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[Edvarz 1,985]

I've been working on expanding my Historic city Centre, and this means squeezing as much as I can out of the scarce colonial models out there. Some of these models don't exactly fit into 16 or 32 metre tiles, so I decided to combine them together:

The advantage here is that I can create some narrow alleyways, something that you don't see too often in this game

[mattb325 28,891]

Thanks for the feedback re: the DIY skyscrapers: custom LODs are nothing new,, in the case of the Beijing stadium (and other buildings that are broken into smaller pieces) it is because the batter ran into memory issues and gmax/3dsmax errors when exporting - so they had to break it up. Some of the supertall skyscrapers also use this method: there are horizontal modular buildings, but to my knowledge no vertical modular buildings.

So I'll make some more. When I release them, I will also include functional lots (the picture I showed has 4 separate lots). As for putting props on buildings, it depends on whether the LODs were made in such a way as to allow it. A few batters do custom LODs for their buildings but it doesn't necessarily allow props to be placed on the roof unless the LODs are tight to the hvacs and other roof junk. 

The 1x1 medium density Beechworth Townhouses (ortho)....

...are available to download, here:

 

[younghappy 308]

Nice Nice @mattb325.  Outstanding work as always!

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On a separate note, and I'm sure it has been asked before, but does @Simmer2 have a cityjournal? Always love the screenshots of your creations in-game, do you have any wider pics to show us?

[BartonThinks 3,416]

Both sets of lots for the postwar bungalows are now available for download on the STEX!

More screenshots of the final lots can be found on the download pages.

[tariely 4,499]

On 6/10/2021 at 8:12 AM, mattb325 said:

When I was asked for some height variations on apartments that I showed recently, it got me thinking about all of the folks who rely on batters for new content and how they are basically at the whim of those batters....and it prompted me to test something out, which didn't turn out too shabby.

Modular, D.I.Y. skyscrapers.

It's something that I don't believe has been done before.

I made 3 separate building pieces of a fictional, international style skyscraper: a 5-floor base, a 5-floor middle and a 5-floor top piece...all shown here in an expanded form in the lot editor.

From these three pieces, a user can assemble their own skyscraper: feasibly anywhere from 10 floors to 100+ floors. The height variation is achieved by stacking multiple middle sections together. So the above picture becomes these:

 

Now of course, because it uses just three pieces, one of which is repeated ad infinitum, there will be repetition and it isn't absolutely seamless - but do remember some of the misalignment you see in the pictures is due to the way SC4 chops up images and displays them and this phenomenon also happens on regular buildings -  but if people like this sort of thing, I can  translate it to other types of skyscrapers rather than the bland, ubiquitous, internationalist style box.....

Oh my. Yes, yes, YES, please. (Modular skyscrapers. Oh my.)

 

On 6/10/2021 at 7:03 PM, art128 said:

Almost every building in that picture are available.

I know many are, but I am thinking of all those that Korver makes specially for his CJs...

 

On 6/12/2021 at 5:49 PM, AP said:

I went through the effort to relot some beach props because I wasn't quite satisfied with the ones available. Would anybody be interested in me sharing them?

It is basically a mix of the Nams Props Pack Vol 2 and the LBT Tropical Beach Props combined with some other old content, so no credit goes to me

Yes, yes, please, share ! 

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

Ficus Carica (Common fig)

[Angry Mozart 1,199]

Probably oil is soon to be obsolete as an energy source, but while that happens, the NS Oil refinery (yes I took this name from ETS2) works 24/7 to keep the lights on, the cars moving and other oil subproducts cheap. Some of these lots are basically a re-lot from Newman's refinery, the only thing I did is to add new textures and more props.

I really like how they look

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

Some "work in progress" pics from the up-coming series; IMPERIAL DOCKYARD: CUXHAVEN.  Still lots of work to do --

1129_West Harbor & Roadsted

1130_South Loch

 

[Rott 2,399]

Time to start something I wanted to do for a while now, working on places with huge obnoxious old neon signs...

[City_Slider 2,716]

Good Idea, i love those Signs :-)

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

[Simmer2 23,831]

SM2 Mann Hydrazine Manufacturing is taking shape.

[Kloudkicker 4,565]

9 hours ago, Angry Mozart said:

I really like how they look

ME TOO! I hope to see them in the future, on my computer. LOL Really cool plant, nice layout.

[monkeywater 910]

2 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

SM2 Mann Hydrazine Manufacturing is taking shape.

Of all the chemicals to manufacture, you chose a rather esoteric and rather nasty one. 

Beautiful building, but what made you select a hydrazine plant to bring in game?

 

 

[Durfsurn 539]

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

Variation 01

 

[tariely 4,499]

@Barroco Hispano I can hardly wait for all those trees to be uploaded !

[Simmer2 23,831]

9 hours ago, monkeywater said:

Beautiful building, but what made you select a hydrazine plant to bring in game?

I flipped a coin....

[mitsos 12,969]

Barroco Hispano    All those trees will bring a fresh air to our cities. Fantastic work!!!

[monkeywater 910]

2 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

I flipped a coin....

We now have half of the factories needed for soviet ICBM rocket fuel production

 

Can you do a nitric acid factory next to complete the duo?  

 

[Simmer2 23,831]

5 minutes ago, monkeywater said:

We now have half of the factories needed for soviet ICBM rocket fuel production

 

Can you do a nitric acid factory next to complete the duo?  

 

Let me find another coin to flip....

[City_Slider 2,716]

7 minutes ago, Simmer2 said:

Let me find another coin to flip....

With an Eagle on both sides ;-)

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

16 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

SM2 Mann Hydrazine Manufacturing is taking shape.

Thanks....for making me look up what Hydrazine is!

[mitsos 12,969]

The great sports park, Penthesili.

 

 

 

[mattb325 28,891]

A recent post in the BAT request thread asked for some modern mansions/villas.

This is the first of a series. They will all be large R$$$ homes designed for 3x3, 3x4 and 4x3 lots:

I'll bat a few more for variety and then release them.

[Barroco Hispano 26,933]

Mammoth

[Simmer2 23,831]

SM2 Hvac Repairs Svc is now available here

[davide1983it 5,426]

8 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Thanks....for making me look up what Hydrazine is!

Adoro le tue Texture :-) Mister Texture  

[davide1983it 5,426]

 

I may realize different version of small commercial building
 

Try to make a small building :-)

[EffTheGrid 3,726]

Amboy houses