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[Lucario Boricua 7,058]

     Can't forget about this charming place!     

 

֍ DRENT ֎
GROWS BIG AND STRONG!

 

Situated in the southeastern highlands, the town of Drent has started to look more like a proper city, especially at it houses 29,200 inhabitants!

 

 

Its urban area, however, remains very lush with large parcels in the houses and apartments, which provides abundant greenery within reach of its residents.

 

 

The growing population also brings growing business! Next to the town square we can see the new Market Park, where various stores host restaurants, artisan workshops and specialty vendors!

 

 

Elsewhere in the city we have Fontana Park, a plaza-like park which celebrates the impressive mountain backdrops with the use of cobblestones sourced from the vicinity!

 

 

And to handle the ever-growing influx of visitors, the Crystal Lakeside Resort has built a second lodging room building to cram in more visitors who want to escape the ever-more-hectic ambience of the large cities in the Kingdom's lowlands! It also hosts vistors to the nearby Mount Steel Ski Resort who would rather have a warmer bed away from the massive crowds of winter sports enthusiasts.

[sejr99999 8,384]

24 minutes ago, Simmer2 said:

SM2 Tesla Dealership is in the game. Still needs some love though. There is only one model ready therefore I had to use other makes to fill the lot. Once @Goldman Sachs is done with his work I will release it.

Simmer2

looks great and it will be nice to see Goldman Sachs models in game as well

[mattb325 28,893]

@kbieniu7, you're welcome.

The high-rise apartments are now released. Plenty of lot sizes available to cram sims into a downtown setting.

Here: 

 

 

[BC Canuck 207]

I haven't been playing SC4 for awhile and thought I would check out this forum to see what you guys have been up to.   Well "WOW" I'm blown away by the bats, lots whatever have been coming down the road in the last few months.  I see I will be busily downloading from the STEX.

@WolfZe  Medeival Tudor downloads:  gorgeous /  frontier town - got a use for them in my farming communities / interesting lighthouses...

@Simmer2  You always do industrials so well! / will you download the pedestrian bridge at some point? / Re lighthouses - There is one in Nova Scotia you may have heard about? Peggy's Cove - any chance you making that one...it's so iconic.

@mattb325  Firstly, how is the home front situation?  Just before Christmas you said the wildfire was a mere 6 miles away.  Everything safe and sound at your end?  Staggering amount of destruction and loss of wildlife - those burned Koalas are so sad.  Glad to hear we (Canada) recipricated with Fire Management Personnel after the Aussies helped us out two years ago during our own really bad fire situation in British Columbia.

When did you find the energy and time (surely you were stressed out over the fire)  to do all those beautiful buildings (Ginza, low rises, the North by Northwest house (don't see it on the STEX though - drooling here in anticipation).  Everything you do is superb. 

And I really want those laneways you showed us....  I would love  love those in my towns and cities.  Really useful.

Now I have to go download a bunch of stuff.

[Barroco Hispano 26,971]

Sims

Scale: 133%

 

[tariely 4,499]

@Goldman Sachs Could we see them in-game, please ? I don't see percentages very well... 

[tariely 4,499]

16 hours ago, Lucario Boricua said:

The growing population also brings growing business! Next to the town square we can see the new Market Park, where various stores host restaurants, artisan workshops and specialty vendors!

And to handle the ever-growing influx of visitors, the Crystal Lakeside Resort has built a second lodging room building to cram in more visitors who want to escape the ever-more-hectic ambience of the large cities in the Kingdom's lowlands! It also hosts vistors to the nearby Mount Steel Ski Resort who would rather have a warmer bed away from the massive crowds of winter sports enthusiasts.

 

 

Oh, I like that market place & park !

But re the new hotel, I've always loved that reward, buI am sadly reminded of how out of proportion it is with so many other SC4 buildings. Question to Those Who Know : would there be a way to tweak it bigger ?

[11241036 5,115]

2 hours ago, tariely said:

Oh, I like that market place & park !

But re the new hotel, I've always loved that reward, buI am sadly reminded of how out of proportion it is with so many other SC4 buildings. Question to Those Who Know : would there be a way to tweak it bigger ?

Yes, there is a way to rescale them. Do you know how to use Model Tweaker? You need to do this:

• In SimCity_1.dat, look after the exemplar file of the hotel with the building info and write down the RKT somewhere.
• To be on the safe side, make a copy of the exemplar file and change the RKT (I'm not entirely sure about this, but you should only mess with the second rep - highlighted in blue - or the first 4 digits of the third rep - highlighted in red). The default ID of this building is: 0x6534284a,0x8a3858d8,0x03810000; the RKT1 is: 0x5AD0E817,0xBADB57F1,0x03810000
• In the same file, search for all S3D files (you do not need the FSH files or any other) related to the RKT1 (all S3D files ranking from 03810000 to 03810430), copy them as well, change the ID's according to the new RKT and then use Model Tweaker to rescale these files.

[Barroco Hispano 26,971]

[mattb325 28,893]

@BC Canuck, thanks! The fires are still very close, but contained in the areas near my house (nothing short of a superhuman effort to do this, it must be said). Instead of my pretty view across the mountains down to the sea, I now look at millions of acres of burnt ridges and valleys. Yuck....normally at this time of year I don't do much batting (batting for me is usually a winter thing), but this year it is too smoky to be outside in my free time, so the community benefits from extra bats. 

Speaking of which, the next one in the queue....

It is based on a newly completed apartment in Sydney's Chippendale. All covered in a reflective rose-gold coloured panelling. It will be 2x3 and will also work as a w2w

 

[Abrams 1,744]

It was finally time to get back into the game!

 

[BC Canuck 207]

@mattb325 Good to hear the fires are contained near you.  Keep safe and continue batting.... Another lovely addition.

  Good thing there is no download "quota"  -   downloading more goodies. - My plugins is groaning but in a good way

[Simmer2 23,831]

Bridge building is so satisfying..

Simmer2

[Abrams 1,744]

Did some work on a hilly area, doing some mmp work, the usual stuff.

[Simmer2 23,831]

A closer look.

Simmer2

[Dreadnought 8,231]

9 hours ago, Abrams124 said:

Did some work on a hilly area, doing some mmp work, the usual stuff.

          

That's one neck of an avatar you got there !!!

I do hope that's not a US soldier in the foxhole......

[Haljackey 17,403]

Interchange expansion & replacing the last Maxis Highway (MHW) in my region.

[Simmer2 23,831]

SM2 Longstone Lighthouse is now in the game.

I made the rock base with custom LODs for best visual. It can be plopped in any scenario.

1) On deep water.

2) On shallow water ( You can see the rock base)

3) On land

4) In between

5) On different terrain gradients so that more or less base will show according to terrain elevation.

Tons of possibilities..

Simmer2

 

 

 

[mattb325 28,893]

An update on the apartments. They seem to grow freely (I'll have to restrict their tilesets)

 

[Lucario Boricua 7,058]

It is time for our monthly dose of intrigue about the Kingdom!!

 

Presenting...

 

֍ KINGDOM OF ROTA ֎
INTERIM UPDATE
PRIOR TO 14th CJ ENTRY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spoiler

Mew: Mew-miu-mew, niu ñya niou nium nin!

(Translation: My goodness, he just moved in!)

 

 

[RRetail 7,912]

Eastview Plaza WIP

[junspud 1,069]

[dubaidude303 1,126]

1 hour ago, RRetail said:

Eastview Plaza WIP

I really love your strip malls!! What stores will all be included in this? Great work as always!

[pclark06 12,094]

Burgerville, a Portland, Oregon based burger chain that I've wanted to do for a while. I know @thecitiescenter has also wanted one as well, and I am a fan of their food, having visited. I guess it made sense after doing Voodoo Doughnut. WIP.

[+Guest 760649]

Lighthouse Kampen/Sylt uploaded now

 

[Haljackey 17,403]

More highway expansion

 

Been upgrading this highway / expanding it since 2010 (10 years!)

[Busta -CASE- 140]

21 hours ago, Lucario Boricua said:

It is time for our monthly dose of intrigue about the Kingdom!!

 

Presenting...

 

֍ KINGDOM OF ROTA ֎
INTERIM UPDATE
PRIOR TO 14th CJ ENTRY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A wild distinguished citizen appears! (Reveal hidden contents)

Mew: Mew-miu-mew, niu ñya niou nium nin!

(Translation: My goodness, he just moved in!)

 

 

Simply stunning!! Great work!

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

My first lot with 3dsmax, I like it even it's such a simple model. Thank you @mattb325 for your careful tips of night scene and texture,  I learnt a lot from you, Sorry for using your lot to show my first model.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[mattb325 28,893]

31 minutes ago, Raymond7cn said:

My first lot with 3dsmax

It's excellent! You have picked up modelling very quickly. It's great to see a new batter in the community. 

[Abrams 1,744]

Just a parclo.