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[justforfun 7,903]

Estate agent, anyone?

[kschmidt 6,199]

On 8/16/2025 at 6:24 AM, zahrul3 said:

@Girafarig Interesting! let my try this, never thought of it before!

@kschmidt I'll see I can find bamboo MMPs on Simtropolis

20huskies Plopable Bamboo, isn't MMP but if combined may fit in !

Kschmidt 

[Barroco Hispano 26,861]

WIP

[Haljackey 17,380]

Just keep building

[Girafarig 1,404]

19 hours ago, Krisman said:

Olive country ...

What do you use for your olive fields? Is it growable fields, or are you placing them?

[Terring 6,476]

I'm working on rebooting and rebuilding Fairview. There's still work to be done, but 80% to 85% of the road network is ready. More and better pictures hopefully soon.

[kaimai 1,066]

The exposure / saturation / hue on these textures is definitely wrong but I can't figure out what adjustments to make for them to look good in-game...

[Barroco Hispano 26,861]

I just need to fill in that part: 

[thecitiescenter 3,058]

Continuing to build out SJC (San Jose Mineta International Airport) in San Jose, California.  

[Ulisse Wolf 4,444]

1 minute ago, thecitiescenter said:

Continuing to build out SJC (San Jose Mineta International Airport) in San Jose, California.  

Nice

[justforfun 7,903]

Diagonal cheap shops:

[matias93 7,535]

17 hours ago, kaimai said:

The exposure / saturation / hue on these textures is definitely wrong but I can't figure out what adjustments to make for them to look good in-game...

try superimposing the building over a screenshot of the game, in which Maxis buildings are mostly visible. That will make apparent what the differences are.

[watercitymadero 805]

Buenos días a todos 

The sand in this last picture is from Gobias; I haven't had time to test the other ones yet.

[off 280]

14 hours ago, thecitiescenter said:

Continuing to build out SJC (San Jose Mineta International Airport) in San Jose, California.  

Cool stadium in the upper right corner.
Tell me, is this your work (bat)?

[kaimai 1,066]

12 hours ago, matias93 said:

try superimposing the building over a screenshot of the game, in which Maxis buildings are mostly visible. That will make apparent what the differences are.

fixing software issues on my setup is always unnecessarily complicated, but main takeaways:

• rooftop should be much darker or much brighter, idk which
• brick colors can be slightly more saturated but are mostly serviceable
• attach ambient occlusion node to every material
• finish the model (it's from 3dwarehouse, I modeled all the windows/doors/balconies/cantilevers but now need to add roof junk and finish the entrance etc)

[Haljackey 17,380]

Roundabout park

[JulioC 2,581]

12 hours ago, kaimai said:

fixing software issues on my setup is always unnecessarily complicated, but main takeaways:

• rooftop should be much darker or much brighter, idk which
• brick colors can be slightly more saturated but are mostly serviceable
• attach ambient occlusion node to every material
• finish the model (it's from 3dwarehouse, I modeled all the windows/doors/balconies/cantilevers but now need to add roof junk and finish the entrance etc)

Tbh I think it's looking pretty good already. I would desaturate the blue garage doors though, they draw too much attention imo. The roof for me just need roofjunk and maybe (if it still look too clean) some dirt overlay on the texture - or maybe just darkening it a bit. But for me it looks like 95% done already.

[Crossroads Inc. 69]

SO.. I REALLY like 'Planned Towns' Especially if they have geometric patterns to them.. Especially octagons... 

[Haljackey 17,380]

welp- my first SC4 vid in 6 months will be out tomorrow

A little teaser

[justforfun 7,903]

And some more medium-wealth shops:

[Haljackey 17,380]

First vid in 6 months- growing a city to 3 million

 

[Crossroads Inc. 69]

Showing off some of the different 'districts' for my new planned city :3

First, what ever good mid sized city needs, a respectable Fair Grounds! Complete with Concert Grounds, Farmers market, and of course extra road side stands for hawking knock knacks :3

Next is Crossroads University! With a collection of my favorite Big Education lots, Library's, Museums, Dorm rooms, and excellent old world buildings!

And then we have the Crossroads Convention center district! With plenty of hotels for con goers and plenty of transportation to and from!

[kschmidt 6,199]

On 8/21/2025 at 2:56 PM, Haljackey said:

First vid in 6 months- growing a city to 3 million

 

Crazy, crash 5x times at full speed ! At least afther the third or fourth time most zones are build up reduce the strain  on system resources. Love to see some more videos of neighbouring Odin area´s ! Highway going out left of Odin know fixed completely ! Another Hi Tec industrialzone would be awesome !

[rivit 3,402]

@watercitymadero    How did you make your water textures?

[watercitymadero 805]

9 hours ago, rivit said:

@watercitymadero    How did you make your water textures?

Hi, the classic method of Photoshop and searching through Google Images led me to the amazing photo by Eurico Craveiro, as shown below.

Of course, without his amazing photo, I wouldn't have completed this, and I will mention his name and the link to his image in the mod, as well as the names of some people who guided me when I wasn't sure what to do.

The past images I used were from free and paid texture resources, but I ended up not liking the results. After researching old YouTube videos about Photoshop, I decided to use a real water photo instead of using tools like Blender to render the water. (I found this method more useful for animated water, but with some tweaking, it could create similar results to this, though I don't know how yet. Someone more experienced could, of course. :D). I found that using real photos to create static (axonometric, trimetric projection) view water textures was more pleasing to my eyes, though, of course, everyone has different tastes. ☺️

 

 

But of course, I keep making small changes to the texture. 🙃

 

[hugues aroux 3,854]

1 hour ago, watercitymadero said:

water textures was more pleasing to my eyes

.. and this green sea is the most beautiful effect... in my eyes! I love it! Bravo

[Haljackey 17,380]

Initial growth around da hub

[justforfun 7,903]

Inspired by the "Board & Elbow" pub in Penrith, Cumbria, and covering one and a half diagonal tiles:

[nightbird615 1,430]

51 minutes ago, justforfun said:

Inspired by the "Board & Elbow" pub in Penrith, Cumbria, and covering one and a half diagonal tiles:

LOVE the "Board & Elbow" building, and the fact that the signage is so large.  I wish more buildings had that kind of large signage to identity them.  Great job!  Thank you!  Look forward to you releasing that one.

[Barroco Hispano 26,861]

@watercitymadero I remember using the first texture back in 2018 but I modified it so many times that I ended up messing it up 

I really like your water textures, you're doing a great job! 

2018:

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"BAT waves" test 

This is one of the ways I can think of to replace maxi waves (Obviously I have to export several textures to be able to mix them, but it will be very complicated to adapt them to the shape of any beach)