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[watercitymadero 805]

1 hour ago, Barroco Hispano said:

@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)

Now I want to go to the beach. 😩

Your water colors looks photorealistic.

The sand looks soft on the feet; that wave foam looks fine to me. Looks like the Caribbean and South Asian island beaches.

I think the game automatically adapts the waves depending on the terrain elevation and shape, but I'm not sure. Some tests could confirm this.

In real life, they look similar to yours. Some places don't have waves, and some have big waves. However, I believe that creating something that balances both extremes is acceptable. I think you nailed it.

 

[Dreadnought 8,227]

YO, GUYS ---

Another Chapter of “IMPERIAL DOCKYARDS: CUXHAVEN”…...

 

Chapter 55:

THE PHOTO TOUR

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Visit us at……

 

[rivit 3,402]

@watercitymadero - Thanks for showing us how you did it. There is really no substitute for nature for sources for textures in the game.

You've also very successfully taken account of the fact that, when making water-wave textures for SC4, the perspective is important. The textures must have dominant lines running close to the angles of the projection (16 and/or 60degrees from horizontal) for the swells/waves to look best in the game. The scale of the swells and waves must look reasonable with objects running over them - the speedboat is a good measuring item. The lighting must be from the left when shown in-game. And of course the holy grail is perfect tiling (no visible joins) and natural textures don't - they are continuous, so that usually turns out the hardest to do.

Your inspiration texture meets these criteria and your resultant textures look great.

[EvansRE4 796]

Love seeing these new water textures. They look absolutely amazing. 

[Dead_End 1,625]

Finally had some time to continue an old project. I lost the original files, but this version came together fast. Think it's almost finished?

[justforfun 7,903]

Two more office buildings:

[pclark06 12,010]

Will upload this week.

[jestarr 3,423]

So, still working on some warehouses for my seaport lots. It's a little slow going, since I'm down to only my laptop, and it's difficult tying it up to render game assets. I should have enough funds to purchase the parts for a new system next month. We'll see.

[Silur 3,308]

Santana Island.

Office and service division of an energy company.

[justforfun 7,903]

The "Victoria Stakes" pub from Muswell Hill, North London:

[marcio1977 210]

I just uploaded to stex: Patriarca Square:

Patriarca Square - Parks & Plazas - Simtropolis

 

[hugues aroux 3,854]

.. an old project is born.

To find out more, go to:

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,861]

@watercitymadero In the next few days, I'll try to make a new texture using a new program (Phoenix FD & Vray). My hopes for a good result are low, but I'll give it a try anyway. 

@hugues aroux Beautiful textures!

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WIP

 

[watercitymadero 805]

17 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

@watercitymadero In the next few days, I'll try to make a new texture using a new program (Phoenix FD & Vray). My hopes for a good result are low, but I'll give it a try anyway. 

@hugues aroux Beautiful textures!

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WIP

 

that would be good

I don't know anything about 3d render programs, but I searched with google and looks dope.

 

[Ssaidd 1,338]

still in progress !

[Dreadnought 8,227]

Yo, guys -- 

I know this is a bit "OFF-TOPIC" -- but this thread usually gets a wide variety of answers pretty quickly.

CAN ANYONE SUGGEST A GOOD MP4 VIDEO PLAYER -- WITH A FREE DOWNLOAD --??

I already use WIN 10 player and occasionally VLC, but there's a lot of stuff out there that just won't play.

A download link would be REALLY nice......

MY APOLOGIES FOR THE "OFF-TOPIC" question -- 

[watercitymadero 805]

3 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

Yo, guys -- 

I know this is a bit "OFF-TOPIC" -- but this thread usually gets a wide variety of answers pretty quickly.

CAN ANYONE SUGGEST A GOOD MP4 VIDEO PLAYER -- WITH A FREE DOWNLOAD --??

I already use WIN 10 player and occasionally VLC, but there's a lot of stuff out there that just won't play.

A download link would be REALLY nice......

MY APOLOGIES FOR THE "OFF-TOPIC" question -- 

mpv - easy, open source, free, fast, automatically adapts your hardware for better performance by default, no need to change anything

sorry if I didn't post the download links since I don't know if that's posible here

[Dreadnought 8,227]

39 minutes ago, watercitymadero said:

mpv - easy, open source, free, fast, automatically adapts your hardware for better performance by default, no need to change anything

sorry if I didn't post the download links since I don't know if that's posible here

Installation: Run as administrator.

Uninstall: the same process 

 

There's a MAC version too. 

 

 

THANK YOU so much for the tip -- I'll look into it.  

[Kel9509 1,476]

4 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

I already use WIN 10 player and occasionally VLC, but there's a lot of stuff out there that just won't play.

A download link would be REALLY nice......

I use the K-Lite Codec pack.  You can get a small version or a mega version. Get the Standard, Full or Mega. Never had an issue playing anything ever.  

https://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

[nikoxlaux 254]

On 24/8/2025 at 8:48 AM, Dead_End said:

Finally had some time to continue an old project. I lost the original files, but this version came together fast. Think it's almost finished?

love it

[justforfun 7,903]

Next diagonal is a quaint old village building:

[Silur 3,308]

This is a spy photo from my kitchen.

[pclark06 12,010]

More motorcycle dealers are coming up. This is one honoring the Marquez brothers in MotoGP, and Spanish-themed selling Spanish brands and Honda and Ducati (who they've driven for).

(I swear I won't be using the Honda dealer model for all of them, there will be other models as well)

 

EDIT: Mega Lo Mart, which I might add to the grocery store set. Includes the lowercase version on the Season 14 revival.

[bhmantan 2,096]

Started a new city tile a while ago, and here's a bit of progress of various areas on the map built during live streams

[Koonam 525]

Hello I'm making other BAT now. (The previously made BAT has not been completed due to various problems.😭)

I'm trying to make sort of... Beaux-Arts style building for this time.

[justforfun 7,903]

8 hours ago, Koonam said:

Hello I'm making other BAT now. (The previously made BAT has not been completed due to various problems.😭)

I'm trying to make sort of... Beaux-Arts style building for this time.

Yes please, make more in this style!

Meanwhile, the last model for the upcoming pack. It covers half a diagonal tile and is meant to be used as filler between short and long diagonals:

[matias93 7,535]

8 hours ago, Koonam said:

Hello I'm making other BAT now. (The previously made BAT has not been completed due to various problems.😭)

I'm trying to make sort of... Beaux-Arts style building for this time.

That looks like a small-scale Singer Building, which would be great for any city that wasn't New York-sized back when the Beaux-Arts were in vogue!

[Tyberius06 12,234]

Hello everybody!

After the busy summer with RL commitments, holidays and some background SC4 related developments as a preparation for future restoration releases, the BSC Common Dependencies pack got a new update so now it is running on Version 9d (delta). This was a smaller update, as part of the restoration some of Cerulean's older contents some UI related files needed to be stored in the BSC_Essentials. A few other adjustments were added too; you can read more about them in the ChangeLog on the description page.

On the wake of the DLL modding revolution the Allow More Building Styles - DLL Plugin were developed by Null45, and last December we tried to cover some of the functions in SC4PIM-X by adding the Building-Styles property as default with a dummy ID to freshly created or recalculated Building Exemplars. BUT it was not known at that time, that these dummy IDs or the additional buildings styles are not entirely compatible with the industrial growable lots and these IDs were potentially blocking the growth of industrial lots. Many of the updated and restored contents have received either or the other dummy ID, until the deceison was made, that this property should not be available as default, rather the user can manually add it in Reader or in PIM-X. As a result the official SC4PIM-X upload got a recent update with a new/updated new_properties.xml file. This very same file also have been upoaded separately and if some development will occur this separate version of the file will likely receive updates.
Since many of the recently restored contents (including many industrials) got these conflicting dummy IDs, they had to be updated. It is highly recommended that players should re-download and re-install these contents.
Please read the full article and see the related links here:
31 August 2025 - BSC Common Dependencies 9d and other recent updates and releases

Have fun!

- Tyberius06

[Koonam 525]

7 hours ago, matias93 said:

That looks like a small-scale Singer Building, which would be great for any city that wasn't New York-sized back when the Beaux-Arts were in vogue!

Thank you so much matias93! That building design is inspired from 'Singer Building' and 'The Dorilton' apartment in NY. hehe  

7 hours ago, justforfun said:

Yes please, make more in this style!

Meanwhile, the last model for the upcoming pack. It covers half a diagonal tile and is meant to be used as filler between short and long diagonals:

Yay~ so glad you like my BAT! And your BATs are so nice and unique...I love that! 

[watercitymadero 805]

1 hour ago, Tyberius06 said:

Hello everybody!

After the busy summer with RL commitments, holidays and some background SC4 related developments as a preparation for future restoration releases, the BSC Common Dependencies pack got a new update so now it is running on Version 9d (delta). This was a smaller update, as part of the restoration some of Cerulean's older contents some UI related files needed to be stored in the BSC_Essentials. A few other adjustments were added too; you can read more about them in the ChangeLog on the description page.

On the wake of the DLL modding revolution the Allow More Building Styles - DLL Plugin were developed by Null45, and last December we tried to cover some of the functions in SC4PIM-X by adding the Building-Styles property as default with a dummy ID to freshly created or recalculated Building Exemplars. BUT it was not known at that time, that these dummy IDs or the additional buildings styles are not entirely compatible with the industrial growable lots and these IDs were potentially blocking the growth of industrial lots. Many of the updated and restored contents have received either or the other dummy ID, until the deceison was made, that this property should not be available as default, rather the user can manually add it in Reader or in PIM-X. As a result the official SC4PIM-X upload got a recent update with a new/updated new_properties.xml file. This very same file also have been upoaded separately and if some development will occur this separate version of the file will likely receive updates.
Since many of the recently restored contents (including many industrials) got these conflicting dummy IDs, they had to be updated. It is highly recommended that players should re-download and re-install these contents.
Please read the full article and see the related links here:
31 August 2025 - BSC Common Dependencies 9d and other recent updates and releases

Have fun!

- Tyberius06

thanks for your hard work on this project