ÆRDEN ~ new streets!

[whatevermind]

Beautiful! 

FAR cobblestone hadn't crossed my mind yet and frankly, it would be nice.

I plan to re-texture roundabouts to have continuous paving any way, so it forms a small city square.

I like where this is going. 

[Simcoug]

Beautiful scenes!  Is this really SC4?   

The second pic (zoomed in night shot) is really excellent.  Very creative 

[Kergelen]

Very inspiring pictures again!

I like the first and third pictures. Looking forward the ferry

[kelis]

Yeees !! Those pictures looks pretty good. I can't wait to see more about your MD my friend 

[c.p.]

Wow, these are beautiful scenes.  And the story is quite entertaining too.

[Girafe]

I love the banner 

[noahclem]

Beautiful update    The flora is just masterful, as are the other details. Congratulations on OSITM, it will be a great month here!

[FrankU]

Great work and congratulations!

[Swordmaster]

Please slow down.

You've only posted four updates since my last comment in late July and I still can't follow.




Sidenote, retexturing FA roads is not the huge job some people seem to make it. I'd say go for it.


Cheers
Willy

[art128]

Finally some civilization. Good work on that update and congratulations for the award!

Looking forward to the ferry..

[vester]

Excellent update. Looking forward to see what you comes up with for the OSITM.

[TheOtherRick]

It's all already been said, so I'll just rinse and repeat....great update! 

[krashspeed]

The images and yes the banners are beautiful, but the story is really making me mad. Sims have rights too you know! You can't just go around doing illegal searches - at least I never saw a search warrant! And sure, you call it escorting, but it looks a lot like false arrest to me, maybe even kidnapping. I'm just waiting for the prince from a neighboring castle, to spring from the woods (as a werewolf of course) and teach the so called "escort" a lesson.

Hmm....., I don't know how to end this ridiculous rant, so I'll just say great work.

[Schulmanator]

More awesome scenery. I like it

[vortext]

Hi there, welcome the OSITM feature in which we'll take a trip down memory lane.

Initially I wanted to take you on tour around Enseade, the latest city I worked on and showed pictures of here-and-there. In fact the last time was in the picture competition recently which even made it into the HoF. Thanks to everyone who cast a vote! While I was rummaging through the archives, however, I came across projects forgotten about and pictures deemed lost. So today actually the first in a series of walks down history avenue (or genealogy street, or hindsight alley, or retrospect square, or, well, you catch the drift). Now, I won't bother you too much with bland pictures but for the sake of posterity the very first screenshot uncovered! 


Erm.. yeah, guess which city I was inspired with?!

Taken probably two, maybe three weeks after I discovered the online community and all the wonderfull custom content it produces to this very day. Save to say I was blown away by the mindboggling amount of BATs and mods. Truely overwhelming and exciting, a kid in the candy shop really! The following picture is memorable since it was my first attempt at an European city.


Holy BATs Batman! Look at those sweet rowhouses and almost-some-kind-of-wall-to-wall cityblocks!

In the months to follow I build dozens of cities which meant I became accustomed to the constant battle against the state of chaos which threatens to take over the plugins folder at any moment. In the meanwhile I became a chronic lurker here at SC4D as the far reaching modding capabilities started to intrigue me more and more. In that regard the next picture is significant as I distinctly remember looking at it and realizing with some effort, all the street scenery and public spaces could be overhauled to ones hearts desire.


Argh, those pesky palmtrees and the pertifying patchwork of wealth textures. Also, finally the waterfront could be properly developed!

It still took a few more months of lurking and reading, during which I took the CAM out for a spin, before I actually tried my hand at creating anything myself though. And boy, if I was kid in the candy shop initially, I became a teenager in the liquor store when exploring the prop and texture packs in the Lot Editor.


Yay, first time growing my own lots!

While it was satisfying I could finally start out in a somewhat historic fashion, with small hamlets and such, the idea of creating my own street textures and T21s to go along didn't let leave my mind, the results of which are detailed in my former thread so I won't rehash all the development. Instead I'm gonna conclude today with a few pictures I'd completely forgotten about from the first proper region. Proper in the sense I payed attention to MMP detailing, used custom lots and streets exclusively and for the first time thought about a MD. In fact I even made a nice region picture!

*click for full size*

Quite a pleasant surprise to stumble upon again!

The region was handmade and not very big. It was meant to be some sort of volcanic island on which early European explorers would find themselves ship wrecked.


Serpent Ilse, the crash site of the sailors.

Eventually the island would become one giant city state. Needless to say it never got developed that far. The wilderness-to-be-tamed theme, however, has stuck with me since.


Hm, in hindsight this looks eerily familiar. .

And finally the early settlements. Well, singular actually as I never developed the region further than this small seaside settlement.

*click for full size*


That's it for now, hope you enjoyed it!

Excellent as always!!!!lovely pictures!

Thanks you!

Beautiful! 

FAR cobblestone hadn't crossed my mind yet and frankly, it would be nice.

I plan to re-texture roundabouts to have continuous paving any way, so it forms a small city square.

I like where this is going. 

Thanks and I'm glad to hear you already like the plans! 

Beautiful scenes!  Is this really SC4?   

The second pic (zoomed in night shot) is really excellent.  Very creative 

Last time I checked it still was!  The night pic was in large part inspired by Krash's watchmen prop, too good not to use!   

Very inspiring pictures again!

I like the first and third pictures. Looking forward the ferry

Thank you! The ferry might be a bit delayed though. .   

Yeees !! Those pictures looks pretty good. I can't wait to see more about your MD my friend 

Thanks Jonathan!

Wow, these are beautiful scenes.  And the story is quite entertaining too.

Thanks! It wouldn't have looked as good without your flora! Glad to hear you're enjoying the story too. 

I love the banner 

Thanks!

Beautiful update    The flora is just masterful, as are the other details. Congratulations on OSITM, it will be a great month here!

Thanks for the kind words Noah!

Great work and congratulations!

Thank you Frank!

Please slow down.

You've only posted four updates since my last comment in late July and I still can't follow.




Sidenote, retexturing FA roads is not the huge job some people seem to make it. I'd say go for it.


Cheers
Willy

Thanks for the encouragement regarding the retexturing, I plan to go into a bit more detail shortly. Also, if you can't keep up maybe you shouldn't be spending so much time on the darn railway!   

Finally some civilization. Good work on that update and congratulations for the award!

Looking forward to the ferry..

Yep, getting closer now. Thanks Arthur!

Excellent update. Looking forward to see what you comes up with for the OSITM.

Thanks, hope you liked this feature! 

It's all already been said, so I'll just rinse and repeat....great update! 

Thank you, it's always nice to get comments! 

The images and yes the banners are beautiful, but the story is really making me mad. Sims have rights too you know! You can't just go around doing illegal searches - at least I never saw a search warrant! And sure, you call it escorting, but it looks a lot like false arrest to me, maybe even kidnapping. I'm just waiting for the prince from a neighboring castle, to spring from the woods (as a werewolf of course) and teach the so called "escort" a lesson.

Hmm....., I don't know how to end this ridiculous rant, so I'll just say great work.

Well, things went a bit different back then. It's not illegal if there isn't any law to comply with in the first place, right?! Besides, keep in mind the brothers were basically trespassing through the backyard of Nosfor castle.

At any rate, thanks for the rant as mentioning a werewolf actually reminded me of a few more mythical creatures which surely will haunt the region.

More awesome scenery. I like it

Thank you!

[rambuckel]

Fantastic idea and brilliant setting! I love those historic projects. I'm still waiting for the occasion to include something like this in Alba and I'm sure there will be a place somewhere where a historic scenery will fit. I'll surely have your pictures in mind when I come to that point!

[noahclem]

Great to see those old pictures! They seem to do a great job documenting your evolving city style which really shines nicely in the later ones. Also, the "teenager in a liquor store" comment was hilarious    Keep up the great work 

[epicblunder]

Ah the good old days of slathering Heblem's rocks everywhere to avoid that silly shadow   

That region shot looks great, btw, despite the fact it's older.     Was that region hand drawn by you?  I swear i've seen one by either blade or beshku on the STEX that has a similar basic shape, but i've never looked closely at it.

[art128]

You definitely improved your style!
So your love of MMP dates from some time already...!

[Simcoug]

That was fun!  I think I spotted the HH in it's infancy 

BTW, off the top of your head, where would one find those fishing nets/props by the pier in the last pic?  I like 'em.