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whatevermind

Beautiful!  &apls

QuoteFAR cobblestone hadn't crossed my mind yet and frankly, it would be nice.
QuoteI plan to re-texture roundabouts to have continuous paving any way, so it forms a small city square.
I like where this is going.  ;D

Simcoug

Beautiful scenes!  Is this really SC4?   :D

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

Kergelen

Very inspiring pictures again!

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


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kelis

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

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

Girafe

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noahclem

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

FrankU


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..
I'll take a quiet life... A handshake of carbon monoxide.

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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!  &apls

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

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vortext

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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. . :D

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!



Quote from: Gugu3 on November 03, 2013, 01:58:03 PM
Excellent as always!!!!lovely pictures! &apls

Thanks you!


Quote from: whatevermind on November 03, 2013, 07:29:54 PM
Beautiful!  &apls

QuoteFAR cobblestone hadn't crossed my mind yet and frankly, it would be nice.
QuoteI plan to re-texture roundabouts to have continuous paving any way, so it forms a small city square.
I like where this is going.  ;D

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


Quote from: Simcoug on November 04, 2013, 05:59:51 AM
Beautiful scenes!  Is this really SC4?   :D

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

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


Quote from: Kergelen on November 04, 2013, 07:41:07 AM
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. .  %wrd  :D


Quote from: kelis on November 04, 2013, 08:22:48 AM
Yeees !! Those pictures looks pretty good. I can't wait to see more about your MD my friend  :)

Thanks Jonathan!


Quote from: c.p. on November 04, 2013, 09:51:06 AM
Wow, these are beautiful scenes.  And the story is quite entertaining too. &apls

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


Quote from: Girafe on November 04, 2013, 10:38:10 AM
I love the banner  &apls &apls

Thanks!


Quote from: noahclem on November 06, 2013, 04:53:41 AM
Beautiful update  &apls &apls  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!


Quote from: FrankU on November 06, 2013, 05:17:52 AM
Great work and congratulations!

Thank you Frank!


Quote from: Swordmaster on November 06, 2013, 05:35:43 AM
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!  $%Grinno$%  :D


Quote from: art128 on November 08, 2013, 04:00:12 AM
Finally some civilization. Good work on that update and congratulations for the award!

Looking forward to the ferry..

Yep, getting closer now. Thanks Arthur!


Quote from: vester on November 08, 2013, 01:29:16 PM
Excellent update. Looking forward to see what you comes up with for the OSITM.

Thanks, hope you liked this feature!  :)


Quote from: TheOtherRick on November 08, 2013, 05:39:56 PM
It's all already been said, so I'll just rinse and repeat....great update!  &apls

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


Quote from: krashspeed on November 09, 2013, 07:01:39 AM
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. ()flamdev()


Quote from: Schulmanator on November 11, 2013, 05:17:10 AM
More awesome scenery. I like it :D

Thank you!
time flies like a bird
fruit flies like a banana

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!

Angels can fly because they don't take themselves too serious!


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  :D  Keep up the great work  :thumbsup:

epicblunder

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

That region shot looks great, btw, despite the fact it's older.   &apls  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...!
I'll take a quiet life... A handshake of carbon monoxide.

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Simcoug

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

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.   :thumbsup: