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Horse Drawn Neighborhood Vehicles

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Posted 10th Feb 2008 at 11:42 PM - Updated 24th May 2009 at 12:37 PM by hexameter : Added new options - Viewed 78761 times. Direct link to this thread

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Tags: #Victorian, #rural, #vehicle, #vehicles, #neighborhood, #cart, #coach, #carriage

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Horse Drawn Neighborhood Vehicles

If you play in a Victorian neighborhood or an other neighborhood of past days it is a little bit strange to watch all the cars and the traffic in the streets caused by modern vehicles.
Here is a set of horse drawn vehicles. It overrides all cars that move in the streets. I finally took the time to pick together all the resources and built the packages replacing the meshes of the existing cars. You'll not find them in the catalog.

These vehicles are tested on several days and they worked without problems.
I apologize for the quality of the screenshots but it was impossible to zoom in more.

Enjoy this set if you like it.

More Options (2008-02-17)

Do you want to see horse drawn vehicles, only riders, maybe no vehicle at all or a mixture of all of them? It's now up to you. Here are the tools.

No traffic in neighborhood view:
Install the packages of "NoNH-traffic.rar" in your downloads folder. It will create a subfolder "NoNH-traffic".

Riders in neighborhood view:
Install the packages of "riders.rar" in your downloads folder. It will create a subfolder "Riders".

You can mix all the different vehicles. The package names are the same for each type of vehicle. So you can overwrite those types you don't want to see by a rider or an invisible type. As some vehicles become visible more often than others you can make your personal choice. For this procedure it should be a good idea to expand the *.rar-files to a different folder of your hard disc. Then move the file you want to use to your downloads folder.

Be sure to have only one package of each type of vehicle in your downloads!

hexameter
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Technical remarks:
You need Nightlife for this collection of vehicles.
Not all of these vehicles are base game compatible, but they don't corrupt your game and not every car is replaced by the new type if you use them in the base game.
The meshes are as simple as possible to show a rather nice shape while keeping the function.
Of course this is a nice addition for the game but not essential for game play.

Installation:
Extract the RAR-file to your downloads folder. It will create a subfolder containing all types of vehicles for the neighborhood. To get rid of them and have the originals back in your game simply delete this subfolder (Rural-NH-vehicles).

Description of the vehicle types:

Original Garbage Truck: replaced by a transporter of logs, 4 wheels, 2 horses
Original Junker Car: replaced by an open cart, 2 wheels, 1 horse
Original Minivan: replaced by a harvest cart, 4 wheels, 2 horses
Original Pickup Truck: replaced by a transport cart, 4 wheels, 2 horses
Original Police Car: replaced by an open cart, 2 wheels, 1 horse
Original Sedan Car: replaced by a closed coach, 4 wheels, 2 horses
Original Sportscar: replaced by an open coach, 4 wheels, 2 horses
Original Taxi: replaced by a hansom cart, 2 wheels, 1 horse
Original White Van: replaced by a transportation cart, 4 wheels, 2 horses

Maximum number of faces: 1480; maximum number of vertices: 1916
Most of the vehicles have much less than that amount of faces and vertices.

All meshes handmade by me.

Polygon Counts:
hexameter-nh-garbagetruck.package: 996
hexameter-nh-junker.package: 838
hexameter-nh-minivan.package: 886
hexameter-nh-pickup.package: 874
hexameter-nh-policecar.package: 666
hexameter-nh-sedan.package: 1480
hexameter-nh-sportscar.package: 1228
hexameter-nh-taxi.package: 1042
hexameter-nh-whitevan.package: 852

Additional Credits:
Thank you to Numenor for his BaseGameStarter. I tested this set with his tools.
Quaxi and the other creators/developers of SimPE

1306 people have said thanks to hexameter for this download.

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11th Feb 2008, 03:15 PM	#26
modman3000! Lab Assistant Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 119	how do i replace vehicles

11th Feb 2008, 03:45 PM	#27
lauralaima Forum Resident Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 726 Thanks: 9058 in 56 Posts View My Journal	marry me! best-mod-ever! thank you very much!! modman, just put these files in your downloads folder and you're done.

11th Feb 2008, 05:17 PM	#28
verenaheu Alchemist Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,609	This is so sweet and charming! Thanks,

12th Feb 2008, 12:13 AM	#29
eccentricgnat Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 7 in 1 Posts	This is so cool. Thank you. Now my sims will look more "normal" driving all of your vehicles. The sleighs in winter and the wagons in summer spring and fall. Thanks again.

12th Feb 2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by hexameter

Thanks for all these nice comments!

Please, be careful and test first if these work for you! And think of the fact that these are vehicles only appearing in neighborhood view. To have replacements of the NPC-vehicles I need some more time.

hexameter

Yes, they should replace all vehicles but I'm not sure whether for example the bus shows in the last expansions. Unfortunately it's the same as with changing the roads: Ether you have the effect in all neighborhoods or in none of them.

It's not working in University. I made up a passle of kids to stick in a dorm and the first one arrived as usual with Mommy in tow...then teh cab got stuck...had to force an error to get the kid out...tried 3 times and same scenario each time. Tried with a seond passle of kids. Same thing. First one fine, second stuck. And it's the yellow cab. Other than that, it's working in my main neighborhood and both downtown and the business district. Havent' gone to vacationland yet to see if it's working there. (Wow, those little buggies and wagons zoop around like atomic powered horses on hte neighborhood screen!)

12th Feb 2008, 07:22 AM	#31
Gizmo7680 Top Secret Researcher Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,888	This is the best neighborhood and the one all of us wanted so very much to have. Hexameter, Thank You I appreciate this so very much and I can now create the true Victorian hood that I dreamed of. Thanks for creating and sharing.

12th Feb 2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by hexameter

these are vehicles only appearing in neighborhood view. To have replacements of the NPC-vehicles I need some more time.

Ahh, that explains it. I misunderstood and was wondering why my Victorians were still pulling up in modern vehicles.

It's still a great idea, and I'll be happy to have the NPC vehicle replacements when you (or someone else) get them working.

Thanks again.

13th Feb 2008, 12:10 AM	#33
Psychosim Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,628 Thanks: 12728 in 29 Posts View My Journal	wow, great mod! Thank you for your effort! Have you more on mind? Spacy vehicles maybe for the sci-fi neighborhoods. Or invisible recolors? There's way too much traffic in my deserts.

13th Feb 2008, 06:44 AM	#34
Ysabella Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 159	Thats perfect! In combination with Stev84's Country Roads you can have a perfect western or victorian neighborhood Thank you for sharing

14th Feb 2008, 11:33 PM	#35
saltypep144 Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 11	This is really awesome! Thanks for all your hard work!
	Last edited by Canoodle : 14th Apr 2008 at 08:40 PM. Reason: Converted to a 'thanks' post.

25th Feb 2008, 12:48 AM	#36
ingeli Lab Assistant Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 204	Oooh, almost missed this. Thank you! Awesome mod, much needed. And take your time with the other vehicles, if you succeed with that, it would be another dream come through.

25th Feb 2008, 05:36 AM	#37
JadeEliott Field Researcher Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 428	Thank you so much!
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5th Mar 2008, 12:58 AM	#38
lgwg1816 Test Subject Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 11	Thank you thank you thank you!!! This download is much appreciated! Please keep up the great work! - on a side note, will the closed coach be available for download? Again, many MANY thanks!!

24th Mar 2008, 07:26 PM	#39
bottlewater Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 42	THAT is so AWESOME!! I've been wanting something like this for a long time!! And even though there other downloads like this, as in replacing neighborhood things like the roads, I only wish someone could find a way that you could specify the neighborhood you want it in . . . wink wink
	Last edited by Canoodle : 14th Apr 2008 at 08:40 PM. Reason: Converted to a 'thanks' post.

27th Mar 2008, 04:20 AM	#40
Sophie-David Scholar Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,290 Thanks: 15760 in 59 Posts View My Journal	This is quite wonderful for my period neighbourhoods! And the no vehicles option is perfect for my spacey ones.

6th Apr 2008, 04:16 AM	#41
TIYARN007 Scholar Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,417 Thanks: 631 in 5 Posts	Really Cool Idea! This NeighborHood Will Look Quite Pioneer! Thanks for All Your Neat Creations! The Game Remains Enjoyable Because of Creators Like You!
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12th Apr 2008, 08:17 AM	#42
maxpax318 Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 78	Fantastic work, thanks so much for this!!

15th Apr 2008, 09:52 AM	#43
Psychosim Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,628 Thanks: 12728 in 29 Posts View My Journal	Thanks again for the invisible traffic! That's perfect for my deserts!

3rd May 2008, 08:50 AM	#44
Phaenoh Sprinkles and Streaks! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,239 Thanks: 94722 in 182 Posts View My Journal	Just wanted to let you know, I have this working in an AnyGame set up (OFB+SSN+FT) that does NOT include NL and it still works. Is there any way of making these horsies slow down a bit? I know Echo and rebecah vaguely know how to change the animation speed of an object, perhaps the procedure is similar?
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4th May 2008, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Phaenoh

Just wanted to let you know, I have this working in an AnyGame set up (OFB+SSN+FT) that does NOT include NL and it still works.

Is there any way of making these horsies slow down a bit? I know Echo and rebecah vaguely know how to change the animation speed of an object, perhaps the procedure is similar?

Thank you for this feedback, Phaenoh.
Concerning the animation speed I think there is a difference between these objects and the normal cars. I couldn't find any animation for them when I gathered the resources for these packages. And it must be coded already in the basegame version. I think the speed and movement is set up in a different way as the neighbourhood terrains come from SimCity.
hexameter

4th May 2008, 03:06 AM	#46
Phaenoh Sprinkles and Streaks! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,239 Thanks: 94722 in 182 Posts View My Journal	hmm, thats interesting. Well, at any rate, these are still better than cars in my medieval hood. If I ever run into anything that might help with slowing them down I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks so much for making them!
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2nd Jul 2008, 04:00 AM	Very Cool Finally Someone Did This! #47
anglesims2 Forum Resident Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 694 Thanks: 2 in 2 Posts	Wow I can hardly waite to start my game! Cool Fun! Thank you!
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15th Jul 2008, 06:36 AM	#48
HarryPotterFanatic Lab Assistant Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 61	I love this, I just have one question. Are the horses animated?

23rd Oct 2008, 04:50 AM	#49
sheilab38 Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 39	Thank you so much. I have wanted this for soooo long. Great job!

23rd Dec 2008, 05:12 PM	#50
edejan Mad Poster Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,427	I just camd across this!! I can't believe you made this AWESOME mod! And even more perfect, the completely empty road one! That's the one for my medieval n'hood! Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks....forever!!! :D

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