Quick question about parks...

[Dizman7]

Been burning through all the dev diaries catching up in time for release, and had a question about something, but please correct me if this has been asked/answered before. Looking thru 9th diary the very last screenshot (posted below) caught my eye.

As the dev said it's a small business district surrounded by a park. That's a pretty long park and it goes all the way around the block it looks like. So is that a custom park made in the Asset Manager and then imported? (so it would really be THAT large to plop down, and then you build around it) Or is this just pedistrain pathways with some trees around them? If the latter, would it still have the same affect on land value/happiness as a normal pre-made park? Or can we actually "zone"/paint an area as a "park" kinda like the districts tool?

Either way it looks great, and I can't wait to do it myself!

Thanks in advance!

 

[kosh22]

I wonder if its the beautification tool at work here. I can't see an obvious repeating pattern that says it's a ploppable premade park.

 

[AlexTheTall]

It's awesome how on this picture you can feel the city beind big and alive. I love it personally, the only thing that I can't wait for is the see more building designs, but that will happen, so I do not mind it! I just hope to be good enough to build like that

 

[Dizman7]

It's awesome how on this picture you can feel the city beind big and alive. I love it personally, the only thing that I can't wait for is the see more building designs, but that will happen, so I do not mind it! I just hope to be good enough to build like that

I agree, also the right side of the picture, where the ped path meets the road, that very large but short building kinda looks like an office campus, but it's the length of like 3-4 of the "normal" small office buildings in the middle. Not to mention the HUGE massive square building not far from that flat one. Aka it all looks cool, and I loving the variety as well as scale. (there are some other very large (height and width-wise) buildings in the pic slight off center and to the left).

 

[BStyles]

I'm still trying to figure out what the huge buildings are, and what purpose they serve. Wonders, maybe? They should do a dev diary on this.

 

[Hackner]

Im interested in that as well, nice catch OP

 

[TornPr1nc3]

Of the entire picture, it's that small bright yellow building that caught my eye the most. It stands out so much from the rest.

 

[redjericho3]

I'm still trying to figure out what the huge buildings are, and what purpose they serve. Wonders, maybe? They should do a dev diary on this.

I have watched nearly every bit of video posted about this game and I honestly think that zoned skyscrapers are going to be much smaller than people anticipate them being. However, this is something that will fixed by mods extremely quickly. Maybe even on release day.

Ploppable skyscrapers though I think will be properly large.

 

[kissof]

I have watched nearly every bit of video posted about this game and I honestly think that zoned skyscrapers are going to be much smaller than people anticipate them being. However, this is something that will fixed by mods extremely quickly. Maybe even on release day.

Ploppable skyscrapers though I think will be properly large.

mods mods mods.....lets fix everything with mods... just like fixing a car with ducttape...

 

[DrJamesWhite]

Can they be trail parks like in real life? And you dont need to plop it down, just a pedestrian dirt small road and trees and the agents will start to use it as a walking trail? And having policy for the trail so is it just walking or riding or horse riding, etc?

 

[Deville]

I would really like it too if such parks, that are not just ploppable items, would have an influence in happiness and land value. Well, we'll see in a few days.

 

[kosh22]

Can they be trail parks like in real life? And you dont need to plop it down, just a pedestrian dirt small road and trees and the agents will start to use it as a walking trail? And having policy for the trail so is it just walking or riding or horse riding, etc?

I think that's over hopeful. Closest you'll get is within the asset designer.

 

[stumason]

mods mods mods.....lets fix everything with mods... just like fixing a car with ducttape...

Hey, I fixed my Audi's damaged bumper with cable ties and duct tape.... It remains attached to this day, some 18 months after I ripped it off in a McDonald's car park...

 

[BStyles]

Some people don't realize just how powerful Duct Tape really is.

 

[charlesnew]

Some people don't realize just how powerful Duct Tape really is.

Yes, but it also makes what you're fixing look ugly.

 

[GMeador]

(If you've heard this before, sorry.)

A man only needs two things in his tool box: duct tape and WD-40.
If it moves and it shouldn't- duct tape it.
If it doesn't move and should- WD-40 it.

 

[stumason]

Yes, but it also makes what you're fixing look ugly.

That is true, but fortunately for me, my car is the same colour as duct tape!

 

[Xz2]

That is true, but fortunately for me, my car is the same colour as duct tape!

Smart! I'm sooo getting my car in duct tape color!

 

[copper1212]

Do agents use these parks, walk to them, enjoy them, etc? One thing I dislike about SC4 is you can create these beautiful areas but people don't really use them. Sure they add to an overriding happiness "stat" but you don't really see people using them except for the odd fake animation.

 

[stumason]

Do agents use these parks, walk to them, enjoy them, etc? One thing I dislike about SC4 is you can create these beautiful areas but people don't really use them. Sure they add to an overriding happiness "stat" but you don't really see people using them except for the odd fake animation.

In SC2013, they did and I am sure I have seen screenies and video's of them doing so in C:S