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[Lucario Boricua 7,049]

@mitsos Those are some impressive sheer cliffs! And what's the rock mod you're using to texture them?

 

Meanwhile, there seems to be a disparity between the inter-city highway network's development and the status of local streets in the city of Baramaya!     

 

We're getting some new freeway construction going on!

 

 

Mainline bridges are finally in-place, and the earthworks appear to be ready for paving and sodding (planting grass).

 

 

Still gotta get these muddy city streets paved!     

[mitsos 12,963]

21 minutes ago, Lucario Boricua said:

@mitsos Those are some impressive sheer cliffs! And what's the rock mod you're using to texture them?

 

Meanwhile, there seems to be a disparity between the inter-city highway network's development and the status of local streets in the city of Baramaya!     

 

We're getting some new freeway construction going on!

 

 

Mainline bridges are finally in-place, and the earthworks appear to be ready for paving and sodding (planting grass).

 

 

Still gotta get these muddy city streets paved!     

Thank you very much. I use  the JLCoultre Rock MOD

[AP 3,591]

How am I ever going to get this rendered....

[junspud 1,069]

Finished transition for RVT SAM 6 streets.. Plus I didn't notice the repo was set-up in such a way that you could customize it somewhat with the different alphas and whatnot, so I did that as well. Really amazing repository in that way.

Some random screenshots..

I've always had weird issues with shadows. Here you can really tell something odd is going on lol.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

Three possible treatments of Johannes Brahms statue by @Barroco Hispano......

 

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

@Dreadnought Post it on the STEX!

Lincoln Monument (Philadelphia)

[Dreadnought 8,231]

1 hour ago, Barroco Hispano said:

@Dreadnought Post it on the STEX!

Lincoln Monument (Philadelphia)

FREAKIN' STUPENDOUS !!

[RobertLM78 1,598]

Year 150 of Sruthán na Ghleanna (The Stream of the Valley)

 

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

5 hours ago, mitsos said:

Thank you very much. I use  the JLCoultre Rock MOD

That is a beautiful rock MOD -- !!

I tried Google search -- but got everything from a college to a tourist resort -- and NO rock MOD.

Could you kindly provide a link ??

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

xD

@Dreadnought

 

[mattb325 28,891]

Some more slope-friendly row homes (this time in the federal style):

 

[Morgan R 156]

13 minutes ago, Barroco Hispano said:

xD

@Dreadnought

 

@Barroco Hispano While I love it the way it is, for re-lotting purposes, would it be possible to request an additional version of the Lincoln statue but without the cobblestone ellipse?

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

@Morgan R I can do it. 

[11241036 5,115]

54 minutes ago, mattb325 said:

Some more slope-friendly row homes (this time in the federal style):

Very good work going on, as usual. Especially because row homes are rather uncommon in comparison to free-standing apartments, skyscrapers, and hones for one family. I also commend you for making them slope-tolerant. May I request though that you release them in several wall colors, if possible? Long rows of these houses in always the same color are always so boring.

[Morgan R 156]

21 hours ago, mattb325 said:

Some more slope-friendly row homes (this time in the federal style):

 

Is that the current version of these long-awaited beauties?! Years ago, I had no luck after posting them in the "Can't Find It" thread, and so a few weeks ago I cropped this screencap to post on the The Ones that Never Made It to STEX thread, thinking they were some long-lost project.



I have been trying to hunt those down for almost half-a-decade now.  @mattb325 you have now made my week if not my month! As a player trying to replicate the Mid-Atlantic USA, where these sorts of houses make up the bulk of the historic heart of older cities, from Richmond to Alexandria to Philly to Boston, a thousand "thank you"s!!! Huzzah! This is one of the single most-useful BATs (for me) I have ever seen!

 

20 hours ago, 11241036 said:

Very good work going on, as usual. Especially because row homes are rather uncommon in comparison to free-standing apartments, skyscrapers, and hones for one family. I also commend you for making them slope-tolerant. May I request though that you release them in several wall colors, if possible? Long rows of these houses in always the same color are always so boring.

I am not sure how useful wall color variants would be, compared to some alternative options for variety. Let me explain:

An architectural historical perspective:
In the case of the Mid-Atlantic USA, endless brick rowhouses like these could be entirely historically accurate; they would often be nearly identical for an entire city block. From Boston's Beacon Hill, to Philly's Center City, to Georgetown, DC, the urban cores of many cities in the first decades of the American nation were mostly made up of simple red brick townhouses and rowhouses like these (for the middling-class areas; for less wealthy areas might be wood, and wealthier houses would usually be detached). N.B: wooden Greek Revival counterparts in multiple colors have already been released by C.P (available at the LEX). But none of those are proper brick rowhouses, like these.

Per MattB's description, these are Federal Style (ca. 1790-1820). If anything, only the trim colors / shutters / roof might vary, as well as the treatment of the doors/porches or fenestration, would be the primary variation. The wall color could have a subtle variations in brick color, but until the ability in the late 19th century to mass produce and transport large quantities of bricks, most cities would have roughly only one color brick (based on the local clay). Brick was rarely painted at the time (outside of the occasional all-white coat for cooling reasons in hot climates, and commercial buildings which were painted with signs and adverts). It wasn't until many decades later, with the introduction of mass-produced pigments and paints (beyond the plain white, red, and black which had been already cheaply available) that people would have attempted other colors. Most of those you see in vivid colors are late Victorian and early Edwardian rowhouses and townhouses (showing off that new high-tech colored paint).

However, I think some of it also goes to artistic intent, which I do not know. If MattB is going for a proper Federal style rowhouse look, then they likely would look mostly the same just like this. But if he is trying to use this to serve as a generic W2W townhouse, then I would agree, some variation might be nice. But this would be more for the details, accents, and trim, not the walls. For example, one using the black shutters found in the earlier versions (screen-capped above).

But as I have never released a BAT, and MattB is one of the most prolific BAT artists of all time, I am in no real position to advise him, and will be content to sit back and watch the master at work. : )

* * *

Summation:
To sum up, for whatever it is worth, 1.) I love this little building and 2.) think if anything, variations on the accents or details could be effective (such as a version with the original black shutters) but 3.) I am in no position to make such requests, and am grateful to finally have this work available. Anyways, those are my two three cents.

Thank you again, MattB, for all your wonderful works! And for this one especially! I look forward to it!

[Simmer2 23,831]

SM2 Train Depot South is now part of the depot roster.

[mitsos 12,963]

 

West Valley 

 

6 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

That is a beautiful rock MOD -- !!

I tried Google search -- but got everything from a college to a tourist resort -- and NO rock MOD.

Could you kindly provide a link ??

 

I'm sorry that i didn't provide the link i went to bed, but fortunately Barroco Hispano  did. I would say that It's the best rock mod. 

 

 

 

[davide1983it 5,426]

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

Should I remove the sims from the night version? (You will not be able to put sims, sorry).

[Dreadnought 8,231]

14 minutes ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Should I remove the sims from the night version? (You will not be able to put sims, sorry).

Yo, guy --

Leave the Sims in -- people look at statues in the park after dark.  It can even be romantic -- provided you don't get mugged!  And a statue with no tourists looks "lifeless".

BUT -- you need to provide some additional "area lighting" around the statue -- it would not be left in a totally darkened place.  Your cobblestone base will prevent any attempts by "lotters" to go in and add lighting -- so you need to light the area before finishing. 

But this is what we need -- some historical statues to place around our cities.  For example -- if you turn a corner in Cincinnati, you are likely to run into a mounted US Grant.  The little town of Dalton, Georgia used to have a statue of Joseph E. Johnston.  In Germany, you can't throw a rock without hitting a statue of Bismarck.  You find statues everywhere -- and especially in the most unexpected places!!  So.....we need more like this one.  (Sorry about the impromptu speech!  )

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

@Dreadnought 

[davide1983it 5,426]

Villa Hartford

[Kloudkicker 4,565]

3 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Should I remove the sims from the night version? (You will not be able to put sims, sorry).

Make them dance!!!   It just sounded funny to say, so I did.

[MissVanleider 1,851]

3 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Should I remove the sims from the night version? (You will not be able to put sims, sorry).

Don't remove the sims, human people aren't allowed to hang out with each other in many places right now. Given the sims are not affected, let them dance! Haha

[Kloudkicker 4,565]

45 minutes ago, davide1983it said:

Villa Hartford

Looks great over all, I like it. The front has a lot of detail and looks amazing, but the back of the house facade is a tad boring. Not that I stare at little houses when playing, and sometimes the back of houses are boring looking. I just thought shutters back their would help. Maybe a little patio also. Normally the roof would not be the same color as the house, but this one works. ( I like grays) And don't be afraid to put satellite dishes on american style houses. We like our cable, even if it comes from outer space. Also, putting roof vents on, might help 'spice' up the roof a little more. 

Keep up the great work, you really are doing a fantastic job on the estates.

  Edited January 31, 2021 by Kloudkicker  

[Simmer2 23,831]

As promised, here is the plop version of SM2 Brass Stamping Co

 

[mattb325 28,891]

16 hours ago, Morgan R said:

If MattB is going for a proper Federal style rowhouse look, then they likely would look mostly the same just like this

That is spot on. The Federal style is incredibly restrained.

Also, the red-coloured one (a bit of a back story) was made by CP about a decade ago. Any time it appears in a screen shot, I am asked about it, so I made my own version to release. Being part of the BSC, we used to share unreleased plugins, so I have had it for a long time. CP hasn't been active for ages...nothing unusual, he often takes 1-2 year hiatuses, and I think the reason he never released his townhouse is because it doesn't have a back door...but if he decides to return and upload that file, I want mine to be sufficiently different so that the two can co-exist.

Something taller in the works, a fictional apartment complex (4x3 and 3x4)

Still to add all of the ground and podium details, so very much a wip......

[monkeywater 910]

31 minutes ago, Simmer2 said:

As promised, here is the plop version of SM2 Brass Stamping Co

 

That is really nice!  Is there any way to have the growable grow with the rail connection?

[Simmer2 23,831]

24 minutes ago, monkeywater said:

That is really nice!  Is there any way to have the growable grow with the rail connection?

Yes but because the grow lot could pop up anywhere you would have to modify the map to accommodate a rail connection to it.

Instead with the plop version you control where it is placed for best visual effect.

Simmer2

[kschmidt 6,223]

Airport Bat´s Survey !

Since sometime I am using RIMP and parts of AC Team Bat´s. RIMP for small regional and custom is very detailed I aswell interested having a upgradable airport option into my arsenal. AC Functional Airport is such one a one off. Initial size remains the same but in comparison it´s little larger than the maxis international airport in size of land.  Several growht stages are included, small gras to international eventualy. I like to have this like RIMP as a module to plop into a starting SimCity 4 region avoid lot´s of configuring, a sandbox starter. JENX airport Bat´s I hope to cover aswell into such kind of way all this as the AC and RIMP will be custom based !

Enjoy !