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[Simmer2 23,831]

I have been playing the game a bit (finally) and noticed a serious lack of railway filler lots and so I made a few and then some more...then I started making the models for even more lots lol.
What you see here is not a giant lot but actually a bunch of tiny ones made in a somewhat modular fashion. As you can see, coupled with my upcoming Vol2 spur set, they complete the picture.
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[Tarkus 6,933]

Nice work as always, Simmer2!  The fillers and everything there really capture the feel of the older industrial sites one sometimes finds tucked away in agricultural areas.

I just finished a surprise mod . . . did an entirely new dark asphalt set for the Street network, and swapped out the gray Maxis Streets to become SAM-7.  Released it, too.

-Tarkus

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

I think school is out  (@JJBers the building is from @mattb325).  Also - a little way to do inside entrances with merge lane. Should be able to do it with the Flex MIS to RHW4 ramp as well.  Based on the 10 Freeway just west of Downtown LA.

[AsimPika3172 1,155]

Nice new street design, Tarkus!  

[andrew13511 88]

Bainbridge Island is almost finished.  This island is off of Puget Sound near Seattle.  I didn't realize when how big this region was when I downloaded it. I don't know if I will ever finish it...

[Tyberius06 12,251]

@kschmidt As I can see you have missing dependencies. One of the links didn't work in the readme neither on the download page for sure, but I'm pretty sure that you haven't updated the Heretic Essentials from v1.0 to v1.1. It's pretty important because it contains new prop families with new dependencies. 

So one of your missing dependencies is the SM2 Concrete Sound Barriers (v3) which a dependency for this GLR set and also for the Essential. I made a prop family from the graffiti models which is part of the Heretic Essentials v1.1. And the ITS offices  are the same deal. From the individual models I made prop families (3 exactly - 1 for the street offices, 1 for 2x2-ish corners and 1 for all of them. Bear in mind that the 1x2 Street Office A is not in any of the prop families due to its dimensions, but it was a dependency for the first GLR station set as an individual dependency), which are in Heretic Essential v1.1 too.

So the other missing dependency looks to me is the Heretic Essentials v1.1

After you downloaded it, delete the Dependency Essential subfolder from the Plugins\Heretic Projects location than copy the Heretic Projects folder from the Heretic Essentials v1.1 zip directly to your Plugin folder. 

Please note, that the Heretic Essentials will get updates from time to time, and in the related readmes of the uploads I will indicate which version do you need to be downloaded. Also in the essentials you will always see what are the new contents with each updates. 

Also as I stated on the download page the DOCUMENTATION folder contains a detailed excel spreadsheet with all the necessary dependencies one by one for every each station, and it contains the dependencies for the ITS Office prop families too...

I hope it helps!

- Tyberius

[tariely 4,498]

10 hours ago, Tarkus said:

Nice work as always, Simmer2!  The fillers and everything there really capture the feel of the older industrial sites one sometimes finds tucked away in agricultural areas.

I just finished a surprise mod . . . did an entirely new dark asphalt set for the Street network, and swapped out the gray Maxis Streets to become SAM-7.  Released it, too.

-Tarkus

I see in the upload readme that it will install  on windows for the selection RightHandDrive -***US Roads* What if another option (like EU) has been selected on installing the NAM ?

[kschmidt 6,202]

Heretic v 3 I examined the documentation sheet, concluding ITS 2011 Corner Office A-B C D and ITS 2011 Street Office B-C-D-E where missing, wich are used like a dynamic randomized lot part. Last only this BAT still show some flags at random at street level ! Neat this installation isn´t but what ever plugin directory feels like new; later I may reinstall it on a other clean instalation and make snapshot of the installed files into a archive file so you only have decompress it to any installation like a module piece wich I do with various scenes like RIMP Airfield and other like harbours or a certain line of medium malls or whatever collection !

Looks like some parking texture ? Side walk prop ? All be solved soon !

Sincerely yours,

kschmidt

[Tyberius06 12,251]

44 minutes ago, kschmidt said:

Heretic v 3 I examined the documentation sheet, concluding ITS 2011 Corner Office A-B C D and ITS 2011 Street Office B-C-D-E where missing, wich are used like a dynamic randomized lot part. Last only this BAT still show some flags at random at street level ! Neat this installation isn´t but what ever plugin directory feels like new; later I may reinstall it on a other clean instalation and make snapshot of the installed files into a archive file so you only have decompress it to any installation like a module piece wich I do with various scenes like RIMP Airfield and other like harbours or a certain line of medium malls or whatever collection

@kschmidt
I don't know if you read this comment:

Please read it carefully. 
And please reply to this into the comment section of the download page. We shouldn't spam this topic with irrelevant informations. I answered everything in the above linked comment.
You have several missing dependencies for the Heretic Essentials! I can tell from the above pictures of yours that you have been missing either MS Solaris Bus props (linked in the dependencies of the Heretic Essentials) and/or the TSC Blanco_05 Gare Prop Pack (also dependency of the Heretic Essentials).

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Alright, guess it can't hurt to show what I am currently working on. Piecing together a new plugins folder, I have stumbled upon many items in the residential - mid-size apartment blocks department that are wonderfully modeled, but a bit off colour-wise. Some of the trickiest cases are marcszar's wonderful buildings because they are not only off a notch or two in terms of hue and/or saturation, but were made using an entirely different renderer. AFAIK he used Scanline instead of Mental Ray, and the results are totally different. Not worse, just different.

Being as pedantic as I am, I decided I'd try my hands at @rivit's GoFSH tool and see if I can do something about it.

However, being a photoshop klutz, I had a terribly hard time trying to get them to blend in better... I'm hopeful I finally managed to achieve at least some improvement:

BEFORE:

As you can see, that yellowish brown apartment building (Zeller Apartments from the Bronx Rowhouse Set) is a superb model, but it stands out. Were SimCity rendered in a different engine, it might be perfect. However, I always found that it popped a bit too much. That's why I tried to get it more in line with the other stuff, i.e. Maxis, gmax, and 3ds Mental Ray BATs. The following image shows my result - it's not great, it ended up too blue in places, but I think it blends in a tad better.

AFTER:

Which leads me to a...

QUESTION: Do we have a Photoshop wizard here? Someone who - unlike me - could achieve such colour corrections with relative ease and precision? I'd be happy to export the BMPs and re-import them.

[Simmer2 23,831]

Money, free money! Come and get your money!!

Here....

 

[Tarkus 6,933]

6 hours ago, tariely said:

I see in the upload readme that it will install  on windows for the selection RightHandDrive -***US Roads* What if another option (like EU) has been selected on installing the NAM ?

There are options for EU Road textures in the Default Asphalt Streets Mod as well.  There's a total of eight options that can be selected in the installer:

• RHD/North American/RRW
• RHD/Euro-International/RRW
• LHD/North American/RRW
• LHD/Euro-International/RRW
• RHD/North American/Maxis Rail
• RHD/Euro-International/Maxis Rail
• LHD/North American/Maxis Rail
• LHD/Euro-International/Maxis Rail

The installer isn't designed to automatically detect NAM settings, however, so you'll need to know which option you need beforehand.

-Tarkus

[tariely 4,498]

Yes. Sorry for being so squeamish. I finally decided to take the risk and found I just had to select the corresponding option (in that case, RHD Euro-international RRW.) 

[VALASatoshi 1,130]

[Barroco Hispano 26,916]

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@Goldman Sachs

THAT's FABULOUS !!      

If I was going to plop a castle ruin -- that's what I would want !

[tariely 4,498]

11 hours ago, Goldman Sachs said:

Oh. My. Freaking. Goddess.

I was asking for ruins, a while ago. Wish granted. 

You rule.

[Simmer2 23,831]

A few more items added to my SM2 Railways Bits project...(services vehicles, cranes, man made ponds etc.)
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Iowa State University Campus.

If you start with a building, you want to create the others as well.
I already have eight out of 85 in total.
Let's see how far I get.

[The British Sausage 5,449]

9 hours ago, Simmer2 said:

A few more items added to my SM2 Railways Bits project...(services vehicles, cranes, man made ponds etc.)
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Simmer2

I'm not sure if it's possible, but some diagonal Simmer2 Railway Bits would fit in nicely for the railway curves and diagonals!

In any case- good stuff. I really like those thin bricky service buildings!

[RRetail 7,912]

Working on an outparcel for Vons....

[CT14 2,486]

Sneak preview: Lyons Elevator - a marine terminal grain elevator from Buffalo, New York, late 19th Century.

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Enrollment Services Center

[pclark06 12,058]

haven't had much time this week - but here's some progress. I'm not keeping the window panes like that and the textures aren't even close to finished.

[Simmer2 23,831]

Thanks everyone!

@The British Sausage Diagonals are a whole different ballgame. I may tackle it as yet another project. For now I'm still working on the orthos.

Moarrrrr...
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[younghappy 308]

I'm going back to Chile for their summer, so I won't be near my computer for many months.  Might as well show you some scenes from a city I'm working on.  This part is heavily inspired by Lauttasaari island of Helsinki.  

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This is Suomen Moottoriveneklubi,  (Finland Motorboat club)

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Lauttasaaren Silta (Bridge).  Central Helsinki is across the bridge

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Putting prepos 1970s style Finnish row houses to good use.

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Across the highway, we have a housing development 

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MMP overload here. Started with bedrock, blended with grasses and shrubs, filled out with trees and Simmer's water tower is the cherry on top.  In real life, the water tower has been demolished but it was too good not to use!

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  Was going to grab images of some other areas that are coming along well, but had a CTD before I could get them.

 

[matias93 7,535]

Lovable, specially the FAR section with apartments!

Also, an anticipated welcome here

[nycsc4 5,250]

Working on integrating my hockey arena (the globe) with a new convention center expansion.

Thanks!

[pclark06 12,058]

so glad I am spending extra time on this model. a lot of work done to the inside to emulate a furniture showroom with a bed that has some brightly colored sheets and pillows. still need rug textures, a leather texture for the sofa, and metal textures for the facade.

[Simmer2 23,831]

This is an example of what can be achieved with the new props lineup. This scene was a must  ;D

Here you can see Eggman with the red hat directing the work flow for a new DTR rail line. Tarkus came out of the engineering office, rolled up his sleeves and he is manning the crane today because the crane operator called in sick (I'm in the Johnny on the Spot taking care of business) Tiberius is up ahead clearing a path with the dozer...
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