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[11241036 5,115]

2 hours ago, Honolulu said:

Having tried in vain to build my walled city (I'll be sure to ask for your help in finding appropriate buildings), I've decided to make a few arrangements around it (Still under construction).

 

Very good terraforming, especially with the cliffs (and the castle on the small island is also a good idea). Which aspect of the terraforming has been painful, or is it the result you don't ike?

As for some appropriate buildings: That depends on which style you want to build. However, if you like historic style, I'm going to tag you a few creators who have created historic buildings that I'm using frequently and whose files you may be interested. If you want to download even more, don't hesitate to ask, I like old style, but some of the plugins in my folder are difficult to track down and it's very late in the evening now for me.

@Wallibuk created a nice sortiment of buildings from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and eastern Austria.

@Ferox created some nice 19th century tenements, found in Poland and occasionally Germany.

@Haarlemmergold created some nice old buildings, some of them from the Netherlands, some from Germany. There are also some timberframe buildings I like much.

You may also want to make a Power Search for SFBT content; the Hamburg set may fit in with your plans.

You may also want to visit my profile and check out the files I've uploaded. I've relotted and remodded a collection of Italian-style buildings, as well as a few of JENX timberframe buildings (make sure to download the dependencies).

[gutterclub 2,729]

12 hours ago, Honolulu said:

Having tried in vain to build my walled city (I'll be sure to ask for your help in finding appropriate buildings), I've decided to make a few arrangements around it (Still under construction).

The main entrance to the walled town

The marina

A few places here and there

And a painful step forward for terraforming

Lovely work, what water mod is this please? Looks like it will go well with CALs Canals

[Dreadnought 8,231]

14 hours ago, Honolulu said:

And a painful step forward for terraforming

This is some really good stuff -- !! 

I like your placement of the old walled city on the tip of a peninsula along with the village on the sea-mount.  Leaves you plenty of room to develop the modern infrastructure to the south of the town.  Some VERY CREATIVE lotting and repurposing here, my friend......

BRAVO --

[Honolulu 2,779]

3 hours ago, gutterclub said:

Lovely work, what water mod is this please? Looks like it will go well with CALs Canals

Thank you...
The Water Mod is the one that comes with VIP Terrain.

[Honolulu 2,779]

On 12-08-2024 at 7:30 AM, Dreadnought said:

This is some really good stuff -- !! 

I like your placement of the old walled city on the tip of a peninsula along with the village on the sea-mount.  Leaves you plenty of room to develop the modern infrastructure to the south of the town.  Some VERY CREATIVE lotting and repurposing here, my friend......

BRAVO --

Thank you, Dreadnought...
Respectively to creativity, I don't really deserve any credit as this one is very strongly inspired by a town in my native region.

[Samu64d 360]

[pclark06 12,073]

A parking garage with first floor retail that I am working on. I believe it will be 14x4

[Itsmo 79]

This is my first time writing here, I want to share with you one of my latest proyects in my personal region, an old city with many classical style buildings I've imagined for a long time and now finally is materializing. I really like how this is taking shape!

 

 

 

Regards!

[Oliver25 63]

11 hours ago, Itsmo said:

This is my first time writing here, I want to share with you one of my latest proyects in my personal region, an old city with many classical style buildings I've imagined for a long time and now finally is materializing. I really like how this is taking shape!

 

 

 

Regards!

It looks amazing! 

[pclark06 12,073]

Textures going in. Still lots to do like switching asphalt out to concrete for example. I don't like how dark it is.

 

 

edit: much better

[debussyman 1,349]

Would there be any interest in a dark version (as in pre-war)?

[Dreadnought 8,231]

1 hour ago, debussyman said:

Would there be any interest in a dark version (as in pre-war)?

I think this one is FANTASTIC -- !!

The dark one might look more "realistic" -- I assume that would be soot-stained and weathered.

But this one presents the architecture in its pristine glory.

[watercitymadero 805]

2 hours ago, debussyman said:

Would there be any interest in a dark version (as in pre-war)?

jaw-dropping

[pclark06 12,073]

On 8/13/2024 at 12:00 PM, pclark06 said:

Textures going in. Still lots to do like switching asphalt out to concrete for example. I don't like how dark it is.

 

 

edit: much better

Billboards have been added (because I don't want to obliterate my poly count by putting more car models in those areas)

[pclark06 12,073]

19 hours ago, pclark06 said:

Billboards have been added (because I don't want to obliterate my poly count by putting more car models in those areas)

brat summer

[Wallibuk 1,966]

Just for fun 

[kschmidt 6,223]

New Chicago Lake Meadow preview !

Expansion of New Chicago in to southern direction I will soon start Lake Meadow area. This known for the location of the University of Chicago and the baseball home of the Chicago Whitesoks !

Still some area to fill and workout !

Chicao Whitesocks bowling park !

Enjoy !

 

[Girafarig 1,414]

What am I working on? I'll tell you what I've been working all bloody week, thanks to your votes.

The runway continues…

…all the way into the next town!

A little closeup of the Airpot Police/Firefighter area

What'd you mean I gotta build my airport on flat ground!?

And I haven't even gotten around to building a terminal or re-routing the nearby connections! Custom airports are hard work.

I mean, you can land and park a plane?

[gutterclub 2,729]

7 hours ago, Wallibuk said:

Just for fun 

Really really hope you release these bud, they are perfect and absolutely needed

[grebe48 27]

On 8/14/2024 at 2:14 PM, pclark06 said:

Billboards have been added (because I don't want to obliterate my poly count by putting more car models in those areas)

What software do you use for your BATs? Out of curiosity. I only make road signs in it, lol

[pclark06 12,073]

2 hours ago, grebe48 said:

What software do you use for your BATs? Out of curiosity. I only make road signs in it, lol

I just do normal SC4BAT. I did a few elements in Sketchup though.

[tariely 4,499]

On 01/08/2024 at 4:02 PM, Krisman said:

Made some changes to the main boulevard in my city to really get that southern France vibe ...






 

 

very, very, very nice. May I ask what is the building in pict 1, the two in pict 2, the little brown cafe in pict 3?

[matias93 7,535]

55 minutes ago, tariely said:

very, very, very nice. May I ask what is the building in pict 1, the two in pict 2, the little brown cafe in pict 3?

The two ones in the second image are by @ohdude:

https://community.simtropolis.com/profile/310201-ohdude/content/?type=downloads_file

 

[Girafarig 1,414]

Took a little bit of time off of building the airport to finally get around configuring Wine and making X-Pim and iLive Reader work on macOS. I, of course, cannot use X-Pim and I barely get by with the Reader… but I finally made these lovely Bayfront lots work on the water.

Check out this lovely, actually-full-of-water canal!

Please ignore the underwater grass. Or, uh, think of it as moss or something. I'll eventually figure out how to use X-Pim to remove that texture and/or I'll fiddle with the slope. As a matter of fact, any suggestions?

[Krisman 4,652]

2 hours ago, tariely said:

very, very, very nice. May I ask what is the building in pict 1, the two in pict 2, the little brown cafe in pict 3?

The building in pic 1 is a subway station made by wolfze and a louis vuitton building made by Jenx (not sure if either of them are on the STEX). The building in pic 3 is this Starbucks:

 

[Girafe 1,729]

Maybe the next pack, plane trees 

 

  Edited August 16, 2024 by Girafe  

[11241036 5,115]

3 hours ago, Girafarig said:

Took a little bit of time off of building the airport to finally get around configuring Wine and making X-Pim and iLive Reader work on macOS. I, of course, cannot use X-Pim and I barely get by with the Reader… but I finally made these lovely Bayfront lots work on the water.

Check out this lovely, actually-full-of-water canal!

Please ignore the underwater grass. Or, uh, think of it as moss or something. I'll eventually figure out how to use X-Pim to remove that texture and/or I'll fiddle with the slope. As a matter of fact, any suggestions?

You can manually remove content like textures and props in Reader like this:

1. Open your lots in LE.
2. Search for the texture in question and write down their ID (the code that shows up in the base texture choosing window and when you hover above the texture with the mouse cursor).
3. Close LE.
4. Open your lots in Reader.
5. Search for the Lot exemplar file. Their GID (the middle out of the three code grouds) is always 0xa8fbd372.
6. Look at the right panel. Check out the LotConfigPropertyLotObjectData properties. Those have a code with at least 13 parts, so-called reps, and every property represents one object, be it a prop, a texture, a flora item, or the building exemplar file. The ones starting with 0x00000002 are textures. Double-click on them and check the last rep. If it is the same as the code you wrote down in step 2, this is the texture you want to delete.
7. Right-click on the property, select "Delete Property" and choose "Yes." This will remove said object from your lot.
8. Last, but most important: Right-click somewhere in the right panel and choose "Reindex". I don't exactly know why, but if you forget this, you will get a CTD as soon as you try to plop this lot. You always need to do this when adding or removing LotConfigPropertyLotObjectData properties in a lot exemplar file.

I hope this helps you. If not, please feel free to ask.

[Girafarig 1,414]

16 hours ago, 11241036 said:

You can manually remove content like textures and props in Reader like this:

1. Open your lots in LE.
2. Search for the texture in question and write down their ID (the code that shows up in the base texture choosing window and when you hover above the texture with the mouse cursor).
3. Close LE.
4. Open your lots in Reader.
5. Search for the Lot exemplar file. Their GID (the middle out of the three code grouds) is always 0xa8fbd372.
6. Look at the right panel. Check out the LotConfigPropertyLotObjectData properties. Those have a code with at least 13 parts, so-called reps, and every property represents one object, be it a prop, a texture, a flora item, or the building exemplar file. The ones starting with 0x00000002 are textures. Double-click on them and check the last rep. If it is the same as the code you wrote down in step 2, this is the texture you want to delete.
7. Right-click on the property, select "Delete Property" and choose "Yes." This will remove said object from your lot.
8. Last, but most important: Right-click somewhere in the right panel and choose "Reindex". I don't exactly know why, but if you forget this, you will get a CTD as soon as you try to plop this lot. You always need to do this when adding or removing LotConfigPropertyLotObjectData properties in a lot exemplar file.

I hope this helps you. If not, please feel free to ask.

I haven't gotten around to making LE run on my Wine wrapper. I do have X-Pim. It's the same instructions?

[rsc204 21,866]

1 hour ago, Girafarig said:

I haven't gotten around to making LE run on my Wine wrapper. I do have X-Pim. It's the same instructions?

If you can run PIM-X's LE, then this is even simpler, you can remove the Textures in the LE and it will allow you to save them without issue.

Can I ask, have you managed to configure a wrapper using Apple Silicon?, on my previous Intel Mac I just used a Virtual Machine to run Windows so I had access to my modding tools, but that option is no more since I updated recently.

[Girafarig 1,414]

4 hours ago, rsc204 said:

Can I ask, have you managed to configure a wrapper using Apple Silicon?, on my previous Intel Mac I just used a Virtual Machine to run Windows so I had access to my modding tools, but that option is no more since I updated recently.

Yes, I have. It's a bit trickier to get Wineskin Wrapper (or Wine, at all) installed these days, since you need to do it via Homebrew/the Terminal, but it can be done. I got it from here, followed the instructions, then downloaded a couple of engines and started fooling around until I got the programs running. Apple is soon releasing the Game Porting Toolkit, so that's a huge resource that's available now.

I would share the wrapper here, but the whole wrapper is a massive 1.7 GB (yes, gigabytes) and I'm using the same wrapper for both X-Pim's LE and the Reader. If I get around to it, maybe I can focus on making the wrapper leaner, but I sincerely doubt it's gonna be anywhere close to the size of the programs themselves. Alternatively, you can try downloading Wine using Homebrew. You will need gdi and some fonts to run either program, but as long as you can get Winetricks to run on Wine (using the terminal), you'll be set.