Show us your Downtown/CBD

[Defecto 44]

Downtown has grown a little:

 

[jesper107 113]

What is that very broad and tall building in the centre of the picture Defecto? Nice downtown!

[Defecto 44]

What is that very broad and tall building in the centre of the picture Defecto? Nice downtown!

 

Thanks jesper! It's called "high interest tower", I believe it's a standard building in the unique buildings menu. 

[iviaarten 534]

I've been doing quite some work today, and I finally feel I can post in this topic

 

It's still not highrises, but we've finally got a skyline:

 

(from my latest CJ entry)

 

 

 

 

[Sabretooth78 808]

Potentially dumb question:  How do you hide the "zots" for pictures like these?  I usually can't find a vantage point where there isn't something popping up somewhere.

[Evil Weasel 88]

At the bottom right corner there's a camera icon. It removes all UI elements.

[kingofsimcity 5,740]

Overlooking downtown from the riverside parkway. First person view is so much fun actually.

 

[Nicistarful 49]

My Turn!

[aable 63]

 

 

 

[Toby Ferrian 875]

My (current) downtown isn't as big as the other downtowns in this thread, but it's still a downtown.

[Sabretooth78 808]

At the bottom right corner there's a camera icon. It removes all UI elements.

 

Somehow I knew that...thanks!

 

 

Mine's not much of a downtown either, nor is it a CBD as it's mostly a residential area.  A newer area of the city, no less, so it isn't even really central, but I think it looks kind of neat.  Actually, it really reminds me of Syracuse, NY's skyline.

 

[jesper107 113]

You guys are all amazing. Aable, your 1st and 2nd pics are just great! Love how the core of the town builds up to those three tall buildings. Bravo!

[thenext88 102]

The custom building mods are starting to make skylines look impressive!! Also don't forget - you can rescale any of the assets yourself if you don't like the original size. I made two imports 80% of the original size to better fit my city.

 

[Infrastructurist 434]

Downtown Annabelle. Major banking and finance center in the US Midwest. Urban sprawl has been rampant the last couple of years. 

Even though the city attracts alot of young proffesionals, crime has been on the steady rise for almost a decade now - especially the cocaine trade has found ground here - leading Annabelle to be named the "Cocaine capital of the flats" among the younger population. 

 

 

 

 

[Evil Weasel 88]

My city's CBD from the outer suburbs. Tried a new LUT this time.

 

 

A little closer. It's mainly a nasty industrial city.

 

[aable 63]

The custom building mods are starting to make skylines look impressive!! Also don't forget - you can rescale any of the assets yourself if you don't like the original size. I made two imports 80% of the original size to better fit my city.

 

 

Looks great. I tried messing with this, but my rescaled buildings have the problem of getting messed up when you zoom out. Do you know of a way to fix that?

[Superbacon 380]

 Welcome to Ashihabara. I used a combination of free-camera and the isometric camera mod. The textures look terrible because the isometric camera changes the LOD from normal. Even though my settings are maxed.

Still developing the other side of the river. I have a lot of sprawl to the bottom, left and right off-camera.

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Downtown in Tamboria.

 

 

 

 

[thenext88 102]

 

Looks great. I tried messing with this, but my rescaled buildings have the problem of getting messed up when you zoom out. Do you know of a way to fix that?

 

 

The only building I haven't had a problem with so far is One Plaza. The author fixed LOD for that building, and it looks as it should from far away too. So Unless the author includes LODs, all of them end up looking messed up from further out, rescaled or not, as the game engine doesn't go a great job by itself. There needs to be some kind of PSA because it seems like almost every building I download I had this problem. Some aren't as bad as others.

[Paulobergonci 673]

 Welcome to Ashihabara. I used a combination of free-camera and the isometric camera mod. The textures look terrible because the isometric camera changes the LOD from normal. Even though my settings are maxed.

Still developing the other side of the river. I have a lot of sprawl to the bottom, left and right off-camera.

 

Oh my! Is that an ingame or real life picture? Awesome!

[aable 63]

 

 

Looks great. I tried messing with this, but my rescaled buildings have the problem of getting messed up when you zoom out. Do you know of a way to fix that?

 

 

The only building I haven't had a problem with so far is One Plaza. The author fixed LOD for that building, and it looks as it should from far away too. So Unless the author includes LODs, all of them end up looking messed up from further out, rescaled or not, as the game engine doesn't go a great job by itself. There needs to be some kind of PSA because it seems like almost every building I download I had this problem. Some aren't as bad as others.

 

 

Hmm I tried it again and it works great. For some reason I thought the LODs weren't transferring to my rescaled buildings but maybe they didn't have LODs in the first place. This is a very cool feature for those of us who don't otherwise get into modding very much. I shrunk my whole downtown skyline by about 15% so that it's not quite so out of line with the zoned buildings. I just hope people don't take advantage of the asset editor by ripping off other people's work.

[Paulobergonci 673]

Sorry for my ignorance, but what does CBD mean?

[Ray Oliver 1]

Sorry for my ignorance, but what does CBD mean?

 

Central business district.

[Paulobergonci 673]

@Ray Oliver: hmmm, now it makes sense haha thanks

[Toby Ferrian 875]

My city's downtown has grown quite a bit:

[Infrastructurist 434]

I am more or less bored with 95 % of the pics posted on the reddit. Luckily i can just travel in here and see how realistic you guys can make things look! 

 

Especially yours Evil Weasel. Your picture looks like a 1960 photo looking at downtown Detroit from midtown.  

[cromabianca 158]

My city's downtown has grown quite a bit:<snip>

Look at that isometric view!

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

I just can't believe what you can create with this game. I'm having a crisis. I need it! I need it now! 

[OliverJPhillips 23]

 

 

 

 

A concept I was playing with in the mountains. Difficult to get plopping right as the terrain is tricky to work with, but the tiering I'm quite happy with

[kingofsimcity 5,740]

Very nice work with that mountainside city!

 

Level 3 offices are a pain to get. But I got exactly what I wanted: Gula's new SunTrust Building . I swear something is always on fire in the background...

 

 

EDIT: just installed the new SSAO and sun shafts mod. Actually looks really nice!