Onubis V2 Updates

Dead. OMG. Onubis is back. :shock:

So am I... :O

Where did you get those canals btw? I could use them in my Middle Eastern dependency of Malo..;

Bravissimo! At first I wasn't sure it would work, seeing the first picture, but the rest of them... wow. It's great.

Kind of great Evillions!
Love your middle eastern cities!

Very Nice

Wow. WOW. I love it! You as always on the top.

Alright, those who want those Arabian canals, here's the link:
Arabian Canals

Believe it or not, ks_jpn made this, but that and the Al Burj wasn't on his site.

Replies will come to the next update.

I mean, seriously? Why do you have to make every image so good? I adore that night shot, it has got to be the best night shot I've seen this year. It just looks so realistic!

Further out the coast of Gobar lays a small town called Kaihal, the special characteristic of this town is that its a hotspot for Asian goods such as fruit, fish, etc.


These type of housing are closer to the water because they are highly flammable.


And we have the Asian Central Market, has everything from food, clothing, even entertainment.

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Forthwall: Thanks!
hiigarar: Thanks man!
Thomas: Hahaha.... Thank you!

You just remade all my concepts of realism.
Amazing work.

It's nice to see slummy areas, as sadly it's realistic for an area like Onubis. I've never seen those buildings before... You always seem to have the perfect lots for every scenario.

That is just... WOW! Onubis is getting more amazing with each update!

:shock: Now that was brilliant, you are my idol, you are to sum it up, the best CJer in this Union!! Brilliant stuff, if only I could lot bldgs like you...

YOU are Evil...lions! haha great update! Where did you get those shacks??

Basic Lotting


For those who want a good CJ, you might as well take up on custom content creation. For example, you're building a Middle Eastern city and want a filler for the empty spaces such that it fits the environment. Before we start making growable lots, lets start something smaller.


First, I used the grass green lot provided by maxis.


Let's change up the base texture, I don't want a grass lot in my Middle Eastern cities especially if its somewhat far from a water source. I'm going to make this a concrete texture by going to the Base Texture tab and click Add Item. From there, pick a concrete texture. Remember this, use a base texture so that it fits with the surrounding environment such as other building's / lot's base textures.


I want a dirt path, but you might be wondering how if I just selected a texture. The answer to that is going to the Overlay Texture tab. Then, you need to look through the menu for a dirt texture. Don't worry, this won't delete the base texture as this type overlaps the base texture.


See? No harm done to the base texture. But I want to add more than just that, maybe a prop (object) or two?


A prop is basically your objects where things like cars, streetlights, and other things that can be placed on the lot. In order to place a prop, you go to the Prop tab and click Add Item. Although the pop-up menu has no object viewer like the textures. You can go through each prop and select them to see what they look like. Besides that, there's a type-in box above the menu. From there, you can type an object you want such as a car. Remember, the results will be highlighted and you can press the Enter key to see more results. Pick a prop, any one. Don't worry, if you don't like it, you can always delete it by pressing the Delete key while selecting that prop. Alright, I picked my car (junker) and now able to place it on the lot.


Like so, after I selected my desired prop such as this junker.


I don't want to end there, I want this to be gritty as possible. If you downloaded a couple of prop packs, your prop menu will be much larger than the original Maxis' one. If you play around with the props, you are able to make something like this.


Complex? Nope, I just added a few props such as Shanties (by onlyplace4), Maxis garbage and a few street lights and that's it! Don't worry, you can overlap props and even make them out of bounds if a prop allows it.


I'm done my lot and ready to save this, (and edit for the future). Click Save As and name it whatever you want. I'm going to call it Slum_1.


Congratulations! You completed your good looking lot and ready to plop wisely in your cities. Look how much gritter it looks with some lotting.


Hope this helped you out!

Notes:

If you want to get more serious with your lotting, I recommend using the SC4 Plugin Manager and make buildings suited to your liking. You can use this tool to even create growable custom lots by using a building. I haven't covered this because I just want to get the basics down before I can move onto more advanced things.
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Spy9600: Hahaha... Thanks man!

Thomas: Just wait for more! I haven't even revealed my Middle Eastern farms.

emperordeniel: True that! Thanks man!

Huston: Hahahaha... Thank you! This entry show you how I do all my stuff.

Liberater444: Shanties by onlyplace4 Thanks man!

Slums!, nice tut

Middle eastern... farms? :affraid:

And thank you for the Lot Editor tutorial. It was very useful.

This tutorial is just what I needed... THANKS EVILLIONS!!!

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ForthWall: Thanks!

Thomas: Yep! There are coming soon and for release too!

emperordaniel: Thanks! Glad I could help!

Really nice! I've already said it on SC4D, but I say it here too!

Guillaume.

Thank Guillaume!

Wow! You did that all alone! :shock:

Incredible.

Middle Eastern Farms

Alright! I finally released these farms and ready for use!
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Blakeway4: Yes, I did all of that. Thanks tho!