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[nightbird615 1,438]

To everyone who creates content for our cities, THANK YOU!   I came across these links to "models" of mansions.  Have these been released OR is there someone who can turn these, or mansions similar to these, into BATS to have more diverse mansions in our cities?  Your consideration is appreciated.  Thanks in advance!   

glensheen mansion
blue bird mansion
victorian mansion
64 kensington palace gardens

[IDS2 3,428]

14 hours ago, JulianMIA said:

 I don't think my 4-Hour railing job was worth it.  

As a BATter, I know this feeling all too well 

Honestly, I think it works though. I see what you're saying, but I still think it looks pretty good. The middle rail sells it for me.

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

@Kel9509 I will upload the missing files next week (I thought I had lost the files but I found them). 

I updated my "Automobile DLC" and "Statues and Monuments". I changed the complex file system to a single .dat file:

This is what I added

 

 

 

 

[Eggman121 1,052]

@JulianMIA your work has really caught my attention. Great stuff!

The Hybrid Railway is getting a major update at the moment with new T3d Catenary wires and extra functionality. Also, the updated HRW will once again have dedicated textures. This is to differentiate between the HRW from the RRW. I acknowledge that it is a bit back a forth with the reasoning of making the HRW base on RRW textures with the hope of the HRW being able to be modded faster. With the T3d wires and other enhancements I decided that dedicated HRW textures where needed going forward.

There is still a bit to do with the updated HRW and I would invite yourself and others to suggest enhancements going forward...

-eggman121 (NAM Team Member)

[Honolulu 2,779]

Laying the foundation for the construction of a tunnel over the highway.

I would have liked to have openwork side walls so I could see the highway. But the slope of the terrain where the railroad passes doesn't allow for that.

Do you think applying a “trompe l'oeil” texture to this side wall could simulate the continuity of the highway?

[JulianMIA 1,607]

On 6/20/2026 at 7:48 AM, rsc204 said:

It should be something you can fix in the S3D, I'd have to look up the settings, but each Material (Texture) has transparency settings. It may be you need to add a base layer to the bridge, like concrete or some such, so that any transparency on the edges of the RRW Texture isn't leading to actual holes. If you have such a layer, maybe it's Alpha settings are not correct, it's a complex area.

Additionally, did you perhaps use a Puzzle Piece Road Viaduct piece here?, the one with the white sidewalks? That's an easy enough fix to get your sidewalk on there if so. Just that the PP textures have different IDs from the later Flex ones.

For this railing I was just working with the existing 90009 texture that the model calls for, I am not sure I know how to go further than that.  It is actually nice (makes it easier) that it is all done with one single texture although I see how it limits things - there is only one railing area to the texture and it's applied to both sides - if there were two railing areas then the near side could get a bit of very neutral fill that might now really ruin the railing effect and leave the far side to look good. 

I have a few other things I'm going to try, texture wise, including a corrugated steel upper over a short concrete base that I also see on real bridges.  I have a design that is using just one railing but I agree with @IDS2 that it is the middle railing which actually makes even having a railing worthwhile! 

[JulianMIA 1,607]

21 hours ago, Eggman121 said:

@JulianMIA your work has really caught my attention. Great stuff!

The Hybrid Railway is getting a major update at the moment with new T3d Catenary wires and extra functionality. Also, the updated HRW will once again have dedicated textures. This is to differentiate between the HRW from the RRW. I acknowledge that it is a bit back a forth with the reasoning of making the HRW base on RRW textures with the hope of the HRW being able to be modded faster. With the T3d wires and other enhancements I decided that dedicated HRW textures where needed going forward.

There is still a bit to do with the updated HRW and I would invite yourself and others to suggest enhancements going forward...

-eggman121 (NAM Team Member)

Thanks for the compliment!  I am really enjoying the HRW system, it has made me think about the engineering of my rail systems more than ever before.  I thought since you were talking about HRW, I would write a bit about my own journey with HRW for anyone interested . 

In the beginning however, when it was first introduced, I was disappointed as back in the day I had started and had been using the regular RRW, the HSRP, and the BTM to have different trains running and I had been hoping to see more of these networks.  I had remodeled the HSRP and BTM track textures to blend more with the RRW reskin which I was using at the time, this was kind of fun, I did a bunch of cool things with.

Besides the obvious problem of just how much work probably has to go into support network crossings and making pieces for each network however by the NAM team, the fact that each network had to go to its own station designed for its track props, greatly limited creativity and what you could engineer.  

So then I started to see the genius of HRW poking through.  I like trying to mod real-world operating scenarios so I'll use the French systems as an example.  You have the classic network hauling freight and traditional passenger rails, I think the same network hosts some of the RER networks, you have the purpose built high-speed lines.  At the end of the day however all of these trains have to get to the same stations and do.  But in the game with different networks you couldn't really do that.  And you really found yourself building the different networks in pretty separated areas from one another.

HRW changed that and it made it so much better.  In the beginning again, I was hoping the HRW texture would be separate so I could keep on with my different track textures I had made.  

Then I realized that I liked the  uniformity that was being created and it lifted my work from being a little too cosmetically focused, to the engineering of it and I liked this every bit as much and I am doing much more built-out then I ever did before.

So I like the singular trackage but cannot wait to see what is coming out next, I'm sure it's going to be great.

For my own part I'd like to see a few of the HSR bridges adapted to HRW, that had some nice bridge models.  The absolute ultimate would be if HRW was able to carry GLR traffic.  Is that even possible? The rail network I could build with that.....

Some pics to add interest to my monologue:

Circa 2016 when I was trying to blend all my different tracks:  HSRP, RRW, EL, BTW

 

Circa 2018 when I was trying to the get the high-speed line to Nord station but I was always a bit unimpressed as I just went with the purpose-built HSRP station having to just be satisifed with being in the shadow of the great star-building itself...

 

Jump to 2026 and HRW and all of the pretty trains can play nicely together...

 

All of this is so much fun though!

[justforfun 7,925]

More row houses:

[Krisman 4,652]

Some random city life ...

[pclark06 12,067]

Going to work on this one as I do the Alpen lotting:

[JulianMIA 1,607]

I did manage to get a railing that I liked to work on the HRW bridge although it lacks the middle railing.  I made about 20 more prototypes for this modification but these 3 are the only ones I feel have any merit.  The railing one kind of came out by accident but I think it could work.

 

I really wanted to make this one representative of a viaduct type being used on the new HS2 line in the UK but you only have 27 pixels max to get under-girder and the concrete upper and lower sections to fit in.  

 

And then I kind of like this just solid, very modern concrete design which might be representative of the concrete cross-section bridges and viaducts being built everywhere these days.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

9 hours ago, JulianMIA said:

I did manage to get a railing that I liked to work on the HRW bridge although it lacks the middle railing.  I made about 20 more prototypes for this modification but these 3 are the only ones I feel have any merit.  The railing one kind of came out by accident but I think it could work.

 

I really wanted to make this one representative of a viaduct type being used on the new HS2 line in the UK but you only have 27 pixels max to get under-girder and the concrete upper and lower sections to fit in.  

 

And then I kind of like this just solid, very modern concrete design which might be representative of the concrete cross-section bridges and viaducts being built everywhere these days.

My personal choice would be the modern concrete railing -- for what it's worth.

[simster007 391]

The current heatwave in Europe is forcing me to find an indoor activity—good reason to further expand my Plantation Bay region.

Here an overview of the existing tile; the expansion is planned for the southwest.

 

1st step: creating a nice seamless transition from these mostly industrial areas including port structures...

...across the border into the next tile:

2nd building a basic transport layout:

I´m not sure if I´ll keep the avenues or downgrade these to roads in the beginning. Next will be adding the 1st residential areas, most likely at the northern coastline using  the s-bent road as main connection, surrounded by big farms next to the rail line.

Later expanding the transport networks and zoning a 2nd res area surrounding the southern bay.

Region view, I marked the new tile:

 

Transportation overview:

 

Comments are welcome!

 

[justforfun 7,925]

Fixing roof-texture asymmetries which were apparent in the images, and yet somehow I had missed! Am I working too much?

 

 

[nightbird615 1,438]

23 hours ago, simster007 said:

The current heatwave in Europe is forcing me to find an indoor activity—good reason to further expand my Plantation Bay region.

Here an overview of the existing tile; the expansion is planned for the southwest.

 

1st step: creating a nice seamless transition from these mostly industrial areas including port structures...

...across the border into the next tile:

2nd building a basic transport layout:

I´m not sure if I´ll keep the avenues or downgrade these to roads in the beginning. Next will be adding the 1st residential areas, most likely at the northern coastline using the s-bent road as main connection, surrounded by big farms next to the rail line.

Later expanding the transport networks and zoning a 2nd res area surrounding the southern bay.

Region view, I marked the new tile:

 

Transportation overview:

 

Comments are welcome!

 

I love looking at photos of how people build their cities, the creativity, etc.  Thanks for sharing yours.

[MillionSeven 48]

@Barroco Hispano Wow man what an amazing props!

[pclark06 12,067]

On 6/23/2026 at 11:58 AM, pclark06 said:

Going to work on this one as I do the Alpen lotting:

More progress, including the building being inexplicably beige in the back.

[kschmidt 6,218]

On 6/24/2026 at 5:30 PM, simster007 said:

The current heatwave in Europe is forcing me to find an indoor activity—good reason to further expand my Plantation Bay region.

Here an overview of the existing tile; the expansion is planned for the southwest.

 

1st step: creating a nice seamless transition from these mostly industrial areas including port structures...

...across the border into the next tile:

2nd building a basic transport layout:

I´m not sure if I´ll keep the avenues or downgrade these to roads in the beginning. Next will be adding the 1st residential areas, most likely at the northern coastline using the s-bent road as main connection, surrounded by big farms next to the rail line.

Later expanding the transport networks and zoning a 2nd res area surrounding the southern bay.

Region view, I marked the new tile:

 

Transportation overview:

 

Comments are welcome!

 

That looks great, except some small morning or evening it's as well a no go with current  E U temperatures of abovec30 degrees !Somerset mouse problems resolved, with my two shared kvm systems. Health issue walking there to be resolved and washing machine replaced now going quietly in to the weekend, watch the World cup and do some non digital activities aswell for a change !

[justforfun 7,925]

Twelve row houses so far for the upcoming pack:

[JustPluto99 177]

Loving the new 3D Camera mod!

Check out my videos on it here: 

 

 

[JustPluto99 177]

This park looks like a lot of fun! 

[pclark06 12,067]

Newest Akihabara block in progress. This is the one out of the south end of the station. It has an arcade building for Bandai Namco which was recently built. I plan on doing a 2000s, 2010s and a 2020s version.

[pclark06 12,067]

19 hours ago, pclark06 said:

Newest Akihabara block in progress. This is the one out of the south end of the station. It has an arcade building for Bandai Namco which was recently built. I plan on doing a 2000s, 2010s and a 2020s version.

 

I apologize for the double post but I just want to talk about how well the BandaiNamco arcade (and Sofmap Ekimae) turned out!

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

The final version will look much better.

[justforfun 7,925]

All R$$ for this update:

[TheTimvh1 939]

On 6/30/2026 at 12:21 PM, pclark06 said:

 

I apologize for the double post but I just want to talk about how well the BandaiNamco arcade (and Sofmap Ekimae) turned out!

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[Ssaidd 1,367]

WORKING

[kschmidt 6,218]

Bridge oddities continued !

Last I brought up oddities wich where perfectly logical. Today I have another sample of this maxis bridge . This compaired looks Ok as it´s not shrunken at the middle !

Drawpath however reveal this bridge is non functional so it seem !

Some more functional fitting sample seem !

Some cycle on at least the graphic say little more but progres take time !

Enjoy !

 

[Girafarig 1,414]

Since the shutdown, I've actually spent a large amount of time playing Tropico, but I've finally come around SimCity 4 again and I'm remodeling an old park:

I might have to restart a number of poxed cities in my region, unfortunately. That has really brought me down, but at least there's a pleasantness in building these lovely curved entrances.

[bhmantan 2,111]

Hi, made this fun little project where you can view a huge collage of the city and navigate it freely to see it up close.

Here's the link: https://saustartar.vercel.app/

It's a collage of 30 to 40 zoom-5 images and it'll take a moment for the image to load since it's >100MB.
Also, I got the inspiration from the Isometric NYC made by @ _coehen

Enjoy!