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[Dreadnought 8,231]

WORK IN PROGRESS --

THE JADE BIGHT II

WILHELMSHAVEN WEST:

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Yo, guys --

Since it's Sunday -- I thought a little culture and education might be in order.

This is a small neighborhood that was actually an afterthought.  I had no particular plans for this land sandwiched between the business districts on the west and south and the Dao Chemical complex to the north.  But as happens, the situation develops, and I suddenly needed a big influx of workers.  I proceeded to grow a bunch of high density / low wealth buildings to solve the problem. 

 

 

Then -- it occurred to me that I now had in excess of 13,000 people OUTSIDE the planned education zones!!  "Necessity", yet again, becomes the "Mother Of Invention".  Here, you see the Kurlander Palace library, the St. Johannes School, the Vienna Wasserturm Museum, and the City Art Museum.  The whole complex is tied together by landscaped park paths that eventually link them to Potsdamer Circle and the business district to the lower left of the picture.

 

 

The City Art Museum is normally a fairly dull little 3x3 lot -- but plopping a variety of custom, filler, and park path lots can make it quite impressive.

 

 

And lastly, a close-up of the Wasserturm and its' little sidewalk cafe.

 

[Eggman121 1,052]

Here is a video I made for my current workings of the Real Expressway Mod (REW)

I am keen to see what impressions Simtropolis users have of this upcoming Mod?

-eggman121 (NAM Team member)

[matias93 7,535]

This is crazy, absurd, but good absurd. At this pace, users cannot find limitations fast enough to ask for solutions, the new functionalities end clogging! The REW barely existed a couple of months ago and now this! It's inhuman!

[AsimPika3172 1,155]

Nice making REW project, Eggman! I will waiting SOON™!

[robdragon 167]

15 hours ago, Eggman121 said:

Here is a video I made for my current workings of the Real Expressway Mod (REW)

I am keen to see what impressions Simtropolis users have of this upcoming Mod?

-eggman121 (NAM Team member)

Sooooo Coooool!!!  Can't wait for it to be released!!! Got my vote!! Whoopie! (can you tell i'm Xstatic!)

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

I'm fooling around with the idea of trying an amusement park.    So I immediately thought of the old custom lot for "The Cyclone".  I could already picture how good that roller coaster was gonna' look.

Then I read the fine print -- NO LIGHTS !!!! 

ANYBODY have any genius ideas on how to get night lighting onto this lot ??

(NO LIGHTS -- you might as well have sex without the "afters" cigarette!)

[Yarahi 1,823]

if you use MAPP , there will be light props included on all lots - even the Cyclone

[Haljackey 17,393]

I thought it would be fun to revisit the first post of this thread.

On 2012-08-24 at 0:14 AM, Haljackey said:

I'm very surprised a thread like this hasn't been made yet. I know SC4D has had one for the longest time... but nothing here at ST.

 

Anyways the guidelines are very simple. Post pics of stuff you're working on. Other memebers can provide pointers and whatnot if you're asking for help/opinions. Otherwise you're just posting content that is in the works/not quite finished.

 

 

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For example, this is what I was working on today. Click images for full size.

 

 

 

 

 

Still a lot of tinkering to do... Maybe I'll insert some rail curves as well.

 

Anyways you get the premise. Now show us what you're working on!

 

This is what the areas look like today.

 

Prop pox. BOO!

At least this area looks better:

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

Skywalk fits perfectly between the two

[Simmer2 23,831]

Bored at work and came across this beast while searching some custom trains to model in the future.

What do you guys think? Should I...?

By the way. In order to appreciate the size of it, look at the second pic.

Simmer2

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@Simmer2

I'm familiar with the style -- but it usually involves some sort of large German railway cannon.

[Simmer2 23,831]

@Dreadnought Uhh not this one. Its the CEBX 800, solely created to transport colossal loads such as heavy industry components and machinery.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

16 hours ago, Yarahi said:

if you use MAPP , there will be light props included on all lots - even the Cyclone

It's worth giving it a try -- though some of the dependency packs may have gone AWOL.

Thanx --

[Dreadnought 8,231]

12 minutes ago, Simmer2 said:

@Dreadnought Uhh not this one. Its the CEBX 800, solely created to transport colossal loads such as heavy industry components and machinery.

I know, guy .  I'm a bit of a RR buff, myself.  But don't forget about the overhead clearance on the RR bridges themselves -- not to mention tunnel entrances.

[Simmer2 23,831]

@Dreadnought It would not be made into automata. Just a stationary prop at a rail yard lot or some other custom lot I have in mind.

[Abrams 1,744]

Working on Uptown Cedar Rapids

 

[Yarahi 1,823]

49 minutes ago, Dreadnought said:

though some of the dependency packs may have gone AWOL.

Nah, no problem.. remember there's nothing we Can't find

[Fantozzi 4,068]

2 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

What do you guys think? Should I...?

Well me, personally,  ... seeing  @T Wrecks is working on these excellent chemistry lots ... I would appreciate to see some new liquids running around ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tyberius06 12,260]

Yepp, @Simmer2, that big bro would be nice addition, and among @Fantozzi's pictures there are a few very interesting rail wagon, which could be useful. My personal favarourites are these:

19 minutes ago, Fantozzi said:

 

2 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

What do you guys think? Should I...?

Well me, personally,  ... seeing  @T Wrecks is working on these excellent chemistry lots ... I would appreciate to see some new liquids running around ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the new SeaPort lots I'm using Simmer2 brand new railcar modells (mostly the timed props) anyway, well if @Angry Mozart could release his stuff soon (in 1-2 months), probably I would use those props as well.

- Tyberius 

 

 

 

  Edited May 9, 2017 by Tyberius06  
bad grammar :)

[Tyberius06 12,260]

Hi Everyone!

Double apologies, one for the double post, the other well, I explain later!

I've been working recently on the SeaPort expansion again. So far 16 new lot, more is on the way but I've seen some very promising WIP projects ( @Simmer2, who is always busy with something nice and fresh, and @Krasner, who is working on a very nice modular factory, and I intend to use those buildings/props), and I'm waiting for these releases, not to mention Angry Mozart WIP railcar props... Therefore as an attachment/link (google drive link) I'm gonna share half of my upcoming SeaPort Exp. vol. 2 as a BETA release, because after the Exp vol. 1 I read some requests, if I could remove the tall light cones from the lots. Well, I finished those lots a couple of months ago, but I was waiting for my mood/energy/time to finish the rest of the expansion, which as I mentioned still in progress. After a little more looking on those lots, I found, that I used way to much from that light cone prop, so made two version, one without cones, one with a reduced measure of cones.

 The Heretic SeaPort Project Expnsion Vol. 2.0 BETA folder contains two other subfolders: 

1. Heretic Projects: If you want to use the lots without light cones (NLC - No Light Cones), copy this folder into your plugin folder. These files will NOT override the existing ones, so in the seaport menu you will have two copies from some lots, one with cones, one without. They have the same stats as the original ones.

2. Heretic SP-Dock - Yards, Transitions and Ports (Reduce Light Cones - Override): If you want to use the lots a reduced number of light cones, this is your version. I don't want to update, the original uploads (again), so I made these files as an override. Into the main folder you will find the Heretic Projects folder, copy this folder into your pluging folder, and let your program to overwrite the existing ones. 

You can use together these two versions (NLC and the Reduce Light Cones - Override), but they have the same stats.

The previously showed Roundhouse and Railyard lot has been put away a little bit, because I have to learn first how to use the PhotoShop, and how to make custom textures involved with rail textures and lots of other funny things. It's really not my cup of tea, so it will take a little while... But you have Simmer2 very nice Roundhouse Lots anyway...

And now a little picture show about the still in progress expansion part...

1. VolksWagen Factory Complex - SeaPort Version

2. Warehouse Docks Row - There are transitions between this set and the PEG-CDK3 set.

3. Warehouse Docks Rail - well as the pictures shows it contains rail line, there are transitions between this set and the PEG-CDK3-SP set (I mean the Heretic Version, not the original set)

4. Warehouse Dock Rail - DTR-STR version, it fits with my other lots from the DTR-STR set

5. Warehouse Dock Rail - STR Only. It fits with my other lots from the STR only set.

I will make some other transition pieces, there will be some more industrial railyard and factory facilities, the DTR-STR and STR ONLY set will get 1-2 more pieces.

And now, the link: Heretic SeaPort Project Expnsion Vol. 2.0 BETA, 7-8 monts way to long, sorry for the waiting, as I mentioned I wanted to release together these stuffs, but since this part is ready, and it was a request anyway, so I share them now, because I don't know when will the full release be ready....

Dependencies are the same as the original uploads here and here.

Enjoy!

- Tyberius

 

 

  Edited August 8, 2018 by Tyberius06  
broken image links

[kingofsimcity 5,740]

Those seaports are insanely good.

While experimenting with gated communities, I dug out around 20 extra mansion lots from back in September. These were supposed to be part of a follow-up expansion to the Maxis Mansion Overhaul project but were unfortunately forgotten after several bouts of inactivity. This past week, I dusted them off and proceeded to add a couple, several, over 10 new ones for a grand total of 33 to finally wrap up the set. All 33 are show below:

Some new stuff includes non-standard lot sizes (2x4, 3x5), more climate variation, and a growable version of the mayor's house.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@Simmer2

Yo, guy --

I like your CEBX 800 idea -- and that would look great in a small vignette -- perhaps a small rail siding lot with cranes and an unloading scene that could be designed to tie into a large factory .  Your masterful handling of the roundhouse set says you have the skills to pull that off.

And several of the tank car suggestions look very interesting, indeed.

But -- wait for it --

I would like to put forth a possible project that would undoubtedly allow your skills and energy to be utilized.  I would have done this long ago, but my one attempt at "batting" was a laughable failure and nearly drove me round the bend.

How about a "coaling dock" ?

 

If you need inspiration, there are tons and tons of pictures on Google that show some of the most elaborate track and trestle arrangements you could imagine.  I'm sure it would challenge your planning and ingenuity skills.  And there is a crying need for realistic coaling facilities that (1) load for truck distribution at the end of the "pipeline", so to speak -- (2) load those vast coal trains from the mines, and (3) a large facility for loading bulk cargo vessels.  Here we have an entire "product flow-through system" that has remained virtually untouched for the long life of this game.  I have made several feeble attempts at small aspects of coal as an industry, but I don't have the skills to construct proper "bats", and must resort to improvisational re-lots that just don't turn out that well.

Perhaps, in "the wee dark hours of the night -- when the ghosties lurk about" -- you could put some thought to bending your railroad skills to coal.

Just a thought --

[Drack 616]

Teaser on Brilliant Park, probably the largest city park i've been doing.

[matias93 7,535]

Building an interchange at the western access to the city centre.

This one has to accomplish a lot of requirements:

• Connect both main W-E avenues on the centre to the transversal highway on the left, and also to go under those hills to continue unified to the western tenetment urbanisation (very dense!)
• Allow the commuters that are moved along the transversal highway to find a way to the centre, as the highway iself goes around it (the alternative would have been to destroy the historic centre to make a highway to go through)
• To use the minimum right of way at the east of the transversal avenue, as those terrains correspond to a traditional mixed use neighbourhood (imagine that there is one in place, all W2W and middle class residentials.
• To disturb minimally the deployment of the railyard at the west of the same avenue, including the rail tunnel entrances (once again, imagine there a subtlely sunken rail yard, the continuation of the back Central Station that I showed on this same thread.
• To cause the minimal damage to the hills themselves, as their eastward slopes are classified as green areas and cannot be built upon. At the westward slope is less concerning, as those are basically favelas and pertain to another municipality.

[Simmer2 23,831]

@Dreadnought Yo dude.

I started making  some coal industry related models a while back but got sidetracked with other unfinished projects. I will definitively come up with something in the future.

Simmer2

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

@Simmer2 That CEBX car is called a "Schnable" car.

Also I'd love to see an Ore Dock, but I'm not sure if its really an accessible option for most SC4 players, given you'd need some NAM knowledge to connect it to the rest of the world.

 

[Haljackey 17,393]

Wow, looks really complex!

 

Protecting a corridor for possible future expansion

[EvansRE4 796]

So I have no pics as of yet,  however I need/would like some ideas from y'all. I'm wanting to construct my own version for Chicago,  Illinois... Any and all ideas will be taken into consideration. 

[Simmer2 23,831]

Just a test lot with some freshly baked props I just made. Still WIP.

[MushyMushy 3,618]

9 minutes ago, Simmer2 said:

Just a test lot with some freshly baked props I just made. Still WIP.

Looking really good! Your BATting skills have come a long way - it looks real nice.

If I can nitpick a bit about one tiny thing, it looks like the cranes don't have tight-ish LODs, making lower parts overlap over the containers on the rail cars (seen in the image I left in the quote). You can technically fix that by making the LOD shape not a straight box that somewhat conforms to the general shape of the model (just have to be sure it's still completely inside the LOD though).