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[nycsc4 5,250]

On 3/3/2020 at 11:09 PM, tariely said:

O.M.G. That first entrance... and the other one.... and the rest.... OOOOOOOOOOH. You are building all this ? Do you have an overview, so that we can see the general lay-out ? Ooooooooh

Here is the current general layout of YVR, which is still very much a work in progress.  Currently, there are three terminals with a total of ten concourses.  Terminal One handles all domestic service and is a major hub for both Air Canada (A,D) and West Jet (B).  It also serves Air Transat, Sunwing, and Swoop (C) which are all low cost Canadian carriers.  Terminal Two handles all international service.  US (and Mexico) carriers American, Alaska, Aeromexico (E) and Delta and United (F) operate out of this terminal.  G is a newly designed and remodeled concourse and will be used exclusively for Trans-Pacific air service to various Asian countries.  G Concourse will solidify YVR's status as North America's premier Trans-Pacific hub and will serve Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA, Japan Airlines, Korean Air and others and has 4 A380 gates.  H Concourse picks up the remaining international carriers like Air France, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Icelandair, KLM, Lufthansa, Qantas, Turkish Airlines, and others. G and H are accessed by underground trains.  As it stands today the airport has close to 180 gates, though that will change in the future.  Terminal 3 and it's roughly 20 gates (I, J) will eventually be demolished as they've already been taken out of service.  Cargo sits on the south (left) end of the airfield.

An overview of the entire Sea Island complex:

A small section of the City of Vancouver along it's southern border (technically YVR is within the City of Richmond).  The avenue GLR line is the Granville LRT which ends and loops around in the smaller roundabout.  You can see part of one of the maintenance facilities for the streetcar system to the right.  There is a subway line that continues south from downtown under Granville into the airport property here too.  There is a large glass enclosed entrance between terminals One and Two.  The line also extends to Terminal Three.

[tariely 4,499]

WOW. Is this an existing airport ? (I don't remember Vancouver's airport being like that... but it was a long time ago :-) )

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

After a three year hiatus (no work on my cities), I'm purging my plugins folder in preparation to return...(YEAH !).  This will involve creating some new lots from the work that has been done by the more talented members of the community -- since I have zero "batting" skills.

One problem I found on some of the older lots in the game is that they lacked either adequate night lighting, or had NO night lighting at all.

Does anybody know if anyone ever created (recently) any NEW "prop-lighting" that could be added to lots ??  Especially flood lights for statues and building fronts ??  Or "rendered" elevated lighting props that could be added to taller buildings or even ships?  Possibly crafted in arbitrary vertical offsets -- 7m, 15m, etc, etc......

I know this is a bit "off-topic", but most of the more active members drop by this thread, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

[+Guest 760649]

Fire and rescue station Hamburg Veddel   5x3

The brick building is located on an Elbe island of the customs port belonging to the port of Hamburg. It was built in 1927/28 according to plans by Fritz Schumacher.

The building is used by the Hamburg fire brigade as the F 33 fire and rescue station. In addition to Veddel Georgswerder, Rothenburgsort, Kirchdorf and the area of the port between the Hamburg wholesale market and the old Elbe tunnel.

[nycsc4 5,250]

5 hours ago, tariely said:

WOW. Is this an existing airport ? (I don't remember Vancouver's airport being like that... but it was a long time ago :-) )

It is not.  This is also the 3rd or 4th iteration that I've built myself.  Once I finish it I'll post some original shots compared to where it's at now.  The original was a bit more inline with the real YVR but as I continued to expand I kept changing the design.  The A Gates are somewhat similar to the design (and location) of the combined D/E gates at YVR, but not much else.  I'm also a little too intense (maybe to the point of OCD lol) with symmetry...something you can't say for the real YVR.  The airlines are all pretty much exactly the same though.  I may add a few (Air Lingus, Singapore, etc) that don't currently fly into YVR just because I like their liveries, but the airlines listed so far all have regular or seasonal service at the real YVR.

My Sea Island is also a bit different, there is actually a small community with a school and whatnot on Sea Island in real life.  I don't have anything like that and the primary reason is because Sea Island in SC4 was split in two in my region.  If it was all one tile I'd be able to get a bit more realistic with the airport's surroundings, but I have to try and squeeze the whole thing into basically just ~65% of the actual space on Sea Island so that doesn't leave room for much else, especially with runways and approaches.

Some of what I have built are responses to real world problems at YVR, however.  For years YVR has been (and for now still is) the primary Trans-Pacific hub in North America, but Seattle is coming on quick.  One, SEA already has roughly double the passenger traffic that YVR does (SEA is a HUGE domestic hub), and two, SEA is opening a brand new $980 million+ terminal later this year with the express goal of landing further international service.  This puts YVR at a bit of a disadvantage, especially when you consider that Seattle is a significantly larger city and business hub than Vancouver is.  So my fake YVR has responded by significantly expanding capacity across the terminal complex and building a dedicated Trans-Pacific concourse.

Also, I want to take a quick second and say thank you to @rivit for answering my call for help regarding my airfield roadway texture request.  He absolutely hit the ball out of the park here:

Thanks again, Rivit!

[thecitiescenter 3,059]

1 hour ago, Dreadnought said:

Yo, guys --

After a three year hiatus (no work on my cities), I'm purging my plugins folder in preparation to return...(YEAH !).  This will involve creating some new lots from the work that has been done by the more talented members of the community -- since I have zero "batting" skills.

One problem I found on some of the older lots in the game is that they lacked either adequate night lighting, or had NO night lighting at all.

Does anybody know if anyone ever created (recently) any NEW "prop-lighting" that could be added to lots ??  Especially flood lights for statues and building fronts ??  Or "rendered" elevated lighting props that could be added to taller buildings or even ships?  Possibly crafted in arbitrary vertical offsets -- 7m, 15m, etc, etc......

I know this is a bit "off-topic", but most of the more active members drop by this thread, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

Try asking the members on this thread:

They are usually very good (and quick) at finding even the most obscure game assets.  Good luck!

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

Mi-28:

2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale:

[nycsc4 5,250]

Few shots of the newly opened Trans-Pacific Concourse (G) at YVR:

Made a few additions to the new airfield roads.  Added lights, runway and taxiway signage:

Thanks!

[+Guest 760649]

Former police station Hartzlohplatz Hamburg-Barmbek. 2x1

The building is used today as a community center, including a modern extension.

[justforfun 7,927]

On 23/2/2020 at 8:28 PM, WolfZe said:

Port Police Station No.2. Hamburg  2x3

 

Beautiful! I'm just wondering, would it be possible to render without the "polizei" sign, so that it can be used in different countries and contexts? I don't see it in the original either. 

[Haljackey 17,398]

Testing SC4 with a new recording program. It worked out pretty well I think!

 

[+Guest 760649]

3 hours ago, justforfun said:

Beautiful! I'm just wondering, would it be possible to render without the "polizei" sign, so that it can be used in different countries and contexts? I don't see it in the original either. 

1. This is only for me. 2. Eye to eye in waterway traffic ... :-)

 

[justforfun 7,927]

6 hours ago, WolfZe said:

1. This is only for me. 2. Eye to eye in waterway traffic ... :-)

 

Such a pity you are not going to share this beauty. I wonder why not?

[Krisman 4,652]

While waiting for @mattb325 to release more of his spectacular buildings …

… some more rural landscapes …

[justforfun 7,927]

Nice. Which terrain are you using?

[Dead_End 1,630]

What are those beautiful roads?

[mattb325 28,891]

CG Trader is available for download

Here:

 

[STEX Custodian 966]

Hi everyone!

After a few months of collecting and editing and polishing the different variations of the dependency prop packs from the late SimCity Polska site, we bring you a massive compilation of those said prop packs. Here We present the Polish Mega Prop Pack vol. 1

It contains the following "packs" in ONE single DAT file:

* Fordoniak's Polish Prop Pack vol. 1-2
note: I found several different versions, while we were collecting the contents for the restoration. The last known available version on the SCP site was a different version from the uploaded version, which can be found on the LEX. I mean different, that one or the other contains more or less models/props or older or newer versions of some of the models/props. Therefore I took the different versions, compared them, and created one full set, which should contain all the different versions.

* Fordoniak House and Block Packs
note: this wasn't an existing prop/model pack, but some of the props from Fordoniak's Polish Houses Pack (vol. 1-2) and Polish Village Pack (Wiespack) were included to some versions of the Polish Prop Packs (explained above), so I decided, that for the restoration and organization of the SCP contents, I compile Fordoniak's house and older block models and props into the mega prop pack. Since the original uploads are mostly not available in a full form, and will get an update during this restoration project, this mega prop pack will become a necessary dependency for them.

* AC Polish Buses Prop Pack
note: this was a separate prop pack, now it is part of the mega prop pack.

* AC Saturn and Industrial Prop Pack Expanded
note: the original AC Saturn Prop Pack (which is actually available on STEX) has been expanded by other industrial related models and props from Aras other uploads. Now it contains the model and prop files from the following uploads: AC Betonownie/AC Concrete Mixing Plants, AC Wyparka/AC Mondi Paper Evaporator, AC Plac Drzewny/AC Mondi Paper Woodyard, AC Saturn Coal Power Plant, AC EC Saturn Kociol Sodowy/AC Saturn Recovery Boiler.

* DaveN Country Flags of SimsWorld
note: this was a separate prop pack, but since it's not available in that separate form, the decesion was made, that it should be compiled into the mega prop pack.

* kb7 Polish Easter Palm Trees
note: this was a separate prop pack, but since it's not available in that separate form, the decesion was made, that it should be compiled into the mega prop pack.

* kb7 Polish Roadsign Pack
note: this was a separate prop pack, but since it's not available in that separate form, the decesion was made, that it should be compiled into the mega prop pack.

* kb7 Warehouse and Depo Prop Pack
note: this was a separate prop pack, but since it's not available in that separate form, the decesion was made, that it should be compiled into the mega prop pack.

* MRQS Polish Railcar (Wagony) Set 01-02
note: this was already uploaded to the STEX, but later the decision has been made, that it should be compiled into the mega prop pack.

* Misc Props
note: it contains separatelly released single models and props from different creators, like MRQS, Perun, Rajfurke or single included model/prop dependencies for some uploads (from Ferox, RaV and szymcar).

Thanks for everybody who helped collecting the ingredients and @kbieniu7 for letting me create this mega prop pack and provided some more at the end. This will be a necessary dependency pack for most of the upcomming polska files in a way, also it contains many usefull props and models for custom lotting. And now you can find the images of these contents in the SimCity 4 Prop and Texture Catalogue. 

Have fun,

- Tyberius (STEX Custodian)

[Krisman 4,652]

… but the game still is called SimCity …

[xxdita 1,097]

I thought I would be obnoxious and self-aggrandizing today, 

I proudly present the first ever BSC LEX Superior Collection, Suburbia. An all-inclusive set of Residentials from stage 1 to 6ish. Of course, I contributed nothing but a bit of typing to put it all together, and my mad image editing skillz. So don't bother downloading the file. Instead, put the LEX Dependency Tracker to work!

 

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

I forgot to rescale the one at the left bottom. Still have 4 left.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

On 2020/3/14 at 4:48 AM, Krisman said:

While waiting for @mattb325 to release more of his spectacular buildings …

… some more rural landscapes …

Wow! Hi Krisman, Your coastline is so beautiful and realistic, May I ask some tips about that, Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[MatlockMan 370]

Gosford and Harris Park stations on a trench section of the U6 line.

[justforfun 7,927]

5 hours ago, Raymond7cn said:

I forgot to rescale the one at the left bottom. Still have 4 left.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

Raymond, your sculptures are truly gorgeous, however I'm not convinced by the tiles on the ground. Perhaps you could just do without tiles and just leave the pedestals? In that way the pedestals would blend with custom pavement textures, plus each sculpture would have more individuality. 

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

4 hours ago, justforfun said:

Raymond, your sculptures are truly gorgeous, however I'm not convinced by the tiles on the ground. Perhaps you could just do without tiles and just leave the pedestals? In that way the pedestals would blend with custom pavement textures, plus each sculpture would have more individuality. 

Yes Justforfun, You are absolutely right there, The ground belonged to the first model, After that one, I got many advices from other experts and abandoned some of them and the size, I just keep the ground so that I could easily got a feeling of the whole Lot, Well, you know, I'm not an artist.

Anyways, I will only keep the Statues and the base when I publish them, Meanwhile, I will publish another version just the Statues itself included by the help with dear Matt @mattb325, Just In case someone would prefer props of them could be edited with LotEditor, Thank you for your reminder, I do appreciate it!

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@Raymond7cn

This is FABULOUS work, my friend --    

PUSH AHEAD !!!

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

Santísima Trinidad:

OPEN THE IMAGE IN A NEW TAB TO SEE IT IN FULL RESOLUTION (1647x1179)

2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC:

Sims:

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

15 hours ago, xxdita said:

I thought I would be obnoxious and self-aggrandizing today, 

I proudly present the first ever BSC LEX Superior Collection, Suburbia. An all-inclusive set of Residentials from stage 1 to 6ish. Of course, I contributed nothing but a bit of typing to put it all together, and my mad image editing skillz. So don't bother downloading the file. Instead, put the LEX Dependency Tracker to work!

 

Dear Nate, I think you are kind of too modest, This work looks deceptively simple, but It needs to put more energy and effort into that, Furthermore, all of us will be benefited by your selflessness, please forgive my english, all I can say is that I have great respect for you and Tibi @Tyberius06 and other selfless people. Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[Flann 1,709]

[mattb325 28,891]

Just a simple W2W filler building, based on one in Pirie St Adelaide.