Yellow Garden

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Parks and Gardens add a lot of color to any city, so I figure one can't have too much variety. Here is a little set with a sun-yellow base.

I chose the size 4x4 because I always seem to miss it in my game, as most parks are 2x2, 3x3 and then continue at 5x5.

In addition there are some optional pieces to make a path or extend the basic park.

  • 4x4 $$$-park with a fountain, benches, an icecream-vendor and some people wandering around, surrounded by hedges and rose beds.
  • 4x4 $$$-park with a gazebo and different kinds of plants and flowers (AddOn)
  • 3x2 $$$-park with loads of flowers (AddOn)
  • 1x1 straight
  • 1x1 corner
  • 1x1 t-section
  • 1x1 cross-section
  • 2x1 straight with playground
  • 2x2 straight with snackbar offset to one side
  • 1x1 endpiece with small zen garden
  • 1x1 endpiece with koi pond
  • 1x1 endpiece with small memorial (AddOn)
  • 2x1 transition to connect other parks/paths (AddOn)

The 1x1 straight is best plopped with alternating directions, to get a variation in placement of trees and lights (i.e. <- -> <- ->).

Many of the props are families (trees, flowerbeds, people etc.), so you get some variation when plopping multiple pieces. I kept the pathways rather simple (few props), so they look wellgroomed, not cluttered or crowded.

BONUS

To get some balance, I included another lot – a 4x4 $-park for low wealth areas with lots of stuff like dilapidated and dismantled cars, some pipe-laying construction, a basketball game, quite a lot of garbage, graffitti billboards, mysterious luxury limousines appearing in the evening...

Even if it is a pretty crummy place, the folks from the neighborhood are still happy to have it.

There are no special path-pieces for this park, you can do those easily with any kind of industrial path or ped-tiles.

Dependencies

I used two very basic files, which you most probably have:

Development Notes

All pieces are in separate files, so you can delete any you do not wish to use.

Install

Just move the files into the 'Plugins' directory under My Documents/Sim city 4.

Uninstall

Simply bulldoze any of these lots in your cities, then remove the file(s) from the plugin directory.

Usage

Just plop these lots wherever you deem appropriate ;-)

Disclaimer

As with all things from the internet, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I tested the lots and they work fine for me. No one but you is to be held responsible if your computer is subject to termination of any kind. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to join the simpeg forums.

Credits

Thanks to all who make resources available!
The whole Simpeg-community for help, thoughts and good spirits.