Show us What you're Working On

[SIM-ple Jack 17,451]

5 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

It seems that the idea of opening a patreon did not like too much xD

Nah, we just didn't want to pay your monthly bills. Besides, we lost one good creator recently, we don't want to lose another.

[art128 4,622]

@mattb325 That's a very nice model you're starting. I'm curious about the walls tile, is it a texture or did you bat in the large tile? In any case this will be a welcomed addition to my city... Any idea about the potential lot size? (so I can already decide where to put it)

 

@Barroco Hispano That big hangar is really cool. What is it based on? This will be a fine addition to any industrial/commercial area. About the Patreon idea... I think if you  do it like Jason did it should be more welcomed: patrons get an early release of the bats and possibly decide what the next model would be. Going for the same approach as another ST user who I shall not name is just simply idiotic IMO.

[Kloudkicker 4,565]

15 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

It seems that the idea of opening a patreon did not like too much xD

As someone who knows very little about patreon, I don't have much input. I personally try and limit where I sign up at online. To much security crap going on, online nowadays. We are being forced more and more every day to put more and more personal info in electronic form online. (It was harder for them when it was on paper) You have talent, your work is really spectacular from what I've seen posted here. If this is your way to make money, I say go for it, if that's what your aiming for. But I wouldn't ever plan on following anyone this way myself. FYI, I thought your approach was fine. 

[kschmidt 6,244]

Thareau Ville latest 85 K town expansion !

Bursting town of life, thareau ville has expanded allmost beyond it´s limitations. Stabelizing this growth with as much resources as posible, the simulation several times shown it´s limitations ! Now a town of just over 85.000 citizens it´s reached his highest point, progres no more !

Thareau northern area !

Thareau Riverside & Central Expo area !

Enjoy !

[Josh6 873]

A night pan over my cities central entertainment/shopping district enclosed by a park and downtown skycrapers. Really wish ESP15's broadway 1585 Broadway would light up but I'm not sure it can

 

[Kiwiwriter47 473]

4 hours ago, kschmidt said:

Thareau Ville latest 85 K town expansion !

Bursting town of life, thareau ville has expanded allmost beyond it´s limitations. Stabelizing this growth with as much resources as posible, the simulation several times shown it´s limitations ! Now a town of just over 85.000 citizens it´s reached his highest point, progres no more !

Thareau northern area !

Thareau Riverside & Central Expo area !

Enjoy !

The road bridge looks like ones I've seen in real life...but I'm not sure where. 

[mattb325 28,894]

Thanks @art128, it's just a texture.

Two reasons for doing a shortcut....with all of the curves on this building, it was quicker to do it this way rather than trying to calculate how many little subdivisions (even though I often model such things out) and secondly, because the metal panels are large, I don't like the really coarse, hard shadows that AO leaves in the grout when using a procedural texture, so consider this the equivalent of those stick-on-tiles that are used in cheap kitchen/bathroom renovations 

It's a 4x4 lot size

 

[Josh6 873]

29 minutes ago, mattb325 said:

Thanks @art128, it's just a texture.

Two reasons for doing a shortcut....with all of the curves on this building, it was quicker to do it this way rather than trying to calculate how many little subdivisions (even though I often model such things out) and secondly, because the metal panels are large, I don't like the really coarse, hard shadows that AO leaves in the grout when using a procedural texture, so consider this the equivalent of those stick-on-tiles that are used in cheap kitchen/bathroom renovations 

It's a 4x4 lot size

 

@mattb325 you’re so quick, that’s incredible! Thanks

[ohdude 2,354]

@mattb325

I can't believe that you're working on that building. I'm enjoying each picture you upload of the process. It is an amazing project!! 

[Kiwiwriter47 473]

On 11/24/2020 at 7:12 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

Destroyed Vehicles:

Impressive art work, but why would you want them? Not critical, just curious.

 

On 11/8/2020 at 8:38 PM, SIM-ple Jack said:

More from the Old West:

Here lies Les Moore

Four shots from a .44

No Les

No More

 

On 11/12/2020 at 1:29 PM, Dreadnought said:

Yo, guys --

Another chapter posted......

 

VISIT THE CITY JOURNAL……IMPERIAL DOCKYARD: WILHELMSHAVEN

https://community.simtropolis.com/journals/

Why are American battleships visiting Wilhelmshaven?

Is the Kaiser hosting a Review? 

 

On 11/5/2020 at 11:06 PM, nycsc4 said:

New False Creek build.  Bridge traffic passing over the 3rd Avenue Greenway:

Waterfront development:

Wider shot:

 

Very well done.

 

On 10/24/2020 at 3:34 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

@Dreadnought 

Work in progress:

Type 59 (WZ-120) Chinese Medium Tank:

Indian Rhinoceros:

 

The ship at the pier is USS Nevada or USS Oklahoma -- they were sisters. 

The father of my CO in the Navy was one of the last men to escape from the capsized hull of Oklahoma after 13 Japanese torpedoes capsized her 79 years ago tomorrow.

Here she is, steaming through the Panama Canal.

 

[kschmidt 6,244]

3 hours ago, Kiwiwriter47 said:

The road bridge looks like ones I've seen in real life...but I'm not sure where. 

Those bidges aren;t very uncommon; press to say for this project I am still using NAM 31 so limited in available infrastructure options. Future versions of the Mayon plugins Userdir will have a newer NAM version afther a full renovation of the folder: allready removed some unnecesary airport, Highway lighning and soundwall stuff, still some way to go. Working with large tiles with this may be out off peformance issue not so wise as any plugin added adds to slowing down, currently  4 Gb patch may help still with 6 Gb resources are tight !

Sincerely yours,

Kschmidt

[Kiwiwriter47 473]

On 10/20/2020 at 9:36 AM, Barroco Hispano said:

1917 Krassin Ice Breaker

WOW!!! All power to the Soviet!

 

4 hours ago, kschmidt said:

Those bidges aren;t very uncommon; press to say for this project I am still using NAM 31 so limited in available infrastructure options. Future versions of the Mayon plugins Userdir will have a newer NAM version afther a full renovation of the folder: allready removed some unnecesary airport, Highway lighning and soundwall stuff, still some way to go. Working with large tiles with this may be out off peformance issue not so wise as any plugin added adds to slowing down, currently  4 Gb patch may help still with 6 Gb resources are tight !

Sincerely yours,

Kschmidt

 

4 hours ago, kschmidt said:

Those bidges aren;t very uncommon; press to say for this project I am still using NAM 31 so limited in available infrastructure options. Future versions of the Mayon plugins Userdir will have a newer NAM version afther a full renovation of the folder: allready removed some unnecesary airport, Highway lighning and soundwall stuff, still some way to go. Working with large tiles with this may be out off peformance issue not so wise as any plugin added adds to slowing down, currently  4 Gb patch may help still with 6 Gb resources are tight !

Sincerely yours,

Kschmidt

Fair enough...bridge design is increasingly standardized since the Roeblings built the Brooklyn Bridge, which was basically the Cincinnati Bridge on steroids! 

[rsc204 21,868]

My latest SC4 Tutorial explains how to create some advanced Neighbour Connections:

Specifically, how to make Diagonal/FAR-2 Road and Straight/Diagonal Street Neighbour Connections. This uses a new technique I found, utilising the RHW Disconnector tool, it's now easier than ever to make use of these alternative possibilities.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

2 hours ago, Kiwiwriter47 said:

Why are American battleships visiting Wilhelmshaven?

Is the Kaiser hosting a Review? 

I refer you to the CJ "Introduction" Chapter.  

Always worth reading the beginning "chapter" -- it usually explains pretty much everything. 

But a small squadron of the Great White Fleet did pay a port call on their way back to Hampton Roads.  Evidently, the Kaiser was impressed !

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,973]

@Kiwiwriter47 Yes, it is the USS Oklahoma.

"Impressive art work, but why would you want them? Not critical, just curious."

Maybe to recreate scenes like these?

 

I will use them to recreate a war scenario for my city journal.

@art128 It is actually a warehouse .

I plan to create only 2 tiers and they will cost the same as JasonCW's patreon so everyone will have access to the same content.

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,451]

2 hours ago, Kiwiwriter47 said:

Impressive art work, but why would you want them? Not critical, just curious.

Because we like them, and want them!

[SIM-ple Jack 17,451]

Valhalla(alternate version):

[Kiwiwriter47 473]

6 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

@Kiwiwriter47 Yes, it is the USS Oklahoma.

"Impressive art work, but why would you want them? Not critical, just curious."

Maybe to recreate scenes like these?

 

I will use them to recreate a war scenario for my city journal.

@art128 It is actually a warehouse .

I plan to create only 2 tiers and they will cost the same as JasonCW's patreon so everyone will have access to the same content.

 

I guess if you want to zone junkyards...it works.

 

6 hours ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Because we like them, and want them!

YOU GOT ME THERE!! 

Have a pun!

 

On 05/12/2020 at 3:08 AM, mattb325 said:

A quick one from the 'Bat this now, biatches' thread:

Sioux Falls City Hall.

There's a few interesting ones in that thread at the moment, so who knows.....

 

I've seen a lot of these in my travels across America. Very realistic. Great work! 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,451]

4 hours ago, Kiwiwriter47 said:

I guess if you want to zone junkyards...it works.

Some of us like more realistic cities and scenes, not antiseptic, sterile landscapes full of glowing, over-lit commercial buildings. You know, a little filth...like in real life.

4 hours ago, Kiwiwriter47 said:

YOU GOT ME THERE!! 

I've got what?

4 hours ago, Kiwiwriter47 said:

I've seen a lot of these in my travels across America.

You've traveled across America visiting city halls? How "exciting".

I've got a question- when are you going to Show Us What You're Working On?

[Josh6 873]

18 hours ago, rsc204 said:

My latest SC4 Tutorial explains how to create some advanced Neighbour Connections:

Specifically, how to make Diagonal/FAR-2 Road and Straight/Diagonal Street Neighbour Connections. This uses a new technique I found, utilising the RHW Disconnector tool, it's now easier than ever to make use of these alternative possibilities.

@rsc204 Thanks for the tutorial 

 

Can you explain whats going on for the large station in the video image. Is that both HSR and RHW coming out of that? That looks like some NAM voodoo haha

[Barroco Hispano 26,973]

CAT CT660 Dumper6x4:

Dreadnoughtus walking 1:

After thinking about it for a while, I decided that I am going to launch all my content on Simtropolis and SC4 Devotion and use my paypal account to receive voluntary contributions.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,451]

On the road to Valhalla:

The Bullet Farm:

[Simmer2 23,831]

SM2 Deepwater Oil Terminal is now in the game.

These type of oil terminals are usually moored many miles offshore in order to avoid coastal environment contamination in case of an oil spill.

1 or 2 30 inch pipes connect the terminal to on shore oil depots in order to either fill or offload tankers.

Simmer2

[Lucario Boricua 7,060]

     Oh my! Are these upcoming Earthworks Tutorial ideas?     

 

What could this dauntingly bumpy terrain be good for!? 

 

 

Why is there a totally not suspicious freeway stub waiting to get some love? 

 

 

Why is there a beefy mountain in the way!? 

 

 

Why is there a turquoise splotch on the confluence site for these valleys!? 

[korver 27,686]

[rsc204 21,868]

21 hours ago, Josh6 said:

Can you explain whats going on for the large station in the video image. Is that both HSR and RHW coming out of that? That looks like some NAM voodoo haha

Yeah I've converted the lot to work with 2 lines of HSR and 2 lines of the Viaduct Rail system. Since I made that city, E-RRW is now a thing, I should probably update the modding for that.

No NAM voodoo as such, I just modded the original station to work differently. It'd be an as-is download, but once I've converted the modding to E-RRW, I'd be happy to attach a copy somewhere.

[tariely 4,499]

On 2020-12-01 at 5:48 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

[destroyed beautiful church -- beautifully destroyed, but...]

 

Dead cows:

You're turning dark, man !

[Rott 2,401]

Time to texturize...

 

PS Are there texture packs available to download?

[davide1983it 5,439]

New highrise residential building

[Simmer2 23,831]

33 minutes ago, Rott said:

Time to texturize...

 

PS Are there texture packs available to download?

There are countless textures available for free on the net. Just google the type you need and download them. Bricks/concrete/patterns/colors/glass/soil/water/metal and so on. Seamless or not it matters not.

I usually start with a basic texture and by using Photoshop I modify it to fit my needs. After a while you tend to accumulate a sizable library to draw upon.

It's a bit time consuming but worth it in the end.

Simmer2