Sorry for the delay , but WOW ....
MD closed .
... no , just a joke .
Well , what can say ?
...
Despite praises , I don't forget any second that I'm not the creator of anything here ; I'm just bringing together already existing things , from true creators .
I enjoy as an honor to be in this section for a second time , although I didn't intend to update AntigOne so early . December's update was hard to release and so "time-eating" . Each MD has its own rhythm , a kind of breathing ... depending of our desire or saturation .
Oh well , I feel constrained to be especially interesting again . OK , what would you think about LotEditing
Sandrasim1's
Nettan Building with me - just to show there's nothing in AntigOne
you can't do ?
Hehe , take it as a challenge .
So , for those wich are interested , we are going to integrate the Nettan Building to an Haussmannian block .
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Tools required :
LotEditor & PluginManager .
Step 1 :
Creation of a virgin Plugin Folder ( for a better organisation ) . The best way is to launch LE after have moved your original Plugin Folder to your desktop . A new proper virgin Plugin Folder is immediately created at the right place .
Step 2 :
The downloads ( or transfers , if you have already some of the files needed , personally I duplicate files with WindowCommander .)
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SAS Nettan Builging .
Sandrasim1 - LEX .
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RCI Building Prop Mod . This file was originally available at the main site (Simcity.com) . MAXIS buildings as props : essential ! . It seems that it is not available anymore , but have found this file again in
El NukePlant Prop1 by
El Burro - STEX .
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European Props .
Ralphaelninja - STEX . This file is a complementary one of the RCI Building Prop Mod above ...
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Paris Metro Pernety .
Porkissimo - STEX .
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Paris Corner Dany Shoes .
Porkissimo - STEX .
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Paris Large Modern Library.
Porkissimo - STEX .
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Paris Garage Levert .
Porkissimo - STEX .
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Paris Immeuble Louis XIV .
Porkissmo - STEX .
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Paris Avenue de L'Opera .
Porkissimo - STEX .
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Porkie Props Vol1 European Street Accessories .
Porkissimo - STEX .
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JENXGare du Nord .
Xannepan .
First version - STEX . I know , that's a huge download for a prop ...
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JENXParis rue du Four .
Xannepan - STEX .
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Jeronij Props Vol 03 Ploppable Trees and Seasonal Woods .
Jeroni - LEX .
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BSC MEGA Props swi21 vol 01 .
swi21 - LEX .
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NDEX BAT Props Frogface Vol01 .
Admin - LEX .
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Restaurant Row .
simgoober - STEX .
Step 3 :
Porkissimo's models being Buildings not available as props , we need to create these props . A few seconds with Plugin Manager .
You need to be sure that these Porkissmo's BATs are unzipped in the root of your Plugin Folder , Plugin Manager reading not files in subfolders ... that's one of the reasons why we needed to create a virgin Plugin Folder .
1 - Launch Plugin Manager , you'll get exactely this if you have followed the exact process above :
2 - Now hold this file (
1) and dragg it directly to the Prop subfolder (
2):
3 - A new window appear with the Exemplar Name ;
4 - We are going to change this name for a better organized list of these props for LotEditor ... Almost all Porkissimo's props being named PK - *** , we are going to name them the same way . You just have to click on the name ...
5 - Change the name to
PK - 4 Place de l-Opera (
1) , and then just click on
OK (
2) ;
6 - Click on
OK again ...
7 - Congratulations ! This new .desc file is the prop you've just created .
8 - Do the same for the following files ( dragg them to Prop subfolder , rename them , save ...)
9 - OK , that's done , you've got all props needed for this Lot .
Step 4 :
The LotEditing ...
1 - Launch LE , open the Nettan Building Lot ...
2 - Select all props , drawing a square including the entire Lot with the pointer of your mouse in the right window and then delete them all using the
Suppr key .
3 - Do the same for base textures and overlays ...
4 - Enlarge the Lot to 6x6 , this is the maximum size you can give to a growing Lot with LE ....
5 - Add the new base texture - an original MAXIS' one -
6 - and now the overlay for parking places ... - an original MAXIS' one too -
7 - We are now going to add a second overlay at the corners ...
8 - Bring this second overlay to the right tile with the right orientation and hit DD on your keybord before to plop it .
9 - We are now going to add the first prop from those we have created : PK - Metro Pernety ....
10 - ... and all the others . Note : we didn't need to create a prop for Xannepan's rue du Four , as the prop was already available in the download .
12 - An overview on what we have done ... you have noticed that the exact positioning of these props has to be controlled in the left window .
13 - We can add a tree as we have an access to Jeroni's Trees Prop Pack ...
14 - We can start to work on sidewalks with this prop from Xannepan's Gare du Nord ...
15 - ... and this beautiful streetlamp from Porkissimo's Modern Library ...
16 - Why not to add these railings from NDEX Prop Pack ?
17 - And finally these trees from swi21 Prop Pack . Don't forget to rotate them each time you use them .
18 - An overview on what has been made so far ...
19 - Time to add another detail like these trash containers from Porkissimo ...
20 - Now go to this corner ... as I'm using many time the same Parisian BATs - there's not an enough large choice of them to avoid repetitions - we are going to add a few props to change their look .
21 - This prop is an original one from MAXIS and is available with LE 'cause we have installed
RCI Building Prop Mod and
European Props from
Ralphaelninja ...
22 - Now use it a second time , rotated like this , the purpose being to hide the original corner of this BAT ...
23 - This has to be verified by rotating the Lot .
24 - Another MAXIS' prop to use ...
25 - Not enough details . We are now going to add these shopfronts ...
26 - Twice here ...
27 - And a third time here .
28 - Time to work the same way this other corner .
29 - We need to use this prop 3 times too to be perfect .
30 - Rotate again the Lot for our last intervention on the look of these BATs ...
31 - And for that we are going to use this prop from simgoober's restaurant rows ...
32 - Result .
33 - Ok , we are going to work on these sidewalks , giving them another look than the previous ones .
34 - Time to save our Lot , using "Save As" another name ... personally I'm just adding a letter ( C like Cedric ) so I'm sure to find again this Lot easily .
35 - Let us have an ingame preview ...
Hehe , not bad ...
To be continued . Hope this tutorial is enough clear and interesting to motivate some of you to reproduce it .
I'll be more than happy to see those adventurers post their result here .
We'll finish this Lot here together ...
A few quick replies now .
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Giligone : Sede Endesa is available at Capitalsimcity.com , go to "Descargas" section ...
The dependencies list for my Lot must be impressive , I'll have a look to see if it's reasonable to upload it .
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Mightygoose : The BAT you're requesting for is from Xannepan , prop available in a BSC JENX Props Pack I think ...
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Bernhard ; indeed this real picture (and two others) were from Strasbourg . For a long time Strasbourg Christmas market was the most famous of France ... copied everywhere now , rarely equalled since (IMO). The origine of many Christmas traditions are Alsacian ( Alsacien) like the Christmas Tree which was originally a simple fir ornate with painted apples ... it was a very very long time before Coca Cola's Santa Claus .
My apologies for no more replies so far , well , I've spent ....more than 4 hours to write this post !
But a big thank you to each of you .
