As threatened: and overview shot.
This shot shows how much I keep the performance sliders turned down, and also how far from completion this really is. Below is the harbour, and above is the main railway station. I'm in the process of filling out the background with an inordinate number of quarter-villas.
In this shot, you can see how the historic high street meets the new flats, with the old factories and brewery nestling in the older terraces.
When I've finished the Brewery area (next task), I'll post a screenshot, and the same for the harbour area (looking a few weeks down the line). If anyone's looking for a technique to avoid the effect where the water masks a sea wall, model the coast at low tide - many harbours in British towns have never been fitted with a deep-draft jetty for use at low tide, so the boats are just beached until the water comes back.
For example, Ilfracombe Harbour - note this does have a deep-jetty, at the front right of the picture, but the inner section behind the sea wall does give you the idea I'm trying to recreate.
If someone has any pictures of Clovelly, or Porlock Weir [sp?], then these are better examples. My layout will not include any deep water facilities.
This shot shows how much I keep the performance sliders turned down, and also how far from completion this really is. Below is the harbour, and above is the main railway station. I'm in the process of filling out the background with an inordinate number of quarter-villas.
In this shot, you can see how the historic high street meets the new flats, with the old factories and brewery nestling in the older terraces.
When I've finished the Brewery area (next task), I'll post a screenshot, and the same for the harbour area (looking a few weeks down the line). If anyone's looking for a technique to avoid the effect where the water masks a sea wall, model the coast at low tide - many harbours in British towns have never been fitted with a deep-draft jetty for use at low tide, so the boats are just beached until the water comes back.
For example, Ilfracombe Harbour - note this does have a deep-jetty, at the front right of the picture, but the inner section behind the sea wall does give you the idea I'm trying to recreate.
If someone has any pictures of Clovelly, or Porlock Weir [sp?], then these are better examples. My layout will not include any deep water facilities.
(I was just adding another station to the main railway an hour ago, but that's far from finished).
