Empire of Leviathan

[djvandrake]

Those lots are very impressive!    I think you have a very good sense of space and balance, and that plaza area with the blue sculpture is my favorite.   

[Badsim]

My apologies , Fabian , for having not visited earlier your MD . I know that generally , I don't take enough time for that anymore ...  

I do agree with djvandrake , you've a very good sense of space & balance , indeed . Your own Lots are particularly good , and as I can see clearly my influence , have to say that I feel half honored half proud of you . We have both our source of inspiration and for sure , Berlin is a great place for inspiration too .  
Furthermore , I appreciate your effort to add life to your Lots , my only advice would be to use the Randomwalk props as they are animated and are essential to mix up the groups done with the static Amill  props , adding realism to the crowd ... and more life in game with sounds of a crowd , for your own pleasure .

... See you soon with Update #9, where I will show you some more of my own Lots  .

I'll be there .



Cédric.

[Fabian93]

Update #9 - Places of Interest: Part 1



I know that I started with my series of "Showing my own Lots" in the last Update. But I guess I will start to show interesting sights of Laon (this includes my own Lots, too, as you will see).
I'll start this new series with 6 pictures. You might have noticed that I changed the way I edit the pictures, yet again. Hope you like it.
In addition to that I would like to mention that the "Empire of Leviathan - dictionary", which can be found on Page 1, will give you more informations of certain sights. (I will add the informations of this Update soon).




Former embassy of the German Democratic Republic - nowadays a Museum


The "Josefskirche", the only church that survived World War 2 in that part of the city


Seat of the National Railway Company (LBAG)


The Laon City Gate is one of the three historic City Gates that are still standing today


Friedrichsplatz - this was the most famous shopping area in Laon, before World War 2


Old National Gallery (in the background) and the Museum of Leviathan History (most of the museum is underground)



Hope you liked Update #9. If I'm not writing another Update before I go to Berlin, would it be okay for you, if the next Update is about my trip to Berlin where I will show you lots of pictures of Berlin (it won't be boring, I promise, since I plan to compare my pictures with historic pictures)?

Fabian



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Sciurus: Thanks a lot, Guillaume. I feel quite honored to hear these words, since your first MD (Oldenburg) actually made me posting on SC4D (if you look on my posting history you will notice that my first post was made in your thread  ).
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot, I'm glad to hear that  . And yes I agree, most of the newer buildings in Berlin are quite ugly (you can't compare the Berlin of nowadays with the Berlin before World War 2 anyway). I guess you are from Berlin?
Tomas Neto: Thank you Tomas  .
art128: Thanks a lot, Arthur, always great to read from you. I'm glad to hear that you like my version of the Potsdamer Tor in Berlin  .
Bobbi: Thanks a lot  .
Glowbal: Thank you .
djvandrake: Thanks a lot. I'm glad to hear that you like my Lot . If I'd know how to find out the dependencies for my Lots I would definitively share some of them.
Badsim: Thanks a lot Cedric  . I feel really honored to hear these words from you, since it was your MD "Antigone" which inspired me to try working with the Lot Editor myself.
Furthermore I will give your suggestion a try with the Randomwalk props soon, so thank you for that tip  .

[jimbo_jj]

It all looks very nice. I like the blue-roofed church, seen it before too but it's in a great context here. That one building at the bottom of the last pic looks pretty interesting. Excellent work Fabien!

-James

[BarbarossaS]

Wow Fabian, this update is looking really great! 
I love the plaza in the first shot. The textures and props there work really well together.
Furthermore, I like the old European city look that's emanating from these pictures, it looks like this city has a lot of history,
and I really like that in a MD. 

-Stijn-

[Tomas Neto]

Beautiful city, very well managed and built!  Fabian, really you know how to place a plaza in the city, awesome update my friend!!! 

[art128]

Excellent update, Fabian, the feel of a real European and that is really good.
The first picture is nice, I like that plaza, the three statues are a nice touch, as the big fountain. Also as the big paved area and the trees paths. The only thing that isn't really good is that curved 1x1 street at right between those roads, it seems a bit out of place, why not making a roundabout there ?
The church picture is nice too, nice work with the W2W, the mix between the Swedish, Polska and old one is really nice. But it'll be nice to see more variety of roads here, always the same road.. maybe the SAM will make the thing ? I can only say the same with the National Railway picture, also that skyscraper look good there alone like the we can see in many different European cities.
The "Tor" is, as in the last technical update, good. Habitually I don't really love to see blank walls of W2W buildings, but this time they seems to be there, built after the construction of those two palaces. The roundabout statue is a good touch to make looking even more realistic.
Friedrichsplatz is nice, even if the roundabout is note really good there and is cut by the sidewalk of the W2W.. Without that little detail, everything seems to fit in well.
Now as the last picture, my favorite of them. It looks like the "Tor" is just at right of the shot eh ? Good work with these Gallery, museum. The modern one is good looking here, and with those trees behind the three parts at the bottom it make it as a little green space in that big urban area that is your city.
  In every update, you managed to make to your pictures an European feeling, that is really really good, I don't know if it's done my the effect you add or simply by your fantastic playing of the game, but good work, every time I come here I see a great European city.
I hope to see a central garden/park like there's in Berlin, like Tiet Garten (not sure of the orthography of it.. ), it will be really awesome to see how you do that.
Take care,
-Arthur. 

[djvandrake]

I like the third picture the best, with the tall building and the diagonal plaza. Very nice. 

[silentbreaker]

Wow! You're still getting better; well even better than better 

The only thing I have to criticise is the intersection on the first picture, a roundabout would be much better there. Nevertheless the plaza is well done and a nice eye catcher with its red paving! All the other images are just awesome with the great mixture of W2W and open places. I especially like the church - it fits really well there.

And you're absolutely right - I'm from Berlin

[Sciurus]

Oh, Fabian,

I looked on your fisrt message you posted here, and effectively, you posted on my thread, and it's an honour for me you know!
To come back on your city: I really like what you do on lotting, it's excellent. But (beacause there's a but), I don't like the place front of the Palast der Republik. The stones are more for little houses than for plazas front of BATs like it.I would also know where you found the big fountain on this same place, because I love it and I would have it to put front of a palace.
Thank you
For your trip to Berlin, I hope to see beautiful pics, beacause I went to Berlin in 2008, and we had the chance to see the Palast der Republik!! . It's really a beautiful city, and I hope you'll benefit your trip

Amicalment, Guillaume

[Dreamcat]

Whoa. 

I was blown away.

Spectacular city you have there.  I like the fountain and the church the best.  Seems like you have the European side of SC4 down really well.  Keep it up~!

[io_bg]

Excellent update, Fabian! Your lots are great, I particularly like that plaza with the fountain! Looking forward to more!

[Fabian93]

Update #10 - From the Museum Of Leviathan History to the Stadtschloss



Hi, today I will present you a last mosaic of my Capital City Laon (at least for now). After that I will switch to more rural cities/towns until my problem is rectified.
I would be glad if somebody can help me since it detains me from working on it  : Click!
Any help would be appreciated .







Hope you liked Update #10!
I will be in Berlin from Friday morning till Sunday evening. I might post my pictures here or in the "RL Pictures Of General Interest" - section.
I shall update this thread when I'm back with a little teaser .

Fabian



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jimbo_jj: Thanks a lot James (even though I go by the name Fabian ) - glad you like it .
BarbarossaS: Thanks Stijn. I'm glad to hear that and I'm even more glad about the fact that you like that Lot in the first picture .
Tomas Neto: Thank you Tomas . Glad to see you here once again.
art128: Wow! Thank you for that long answer, Arthur. I fixed that curve and changed it to a roundabout . I know what you mean with that monotonous use of roads. But I'm afraid of changing my roads to streets, since this would allow lesser traffic which would be quite bad for my city. But I'm glad that you like it, it's great to have you here as an extensive poster .
djvandrake: Thanks a lot! Glad you like it .
silentbreaker: Thanks a lot. Glad you like it and it's great to have you here as a frequently poster . And, just like I've written already in the reply to art128, of course I've fixed that intersection.
Sciurus: Thanks a lot Guillaume. Criticism is always welcome here as it helps me to improve . Personally I though that these textures (you mean the red ones, don't you) would fit just right in there. But tastes differ of course. And of course I will benefit from that trip (well at least I hope I will ).
Dreamcat: Thanks! Glad you like it .
io_bg: Thank you Ioan. It's great to hear that you like that plaza .

[danielcote]

Great work! How do you creat such tremendouse detail!? Also love the wall middevil  style huh?

[art128]

Always that excellent feeling. This update is really nice, good combination of W2W, old and new one, with the historical buildings. The city walls are as usual nicely placed. Now for the critics, The train station fits in well very nicely with the general aspect of your city, but why not opening it in the LE and adding some trains in the hall ? It will be more awesome !  Also, if the railway after the station is electrified, why not electrified the sunken railway too ? I think by opening Jrj's walls in the LE (they are probably in the top of the list) and adding some poles, it might be nice !
Take care,
-Arthur.

[joelyboy911]

Nice mosaic. I see you too discovered the magical effects of putting the image in mirror form. Funny, isn't it?

Great update, can't fault it. I love the parks and plazas, as well as the Old World wall-to-walls mixed in with a little modern development. I do hope you find a solution to your problem soon.

[BarbarossaS]

Spectacular!  You really captivate that historical city feeling. I love it! 

-Stijn-

[Sciurus]

I'm happy that my criticism had helped you to improve you city, and to make it more beautiful as well. So, I'll make you another criticism; you see, the railways on the center of the image, a bit upper than the "Gare du Nord", I find it a bit empty, beacause there's no train, no catenaries, it's sad So if you could embellish it, I'll find it better
For the rest, I find it just wonderful, like the work on LE for most of your administrative BATs, or the transition with tram on road-road-tram-tram on avenue (at the bottom of the pic)

Guillaume

[rooker1]

  Fabian.....
Now that is one great job on that mosaic.  I really like the sidewalk mod you are using, it just makes the city look so uniform and actually a little more realistic.  I wish you were able to catch a train on the tracks where the bridge is.  That would have just put the icing on the cake for me.
Fantastic work! 

Robin 

[sumwonyuno]

Another stunning mosaic as usual! 

For your problem, I guess once you've made the Census Repository info available, users like RippleJet can help you out.