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SimCity 4 General Discussion and Tutorials => Tips, Tricks and Tutorials => Topic started by: jeronij on November 08, 2006, 11:23:46 AM

Title: How to build a windy road.
Post by: jeronij on November 08, 2006, 11:23:46 AM
Hello to all,

I was remembering old times reading Sculpting Columbia River, and I found some pics that may be considered some sort of tutorial, so I decided to post it here, hoping that it will be useful for somebody.

The "instructions" are quite short, so, feel free to ask if you are in doubt  ;) !!!

This is my first serious attempt to make a mountain road in SC4.  I will post it in 10 pics and few words. I only have to say that I think the result is not too bad. I´ll have to improve my skills on building this kind of roads, but I also think that this one deserves an update.

Here we go:

22.1 First layout.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg292.imageshack.us%2Fimg292%2F759%2Fcoll01ye1.jpg&hash=507f65a285316bd9e2e320c1182062b1edeb9064)


22.2 Minor adjustments. Some more curved curves

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg292.imageshack.us%2Fimg292%2F5448%2Fcoll02ca8.jpg&hash=1f1de45367c57ef76c51381ce79fe3a920a7ca9e)

22.3 Some retaining walls, of course.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg469.imageshack.us%2Fimg469%2F6461%2Fcoll03sy7.jpg&hash=fff6dd52ce3fb366f00d7ca88e17ca93a1cf27f5)

22.4 A better (IMMO) perspective.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg469.imageshack.us%2Fimg469%2F6288%2Fcoll04bs1.jpg&hash=a703843c1ec1acae7d1efe7b30fcd794bcc7acd8)

22.5 The area is ready to develop.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg292.imageshack.us%2Fimg292%2F4195%2Fcoll05am9.jpg&hash=3bde42c2d0713077d7f8a1301e142e4f9608e3f9)

22.6 Low density residential developments starts...

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg292.imageshack.us%2Fimg292%2F8243%2Fcoll06ox9.jpg&hash=6b2f9cad0fa6d33603643efae447a1bc8df15a44)

22.7 Zoom 1

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg168.imageshack.us%2Fimg168%2F8453%2Fcoll07ac4.jpg&hash=f5e21056a5438e03341346cf7c1f39fb002a4bf4)

22.8 Zoom 2

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg292.imageshack.us%2Fimg292%2F6995%2Fcoll08kl9.jpg&hash=109cae34f4968b0842a8106173ecfd63dd7dac66)

22.9 Zoom 3

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg168.imageshack.us%2Fimg168%2F8200%2Fcoll09dn1.jpg&hash=ba220377a6ddf03a466f29de1ac606cb3f4a69d1)

22.10 And finally a view from CR Port Area

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg168.imageshack.us%2Fimg168%2F2126%2Fcoll10py3.jpg&hash=7079e3b5cf00ea5577875b3182409a31dfcfe796)

I apologize for the old pics, but the idea is the same right now ;D
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: wouanagaine on November 08, 2006, 12:24:10 PM
thx jeronij.

Actually I think the whole SCR pics would make the best tutorial ever !
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: jacqulina on November 08, 2006, 03:57:29 PM
very nice thankyou
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: goin2chicago on November 11, 2006, 07:22:48 AM
very cool totorial. i've never really thought about doing anything like this and i think it'll be fun to try it out when the time comes.
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: bat on November 11, 2006, 09:20:35 AM
Fantastic tutorial! Thank you!
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: TheTeaCat on November 11, 2006, 03:45:07 PM
Great stuff you've done.

Personally i would leave out the walls and leave bare rock especially if going for a mountain road- well that what they did where i grew up. Still it looks great once the houses appeared.
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: kimcar on November 11, 2006, 05:36:55 PM
 &apls  Cool tutorial . Thanks for sharing . :thumbsup:
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: Alfred.Jones on November 11, 2006, 06:30:14 PM
Awesome work Jeronij!! Even though they are old images they still look fantastic :thumbsup:
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: rayced on November 22, 2006, 06:20:59 PM
This tutorial is just great, as usually are yours Jeronij.
I have a little request: can you make a tutorial about building on slopes correctly? I mean how to build on slopes maintainig a smooth profile of the buildings (without the basement coming out from terrain).
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: Alfred.Jones on November 23, 2006, 01:02:41 AM
Welcome to SC4 Devotion Rayced :thumbsup:

Is this (http://sc4devotion.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=27&topic=27.0) what you are looking for?

Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: rayced on November 27, 2006, 05:57:33 PM
Quote from: Alfred.Jones on November 23, 2006, 01:02:41 AM
Welcome to SC4 Devotion Rayced :thumbsup:

Is this (http://sc4devotion.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=27&topic=27.0) what you are looking for?



Thank you for the welcome. The tutorial you are suggesting me is not what i mean with my question: that one (and is a good tutorial) is for terraforming a slope, but even doing a slope like that i have some problems when zoning it, as i wrote in last post, to have the buildings resulting gently sloped as the terrain. I saw many pics of cities made by Jeronij and i can't obtain the same results.
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: jeronij on November 28, 2006, 07:19:55 AM
Quote from: rayced on November 27, 2006, 05:57:33 PM
Thank you for the welcome. The tutorial you are suggesting me is not what i mean with my question: that one (and is a good tutorial) is for terraforming a slope, but even doing a slope like that i have some problems when zoning it, as i wrote in last post, to have the buildings resulting gently sloped as the terrain. I saw many pics of cities made by Jeronij and i can't obtain the same results.


Hi, I note the task in my tasks list  ;) . I´ll try to make a tutorial and post is here somewhere. Anyway, I can say you that you should dominate the other referenced tutorial as this terraforming will also be needed  ;D

I´ll keep you informed !!!
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: rayced on November 29, 2006, 04:46:13 AM
Gracias Jeronij!!
I'll upload some pics to explain well what i mean.
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: vab423 on December 25, 2006, 08:12:13 PM
This is a nice tutorial - short and sweet.  And like they say, a picture is worth 1,000 words.
Thanks for reposting; although I enjoyed SCR very much, I gave up reading it because it was so long (I have a very short attention span) and the pages took forever to load.

@rayced, someone (I think Spa) posted a great tutorial on ST on building on slopes -- check the Omnibus section over there; it's called "working with hills" (I think).
Title: Re: How to build a windy road.
Post by: rooker1 on February 08, 2007, 09:21:25 AM
Great idea for a mountainous region.  Thank for the tutorial and great pictures. :thumbsup: