Auckland & Greater Region - II

Nice to see this CJ back again, love the overhead shots

Welcome back Craig !!! nice to have another Ruralite among us, feels less lonely !  . I too like the spread, even though it's a bit griddy field-wise. [And... palms ??? (pict.6) You know you can easily get rid of those -- getting very nice HD girafe trees in the bargain -- with TWrecks Maxis Trees replacement mod ?] I look forward to the steady albeit rural development of Clevedon Valley !

7 hours ago, tariely said:

Welcome back Craig !!! nice to have another Ruralite among us, feels less lonely !  . I too like the spread, even though it's a bit griddy field-wise. [And... palms ??? (pict.6) You know you can easily get rid of those -- getting very nice HD girafe trees in the bargain -- with TWrecks Maxis Trees replacement mod ?] I look forward to the steady albeit rural development of Clevedon Valley !

Oh yes those %^&* palms...   I do have a no palms mod, (can't remember whose) but it is clearly not in the right place or I need to put more zzzz'd in front of it or something.

But maybe the mod you have linked could do the trick I will give that a try...   as long as it doesn't screw up my lovely pine trees lol - (oh sacred chalice).

12 hours ago, catty-cb said:

Nice to see this CJ back again, love the overhead shots

I am like a Maxis palm...  very very hard to exterminate.

Snif snif, this takes me back to good ol' SimPeg.

Hey, Krio !  Mattb325 has found a way to ivy up buildings -- or at least make them green-walled buildings ; and in the L.E. I found some prop --MBEAR Dipillolvy -- that IS ivy. And each time  I see it, or Matt green-walled building, I think of you ! How's that for a long memory ? 

10 hours ago, Krio said:

Snif snif, this takes me back to good ol' SimPeg.

Krio!   How are you - well if I am cracking 50, you must be 30 or something!    Simpeg...  yeah that still brings a tear to my eye.. 

7 hours ago, tariely said:

Hey, Krio !  Mattb325 has found a way to ivy up buildings -- or at least make them green-walled buildings ; and in the L.E. I found some prop --MBEAR Dipillolvy -- that IS ivy. And each time  I see it, or Matt green-walled building, I think of you ! How's that for a long memory ? 

Oh my...  well to be honest, to this day whenever I see ivy I think of our dear Krio too!

On 9/11/2019 at 3:23 AM, tariely said:

Welcome back Craig !!! nice to have another Ruralite among us, feels less lonely !  . I too like the spread, even though it's a bit griddy field-wise. [And... palms ??? (pict.6) You know you can easily get rid of those -- getting very nice HD girafe trees in the bargain -- with TWrecks Maxis Trees replacement mod ?] I look forward to the steady albeit rural development of Clevedon Valley !

Ahem.  I braved the LEX.  Actually the LEX is looking great these days since its makeover.

No more palms - now nice green poplar conifer type trees.

Maxis baseball and soccer fields are looking great.

 

6 hours ago, Craig-Abcvs said:

No more palms - now nice green poplar conifer type trees.

looking good

 

For streets trees variety, have you tried SFBT Street Tree Mod ?

Awesome entry , glad to see you are back at it .

Your region is beautiful, you have your own style and that is always cool.

6 hours ago, tariely said:

For streets trees variety, have you tried SFBT Street Tree Mod ?

Pretty sure that was one of the dependencies listed - I'll check.

Yes, it is, but I think it's optional (the flexibility is what I like about that mod.)

2 hours ago, tariely said:

Yes, it is, but I think it's optional (the flexibility is what I like about that mod.)

Just checked - yes I installed it.   I put in bonus pack 1, but not two, I don't need that wide avenue curve thingy.

yes, me neither (but it is a nifty addon, I must say.)

Looking good! Talk about squeezing every last drop out of the SPAM!

You may, or may not, be using rsc204's terrain grass NAM mod which either removes all grass textures from streets/roads or unifies them. Very useful!

https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30896-mgb-terrain-grass-NAM-tgn-for-lowkee-appalachian/

 

8 hours ago, The British Sausage said:

Looking good! Talk about squeezing every last drop out of the SPAM!

You may, or may not, be using rsc204's terrain grass NAM mod which either removes all grass textures from streets/roads or unifies them. Very useful!

https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30896-mgb-terrain-grass-NAM-tgn-for-lowkee-appalachian/

 

Oh yes the mishmash of road grass types, yes, I will definitely look into that.   I do indeed use lowkee's terrain mod.

Since I started playing again there are a few little cosmetic things on the list to fix - like those different wealth grass textures, and I also need to sort out my rail textures - I currently have Peg's dirt in, but it doesn't really work with the RAM switches.

On 12/09/2019 at 12:58 PM, Craig-Abcvs said:

Krio!   How are you - well if I am cracking 50, you must be 30 or something!    Simpeg...  yeah that still brings a tear to my eye.. 

Oh my...  well to be honest, to this day whenever I see ivy I think of our dear Krio too!

32 actually. And I think we need weed killer here in ST..

(Scandalized splutterings.)

18 hours ago, Krio said:

And I think we need weed killer here in ST..

I inherited a few things that Paeng had saved from SimPeg including your old avatar, not unfortunately the one that got improved

3 hours ago, catty-cb said:

I inherited a few things that Paeng had saved from SimPeg including your old avatar, not unfortunately the one that got improved

I also have that on my PC, but I don't use it here as part of the deal that I made when my ban was removed. 

Price worth paying as I'd rather have you back here than the animated milk carton .....