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[EffTheGrid 3,727]

On 9/14/2023 at 1:09 PM, thecitiescenter said:

For Austin, it came down to me wanting the runways at Bergstrom to (mostly) line up with the SC4 grid.  Yeah, I sacrificed “correcting” the entire city grid over an airport runway or two lol.  Not the first time and wont be the last time it happens 

In a situation like Austin... could you possibly make multiple "correct" rotations of the map, upon release?

Sorry if this is a huge ask----but I imagine the street grid not lining up with real life would be a HUGE non-starter for most players trying to recreate the region. I understand your preference to line up the runways.... but many, myself included imo, would see this as an uncorrectable flaw to the map... perhaps 2 versions will appease both crowds. Your maps are very high quality---it's a shame that many folks would not use them because of an avoidable reason like incompatible rotation.

For instance, beautiful maps exist of Atlantic City, NJ, which are never aligned to SC4 grid.... Rendering the map awkward, and pretty much useless. No offense, but why take time and care to create a great map that can't serve its intended purpose? For instance, I couldn't imagine the effort involved in creating a beautiful and realistic map of NYC only to align it with the runways at LaGuardia... some might delight in recreating the airport but most will just be annoyed that the map doesn't work for the entire city.

Maybe a "grid-friendly" version along side "runway-friendly" version would cover all bases. Or do you think this would take too much extra time?

Just throwing it out there because you have made the best maps out there recently. Your work is greatly improving the available terrains for SC4 even after all these years. Kudos! and Thank you for staying active, and making thoughtful executive decisions.

-joey

[Dreadnought 8,231]

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1 hour ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Nonsense, here's 5 right off the top...

How do bankruptcy attorneys make any money?

The lawyer gets a big retainer right up front -- then he shows the rich guy how to hide all his money from his soon to be divorced wife -- THEN he files the bankruptcy!!

Why do round pizzas come in square boxes?

Square boxes are cheaper to make than round ones -- Duuhh......

Why is it that when people are asked what they would bring to a deserted island, they never answer ‘a boat’?

Because they're not smart enough to say -- "Ten million dollars and a 160-foot cabin cruiser with streaming video."

If people from Poland are called Poles, do you call people from Holland ‘Holes’?

"Hollandars" -- silly!  Oh--wait -- !  That's what you strain spaghetti in -- right - ?

What does ‘OK’ actually mean?

It means..."Everything's Jake".  OR -- as an alternative -- you tell me and then we'll both know.

 

 

 

Awww, Jeez -- you know I'm a sucker for this stuff......

[thecitiescenter 3,059]

14 hours ago, EffTheGrid said:

Maybe a "grid-friendly" version 

The irony.

To clarify, the map of Austin that I showed previously in this thread wasn’t rotated at all.  Its Austin as its naturally aligned on a real world map.  I didn’t “rotate it for the airport”, I kept it as is, it just happens that Bergstroms runways align mostly nice and neat in a north south direction and for Austin thats pretty much all that aligns thus leading to my comment to @Odainsaker which was done so in jest.  Some folks who know me here also know I am a big aviation enthusaist so theres that aspect as well.  As such rest assured no ones sacrificing “Manhattan for La Guardia” (but I did sacrifice Long Island).

Anyway, appreciate the feedback and will look into rotating the Austin map for better alignment with the street grid.  I think it makes reasonable sense.  I’m also going to look into Atlantic City.  I did not realize that there aren’t any rotated maps of it out there.  Not one i was planning to make but its possible now that you brought it up.

 

 

[Dgmc2013 947]

I'm working on this neighborhood/area

 

[Honolulu 2,779]

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

On 10/6/2023 at 5:43 PM, Dreadnought said:

The lawyer gets a big retainer right up front -- then he shows the rich guy how to hide all his money from his soon to be divorced wife -- THEN he files the bankruptcy!!

 

On 10/6/2023 at 5:43 PM, Dreadnought said:

Awww, Jeez -- you know I'm a sucker for this stuff......

Been there, done that?

 

So I leave for a few days and come back and the place is now "Banishedtropolis" ? Either that or I need to fix my bookmark.

[Honolulu 2,779]

@Krasner thank you  for this superb BAT. 

https://www.toutsimcities.com/downloads/view/3330

 

[Krisman 4,652]

Did a small update with some more recent props of the main square (Place de la Liberte) of my city.
One the edge of the square you will see the palace (Palais de Caravella) and on the square the 'Captains' church (Eglise Capitaines) where is the old days the captain of each vessel light a candle before departing ...

[Rott 2,399]

Almost done, test render looks good....

[Brad 343]

15 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

 

Been there, done that?

 

So I leave for a few days and come back and the place is now "Banishedtropolis" ? Either that or I need to fix my bookmark.

 

 

was a temporary raid.

[Lazarou Monkey Terror 1,838]

On 10/7/2023 at 9:03 PM, Dgmc2013 said:

I'm working on this neighborhood/area

 

Nice diagonals! 

[Lazarou Monkey Terror 1,838]

Any excuse to line up these diagonal residential lots, the work of the HK-BAT team is legend in this house. What ever happened to those guys?

 

[watercitymadero 805]

Water mod. Maybe soon

Terrain mod, not very soon, lmao.

Should I start a thread?

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

6 hours ago, Lazarou Monkey Terror said:

Any excuse to line up these diagonal residential lots, the work of the HK-BAT team is legend in this house. What ever happened to those guys?

I see you found "that thing". Careful, it grows like a weed.

 

The Kraal at Ishawala, somewhere in Africa. Substituted 20Huskies Salt Silo for the traditional dwelling. If only we had someone who specialized in making off-beat obscure buildings...

 

a real Kraal...

 

[Lazarou Monkey Terror 1,838]

On 10/9/2023 at 11:27 PM, SIM-ple Jack said:

I see you found "that thing". Careful, it grows like a weed.

 

I remodded it to a unique lot size (8x11) and made it a corner lot so it only grows on MY command! 

[20huskies 4,699]

On 10/9/2023 at 3:27 PM, SIM-ple Jack said:

I see you found "that thing". Careful, it grows like a weed.

 

The Kraal at Ishawala, somewhere in Africa. Substituted 20Huskies Salt Silo for the traditional dwelling. If only we had someone who specialized in making off-beat obscure buildings...

 

a real Kraal...

 

That’s a pretty creative use for those haha

 

[JulioC 2,581]

I'm on the process of creating a bunch of new path MMPs (at the moment theres only one because i'm testing the size/shape, the texture will change and I try to make some variety of it lol): 

I always loved these paths that were made by SFBT (?)

 

but they are not available at the moment since they were uploaded at SC4Devotion LEX. And well, since its a simple model I thought that I could make something similar while I can't download the original. If I get happy with the results, I will problably release my new MMP to the public here in simtropolis ^^

[gutterclub 2,729]

Does anyone have the link to that fast running water mod/lot? Looks great

[JulioC 2,581]

19 minutes ago, gutterclub said:

Does anyone have the link to that fast running water mod/lot? Looks great

in the pic I posted? if so, its the RFR water, you can find it here on the STEX

[JulioC 2,581]

anyway, did more paths. I will need to re-do the paeng sandstone one and i want to add a few more options (something like 10 variations) before releasing it

(also accepting suggestions. i'm thinking of 3 cobblestone variations, 1 maxis sidewalk, 1 paeng sandstone sidewalk, 1 mgb euro sidewalk, 1 concrete, and idk, something related to dirt paths, industrial path, etc)

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

On 10/10/2023 at 9:11 PM, Lazarou Monkey Terror said:

so it only grows on MY command!

You're so strong!

19 hours ago, 20huskies said:

That’s a pretty creative use for those haha

 

Almost as if you used them as inspiration. Other than the conical shape of your dome and the lack of I guess what are supposed to be foyers, pretty damn close.

Herdsmen gonna herd...

 

 

 

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

[hugues aroux 3,867]

12 hours ago, JulioC said:

also accepting suggestions

I jump with both feet on the proposal .. to say: I would love to have as “tools” 3 or 4 instances of: 3 “brush” widths. +-1.5 m (super fine!) 2 and 4 m. And for which the texture is (relatively) accessible, (FSH) editable as desired, to modify it according to everyone's mood. That would be great!

[pclark06 12,073]

Where the beaver never sleeps

[JulioC 2,581]

5 hours ago, hugues aroux said:

I jump with both feet on the proposal .. to say: I would love to have as “tools” 3 or 4 instances of: 3 “brush” widths. +-1.5 m (super fine!) 2 and 4 m. And for which the texture is (relatively) accessible, (FSH) editable as desired, to modify it according to everyone's mood. That would be great!

I think that if you use the Model Tweaker you can change the size of the MMP (I've made them ~4m, 1/4 of a tile) - but I dont know if the pattern will be distorted - if that's the case, I will see if I can make a 2m version too

And about the edition, I think that someone with some knowledge of FHS editing will be able to change it, since its a very simple model 
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This is what I have right now. tbh it's ready to be released lol I dont know if I will make more versions of it - I found no bugs, you can place other MMPs on them, they are modded like BadSim MMPs so you can put other MMPs on the side too, you can create very dense scenes.

[hugues aroux 3,867]

46 minutes ago, JulioC said:

This is what I have right now.

Excellent !!

[Ssaidd 1,368]

[Ulisse Wolf 4,461]

2 hours ago, JulioC said:

I think that if you use the Model Tweaker you can change the size of the MMP (I've made them ~4m, 1/4 of a tile) - but I dont know if the pattern will be distorted - if that's the case, I will see if I can make a 2m version too

And about the edition, I think that someone with some knowledge of FHS editing will be able to change it, since its a very simple model 
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This is what I have right now. tbh it's ready to be released lol I dont know if I will make more versions of it - I found no bugs, you can place other MMPs on them, they are modded like BadSim MMPs so you can put other MMPs on the side too, you can create very dense scenes.

This is a nice mod. Don't forget to add NAM's PedMall texture support which would make the mod even more beautiful

[SneakyDeaky 1,130]

Working on growing Madhatter's offices.