Pretoria Metropolitan Area

Man it's very cool the way you plan your cities and transportation! Congratulations!

Wow! Very good. I am very curious as to how you managed to create those powerlines, because they can't be dragged over any lot. Lastly where did you get those dark green bushes, in the bottom half of this entry, which border the railway lines? They make for great MMP material.

What a nice update ! I like the realism in your pictures. Fantastic job

Those suburbs (first pictures) are delightful -- and the infrastructure (transport and power) is quite impressive ! (BTW, ditto LnX for the bushes -- I don't recognize them...something jeronij  ? Or Blunder's cascadia MMPs ?)

Wow!! Really nice!.  Great attention to detail and realism.  I'm impressed.  I like the concept of the power lines running through the city.

Just two questions:

1) What lots did you use for the white sound barrier walls?

2) What lots did you use for the the brick retention walls (pictures 20-22)

VERY nice, indeed !!

Love the street layout in the "burbs" !  

I'm still trying to make mine look just half that random.

Stunning work here. I really enjoy how you are able to weave in highways and rail through the burbs. Nice job!

SC4's grid system just got rekt. This is a giant slab in the face for the game lol

It's quite mind-blowing with those FAR roads and streets. Great work

Love those neighborhoods! Nice!

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@lucasfg3, @kelistmac, @Dreadnought, @feyss & @gviper
Thanks y'all!
 

On 2016-01-04 at 9:42 AM, Ln X said:

Wow! Very good. I am very curious as to how you managed to create those powerlines, because they can't be dragged over any lot. Lastly where did you get those dark green bushes, in the bottom half of this entry, which border the railway lines? They make for great MMP material.

 

On 2016-01-04 at 10:23 AM, tariely said:

Those suburbs (first pictures) are delightful -- and the infrastructure (transport and power) is quite impressive ! (BTW, ditto LnX for the bushes -- I don't recognize them...something jeronij  ? Or Blunder's cascadia MMPs ?)

Appreciate the regards
There's a little trick to enabling  the pylons to do that, check out  http://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/68018-show-us-your-energy-infrastructure-power-plants-fuel-extraction-fuel-processing/. Those brushes are actually made by heblem, pretty sure this is the link for them http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/24398-hbs-flora-prop-pack-vol01/

 

On 2016-01-04 at 10:29 AM, Prophet42 said:

Wow!! Really nice!.  Great attention to detail and realism.  I'm impressed.  I like the concept of the power lines running through the city.

Just two questions:

1) What lots did you use for the white sound barrier walls?

2) What lots did you use for the the brick retention walls (pictures 20-22)

Thanks! glad you liked that concept.

1) Those wall's can be found here; http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/22260-lubus-sound-barrier-wall-set/ There's plenty of different sound wall's out there but as you can tell from my pics I like to use these a lot because I find the scale with them looks right and in fact they are actually 5m tall. Which is proportional in height to IRL wall most of the other ones available out there are much taller. Keep in mind that pack only comes with 5 lots though. I relotted those walls and now I have no less than 22 different texture combinations;


2) Those brick wall's were park of a small set made by Jeronij  IIRC. I've had them for a very long time now 7-8 years. I think I found them over at simdevotion but I'm not entirely sure, here's a link to another set of his from there https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=131 I couldn't find the ones you were looking for in a quick search but if you look for files made by jeronji you should probably be able find them. Again though the original set was only a few lots, I made 13 lots with different texture combinations for my own use.

On 2016-01-04 at 1:15 PM, Toothless Stitch said:

SC4's grid system just got rekt. This is a giant slab in the face for the game lol

The king is dead(maxis), long live the new king (NAM team)!
 

@Toothless: A "slab" in the face - was that intentional?

@takemethere: Another wonderful entry! I just love the combination of PEG's underpass with those MMP footpaths (among many, many other things); very creative use! And do I spot your own extension of those IRM fillers in the next-to-last picture? I sure don't remember making these one-sided, open-area parking spaces.

 

Nice entry , and your images look fantastic . Very realistic .

Your Transportation systems are second to none! That being said, I've on an Industry kick lately and would love to see some industry next update!

Great work!! I like how natural the sloping of the streets looks. You've give us all a lot of good ideas with this. The electrical lines are a nice touch too. Good use of trees and foliage.

2 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

@Toothless: A "slab" in the face - was that intentional?

@takemethere: Another wonderful entry! I just love the combination of PEG's underpass with those MMP footpaths (among many, many other things); very creative use! And do I spot your own extension of those IRM fillers in the next-to-last picture? I sure don't remember making these one-sided, open-area parking spaces.

 

@T Wrecks: Have you ever seen me doing something unintentional?

Nice use of the FAR road in the suburban area; lot´s do fit in more in contrast as with diagonal one´s ! Underpas road or footpaht always struggle with underground piece; first create underpass or other way around; it isn´t a straight section ? Containing walls can  open a lot of extra space. RHW and RRW wel excecuted, well done !

Love it!  Good selection of houses, great road pattern, and good variety of trees.

15 hours ago, T Wrecks said:

@takemethere: Another wonderful entry! I just love the combination of PEG's underpass with those MMP footpaths (among many, many other things); very creative use! And do I spot your own extension of those IRM fillers in the next-to-last picture? I sure don't remember making these one-sided, open-area parking spaces.

 

Good eye there - yup that's exactly what it is. I've also made use of them in a way you didn't originally intend as well... more on that later

14 hours ago, DavidDHetzel said:

Your Transportation systems are second to none! That being said, I've on an Industry kick lately and would love to see some industry next update!

TY  I'm very tempted to go with that next, we'll see. One things for sure, it won't be another month or more until the next entry.

@raynev1 @slickbg56  @kschmidt  @GoKingsGo : Thanks for your comments. I'm blown away by all the positive responses to this entry so far

I think I've spent more time staring at those hydro corridors than everything else that SC4 is supposed to be about. You've managed to elevate those unsightly power pylons into a work of art!

Hey , take your time . I enjoy looking at these CJ's . I find much inspiration here and there . I like you CJ so much I am a follower . keep up the great work . 

Those suburbs and use of FAR is fantastic! Really impressive residential area. 

Can I ask where the small brick ped/cycle underpass, which passes under the railway, is from? 

On 2016-01-06 at 2:46 AM, kingofsimcity said:

I think I've spent more time staring at those hydro corridors than everything else that SC4 is supposed to be about. You've managed to elevate those unsightly power pylons into a work of art!

Mesmerizing aren't they? I'm glad I'm not alone when it comes to appreciating the "art" of hydro pylons lol
 

16 hours ago, raynev1 said:

Hey , take your time . I enjoy looking at these CJ's . I find much inspiration here and there . I like you CJ so much I am a follower . keep up the great work . 

Thanks mate and I'll try to keep that in mind going forward. I was actually starting to suffer from a lack of sleep... Thankfully most of the content for the next few updates is pretty much done.
 

1 hour ago, Belfastsocrates said:

Those suburbs and use of FAR is fantastic! Really impressive residential area. 

Can I ask where the small brick ped/cycle underpass, which passes under the railway, is from? 

TY! And sure, no prob. Those would be PEG's underpass which is part of this set;

I use them extensively as they help in situations where pedestrian bridges aren't feasible or don't look right. I later modded them so that they actually function as pedestrian underpasses allow sims to cross. This image below is from a city save file from 2013 showing it in use;


It was a lightly used route so I eliminated the street connection and thus its functionality when I started the CJ and made the area(and the whole city in general for that matter) more visually appealing.

I absolutely love the entries in your CJ.  I come here often and spend some quality time gazing at it.  Beautiful work!!!

Awesome new entry! You know it's something great when you can spend hours oogling at all the pictures.  

 

And I like how there's a Reagan-Bush billboard in the last picture. Reagan was great president IMO.