Going FA in Madison Plains

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Entry posted by The British Sausage · January 19, 2019

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raynev1: Thanks! The links are for people to replicate what's shown in these pictures and then make it their own.

Prophet42: Thank you. It's a time-consuming process but a strangely hypnotic one...

Takingyouthere: Cheers! MMPs are free from the restrains of square lots, thus they have that natural feel as you pointed out.

Entry 33: Going FA in Madison Plains

Recent FA buildings created by Mattb325, and rather quietly published on the BSC LEX I might add, have given me a whole range of ideas and of course new building methods for SC4. Madison Plains is a medium-sized city tile and another experimental city which I intend to complete as I'm trying various new things at the moment!

This entry is a little glimpse in what could hopefully be the future for SC4 and quite possibly one last shot of life for the game this community loves.

Mattb325's FA-3 buildings are a real game changer and there's just enough to create a dedicated FA city block.

But it's not just FA buildings which I'm experimenting with. Another experiment is the grungy avenue.

With some diagonal fillers it's reasonably straightforward to integrate these FA-3 buildings. The FA-3 buildings are overhang lots which are 1x1- this gives a lot of freedom and flexibility.

The initial overview of Madison Gardens. I didn't want to go too crazy on the FA or diagonals, but I wanted them to cut up the grid.

I'm further refining my suburban creation techniques with even greater user of Bipin's grungy roads from his Industrial Essentials mod.

And of course Mattb325 continues to churn out new buildings year on year- he may be the reincarnation of the highly prolific Simgoober!

Here I'm emulating some American architectural style- taller commerical/industrial buildings on the sides of the major road/avenue, suburbs and smaller suburbs fanning off the road.

The magic of Bipin's grungy roads is the seamless pavement textures- great for connecting up parking/road textures within various lots be that RCI or Civic.

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Madison Plains is also considerably more American in feel as I've ditched a lot of the European buildings I often use to infill commercial and civic areas.

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And in the top left is Mattb325's massive Ikea BAT. How massive you might ask? 18x18!

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The most up-to-date overview of Madison Plains.

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I push to the very limits the aesthetic functionality of Bipin's concrete roads- it's tricky because the power poles have to connect up for the best results.

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The area in the middle was tricky to finish off, then I discovered that I could place down Bipin's grungy curved road pieces and slap in some diagonal industrial fillers to encroach on the curved road for it is a dead-end and thus a quiet road. Throw in some diagonal tree fillers (which don't overlap onto the road) from SFBT's diagonal fillers and the result is a reasonably seamless area.

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And another look at those FA buildings.

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To think that Mattb325 has only released 7 or 8 of his FA-3 buildings and fillers! There's another 25 more to come!

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Now that there is the prospect of a good selection of FA buildings, FA grid-busting has now become possible on a large scale. Perhaps Mattb325's FA creations will inspire others to create further FA buildings, lots and fillers.

I would like to wrap up this entry with the following: with diagonal- and now FA- grid-busting, it's slowly becoming possible to create cities that can truly escape the limits of the SC4 grid. This is the future of SC4 and hopefully this will be a new direction for new modded content. This is going to radically change the game and open up entire new possibilities and opportunities.

Thanks a lot to Mattb325 for going in this direction.

For all those interested in his FA-3 creations, go to the BSC LEX and check out his latest work. I am eagerly awaiting the next instalment of FA goodies!