MASSIVE UPDATE 50 Pics, next update teaser! --- The Good Stuff starts on Page 3!
--- THIS is OLDER WORK, for CURRENT WORK visit PAGE 3 (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=1503.msg67343#msg67343) and beyond! ---
This is not my first foray into the world of CJing (yeah its called an MD here but I resist change ;)). But this IS my first attempt at a CJ here, maybe it wont get lost in a sea of other journals like at ST which I find quite frustrating. I may sprinkle a little interactivity into the mix, possible with reader polls for what to do with certain areas but this wouldn't be implemented for a while.
Okay, I'll shut up now and break out the recycled pictures (these have been posted in a couple Show Us threads here before, but I'm working on some new stuff). BUT these aren't all old.
I like experimenting a lot and this first post here will touch on the experimenting I've done as of late.
I'll start with my oldest city (1300 years on the region, 750 in the main tile... yes as a matter of fact I have been told I'm dedicated.... also a loser $%Grinno$%)
Oh yeah. I post picture descriptions at the BOTTOM of the pic, I'm telling you because it can be confusing sometimes.
So here's West Derry (read "Dairy"):
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Region Shot (very slightly out of date, the suburbs filled in a tad and the Easternmost block of suburbs is now connected. This region grows at an agonizingly slow pace and is almost abandoned (I can avoid stagnation with medium tiles, larges are a pain :bomb:) <-- I love that smily!
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NOT out of date :thumbsup:! This is the downtown of West Derry, I could count on one hand how many commercial growables (about 7! ???)
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I suck at midrise and often ignore it ::).... Brentwood (next round of pics, the recycled ones) will be a bigger city anyway, more midrise.
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Random scenery. Trees aren't there anymore, looking for a controller I like - currently testing Olympic).
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This was probably one of the first uses of the curves outside the NAM team. Literally done a half hour after it was released. (Tarkus was pleased to note that the curves show up as curves in region view, I doubted it, now we all know that the transit map follows paths &idea)
Now we leave West Derry to Brentwood (one city in the brentwood region, none others developed on yet):
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Downtown, all comm. is plopped. (If it isnt perfect, BOOM, thats why the West Derry downtown tile has 750 years passed when its not half done...)
The nuke isnt there anymore, replaced by some great little 1 tile solars (all face south, a little dab of realism ;))
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Rear View
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I really love this shot.
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Really proud of this, 2 hours of work. Some of that a complete redo.
The Brentwood Port:
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That was harder to do than it looks....
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Now here's some experimentation. It all works as meant to.
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This is somewhat of an alpha version, I haven't quite got it yet. Ramps aren't evenly elevated. (the curves are connected to one-way roads, so only one lane of the curve would get usage, no backflow though)
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Earlier try, shows how the better version works.
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This is a early and pretty much final version of a smooth "highway" curve... Next NAM may help this out.
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Overview.
The idea itself stemmed from my want for onramps that go over the highway and sat on dirt mounds and not pillars. (basically for a more rural look, I'm in the VERY prelim stages of a recreation of my town... I can't BAT so it doesnt help much, a couple necessary landmarks)
So I hope that's enough for you :thumbsup: I'd think so.
And hope to see you back later!!! More of... well... something... don't know what.
What do you think?¿ <-- Heh, the ONLY hotkey special character I know.
wow thats really nice!!
welcome aboard and proud to be the first guest in your diarie ;D :thumbsup:
Great start! Also wonderful 20 pictures! :thumbsup:
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A little teaser! Up-to-date West Derry Region shot.... Stagnation's soooo bad >:(
I plan an update either late today or tomorrow
I remember this from ST chat :P Nice work flame, really American.
QuoteI really love this shot.
And you are right, it's really good shot.
QuoteThis is a early and pretty much final version of a smooth "highway" curve... Next NAM may help this out.
This is a good way :thumbsup:
Good start, I'll wait for more :)
Very nice style of development. I like the spacing between the houses, and the transit sollutions very much. Looking forward to more. :thumbsup:
Nice harbor and island city and suburbs, grid aside! I look forward to more!
it looks really good! I like the harbor also! &apls
Hello again! Been a while since I updated (got a bit bored and busy!)
So here I am with 15 more pics of West Derry!
But first and foremost, repliues for my valued readers' comments!....
HabLeUrG: Thank you! Keep watching, you may find some of your interchanges being used in the near future! :thumbsup:
bat: Thanks! I too thought it would be good to start off with a massive post!
Bengt: Yup, I thought it was time to show off in a more permanent way! BTW, love your CJ/MD! ;D
Ennedi: I've been working on a more refined version of that smooth highway curve... Not show-able yet though! ::)
emilin: Well... It is awesome to see such a nice comment from the SC4D Mayor Diary god.
cityhawk: Thanks, no Brentwood (the island and harbor) in this update! Trying to finish the main part of Derry first. I think I do pretty well with the "forbidden" grid! :P
The Six Cents: Thanks, that's really one of my first harbors. definitly the best. Thanks SOMY!
Now that that's done its time to get to the good part! Remember, captions at the bottom of pictures!
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This is an overview of the Eastern suburbs of West Derry.
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A retake of just about my favorite screenshot ever!
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Here is a view of the West Derry Cemetery... Couldn't think of a better name! This took almost 2 hours to get just right!
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I love that church! It makes a great centerpiece for the cemetery and is on the STEX!
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Suburbs near the cemetery.
Here are some random suburb shots:
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Now some Misc shots:
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This is a nice shot... I like these types of pictures.
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This is a traffic loop I had a lot of fun making.
Thanks for stopping by! Any comments are welcome, if negative please keep it civil and give a reason why (then I might consider it ;))
Until next time!
Wonderful pictures &apls &apls
The only thing is with a population of 100k+ where is the traffic?
Other than that it looks marvelous. :thumbsup: btw where did you get those walls in the last picture by the motorway?
I must admit I was a bit shocked to see my name there :D
I've never been west before $%Grinno$% - I mean west of Ireland $%Grinno$% but maybe some day
Derry
AKA
:satisfied:
TTC
This is really good!
I especially like how all your transportration networks intertwine.
That last shot with the highway that loops around is excellent.
Yeah, I like that last shot too! I might have to make me one of those! Thanks for the idea!
Cemetary is looking extremly good. And it's nice to those old sunken highway walls in use once more. They look much better than I remember them. A pity that they lack diagonals though. :thumbsup:
Good work. I just realised that you used my NoName 3-bat in first update.
flame- nice stuff :thumbsup: i enjoyed studying each pic and discovered several ideas i hadn't thought of :) Looking forward to more updates....
Flame this is most ummm wow is all i can say here and great work!!!
Thanks for the wonderful comments!
Working on a big update (read: airport and rural junk) so it might be a few more days. ;D
Oh and as a bit of an FYI.... TTC mentioned that there isnt any traffic: its all game settings, I like detail but the cars lag like crazy so the easiest thing to do was to get rid of 'em.
Until next update!
PS: This is not a bump! $%Grinno$%
nice stuff..... great work on the cemetry....
Like what I see so far, this is a nicely planned area with a good transport network. :)
I understand why you keep the traffic "turned off" while you are developing, but if you can why not
turn it back on just while you are taking your photos. It just adds that extra bit of realism. Regardless,
I'm looking forward to see how this develops.
Cheers
Dave
Update 3! Not the so called "big" update... It ain't coming! :D
Updates have been slow because I've gotten fed up with West Derry. It is so stagnant and my skils have progressed past the level at which that city was constructed. And I never complete anything anyway.... $%Grinno$%
I found a new region I liked and then heavily terraformed it with one of wounagaine's (read: god's) awesome tools, SC4TF.
After 2 hours of terraforming it was at a state where I was satisfied so I got to building. I am extremely, EXTREMELY pleased with the results so far.
Replies:
TTC (Derry): Like I stated in earlier, detail settings. :)
Mulefisk: I like the loop too, it came out well and I'm proud of it ()stsfd(). Now I could do better though...
Cityhawk: Ditto for Mulefisk's comment!
BTW guys.... The transport network in that city SUCKS. All the traffic is one like 3 roads. Kills the growth.... ()sad() And I can't seem to fix it.
emilin: Diagonals would be awesome. But then again that set is well designed around the highway exits. Uniquely.
Bengt: I always appreciate good humor! And if you remember I convinced you to release that one.... :D
EDGE4194: That is one of my favorite things about reading CJs... the wealth of interesting ideas to steal implement.
patfirefghtr: Thanks. Short and sweet comments can sometimes be some of the best!
oyd: Thanks I worked hard on that. Though in reality is is actually rather simple.
tooheys: I may turn it on for that but mayybe not. Depends on my mood. And like I said earlier: The transport network actually really really sucks. Lol.
So no more boring talky stuff. Pictures!!!!
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Just a view of the only interesting part of the region. The rest is flat, and the coast largely boring!
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A bridge ending in the new city. This is the most important and maybe only bridge to downtown.
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A random closeup of the bridge. I love this style and few people use it.... ()what()
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Central Island for the bridge.... I used what was there. And it makes it look better IMO.
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And overview before I built some other stuff.
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I always make the power and water produced in tucked away places.
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Another angle. I faced them out to the water after the pic was shot.
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Early suburb development. Euro burbs are so good looking!
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El rail terminus. You can catch a bus over the bridge here!
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Another angle. This is a japanese bat... from NOB I *think*
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Different overview.
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Region shot.
Thanks and until next time! Please comment! :thumbsup:
Sorry, I didn't see it yesterday.
I, too, love that bridge flame1396. NOB does make great transit stations, I wish more of his stuff was in English. I'm looking forward to a massive port city!
Cheers,
Kevin
Dear flame1396,
An excellent update, if I do say so myself. The island between the two bridges has given me some great ideas for my current region.
I would also like to point out the nice terraforming on your selected city tiles. The peninsula-type formation is something you may see on the Gulf Coast (Texas - Florida) and works very very well.
Also, the absence of shorlines and perfect fitting tiles gives the pictures an industrious feel. Very nice!
Overall, a pretty good update!
I agree with beskhu3epnm, the terrain does look like the Gulf. However, very few places in the Gulf have lots of seawalls, there's more rip rap (like jeronji's set) and just natural coastline.
Whether or not that is your inspiration, its just an observation from a Gulf Stater.
Cheers,
Kevin
Flame sorry i missed this last 24hrs i've been very scarce as since ive been planning a 4th of July parade
for the fire dept uggggggh thank god soon to be over and done with LoL... With what Beskhu3epnm and
Kevin ( BigSlark ) have said rings true with my comment as well... :thumbsup:
New update when I get around to it.... I have new material....
The downtown isnt coming out to my satisfaction. I'll blow up the buildings and show the seawall stuff...
And no it isnt based off of the Gulf. Most of my cities end up looking as though they were from New England or the Pacific Northwest.
However the map is a modified version of a map from Florida!
patiently awaiting the update Flame....
wonderful update! Great region shot! Also nice pictures of that bridge! :thumbsup:
Sorry for the lack of an update. I've been preoccupied. And in SC4 I'm debating doing a city with a very heavy industrial base (little or no downtown). This would be waaaaaay out of my comfort zone and I've never really tried anything close to the difficulty of this project.
Industry was always my SC4 shortcoming. I'm working on making it my strong point. Buildings and cheating and huge BATs oh my!
Flame all i can say is just give it a crack and remeber have fun doing it... Just make sure if you are going to do a industry tile make sure you have plenty of rail connections to the other citys and also make sure the other citys around have a good residential base. those are the only 2 tips i can think of for ya's.. - pat
I like your work so far, that el-rail station and the bridges are excellent. Keep it up.
Sorry, haven't updated in way too long. School started, busy busy busy.
Update as soon as I can :) New map.
Hey flame its all good... RL is first and exspecialy school at that!!! but i will be waiting for an update or even a teaser - pat
Its on the way. I'll fire up SC4 tomorrow... I was busy today (2 essays due... one today &mmm laaate)
I got the "damn I miss SC4" feeling today in art class. And with the influx of not-crap into the STEX I'm quite happy and rarin' to go.
LoL its seems all is getting to be good for you flame and im still waiting patiently lol
Industrial city - Mount Robson map teaser
Waaaaay out of my comfort zone. I have little experience with sculpting industry and even less with mountains ;D... I have however taken the time to download everything I passed up before due to massive dependency lists.
Spent a day last month or so touching up the map for work.... My pitiful Hill-building skills need to get better fast :)
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(sorry about size, not too bad but I haven't yet figured out how to do the thumbnails with Photobucket.)
IMHO Flame skip the thumbnails they bite the big torch... Ummm excuse me btw them mountains are fantastic i reallly like them alot and are very good :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Fantastic looking region there! Great work on it! :thumbsup:
I agree, those Mountains Look Fanstatic! Keep Up The Great Work!!
Your Friend;
Mayor Of Steven's Point & Maxiston
(Proud To Be Cities Of Sim Nation!)
Waouwww... I like this MD so much. Superb use of the custom content... &apls &apls &apls
The region view is also incredible!
*sips strawberry soda* Ahh... Viva Mexico! (or at least the bottling plants) ;)
...foreign soda is always the best...
Oh, you wanted an update... riiight. Sorry! $%Grinno$%
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Here is an overview of the industrial area so far. Its the whole city as of right now, lol!
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Closer view of the railyard... North Country Dude pwns :thumbsup:
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Refinery area. Took a while to do. The whole area took a few hours, spread over about a month. ::)
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The little part you can't see in the overview. The loading docks are seawalls.
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Usage of seawalls again. Somy pwns too. ;D
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Different angle. I used the pipeline set to fill in the empty space, came out well.
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Power plant, when I plopped it it was immediately over capacity. I have another one masquerading as a factory. Can you find it. Here's a hint: SG pwns too! :thumbsup:
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Refinery flarestack, functions as a fire station. Cool.
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Last pic.... sorry for a short update. Its all I have so far.
I could use some time to spare &mmm...
Back to the soda.
Must say that industrial area looks superb so far :thumbsup:
Yes... 2 updates in one day. :thumbsup:
Both are sorta small though... so... maybe only counts as 1?
Well I've been busy. I filled maybe 400 tiles in 2 hours.. I work slow. Very slow.
Though I did jack it all up halfway through with a slip of the hand. Causing the god mode tool to blow up most of the city ::)
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I like this. Freight depot and some dirty factories.
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Coal mine... I think this looks good for only 10 minutes of work. Sorry for the UI :-[
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Come... c-closer... I notice that SG's coal is too light while Jeroni's is too dark &mmm
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Freight depot close-up.
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Another view of some new construction.
And some personal replies...
beskhu3epnm - thanks, that region has been put on hiatus for now. Having downtown builder's-block lol. If you've read AK's CJ over at ST you may recognize some similarities between that city and one of his.
BigSlark - I just liked the shape of the map... Not trying to do a gulf style city. I'd be too worried that a hurricane would come along and destroy all my hard work! ::)
bat56 - Thanks... you may be surprised that my plugins folder is only just past 1GB ;)
starmanw402007 - You may be glad to know I'll be leaving the mountains alone for the most part. Trees will be added... when I get around to it. (read: only god knows when I'll get around to it)
patfirefghtr - Thanks for your patience. I hope you enjoy the fruits of my laziness labor. :D
LoL flame i sure do i sure do.... your rail yards are stunning... i truly enjoyed them as it has given me an idea how to develop my newest project i should be starting soon its a OIL depot well err umm top secret on further details. It requires a level 12 security clearance....
Wonderful new pictures of your industrial area! Great rail yard! :thumbsup:
That's an amazing rail yard you have going there, I'm getting jealous already. I'd have to take a week off just to get something like that right! :P
I have bad news....
some odd thing wiped my mydocs folder (virus??) I lost my most recent region but luckily no plugins or older regions.
flame one thing i learned is never look at it as bad luck but a chance for a fresh beging to start fresher and newer from what you have learned and experitmented with.... with that said i cant wait to see what you come up with!!! - pat
This is what I came up with!
I'm not totally happy with it. mainly the area around the twin towers... &mmm Can't figure out why though... I'll just build the city up and do better on the next one I guess.
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Transport view. Much more planned than any system I've done before.
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The area I don't like, this, has its merits but... I just don't really like it. Maybe it'll look better when drowned in the rest of the city?
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I love the skywalks. They match these buildings perfectly but didn't come as a set. Its jsut a compatibility I've found. Quite pleasing.
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I like everything in this shot.
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So-so.
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This looks good too.
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My favorite shot of the update. Wonderful.
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Overview. Not my favorite downtown I've ever done.
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Region shot.
Hope you enjoy it. I'm trying to build this city at a decent rate. Lots of midrise planned.
flame not to bad at all just a little more devolpment and see where this takes you... throw in some rec areas and what nots and i think you will have something worthwhile here...
Congratulations and welcome to the Ones to Watch, flame1396!
Congrats on the moving to the "Ones to Watch"! &apls
And another great update! Nice looking downtown so far! :thumbsup:
I had not seen the last three updates, no matter thier size, and they were great. Your indusrial sector looks great, as well as your city. I can't wait to see them come together, it will be interesting to see how you do it.
&apls
Robin :thumbsup:
@ rooker1 - the industrial sector is lost. I posted a little while ago about some weird thing that happened. That region was new and not yet backed up. The city is totally separate.
EDIT: Oh yeah... w00t! Moved up.
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Another update. Sweet and sour though. Apparently my nightlights don't work anymore. :angrymore:
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See? &mmm
And clip2pic had an eff-up and didn't take my last 4 pics. &sly
But on to the good stuff....
Hah, nope. Replies first:
@ Pat: I think it looks better. I invested more time into it and I must say I'm happy with the results.
@ thundercrack83: Yay, finally hit the first milestone! :thumbsup:
@ bat: Thanks
Already replied to rooker1 in the above post.
I changed my graphics settings. So you'll see shadows and one ambulance. :D
Sorry if any images look like the last update. I was doing close-ups and wasn't paying close attention to placed photographed before.
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New overview.
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Here is a picture of the new area. Would look great if the damn nightlights would show >:(
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Closer overview of the new areas. I reworked some old ones.
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Reworked the "centerpiece"... I like this a lot more than the old one with the twin towers.
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Slightly better view.
On to the closeups... The best way to show off a city. In my (not very) humble opinion.
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I really like this one.
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This one too.
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The yellow building is a police station.
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New station too. Japanese.
And for anyone who may wonder... Here is an insight into how I play the game.
Cheating much?
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Please let me know what you think. :thumbsup:
Eaven Moore (SC2k fans will get this joke)
I blew up the wall to wall And added this. I'm paying lots of attention to adding parking and alleyways. And shopping and corner restaurants. This is the most realistic downtown I'm made. Ever.
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New overview.
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I love that KSM building. So unique. There are a couple of maxis buildings in here too. Can you see em all?
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The corner shops I mentioned earlier
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Quite realistic CBD, but you could show us the finished city and not just progress, but it's fun to watch.
Looking good, my friend! Things seem to progressing nicely! I like your choice of buildings and placement. Keep up the good work!
Wonderful new updates! Great work on that city! :thumbsup:
Great updates and I'm sorry to hear about your night lights, hopefully you can fix it.
&apls
Robin :thumbsup:
where can i get the regal movie theatre and the rail freight stations? they look nice :)
Hey flame the progress so far is looking very good and keep up the hard work will see you in 2wks to catch up here - pat
Hello flame,
Quote from: flame1396 on September 08, 2007, 02:30:19 PM
I blew up the wall to wall And added this. I'm paying lots of attention to adding parking and alleyways. And shopping and corner restaurants. This is the most realistic downtown I'm made. Ever.
I agree - this downtown looks very, very good! :thumbsup:
And as for nightlights - I am not a specialist in this theme at all, but I see the following thing:
You started a city from plopping many buildings in the downtown and you haven't any city life yet. When I built my old cities in the similar way, I often noticed nightlights in ploppable buildings were off when I hadn't workers/residents in them. And when city growed up, nightlights appeared.
I don't know the principle exactly, maybe someone more experienced could say how to adjust it (modyfying particular exemplars?)
Edit: I forgot to say you have fantastic looking industrial area here - of course still some work to do with it ;) And using seaport lots on the land is very good and creative idea - I do it too :thumbsup:
no, dont go. lots of responses are in favour of you in sc4 devotion. it is very nice diary. :-[
Quote from: Madeira on September 10, 2007, 11:23:25 AM
where can i get the regal movie theatre and the rail freight stations? they look nice :)
Here you go:
- Regal Theatre by Jasoncw -> Click! (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=16513)
- BLaM Modular Railyard Set -> Click! (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=17367)
:thumbsup:
Well, I hope you decide to keep this open here, my friend, but good luck to you, which ever way you decide to go!
AP classes pour on the work..... &mmm
I'm trying to find time to play.
Double posting in the name of and update! 10 pics this time.
Only the downtown tile, I'm exhausted after lotting 141 custom lots for suburbs (a selection of maxis houses I like). Yes. 141.
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New region shot. Anyone know how to fix the blurring effect of the leftmost tile? The game does it every other tile. If I move the blurred tile to an even numbered tile it isn't blurred... ()what() Annoying.
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I like the arrangement of the diagonal apartments, an idea that came out nicely.
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That's it for today folks. Update as soon as I can. Suburbs are now priority (I wouldn't lot 141 lots for nothing)
Too tired to do responses right now... Next time, promise.
Looking good, my friend!
I love the sunken highway, especially that one interchange you've got in third picture. Good luck with your classes and I hope to see more of your work soon!
Flame a great update here and i love the last shot with the highway walls - pat
Always interesting seeing one's own work through screenshots. Looks different... better than in-game :P Maybe I can finish a tile by the end of the week...
Wonderful new update, flame1396! Very nice work! :thumbsup:
I am falling in love with your suburbs Flame... it shows the time you put in there! More... give us more.... :thumbsup:
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What's that thing at the bottom of the pic.
Nascar guy they're menu management lot for deadwoods highway walls.
Looks good, hope it becomes active again though...
I'm updating later today if I get the opportunity... :)
Definitely tomorrow if not today.
Quote from: Godzillaman on January 31, 2008, 09:08:30 AM
Looks good, hope it becomes active again though...
Quote from: flame1396 on June 26, 2008, 09:10:47 AM
I'm updating later today if I get the opportunity... :)
Definitely tomorrow if not today.
So I was right... :D
Update when it's moved from the Archive... Sent a PM to thundercrack. Guess I wait until he logs on then.
UPDATE: Apparently I'm the first to ask to have a CJ brought from the archives... So I'm forced to wait, though reading through this makes me really want to reward my readers' wonderful comments with a big fat update (the city literally doubled in size). Update when it's back.
UPDATE later today or tomorrow, Dental surgery so I dunno how I'll feel this afternoon.
:thumbsup:
Ok I will be here for this update ()stsfd()
My computer is back! I am officially OFF hiatus. So here's a 50 pic update. Well, actually it's 45-some-odd pics... but 50 sounds better!
I was gone because my computer had an eff up. Needed a OS wipe and reinstall and I lost everything but my documents (managed to get that salvaged :thumbsup:)...
Also, I did the ACT again. Broke the 30s this time! *dundunana can't touch this dunananaaa* Getting mail from bigshot universities like Ohio State ;D ... Also did my AP exams since my last update. AP Literature went well and AP US History I'm not 100% sure about, no scores so far.
Oh yeah, my Dental Surgery went well today, no more wisdom teeth -"Confuchnid say.... uhh..."- But it hurts like a mother and 800mg Ibuprofen and ???mg Vicodin have been prescribed, hopefully the Vicodin I just had will do better than the Ibuprofen an hour ago. Can't eat a darn thing all week too.
So on to the update... I've been busy for the week since I got my computer back, FINALLY - took forever because my mother's colleague (she teaches) was doing it for really cheap in his spare time. I added a quarter tile to the north of downtown and filled out some other parts. I'll start off with the OLD region picture:
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Old, and much much smaller than now.
ON to the new region shots:
...or maybe I should ignore you all for a week and post a teaser instead. NAH. "Don't tease me, bro"
I'll ZAP that idea. (pun, if not as clever as I think, can be blamed on the Vicodin... if it is funny, that's all me!)
As for the above, photobucket takes a while for 46 pictures to upload ya know. DEAL WITH IT :D
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Normal
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Transit, probably hard to see the rail as it follows the highway most of the time.
These pictures are from the new city above the downtown tile. The last 10 or so are from the downtown tile, none from the other one. Sorry.
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Kind of a general overview, I forgot to use a highway exit so that'll get fixed ASAP
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Suburb including many of my 100-something custom suburb lots. Each house holds 5 people max. Realism baby! If you PM me I may email them to you if you have a fat dependency folder, mostly BSC prop and texture packs and the maxis building prop sets, I won't help you with prop sets. They're designed only to grow in the Chicago tileset so I don't get bothered with them when building other stuff (I assigned most other buildings to the other tilesets unless they were more than 2 tiles deep - the houses are all 1x1 or 1x2).
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More suburbs
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Organized communities (SOMY) used as the last bit of the midrise to suburb transition.
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Community college, among some rowhomes and duplexes.
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Some more sexy midrise. Diamond ramp to be added, forgot about those when I built this. The intersection is so unrealistic.
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Lots of various rowhomes. Very AK style...
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Small commercial district. I use this sort of thing as filler and a little boost to jobs.
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Main train hub for this suburb. Probably not getting to capacity. (Everyone uses highways on buses)
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Very trick spot to fill, triangular spots always are... I was originally going to grow a hotel there but this strip mall popped up and I kept them. (That is one of 2 grown commercial lots in the whole region - the other one is the pink lot in the right of this picture).
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Asian style shopping subdivision. SOMY
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As bad as the housing gets really... even the low wealth population gets tree-lined streets. I could build a real dump if I wanted too... but no.
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Some decent, small apartments for the working class.
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Some rowhomes, part of a set pictured and ranted about below...
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Some rowhomes, the biggest pain to grow this set: 40 simmed years of grow and blow until I gave up and let some lower wealth ones pop in (the gray and white ones), the red ones are mid wealth. It still looks good... better than what I wanted really... SC4 can be funny like that.
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Dusktrooper's Condos are awesome, they're all great but these are the best. They're super hard to grow though. :thumbsdown:
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Another angle of that tricky spot.
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An excellent bat by... somebody.
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Condos for the middle-classed worker.
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I love closeups.
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...just shootin some b'ball outside of the school. When a couple a' guys, who were up to no good, started making trouble in ma neighbahood, I got in one little fight an my mom got scared and said... (disclaimer: no school depicted)
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Some more midrise.
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Motel 8, the cheapest hoes rooms in town.
Next pics are from the newly developed areas of downtown. (Actually pre-computernuke, but after the last updat)
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Couldn't resist slipping a bit of downtown.
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The light tan apartments are from CapitalSimCity, they grow like weeds but look awesome. You've been warned.
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Bit of the mall on the left. (Ill_Tonkso I believe...)
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Nothing new, but I love my downtown.
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OOPS, I duplicated my main hub in a suburb, I'll need to fix it...
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A truly wonderful BAT. Great mall, great great great filler.
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These apartments have nice vibrant backyard... Needs a few trees maybe...
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Dusktrooper is 1337, all shall bow.
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I like this shot for some reason, a good closer.
Hope you enjoyed my looooong update... Was gone for a while.
Big thanks to thundercrack83 for bending the rules (sorta) and reactivating my archived MD. :)
Replies to previous feedback done later I guess never for now because the general stuff dealt mostly with moving to ST (no, lost my software so I can't do my plans, too lazy anyway) And thank you for kind feedback and useful criticism.
Oh Flame your new update is very good
The city is looking very good and I love the tree in the sreet it's realistic
Your map région is good
:)
You can download the streets w/ trees mod from the LEX on this website, it is by JeroniJ, I believe it is called the street-side mod.
You are beast. You are tank.
So let's just say you pwn. &apls
So here's a teaser for next update. Industry!
Started up pretty small and the industrial sector of the city won't be all that big anyway, just big enough. I think about it and realize how close to being done with all midrise I actually am. Then it's just burbs and rural left (not sure how fast rural'll be though... Plopping it all you know...) and I'll have my first complete region!
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And, a question for the readers! Do you think I have built enough midrise so far (assuming I'm going to fill out the remainder to be about the same size as the current amount I have built) to be realistic in proportion to downtown size? And do you think a block of suburbs roughly twice the radius of the midrise will be enough to keep the good proportion going?
That's a very nice big update there, flame1396! With some wonderful pictures!!! :thumbsup:
Congratulation I really like the new small update :D
It's looking really realistic
Your région view is really simpathique :)
Beautiful update :thumbsup: !
are all those building growables? it must have taken you forever to get them all neatly laid out. congratulations
@ derwilly: The industry and commercial is plopped but all of the apartments and houses are growables. And it does take a while. Thank you. :)