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[Tyberius06 12,267]

6 hours ago, Ct1999 said:

Treasure from SimCity China (Made by GN-Drive, I don't have the permission to bring them on STEX):

5 hours ago, pedroac20c said:

Is there a way to obtain some of those simcitychina buildings? 

2 hours ago, kaimai said:

Registration instructions are here (machine translation below). Chinese language skills are probably essential though.

There used to be unofficial or semi-official talks to make the SimCityCN contents available on western exchanges when @Raymond7cn was still active. There wasn't any kind of agreement, but based on that due to their hard situation regarding visiting and downloading files from western sites, the former members and moderators over there simply rehosted a bunch of contents that used to be available on SC4Devotion LEX, the idea was that STEX could be a home of rehosting contents from the SimCity CN. These talks happened like 4-5 years ago, but there haven't been any move since then, mostly because Raymond went MIA, and myself had already enough restoration and file rehosting projects to deal with it.

General idea is, that based on that we, from western countries, can not really reach their site to get any registration, (only chance when some of us already had an account there, before they introduced the new registration rules), the sitation is pretty much the same as they had with the LEX/BSC contents and the solution would be similar too. There was kind of one or two strict rule; the creadit needed to be given to the original creator at every time and the description needed to mention that the original hosting place is the SimCity China site. But as I said there was not any kind of official decision, but that time this was the general idea and opinion among those who were involved. 

- Tyberius06

 

 

[MissVanleider 1,851]

I made a City Journal post for the first time in a long time. Here is a link to it: 

I have been lurking here from time to time trying to keep up with some of the updates. It's great to see everyone here still making the game better after all these years, kudos. 

 

[Kel9509 1,483]

4 hours ago, kaimai said:

Registration instructions are here (machine translation below). Chinese language skills are probably essential though.

Those terms are basically impossible, I assume, for anyone to register.  And I'm sure they have some nice stuff too, given what I've seen already.  It's a shame.  I was wondering if the STEX would also archive some of the items found on the various "naver.com" and Japanese Simcity4 websites, as those have been recently requested a lot too.

[Bolshevik 68]

On 2024/4/6 at 12:38 AM, Ct1999 said:

第 2 部分：

（不能保证所有这些都会进入 STEX）

These are some of the best BATs that I've ever seen.

[Ct1999 4,200]

15 hours ago, pedroac20c said:

Is there a way to obtain some of those simcitychina buildings? 

 

10 hours ago, Tyberius06 said:

There used to be unofficial or semi-official talks to make the SimCityCN contents available on western exchanges when @Raymond7cn was still active. There wasn't any kind of agreement, but based on that due to their hard situation regarding visiting and downloading files from western sites, the former members and moderators over there simply rehosted a bunch of contents that used to be available on SC4Devotion LEX, the idea was that STEX could be a home of rehosting contents from the SimCity CN. These talks happened like 4-5 years ago, but there haven't been any move since then, mostly because Raymond went MIA, and myself had already enough restoration and file rehosting projects to deal with it.

General idea is, that based on that we, from western countries, can not really reach their site to get any registration, (only chance when some of us already had an account there, before they introduced the new registration rules), the sitation is pretty much the same as they had with the LEX/BSC contents and the solution would be similar too. There was kind of one or two strict rule; the creadit needed to be given to the original creator at every time and the description needed to mention that the original hosting place is the SimCity China site. But as I said there was not any kind of official decision, but that time this was the general idea and opinion among those who were involved. 

- Tyberius06

 

 

Possible. But it is extremely difficult. Especially SimCity China is now restricting visiting traffic even to existing user members which makes downloading files from there extremely slow. 

So, It is a hard situation for them.

[MissVanleider 1,851]

I am trying to make a realistic river with MMPs. It's early days, just experimenting with the different waters so far, have not added any MMPs beside sketching out the course of the river.

The hardest part was always going to be the transition from the plop water to the game water, so I decided to start with that. I decided to use the RFR plopwater pack for the river, firstly as it looks more similar in a picture to the game water that I have (which is the brigantine flavour) than some other plop water options. The second reason is that it looks like it is flowing a bit more than the JRJ plop water, which will probably possibly be used to make a nice lake later on.

I have tried to use the excellent (but difficult to use) JRP pieces to make this all important transition from plop to game water.

These things are so strange, and really need some playing about with the terrain height to get them to work in the landscape. placing them Too High (which is actually the intended height of the author of the mod) and the transition between the lot and the game water looks obvious and basically horrendous, the green 'river banks' are also very hard to blend in with the landscape. Here I have placed them Too Low and the terrain is clipping through them in places. This will need to be disguised later on.

These JRP pieces also have really odd shadow effects which will again will need to be disguised with other MMPs later on, but I think I've sort of gotten away with the transition from this angle. Does anyone know if selectively removing shadows from a lot like this is possible?

The back side, not so much! - I've placed a couple of the Mas'71 suburban canal pieces next to the river gate transition, but the transition from that to my plop water is going to take some real thought. If you guys have any suggestions for the tiles within the red boxes, please do suggest!

 

 

[Dead_End 1,630]

20 minutes ago, MissVanleider said:

I am trying to make a realistic river with MMPs. It's early days, just experimenting with the different waters so far, have not added any MMPs beside sketching out the course of the river.

The hardest part was always going to be the transition from the plop water to the game water, so I decided to start with that. I decided to use the RFR plopwater pack for the river, firstly as it looks more similar in a picture to the game water that I have (which is the brigantine flavour) than some other plop water options. The second reason is that it looks like it is flowing a bit more than the JRJ plop water, which will probably possibly be used to make a nice lake later on.

I have tried to use the excellent (but difficult to use) JRP pieces to make this all important transition from plop to game water.

These things are so strange, and really need some playing about with the terrain height to get them to work in the landscape. placing them Too High (which is actually the intended height of the author of the mod) and the transition between the lot and the game water looks obvious and basically horrendous, the green 'river banks' are also very hard to blend in with the landscape. Here I have placed them Too Low and the terrain is clipping through them in places. This will need to be disguised later on.

These JRP pieces also have really odd shadow effects which will again will need to be disguised with other MMPs later on, but I think I've sort of gotten away with the transition from this angle. Does anyone know if selectively removing shadows from a lot like this is possible?

The back side, not so much! - I've placed a couple of the Mas'71 suburban canal pieces next to the river gate transition, but the transition from that to my plop water is going to take some real thought. If you guys have any suggestions for the tiles within the red boxes, please do suggest!

 

 

These transitions are something I also struggle with so I'm following your experiments with great interest! Usually I end up trying to disguise areas like this with MMP's (water plants) or put in a bridge of some sort. The former works with calm water, but can seem somewhat unrealistic with the flowing water effect you're going for here. The alternative is obscuring things with larger trees on the edges, but that also has its disadvantages...

[11241036 5,115]

5 hours ago, MissVanleider said:

I am trying to make a realistic river with MMPs. It's early days, just experimenting with the different waters so far, have not added any MMPs beside sketching out the course of the river.

The hardest part was always going to be the transition from the plop water to the game water, so I decided to start with that. [...]

 

Good to see you back! Unfortunately, I cannot help you with the shadows issue, but I've written a special entry in my CJ Maxiland about the topic of transitions between MMP and in-game water. It's not a perfect solution, either, but it seems that this is nigh impossible, anyway.

For your 2nd suggestion, I'd suggest using the Wildbach (wild creek) piece from the RFR water MMP set, it's smaller and will fit in better; besides, it's imo a good thing in between making it look nice and making it look realistic.

[rsc204 21,866]

7 hours ago, MissVanleider said:

I decided to use the RFR plopwater pack for the river, firstly as it looks more similar in a picture to the game water that I have (which is the brigantine flavour) than some other plop water options. The second reason is that it looks like it is flowing a bit more than the JRJ plop water, which will probably possibly be used to make a nice lake later on.

Not a bad way to go, although I'd be remiss not to point out that with Brigantine, using PEG's Tahoe plop water it is possible to seamlessly drag the MMP into the sea, although not at all easy to pull off well, but the colour matching is near perfect.

Before and After shot using Tahoe to fill in the underwater areas to blend with Brigantine (HD). Obviously I've not done it perfectly here, but for examples sake it shows what is possible.

7 hours ago, MissVanleider said:

I have tried to use the excellent (but difficult to use) JRP pieces to make this all important transition from plop to game water.

I've used these pieces once or twice and did not suffer the shadow problem, but I believe you do need to do a lot of terraforming around them to get them looking good.

Edit: Then again, maybe I just forgot about the problem!, it can be fixed up a little, but I think the models were designed with the S3D type water to appear at the bottom, which would hide the shadow.

However, by turning off the shadows (Set IsGroundModel to False for each Prop), the problem is easily solved:

Make sure this file loads after Mas71_JRP-PROPs Vol05_080714.dat in your Plugins folder:

zJRP_DAMNoShadow.dat

And you can use them too.

[MissVanleider 1,851]

35 minutes ago, rsc204 said:

 

 

 

The Tahoe water actually looks really nice! I cant remember why i discarded the idea of that one, as i'm sure i've used it before.

The JRP lots are absolutely designed to do something different from what i am asking of them! I think ultimately, one just has to live with the shadow issue!

I've been messing about with the suburban canal pieces in the LE to try to fashion some kind of low-tech transition between the RFR water and the canal lot. I think i'm getting somewhere. As @11241036 mentioned above, selecting a different water MMP has made a difference. The 'smallest water tile' is actually a really nice one, as it can be plopped almost anywhere.

Hopefully i can show a picture of any progress soon 

[rsc204 21,866]

3 minutes ago, MissVanleider said:

I think ultimately, one just has to live with the shadow issue!

Just edited the last post, but I'll reply here so you don't miss it, but long and short fixed it .

[MissVanleider 1,851]

27 minutes ago, rsc204 said:

Just edited the last post, but I'll reply here so you don't miss it, but long and short fixed it .

Thats incredibly nice of you. This should make a massive difference. Once again i am indebted! i'll grab the download and start messing about with this tomorrow 

[davide1983it 5,426]

I'm making a Villa Set  for $

 

 

I'm 

[matias93 7,535]

Playing with this site that illustrates the results of a research paper on modes of commuting across the world, and thinking on how it could be used to plan cities in the game, or even, as a novel way to visualise the game data. This triangle puts all the cities in the study in a given crossing depending on how many people commutes to work by car, transit or by walking/cycling: the top is all walking/cycling, the left corner is all transit and the right one is all car.

https://citiesmoving.com/visualizations/

I guess I'll do a more detailed thread later on what their results mean, on the off-topic sub-forum, so check there, but I'll also put a link here. Meanwhile, where do you think your city would be in the triangle?

[MissVanleider 1,851]

3 hours ago, rsc204 said:

Just edited the last post, but I'll reply here so you don't miss it, but long and short fixed it .

In my game the shadows still show on my lot, but i think this is because the lot i am using (watergate narrow and watergate wide) is different from the dam lot that you showed and created the override for, and takes props from a different file.

I had a look at all the values in PIM X for all the different prop files in this pack and I can see the 'true' in isgroundmodel for all of them.

Is PIM X the best tool for me to try to amend this value? And if so where do i 'drag' the file to in PIM x to allow me to make an override file for the other props, as you have done?

Thanks as ever!

 

[gutterclub 2,729]

On 4/13/2024 at 10:38 AM, Tyberius06 said:

There used to be unofficial or semi-official talks to make the SimCityCN contents available on western exchanges when @Raymond7cn was still active. There wasn't any kind of agreement, but based on that due to their hard situation regarding visiting and downloading files from western sites, the former members and moderators over there simply rehosted a bunch of contents that used to be available on SC4Devotion LEX, the idea was that STEX could be a home of rehosting contents from the SimCity CN. These talks happened like 4-5 years ago, but there haven't been any move since then, mostly because Raymond went MIA, and myself had already enough restoration and file rehosting projects to deal with it.

General idea is, that based on that we, from western countries, can not really reach their site to get any registration, (only chance when some of us already had an account there, before they introduced the new registration rules), the sitation is pretty much the same as they had with the LEX/BSC contents and the solution would be similar too. There was kind of one or two strict rule; the creadit needed to be given to the original creator at every time and the description needed to mention that the original hosting place is the SimCity China site. But as I said there was not any kind of official decision, but that time this was the general idea and opinion among those who were involved. 

- Tyberius06

 

 

That's a shame, I didn't realise there were still quality BATs out there that were unreachable. Some of those buildings are very nice and useful.

[MissVanleider 1,851]

I decided to use the Suburban Canals as 'bridge' pieces for my MMP river. Because these use an optical illusion to appear sunken, I have primitively removed the 'suburban' base texture of the end piece and replaced it with a neutral grass and then duplicated the prop so it now overhangs the 1x1 tile. I'm rather pleased with the results, although it still does need a bit of hiding with MMPs on the edges, this can be done in the way @11241036 shows in the helpful tutorial they made. 

These bits where the game world of SC4 (infrastructure, buildings etc). interact with the MMPs are important because if done right should make everything feel part of the same whole, rather than 'lots over here, MMP painting over there'. I thought it probably made sense to add the roads now before I'm overly attached to the MMP painting I did and don't want to demolish any of it. In the past some of my MMP experiments have looked a bit sterile and separate from the town.

I'm still not at all happy with the concrete blocks on the 'sea' side here and really need to come up with a better solution, but I'm generally quite happy with this marshland / delta area behind the 'watergate' lots. I think some park like work needs to be done on the right side to further unify the town with the river delta. 

[11241036 5,115]

7 hours ago, MissVanleider said:

I decided to use the Suburban Canals as 'bridge' pieces for my MMP river. Because these use an optical illusion to appear sunken, I have primitively removed the 'suburban' base texture of the end piece and replaced it with a neutral grass and then duplicated the prop so it now overhangs the 1x1 tile. I'm rather pleased with the results, although it still does need a bit of hiding with MMPs on the edges, this can be done in the way @11241036 shows in the helpful tutorial they made. 

These bits where the game world of SC4 (infrastructure, buildings etc). interact with the MMPs are important because if done right should make everything feel part of the same whole, rather than 'lots over here, MMP painting over there'. I thought it probably made sense to add the roads now before I'm overly attached to the MMP painting I did and don't want to demolish any of it. In the past some of my MMP experiments have looked a bit sterile and separate from the town.

I'm still not at all happy with the concrete blocks on the 'sea' side here and really need to come up with a better solution, but I'm generally quite happy with this marshland / delta area behind the 'watergate' lots. I think some park like work needs to be done on the right side to further unify the town with the river delta. 

Nice MMP work on the delta! Also, I'm glad to be of help. A suggestion, if you want a retaining wall on the shore: Simmer2 has released a few nice plugins, I've already been using his stones as shore fortification. It looks quite realistic, although they require much time because they are much smaller than they look on the screenshots.

And a screenshot from my CJ (sorry for my many acts of self-advertising):

[kschmidt 6,223]

Puglia Agricoltura !

These few day´s I set up the heart of Puglia´s Agriculture ! Little towns, Vilages, Hamlets spread around. Miggiano is the town at the heart of the area. A variety of grain, oll oriantated industries. Along the coast theirs a extensive olive orchard. All basic needs plenty I like to keep as green as it is now !

Miggiamo quartiere !

Miggiano !

What next, more developed Brindisi and Tarranto or go outside of Puglia into Campania with the Salerno area ?

Enjoy !

[rsc204 21,866]

On 13/04/2024 at 10:10 PM, MissVanleider said:

Is PIM X the best tool for me to try to amend this value? And if so where do i 'drag' the file to in PIM x to allow me to make an override file for the other props, as you have done?

I used Reader to edit them, PIM-X can view but not edit a lot of data, but it may help determine in which exact file the Props you need reside. Open that file in Reader, click on the Analyser button (which conveniently filters out all the Exemplars in the file), then just edit the values (from 1/True to 0/False). If you aren't planning on releasing your edits, it's probably better just to update the original files directly instead of worry about making a patch. I only did that to avoid having to re-distribute the models in the file, but for personal use that's actually a bit clunky.

[Haljackey 17,398]

BTM line extension

[pclark06 12,073]

Retail distribution centers + @MushyMushytrailers

[jestarr 3,423]

The modeling is finished on this. I rendered it and did a small lot [3x2].  I'm going to run it in the game and if everything works as expected, I'll upload it in a day or two. There will be an SD and HD version. Here's an in-game pic.

[Haljackey 17,398]

More BTM expansion

-

This is the 2014 interchange challenge tile by the way

[kschmidt 6,223]

On 4/12/2024 at 5:34 PM, Ct1999 said:

Treasure from SimCity China (Made by GN-Drive, I don't have the permission to bring them on STEX):

Today I re optained acces to SimCity.CN, little to do with the Captcha unreadable first ! Eventually found way to the SimCity 4 Forum content but navigate hell with all that chinese. Do you have a link to these buildings ?

Update: Eventualy I figured out GN-Drive account and the post list withe cnten filest, so that's resolved !CAMI have to look up where to put, probably my Coastal CAM project version !

Sincerely yours,

Kschmidt

  Edited April 17, 2024 by kschmidt  
fpund files

[kschmidt 6,223]

On 13-4-2024 at 12:38 AM, Tyberius06 said:

There used to be unofficial or semi-official talks to make the SimCityCN contents available on western exchanges when @Raymond7cn was still active. There wasn't any kind of agreement, but based on that due to their hard situation regarding visiting and downloading files from western sites, the former members and moderators over there simply rehosted a bunch of contents that used to be available on SC4Devotion LEX, the idea was that STEX could be a home of rehosting contents from the SimCity CN. These talks happened like 4-5 years ago, but there haven't been any move since then, mostly because Raymond went MIA, and myself had already enough restoration and file rehosting projects to deal with it.

General idea is, that based on that we, from western countries, can not really reach their site to get any registration, (only chance when some of us already had an account there, before they introduced the new registration rules), the sitation is pretty much the same as they had with the LEX/BSC contents and the solution would be similar too. There was kind of one or two strict rule; the creadit needed to be given to the original creator at every time and the description needed to mention that the original hosting place is the SimCity China site. But as I said there was not any kind of official decision, but that time this was the general idea and opinion among those who were involved. 

- Tyberius06

 

 

Hi, I obtained acces to SimCity.CN . Captchaw hard to read extra challenge. At least my user and pasword are renewed, so furthur to see. Navigate, horror with a only forum style post model little hard. So much STEX and SC4devotion stuff there. Up post buildings I probably will never find without links. What future may be hard to see today can download some... tomorrow ? Little fortunate I made my account before the transition.Don´t ask about invitation codes that´s beyond me. Hope to enter again soon otherwise a single event today !

Sincerely yours,

Kschmidt

[off 280]

@kschmidt Here are the download links.

Residential:
https://www.simcitychina.com/thread-145331-1-1.html
https://www.simcitychina.com/thread-145277-1-1.html

Commercial:
https://www.simcitychina.com/thread-146508-1-1.html
https://www.simcitychina.com/thread-146509-1-1.html
https://www.simcitychina.com/thread-144963-1-1.html
https://www.simcitychina.com/thread-145470-1-1.html
https://www.simcitychina.com/thread-144808-1-1.html

[Haljackey 17,398]

I was working on this new interchange and BTM station until...

Senator Haljackey?

[MissVanleider 1,851]

59 minutes ago, Haljackey said:

I was working on this new interchange and BTM station until...

Senator Haljackey?

I can confidently say; having never played SC4 without cheating to an extreme degree, that i have never seen this before!

[sejr99999 8,370]

2 hours ago, Haljackey said:

I was working on this new interchange and BTM station until...

Senator Haljackey?

Wow  I got this only once way back in 2003 when i played my first city   thanks for the memory