Need ideas

[Dollar Tower$ 101]

I need nice skyscrapers to fill my downtown area with. does somebody know nice skyscrapers??? This is my Downtown Area Swanson City :

[TekindusT 3,809]

For high-quality stuff, search the STEX for "reddonquixote", he BATted half of Melbourne's skyscrapers!

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

I've great buildings by them, of course there are other members but I think at the moment they have more what you need:
jasoncw: https://community.simtropolis.com/profile/85340-jasoncw/content/?type=downloads_file&page=1
on01222: https://community.simtropolis.com/profile/262302-on001222/?do=content&type=downloads_file&change_section=1
darknono: https://community.simtropolis.com/profile/197208-darknono35/?do=content&type=downloads_file&change_section=1
Cockatoo: https://community.simtropolis.com/profile/140055-cockatoo/?do=content&type=downloads_file&change_section=1

 

[cogeo 960]

Don't miss the work of NDEX Team! Lots and lots of large skyscrapers on 4x4 Lots!   Made a long time ago but still look very nice. And I consider this 4x4 a plus, as it's easier to plan, while the custom lot sizes used by many BATs during the last few years (5x4, 5x3, 6x3, 6x5, 6x4 etc etc) are a lot harder to use and grow as you need to zone specifically for them (and hope that they will grow and the game won't subdivide the lot), and this in turn requires keeping track of the content you have installed. Can you imagine keeping an Excel sheet of all content you have installed (eg Name, Jobs & Lot Size) and referring to it every time you want to add a zone? No, no, no!!!

And I always suggest checking the content you install and fixing it if needed. Here is an example:

NDEX Richmand Complex by Superstar

Two excellent BATs! (well, the 2nd is actually a shortened version of the 1st one, but still very nice)
BUT: They are badly modded. The Lot for the A BAT is stage-6! It should definitely be stage-8 instead (obviously the creator wanted to grow more easily). The result is that it grows all over the place, overtaking the whole city. A fix is needed here. The B one could be either stage-8 or stage-7 (with different results in each case); the latter will be upgradeable, and that lower growth-stage is somewhat more in line with the number of jobs and the rest content (ingame or downloaded), but there valid arguments to make it stage-8 too (eg have some smaller buildings too - "final", not upgradable - for "realism; if your city meets the criteria to grow stage-8 lots and demand is high you will be getting the A, if it's softer you will be getting the B one. Also, the aesthetic result will be very nice, if you get the B growing just next to the A).

So my suggestion is check out the NDEX skyscrapers, but check how their stats are modded.

[Dollar Tower$ 101]

i go to skyscraperpage look at a building that i think: thats nice and i copy the name in st exchange and look if its here

 

[Cyclone Boom 16,839]

If you like pencil towers, here's a very useful set:

With searching the STEX, you may find it quicker and easier to use Google.

Just type in using this format:

<search term> site:community.simtropolis.com/files/

Replace <search term> with what building or item you'd like to find.

This term can also be enclosed in quotes to find an exact match:

E.g.

"Building 123" site:community.simtropolis.com/files/

Hope this helps!

[matias93 7,535]

Also you can make a bigger CBD with less buildings, by keeping certain distancies between them. Most of those neighbourhoods haven't been created by fiat (Paris' La Défense is a notable exception) but grown on older city centres, replacing gradually smaller building; for a realistic effect, you would like to have many medium height buildings between a handful of skyscrapers. Also, many cities have legal restrictions to use the full extent of a centric lot on buildings, demanding the inclusion of plazas and widened sidewalks as a way to mitigate the intensive ground use, you may want to simulate that too, adding a more granular and detailed level to your city.