, (Is there an medal for silly comments?)

[TakemeThere 5,834]

Urgh, said I wouldn't build anymore interchanges for a while and yet I spent most of the night fiddling around with the NAM lol
Try'in to figure out ways to squeeze ramps in tighter and tighter, it's an addiction I tell you 

[Silur 3,308]

On the SANTANA Island there is work...

01. Here is growing a graveyard.

02. Trade is flourishing here.

03. Here industry produces brooms and buckets.

 

04. Even here, there appear building R$2 stage !!! 

05. Here stage R$2 too!

06. And once more...

Thank you!

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,927]

xD

[nycsc4 5,250]

I give you Vancouver's central urban core:

Like most urban cores, things can get a little dicey sometimes: