by_myslf

Hi everyone! I've been looking for a dry/arid/highland/mountain style terrain mod and still haven't found one that suits my project. Any suggestions? The closest I've come to finding a good one has been the Grand Canyon terrain mod, although it's "too red" for what I'm trying to do and it adds vegetation at higher altitudes, which is the opposite of what I want. Thanks in advance!

Sprawl is the devil! No car = no life there.

Well, I like grids but I've been trying to make my cities a little bit more interesting too. There's good advice in the other posts, but I'd like to add that grids can actually help with the whole "realism" thing, for example: you can lay a grid in a smaller area of town, as if it's old development, "old town" as seen in a lot of cities, and then change the type of development outwards. Personally, I have learned from experienced that it's better to place the mass transit before the city starts growing and when the budget isn't mass transit friendly yet, just leave space for a future system. It's hard for me to tear down buildings and such, I feel bad for the sims...