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[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

"Rotate it so the front side actually becomes the upper side. Add a bit additional rock at the "bottom" and make it overhanging. Then turn it into a prop, set the Orient to Slope property to true, and place it on a lot with very high slope tolerance. This way, it can be plopped directly on a cliff. The bottom parts, if they are overhanging, will be hidden under the surface."

I have not yet been able to create a lot with that configuration, when I plop it always flattens the ground. 

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I don't know how those leaves got to the top of the rock (Maybe the rock is too big) 

[11241036 5,115]

22 minutes ago, Barroco Hispano said:

"Rotate it so the front side actually becomes the upper side. Add a bit additional rock at the "bottom" and make it overhanging. Then turn it into a prop, set the Orient to Slope property to true, and place it on a lot with very high slope tolerance. This way, it can be plopped directly on a cliff. The bottom parts, if they are overhanging, will be hidden under the surface."

I have not yet been able to create a lot with that configuration, when I plop it always flattens the ground. 

Set both the LotConfigPropertyMaxSlopeBeforeLotFoundation (starting with this slope a lot flattens the terrain) and the LotConfigPropertyMaxSlopeAllowed (up to which slope is possible for a lot to plop) to a high value (angle in degrees) - preferably 90, because this should technically allow you to place a lot on any slope.

[Rott 2,398]

4 hours ago, mattb325 said:

When Gmax scenes start crashing repeatedly, just import the whole lot (minus LODs, TB2 Camera, Thumnail, etc into a new scene). Also, perhaps take a look at this gmax model made by j_portland many moons ago:

He uploaded it as a kind of working tutorial to show you how to get neon effects using gmax and it is a good visual tool for using omnis, spots etc and tweaking the parameters to get a more sophisticated effect from good old gmax.

 

 

Ah, a bit of reverse engineering for the neon effect, nice thinking. Seeing it right there in Gmax should be a big help, thanks again Matt... Funny you mention that sign, I was scouting buildings in that exact same neighborhood it's at.

 

PS I like the apartment

[Dreadnought 8,231]

On 12/7/2020 at 9:57 PM, Simmer2 said:

SM2 Deepwater Oil Terminal is now in the game.

These type of oil terminals are usually moored many miles offshore in order to avoid coastal environment contamination in case of an oil spill.

1 or 2 30 inch pipes connect the terminal to on shore oil depots in order to either fill or offload tankers.

Simmer2

Yo, Simmer2 --

Did this one ever get released ?

[Kloudkicker 4,565]

One of the many areas I am working on. Here is the main industrial hub with ports on both sides. Downtown will be on the other side of the river(bottom left). I like to jump around and work on different projects in many cities at once. That way I don't get to bored of the same place and run out of ideas. I never have done this much ground prep before. Its fun  when you know the tricks and have NAM. Sure will be nice to hit the play button and see it in action. Someday!

This current round I added the dock accessories one side on, the shoe factory because it fit the spot( may change?), the monorail station and the road leading out going under the EL rail (top middle).

[Simmer2 23,831]

@Dreadnought Soon.

Meanwhile I'm experimenting with some yard cranes...

[TheOlympics 546]

New update coming soon...work in progress..Stay tuned and be sure to check out the previous entries below.

 

[20huskies 4,699]

First stab at a reward building; will be the Advanced Propulsion Laboratory.  Goal is to provide high end civic jobs and boost I-HT.  On that note, is there any good guide out there on properly modding rewards?  Otherwise was going to experiment with existing rewards but it would be awesome if everything didn't crash as a result of me not knowing what I'm doing. 

[Flann 1,709]

Couple of shots of slip lanes for diagonal x orthogonal intersections:

[The British Sausage 5,449]

16 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

"Rotate it so the front side actually becomes the upper side. Add a bit additional rock at the "bottom" and make it overhanging. Then turn it into a prop, set the Orient to Slope property to true, and place it on a lot with very high slope tolerance. This way, it can be plopped directly on a cliff. The bottom parts, if they are overhanging, will be hidden under the surface."

I have not yet been able to create a lot with that configuration, when I plop it always flattens the ground. 

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I don't know how those leaves got to the top of the rock (Maybe the rock is too big) 

This is the coolest boulder I have ever seen! So natural and so earthy! I could almost touch it.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

1 hour ago, The British Sausage said:

This is the coolest boulder I have ever seen! So natural and so earthy! I could almost touch it.

I like the leaves and debris on it. Would be cool to have a tree controller for leaves and trash, or at least mmp brushes. The world is not a clean place.

Currently, I'm resurrecting and  reduxing a few select maps from years ago.

[Kloudkicker 4,565]

17 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

I don't know how those leaves got to the top of the rock

PLEASE don't remove those leaves. They are fantastic and look perfect.

[mattb325 28,891]

158-159 New Bond St (as requested in the BAT request thread) is now available for download

Here:

 

[Simmer2 23,831]

Just a little scene from my busy railyards map.

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

I still have to fix the normals for some faces (decals geometry) and add some dirt.

[Haljackey 17,398]

Back after a while.

I have some time to tinker with SC4 over the holidays.

Filling in the median turned out to be more work than I expected.

[ByeByeBayou 1,938]

New city journal up! You can find the link in my signature or here. 

[20huskies 4,699]

First, gmax corrupted the Advanced Propulsion Lab.  Next, I realized I had a shortage of cosmopolitan W2W food courts and I love adding signs in other than Roman script.  So I started this thing.  If any of the names on the signs don't make sense, let me know ... I can barely speak English, let alone those languages on the signs.

[korver 27,686]

[City_Slider 2,716]

Hey @korver 

you arent playing, arent you? You are painting the hole Day  I luv Your Work Dude.

[AP 3,591]

I just got into creating my first few models for sc4 and decided to spice up the offshore (and maybe at some point onshore) wind industry a bit.

The first piece I created for this, is a typical Transition Piece (TP) that is used to form the connection between the monopile (foundation) and tower of offshore wind turbines:

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

Korver Flats

[City_Slider 2,716]

Wow, thats amazing. Hope to see more soon.

Oliver

*E* Jacks jumps inbetween.

it was for @AP

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

Does it look too dirty or maybe I should change the color of the dirt?

This is what the dirt mask looks like.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

26 minutes ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Does it look too dirty or maybe I should change the color of the dirt?

This is what the dirt mask looks like.

Looks "jim-dandy" to me -- roll with it!

Assuming it's a monument -- you will add lighting, right ??

[Kloudkicker 4,565]

@Barroco Hispano Nice looking model. I think it looks perfectly weathered, like it wasn't built yesterday.

 

[Rott 2,398]

@Barroco Hispano Making models look dirty is an art in itself, it looks great!

[tariely 4,499]

On 2020-12-19 at 7:24 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

WOW. wowowowowow.

[tariely 4,499]

On 2020-12-21 at 2:11 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

Right now I have 50 or 70 species for a total of just over 300 trees. I can made the trees that you are requesting, but right now I cannot buy the tool ($325).

YESSSS ! Trees, trees and many MOAR trees !

[MissVanleider 1,851]

Hi Everyone,

Some of the recent work shown in this thread is simply top class.

Just a little work in progress on my tile. The idea is a small town just behind the sand dunes. I just finished 'building' the dunes. Does anyone have any tips for improving how they look. I find MMPing such a large area always ends up looking overly manicured and unnatural somehow.

 

I've gone fairly heavy with the feather grass, I feel that there are a few more small mmp grasses and shrubs that could work (I'm fairly sure I have every MMP known to sims), but many that I've tried don't blend too well with the beach texture.

Take care everyone