This will probably be the last update for a while as I shall be competing in GRV II
but it doesn't mean I won't be closing this down or anything
, its just going to go on the backbunner for a little while
but I'll may post mini updates or TEAsers you'll just have to wait and see
now for some other stuff
Derry, I love it. The first pic is an excellent demonstration of your already well known rural skills. The only issue I see with the pic is that the dirt path has a break in it on the right hand end of it (I know such paths can break up, but that one looks too clean for a natural one). The rest of the update reminds me a bit of Gotham City (might be the rather tall rail line that reminds me of Batman Begins) but it looks like you have quite a variety of things in the works. Great little update, and I'm looking forward to what comes next.
-Matt
Matt
Thanks for those kind words
I really like taht pic myself and that path only stood out to me once I had posted the pic. may go back and fix it we'll see if I remember to do that when I finish that tile
Yes that El Train is a little gem
more on that later ( see below)
And its nice to mix it up a bit and I've been know to do that too (sometimes a little too much
)
WOW!
The first pic is fantastic, but the next one and the rest...
The new era in TaTT? Looks excellent, please continue! 
Adam
Thanks Adam. I take it you liked it then
More of that to come but it may take a back seat to GRV II
This reader is temporarily satisfied with the awesome pix...
now I want MOAR!!!!!
And MOAR you shall. I can't have my readers temporarily satisfied
they should be fully satisfied
It's always great to see you Bruce - thanks for stopping by
Derry- thanks for the wonderful update! What a great variety of pics. Awesome use of the Borg cube! Nice rural and industrial shots as well. 
Thanks Mate
I thought a little bit of everything would be nice for a change instead of focusing just on one part
Glad you liked it
Derry, this update is such a joy to see. So pleased to know you are able to take pleasure in the game once again, and share that pleasure with us.
Your many talents are shining through as you inspire and delight us with gorgeous photos. Your rural work is legendary - the fence lines are especially well done in this photo. As for the metro and industrial areas, I'm not really a fan of either one, but if I could create scenes half as good as yours, I would change my mind in a hurry.
Welcome back...
Joan
Joan
Always a pleasure to see you my dear
First things 1
st your tea
Such glowing praise - thank you but I really don't deserve it
( Well I do really
- but I didn't want to sound too egotisical
)
Personally my weakest points are the industrial areas but I get so many ideas from other MDer's
that at last they are starting to be worth showing but still a long way to go till the look good to me
and I'm my own harshest critique at times
Outstanding work here, Derry!
The farms are just spectacular and your industries look very realistic--I'll be referencing them next time I head into the game to make some industrial areas, you can bet on that one!
Hope all is well with you, my friend!
Dustin
Dustin
thanks as always for popping by and with such nice comments too. Gee I must be doing something right if you gonna use my Ind areas
for when you build yours
( see answer to Joan above^^
)
What ?! only 5 pictures ? As well Derry, these pictures are just fantastic, you've done an excellent work here my friend, the area with the EL-Train (even if we can name that a train 
) is very nice and pleasant.
the industrial sector looks excellent there too, great choice of industry, even if they are a bit repetitive...
As well, my favorite part rest the farms land, very great and calm, a pure pleasure to my eyes to see that. 
Arthur.
Arthur
My apologies for only 5 pics
Lots to do in the region so lots more pics and I didn't want to overload the servers by uploading them all at once
and anyway they were the only ones worth showing
great comment as always thank you.
Wonderful industrial area there! Nice work on these five pictures!!
Cheers bat - Glad you like what you saw
Hi Derry ! 
As well this update is fantastic, my friend. The industry area is looking incredible.
My preferate picture is the first one .
Only one thing: I think, the Bat with green lights, on the second picture, is maybe a bit strange, no?
I'm looking forward to the next update
Take care,
David
Thanks David
Glad you liked the pics my friend
. The green thing is the B.O.R.G. Entertainment Cube and I was looking for something different to place there and its not something you see very often and I thought why not
. That area I hope will become a leisure area in the heart of downtown, just got to find other suitable stuff to fit in all around that area
Hey there Derry,
I love the pics in the update. You have to tell me what the heck kinda el train is that. I've never seen one like that before.
Guess I wasn't the only one who wants to use that train. lol
---Gaston
Gaston
Thanks for stopping by.
yes I thought that EL Train would get peoples attention. As I said in my pm more on that to follow and its just following on after the replies.
Derry I loved this update and BTW what in the world was that train system there?? Very intresting and well satisfied 
Cheers Matey
Glad you liked what you saw and as for your question not long to go to find out more on that.
That train line looks stunning at night and ditto on the where did you get it?
love the flowers in the field and that "entertainment center" looks like UFO all green and glowing.
Thanks you Catty.
You aren't the only one whose attention was caught by that train too now was it? not long now till you find out
The B.O.R.G. cube does look great at night especially with Gizmo's DayNight mod
Fantastic work. All the pictures look great, but I must admit a weakness for the first one, that's a lovely rural shot. Which farm is the one with the flowers?
Cheers Battlecat.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, I appreciate it.
Glad what you like see and yes rural areas are one of my favs too and something I like to do. lots more of that sort of stuff to come so pop back sometime and hopefully you'll see more.
As to your question - I'll have to fire up that tile and do a query for you, remind me (gently) if I forget
Now for an
Now it seems I caused quite a stir (No Tea related pun intended
) when I posted this pic
It seems that a lot of people were interested in it
Well let me tell you a little bit about it or as much as I know anyhow.
A couple of years ago when I first discovered after a lot of trail and error what links to click on to download from Japanese sites
I went on a mad DL'ing spree and got everything I could lay my furry little paws on at the time. Backed it all up on a dvd.
Then misplaced it during a move. I was gutted as I had rebuilt my pc in the meantime also and had reformatted the hdd so
I thought i had lost it all.
Tidying up a bit one day I found that disk again and lo and behold I found a few beauties stashed away.
One of them being this Elevated train line. Others to be seen at a later date
Now I'm sorry to say I can't tell where I got it - I can't remember only it was from a Japanese site
I believe the Author is ATEX but then again I cant be sure as that was the name on the zip.
There was no read me included so no way to give credit where credit is due.
If anybody does know please feel free to fill in the blanks Here is a region pic of the area that will be covered by the ATEX.
ATEX - Aerial Tube EXpress
ATEX - Across Town EXpress
Which sounds best? you decide or come up with a better one
Anyhow on with the show
Origionally all the pieces were landmarks only but I did a little bit of work on them in the reader so they
would appear grouped together in the landmark menu
and created a menu hider for them too for when I don't want to see them
Ok there are 2 stations only
so these I wanted to be functional as tube/subway and appear in the misc transport menu.
I gave them a capacity of 10,000 sims and so far in my tests they have performed fine.
There are 3 straight sections and 2 small connector pieces for those awkward gaps
as can be seen above.
Curved sections left and right. No ground curves available
Also no diagonal sections either. And they only make very large diameter curves
Now the special sections.
1 The stack is one of the hardest pieces to use. I still haven't managed to use it in a way that it looks good due to the fact its so difficult to get the tracks to align. If I find a way I'll let you all know
2 the divider - splits the track
3 self explanatory
4 Self explanatory
5 Connector Abyss - This is an overhanging prop that needs
careful and precise terraforming to make it look right.
I can't tell you exactly how much this is as its dependent on your terrain and is something done by trial and error more than anything.
here we see that it is functional
and showing a more regional shot of it in action. As you can see I tried to lay the subway along the general route the route takes so that at least it appears on the route query.
The Sim who has been assimilated lives the furthest away as per the route query on the cube.
Yah I must be doing summat right on the public transport system
One other thing about these is that they must be placed on terrain that's exactly the same height for the whole route.
you cannot have a variance of even .1m as it will show up as a huge glitch when the sections join together. And be very careful in terraform close to them once they have been placed too. still haven't figured out how to solve that yet but I will.
So there you go for the moment for this update. Hope I answered some of your questions. If not lemme know okay
till the next time,
TTC
