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[jestarr 3,423]

2 hours ago, philforhockey51 said:

Suggesting ideas, typically on older industry buildings being renovated we would find that the roof items such as chimneys, roof access etc. were built during the masonry stage of the build and they would be made with the same masonry materials of the rest of the building, so brick in this case.  On new construction typically we see either a match to the type of siding material below or basically covered in roofing material.

@philforhockey51 Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I'll probably add a square-ish brick structure.

[Rott 2,399]

Museum is undergoing the last few touches before release

[SneakyDeaky 1,130]

7 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

 

OMG!!! What you are always doing is amazing!! I'm a novice, what is this building based on??

[Lazarou Monkey Terror 1,838]

 

an update from the 16th, current events perhaps taking up too much of my time.

That wonderful new Residential Ploppable cheat ready tidies up the place, repetition in the right places. 

I'm still not quite sure where that steam is coming from, I should look into that...

[Brian J. B. 134]

On 11/25/2024 at 1:33 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

 

Absolutely phenomenal work!!!! Will you be making these buildings public? Or do you have a Patreon that your loyal fans can contribute to?

[Samu64d 360]

This plaza is a proof of concept where I'm testing my new models. It's the first piece of a my mega city (I have attached the project below)

 

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

@Krisman @Samu64d Great job! 

@SneakyDeaky Thanks! It is based on this palace 

@Brian J. B.I don't have a Patreon yet, I doubt people will subscribe . I was planning to open one to upload civilian ships and my terrain mods, but I haven't decided yet.

The model is a custom request so it's a private BAT for now. If I release it, I'd have to export gardens and a fountain to make the lot but I don't have those models right now so it would be a lot of work for me. 

[justforfun 7,927]

Two more diagonal R$:

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

I have a dinner and a “cold supper” to go to today – and I probably will not get to pet my kitty cat much before lunchtime, tomorrow --

But -- before I start out on my “rounds”……

We are, indeed, a Multi-National community – and we don’t all share the same “Holidays”. Those of you who do not “indulge” – please consider this a SPECIAL wish for you to have a “Happy Day”.

For those who do indulge in this quaint American pass-time……

 

 

 

And I hope you all watch the Macy’s Thangsgiving Day Parade – a Holiday “institution” since 1932. And another great American institution – the “Radio City Rockettes” – a New York institution since 1962 - !!

 

 

Best wishes to my friends lost in the wilds of “Bonnie Wee Scotland” --

 

Ta, Mates

[Dead_End 1,630]

Working on this:

[pclark06 12,072]

4 hours ago, Dead_End said:

Working on this:

I do think we need more “funeral home” type buildings for sure so this is great

[Dead_End 1,630]

12 hours ago, pclark06 said:

I do think we need more “funeral home” type buildings for sure so this is great

Thanks! If there are any other types of lots you'd like to see, feel free to let me know through PM or in my thread: https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/763451-dead_ends-lots/

[jestarr 3,423]

After a few texture tweaks and massaging the lighting this first one should be ready for lotting. The second pic is of a model I made a long time ago that I never uploaded. I'm remaking it for use in a railyard in one of my cities.

[madhatter106 3,931]

37 minutes ago, jestarr said:

After a few texture tweaks and massaging the lighting this first one should be ready for lotting. The second pic is of a model I made a long time ago that I never uploaded. I'm remaking it for use in a railyard in one of my cities.

 

I would suggest varying the texture slightly on one of the sliding barn doors.
Right now it's obviously the same texture for both, and the wear and tear and rust in the same placement for both doors just seems odd.
It's a small detail, but even the slightest tiny thing can make the verisimilitude...

[SneakyDeaky 1,130]

21 hours ago, Dead_End said:

Working on this:

This is so lovely! Looking forward to this. I hate to be "that guy" but would there be any way to include a version without parking for older cities?  

[justforfun 7,927]

Guess what I found out yesterday? Turns out I had referenced the wrong texture in two models from the Townhouse Pack 1. Meaning, the downloaders must have seen a very odd texture on the side walls (shop windows, I reckon, instead of bricks?) All because the file was pointing to the FSH 04481c65 rather than 04481c66. Please don't ask me how that happened - seriously, guys, soo many things to check! Sorry about that!

Anyway, it's all fixed now and you can re-download the pack here: 

 

 

[Dead_End 1,630]

27 minutes ago, SneakyDeaky said:

This is so lovely! Looking forward to this. I hate to be "that guy" but would there be any way to include a version without parking for older cities?  

The parking area is the bit I'm still not sure of. I tried to recreate the feeling of the Borgund Stave Church, which has a paved parking area at some distance. As a sort of compromise I used gravel instead of pavement, but the corner does stand out a bit I think. Without the parking, you'd end up with a lot closer to the (rather bland) vanilla cemetery. I do think it needs something in the corner to break up repetition, but I don't know what

[Dreadnought 8,231]

YO, GUYS ---

Another Chapter of “IMPERIAL DOCKYARDS: CUXHAVEN”…

 

Chapter 36:

THE DEATH RIDE

OF THE

BATTLECRUISERS

 

 

 

 

 

Visit us at……

 

UNFORTUNATELY – “AP” is still quite busy in his professional life – and – we are now into the “Holiday Season”.

Perhaps next time we can give you a prop pack……

 

[ncamferdam 1,504]

Finally back to updating this city. Should have more later this weekend, but first a brief look at the last portion of my coastline that I'm finishing up (including the mouth of my marina):

[philforhockey51 4,220]

[justforfun 7,927]

The first diagonal R$$: 

[Dead_End 1,630]

I think this is getting close to finished. I've replaced the parking lot with a diagonal corner section and add a broken bit of wall on the top to break up repetition. There's some more benches on the left and some flowers sprinkled across the lot as well.

[ncamferdam 1,504]

Finished work on what I see as the original downtown of my city, filled with historical buildings and more 20th Century architecture than the more recently developed and modern coastal skyscraper districts. I didn't really plan this area out until my highway and train networks had already boxed it into this odd shape, so it took a long time to get the diagonal streets done correctly:

[Honolulu 2,779]

I finally decided to build my walled city. I'll try my best to represent a small historic town with narrow streets. I'm moving forward without any precise direction, with the only constraint being to limit the use of Parisian buildings. We'll see how it turns out....

[JulianMIA 1,610]

Playing with shadows...

I feel like tunnel portals without shadows fading into the dark just don't look finished so I've been working on the perfect tunnel entrance texture and I think I got it all the way on the right.  Version 17 hahaha...

[jestarr 3,423]

So, here's a pic of the first in-game test. I'm not quite happy with the lights, especially the one on the roof building. Other than that it seems okay.

[art128 4,622]

1 hour ago, Honolulu said:

I finally decided to build my walled city. I'll try my best to represent a small historic town with narrow streets. I'm moving forward without any precise direction, with the only constraint being to limit the use of Parisian buildings. We'll see how it turns out....

Looks good! Reminds me of Saint-Malo.

[Girafarig 1,414]

Spoiler

I haven't had much time for SimCity 4, but at least I found a couple hours for a cheeky little composite image.

[Honolulu 2,779]

13 minutes ago, art128 said:

Looks good! Reminds me of Saint-Malo.

Thank you! This is exactly the city I'm trying, as best I can, to recreate.

[JulianMIA 1,610]

1 hour ago, jestarr said:

So, here's a pic of the first in-game test. I'm not quite happy with the lights, especially the one on the roof building. Other than that it seems okay.

I thought the roof building light looked great as an open door but then realized you might not have been going for that…

BTW the updated roof building was the perfect choice.  The roof work really finished the whole structure