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[pclark06 12,073]

8 minutes ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Nice Tarantino reference.

It's actually a real chain in NY! Here's a Tarantino reference:

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

It looks better now. @WolfZe @Terring, There are still some problems I couldn't handled (night light), but when I saw these birds flying in the sky, it just made me think of that word, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. as always, Thank you Cori and CB @CorinaMarie @Cyclone Boom. you can understand that.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[Terring 6,476]

Oh boy, that's epic!

[+Guest 760649]

Start of construction of the oil port. In the Simmer2 - WZ mix ....

[kschmidt 6,223]

On 14-4-2020 at 8:39 PM, mitsos said:

I know that the odds are against me, but i'll give it a try. I wanna make this work. No matter what, i'll share the progress and the results with you guys. 

Green City ? Usual Solar, Hydro and Wind powered, where solar in different creates most power. Down home work mod may do, strategic city planning, reducing distance and high quality public transport over shorter distance than road traffic preverable. Hi-Tec Companies and business. Green enviroment with lot´s of parks and woods !

Sincerely,

Kschmidt

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31 minutes ago, Raymond7cn said:

It looks better now. @WolfZ

Yeah, now it looks like the Teletubbies in the matrix .....
No seriously, looks great.

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

1 minute ago, WolfZe said:

Yeah, now it looks like the Teletubbies in the matrix .....
No seriously, looks great.

Thank you for your credit Dear Wolf, Frankly, I understand the distance between you and me very well, You could model any thing as you wish, Especially, they looks just as same as the real one, Furthermore, You have your own style, It's not only about technique but also talent and experience. with my part, All i have is just passion, so I just try me best to learn from you and other masters.

39 minutes ago, Terring said:

Oh boy, that's epic!

Yes, it works Dear Terring, I just decide to go more further, All you need is just patience, since I just found out there were so many Lots and T21s, Anyway, I have faith with some knowledge Robin taught me, After all, Nothing to worry about for a Newbie.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[Lucario Boricua 7,052]

41 minutes ago, kschmidt said:

Green City ? Usual Solar, Hydro and Wind powered, where solar in different creates most power. Down home work mod may do, strategic city planning, reducing distance and high quality public transport over shorter distance than road traffic preverable. Hi-Tec Companies and business. Green enviroment with lot´s of parks and woods !

Sincerely,

Kschmidt

You might like better how the Kingdom of Rota handles electricity generation, going 100% renewable with a diverse mix of sources.

But even then, I feel that fossil fuel generation does have its charm, even if we know the grim realities behind it.

[Handyman 791]

@mitsos Looks like your off to a good start. Nice work.

I took a little covid time to put together a couple of pointers. Hopefully they will be helpful.
The picture below shows how I might link a couple residential properties so they will not abandon. (Of course along with the home jobs mod) Sometimes small connections like this don’t immediately co-operate so I might link them to another group temporarily and break that connection later. This is only a representation of two transparent FLUPs tiles, they don’t show like this in the game.

 

Also noticed you were using tram to move your sims. This is a good solution but be aware that your sims cannot cross the standard tram tiles. You will need to make use of the tram pedmalls to create paths across and around these blockages. Also remember that buildings will abandon if they front directly onto a tram station. In the picture below (circle #1) you can see how I set back the buildings with pedmall tiles between the buildings and the tram station. In (circle #2) you can see how I used a combination of tram pedmall tiles and standard pedmall tiles to get my sims around the “T” tram junction.

In (circle #3) it just shows how I left a strip between the buildings to place my transpatent FLUPs tiles to connect the buildings. In (circle #4) I have used a FLUPs pedmall tile to create a walkway over a tram underpass

 

The image below is just to demonstrate how I set up an industrial area so I can have freight rails behind each one.

 

I don't get much time to play lately so it is fun to see someone else working on a similar concept. If you want some help I will try.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

1 hour ago, WolfZe said:

Yeah, now it looks like the Teletubbies in the matrix .....
No seriously, looks great.

Actually looks kinda like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

 

Ooops, showing my age.

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The new pumping station on the pier goes well with Simmer2 pipelines and SOMY oil tanker

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

48 minutes ago, WolfZe said:

The new pumping station on the pier goes well with Simmer2 pipelines and SOMY oil tanker

Simmer2's long bridge will span a fairly large canal if you place them on opposing shores.

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1 hour ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Simmer2's long bridge will span a fairly large canal if you place them on opposing shores.

And what is that supposed to tell me? I don't want to span a channel here.

The oil should go from the ship to the tanks and vice versa. So the pipes go to the ship and I think they arrived safely.... ;-)

Sometimes you can use things differently than they are intended to get to your destination.

 

[Silur 3,308]

On the Santana Island  (B-06-10 city), electrification began. Everyone needs electricity. Soon, a stone processing plant will be built here.

Thanks to everyone. I wish you good health and good luck.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

54 minutes ago, WolfZe said:

And what is that supposed to tell me? I don't want to span a channel here.

The oil should go from the ship to the tanks and vice versa. So the pipes go to the ship and I think they arrived safely.... ;-)

Sometimes you can use things differently than they are intended to get to your destination.

 

I was just saying you could if you had a mind to. That's all I meant.

 

 

 

[rivit 3,402]

Applying some newly derived knowledge to water - this is zoom5 and all SD.

 

[WannGLondon 2,299]

After all these years, I am still as passionate as ever and still at it! I like to make my cities as realistic as possible, meaning only using growables and the occasional landmark of course, creating commutes region-wide (although I have struggled with this since the game does not really accommodate this concept).

I use the PIM, Sc4Tool and LotEditor to change buildings to suit my city and I have even re-purposed some Maxis buildings that I think are gorgeous and made them high-wealth residences, for example. The style of architecture feature is also useful, making it so in my London-inspired city, I can edit specific terraces to grow only under a certain style and make them the same stage level so they don't replace each other.

A special thank you to all the incredible BATters and MODers that make gameplay exciting and possible.

Anyway - here are some pics! Try and guess which regions/shots are based off of which cities! The Mediterranean-looking city is a mish-mosh inspired by Nice, Lisbon, Barcelona and Monaco

 

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[pclark06 12,073]

Making a CEFCO as well as a couple fictional travel plazas. Independent travel centers are common in the west coast, unlike here in Ohio which is dominated by Pilot-Flying J, Love's, and TA.

[mitsos 12,970]

2 hours ago, WannGLondon said:

After all these years, I am still as passionate as ever and still at it! I like to make my cities as realistic as possible, meaning only using growables and the occasional landmark of course, creating commutes region-wide (although I have struggled with this since the game does not really accommodate this concept).

I use the PIM, Sc4Tool and LotEditor to change buildings to suit my city and I have even re-purposed some Maxis buildings that I think are gorgeous and made them high-wealth residences, for example. The style of architecture feature is also useful, making it so in my London-inspired city, I can edit specific terraces to grow only under a certain style and make them the same stage level so they don't replace each other.

A special thank you to all the incredible BATters and MODers that make gameplay exciting and possible.

Anyway - here are some pics! Try and guess which regions/shots are based off of which cities! The Mediterranean-looking city is a mish-mosh inspired by Nice, Lisbon, Barcelona and Monaco

 

(sorry for using attachments)

 

 

 

Beautiful work. I have a question for you. What is the population of the last city? It looks enormous.

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Gas torch for burning dangerous gases in oil storage

 

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This is what it looks like in the game

 

[WannGLondon 2,299]

4 hours ago, mitsos said:

Beautiful work. I have a question for you. What is the population of the last city? It looks enormous.

Thank you!

Population of 4.2 million! Based off of London, England.

[art128 4,622]

12 hours ago, WannGLondon said:

After all these years, I am still as passionate as ever

 

Welcome back.   Quite nice work. That London overview is particularly stunning.

[rsardachuk 98]

More work continues on my rough part of town:  This former cottage and vacation home village has sat vacant since the 1970s.  Originally opened in 1946, the village had seen reasonable success in a booming post war economy.  However,  as decades moved forward, an influx in crime, and some dirtier industries taking their toll on the water quality upstream became the demise of this mini getaway spot.  What once housed families on summer weekends has since housed squatters and other hives of illicit activity as the city has grown around it.  This village is inspired by similar ones in and around  the eastern seaboard, specifically some of the ones that were on Jamaica Bay in Queens, NY.  What do you all think?

[juguesal 233]

15 hours ago, WannGLondon said:

After all these years, I am still as passionate as ever and still at it! I like to make my cities as realistic as possible, meaning only using growables and the occasional landmark of course, creating commutes region-wide (although I have struggled with this since the game does not really accommodate this concept).

I use the PIM, Sc4Tool and LotEditor to change buildings to suit my city and I have even re-purposed some Maxis buildings that I think are gorgeous and made them high-wealth residences, for example. The style of architecture feature is also useful, making it so in my London-inspired city, I can edit specific terraces to grow only under a certain style and make them the same stage level so they don't replace each other.

A special thank you to all the incredible BATters and MODers that make gameplay exciting and possible.

Anyway - here are some pics! Try and guess which regions/shots are based off of which cities! The Mediterranean-looking city is a mish-mosh inspired by Nice, Lisbon, Barcelona and Monaco

 

(sorry for using attachments)

 

 

 

I understand that you use the LotEditor to download any building and touch it up to your liking?. Greetings and thanks.

[justforfun 7,929]

9 hours ago, WannGLondon said:

Thank you!

Population of 4.2 million! Based off of London, England.

Of course. I spotted Hyde Park

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Let's see, maybe I'll throw it out too. Somehow it doesn't really look real ...

Fire doesn't seem to be my thing....

[The British Sausage 5,449]

38 minutes ago, WolfZe said:

Let's see, maybe I'll throw it out too. Somehow it doesn't really look real ...

Fire doesn't seem to be my thing....

What you need is some of kind of fire animation. If the fire is simply a static image on the end then it would look weird.

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9 minutes ago, The British Sausage said:

What you need is some of kind of fire animation. If the fire is simply a static image on the end then it would look weird.

Yes, I agree. But that's a number too high for me.
I'll probably leave the fire out entirely.

[Krasner 1,062]

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I'll probably leave the fire out entirely.

@WolfZe I'm almost sure that there are fire automatas that could suit this place with the lot editor