c.p.'s BAT and Lot Workshop

[c.p.]

Thanks romualdillo (twice ), carlfatal, bombardiere, Simcoug, Vizoria, seraf, Schriefer, Girafe, reddonquixote, vester, belfastsocrates, and Baltimore 

The houses from Versailles indeed look totally french. Are they built in the times, when the Missisippi was french colonized?

Good question.  (There is actually a Paris, Kentucky as well.)  The doorways of those houses are all Greek Revival, except the blue one with the arched doorway.  So most likely they were built in the 1830-1860 time period.  That would be quite a few years after main wave of french settlement.  As far as I know most of the french settlers along the Mississippi were actually from Nova Scotia - they were kicked out of Nova Scotia by the British in the late 1700s.  But there were probably other waves of french immigration as well.  I don't really know much about the history of Kentucky, but I have been quite impressed with the elegant and refined architecture (at least to my eye) of the oldest houses there, in what must have been fairly remote towns not long past their frontier days.  Whether or not that is a French influence, I don't know.


For today's update, here are a couple of R$$ buildings for a generic set.  The idea of the "generic" set is to have a set of buildings that would fit in with any region of the U.S. in that era.  (Or at least any region I am likely to make a set for).
For example, buildings with a big 2 story porch, like 2 Clemens street, were especially common in New Orleans, but wouldn't really be out of place in the Ohio Valley or New England, (not as sure about Chicago).

1 Clemens St:


2 Clemens St:


Sorry to say, due to RL stuff, this will be my last update for a little while.  (Nothing dramatic, just have too much going on, and am ready for a break anyway.)  I'm guessing I should be back in a couple months to get this rolling again.  Sometime shortly after I get back, I'll have to go on a foundation-making binge, as I've fallen way behind with the foundations.

[romualdillo]

Ooooppsss  !! I commented twice!!!    I think I saw the update late at night and I forgot having answered, and then I wrote again something more elaborated... I hope I won't forget it now... As always, great work!!!! 

[Simcoug]

lovely!  I certainly think the Clemens style could be found across the country during that time.  Definitely in Boston and along the east coast, and probably in some of the larger western cities, like San Francisco as well.  Enjoy your sabbatical 

[manga rivotra]

After a hundred jewels since months, you well deserves some rest.  Thanks you again for your great work ! 

[art128]

Don't worry about having to leave for a few months. IRL is always the priority over Simcity, hopefully you'll come back well rested from your work.
The last houses showcases are wonderful as per usual.

[kelis]

These last houses are fantastic ! I really like the blue one 

[carlfatal]

Indeed very nice houses again! 

And like Arthur said: RL is the most important. I wish you a nice time with other things than SC4, and hopefully we´ll see you back well rested then!

[danwaxx]

Please release some of them before you leave!

[c.p.]

Thanks romualdillo, Simcoug, manga rivotra, art128, carlfatal, kelis, and danwaxx

So I fired up the BAT machine again.  It sputtered and creaked and finally spit out these little Oshkosh-inspired, low-wealth houses:


Some real-life shots from Oshkosh:












A couple of the real-life houses might be from the early 20th century, but I posted them to show the quirky Oshkoshian theme of front-facing-gable-with-side-gabled-wing-plus-porch-with-front-facing-gable, which appears to have spanned both centuries.

[manga rivotra]

Great as always, and pretty different from the previous ones. I enjoy that 

[Simcoug]

 

He's back!

More low wealth, and they look awesome.  I've always liked how your wealth look 'realistic'.  For some reason much of the maxis low wealth looked like abject poverty.  In the US at least, most low wealth housing are still single family homes (albeit small) in less desirable areas of town.  I understand that maxis wanted to visually separate the wealth classes for game reasons, but for those of us trying to create a more realistic representation in SC4, these types of homes will be much appreciated.   

[Girafe]

Don t jam up the machine 

Good luck and have fun with the Lot Editor 

[Bipin]

Great work. These look like a lot of fun!

[mattb325]

Wow - you have been busy!

These are all such wonderful little gems

I love your work...it will make the game unrecognisable 

[romualdillo]

What a great return!!! Those little houses look fantastic!!! 

[FrankU]

Just beautiful!

[Baltimore]

Looking really good  My sims can't wait to move into a new neighborhood . Might need a new zip code for all of them 

[reddonquixote]

I can't fathom how you produce so many high quality houses like this, its incredible amount of work and they all look amazing. Great to see you back 

[compdude787]

Looking quite nice! Now, if only you'd just release all this stuff...

[c.p.]

Thanks manga rivotra, Simcoug, Girafe, Bipin, mattb325, romualdillo, FrankU, Baltimore, reddonquixote, and compdude787 for the very nice comments 

Here are some more R$ buildings for the Manchester set:
137 Pennichuk Street:


237 Pennichuk Street:



And a few real-life pictures (though not super representative of the BAT houses) from Nashua, Keene and Manchester, New Hampshire: