Developing Macedon

[moganite 4]

Those reefs look good out of the water and in it a very versatile BAT it could esily be used as an outcrop Both in rivers and seas and on land.

I am working on a conveyor set but it is early days and its a project more complex than any I have undertaken so it could be a few months before it is ready.

[Nik-nik 3]

Dead trees that is a good idea. They will look great around your excavation site......

I pray for those poor souls in Montreal.

Sult221 - all the best in these dark days.

Nik-Nik

[jacqulina 162]

hi steve my dear friend,i am happy that you are feeling a bit better that will be great to not have to wear the sling,i bet your arm will be a little stiff though,do you eventually have to go physio,thankyou for dedicating your new flora and reefs mod they are fantastic i cant wait to see what flowers you make.take care and get well.

i will pray for those poor people in montreal

[bat 6]

Great mod!

bat

[Yoman3 5]

O nice modding. i like the dirt plopable!!! Also I too will pray for them. Such a waste

[crazychickensc12 84]

Definetly take time and let your arm heal properly health is always first, we will always be here when you return!!

And great job on the flora's that will definetly look nice!!

[jpnalex 0]

)Searching for words....searching.........searching) Nope.  Can't find any.  Except, Simply FREAKIN amazing!  Can you give me travel instructions.  I'd like to live there.

Keep it up. Although, I don't know how your are going to top the last one......I am very anxiously awaiting the next update!

Alex

[PhilsCafe 8]

Hey buddy. Good to hear that the surgery went well, welcome back man.

Wow, first time I see this monster BAT (the steel mill) in action. It really fits in that huge mining area... huge indeed! I like the way you use the cliffs for the mine very much... its course looks very natural (if t makes any sense). I love all the details: the trucks, dirt roads and cargo yards. Great job there.

Also great job with your flora mods... I'll keep an eye on them (*checks out sorchin's BAT thread*)

Now take your well-deserved rest Steve... you'll need your arm for later updates .

Take care!

- Phil

PS: That school shooting... sad really. We'll never understand why someone would do such a terrible thing..

[RushHourFreak 1]

Originally posted by: Nik-nik Dead trees that is a good idea. They will look great around your excavation site......

I pray for those poor souls in Montreal.

Sult221 - all the best in these dark days.

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I agree with you in the case of dead trees.

omg poor people, i will pray for them, 

Great Job

Joan

[choco1 4]

Fantastic updates my friend! Your images are truly beautiful, and congradulations on the 20 page mark! I cannot get over how cool that steel mill looks! Its incredible, great work on it!

And that pit is just... woah! The area around it is incredible, one of the most amazing lots I've seen in a City Journal. The trees lok stunning, you are incredibly good at this! And your BATs continue to amaze me, we always need more mayor mode flora and your ones are incredible! Great work!

Cheers, choco.

[choco1 4]

Fantastic updates my friend! Your images are truly beautiful, and congradulations on the 20 page mark! I cannot get over how cool that steel mill looks! Its incredible, great work on it!

And that pit is just... woah! The area around it is incredible, one of the most amazing lots I've seen in a City Journal. The trees lok stunning, you are incredibly good at this! And your BATs continue to amaze me, we always need more mayor mode flora and your ones are incredible! Great work!

Cheers, choco.

[cityhawk 12]

Hello, Steve:

I'm really glad your surgery went well. As for the flora mods, that's a nice project. I look forward to seeing it in use in the future. Great job on everything!

I did hear that thing about the Montreal school shooting, but I didn't hear much, but I still hope that God will be with the families of those who have lost somebody from the shooting. God bless those families!

[sorchin 18]

Hello all my good friends. I have another teaser pic of my polished rock flora. 4 to choose from. I will reply to you by the end of the weekend. Thanks as always for your amazing comments. I appreciate them.

Teaser Pic

 See my BAT Thread for many more pics

[salut221 10]

WOW ! OMG amazing work man ! Keep it up !

[raul39 0]

Well what can I say, that's freakin awsome! it all looks great! Let's keep at it!

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats awesome my friend

[asturianu 4]

Hey, buddy great work and great BATs flora. Very good, sorchin

[sorchin 18]

salut221: Thanks my friend. Ouch, I guess that shooting hit you more than most. But it could have been much worse.. Thank God it wasn't..

RushHourFreak: Hey mate welcome  to my cj.. Thanks for stopping by.... Thanks for your compliments my friend. BTWI love your avatar..

moganite: Yes that's the idea for all the flora I'm making.. Keep me informed concerning your conveyor belt my friend. That sounds like a major project..

Nik nik: Hey buddy. Good to see you... I'm getting better and more comfortable with the bat and textures now.. Hopefully when I release it, simmers will see a need for it.... Terrible thing in Montreal I agree. But it could have been worse I guess..

jaqulina: Hello my dear friend. Yeah the sling is gone for good I'm doing intense physio at least twice a week (all I can afford). Most of my "physio" I'm doing on my own. But it's certainly getting stronger... I'm glad I dedicated the last update to you, you deserve my good friend..

bat: Thanks buddy for your continued support...

Yoman3: Thanks my good friend. Yes a waste indeed..

crazychickensc12: Yep no sacrificing my health for a computer game. That's my motto... Thanks my good friend..

jpnalex: Hey welcome to simtropolis my freind.. Thanks for stopping by.. You humble me with your kind words

PhilsCafe: Hey Phil my good friend. Thanks for all your comments concerning the Steel Mill , The pit and the modding.. I'm getting used to using my left arm.. Before long I'll probably prefer to use it.. (Nah... probably not).. Yep. Perhaps it was the way he was raised (or not raised), he was hardwired wrong or a combo of the two.. Such a waste....

RushHourFreak: Hopefully I'll have time to update over the next couple of days and test all this. Your right we should certainly pray for the families of this terrible tragedy.

chocolatemax285: Now it's my turn to say WOW!. To have one of the best cj'ers out there compliment me the way you have done.. Thanks buddy. I'm glad you like the Mill and pit area. I plan on expanding it a fair amount to make it more realistic.. As for the mods thanks so very much buddy. Good to see you..

cityhawk: Hey buddy. I hope your well? Thanks for your concern about my surgey. It went very well thanks.. And thank you on your comments..Yes the Montreal thing was truly a tragedy.. Yes indeed we should pray...

salut221: Thanks my good friend..

raul39: Thanks my good friend. Thanks for stopping by...

jaqulina: Thanks again my good friend...

asturianu: Hey buddy, Thank you my friend...

Working with Plopable Water Flora (Teaser, for more pics and more detail please visit my BAT Thread.. Feel free to let me know what you think)

The next true update should be in a couple of days or so. I'm going to incorporate the new flora I've been working on plus I have a couple of more realistic gravel textures for "The Pit" area as well. Stay tuned..

Fore the time being here is a teaser of some new plopable water flora that should work exactly like jeronij's water flora found here. Remember to check out my BAT Thread for more pics..

This is what I have come up with for the water flora...

Have an amazing day my friends...

God Bless...

[salut221 10]

Very beautiful as always ! Very beautiful ^^

[crazychickensc12 84]

wow incredible, these are going to look spectacular, especially in your CJ..curious is your plopable water done off of the original with different texture or did this come from scratch?? Great job though keep it up!!

[Nik-nik 3]

Very nice. I like that brown/beige coloured texture. It looks like a beach with some waterplants on it, you know like at low tide.

The red is too vulcanic for my taste (but maybe usefull to others) and the yellow will look good at excavation sites, it has a clayish tone to it.

That gray dead tree is dead good.

Be gentile on that shoulder!

Nik-Nik

[Darmok 34]

Hi Steve,

Wish I could post more often...

I was just looking at update 40, and just couldn't help but to get out of lurk mode (just before going to work!)

WOW, That steell mill  area is just fantastic! Very well done my friend!

I like how you've done the setup. it's very realistic!

As for your new project of  Ploppable water flora, I could just quote Nik-Nik, he's taken the words out  of my mouth! My preferences are exactly the same!

So keep up the excellent work on this and see you later!

John

[jacqulina 162]

hi steve thankyou my good friend and its great your on the mend,those flora are looking wonderfull,all the different textures so many things they can be used for i have so many ideas whirring in my head, cant wait to see more.

[bat 6]

Fantastic work! Great teaser!

bat

[asturianu 4]

AS Always, i'm amazed! This flora is very real, so beautiful. Great, buddy!

[sorchin 18]

salut221: Thanks as always my friend..

crazychickensc12: Thanks my friend. All the new flora is original BATS. I used Goldiva's Tropical Sea Set as templates with a few instance number and value changes. So for the most part yes it's from scratch

Nik-nik. Hey mate. I used a few different kinds to give gamers more options. I like some better than others too... Thanks for stopping by my friend..

Darmok: Hey buddy. No problem.. Stop by whenever you can. Thanks concerning the Steel Mill. Much work needs to be done but it's an ok start I think.. And thanks concerning the flora my friend. I hope many will find it useful

jaqulina: That's great that you'll find use for it.. I would love to see it in your great journal my good friend..

bat: Thanks my good friend...

asturianu: Thanks very much amigo...

Update 41: New Plopable Flora in action. Dedicated to asturianu

Today is a simple update showing how this new flora looks in my journal..

Lets start by placing some dark flora water next to the lake:

Now lets add a maxis standard bridge: 

Lets add the plopable water dark blue flora...Note, this can't be done with the NAM bridges, the water won't go in between the columns

Lets add more flora to compliment the water...

A panned out different angle...

Thanks my friends..

Have a great day...

[Yoman3 5]

Your a friggen mad man with that stuff. Good work my friend!

[cityhawk 12]

That flora looks awesome in action! Great work!

Forgive me for asking, but since I'm too lazy to go find a tutorial, how did you make that bridge on land?

Keep it up, Steve!

[mattb325 28,880]

The water is looking lovely; I particularly like the rippling effect you've created.

With the rocks, you may want to utilise some different textures to really show these models to their full potential. The colours you have chosen have a very even palette with only two or three tonal variants within the same colour - if you look at Goldiva's grey rocks, there are flecks of green, brown, blue etc all through the texture which replicates rocks in real life (as rocks are exposed to the elements they have moss and lichen on them); even looking at the in game ground texture (under the bridge you made), you'll notice how many variants of brown, russett and olive there are through the texture and of course, flecks and seams of grey/white.

Obviously this is just a suggestion and you are free to take it or leave it, but well done on all of the hard work so far!

[crazychickensc12 84]

wow sorchin that really looks spectacular!! those flora mods look amazing!! breathtaking work!!