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Title: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Leodido on August 30, 2009, 03:20:49 AM
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Hello all, and welcome to The Omnian Confederation!

My name is Leo and I'm new around here, I decided to give a try at making my first mayor's diary after having fiddled with SC4 for a few months.
I still have a lot to learn but thanks to this awesome site that is SC4D many people helped me and I'm now able to do quite a few things by myself.
I'll try to update this MD as often as possible but the LE can often take a lot of my time to get an acceptable result and I have a job so I do not have a lot of time at my disposale so do not expect daily updates.

This MD will start small and expand as I advance its developement, I'll begin by working on the main city of the region, Flamenburg, the capital city of Omnia. I'll also expand on the background of Omnia as I go, at the moment I only added some basics informations.

My goal here is to make a pretty "eyecandy" city, meaning that most, if not all my lots are completely done in the LE, most of them are not "working" in the game sense and have no effects.

I hope you will enjoy this MD.

Table of Contents:


General Description:

The region of Omnia has various faces. The main city, Flamenburg, is an European style capital with a lot of architectural and cultural riches in the form of various churches, historical monuments, parks or operas. The river La Rande, which terminates its course in Flamenburg, is a notable attraction of the city, on which tourists can board tourism boats to do a sightseeing tour of the capital and where commercial riverboats can carry wares to the various industries of the region.

Region Description:

[tabular type=4]
[row][data]Capital[/data][data]Flamenburg, FB[/data][/row]
[row][data]Official Languages[/data][data]French, German[/data][/row]
[row][data]Population[/data][data]11'893'456[/data][/row]
[row][data]Government Type[/data][data]Confederation (Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation))[/data][/row]
[row][data]Seat of the Government[/data][data]Flamenburg[/data][/row]
[row][data]Members of the Omnian Federal Council[/data][data]Ulrich Ochsenbein (President), Adrien Lachenal, Eugène Borel, Arthur Hoffmann, Emil Frey, Leon Schlumpf and Victor Ruffy[/data][/row]
[row][data]Currency[/data][data]Omni (Ø)[/data][/row]
[row][data]Timezone[/data][data]CET (UTC+1)[/data][/row]
[row][data]Internet TLD[/data][data].omn[/data][/row]
[/tabular]

Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: soulchaser on August 30, 2009, 03:23:30 AM
leon schlumpf....that'S just great!
Good start...waiting for pics...
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Fabian93 on August 30, 2009, 03:31:04 AM
This sounds pretty interesting, I know how hard it is to keep a fully lotted MD updated as I did it myself.
Looking forward to some pictures  :thumbsup:

Fabian
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Leodido on August 30, 2009, 03:33:38 AM
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Welcome to the first update of Omnia!

To beging this MD I started by working on the La Rande river, first by terraforming the actual river bank and laying out some roads.
I decided to use one of Mas71 water textures and you can also notice that I'm using Ennedi "rock" mod to convert it to grass, this might change in the future though. Awesome work guys ;)

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It was time to start developping the banks in itself. First I had to chose a type of sea wall that would blend well with the style of an european city, unfortunately I noticed there are not a lot of sea walls at my disposale. Here is the list

Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: io_bg on August 30, 2009, 03:54:40 AM
Quote from: Leodido on August 30, 2009, 03:33:38 AMI hope you enjoyed the first update of Omnia ;)
I certainly did! Great start and very nice lotting! :thumbsup: Looking forward to more from you!
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: jimbo_jj on August 30, 2009, 06:59:54 AM
Now I've seen two new great MD's in one day! Something tells me I'm going to try my hand at the LE. Seems like you can really make some great stuff even if you're unpracticed at BATting (like me! $%Grinno$%) You have a really good start here. I like what you did in the LE with those plazas behind the seawalls. Great job! :thumbsup:

-James
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Scarton on August 30, 2009, 07:08:25 AM
Great start, and good job! :thumbsup: I'll be following this.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Tomas Neto on August 30, 2009, 07:59:23 AM
Very nice start, and great update!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: danielcote on August 31, 2009, 08:26:50 AM
Stunning work I'd love to see the whole city when it's done!
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Battlecat on August 31, 2009, 09:25:12 AM
Nice start!  That terrain mod is an interesting one,  I'd love to use something like that, particularly if it could be limited by elevation.  Guess I'll have to investigate further. 

Great job with the lot editor so far, I'm looking forward to seeing more. 
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: kwakelaar on August 31, 2009, 01:12:04 PM
A wonderful fresh start with your MD Omnia, first block looks great and your choice for Marrast for your embankments is showing just how good he was. His embankments have been around for a very long time.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: KoV Liberty on September 01, 2009, 03:23:32 PM
Ooh! I like your style! Will be back for more...
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Leodido on September 04, 2009, 08:45:30 AM
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soulchaser: Thank you for your reply. Leon Schlumpf was in fact a real councilman of the "Confédération Hélvetique" or "Swiss Confederation" in 1925 and is the father of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf which is currently a Federal Councillor.



Fabian93: Thanks a lot for your word of encouragement :) Lotting everything can be quite a task but I'm up for the challenge.



io_bg: Glad you enjoyed it.



jimbo_jj: I'm flattered by your comment. You should really try lotting, it's not that hard really just time consuming because you have to find the props that will fit and the textures. No need to have any Batting experience for that, I have none as well, but I hope this will change sometimes. Thank you



citycapitalizer: Thanks and see you soon then ;)



Tomas Neto: Thank you!



danielcote: Well there is still quite a lot of work, but I hope someday I'll be able to deliver some regional shot.



Battlecat: Yes this terrain mod is a nice one, I will certainly change it tho because I used it to overcome an issue I had with walls that is not present anymore.



kwakelaar: Thank you for your reply, I'm totaly agreeing with you, Marrast walls are really superb. I'm glad you posted here because this gives me the opportunity to thank you for you props which are really awesome.



Driftmaster07:Thanks for the kind comment, I really like your style also I read a whole lot of your MD and enjoyed it :)



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Welcome to the second update of Omnia, thank you all for your kind comments this made me really happy :)

I'll start by showing you the new plaza I designed behind the first block made in the first update. There's also a market at the end, which will be expanded later.

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When this plaza was finished I started working on the second block of this part. After a few hours in the LE this is what I came up with.

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And this is it in game.

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Another angle.

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At this point I was left with a few empty tiles at the corner of the block. I decided to make three lots to fill this part.

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This is the first lot I came up with

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And the lot correctly placed in the game

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Hereis the remainder of this area, I had to make an overlay texture to create the diagonal there, it was a great exercice for me :)

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I took an overview shot, here is what I've done so far

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And to finish a night picture for you guys!

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Thank you for reading a new update of Omnia, I hope you enjoyed it!
In the next one I'll show you the Omnian Palace with its park and some roundabout tweaking.

See you soon, Léo.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: io_bg on September 04, 2009, 09:00:59 AM
Great work! :thumbsup: I like your lots! I think some of the new c.p.'s trees would look better instead of these, but you decide which to put :P Can't wait to see the Omnian Palace!
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Battlecat on September 04, 2009, 01:12:37 PM
Fantastic work!  I like the very close attention you're paying to the details.  Nice job filling in the corner by the roundabout.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Nexis4Jersey on September 04, 2009, 02:50:06 PM
Very nice , i like all the Relotting you put into this :thumbsup: and i like the river :P
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: danielcote on September 04, 2009, 09:41:05 PM
Nice! You know what they say slow and teady wins the race.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: kwakelaar on September 04, 2009, 10:48:01 PM
Well, I should thank you for starting this beautiful looking MD. Your work in the LE is excellent.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: BarbarossaS on September 05, 2009, 12:20:17 AM
I have to agree with kwakelaar, you've got some skill with LE. This is a fantastic MD, and I'm sure I'll be stopping by more often from now on!  :thumbsup:

-Stijn-
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Sciurus on September 05, 2009, 02:48:56 AM
It beggins very very very good. I just love your lotting. &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Leodido on September 07, 2009, 10:56:51 PM
Thank you all for your messages, it makes me all fuzzy inside ;)

At the moment I've finished the Omnian palace and I'll make update 3 as soon as possible. Work has begun on the commercial area around the central station, more on this soon!
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: djvandrake on September 08, 2009, 10:31:59 AM
Very much looking forward to it.  Impressive start.  You're quite accomplished with the lot editor and your attention to detail is impressive.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Leodido on September 14, 2009, 04:43:24 AM
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djvandrake: Thank you for the comment. :)



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Hello all, this the third update of Omnia.
Sorry for the delay but I had a lot of work and I'm going on holidays tomorow in Greece, so I could not play a lot.

I decided to enlarge my city size to 4x4 Km since I'm mainly making custom lot I could use more room and I feel more confortable with more tiles at my disposale. But to do this I had to replop all the buildings, it took me a little more time than expected but It was done in the end.

In the last update I said I wanted to improve the roundabout textures, I though they did not really look great and I did not want the crosswalk markings on the road, so I remade one texture to make it feel more European. I'm quite pleased with the result. My new texture is on the right and the texture on the left is the european retexture of the NAM roundabout done by SFBT.

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The new lot for this update is the Omnian History Museum with its large plaza, where people can relax or go to the museum to learn about the history of their city. There is also a market where people can buy vegetables, fruits, kebabs and various other products. Here is a shot of this area of the lot.

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And another angle.

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And now the actual Omnian History Museum, which is Oslo Slottet Palace made by Praiodan an awesome bat.

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The other side of the building.

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I wanted to show you an overview of the market area, here it is.

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And to finish this third update, a night shot overviewing the Omnian History Museum!

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I hope you enjoyed this update, more to come soonish!

Léo.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Glowbal on September 14, 2009, 04:46:47 AM
I like your work with the LE. You really have a nice style. Yet, I must say I'm not really found of the walls you used.

Cheers!  ;)
- Glow
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: gottago on September 14, 2009, 05:28:03 AM
Very handsome start to your city but I'm a bit surprised you're mega-lotting all those superb Polish buildings--they can all be plopped as they come as LM lots. And I have to agree with the post above--the brown embankment you chose is very flat and dead-looking. Mas has done some excellent stone walls that would look very good there.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: FrankU on September 14, 2009, 05:38:16 AM
You do a beautiful job.  :thumbsup:
It's just going to take you an awful lot of time to plop a whole city this way.... But I am sure it is fun to do and it definitely is fun to watch.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: io_bg on September 14, 2009, 06:45:23 AM
I agree with Frank, it'll take you years to make a whole city lot by lot... Great job, looking forward to more!
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Battlecat on September 14, 2009, 08:28:21 AM
This is continuing to look great!  Nice job on that huge park area surrounding the history museum! 
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: djvandrake on September 14, 2009, 10:25:04 AM
 &apls  Beautiful work on your history museum.  :thumbsup:  Your selection of flowers to complement your lot looks nice too.  I always struggle with that.
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: BarbarossaS on September 15, 2009, 02:15:21 AM
Beautiful update, the museum and the park in fornt of it are looking great!  &apls
And I really like your retexture of the roundabout, no offense to Andreas, but I think yours is way better  :thumbsup:
Do you think you could release it?

-Stijn-
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Sciurus on September 15, 2009, 04:08:20 AM
It's just wonderful! :o

Guillaume
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: citymax on September 15, 2009, 02:33:04 PM
I'm shocked  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Engorn on September 15, 2009, 03:54:13 PM
That looks great. Very great. ;) &apls
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: jimbo_jj on September 15, 2009, 08:06:06 PM
I like those huge plaza areas around the museum. You really did a great job! :thumbsup:

-James
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: mmorales2 on September 17, 2009, 11:33:43 AM
What an amazing start so far. I love it and the big plaza is amazing. Question, where did you get the small street roundabout from? I have bee despreatly looking for that. Anyways, keep up the good job. :thumbsup: &apls
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: danielcote on September 18, 2009, 03:14:20 PM
Great progress! especialy on the history museaum!
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Bobbi on September 18, 2009, 05:55:13 PM
Great plaza! &apls

Bobbi :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Omnian Confederation
Post by: Tomas Neto on September 21, 2009, 09:56:11 AM
Great work, this plaza is very nice!!!  :thumbsup: