I'm glad to open my first MD on SC4D : Desert Ofalla. Here're the first pics, I hope you like.
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That is some very skillfull terraforming, used with a great terrain mod. Looking forward to many more great pictures. :thumbsup:
good region ! &apls
I hope to see citys quickly :P
that is very impressive terraforming! :thumbsup: hand drawn, i pressume. in game or with the terraformer? hope the climate can afford agricultural endeavors! :thumbsup: glad i got to follow this from the start. ill be a bit greedy and wish for updates everyday. $%Grinno$% welcome, pal. best of luck developing
Yes. That IS very skillful terraforming indeed. And nice to see a classic approach to the terrain. Watching for further development with great interest. :thumbsup:
Very nice landscaping and I too like the terrain mod you are using.
Great terraforming!
Why do I look for the Argonath [linkie] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonath) here?
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Good luck!
David
Whoa! Now this map is impressive. Its daunting and harsh. Truly formidable. No doubt the settlers of this land are a hearty bunch! Looking forward to more. :thumbsup:
Hi R6 ,
Finally ! I'm waiting for this MD since weeks .... great start , nice to see this project since its beginning .
My best wishes for success , even if I know you don't need them . $%Grinno$%
:thumbsup:
awesome terraforming work, and david your spot on with the argonath....
excellent region! great work! :thumbsup:
Wow, it kinda looks like Mars. :o Can't wait for more. ;)
Nice view !
Thanks at all :thumbsup: I created this region with SC4TF and lot of imagination... I'm glad you like it.
Impressive terraforming, can't wait to see more. :thumbsup:
WOW! Superb terraforming! The result is very nice ! :thumbsup:
Mes félicitations Air6 &apls
Fantastic job with the terraforming and the terrain mod! Also, I love how you took along for each step of making the rivers and mountians. I can't want to see how you develop this region!
Awesome job with the terraforming and the terrain modds looks really good in this case. I can't wait to see what you do with this map. If your city is half as good as your terraforming, than we are definatley in for a treat.
Robin :thumbsup:
I agree with everyone else here - the terraforming is superb and of a very high quality. I'll be looking forward to its development.
-aaron
Great job on the map Air6, will look out for further updates :thumbsup:
Bravo &apls, very beautiful and original appearance for this region R6, show us another pictures :thumbsup:
Thanks at all :thumbsup:
PART 1 The Seaport
Update 1 Starting the seaport
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looking good air6 cant wait for the development :thumbsup:
Promising seaport , Air6 ! ( though a closer pic would have been welcome to see the size of these piers on the last pic ... )
Great terraforming , this hill (or begining of a mountain ) looks perfectly natural :thumbsup:
Air6, this is lovely to watch. It is a pleasure to see the amount of effort you are putting into terraforming! &apls
Great start to the seaport you have there. The terraforming has got to be the hardest part, but it looks like you've done a tremendous job! I can't wait to see the finished product!
Wow, looks like there will be an impressive seaport in the region !
Judging from other picture's ive seen you post around the site, this is gonna be good. I just know it.
Hehe ;D Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Nice looking seaport. :thumbsup:
Wonder what the aliens think of that from 100 miles up?
...there must be life on that planet, Commander z'darglbtLL- they're signalling to us...
Nice terraforming, Air6.
David
Can't wait to see that seaport. Looks very promising !
Really intricate terraforming. Nice. :thumbsup:
I'm really interested in what you plan to do with those narrow piers. They look excellent, but I wonder what you will use to build on them?
Personally, I am DYING to see what is made of this. <lurkmode=ON> $%#Ninj2
great terraforming, looking forward to the development! :thumbsup:
wow. wow. wow. how do you do that seaport? sc4terraformer? or in game?
Biautiful region shot !
Great harbor ! How do you make it ?
Great start, I can't wait to see how this harbour turns out.
Robin :thumbsup:
I like the shape of the upcoming seaport. Can't wait to see its development.
Thanks for your nice comments. I used
SC4TF to make this seaport. I'm glad you like it :)
PART 1 The Seaport
Update 2 The fishing port
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Great use of space and custom lots.
I'm loving it so far! ;D
wow lovely fishing port and great light house. custom made? or publicly available? i'm guessing you used the harbor tool in sc4tf. that tool drives me crazy sometimes. maybe i lack the patience but its so hard to line things up. lol. looking forward to the next part! again, lovely port. see you around
Salut R6 ,
;D... I was sure I would have to tell you that someday : this time , I'm flabbergasted by your work .
Even unachieved , this is already a masterpiece . In fact , the most surprising for me is that since I know Somy's fishing seaport I've got the idea to realize fishing piers like yours ... I don't see that are exact Lots , I would have just the idea more to make them transit enable on first tiles to have connections with the avenue , but without any street or road overlay .
Can't wait to see more ... &apls &apls &apls
Wow! Those fishing piers look excellent, Air6! After seeing how you've done this, I'll be looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the seaport. Great update, my friend!
Wow air, these are amazing so far! &apls
two things, one, what is the terrain mod you're using, and two, you can find the argonauts at the old sc4 site if ya mosh around in there a bit
Great update. I love seaports and you have done a fantastic job so far. I can't wait to see the rest. The terrain modd looks excellent by the way.
Robin :thumbsup: &apls
That seaport looks really nice so far, I'll be waiting eagerly for the next update.
the little fishing harbour is looking good Air6 &apls
mark
Hi, no update today... but some replies.
Mulefisk, Thundercrack83, Rooker1, Thornton, Mark thanks for your nice comments, I hope that you will like the others update ;)
Heinz Thanks. The port tower is available on a japanese website, but I don't remind me which &mmm
Badsim Merci, j'apprécie beaucoup. I hope to see your fishing port, one day, I'm sure that you will make a masterpiece.
SpartanB292 Thanks. I'm using the CPT Painted desert terrain mod with the CPT Olympic beach and the CPT Missouri breaks rock textures.
&apls &apls &apls
THAT was brilliant use of NOB:s fishing port. And the port control tower looks excellent.
The harbour is just great! It looks all logical, realistic and pretty ;)
Great job!
just with those few updates... i can already tell this is going to be a work of art. looking forward to more!! :thumbsup:
I love your seaport ! It's a one of the most beautiful I have ever seen
That is one major port, Air6. You can practically smell the fish and the diesel on the offshore breeze. Great job!
Great job, too, on moving your MD along. Desert Ofalla's under 10 page views away from moving into the Ones to Watch category, and it couldn't be happening to a more deserving mayor's diary!
David
amazing work my friend!!! &apls &apls
I love the port and cannot wait to see what will develop next. I, too, am amazed by the work done by the Japanese BAT'ers.
Is this region modeled off somewhere like Baja California, Mexico or Chile?
Cheers,
Kevin
WOW Air that is a true masterpiece you got going here lovely work. - pat
Great impressions!
A amazing map and landscap and a wonderful port! :)
very nice fishing pier! I would have never thought to use that bat as a lighthouse/control center....
It is really splendid :thumbsup:
Félicitation mon ami ;)
Thanks at all, for your nice comments. I'm happy you like this fishing port.
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WOw-ing ! Looks so real , It's so detailed , &apls &apls
Outstanding picture, there, my friend! I love the nightlighting! Great work!
excellent update!!
You're a master my friend ;) lots of details for your magnificient port &apls
Wow, great work on the fishing port, I really like it.
Robin :thumbsup: &apls
Very cool Air6......in fact its awesome :thumbsup:
mark
Thanks at all :thumbsup: Your feedback is really important for me.
I hope you'll like the next update.
That port reminds me so much of Jeronij's port in Simtropia. Very nice work you have done there and I cant wait to see the rest of it!
This last night picture is absolutely stunning , Air6 ... that's promising about the large city to come . :thumbsup:
&apls &apls &apls
Yoman I'm very touched that you compare my port at Simtropia's port. Thanks.
Badsim Thanks ;)
PART 1 The Seaport
Update 2 The Cement Plant
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Daaaaaaang Air that port is just simply awsome i love it, great work till next time - pat
That is a magnificent port you are building, Air! Waiting with great anticipation for your next update. &apls
Your port is immense, Air6! I can't wait to see it when it is completely developed! Keep up the good work!
That is a wonderful seaport, Air6! :thumbsup:
Thanks at all :thumbsup: Your comments are greatly appreciated.
Now for some ships!! Warehouses at seaports are is very realistic and I like that aspect alot, the setup with the coal plant is also awesome, there is one problem with your updates, not enough images :bomb::P
Ooops , I missed the last update , Air6 , the activity of this site is increasing so fast ... ::)
One word : Gigantic ! (So , at the right scale ;) )&apls &apls &apls
More words : I love your MD by the way you show the development of Desert Ofalla , piece by piece ... :thumbsup:
Thanks for your great comments.
I raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarely say this about a cj or md... (once before maybe)
I'd like to get a result like that when building a port Excellent fishing port :thumbsup:
Looking forward to another update!
Love the port ... ;D
Out of curiousity, the train cars 'n junk ... where are they from?
Great work !
It is wonderful ...
But why you of not made us profit on TSC $%Grinno$% ...
You are a real source of insipartion for me, splendid port &apls
... Cheer my friend ;)
flame1396, bat, Ralph and
Snaper Thanks for your great comments
Flipside Thanks. It's
Jestarr's train cars.
PART 1 The Seaport
Update 3 Warehouses
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Great industrial port and incredible mosaic. Everything looks very well put together.
Robin :thumbsup: &apls
Unbelievable! That mosaic is enormous! As Robin said, too, everything is put together very well. The warehouses and all the railroads running through, it's simply amazing! Great work, my friend! Great work!
Ha la la ... Air6 ... It's simply incredible :o
You know than I love your "way of playing" (In french : Ta façon de jouer) ...
... It's probably the most beautiful port ever made in SimCity &apls
Bravo mon ami ! :thumbsup:
Great warehouses and also fantastic pictures / mosaic! :thumbsup:
Thanks :thumbsup:
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absolutly stunning ! A really great sized and so realistic seaport ! (as usual coming from you :) )
The transition between the seaport and the low-density housing area is really great !!
Mais où as tu trouvé les silos à grains ??
Wow! What intelligent custom lotting you've been doing. And what a great port this is turning into. &apls
One suggestion: bulk harbour looks a bit clean, you might want to add "dirty" textures to those lots.
wow, amazing &apls
This newest picture looks beautiful, Air6! :thumbsup:
You continue to amaze me with these ports, Air6! Keep up the fantastic work!
nova vesfalo Thanks my friend, your comment touched me. You can find the cement storage tanks here (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&keyword=aigo&type=all)
emilin Thanks. You are right, but this is the "clean" part of the port. You'll see the "dirty" part (with the refinery) to the next updates ;D
urban Thanks. I'm glad you like.
bat Thanks ;)
thundercrack83 Thanks my friend. I appreciate your feedback to each updates. I hope that I'll amaze you with the other updates ::)
Awesome work on the seaport. I gotta get mine to look more like yours. I'm very jealous.
Robin :thumbsup:
Congratulations, Air6!
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...and that's just the seaport!
The Mods
Congrats for this award, Air6!
Congatulations my friend ... your Seaport is beautiful and you merit
Bravo &apls
Congratulations with your promotion ;D &apls
And it is well deserved judging by the content. This is indeed a great MD.
The port is stunning, and realistic in its dimensions. :thumbsup:
STRECH.
2 tsc's MD this month !
Can't wait the dirty part, and thanks for the cement storage :)
Awesome work and a distinction totally deserved . &apls
Go ahead Air6 ! :thumbsup:
One of the best deserved awards ever! Desert Ofalla is growing more and more into one of my absolute favourites on this board. Congratulations! &apls
A big THANKS at all for your feedback and at the staff of SC4D for this award :thumbsup:
Quote from: emilin on June 02, 2007, 03:15:49 AM
One of the best deserved awards ever! Desert Ofalla is growing more and more into one of my absolute favourites on this board. Congratulations! &apls
I concur fully with this entire statement :)
Vey nice work indeed. I am impressed &apls &apls
Looking forward to more of this :thumbsup:
:satisfied:
TTC
These images are fantastic - I have been very inspired by viewing your wonderful and intricate recreation of the seaport areas. Thankyou. :)
Thanks Yoman, TheTeaCat and mattb325 your comments are greatly appreciated.
Today... a preview of the refinery ::)
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:o :o :o Mindblowing teaser picture , Air6 ... by the level of details and the Lots coordination . &apls &apls &apls
I'm waiting impatiently for this entire update .
It is perfect... Tout y est ! Which realism :o
I love, I love but I'm jealous because it's the only thing which I cannot make still as beautiful as your ;D
Bravo mon ami, tu es à la perfection comme toujours :P &apls &apls
Wow... great CJ! Congratualions with the welldeserved award. I love industrial ports, and you make some real beauty of it. Thanks for showing :thumbsup:
Great harbour you showed us here :thumbsup:
The mosaic in page 5 is really exceptional, and we can see tons and tons of details. A pleasure to the eye ;)
I am sure the Refinery will be something truly great ¡¡¡¡
Excellent usage of custom content in that teaser!
Great teaser, my friend! I'll be waiting for the update!
Awesome !
A wonderful preview! Like that refinery! :thumbsup:
Awesome picture, I can't wait to see the next update. Very interesting.
Robin ()stsfd()
I love the way you use those dirttracks. And not only in this teaser, but also in the earlier updates. They look prefectly natural blending in. &apls
very nice picture.
I look forward to see the entire refinery. It looks very promising.
Strechnitz.
Being my first visit to this MD, I have had a look at everything from page 1. Given all the great comments you have rec'd, all well deserved I might say &apls, it is difficult to post something original. However, I am an Aussie and I guess there is only one thing I can add - "Bloody Bewt Mate! :thumbsup:
The port looks great, the mosaic nicely done and the teaser, well I'm hanging out for more. Although I'm a bit concerned by the apparent seepage from the top of the tanks. I'd hate to see the area go up in flames.
Looking forward to the update.
Cheers
Dave.
Hi, thanks for your great comments Badsim, Snaper, sebes, jeronij, flame1396, thundercrack83, wouanagaine, bat, rooker1, emilin, Strechnitz and tooheys :thumbsup:
Another teaser about the refinery (by night ;D). Still come... the big update... the next week :)
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:o :o It's incredible ...
It's of a realism, we would be said a true picture :o :o
Bravo mon ami &apls &apls
Oh I just love refineries and yours are awesome!
This is exceptional ! &apls
Bravo à toi mon ami ! ;)
Those refineries are spectacular, my friend! Simply spectactular.
Awesome stuff! Really cool night time colours on those BAT:s, and - as always - excellent use of dirt tracks. :thumbsup:
That is looking awesome! Fantastic mosaic at night! :thumbsup:
Looking forward to that update!
Nice little night shot mosaic. No more teasers, I want a full update............please. ::)
Great work, I just can't get enough.
Robin :thumbsup:
I'm always in awe... Your city is so fricken well done! :o
I loved your last few updates there air and the industrial areas are supperb
Thats a good looking night shot, especially like the lighting. Great work.
Cheers
Dave
Hi, first thanks for your great comments, but it's the last picture of Desert Ofalla :(
Today, my game crash and I lost my cities. I tried all the solutions to resolve this problem, but the result is the same.
To the mods, you can move my MD, to the completed MDs section, because Desert Ofalla is dead :(
AiR6
Air6, let me be the first to offer my thoughts as to the demise of this great MD, and a few words about what has happened to the community generally.
Once in a while a MD author's work comes along that is just visually stunning. Pics from Desert Ofalla stopped me in my tracks the first time I saw them, and I had that sense that Air6 was on to something that would take his work a very long way. Now Desert Ofalla is gone, but my guess is that it is the author and not the work itself that matters in terms of the future. The batteries in my crystal ball burned out a long time ago, but to the extent I can predict anything, I would bet real money that our friend will be back, and soon, with something even bigger and better.
We're going to leave Desert Ofalla up among the "Special Interest" MDs for the remainder of its time this month- to honor it, to give its fans a chance to read back through it and make a last comment, and because it belongs here based on what has been done to date in any event. Congratulations, Air6. You've enriched everyone's SC4 experience with this great MD- thank you.
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Now for the public service portion of this post. Folks, think for a minute about what has happened here. Air6 has lost his MD due to a hard drive failure likely unrelated to the presence of SC4 or this MD there. Stuff happens, and because we have lives to lead and many things to do that aren't centered around our favorite game or our computers most don't treat their hard drive files as the valuable possessions they actually are. The number of private computer owners who back up their hard drives on a dedficated basis is probably in the single digit percentage range of the entire group. That's the way things are, and I know nothing I'm going to say is going to change it on any sort of large-scale basis.
Now, we all know SC4 never crashes or experiences file corruption...
...la, la, la, la, la...
I have a huge volume, probably several hundred gigabyes, of SC4 and 3RR stuff. Losing it would be a terrible thing, although 90%+ could be recovered even if not backed up through a significant expenditure of time and effort. These are things such as downloads from the LEX and STEX still in .zip form, copies of pics on ImageShack (for those who don't know or don't recall, third party image banks have in the past vanished without a trace- and they don't send your beloved pics back before they do), copies of tutorials and other info saved off-line, ancillary programs such as SC4TerraFormer and Region Census, and then the user game files (plugins and regions subfolders being the most important) themselves. It is these latter that are critical, because they do not come from a third-part source.
I do three things to protect the integrity of my SC4 data in the event of a catastrophe.
1. I purchased and use a significant portion of a Western Digital 500 gigabyte Firewire/USB hard drive to completely mirror all my SC4 files, along with other critical personal and family computer files. I try to keep this updated as I go along, but at least weekly.
2. Every so often I burn all my SC4 files onto a DVD, which I keep at work (hey, my house could burn down).
3. I keep a 2 gigabyte USB flashdrive in the computer and copy my plugins files onto it every time it changes. I copy my regions files onto a second one.
Now, I take 3RR pretty seriously. Would it not be worth ones' while, though, as a MD author or just as a dedicated SC4 fan, to make the (US) $100 dollar or so investment to do at least thing 3 above? Yeah, it's a few bucks. But the peace of mind, as they say, is priceless...
David
I couldn't believe this ... and as I couldn't , I went at TSC to read your last comments in french , and have found this : " I don't think that I'll start another city ."
I can feel your pain and I know how you can feel discouraged , my friend . At the same time I'll never understand how experienced players like you are , taking time to release such great contents , don't take the precaution to make a back-up ....having had myself to use it several time , losing Antigone during the "save" process ...
That said , the karma point you've got was giving by me a long time ago with that comment : " Soon here , one of the most skilled SC4 player "
You never failed since to make me think I was right .
So , please don't give up , I know that you have lost some parts of your region ( those already built ), not your plugin folder ... come back to us with a Desert Ofalla 2 .
&apls &apls &apls
This is a tragedy! I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of Desert Ofalla, my friend. And then I read what Badsim posted and it further discouraged me. I hope we'll see more of your work in the future because you are truly talented. Don't give up, you'll always have an audience filled with friends here!
I'm touched by your comments.
I'm sure that will not stay without play at SC4, so you'll probably have some news SC4 pics soon ::)
David : I'll follow your three things to protect all my SC4 files and the loss of 3RR will be a tragedy for you but also for the SC4D community.
Badsim : Merci. It's a great pleasure to have got a karma point by a SC4 player like you. Et je te rassure... je ne pourrais pas me passer de SC4. La déception fait parfois dire des choses que l'on ne pense qu'à moitié &mmm
thundercrack83 : Thanks my friend. Your feedback it's very appreciated. Thanks :thumbsup:
Edit : I have a save of my region when the file was not corrupted. It will be on the STEX (or maybe on the LEX ::)) soon. I hope you'll like.
Air6, my friend, you know that I adore your city and your work
I preferred to put a comment in French on TSC as that I know that it is comprehensible ;D
Amicalement, Loïc ;)
That's about the sadest news I've heard in a long time. I really hope you will be back with some other project if you can't find a way to recover Desert Ofalla. I would be happy with any kind of SC4 pictures coming from you, so please keep up the good work - in one form or another.
Too bad what is happened . Hope you don`t give up :'(
My deepest sympathy with the loss of your city Air6 ...
QuoteI'm sure that will not stay without play at SC4, so you'll probably have some news SC4 pics soon
That's the spirit - keep it up :thumbsup:
Bummer... that really really sucks. Things like this tick me off :angrymore:
()sad()
Air6 sorry to hear about you computer problems... i hope to see some new stuff soon and hopefully
you can fix it - with deep sympathies pat
Ouch, that's not good. It's a shame we never saw 'the big picture' of Desert Ofalla. I hope you can recover it (System Restore, anybody?)...
I've lost random cities to file corruptions (most of which was caused by the game crashing when opening the city file, as well as crashing while saving), so I know how it feels.
Really bad news, but please don't give up so easily. I would love to see Desert Ofalla 2!!
Robin :thumbsup:
Great idea!