Questions about mods

[Hondacar1212]

I have one more question.
I downloaded a park set from SFBT and it's awesome.
Is there something like that for beaches?
I have looked but can't find any.

[Andreas]

I'm pretty sure you'll find some MMPs that you can use for beaches (palm trees, sunbathers, umbrellas, surfers etc.). Lots don't really work that nicely there due to the proximity of land and water (and there's a bug in the Maxis beach lot), but if you want to add some promenade, there are lots of different sets with custom walls and embankments. Out of interest, which SFBT park set did you choose?

[Hondacar1212]

Sweet ill look around,  i didn't know there was a bug in the maxis beach,  i just think it's boring.

For the parks i opted to use the SFBT park set medium wealth.
I liked how the grass looks and how the path and props fit my build style.
Plus the set looks like the parks around me, so there maybe a little bias on that set too.

[Andreas]

Hehe, yeah, I keep using the same one over and over as well, even though I made that ages ago, and it's just a simple set of green lots with various paths. But most parks aren't that fancy, so I guess it's a pretty accurate representation of what you can see virtually everywhere.

As for the Maxis beach, it's affected by the "Water Graphics Bug", which means the sand part seems to float at the water surface after switching to underground (water pipes) view and back. It's the same bug that affects lots without base textures. But yes, the Maxis lot looks rather boring anyway, so I never use it.

[Hondacar1212]

They really do look great,  you have out some yourself in all honesty.  I really can't wait to start building,  i am still looming for a map though.  My terraforming skills are terrible.  I have just been testing the mods.
I was also thinking a riverside bike path, i found one on the stex but haven't downloaded it yet.

[Hondacar1212]

So i downloaded this hd rock texture and a hd white sand Texture, the game crashed to desktop. I followed the instructions and double checked and still had a CTD. I'm guessing that was too much of a strain on the graphics card. I pulled the rock Texture out and left the sand,  and the game runs but is really slow,  i think that the graphics card doesn't like it at all.  I want some sand for my beaches. Will the RTV coastal mod be handled better?

[art128]

Did you check if your game was running in Hardware or software mod?

[Hondacar1212]

Hardware mode, said to in the Readme's

[Hondacar1212]

Im designing my new reigon and have another question.
The tree controller plants tons of trees, but you can barely see them from the zoomed out position.  You also can't see them from reigon view.  Is that normal with this controller?
I would like to see my forests in reigon view.

[Andreas]

Check your "details" settings, they should be on "high", otherwise, the game doesn't show all props when you zoom out. On modern computers, there shouldn't be many lags, maybe use "medium" for the shadows, but the rest can be set to "high".

[Hondacar1212]

Cool ill check that out.
I fixed the lag issue, the computer was running other programs in the background at the time that i didnt notice.