The 50th Entry Special
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Vigilante1987: Thanks for that! For the parks I use FrankU's Dutch Parks (found on Simtropolis).
mattb325: Cheers! For some reason the city centre part of Pololomia is really prone to CTDs.
Tyberius06: Thanks a lot!
PaPa-J: Yeah there were quite a few CTDs. It was even more annoying when building the area and then infilling certain pavements with MMP Sims; plus there were CTDs when saving!
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The 50th Entry Special
For this entry I showcase the last area of Pololomia; the village of Skeeby. I used a very different approach and instead plopped in relotted parks which contained houses to thus give me more flexibility with designing the area around the houses.
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The area being show in this entry is at the top of the picture; the village of Skeeby.
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This village was surprisingly quick to make and it only took four or five hours.
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Making use of the extended Diggis streams set.
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For the house property perimeter walls I largely used Simmer2's stone wall set. This gives Skeeby a very distinct appearance.
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The fun part was deciding the layout of each property: clumps of woodland, gardens, greenhouses, waste areas, play areas, etc.
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For the various random mmps such as sheds, planters, swings, playparks, bikesheds, gazebos, etc. I used Ernestmaxis' MMP Project which has a massive amount of MMPs extracted from props (https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3493). There are dozens and dozens of dependencies but it's well worth getting!
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I also plopped in 1x1 farm tiles for vineyards and large vegetable patches.
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An inflatable pool by the gravel and waste...
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Sheep pens!
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And of course the substation which powers the village (centre of picture). Next to the substation I even added a public toilet MMP (part of Ernestmaxis' MMP Project).
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I plopped in all of the gravestones. Most of them came in rows so it was easy to plop in. The harder part was laying out an aesthetically pleasing spread of gravestones...
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Nearly every village, at least in the UK, has a church. Skeeby here is no exception.
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The church is actually a park lot which I relotted.
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And here's a mosaic to indicate just how far Skeeby is from the west main road.
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And another mosaic showing how the countryside emerges from beyond Pololomia's outskirts...
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Since Simmer2's stone walls are really MMP friendly, then it's easy to bunch up bushes next to the walls.
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Nearly all of the flora MMPs are HD, all of the gravel MMPs are HD too. Thus we get a really clear superzoom picture.
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Another overview of the area and of Skeeby.
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And an even larger overview showing how these areas are connected.
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And a few final pictures to end this entry!
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And that's it! The last entry from Pololomia!
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For the next entry there will be a montage of the three best pictures from each of Entries 1 to 50 PLUS a video montage too.
After that there are further entries from Madison Plains. Beyond that any future entries will be from either Cindersville or Thirlmere; whilst a future project I'm planning is the Big Mango- a loose recreation of Manhatten.
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