Avanya's buildings (Update 7/1: Cargo rail stations released)

[Avanya 2,605]

Good to hear it isn't just me that missed these.  I have plans for exactly that too - I wanna grab some larger fancy graffiti for that. Hoping to get them out during next week. I plan on a 6u and 12u version with different graffiti - using both sides should give decent variation for long stretches.

[Matthias King 348]

That's awesome to hear. I guessed that you already had an eye on it, you're typically thorough with these kinds of things, but I figured why not ask anyway.

More graffiti is always good to hear. It's kind of funny, but people in real life hate seeing the ugly graffiti defacing everything, but in the game, everything looks too clean and untouched, so the graffiti helps lend a reality. Not a nice one when it comes right down to it, but a reality nonetheless.

Are you planning to do the 2u, 4u, highway varieties with this one as well?

Something that could be cool, and I realize it would be more work for you, so take the idea or leave it, I totally understand, but in my city there's a stretch of highway that is elevated, and the support structure was designed to be decorative.

That's the only picture I can find, but there's actually more to it that you can't see. There are some more types of engravings and a quote and other stuff. I can send you a Google Maps link if you want.

Like I said, I realize that's a lot of extra work, so whether you choose to do something like that is entirely up to you. My feeling won't be hurt if you don't.

Keep up the awesome work!

[Avanya 2,605]

Asking never hurts - sometimes feedback just gives those great ideas  I don't know how many variations I'll do of these things. As I'm using different graffiti for each pieces the texture takes a little time to make. A wall like that would look cool for sure - the challenge there would be to have it seamless with each other. 

Later today I'll have 2 12m high supports come up - one 6 units and one 12 units. Just gotta grab some screenshots for them. I've also got graffiti-free version of all the previous bits coming - I've had a fair amount of requests for that, so they're coming too. As for other sizes I'm planning a 6u 9m bunch for steeper slopes. I want to do a softer slope too, but 24u 12m prob won't be that usefull in reality - if the road curves just a little bit it won't look good. And I'm wondering how many people have 24u long completely straight roads. A 12u 8 or 9 m might be more usefull - softer slope, but not crazy long.

Lastly I've had a chance to test another idea a bit (actually the underpass things I wanted to do in the first place). Not sure if it will ever really look great because of how the terrain is. Straight edges following the grid of the map gives a nice result as the first pic shows, but when it's angled the terrain pokes out a lot more and it needs to sit further out to cover everything. At least it covers those rips in the terrain!

[Tim The Terrible 586]

I like how you think Avanya

Would be nice to have something like this in the game too, if it's not on your list I'll do it myself though

[Avanya 2,605]

I totally agree! That would look awesome! It would be hard to make though without it being usefull only in a few situations. I really miss some better looking under/overpasses - especially for those raised with dirt like that one. Doing that in the game will at best leave you with some cliffs, but often come with tears in the ground.

I'm done spamming the workshop for today. Next up is prob the overpass walls for the 2 wider sets - gotta go grab some pictures of local graffiti for that I think.  

[Matthias King 348]

I'm excited for these new assets. They're just what I've been waiting for!

[Ankh Neter 5]

7 hours ago, Avanya said:

These are what I have been wanting to hide those ugly terrain tears.    Also looks more natural as most overpasses have concrete from the base up to the roadbed beams. I had wanted to make something like this, but I'm too newbie.  Glad to see someone else was trying to work it out!  

 

[Avanya 2,605]

Highway overpass supports up - both with and without graffiti!

As for my other little wall project I'm getting there. It's never gonna be perfect, but with some terraforming and decorations it can look good enough. Gotta do some tweeking of the mesh and texturing - these will be much more flexible than my other ones.

 

[Matthias King 348]

Your supports are awesome, and I'm looking forward to those new ones. If I could request, when you texture them, they should be pretty heavily covered with graffiti. When you see those bridge supports, they're often almost completely covered with large murals of graffiti.

Just an idea, I'm sure whatever you do will be great.

[gfvsims 169]

I think I'm going to have to start a new city. It's a bit tricky trying to fit them into my current city, and I really want to use them!

[Avanya 2,605]

@Matthias King I went for the slightly "cleaner" look for a few reasons. It's not easy finding free stock pictures of large murals or walls covered with graffiti, and it would make it much harder to get them to look good where they connect. And I just don't have the skills to create them from scratch.

@gfv1974 I know the feeling! My latest city don't have any sloping roads like that as I really don't like the standard elevated look.  The other type I'm working on should be alot easier to add to existing cities.

[Judazzz 1,936]

2 hours ago, Avanya said:

@Matthias King I went for the slightly "cleaner" look for a few reasons. It's not easy finding free stock pictures of large murals or walls covered with graffiti, and it would make it much harder to get them to look good where they connect. And I just don't have the skills to create them from scratch.

Additionally, you'd need several different varieties to avoid too much repetition, which would look pretty silly (imho.) In real life huge murals are one-of-a-kind, whereas smaller graffiti (like 'tags') are much more common and are often sprayed all over town (so no problem seeing several of the same).

Your last batch of assets looks fantastic, Avanya! I also struggle to find space for them in my city, but I think I'm going to start with a new one from scratch in a while, so then I can take these overpasses and supports into account right from the beginning.

[Avanya 2,605]

I just released the much more flexible overpass support walls, which also look good with rail.  It's still the 12m high, but however long (or short) the slope you like will fit. I've scrapped doing the 12x24 ramps as they will be so long you really need a long straight piece of road, which just isn't that realistic. I still have plans for more, but for now I will do some more industry stuff (got the time again and there's a limit to how interesting these overpasses are to model ). These are great little "break" projects just like the rocks and there will be more in the future. ^^

[Matthias King 348]

Looks awesome. No surprise there.

Are you planning on doing a large road version of the overpass wall as well?

[Lost Gecko 481]

These "little" projects have such a large impact on how everyone's cities look! Thank you!

[gfvsims 169]

Damn, Avanya! That looks SO good!

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Great additions. Yet another item to be added to CS' bucketlist of realism mods.

[jmsepe 2,039]

Look at that, isn't that cute. I like those realistic walls. Looks great for any city.

[Avanya 2,605]

23 hours ago, Matthias King said:

Are you planning on doing a large road version of the overpass wall as well?

I'll prob do one - I'm hoping to get one size that will fit highways and large roads just the same. I think this type is alot easier to use in cities, so it is something I'll expand on.

But today I've got two generic industry releases! Another large factory hall and a medium modular warehouse. Both work with RICO ofc and more industry to come

[Derek114811 3]

You're pumping them out like crazy! I love it! These are amazing! It's what I've been wanting for a while. The underpasses I see in my town irl all have concrete under them, so it bothered me to have only dirt or nothing at all under my bridges! And about that engraved wall, the town I live by, Tulsa, has sound barriers like that but don't support any roads. Instead, they line large avenues that are surrounded by medium to high wealth residential neighborhoods, and I've always wanted that! It'd be nice to have that wall!

[Matthias King 348]

Sounds good. I'll look for the new overpass.

And I really like those new warehouses. They look excellent.

[Feindbold 1,190]

Thats some lovely factory hall!

Totally reminds me of some (I suppose) fishfarms I saw on a vacation once.

[Avanya 2,605]

Two more warehouses released! One with color variations and one without as I couldn't decide whether I wanted color variations or not. They're slightly annoying when you just want a bunch in the same color.  

Atm I have way too many ideas for future projects and I can't seem to focus - except on warehouses it seems.   Before I start whatever new project I settle on, I hope to do the wide version(s) of my latest overpass support.  

[Robban040 1,091]

Wow!

Thank you for everything you create for this game! Would'nt be the same without your assets

Cheers bud!

[Matthias King 348]

Looking great, as always.

I wish you luck on whichever project you choose next. I know it will be great as well.

[Judazzz 1,936]

Looks fantastic - I think these are my favorite warehouse assets the game has!
If you need some ideas for more, what about a similar version but with a flat roof? This game really lacks in the really, really, really big box storage department (the ones available look good, but they all have some flaws, be it file size, blurry textures, or whatnot). And by adding lots of pipes and HVAC elements and similar on the roof, it should be pretty simple to re-use that same building as a variant that looks more like a manufacturing place rather than for storage.

[oak street local 8]

I'm with Judazzz on this one, flat roofs will look great!

[Avanya 2,605]

That's totally in my plans too. I think a few different sizes would be great, so they can be used modularly to create large and interestingly shaped ones. Might be a good next project for my large modular industries.

There's also the older pointy roof type which I also want to do.  

[Matthias King 348]

44 minutes ago, Avanya said:

That's totally in my plans too. I think a few different sizes would be great, so they can be used modularly to create large and interestingly shaped ones. Might be a good next project for my large modular industries.

There's also the older pointy roof type which I also want to do.  

I'm excited to hear about this. We need a few of these type. What is the proper word for that type of roof?

[Judazzz 1,936]

Ummm... factory roof?  
Seriously though, it's called a saw-tooth roof.

Love the idea, Avanya!
Would be nice to base the textures on that photo: we have plenty of brick buildings by now, so a few concrete + shoddy paint job-type facade assets would mix nicely.