Greetings, fellow SC4-Players,
after several months of absence I decided to play some SC4 again. The outcome of my creativity will be presented in this thread and I hope it's gonna be of some interest for you. What you won't find here are big background-storys, gigantic and ambitious Development-Plans, fancy Photoshop-Manipulations or stuff like this (Lack of time, talent and patience ;)). Just some Random Spotlights on the way I play SC4 with some hopefully interesting pictures with lot's of custom-content and an extensive use of the NAM, my favorite Plugin for SC4.
So, enough talked, enjoy my latest project, the Rural town of New Norwich, Population 13.000 (I currently play on the Auckland-Map from the STEX)
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Overview of New Norwich
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The Center of the town, with trainstation, Cityhall and a central square with some shops.
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Closeup on the Trainstation.
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Once again the Center, this time with focus on the church and the school.
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Hotel with a small marina
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A glamorous estate with a nice view across the River.
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The Cargo-station for the local Agricultural-products.
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Yet another Hotel in the middle of nowhere
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The Communications-Tower, the tallest building in the area.
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An old chapel in the woods
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A typical scene in the countryside
And now to something completly different:
A "little" experiment with the new NAM, the Akashi-Kaiko-Bridge:
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Welcome to this site, Asimov!
You have there a wonderful city! Great farmlands, also fantastic pictures of the bridge!
Great start! :thumbsup:
Wow! What a great start!
I love your approach to the game, you seem to know exactly what you're doing.
The city looks very authentic and has a lot of charm.
I liked the railways a lot, you really captured that rural-rail feel.
A 5 star start -- well done! &apls &apls
()stsfd() wen
Super start. I really like your farms and how you laid everything out. The irregular shapes make them look very realsitic IMO. I'm not too sure of your bridge layout, but we'll see what you do with it soon enough. Great work and I can't wait to see your next update.
Robin :thumbsup:
Nice to see you, Asimow!
Maybe you haven't enough time and patience, but you definitely have a vision :thumbsup:
My favourites: first pic, Akashi - I will wait for more!
Welcome to a New Update of my CJ, this time it's gonna get a bit more urban.
This Update, showing the City of Auckland, consinsts of three parts. Part 1 and 2 contain some older pictures, showing the City at 30.000 and 40.000 inhabitants, part three the current status of the City with a population of 110.000. Contrary to New Norwich, this city is the result of a more classical approach, meaning I just started to build, without a fixed plan or something, and within the Budget-Limitations of the Game, no Money-Cheats. I hope you like the result.
Part 1, Population 30.000
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Overview of the City
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Overview, the second
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The Center of the Town, featuring the Central Station, the City HAll and the Mayor's Mansion
Die Innenstadt mit dem Hauptbahnhof, dem Rathaus und der Bürgermeistervilla
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Again the Center, this time zoomed further in
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The Bridges across the Bay which splittes the City into two parts
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Near the Center: Fire Station and Hospital
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At this Traffic Circle I started with the Construction
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Final Rest with Seaview. The kinda disrupting Coalpowerplant will be replaced with something more appropriate once it's reaches it's lifetime limit.
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"Freeway light" to the new Subburbs
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Living with lots of green around, Shops right around the corner, the dream for many families.
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The other shore of the Bay, by far not as well eveloped as the "Downtown-Side", but for the start we have a small stadium as an eyecatcher.
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Some more subburbs (Though the neighbourhodd could be nicer without the prison.. ;))
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A Freeway-Clover-Leaf would most likely be easier to build, but not as creative
Part 2, Population 40.000
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The designed Stadium and the expaneded Embankment
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Some new Industry at the City boundary
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One of the many new Residental areas along the Avenue which originally had been designed as a Bypass road around the Town.
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A new shopping area
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Closeup of the western ouskirts
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Auckland at night.
Part 3, Population 110.00
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Overview, in the Center the new Freeway-Bridge
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One of the new neighbourhoods, featuring some Hotels with an nice view across the Bay.
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On of many Railstations in the City.
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Some cheap Office-space in the outskirts.
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Some shops
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An Education- and Sports-Center
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A large Freeway-junction near the Bridge
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One of many small Parks in the City
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Downtwon at night.
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Again Downtown, this time from heigher altitude
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And as a final picture, the entire City at night.
Looking good. Nice city planning and a well constructed transportation network. :thumbsup:
You have some great pic's here and I particularly like the rural scenes. ;)
If anything, and I'm sure you've probably noticed this, but I suggest you take the game off pause
when taking a pic.
Anyway, a great looking region and looking forward to more.
Cheers
Dave
WoW and some more WoW great MD you got going here Asimov :thumbsup:
I do have to ask you where did you get those rundabout fillers cause wow they are something else
Thanks for your kind words and welcome to a new Update of Auckland, grown to 150.000 people.
tooheys: My PC is on theverge of collapsing playing SC4 (Close to 3 GB Plugins aren't very helpful with that...) Therefore, I only take Screenshots while it's paused, otherwise changing from SC4 to Paint and back could take several minutes each time...
patfirefghtr: Search for "Roundabout" in the STEX, you'll find plenty of different Fillers.
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An Overview
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The new TV-Tower
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The Marina
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The University
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The new designed Weststation
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Closeup of the new Station, showing the attached subterranean mall
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Again the Trainstatiuon, from a different angle
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A little oasis of peace in the hectic City
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A part of the new designed Rail-Track in the Western City-Part
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As a conclusion, one of the famous Night-Pics
Asimov wonderful update and thank you... I loved that night shot wow that was just sweet...
see you next update - pat
Good work, Asimov!
My favourites: Marina (very nice picture, maybe it would be good if you would divide OWW houses by 1 or 2 small plazas from the same set);
New TV tower:
And of course the night shot :thumbsup:
Maybe you would think about some various types of waterfront? (only my opinion of course)
Hi Asimov.
Very nice MD you have going here. I think you've done a good job on your AG areas. They look realistic without looking contrived. I don't like grids either, but it's easy to overdo the convoluted-layout concept sometimes.
Also, I like your seawalls and wonder if you planed ahead for them or just got lucky enough to find a straight section of shoreline in the right place. I've been going through a couple of tutorials on seawalls, but without much success. Too much for my little pointy head I guess.
Oh, and the little chapel in the woods is absolutely charming. Please tell me you're not going to choke it out with a bunch of development!
Well, until next time ...
Joan
3GB's, yikes ()what(). I thought mine was bad enough at just over 1GB.
Nice update and particularily like the transport network. I always tend to work on a grid basis and while I try to vary this, I always seem to revert to old habits.
The shoreline looks good with both the seawalls and natural areas fitting together well.
Looks like a well planned city and looking forward to see how this develops. Great work :thumbsup:
Cheers
Dave
patfirefghtr: Glad you like the Pictures :)
Ennedi: You're quite right about the Waterfront,but as often, the lazy part wins and you stick with what you know how to
handle. ANd frankly, this classic is still the best one I know of.
Jmouse: Some basic Terraforming is always necessary, you have to adapt the shoreline to the possibilities you ahve with the choosen Seawall-Set. It take's some time, but I think, the result is usually worth the work. And don't worry baout that Chapel, New Norwich is preety much finished, the entire town was an experiment with rural settings, I doubt that I'll go back to that town.
tooheys: Oh yes, the endless grid or no grid debatte... I personally think, that grid up to some degree isn't a bad think, quite contrary, it can look very good. But as it is with many things, too much can do some damage. I think, that my approach with it's "organised chaos" is an acceptable level of grid or gridlike and an complete random layout.
Ok, enough tlaked, here's the pictures, showing the northern peninsula, into which 20.00 new sims have moved:
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Your transport network looks good as always. I like the walkways and green areas around the waterline, and the use of the sound barriers along the hwy.
Looking good :thumbsup:
Cheers
Dave
Asimov this update is stunning i loved your tranporatation network as well
cant wait till the next update - pat
Nice layout, Asimov. I like your "organized chaos" approach. I'm interested in how well your transport system works since mine usually fail. Are you using the NAM?
Looking forward to another fine update.
Jm
Thanks for your nice comments, it's always encouraging to get some feedback.
Jmouse:
Who isn't using the NAM anymore? ;) Overall the transportation-Network works preety good, not many Traffic-Jams and the Mass-Transit is quite efficient.
Today I present a quick update with the results of this afternoon, showing Auckland after it's passed the 200.000-People-Line
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Auckland celebrates it's 200.000 Inhabitant
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A Service-Yard of the Local Rail-Company
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Some new Office Space in the Downtown
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A new Park with some Sport- and Education-Facilities
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Closeup on the Park
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The new Gateway to Auckland, the Station of the Highspeed-Rail-Line
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A famous Jogging-Course: The path around the pond
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Downtown at Night.
Quote from: Asimov on June 24, 2007, 02:51:35 AMI just started to build, without a fixed plan or something, and within the Budget-Limitations of the Game, no Money-Cheats.
Well, for someone with no plan, no $ cheats and no PS chicanery, you're doing a remarkable job. Your pics are great, with each pointing out an interesting asset in the city. I didn't know you could plop stuff inside a cloverleaf, but what a great idea! :thumbsup:
Your transport network is especially impressive. Did you have to destroy a lot of development along the way to make room for the larger elements (I've always wanted to ask someone that question!)? I've always reasoned that even if I leave room for something, there's no guarantee I've left room in the right place.
Until next time ...
Joan
WoW Asimov that is awsome no cheats :thumbsup: great update too i love the nigth life
You show some wonderfull pictures here Asimov. Your playing style is very pleasant. The rivers banks are great, and your transport lay out is very well done :thumbsup:
The transit systems are very organic and realistic, not many run of the mill grids there. Waterfront shots are very nice.
I saw a shot a few updates back, of some farms, covered with Pedriana Farms. The big grey ones with silos along the main drags to the bottom left and bottom right.
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I really suggest you, and anyone else who doesn't have it or a similar mod, to get this by bones1; http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=13977.
Your transportation network continues to impress, the service yard looks great.
Despite the high population, the area doesn't look cluttered with a nice use of parks and trails.
Well done Asimov :thumbsup:
Wonderful updates, Asimov! Great work! :thumbsup:
Fantastic pics! I like your layout. Looking forward to more.
Welcome back to a new Update after a short interuption. As an compensation, you get some pictures more today. (The City has grown to 290.000 People till now)
@BossOx: As you can see in the later updates, those farms where there only as placeholders anyway, most of them have been consumed by the growing city already. But you're not the only one who pointed theat out, thats why I installed the "Rural Variety Pack" from the STEX and started the experiment with New Norwich, the agrucultural town from some weeks ago.
Everybod else: Thanks four your encouraging comments, glad you like the City.
As usual; Some Overview-shots for the start:
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The Center is growing and prospering despite the lack of land
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The new Stadium
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The new designed Shore-Area in the western part of the City
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The Opera
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Living and Working with Scenic-Seaside-look
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The port
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Again the port, featuring the Coalpower-Plant
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The Neighbourhood around the port
The second half of todays update is gonna show some random night-shot pics from all over the twon:
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Congratulations on passing the 300,000 mark as I'm sure you've done by now!
It's a nice-looking city you have there. You've done a good job of balancing all the elements such as high-rises, neighborhoods, parks, I, C and so on. I especially like the seawalls, but everything fits together very nicely.
And great photos, too. Love the night shots.
Until next time...
Jm
Just helping to fight the good fight against overwhelming Maxis content. ;D
Your city has a very natural, organic and realistic look, the road layout is logical but I see little evidence of any grid. The modern foreshore it contrasted very well with the older CBD which has a smattering of older Euro BATs.
&apls
A wonderful new update! You have there a great city! :thumbsup:
After several weeks of absence I finally found some time to play SC and continue with Auckland. As a first prove of lieve I have 2 pictures for you, showing Downtown and a new Park. The City has grown to 420.000 Inhabitants.
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More pictures will follow in the next days.
Welcome back, Asimov! Glad to see you're still posting here. Your pictures look great, I love your use of the seawalls! I'll be looking forward to seeing more of your work!
Nice CBD and beautiful park. I have a chunk of real estate about the same size and shape in one of my cities, and you've given me an idea what to do with it.
And glad to see you back in fantasy land. Hope you can stick around for a while this time! :thumbsup:
Until next time...
Joan
Welcome back! And great new picture! Also great picture of that park! :thumbsup:
Here are the promised pictures, which are also the last Update of Central Auckland. The next Updates will show the surrounding maps, containing the Outskirts of the City.
Overview from all 4 directions:
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The Downtown
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An Officecluster at the Southern at of Downtown
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Art, Culture and Education, all at the same spot: The Art-Hall, a large Cinema and one of the Citys Colleges.
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A part of the Ring-Freeway, south of Downtown
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The Citypark, the largest open space of the City
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Again the Citypark, this time from a bit closer
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An example of fluid trasisitons between Residential and Industrial/Commercial-Areas, a too strict seperation looks too artificial in my opinion.
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A part of the Metro-Network, this time not as Sub or Elevated, but sunken.
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Driver-Rookies hate this place: The largest Highway-Interchange in the City.
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A green oasis: The Golf-Cub
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The largest Shoppingmall in the City
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The Skyscrapercanyons of Downtown, the Princess-Tower has grown by itself, the first time I saw that :)
And as conclusion, some Night-shots:
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Huge update, my friend! Your city looks amazing! The highways and the rails going through are spectacular! Keep up the good work!
I enjoyed looking through your diary. I like the concentration of tall buildings in your central business district.
Indeed you are doing a very good job of integrating all the elements in a natural-looking way. Those are some really nice photos you've taken, but I'm still a sucker for nighttime shots! :thumbsup:
Until next time...
Joan
Fantastic overviews of your city! Also the other pictures are great!
Beautiful looking night pictures! :thumbsup:
Hi Asimov,
I have enjoyed looking at your MD pics. You seem to have a good sense of space and integration. Looking forward to more. :thumbsup:
~Nisha
Hello everybody and welcome to a new update of my MD, showing the first pictures of South Auckland. I'm currently working on the Traffic-Infrastructure, the actual Buildings will follow later. Therefore so far there is not much to be seen, nontheless NAM-Fans should find this pictures entertaining.
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Overview
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The Harbour
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The Auckland-Canal towards Downtown
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One of the two Access-Routes to the Canal-Tunnel
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Avenue-Crossing on 3 Levels....
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A Bridge along one of the two Main-Southbound-Routes
That's an impressive transport system, and I see you've learned how to create underwater tunnels too! :thumbsup: Later on, would you please show some traffic data (auto, bus, freight, etc.)? I continue to struggle with these systems and I'm trying to learn from more experienced players like you.
Until next time...
Joan
WOW, I finally made a post with a zero at the end and started a new page to boot. Congratulations to both of us! :P
Your transportation systems look great, Asimov! I love the tunnels and your port area looks wonderful, too! I can't wait to see what you've got for us next!
Wonderful couple of updates! The last one was great; sort of a tutorial to see how the transportation thing should be done. I love the nightshots of downtown Auckland, they are great.
its very promising and creative :)
Wow - I missed quite some impressive updates. Your building style, and the use of Marrasts Embankments are very fresh and give the city, especially the CBD, a very prosperous glow! The transitwork is very well laid. Good job Asimov!
&apls
Fantastic using of the roads and so on. Wonderful update, Asimov! :thumbsup:
Hello everybody and thank you very much for your encouraging comments. Today we'll continue with South Auckland, currently populated by 20.000 people. I hope you'll like the pictures.
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Overview
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The largest cemetery of the City
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Close-up on the "Tomb of the unknown Soldier"
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The neighborhood south of the Cemetery
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A typical Auckland Residential area, on the left my first use of the SFBT Railway-Electrification
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The old Bridge across the Auckland-Canal
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The Connection to the first Industrial Area of the City
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Night in Auckland
Hello Asimov,
Very interesting general view, the transit layout shows your building concept, I am curious how it will develop :thumbsup:
The port area looks very promisive too
But this time my favourite is the cemetery - great planning, dark alleys look very well here, the mausoleum with the arch is an excellent composition &apls. All area looks very well-ordered, but not such artificial as many French - type parks
The church is very nice and well placed too
Now I am looking at the general view and the cemetery looks great on it too!
One little thing - it would be even better to have some space in the front of the arch. Maybe a nice plaza (but it should be at least about 5x5 or 6x6) or if the avenue would go to the entrance - you have a roundabout a few tiles away...
Edit: Ok I see the plaza on the last picture, but it is 5x1 ;)
Yup, I like the cemetery, too. Up close, it's peaceful and reverent, and at a distance it adds a nice big green area to the city layout. Good work! :thumbsup:
Until next time...
Joan
Really great new pictures, Asimov! Wonderful work! :thumbsup:
With this post, you're on your way to the Ones to Watch section! Congratulations, my friend--I'll go make the move now!
Welcome back to another, rather short Update.
thundercrack83: Thanks for the promotion, I hope I can continue to show some comment-worthy pictures, so let's target the 100 replies... ;)
Ennedi, Jmouse, & bat: Glad you liked the pictures, especially the cemetery was something I wanted to try for quite some time. Actually this was the second attempt, the first one got lost thanks to the famous Puzzle-Piece-Crash-To-Desktop-Bug. But it didn't look that good anyway, this was actually the first time I was thankful for the crash, it spared me thoughts about whether I should erase that thing and start from scratch.
The two Thumbnails below are showing an overview of the entire city, including an preliminary layout for the main roads and highways. So for the first time you can actually start to see the planned shape and dimension of the city.
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Great overview of that whole city! Wonderful work! :thumbsup:
Asimov - your city-region overviews are very welcome. It's indeed a very good proof that your city is well ahead planned. The ringroad looks very cool. I see in the first post that you're playing on the Auckland region... well, think I will head to Stex now to DL it from there asn the map looks great: I am pretty much charmed by it :thumbsup: