SSP?

[Mollymews 2,633]

Just now, Raspberry Crystal said:

That's character that is!

character is a better description yes. If I get a parcel next to the train tracks then is mostly likely going to end up with a lot of character

 

[Quartz Mole 1,833]

1 hour ago, Mollymews said:

character is a better description yes. If I get a parcel next to the train tracks then is mostly likely going to end up with a lot of character

 

(I chose this recording because Dr John is one of my all-time favourite singers and I love this funky, bluesy version of the Duke Ellington classic).

[Patch Linden 3,837]

All this talk about train tracks...

[Nika Talaj 3,077]

I'm looking at all the waterways through camperzone ... the twisty paths ... the tracks ...

listening to Dr. John

and I'm hoping Garden Mole is stocking up on spanish moss, cattails and darlingtonia, because it's all beginning to have a Louisiana vibe to me!

Oh yaaaas!

Bayou would be the only thang that would make me want a camper, y'all

[RacyAcey 722]

9 hours ago, Quartz Mole said:

(I chose this recording because Dr John is one of my all-time favourite singers and I love this funky, bluesy version of the Duke Ellington classic).

I have always loved Dr John....thanks

[Coby Foden 10,231]

Counting the green dots... one, two, three...nine. Wow!
The railroad loop is complete now.

[Polenth Yue 762]

Also notable that the actual trailers seem to be appearing on the green parcel markers (based on the way the trailers looked on the map on the preview sim versions).

[Daniel Voyager 1,574]

Looks like the Moles have put new Trailers into SSP277. 

New developments going on in SSP280.

7th September 2019.

Edited September 7, 2019 by Daniel Voyager

[Marianne Little 9,481]

The trailers get all the small lakes and waterways. 😞

I'm envious now. Not because I want a trailer, but that landscaping. So much water.

[Evangeline Arcadia 1,051]

Can't wait to visit the camper areas when this is released!! I don't want a trailer (too small for me) but I'm guessing the landscaping will be beautiful and I'm really looking forward to spending time exploring there.

[Alyona Su 10,512]

2 hours ago, Evangeline Arcadia said:

Can't wait to visit the camper areas when this is released!! I don't want a trailer (too small for me) but I'm guessing the landscaping will be beautiful and I'm really looking forward to spending time exploring there.

I agree. I like to drive the roads of Bellisseria, it's fund to explore that way and I plan to do the same from my trailer. I'm just wondering (and hopeful) they will connect the trailer roads in a couple areas to the main roads. Because every trailer will have access to a road (would be silly if not) and I can pull out from my camp site and go exploring the entire continent and then drive back home again.

OH! I should ask @Patch Linden to PLEASE make at least one connection from trailer road to suburban road, PRETTY PLEASE (With fudge and cherry on top, honest)!?

[LittleMe Jewell 24,865]

18 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

I agree. I like to drive the roads of Bellisseria, it's fund to explore that way and I plan to do the same from my trailer. I'm just wondering (and hopeful) they will connect the trailer roads in a couple areas to the main roads. Because every trailer will have access to a road (would be silly if not) and I can pull out from my camp site and go exploring the entire continent and then drive back home again.

OH! I should ask @Patch Linden to PLEASE make at least one connection from trailer road to suburban road, PRETTY PLEASE (With fudge and cherry on top, honest)!?

Porthole has a road, currently ending at a rock and the end of the world, but will obviously go South / Southeast:

 

In looking at the same area in SSP, the sim below Porthole is SSP281 and, unless they completely block the trailers off with mountains, the road should be able to connect up with something in either SSP280 or SSP297:

[Alyona Su 10,512]

4 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

In looking at the same area in SSP, the sim below Porthole is SSP281 and, unless they completely block the trailers off with mountains, the road should be able to connect up with something in either SSP280 or SSP297:

This will be awesome if it comes to pass. I nagged @Patch Linden from the very beginning for SLRR tracks and I'm gonna claim credit (No, this was NOT planned two or three or five years ago already, it was my nagging! That's my story and I'm sticking to it! ~snorts~) - so if this doesn't turn out then I'll nag him about it again and again and again and again and... you get the idea!

Hahahaha!

Edited September 7, 2019 by Alyona Su

[Alyona Su 10,512]

I have to comment: WTF is with the funky Windlight settings someone keeps putting the Fairgrounds region on? It really breaks immersion and, well... Do. Not. Like.

[Beth Macbain 10,168]

21 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

I have to comment: WTF is with the funky Windlight settings someone keeps putting the Fairgrounds region on? It really breaks immersion and, well... Do. Not. Like.

I think it might have to do with Moles beta-testing EEP stuffs. I know when I ride Henry through some of the newer regions, or the ones still being worked on, the WL changes between parcels. 

[Alyona Su 10,512]

11 minutes ago, Beth Macbain said:

I think it might have to do with Moles beta-testing EEP stuffs. I know when I ride Henry through some of the newer regions, or the ones still being worked on, the WL changes between parcels. 

Yes, it's when passing through and no matter the "smoothness" of the dissolve in changing, it's still rather... alerting... or "startling" (immersion-wise). At least it's not switching to night time when everything else is day time like it was LOL

[Nando Yip 1,051]

Does anyone know what the project is besides splicing Belli to the continent?

[LittleMe Jewell 24,865]

33 minutes ago, Nando Yip said:

Does anyone know what the project is besides splicing Belli to the continent?

Not totally sure I understand your question.  Yes, the waterway is set up that way to allow the Belli continent to eventually extend south to Jeogeot. 

[Daniel Voyager 1,574]

33 minutes ago, Nando Yip said:

Does anyone know what the project is besides splicing Belli to the continent?

Those regions have been there since mid April 2019. It's unclear if the lab/Moles will add more underwater areas/airstrips along that route. 

[Daniel Voyager 1,574]

Latest developments - 9th September 

• Looks like the south tracks have been removed. Maybe the moles have had a rethink because of the expansion
• In SSP296 looks like the tracks will have water either side of it
• The latest new addition of new trailers/campers in SSP310 & SSP311 and SSP312

Just thought it's going to be pretty tight in some places to get a boat though. 

Edited September 9, 2019 by Daniel Voyager

[Alyona Su 10,512]

1 hour ago, Daniel Voyager said:

Maybe the moles have had a rethink because of the expansion

I am thinking this also - perhaps making it larger than originally thought of (I sure hope it doesn't make the wait much longer!). Though I am constantly peeking in on those (and have many "hope-to-get-that-spot" choices, I've been keeping a very, very close eye on SSP100 - I suspect they will flesh out the southern area first before returning to that northern section and SSP100 is already marked-up to be worked on

I am thinking when they complete the southern area then they will begin on that region. Perhaps that's when they will pull the release trigger (to release the southern area first.). Obviously I could be wrong (and not gonna take that chance, still doing the refresh thing even now) - then build the northern as a second "wave", or ongoing work as they have been with the Traditional and Houseboats, etc.

Edited September 9, 2019 by Alyona Su

[LittleMe Jewell 24,865]

6 hours ago, Daniel Voyager said:

Just thought it's going to be pretty tight in some places to get a boat though

Canoe -- they are skinny

😁

[LittleMe Jewell 24,865]

6 hours ago, Daniel Voyager said:

Looks like the south tracks have been removed. Maybe the moles have had a rethink because of the expansion

The tracks on the west side now continue down through 309 and look to be turning south into 325. My guess is that the entire boot will hold campers/trailers and that the tracks will meander "roughly" near the outer edge south towards the mountains, then east to the boot toe, then north, and eventually back west to meet up with the track that is currently hanging in 297.

[Chic Aeon 12,266]

Going through 312 and 313 it looks like. 

 

[LittleMe Jewell 24,865]

20 minutes ago, Chic Aeon said:

Going through 312 and 313 it looks like. 

 

Are those train tracks or just bridges connecting the tiny islands?  The path looks a bit different than the other tracks look. 

A look at a larger area, there are similar paths connecting other land masses, so I think they are just bridges:

Edited September 9, 2019 by LittleMe Jewell