Indianapolis

[krillin1501 0]

Date:1/18/2005 4:21:38 PM
Author:dragondude65

Krillin: Your city looks good. But , isnt the Eli Lilly International Headquarters ALOT bigger building then what you have ? What did you use for Union Station. Also , what year is it in your city it looks as if you dont have the Bank 1 or any of the newer buildings.

 

 

Dragon: Yea the Eli Lilly HQ is a whol lot bigger than that. I just don't have a building that looks anything like it. I just used the 2 research centers provided in the game as they provide the closest function to the Eli Lilly Center. 

 

For union station, I used a passenger station that i picked up on the STEX(can't remember who made it- sorry to whomever made- I give them credit).  The real Union Station is actually on top of meridian st. just north of south street.

 

The year of the city is around 90 or so. I havent put in any modern buildings yet because my region can't support them yet. I am also having a hard time putting in the Bank One Tower because it seems too tall for the scale of region i am using.  If you or anyone else can find an accurate scale map, that would be awesome!

 

Edit:  I would also like to point out that I pretty much just eyeballed the whole thing. so in general it is similar, but no where near exact.

[ak72 54]

I changed the window color:

 

 

Things to do:

• Add 'wings' at the bottom
• Add roof
• Add entrance
• Add details

[ak72 54]

Here is the top:

 

 

Things still to do:

• 'wings'
• entrance
• details
• nightlights

[Chris M 406]

The window color and the top looks alot better.

[Chris M 406]

Krillin:Yeah The Bank 1 tower is alot taller then the real thing. The tower is around 1000 feet in the game I scaled it to the Sears tower.

[greedygreg 1]

The region shot and attention to detail is impressive. It looks just like Indy would look like on a map.  Reminds me of when I visited Indy six years ago. Can't wait to see what the city looks like when the skyline starts to pop up.

[Chris M 406]

ATTENTION!!!

The CJ isnt dead. I went downtown to get some inspiration for it. I took some pictures and am getting some maps to make it accurate.

[seas123 0]

glad to see something not go....who called it dead though?  are u doing the whole city, or just the main part of it?

[bobinator 0]

Lets see some more pics!

[Chris M 406]

Date: 2/6/2005 2:18:27 AM
Author: seas123
glad to see something not go....who called it dead though?  are u doing the whole city, or just the main part of it?

Well I thought since it had been a while..I thought you guys thought it was. Im kinda waiting on AK.

[ak72 54]

Date: 2/8/2005 6:54:42 PM Author: DragonAnime

Date: 2/6/2005 2:18:27 AM Author: seas123 glad to see something not go....who called it dead though?  are u doing the whole city, or just the main part of it?

Well I thought since it had been a while..I thought you guys thought it was. Im kinda waiting on AK.

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Shoot, I was holding you up? Sorry, well I was o a break from SC4, I should have the building finished soon.

[sloppet 3]

i agree with bobinator... show us some more pictures !!

[ak72 54]

After steeping back for a while I realized that tons of my measurments were off. I could bore you with the math but I won't. So I had to pretty much start over, don't worry it won't take as long the second time around. But I am glad I found these before I released because it would have looked pretty bad.

[ak72 54]

I don't know if you can tell any diffrence but:

http://picturehosting.simvision.net/uploads/post-43-1112226734.jpg align=baseline>

[ardecila 124]

You probably won't be able to find a scale map. What I did for Chicago was to get a map of the Loop, count the blocks from the lake to the river, and base my measurements off that.

I set 6x6 as the standard block size, and I counted 13 blocks, to that's 13 x 6, +14 for the streets. I then used Photoshop to size the entire region according to that.

It took a lot of work (4 days' worth of free time) but it was worth it: starting from the Chicago map on the STEX, I scaled it up 137%.

So scaling up an existing map is probably the best way to go.

[iand80 0]

I would love to see Riley Towers built.  I have searched for it and came up empty.  I assume no one has tackled these buildings yet.  Indianapolis is a great city and I can't wait to see more of this! 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//20_jpg.jpg align=baseline> 

[Chris M 406]

Date: 3/30/2005 7:06:56 PM Author: ardecila You probably won't be able to find a scale map.  What I did for Chicago was to get a map of the Loop, count the blocks from the lake to the river, and base my measurements off that.  I set 6x6 as the standard block size, and I counted 13 blocks, to that's 13 x 6, +14 for the streets.  I then used Photoshop to size the entire region according to that.  It took a lot of work (4 days' worth of free time) but it was worth it: starting from the Chicago map on the STEX, I scaled it up 137%. So scaling up an existing map is probably the best way to go.

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I found a pretty accurate map of it just searching through google..I hope it works fine for the new Indianapolis region I am working on..I am going to work on this during Spring Break since I have nothing better to do.

[tinnyboy_gummi 0]

hey good luck it looks intresting

[ak72 54]

Hey yall, I'm really sorry for this but I'm not going to be able to finish the AUL tower. If anyone would like to take over my model please let me know via PM or e-mail.

[Superchan 23]

when is an update coming, it has been a long time since one, or any screenshots.

 

here is a picture of an idea of how to do the elevated tracks at Union Station

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//Railroad%20Idea%20City-Jul.%2020,%20001117500385.JPG align=baseline>