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[ncamferdam 1,503]

So it turns out I have a lot of PIM-X work in my future, because it seems my lots are not very well-balanced. I'm getting nothing but weeds, and nothing that really works for the overall (semi)realistic look that I'm going for. In the meantime, it just means I'm doing a lot more plopping/growifying than I was hoping to do. But as a side-effect, I'll actually have updates on the process that look somewhat presentable as I go through each portion of the city.

Starting with the north side of the marina (and the south side of the navy base):

[Null 45 3,113]

12 hours ago, JulioC said:

hopefully you're able to finnish that mod, that would be revolutionary and a life saver for us who plop basically 99% of the city.

The new Query Tool UI Extensions update is now on the STEX:

I also added an INI file with an option to disable all the building query sounds. It can get repetitive to have those sounds play whenever you click on a building.

[hugues aroux 3,867]

@Barroco Hispano .. ah yeees .. it's moor "rounded" like that .. swept by the wind  .. so good !!

[justforfun 7,926]

A new townhouse:

[Ulisse Wolf 4,458]

My livestreming has started again, and this time we built a very interesting agricultural town with special use of the new version of the Diagonal Bridge Enabler (Still in experimental stage). 

Below you can see a replay of the live streaming

 

[Null 45 3,113]

Disabling lot aggregation and subdivision severely limits the farm variety, the only thing that varies is the fields.The following image is one of the few configurations I have seen in that case. Farms don't support lot subdivision.

Lot aggregation and subdivision is the system SC4 uses to change the size of a lot when developing residential and commercial zones, disabling it forces the game to pick a lot that matches the user's zoned lot size. It has to remain enabled for industrial medium and high density zones, they can't develop otherwise.

[Jasoncw 11,949]

@Barroco Hispano I had gotten the rig 95% complete. What is left is tweaking, and community discussions about color preferences, and most importantly, actually BATing with it. So far I've just been using grey cubes, teapots, and old BATs that I quickly redid the materials for, but nothing so far where it's an entire BAT completely redone.

I haven't tried perfectly matching the Mental Ray rig, because the Mental Ray rig has problems (mainly the excessively bright and cyan sky (and shadows)). And even if the rig were perfectly matched, the way materials are, it's not possible to get a BAT to perfectly match rendered with both rigs. My goal is to have a rig which makes good looking BATs which sit comfortably with existing content (both Scanline and Mental Ray). The sun angle and softness are matched perfectly. Otherwise I've gone back and forth between tweaking it in various ways. So I'm 100% confident that we'll have a lighting rig that is really good and that everyone will love, but there isn't a point to working on it more until the export problem is solved.

 

[Ssaidd 1,367]

[Null 45 3,113]

Here are before and after screen shots showing the Keep Lot Zone Sizes feature in version 2.3.0 of the More Building Styles DLL. When this option is enabled, it forces SC4 to only pick residential and/or commercial lots which have sizes matching the zoned area. When this option is disabled (the default), SC4 will use its standard behavior of aggregating or subdividing the residential and commercial zones to fit its chosen lot.

Before:

After:

The 3x3 zone doesn't develop because the game doesn't have any compatible lots to place in a zone that size. The 2x2 zones are filled with a lot that I modded for my W2W mode testing. If the Keep Lot Zone Sizes check box is unchecked and the simulation is run, SC4 will fill in the 3x3 zone by subdividing it into 3 lots with a size of 3x1.

[sander97 666]

On 25-9-2024 at 10:15 PM, pclark06 said:

first time i've ever done an indoor pool

Very nice!! Can't wait to get this in my town!

[tariely 4,499]

On 05/10/2024 at 5:56 AM, philforhockey51 said:Farm Fences Done ...  more farm/fence fillers in production .. orgot the teaser pic ..

 

Wooooo and YES. Looking forward to MOAR.

[Krisman 4,652]

Going back and forth between rural landscaping and making small tweaks to my lotted cities ...
So now the result of some tweaking :-)

[JulianMIA 1,608]

Just messing around and testing things you sometimes find interesting uses for something new.  This breakwater set is going to be very interesting to work with, if it had an underbridge capability it would be amazing!

[Ssaidd 1,367]

[jestarr 3,423]

I've been slowly remaking BATs that I lost the gmax files for. Here's Willis Nut & Bolt in HD. It's not exactly the same since I lost textures that I haven't been able to regain, too.

[Tyberius06 12,263]

As a little side project and part of the SC4D LEX and SimCity Kurier Restoration efforts, today I present you with three SFBT uploads.
Bear in mind that there's gonna be a different SC4Evermore upload of these contents eventually as a more official SFBT restoration.

Have fun!

- Tyberius06

[art128 4,622]

14 hours ago, JulianMIA said:

Just messing around and testing things you sometimes find interesting uses for something new.  This breakwater set is going to be very interesting to work with, if it had an underbridge capability it would be amazing!

Wait a minute.... I don't remember those bridge being RRW compatible???

[JulianMIA 1,608]

7 hours ago, art128 said:

Wait a minute.... I don't remember those bridge being RRW compatible???

These are actually HSR lines and HSR bridges still - and the HSR bridges are fantastic, the track looks great crossing over!  Again just messing around .

Here is a closeup of where I am with my texture experimentation, not really happy with it, still needs work!

 

[justforfun 7,926]

Another townhouse:

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

@Jasoncw What a pity, I wish I could use Arnold, in mentalray it is not possible to add subsurface scattering to materials. It would also be very interesting to be able to use parallax textures to simulate the interiors of houses and skyscrapers. 

textures...

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

[JulianMIA 1,608]

You have to ask yourself whether endless hours of making rail textures and trying to choose one is just part of the fun or some kind of deep rabbit hole.

I made these variations today, looking for opinions 

[MissVanleider 1,851]

6 hours ago, JulianMIA said:

You have to ask yourself whether endless hours of making rail textures and trying to choose one is just part of the fun or some kind of deep rabbit hole.

I made these variations today, looking for opinions 

Personally I like the last the most but they all look good!

[justforfun 7,926]

Two more! OK, looks like it will have to be a pack:

[EffTheGrid 3,726]

On 10/8/2024 at 8:00 AM, Tyberius06 said:

Wow!! Thank you for this timely upload --- this was one of those files I lost during my own hard drive crash and could never find them again. I was just looking around for them last week to no avail. So I really, REALLY appreciate this little gift! Thank you! These stations are some of the best out there. Very handy.

[pclark06 12,069]

I still have a bunch I want to do but aiming for end of the month.

[art128 4,622]

On 10/10/2024 at 7:29 AM, JulianMIA said:

You have to ask yourself whether endless hours of making rail textures and trying to choose one is just part of the fun or some kind of deep rabbit hole.

I made these variations today, looking for opinions 

Yeah the last one looks really good

[TheTimvh1 939]

11 hours ago, pclark06 said:

I still have a bunch I want to do but aiming for end of the month.

Ever considered splitting the project into a few separate uploads as opposed to one giant megapack?  Might make your life slightly easier, especially given the amount of detail compared to the arbitrary deadline you've set for yourself.  These are absolutely gorgeous, btw.  Once I get a replacement for my currently broken game (I have the disc version on XP, which not only lacks compatibility with the most modern custom content, but also hasn't been working since more than a year ago) I look forward to playing with these.

[Ssaidd 1,367]

long road to gooo !

[TheTimvh1 939]

On 10/1/2024 at 12:52 PM, matias93 said:

The GOG release is usually the one with less strings attached.

Thanks.