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[Tyberius06 12,267]

1 hour ago, jestarr said:

Okay, so here's the next set of HD props. Took three days to model and render. I estimate I'll have another three or four more like this. I have an additional 250 railcar and container/intermodal textures left.

Thanks for remaking these railcars and other industrial props. Are you remaking the forklifts, pallet lifters, dollys etc.. too?

[Honolulu 2,779]

A small step forward.

Despite my efforts, the MMP still doesn't convince me.

To take my mind off things, I'm going to try and reproduce an oyster-farming activity on this part of the beach.

[jestarr 3,423]

@Tyberius06 Yes, I'll be remaking everything I can. Some of the props may take some time, as I don't have the original gmax files anymore and they're a bit complicated.

[Girafarig 1,416]

After a short break on account of the holidays and running out of uploading space, I'm back with hybrid rail-related shenanigans. The city of Bahía Herradura, soon to be featured in my CJ (but already shown in the Railroad Showcase thread) is going to be the starting point of an actually-useful high speed rail line.

The thing is, it needs substantial upgrading.

First: I actually need two neighbor connections to make HSR work. So there's a bit of upgrading needed. The next town over has an already-upgraded line, so I just need to make the connection work… in this small piece of available land.

The road needs to go, and probably the rural station, too (at least, for now. Maybe I can rebuilt that lot later on, if need be).

I could just merge the two lines (I did that on the other side) but since I have a bridge and there are no hybrid rail bridgers (will there ever be?), it's best to simply add some switches and prepare for a double bridge. I had also considered a causeway for this section, but the lake, as it turns out, is a bit too deep for my liking.

(Yes, there's a spot there that needs monorail fixing)

Now I need the bridges: one for regular railway, and another one for GHSR, which I have never used so far and looks… a bit wonky, to be honest. But it'll make do.

Finally, it's time to upgrade the station. Even though it would make sense to have more than two platforms, this is a small town and the rail line is only headed towards other, smaller towns – so a smaller station right next to the ferry terminals makes sense.

Now, this rail line extends to the right all the way to Anclaje, the actual big town in my region. But to get there, it has to go through another, taller bridge and a tunnel. I can probably replicate the bridge technique seen here, but the tunnels are going to be far trickier because monorail tunnels are vastly different than rail ones. Not to mention the fact that, on the other side, the rail actually looks like this:

And there's a second tunnel after that:

But if I manage to pull this, I'll be able to have… a rather redundant line to connect a bunch of small seaside towns with the main metropolis.

We'll see.

[Honolulu 2,779]

It's more a landscape like this that I'm looking for

Is it consistent?

[hugues aroux 3,867]

34 minutes ago, Honolulu said:

Is it consistent?

Clearly, yes! That's greeeeeeat!

[hugues aroux 3,867]

Lesson one, part two...

- What this, Brian?

- This is my umbrella!

- Really ?

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

18 hours ago, Honolulu said:

It's more a landscape like this that I'm looking for

Is it consistent?

There is something wrong with that lighthouse shadow.

 

gnu map

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@SIM-ple Jack

"Don't go into the shadows - !! The lighthouse keeper is the evil serial-killer !!  (At least -- that's what Miss Marple says...)

 

@Honolulu 

I think the shadow results from putting the lighthouse lot on top of an uneven surface.  If you flattened the ground (if that's possible) in that spot it might make the shadow go away.

[Girafarig 1,416]

More Hybrid-Railway-related shenanigans!

Now it's the turn of the next town over, Ciudad del Arado, which will feature in my CJ… I don't know, not for a while (?). There's a main line, not pictured, that was supposed to be turned into HRW, but I got carried away and also converted not one but both entrances to Ciudad del Arado, which is at best a 3,000-pop town, with a small port for grain shipments and whatnot. Now, ordinarily, this wouldn't be an issue, since HRW lines can also carry freight. But, uh, I was in a bind for space. Since the main line through town now had a station (bottom left, next to the park) I needed a new, freight-exclusive line and the only way was through the town.

So, it was time for the good ol' cut-and-cover railway!

All this meant, of course, that freight trains now have to take the long way around, so all the farms prefer to take trucks out of town. But hey, at least they have a way to get to the port, should they choose that.

And I'll get a new, more central rail spur at some point, or something.

[kschmidt 6,223]

Puglia update Rail Rural Countryside lines !

Except some mainline track I worked on the Napoli to Fogia line, with Caserta and Benevento as mayor towns along ! The rail network now finaly completed for the big picture I now continue with the road network. Their´s some special stretches, hills and valleys to conquere, make it look good !

The mayor line from Salerno have this giant curve to gain gradual height still avoid tunnels !

The Napoli to Fogia line start at this T junction !

Caserta stretch have some nice height gaining S curve to the station !

Benevento rural landscape where the town will be below left !

Descending left into the valley to Fogia, wich as other will follow in a later update !

Enjoy !

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

I need to find what may be a very obscure lot……

I tried posting this message on the "Can't find it" thread -- but I'm not getting any feedback -- so......

Many, many years ago – in a galaxy far, far away – I downloaded an old industrial lot.

This thing was some sort of custom-made factory or refinery thrown together out of many old Maxis industrial props, and as many different factories as he could find.

It was pretty well done – but he set it on fire! At the time I was interested in building factories – not burning them down – so I deleted that one.

BUT -- He used some sort of “animated” smoke&fire “effects” to gradually turn the lot into a roaring inferno.

Now I want to try using his methods to set battleships on fire !!

Can anyone tell me if the original “flaming” industrial lot is still in the game – and where to download it ??

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

48 minutes ago, Dreadnought said:

Yo, guys --

I need to find what may be a very obscure lot……

I tried posting this message on the "Can't find it" thread -- but I'm not getting any feedback -- so......

Many, many years ago – in a galaxy far, far away – I downloaded an old industrial lot.

This thing was some sort of custom-made factory or refinery thrown together out of many old Maxis industrial props, and as many different factories as he could find.

It was pretty well done – but he set it on fire! At the time I was interested in building factories – not burning them down – so I deleted that one.

BUT -- He used some sort of “animated” smoke&fire “effects” to gradually turn the lot into a roaring inferno.

Now I want to try using his methods to set battleships on fire !!

Can anyone tell me if the original “flaming” industrial lot is still in the game – and where to download it ??

I'm pretty handy with fire...

 

Seriously, most of the smoke and fire effects will be listed quite cleverly as EFFECTS in LotEditor. You'll also find them lotted by themselves for different scenarios, on the STEX. I have most of them, but not currently handy for me, on another drive. Otherwise, I'd give you their names. They don't work very well, so I imagine if you are trying to achieve a raging inferno, you'd have to add a lot of them.

 

9 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

"Don't go into the shadows - !! The lighthouse keeper is the evil serial-killer !! 

Oh, um ... gulp!

 

BTW, Packers kicked ass on the Cowboys 48-32. Yeehaw!

[justforfun 7,929]

Late for the new year but hey, aren't mail services always late?

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@SIM-ple Jack

Yo, guy --

I'm afraid rampant model "LOD's" put an end to the idea of torching a battleship.  So much for the idea of making "S'mores" over a confined compartment blaze.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

4 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

@SIM-ple Jack

Yo, guy --

I'm afraid rampant model "LOD's" put an end to the idea of torching a battleship.  So much for the idea of making "S'mores" over a confined compartment blaze.

Well, all I can say is Burn, Baby, Burn!

[Dreadnought 8,231]

1 hour ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Well, all I can say is Burn, Baby, Burn!

Just for the record -- it was not one of "AP's" models -- he's very good about keeping his LOD's tight.

That makes me think of "Fire Down Below" -- Robert Mitchum -- Jack lemon.

[Odainsaker 2,137]

17 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Well, all I can say is Burn, Baby, Burn!

 

Amusingly, @SIM-ple Jack's mock up and @Dreadnought's intentions remind me greatly of a series videos I had watched by Samuel Resin Models on YouTube of creating diorama battle scenes using plastic model kits of 1/700 scale battleships.  The most jaw-dropping to me was an exploding and sinking Yamato diorama, and though these are physical plastic kits dioramas, they are not too unlike the digital models and dioramas we all make in SimCity, and in this case especially the marvelous city journal Imperial Dockyards:  Cuxhaven.

I like how the modeler after some comments in the first video went back to not only add more battle damage in the second video, but went far further and has the decks and water now running red with spilled blood.  Like @Dreadnought's current search for shell splashes the plastic kit modeler here too had to devise a means to construct bomb and torpedo splashes, though in this case physically with festooned cotton balls.  I have no doubt the non-physical SimCity version will amaze us all.

Enjoy, and I hope these were interesting or inspiring!

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

16 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

That makes me think of "Fire Down Below" -- Robert Mitchum -- Jack lemon

Hmm, made me think of The Naughty Stewardesses - Connie Hoffman, but, that's a story for another day.

 

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[pclark06 12,073]

Aussie Kmart in the game:

[Dreadnought 8,231]

6 hours ago, Odainsaker said:

 

Amusingly, @SIM-ple Jack's mock up and @Dreadnought's intentions remind me greatly of a series videos I had watched by Samuel Resin Models on YouTube of creating diorama battle scenes using plastic model kits of 1/700 scale battleships.  The most jaw-dropping to me was an exploding and sinking Yamato diorama, and though these are physical plastic kits dioramas, they are not too unlike the digital models and dioramas we all make in SimCity, and in this case especially the marvelous city journal Imperial Dockyards:  Cuxhaven.

I like how the modeler after some comments in the first video went back to not only add more battle damage in the second video, but went far further and has the decks and water now running red with spilled blood.  Like @Dreadnought's current search for shell splashes the plastic kit modeler here too had to devise a means to construct bomb and torpedo splashes, though in this case physically with festooned cotton balls.  I have no doubt the non-physical SimCity version will amaze us all.

Enjoy, and I hope these were interesting or inspiring!

 

Yo, Odainsaker --

Hadn't heard from you for some time -- thanks for dropping in -- !

I'm afraid my "brainstorm" for creating "gunfire", shell splashes, and shipboard fires has been defeated by the random vagaries of "LOD's" and the limitations of the old Maxis 3-D modeling software.  I was able to duplicate something similar to "SIM-ple Jack's" shipboard fire -- but I was unable to create anything realistic enough to make it worthwhile. 

At the moment, I'm not sure there is a solution available using available SC4 "effect props" and my current model collection.

I will just have to "Make-do and Carry On" -- as the British would say. 

[Jackspital 391]

23 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Well, all I can say is Burn, Baby, Burn!

Ohhh this looks so good. Great to see the outcome from a few days ago with figuring out the fire textures. Definitely looking forward to seeing some CJs with these. It makes me think of a lot of WWII convoy paintings, such as Kenneth King's painting of the sinking of the Clonlara.

[jestarr 3,423]

While cleaning out all the accumulated junk in my desk, I came across a couple of DVDs one of which was labeled "vehicles 2007". To my surprise, it contained most of my gmax files for the trucks, motorcycles and other stuff I'd made long ago. Also, I previously thought that 3 or 4 packs would be enough to redo all of my props in HD. At 3 to 4 MBs per pack there will be at least 4 more for sure and if I make any more props there may be an additional 3 or 4 packs. I've made a lot of props over the years; many were uploaded many were not, so we'll see. Here's a pic of the next HD prop pack. Most are rendered in 90, 45 and 22.5 left /right. Cheers!

  Edited January 17, 2024 by jestarr  
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[jestarr 3,423]

Another little thing for your viewing pleasure. These are a simple 1x1 and 2x1 lot I made to add a bit more variety to my industry areas. I'll upload them as soon as I'm sure they work properly.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

Finished my Christmas region. Doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary, but it's quite groundbreaking to me(as you will find out). Off to the next project, whatever it might be???

[EffTheGrid 3,727]

21 hours ago, jestarr said:

Another little thing for your viewing pleasure. These are a simple 1x1 and 2x1 lot I made to add a bit more variety to my industry areas. I'll upload them as soon as I'm sure they work properly.

They look fantastic!

Could you maybe do a tiny power substation, in the same footprint? 

I love the size and shape of this, and it would be nifty to have a small power plant (similar vibe to this and the Maxis water pump)

Thanks and cheers!

[Krisman 4,652]

A new square in the city with some modern art ;-) ...

[pclark06 12,073]

Who remembers Tower Records?

[jestarr 3,423]

@EffTheGrid I'll see what I can do.

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

A lazy Friday to all!