Mr_Maison's Creations [Metropolitan depot 2, 5/21/2021]

[Avanya 2,605]

Gorgeous! 

[Simulanten 681]

Oh wow.

If you continue like this I feel tempted to work on a southern state wetland "city"... Lots of half-rotten wooden houses and baptist churches.

Just one thing came across my mind: How to get rid of certain vanilla trees? I started to seriously dislike some assets because they include the atomic bush of slimy green and other horrible flora give aways from CO....

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

@Avanya Thanks!

 

48 minutes ago, Simulanten said:

Oh wow.

If you continue like this I feel tempted to work on a southern state wetland "city"... Lots of half-rotten wooden houses and baptist churches.

LOL!!!

[Macronomicus 128]

lol funny, but not true of any one region, truthfully there are just as many $%&^!holes in every region.

Here, zoom into a REAL southern city on Google Earth, a classic gem replete with beautiful Cypress trees, fab architecture, even some wonderful James Gamble Rogers creations, and many other beauties, this is Winter Park, basically a subcity of Orlando FL my hometown.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winter+Park,+FL/@28.5811256,-81.3481118,1269a,20y,41.33t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x88e7701bdba629c5:0xc63f82952cf5ee20

16 hours ago, Simulanten said:

Oh wow.

If you continue like this I feel tempted to work on a southern state wetland "city"... Lots of half-rotten wooden houses and baptist churches.

Just one thing came across my mind: How to get rid of certain vanilla trees? I started to seriously dislike some assets because they include the atomic bush of slimy green and other horrible flora give aways from CO....

 

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

I made a quick generic cluster of tall grass for waterways. This large cluster may ;look unrealistic in urban settings but great for swamps and shores.

 

 

 

 

 

Steam Link http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=678804415

 

 

[Simulanten 681]

Just when I thought that the workshop didn't offer too much recently...

With a lot of work, travels, family, beautiful spring weather I don't have much time for the game right now. But I'd love to get back into the woods soon!

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

5 hours ago, Simulanten said:

Just when I thought that the workshop didn't offer too much recently...

With a lot of work, travels, family, beautiful spring weather I don't have much time for the game right now. But I'd love to get back into the woods soon!

Thanks.....Please do more Red Rock scenes....I always look for updates to that. I'm hoping to make time to make cities as awesome as yours.

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

I updated the tall grass. I realized that when creating it, I had the "More Natural" LUT active. So I desaturated it so it looks better in more default biomes and LUTs.

 

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

This is my first attempt at a Monkeypod tree which turned into an Acacia tree. Maybe they're related

 

 

 

 

Steam Link http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=689343831

[Avanya 2,605]

Looks very nice!  And it does have an acacia vibe for sure. 

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

Acacia it is! For anyone who subscribed earlier, there is now a renamed version on the workshop...link is under the pics above ^^

[Macronomicus 128]

thanks, I love them!  The vegetation is getting really nice and diverse

[DeltaGamer 13]

Very nice trees!

 

BTW, I've always wondered how heavy your items are (in terms of tris and stuff) compared to the default trees, because I love yours but I'm worried they might be too much

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

@DeltaGamer Yes my veggies are larger in tris than the vanilla trees but so far they do not cause any performance issues.

I made a shorter version of the grass clusters. These can be placed in more urban situations. It's another 2 piece set. See Steam page for more details.

 

 

Steam Link http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=689986108

[Macronomicus 128]

woah these are very nice!  Thanks for sharing your awesome creations

[sachizm 65]

just finished exams and have allowed myself to open the game for the first time in a month. Starting a new map I was so looking forward to doing a marshy/ mangrove deal, thought I could just get a wide brush and bomb a whole part of the map with grass then throw some trees around. As with all trees I find it just doesn't do the density I want. So now I see those last screen shots were done with it on the small brush. Not the end of the world, it still creates the total covered look better then all the other trees. I was hoping to just splash half the map with thick vegetation in 10 seconds. I guess that would destroy most computers. I keep upgrading my music studio computer even though it is powerful enough for the recording I do. CSL is the real reason. Bring on the few million plus trees (and grasses)!!

 

Also..writing this I'm on the first page of this post. Was it you that did the NYC bombed up trains and were talking about doing something where I could upload my graff as panels in this game?

Graffiti, trains and trees. You're my hero

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

18 hours ago, sachizm said:

Also..writing this I'm on the first page of this post. Was it you that did the NYC bombed up trains and were talking about doing something where I could upload my graff as panels in this game?

Yup....Glad you like them. I plan on getting into some more train stuff soon.

[sachizm 65]

Mad. Ive offered some of the other train makers $$ to make a Bombadier Twindexx. No ones taken it up. Still on the table.

on another note; since you do a lot of fauna. Do you know anything about why the brushes do such a crap job of covering an area? It's especially noticable with the grasses. Bigger trees at least give canopy cover. 

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

12 hours ago, sachizm said:

Mad. Ive offered some of the other train makers $$ to make a Bombadier Twindexx. No ones taken it up. Still on the table.

on another note; since you do a lot of fauna. Do you know anything about why the brushes do such a crap job of covering an area? It's especially noticable with the grasses. Bigger trees at least give canopy cover. 

I rarely use any brush besides the default size. Grass is the smallest type of plants and we look at our cities from way up high. For grasses, it's best to focus in on local areas at closer zooms. I do not recommend trying to cover too much area with grass at a time. Just place them where you really want to see it (in those special areas). But if you really want to cover a large area with grass, it takes a lot more time compared to trees. It's also a challenge to make grass to cover a large area without having a huge tri count. Tree assets have a central pivot point. Make the grassy area too large and the ends will float if the pivot point is high on a slope. Just some things to keep in mind.

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

Introducing a Live Oak Tree now on Workshop!

I will be releasing a mossy version very soon.

 

 

 

 

 

Steam Link http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=704607028

 

[Avanya 2,605]

Great looking tree as always!

[Macronomicus 128]

awesome addition, huge and fluffy, love em!

[dedgren 830]

You are the C:S Tree God, Dennis.

...we are not worthy...we are not worthy...

David

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!!

 

The Southern Live Oak is here! This second Live Oak tree was a challenge to make but very rewarding. It's a mature variant with mossy bark and Spanish moss hanging. It is known by many names. This one is great for decorating as well as making some interesting swamps you can get lost in while abusing your F12 key Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steam Link http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=708892511

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

This month I'm celebrating the 1st anniversary of my NYC train set. To kick it off, I'm sharing some WIP images of my upcoming train depot/yard shop for the new Metro Overhaul Mod headed by Bloody Penguin and Lazarusman who are working hard bringing us this awesome mod. This will be among the first such depots that will function the same as buses and trams but for trains on metro lines. This means no more underground only blocks for metro lines. Also note the third rail tracks! Lazarusman is doing a great job on them. The metro will now come above ground and even on elevated lines and be dispatched from the yards and back when taken out of service making our trains on metro more realistic. I look forward to making some real train yards around these. Trains that already exist on the workshop will be ported to be used as metro so there's no need to wait for new trains for this. This will finally give me a good reason to use metro in this game and see my trains in a proper subway system. Exciting times ahead.

 

 

In Game first test of the model

 

Since we cannot place tracks right next to each other, I may model some old tracks for bays 3 and 4. Hopefully my next test will be actually making a functional line.

[Avanya 2,605]

Oh wauw that looks great!   Love the style of it! And congratulations with you anniversary - you've made seriously beautiful things in that year 

[LittleMac 48]

What an amazing job done here! Can't wait for these updates to come! Thanks for everything that you did for the community!

[Darf 1,439]

That looks great!~Really looking forward to this update.

That looks great!~Really looking forward to this update.

[Darf 1,439]

That looks great!~Really looking forward to this update.

[Darf 1,439]

That looks great!~Really looking forward to this update.