HK Sceneway Garden New Lots
HKABT Sceneway Garden
BATs by Bixel
New lot package by T Wrecks
For a first impression, see some better pics:
Pic 1 - overall view of lots 1&2
Pic 2 - detail view of the back
Pic 3 - detail view of the front
Pic 4 - another angle
Thisdownload contains a host of new lots for Bixel's previously releasedSceneway Garden tower complex. Three lot series are included to suitdifferent playing styles and to make the recreation of such an enormouscomplex (and even bigger ones!) possible without using the CAM!
1) A revamp of the original landmark lots for eyecandy ploppers,
2) An all-new, simple growable lot series for the down-to-earth player who prefers a streamlined plugins folder, and
3) An all-new deluxe growable series of no less than 10(!) lots to unleash the full HK madness upon your cities.
Read on to find out which one you prefer - or maybe you just use all of them?
Please note that you will need the .sc4model files from Bixel's original upload, or you will see brown boxes!
1) The landmark lots revisited
This series comprises 4 lots.They maintain the true-to life tower orientation of the originalupload, but the ground has been made all new from scratch. You will nowfind an intricately shaped, lively and colourful plaza that connectsthe towers. A zoning plan for correct layout is provided.
The values have been adjusted as well, and all four icons have been remade.
Lots 1 & 2 have a LM effect of +40 over 20 tiles and an equally strong park effect.
Lot 3 has a LM and park effect of +50 over 20 tiles each. Lot 4 has a LM and park effect of +40 over 15 tiles.
You will find all icons grouped conveniently together in your landmarks menu. The plop cost ranges from 80,000 to 100,000.
Dependencies for this version:
BSC MEGA Props by SimGoober
BSC MEGA Props Misc
BSC MEGA Textures Pack
HKABT_Sceneway_ABC_as_Props.dat (included)
2) The simple growable lots
This series consists of 3 lots.Each lot features a single tower on it, which will grow just like anyother residential structure. The three versions are for the threeslightly different tower models: Lot A for Tower A, Lot B for Tower Band Lot C... you guess. All lots feature some diagonal textures andlampposts with integrated light cones.
The only difference isthat at night different windows are lit. This was made to avoid obviousrepetition on the original, multi-tower lot. For these growable lots,it's not strictly necessary, hence you can also choose to keep just onelot. This will be easiest on your plugins folder.
Some key stats for these growables:
Lot size / zone: 3x3, dense residential
Growth stage: 8
Tileset: Euro
Occupants: 2,920 R§
The other stats are in line with in-game buildings... you should know me by now. ;)
Dependencies for this version:
SFBT Essentials
3) The deluxe growable lots
Theselots have been made with the intention to allow big city players animpressive recreation of HK-style mega-complexes. For this purpose,this series contains no less than 10 lots.
Theidea is that you can zone strips of 3x7 or 4x7 next to another, and thelots that will grow there will join seamlessly at both sides and createthe illusion of a continuous complex!
There are lots with onetower up front at the street or further back on the lot, two towers ina straight line or slightly offset, with soccer pitches or basketballcourts... lots of variation included!
To top it off, the depth of 7 tiles makes these lots perfectly controllable. You won't get them unless you zone for them.
Some key stats for these growables:
Lot size / zone: 3x7 / 4x7, dense residential
Growth stage: 7 to 8
Tileset: Euro
Occupants: 2,920 R§ (single tower), 5,820 (twin towers)
The other stats are in line with in-game buildings... you should know me by now. ;)
Dependencies for this version:
BSC MEGA Props by SimGoober
BSC MEGA Textures Pack
SFBT Essentials
HKABT_Sceneway_ABC_as_Props.dat (included)
Installation
Justunzip into your plugins folder and delete the sub-folder(s) of anyversion(s) you wouldn't like to use. You need to have Bixel's modelfiles from the original upload as well. I suggest keeping all filestogether to keep a better overview of your plugins.
To uninstall, first bulldoze all instances of the included lots in all cities, save and exit. Then delete the files.
Phew,that's it... I hope you will forgive me for not including a neat HTMLreadme, but these things just take too much time I'd rather spend onlotting or modding.
Before you whine about dependencies, bear in mind that (a) the packs I used are either extremely common for custom content users (SG props, BSC textures pack) and/or very lightweight (SFBT essentials)
Besides, you get 17 lots in exchange,and I guess you could say that I took much advantage of the additionalpossibilities these packs gave me - in fact, that was the point behindthese lots: To finally make full use of dependencies I had to have forother reasons anyway.
I hope you have fun with these lots! If you don't like them, you are eligible for a full refund of the money you paid for obtaining them. Thank you.
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