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[20huskies 4,699]

The Big I is now available here:

Thanks, @reg for a great BAT request and your patience waiting on me to make this finally happen.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

Next region preview: Saint Jack's Bayou.  Boudreau's camp. Gettin' ready fo' dat crawfish boil.

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

Constantine Arch

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

Just a little "farm meets city"-

[Dreadnought 8,231]

53 minutes ago, SIM-ple Jack said:

Just a little "farm meets city"-

You know, guy -- now that you're doing some closer detail shots -- you're doing some really good stuff! 

I really like the way you blended the fields into the tree line along the road.  And that's a very nice grid-busting industrial arrangement across the highway.

Keep up the good work, you "High Plains Drifter" !!

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

Horses

[Lazarou Monkey Terror 1,838]

Working on a suburban city tile, getting my estate vibe on 

 

Some cheeky little municipal beaches as well....

[Dreadnought 8,231]

2 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Horses

Now -- if that was "Reb" cavalry -- I could open up a whole new career !!

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

22 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

Keep up the good work, you "High Plains Drifter" !!

Actually, Il mio nome è Nessuno.

22 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

You know, guy -- now that you're doing some closer detail shots -- you're doing some really good stuff!

It actually has more to do with spending a year and a half getting a handle on Maxis dirty little graphics secrets and that God-forsaken bias view. Let's just say, it's not more cowbell, but less.

3 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Horses

Wild Bunch?

 

More around Tanga-

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

The work goes on in Bremerhaven --

Working on finishing up the coaling docks.  Up at the top, two Nordwind Class tugs are standing by to move the collier behind them.  In the center, the lighters are unloading with tugs waiting to pull the empties out of the way.  A bit mundane -- but they can't all be battleships!

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

[reg 1,480]

On 2022/8/4 at 午後1時28分, 20huskies said:

Big I は現在、こちらから入手できます。

ありがとう、@reg 素晴らしいBATリクエストと、これが最終的に実現するまで私を待っているあなたの忍耐に感謝します.

@20huskies

Thank you for doing me a favor.
And thank you from the bottom of my heart for the perfect reproduction.
Please allow me to share this great project with my Japanese friends. I am sure they will be amazed.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

Yo, guys --

Is there a "game system Genius" out there that can tell me how to get a tighter zoom level than the standard game system allows???

I've got some fabulous models to put in the CJ -- but the level of zoom just won't do them justice.  I thought there might be a "cheat code" or some keyboard trick.

Any ideas most welcome --

[rivit 3,402]

21 minutes ago, Dreadnought said:

how to get a tighter zoom level

The standard cheat (CTRL X) sizeof n where n>2 is what you're looking for. n=2 is the same as the standard max zoom or 2x the zoom 4.  sizeof 3, and sizeof 4 are still pretty good for most content. looking at automata up close sizeof 7 will be good. You can rotate the display but watch out when scrolling in these modes as the page will disappear very quickly. Also any mousewheel work will undo the zoom.

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

51 minutes ago, Dreadnought said:

Yo, guys --

Is there a "game system Genius" out there that can tell me how to get a tighter zoom level than the standard game system allows???

I've got some fabulous models to put in the CJ -- but the level of zoom just won't do them justice.  I thought there might be a "cheat code" or some keyboard trick.

Any ideas most welcome --

Also remember, the game saves in .png format, so you can do a considerable bit of enlarging right in photoshop, without it getting too lossy. Convert the image to .jpeg when your done.

PNG

 

JPG

[BartonThinks 3,416]

1 hour ago, Dreadnought said:

Yo, guys --

Is there a "game system Genius" out there that can tell me how to get a tighter zoom level than the standard game system allows???

I've got some fabulous models to put in the CJ -- but the level of zoom just won't do them justice.  I thought there might be a "cheat code" or some keyboard trick.

Any ideas most welcome --

I think @BadSim (more active on SC4D) is the reigning expert on using the Zoom cheat with ultra-HD assets.

Worth checking out their Mayor's Diary thread if you have the time or inclination. They (proudly) refuse to learn how to BAT. Instead, they mastered the art of FSH editing , which has allowed them to add hundreds (probably thousands) of custom ultra-HD assets to the game, as well as editing other users' models for personal use.

Some of their ultra-HD models using the Zoom cheat:

 

City screenshot with mix of custom and edited assets:

[Dreadnought 8,231]

2 hours ago, rivit said:

The standard cheat (CTRL X) sizeof n where n>2 is what you're looking for. n=2 is the same as the standard max zoom or 2x the zoom 4.  sizeof 3, and sizeof 4 are still pretty good for most content. looking at automata up close sizeof 7 will be good. You can rotate the display but watch out when scrolling in these modes as the page will disappear very quickly. Also any mousewheel work will undo the zoom.

 

THANX much, guy --

[Odainsaker 2,137]

On 7/31/2022 at 11:14 PM, Dreadnought said:

Is this what you had in mind ??

This is Battery Scharnhorst -- guarding the eastern approaches to the jade Bight -- and just south of the main anchorage at Cuxhaven.  This is a concrete bunker with an earthen front glacis to protect it from direct fire.  The roof is equipped with "fortress" style turrets circa 1890 - 1900 similar to the European masonry forts of the period...

 

Frighteningly, while doing a map of Paris that included Château Thierry, where an embankment site for a Paris Gun was found, I could see that even from this nearest site the monster cannon would have been firing across over 17 large SimCity 4 city tiles to reach Paris.

 

__________

 

Meanwhile, another mountain...

Mt. Rainier here uses a tweaked VIP Terrain Mod from @BadSim along with @blunder's Cascadia Tree Controller.  I admit the tweaks probably show more rock face on the mountain foothills than would be there in reality, but I really wanted more rock face to show on the snowy upper mountain to be more resembling of Mt. Rainier.

Ten years ago Blunder showed off a beautiful 16-bit version of Mt. Rainier from the same angle in the Ring of Fire city journal entry "Lowkee's Terrain Mod of Ridiculous Awesomeness."  What is especially interesting is that Blunder first showed it using c.p.'s Meadowshire Terrain Mod, and then afterwards with @Lowkee33's then new LK Appalacian Terrain Mod.  It's virtually identical terrain, but in three different terrain mods.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

More Tanga-

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

WIP

[TG24 355]

On 8/8/2022 at 2:38 PM, SIM-ple Jack said:

More Tanga-

Tangamandapio!

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

6 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

WIP

I don't remember seeing those in Westerns.

35 minutes ago, TG24 said:

Tangamandapio!

Yes!

 

Tanga city square-

[Jackspital 391]

On 8/8/2022 at 8:35 AM, Odainsaker said:

 

Frighteningly, while doing a map of Paris that included Château Thierry, where an embankment site for a Paris Gun was found, I could see that even from this nearest site the monster cannon would have been firing across over 17 large SimCity 4 city tiles to reach Paris.

 

__________

 

Meanwhile, another mountain...

Mt. Rainier here uses a tweaked VIP Terrain Mod from @BadSim along with @blunder's Cascadia Tree Controller.  I admit the tweaks probably show more rock face on the mountain foothills than would be there in reality, but I really wanted more rock face to show on the snowy upper mountain to be more resembling of Mt. Rainier.

Ten years ago Blunder showed off a beautiful 16-bit version of Mt. Rainier from the same angle in the Ring of Fire city journal entry "Lowkee's Terrain Mod of Ridiculous Awesomeness."  What is especially interesting is that Blunder first showed it using c.p.'s Meadowshire Terrain Mod, and then afterwards with @Lowkee33's then new LK Appalacian Terrain Mod.  It's virtually identical terrain, but in three different terrain mods.

This is amazing, I'm a huge history buff so any WIP historical SimCity is up my alley. That mountain feels as if it could pass a genuine picture, amazing stuff!

[Wallibuk 1,966]

very little work done so far, too lazy, maybe one day i will release them, who knows

[Krisman 4,652]

2 hours ago, Wallibuk said:

very little work done so far, too lazy, maybe one day i will release them, who knows

These look amazing ... if you would release them today as-is it would make a lot of people happy 😉

[mitsos 12,966]

The Holy Mountain

 

 

 

 

[pclark06 12,072]

trying to perfect UK-style architecture

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

The plaza by night...

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

WIP

[chongjunxiang3002 349]

On 7/2/2022 at 12:16 PM, chongjunxiang3002 said:

Done updated. Today update:

Australia & NZ, Canada, Europe Part I (Italy, Eastern Europe & Russia, Southeastern Europe)

As always, I appreciate how many legacy buildings has found their way to our SC4 thanks to our BAT creators.

Today update:

West Coast USA, Western Europe

Finally doing USA maps. Now left contents from USA and Europe.