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Some new interchanges from me, most of them are standard designs. Sorry, no grandes complications today. Normally not really a fan of cloverleaves because of the weaving, I nonetheless like the design of them. So here we go: Not quite as symmetrical as before, but this one is completely de-weaved instead: A 2-quadrant cloverstack with a narrow footprint. Not meant for heavy traffic though: Diagonal Pinavia style: A simple T-interchange that I like for its FARHW branch: While we are at FA: Not a full interchange this time, but a junction with a local network: And last but not least, a windmill:

It's not going to be Rio without it's most famous landmark... Cristo Redentor:

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Oops.. I told a lie... One more CR Update

OK! this is my girl without makeup...

My downtown:

mmm.. ok.. just one more ...and anyone who hates BATed ground and lots, look away now, this will tip you over the edge Elavery - no, I don't think lotters can add people to this BAT, I thought you could only add props to lots? There won't be any lot with this BAT, its effectively a W2W. However, I can add tourists into the BAT: Odainsaker: Great images Your post has prompted me that I haven't included any of the touristy stuff around the viewing platform.. so as well as a bank of lights and tourists, I've added tourist information boards, commemorative plaques, rubbish bins and directional signs. Hopes this helps to give it a bit more of a lived-in look. Not everyone is going to like the BATed people frozen in time.. let me know what you think? Ps. Thanks everyone who has commented so far Edit: Here's a couple of in-game shots as well. (The statue is rendered separately as a prop)

Ok, a serious post this time. Here's an updated day render and new night render. I'm trying to go for that ethereal glow the statue seems to have at night. The problem is the flood lights are coming out of nowhere. I haven't quite worked out what to do about this. I don't want to put those ugly banks of stadium lights like in RL and I don't really have room for it on the lot anyway. I might just put in some large spotlights so its not completely devoid of a light source. Twrecks - that sounds like more effort than I can be bothered with . If someone knows how to do this and wants to help with modding then please let me know Edit: Another option might just be to release the statue and plinth as a standalone separate BAT. Lotters can do what they like with it then

Like this you mean? Thanks for the foliage tips Aaron, I'll give those a try

In the effort to combat the glut of 3x2 office buildings that seem to plague our downtown commercial business districts, I've been turning my thoughts toward that task. I have kicked a few around in my fleeting moments of free time, but this little fellow is the first to make it through the majority of modelling and texturing. There are a few more 2x2 ones for me to finish...mostly ones that I didn't want to tackle the nightlighting...

Ok, here's a HD zoom of Cristo Redentor. This will probably be my last update of him, I think he's ready unless there's any other feedback? Please note, I've scaled everything up 133% and he came out like spaghetti man, so I compensated by making him wider. It took a few goes, I think this looks right but let me know if he still looks stretched or squashed... I've decided not to pursue the custom foundation, but I will export the statue and plinth as a separate model/prop. Aaron, thanks for the tree settings, the best part was the Colour Correction diffuse map. I've never seen this before, its a million times more simple than trying to tweak materials in Photoshop! I wish I knew about this before. Thanks I'm pretty happy with these tree colours now, they look a lot more SC4 friendly. Apart from the folk that want them removed altogether no one has commented on the leaves so I'll take that as good news. Anyway, they have the AG seal of approval, that's good enough for me . Ok.. speak now... or forever hold your peace Time for something new

Thanks guys I'm here if you need any questions answered Thanks. I'll keep this in mind and try it out Rearranged the tower. Guess the placement wasn't to popular with the crowd I'm not the sharpest BATer in the drawer. I'm one of the more inefficient, cheaty ones More progress... And a sneak-peek at North Vancouver

Thanks everyone!! Here's an update on Design Research HQ, which has had more of the sunken level BATed. That area is hard to see in street view and in photos, but I've managed to find enough reference material to get it to be close. I've also added in some ground to help you understand the levels better. And also on Porto Ponto Negra Residence, which I've added swoopy bits to, and worked on the penthouse.

Borrowing an interchange from McDuell... I did this one a while ago, not sure if I ever showed it publicly. This was a WIP:

Well...the damage may be? K. One more update?

zzzzzzzz.... I tried it out and it's been applied on this building. But I did keep the render filter on Lanczos, purely because Mitchell's gave a very blurred effect in comparison to Lanczos filter. I don't know why, but I wasn't too fond of the lack in sharpness. But the other settings seemed to have made the shadows a lot more accurate. Also, can someone give me a heads up on a good floral generator? The ones on Max are okay, but they're not as good as I've see on everyone else's BATs (Aaron, Reddon )

I present my Eastern European downtown, I hope it is not so bad. and

Excuse the double post. A quick update: Added grime to the paving surface Started adding an entry staircase Changed all the Ambient Occlusion to 2m. Have to go out now so will do some more later tonight

The Standalone Flora Brush will cover an entire large city at once so all you need to do is hold the mouse button (or even lock it if possible). Also see this post (below the replies) for even more fun planting seasonal flora. Yes! Thanks a bunch for those links Vortext. Thanks Moerp, City_Master, Huston. And dude, thats an awesome building! <- wants it. EDIT: On Vortext's suggestion I've installed the Standalone Flora Brush mod and it has made ALL the difference, I also learned how to use Mouse Lock feature in Windows from his other link to make the process even easier, and to boot, I just discovered something sweet: If I open a city tile in SC4, zoom out to max, select tree brush, center my pointer, click and hold (with mouse lock on this will lock the click in place) at this point I can ALT-Tab to internet browser and guess what? Simcity doesnt care, it thinks I'm still in its window holding down mouse button!! Tree planting continues merrily in the background, after I'm done reading whatever, I go back to simcity and move on to the next tile! YES! (Did a whole tile while writing this!) Maybe it won't take that long after all. Progress with this method so far this morning (Jan 25): UPDATE Jan 26: Another day of Foresting.... *pant* UPDATE 2 (Jan 27th): FINISHED! Woooo.

I'll try to take in some ideas from them, but most of my inspirations will lie to Mass Effect's version of Vancouver (which is quite the mix of present styles (current buildings) and futuristic-reminescent designs). It is an Mass Effect BAT thread THIS BUILDING IS ONLY FUELING PROBLEMS. (IT TOOK SOOOOOOOOOO LONG). I'm just getting use to curved bldgs but my gawd, trying to get the frames done one by one is tedious. Especially on an uneven surface. (Not yet scaled to 133%)

"NYBT Barton Paul" IS on STEX!!!: NYBT Barton Paul, by Aaron Graham Credits Aaron Graham- Building Creator/ Modder cmdp123789- Growth Tester I present you Barton Paul, Located in Bronx, New York City in the neighborhood called Mount Hope. This five story apartment was finished in 1955, the architect is Post-War. Barton Paul tile set is New York City. There are four bats/ Building models, each one has different brick color and each model has two wealth types R$ and R$$. This building is a (W2W) wall to wall corner building, this building will fit perfectly on the end of your city block. Barton Paul is a wonderful apartment for your Sims if they do not want to live in a high density area. Enjoy the upload!! Here's the link to the architect's floor plan of Barton Paul. http://nyre.cul.columbia.edu/projects/view/22716 Please Download Maxis Nite or Dark nite, if you download both please install the nite verion you use for your cities at night. If you install both and using the default path settings that's appled in the installer the installed model file will replace the model file that's in the plugins folder. Dependencies SimFox Day n Nite Modd (For Dark Nite Version only) MAC Users: File Juicer should enable you to use this installer package. (For Mac Users only) If anything is wrong with the links in this description or problems with the files please go to my to the last page and post your problem, or you can PM (Private Message) Me.

Before it went down the drain (crashed)

100 pages!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!! In celebration, here are all (except for one, a secret collaborative BAT ) of my current WIPs. The Pavilion's render is there symbolically, as when I work on it again I'll restart it from scratch. I plan on getting a bunch of these on the STEX soon! I swear!

Replies: Sabretooth78: Those are indeed SFBT's highway lots. 47ply: Thank you. If I am going to do a tutorial then it will be on youtube. coolwiththecool2: As happy as can be working in a smog-laden area. City_Master: Thanks, I like to building in all eight directions where possible. NMUSpidey: Cheers! Huston: There is some more awesomeness in this update as well, so thanks a lot for the comments as they really fire me up. takemethere: If you like those diagonal lots then take a look at murimk's content on the STEX, here is the link to his NightOwls Diagonal Industrial Fillers and Extenders set- Mymyjp: Thanks a lot and also, this is not only directed to you but to everyone reading this, the journal is not finished yet- not by a long shot. I want a hundred entries at least to its name, there are still several projects on my wish list (dam, coal mine, etc...) and if the monthly challenges are good ones then this year should be just as busy as the last one. I shall say again- there is still a lot more to come! Update 75: Broadsville's Industry part 2 And the industrial tour continues, this time with extra grunge and some mosaics at the end to wrap it all up. Enjoy. /// /// This Monday, in the next update, we go medieval.

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Post something in the BAT request thread.

Replies: 89James89: Thank you. City_Master: Thanks, I have a feeling that Industrial W2W is going to be rather popular. NMUSpidey: These kinds of areas will become a regular staple of my cities, especially the manufacturing ones. T Wrecks: I am very much looking forward to you releasing all the W2W industrial buildings. Aside from their use in residential areas, they could be used to merge factories together to possibly create super factories. Well "super" by SC4 standards anyway. Sexkysark:P: I'm glad you are enjoying these entries. takemethere: For W2W industry and some CBDs then yes- plopping is the way to go. Update 74: Broadsville's Industry part 1 Broadsville is about 2/3's complete with the last 1/3 to complete being the agricultural area. In a two part tour I show to you all my latest large-scale industrial area, areas similar to that of Grendon and Grethor but with a larger bag of tricks and more diversity. Here goes! /// The industrial area west of the river. In part 1 we will be looking at everything South of the highway. Good old industrial lakes. One of my favourite parts of Broadsville's industrial area. Wherever possible extend lots with fillers. Grunge tracks are God darn sexy! I realised that these grunge concrete tracks remind me of those alleyways in suburban Los Angeles and in other American cities. There is something very appealing about their ugliness- that is the grunge concrete tracks. jestarr's marvellous BATs and LOTs. /// Part 2 of the tour will be posted this Friday. Until then enjoy the grungyness!

#23 Winner of the Weekly Challenges #12 | European Themed Cities "Ter Ijsel" Image by feyss City Journal - N/a

Hanson784- I hope to see more on the Flatiron Building. 243 Mount Eden Parkway (A SimCoug Request) Here's a small building from The Bronx I hope you guys like it. This small detach building is three stories high and has a slope that lead to the back of the house with a garage in the back section to the basement. The lot size will be a 2x2 corner lot, I am thinking about a middle lot version so they can go in the middle of you city block. I hope cmdp123789 is not mad at me for not working on his request for "Manhattan Row Houses". Google Map Link: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.843001,-73.907766,3a,75y,324.13h,85.46t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s9Qx3JpUVbNDX2zfvcc0KLw!2e0

Ever since I came back to Simcity 4 late last year I've been searching and testing in my quest for that specific look and feel I want to achieve in my regions. Having a lousy Intel HD Graphics onboard video controller doesnt help either, as I can't use any of the wonderful new HD content. After playing with Columbus terrain and trees for a while, last night I thought I'd take the terrain horse for a ride again and started trying options I had overlooked last time around. This is what I've achieved after a day of tinkering, all images taken on 1st Sept SimDate just after planting forest. I must say I REALLY like this, probably not everyone's cup of tea, but wow, just wow. Compared to anything else I had achieved, this is just pure awesome. This is the Cascadia Tree Controller and CPT Meadowshire Terrain Mod, along with RVT Coastal Mod. I've tweaked the Terrain Parameters exemplar extensively to get the right amount of snow for this region, as well as adjusting Water settings in various ways. The Estuary The Bay The Vale Coastline Detail You wouldn't believe how happy I am right now lol. Now, how long do you think it will take me to plant this whole region with trees? Weeks I wager, I so wish there was a tool to auto-plant whole tile to max capacity easily.. Done two tiles out of...... 13x13 Large tiles..... *gulp* 169.... eew. Wow see you in 2020. Ha. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the pictures, cheers. by the way, that's Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region if you were wondering.

Current Project : - Nuuk W2W Residentials: Future Projects: - Nuuk Houses - Nuuk Airport First post of the thread: First of all I don't know how to work with 3dsmax, gmax, sketchup, nothing. But I wanted to make something of my own, and I decided I'll recreate Greenland in SimCity because : 1 - It's gorgeous 2 - Simple buildings, easier to model. So I decided i'd start with something really simple, a W2W house, based in a real one in Nuuk: I looked up some tutorials online, and got the real basics. The result is below. It's very rudimentary, and I need new window textures. Also, ignore the lot, it's just a test. There's a small glitch with a window at the the back view but it goes away in zoom 4 and 6. So, my plan now is to replace the textures and place night lights. If I'm successful, I plan to do some variations on this building and hopefully model a few other ones. Anyway, I appreciate any help/advice because I definitely need it.

New York City, The United States The Big Apple

243 Mount Eden Parkway (A SimCoug Request) Here's an update on the row detached house, I still have more to do on the house but not a lot and then I can add textures . Most of you should know is that there will be three houses on the 2x2 lot. If I plan to make a 2x3 lot the lot will have five detached houses. I have been studying the lot set back rules and we all should know that wall to wall building should be 1.6 meters from the edge of the lot for the walls to line of with other batter buildings, this all ways made sense to use this because the early batters have used the practice/ rule to keep some sort of order, but for row houses detached and brownstone houses the rules are a little different. The rules for the row houses detached and brownstone house are different because the houses has stairs in front of them. If they only used the 1.6 meter setback rule the stairs that protrude from the building would end up on the sidewalk. It will make sense to make buildings like row detached houses and brownstones 1.6 meter plus another 1.6 meters from the edge of the lot, this will equal to 3.2 meters from edge of the lot, this also make it where you can have a protruding stoop and a small garden next to the stoop. It is possible to go farther back but it depends on the real life building, so what I plan to do is to make the set back for this building 3.2 meters from the edge of the lot. I am thinking about making mirror models on the row houses. Thinking in the future for the project is mind blowing. I may have to make up to 20 row houses. Update Future Look At The Lot Different Sizes 2x2 2x3 and maybe 3x2 Perspective Render

This is one inspired in part by a more modern building whose pic I had sitting in my swipe file. It's missing some details and added flare, but I got stuck in a texturing jag for it. There's something a bit off about it; can't quite pin it down. (Working on my clunky home laptop, the colors seem off even though they're recycled textures from previous BATs.)

Wow, beautiful work everyone! So happy I had a look in here! As it happens I got a few nature shots to show you too. I've been foresting a region recently and some of the views I've seen are pretty cool in and of their own. You may like this mosaic, or if you want you can see my whole collection so far here. These aren't technically my work in the true sense, and more credit is due to the creators of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region, the RVT Coastal Mod, CPT Meadowshire terrain, and those responsible for the Cascadia Tree Controller. All I did was tweak the water and beach properties to my liking and get plantin' those trees! And of course, take the shots All of these are pristine nature as is after using the God Mode Tree Brush intensively on a tile. Nothing removed, nothing added. Zero terraforming. This results in well, repetitive images in a way, but to me these are beautiful and worth sharing.

Replies: City_Master: Thank you. Tonraq: Thanks, I spent a bit of extra time on the rural industry so as to transition from residential to grungy industry. Sylvio Jorge: Cheers! coolwiththecool2: Thanks. Update 73: Testing out the W2W IRM Sometimes I am going to be posting small updates if there is something cool going on or if there are mods to test out, for instance in this update I really liked the look of T Wrecks W2W Industrial Revolution Mod. So I set up a flat test city, where I'm working on my grunge style, to try out this mod. Using the building plop cheat is the most precise way of using this mod. /// /// Tomorrow there will be a proper update and with a lot more industry.

Here's a sneak-peak of the first Grandstand section of Engenhão Stadium: ..and a close-up of the seats: I've never made anything like this before so should be interesting Tony - The viewing platform will be exported separately from the statue but there's a large black void under where they join up. As long as you can find a prop big enough to cover it then you should be able to re-purpose it Girafe/ LnX - The versions I have in mind are 1) The full BAT but with separately exported statue and plinth in various coloured night lighting. 2) The statue & plinth on their own but probably only one colour of nightlight. (I have to do one on their own at ground level, otherwise they hover in the air). I won't be doing a third version with just the viewing platform and statue but without the rocks. Otherwise I'll be here the rest of the year exporting all the combinations Seraf - great to have you making something. And I don't think its going to be very much of a stretch for you to meet our standard

SimCoug: I think at least I could export them and just e-mail them to whoever wants them. If they were to go on the STEX, would they just be tagged onto the lighthouse upload, or would they get put into mipro essentials so that people could link to it as a dependency? But that means everyone else is downloading lighthouses props which will probably never be used as a dependency, and if so, wouldn't be for a commonly used upload. I'm not even expecting the lghthouses themselves to get a ton of downloads, as they'll only appeal to an appreciative but small number of people. A small update on 220 West Congress. Have I ever mentioned that making roof junk makes me want to die??

I'm trying to build my first realistic looking city but it's a few more weeks or months until completition. So this thread is perfect to show some areas which are nearly complete. The high wealth areas: An avenue connecting suburbs and city center: Plaza and the surrounding area: Some villas at the peripherie:

Quiet beach by the marina. Click here for bigger mosaic.

Highway exit near Lake Taona, first of its kind in Maenia.

Possibly in the near future. I held off on a poll for the time until I finished another model to compliment the Charger- Now I am ready to ask- which cities should I include in a pack of police upgrades?

Replies: pinkindustry: Thank you. tonyr: Cheers. T Wrecks: Imagine the higgledy-piggledy streets of old English town centres surrounded by a broad mix of pre-modern European buildings peppered with some modern buildings. The city centre of York comes to mind, although with a slightly less eccentric mix of buildings. TekindusT: NielsC007: Thanks. In later cities I'm going to be using W2W to build industrial estates mixed with slums, this now being possible thanks to T Wrecks W2W IRM sets. tankmank: Thank you. The cramped streets of old town centres in Britain were my inspiration. Sylvio Jorge: Thanks a lot. 47ply: Thanks, and my CJ will always be staying in this forum. City_Master: Thank you. NMUSpidey: The town centre IS the finished product minus a few glaring errors, everywhere else still needs more work done. takemethere: A few hundred mods and I reckon a couple of thousand of lots. I don't really know as I have never counted them all. Benedict: Thank you. Update 72: Rural industry and industrial estates This is a small preview entry concerning Broadsville's industrial areas just West of the river. While there are some large industrial units and buildings in the area, I also wanted to add in some small scale rural industry and the classic industrial estates which are dotted all over the UK. /// The typical industrial estate of England: one part storage, one part factories and one part commercial. WorkingMan Productions BATs come in really useful for building rural or small industrial units. Here are two of WMP's BATs to the centre right. There is nothing like cramming many buildings into a tight space- well tight for industries norms anyway. I love to extend a lot with fillers. With enough fillers one can almost get away with not using the Lot Editor. The area has a little bit of black gold. /// This Tuesday I'll post part 1 of the Broadsville industrial area- south of the highway, and part 2 (coming this Friday) will be the area north of the highway.

It is my pleasure to announce Rio 2016, a unique project that will combine some of the greatest BATers with the finest CJers here at Simtropolis. The goal of this project is to recreate famous areas of the great city of Rio de Janeiro with a particular focus on Olympic venues and tourist areas. The culmination of this project will be a City Journal which will launched in the build-up to the 2016 Olympic Games (August 6-20, 2016). The purpose of this thread is to coordinate projects and for BATers to display their work. If you wish to apply to join this project please let me know. We are seeking to involve many people, but please understand we also strive to maintain extremely high standards with this project. We want this to be amazing and something that energizes the community. Projects and BATers/CJers Olympic venues Maracanã (Opening & Closing Ceremony, Football finals) - JP Schriefer Maracanãzinho (Volleyball) - JP Schriefer João Havelange Stadium - Engenhão (Athletics) - Reddonquixote Copacabana Stadium (Beach volleyball) - Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Swimming, Water Polo) - Olympic Training Centre Hall 1 (Basketball) - Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre (Diving, Synchronized Swimming) - Olympic Velodrome (Track Cycling) - Rio landmarks 105 Lelio Gama Street - Huston (completed) Cristo Redentor - Reddonquixote (completed) Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha - Maloskero Torre Almirante - Huston Biblioteca Nacional - Cinelândia - Copacabana Palace - JP Schriefer Palácio Guanabara - Ventura Corporate - Ed Lineu de Paula - Ed City Bank - Ed Manhattan - Petrobras Headquarters - Ed Metropolitan - Hotel Windsor Copacabana - jasoncw (completed) Textures & Props Copacabana Textures & Props - flunight Vehicles Rio City Buses - flunight CJ Projects Copacabana - Elavery Ipanema - Elavery Cantagalo-Pavão-Pavãozinho favela - Elavery Members of Rio 2016 project team Elavery, JP Schriefer, Bastet, Reddonquixote, flunight, Huston, juliok92012, Jonas_Chaves, Maloskero, jasoncw, wallibuk, Edvarz I will leave you with a reminder of some of my previous Rio work which will provide a taste of what is to come.

There, now you've seen two. Its your lucky day

Well they can''t be dependency, as this mods are going to work with or without the engines. The pictures speaks for them self.

How about going for different urban styles and architectures? best american styled city? best euro styled city? that's a challenge that will allow players to show their creative ways on a realistic themes =)

Nope these are real textures made by famous Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx Among many other works, he did the landscaping of the Copacabana promenade in 1970 For those of you who have been to Miami, he also did Biscayne Boulevard in Dowtown

Huston- Maybe I can start something. Barton Paul Here's a picture in the game, I hope you guys like it.

How about a zoom 6 (closest zoom) challenge. You scene can be of anything, but it needs to be at the closest zoom. We can call it the 'extreme closeup' challenge (party on Garth).