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Welcome to my first MD. It won't be limited to a single region, I will collect all of my work here.

I started to play SC4 right after its coming out. I played more or less regulary for 2 years. I finished playing because gameplay and modding possibilities were very limited at that time, and all of my cities ended in a very similar grid structure. I had no more idea to build. I had a CJ of my first region at Simtropolis, but it's lost during the inactive years.
I restarted to play one and a half year ago, and I found the huge amount of custom content released meantime, and releasing continuously. With these new possibilities I started my new region, Archipelago.


Goal is to be realistic and coherent.

I started this region long time ago, and now its finished. From its beginnings I have only few images. Later it will be much better documented.

On these first images I recorded the first case when there were more good custom content in my screen, than original.

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Please comment, the road is very long to become Classic  ;)

Welcome to the MD threads kodlovag.

Overall, a couple of good pic's to start things off.  :thumbsup:  Great to see you have captured the trains, you sometimes need some patience to get them to show up where you want, but it certainly adds to the image.

Yes it is a long way to the classics but if you can stick with it, certainly an achievable goal.

Can I suggest that in future that you take your pic's when out of pause, minimise the toolbar and turn off the U-Drive It feature. Doing that will make your pic's look all that better.

Goodluck and interested to see how this progresses.

Dave

PS: Please refer to my PM of today

Plenty of details, good start :thumbsup:

Lovely start!  I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Oh, nice startup.

...but I would turn the icons for the "you drive" missions off.

Very nice start!!!

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Dave (tooheys): Sometimes I spend a whole hour just with watching my cities and planning the next steps. Usually I make the images at this time. I can be very patient to wait for the best moment. And if I miss the moment and don't like the captured image, I can wait even more for the next moment.

Terring7: Thank you

Battlecat: I will regularly update. Come back frequently!

Skimbo: Thank you for the suggestion. These are old images, at that time I didn't realized that it is possible to turn off the UDI indicators. Same applies on the grid. Please tolerate them for a cuple of more updates, then they will disappear.

Tomas Neto: Thanks



Update 1

This is the moment, when I first time could develope the coastline. Years ago this was simply impossible. We had just 1 seaport and 1 beach...

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First time, when I used canals. In a dirty industrial environment...

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And finally the first image showing an entire city. When I took this shot I really liked it. That was the moment I decided that any and all of my future cities must have a realistic zoom 1 view. Furthermore developments must be done to reach a realistic region view. It means I will never ever build in the whole area of a city with skyscreepers. Suburban, rural and industrial developments are equally important.

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 Very interesting start indeed.
I would like to make a few suggestions.
Turn off your pause button when taking pictures or down load this neat little modd, SMP Yellow Pause thingy remover by TheQuiltedLlama. (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=18680)  Also, turn off the grid when taking pics.
One of the things I don't like the most is when sidewalks turn from red to grey depending on the wealth beside it.  So for this I would recommend you try using JRJ Sidewalks Mod by jeronij (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=36) or JRJ Street side Mod by jeronij (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=115), the second is by far my favourite and I use it all the time.

Otherwise, very nice start.

Robin  :thumbsup:

Good start. The waterfront is very nice. You are right, the game was so limited when it came out.

Love the update!  I particularly like that little beach you created with simpeg's materials.  I like how it turned out tucked in between the docks like that.  I also really like your use of canals and green space in this urban area.  It's very visually appealing. 

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Robin (rooker1): Thank you for the Pause Line Remover, very useful mod. I'm actually using the JRJ Sidewalk mod, but you are right when you say wealth depending sidewalk textures don't look good. So I changed it to the common medium wealth version. I tried the JRJ Street side mod, but I didn't like the jrj trees. I'm using the SFBT street side mod instead. Trees are much more variable in this mod.

RickD: Thanks

Battlecat: Welcome back


Update 2 - The Old City Center

I started to write this post a day ago, and when I inserted the pictures I found they quality is simply not good enough to display them. Yellow pause lines, grid, UDI icons, many scene setup sould be better... Although this is a finished region, and I archived it month ago, I decided to load it back again to make better images. It was a hard work to rebuild the 1.7GB size plugin directory to display everithing correctly without brown boxes or mod conflicts. But I think its worth the time, the new images are much better. I kept some older too. Hope you like them.

From this point each update will be started with a zoomed out screenshot of the area.

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The Old City Center is a crowded place. There are many mass transite lines in the city, including every kind of rail based vehicles.

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Big transit lines are all group together to form a massive connection to the airport. The International Airport is actually the neighboor city.

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The city is also famous from its recreation possibilities: Underground mall canals, Marina and the Central Park are all center of the city life.

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Last image is showing the transition to the industrial area. Next update will be focused on the surrounding industrial district. Docks, railyards etc.
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I must say, this is one of the most impressive MDs to open up in a while! This is just fantastic stuff, your city looks great. I like the greenery, the hills, and the water alongside the urban development :)

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nedalezz: Thanks for visiting


Update 3 - Regional View

I don't have too much time now, so this is just a short update.

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So far, it looks like you have your transportation system layed out very nicely. Cities look great too! Keep up the good work!  :thumbsup:

Jayster

hey kodlovag

WOW! I like the satellite view. That region looks like an enjoyable way to spend time. I guess you downloaded the island from somewhere. I'll have to find it.

I think my favorite picture (other than the region view) is the short beach you did for update 1.

I like this diary and looking through the pictures left me feeling upbeat. . .


-   Jim

Great update!  That's a very impressive regional view!  Looks like a fun one. 

Awesome region shot kodlovag! Looks like we have a lot to see yet.  ;)

Replies

Jayster: Thank you. I spend lot of time time to laying out my networks.

Jim (jmyers2043): Its a downloaded region with massive afterworks on the hills. Island Archipelago (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=11669) by Sairait

Battlecat: Thanks

cubby420: Thank you too


Update 4

Harbours, docks, industries and more...

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Next time I will focus on the northern islands.

Great looking port and industrial area! 

Very cool update  :thumbsup: I really dig the second to last shot. Its clean but looks so realistic.

Very cool city there so far I love the airport and the suburbs alot

Will

Milestone

We are on the second page!

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Battlecat: Thanks. You are my most frequent visitor.

cubby420: One of my favourit too.

Will (penguin007): Thank you


Update 5 - The Northern Islands

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Next time

Next time I will show you the new city center, Little Hong Kong. These are the farthest buildings of the downtown, on the area of the Northern Islands.

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I like how you built the roads and rail line in the hills. Those pics with the winding road and the rail viaduct are fantastic.

Fantastic &apls &apls

The landscape is almost surreal, but I must say I quite like it. Some very nice shots indeed of the roads climbing and descending steep hills, and I think the garbage processing facility is well done.

Fantastic update!!! Very nice work!!!

Whoa! Fantastic work! I love that small hilly community with the train station! Can't wait till the next update! :thumbsup:

Replies

RickD: That was my first successful attempt to make realistic networks in steep hills.

Terring7: Thank you

kwakelaar: The map was downloaded, and I didn't make massive terraform on it. So might be surreal, but I'm continously trying to make it as real as possible.

Tomas Neto: Thanks

io_bg: That small community looks to be a popular place.


Update 6 - Little Hong Kong

Little Hong Kong is the new city center of Archipelago.
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Downtown
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Construction period
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A popular recreation place
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Great work here! The way you have constructed everything here is very creative.  &apls &apls &apls

,marsh :thumbsup:

Great update again!!!  :thumbsup:

These are fantastic looking cities and everything looks great. Keep up the good work.

Replies

greckman: I'm happy you like them

Tomas Neto: Thanks

marsh: Thank you too


Update 7 - Little Hong Kong at night

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A lonely car leaving the city at midnight.
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Next time
Mosaics!

What a beautiful city. These are some nice night pics. You have a really nice mix of buildings laid out very well.

Awesome night shots.  :thumbsup:

Surreal is not a bad thing, I quite like that quality in your MD.  :)
Some great night shots in this update.

Very unique and cool city. The CBD certainly cuts a stunningly bright skyline at night. If I may make one suggestion, you should take pics with the game playing as opposed to paused - your wonderfully designed networks look empty  ???

Really fantastic night shots!!!

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greckman: Thank you

RickD: Thanks

kwakelaar: I'm glad you like it

cubby420: Actually pics was taken with the game playing. Roads look empty, because the usage is low. Most of the commute done in subway, train and tram networks, they are really crowded. But roads always used under their capacity, almost every road is green on the map, although I'm using the Low version of the traffic simulator. Maybe I should do something with the automata simulator, cars disappear too fast.

Tomas Neto: Thank you too


Update 8 - Mosaics

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The three latest updates, mmm, are great, I like a lot, I see you have an artist's hand in the game.

Very nice.  &apls

,marsh  :thumbsup:

Nice images. :thumbsup:

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kalvar,  marsh,  nbvc: Thank you guys


Update 9 - One more mosaic

Last mosaic of this city. Hope you like it, and please comment.

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I like cities with plenty of green spaces :thumbsup:
Just an idea, replace some of the empty green places with trees, trail parks, ponts e.t.c.. This will make the city looks more naturalistic and may bring more Sims.

Awesome mosaic.  I like the transit layout....nice and complex but still makes sense.
Great work!

Robin  :thumbsup:

I just like your MD  ;)
It's always beautiful to see some mosaics roaming around

That's an AWESOME mosaic! I really like how you've used the HK BATS so well, they really suit the surroundings!

Very cool mosaic! Your layout is expertly done and very believable. I'll agree with Terring's suggestion of more trees and parks though. It could add that little extra splash of life that seems to be missing.

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Robin (rooker1): I laid down the networks before I started to build zones. I spent a lot of time with it.

peter007, nedalezz: Thanks

Terring7, cubby420: Well, you're right. I'm weak at building parks, but trying continuously. At this moment I think I simply don't have the necessary custom content, or I don't know how to use it to reach the target. I studied many other MD to learn this. I will focus more work on parks in my following cities.


Update 10 - Rural part of the region

I already showed a lot of image about the CBD of the region, but there are less developed areas in the region too.

Small beaches
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Extensive suburban areas with fast network connection to the city center
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Small cities near the highway
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And large areas are waiting for development or asking for conservation.
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And finally the smallest community in this region
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Awesome pictures! And I like how you made the highway interchange.

One thing, you should be careful with the PEG Beach things. They have caused Prop-Pox in 2 people that I know regions.

And one quick question; Where did you get the houses in the last pic?

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marsh: Thanks. These days nobody makes normal highway interchanges, but I think RHW is not so much better than Maxis highway, especially if we are talking about interchanges. The houses on the last pics come from three sources: Some 1x1 lots from Maxis. That's easy. Other 1x1 lots made by c.p., you can find them at the LEX, Early 19th century houses, R$$. Remaining 1x2 lots were done by Diamond 1x2 Lots for Somys houses (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=19744).


Update 11 - Region view

I show you the final state of this region, both normal and transportation map. On the transport map yellow lines are tram and elevated rail lines, while the purple is HSR.
Images have large version (2756x1196), click to zoom in. They are not so large, less than 300kB.

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 I like seeing regional views, it's a great way to compare progression.

Robin  :thumbsup:

The region looks really good. You have done a good job with the transition from high rise to rural.

Amazing CJ!  &apls :thumbsup:

looks good(but the blue sings just are used at Highways &scl() but looks great. How have you do it that the Coaches of the HSR look like they should? at me they looks so....what I have to do?

Wow, I love this islands &apls &apls &apls

Hello, kodlovag!

You've got some fantastic stuff going on here, my friend! It's a pleasure to check out your work. I will be popping in again, that's for sure!

Take care!

Dustin

The region looks great!  :) Also thanks for the link. It was the SOMY one I was looking for. Thanks.  ;)

,marsh  :thumbsup:

Holy Jesus this is awesome!

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Robin (rooker1), Raphael (RickD), Blakeway, x-ten, Dustin (thundercrack83), marsh, i_love_lamp: Thank you guys for your support and comments. Now we set a new record for this MD, 8 replies for a post. Keep commenting

MR.Y: Well, I know there is a huge amount of signs at simtropolis, but I only have blues. No. The true reason is that our factories can only process blue colors. No. The only true reason is that our city planner, who was responsible for safe transporting, was actually color-blind. These are the rumors, but nobody knows the truth.
I sent you a private message about the Virgin train.


And now, lets take a step. I really liked the Archipelago region, but I found it is so different from cities I see here in Europe. So I decided to collect new buildings and mods. I will start a new region and will build it in true W2W style, without Maxis buildings. (I will only keep industry) My goal is to replace all the four building sets with a new W2W set. Not so easy, than it sounds. We need all combination of R-Cs-Co / $-$$-$$$ / Stage 1-8 buildings and lots. For all the 4 building sets. That requires hundreds of buildings and lots. But it is possible to do it.

I decided to make the following four styles:
Boston: These are old US style buildings, most similar to Chicago style in game. Probably I will keep some Chicago building for this set.
Amsterdam: Dutch and UK style buildings.
Wien (Vienna): Mix of buildings from France, Germany and Central Europe.
Mediterranean: Southern European style from the Mediterranean coasts.

At this moment there are only low and mid size buildings in the sets, this is primarily because skyscrapers are very unusual in Europe. But later, when there is enough demand in the region I will add them.

Of course these sets must be tested first before use. At this first post I will show you the starting phase of the Test Region, created only for testing the building sets. No any special mods, just the buildings. Not even the NAM installed. And here comes

Update 12 - The test city of Boston building set

Please do not expect any city beautification in this early phase, no mods are installed to do it. This is just for testing the buildings.
First picture shows the suburbs. Mainly CP's early 19th century houses.
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And the first mid-rise buildings
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At this point I break the rules. And put the first mod in. A self-made sidewalk mod to improve the scene.
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And then a building set selector mod.
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This is the beginning of the Boston test city. As you can see, it is very strong in the $ line, and week in the $$$ line, but it is a full set. (Except CO stage 1-2, I forced to keep the maxis ones)
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Finally here is the region view. One city for each building set.
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What do you think? Please comment.

Nice but could you zoom in in your sidewalk mod it sounds interesting to me.

WOW, this city is wonderfull.
Congratulations. &apls &apls

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peter007: There is a closer zoom image in the current update. The texture is a BSC texture, used in the BSC park series. I changed the sidewalk textures, and also changed the $ and $$ base textures. Furthermore overlay textures matching to the base textures were modified too, otherwise several lots could look really ugly with textures changing from tile to tile. I'm planning to modify the RTMT textures too.

kalvar: Thank you


Well, testing was useful, I found many errors in the plugins. Some buildings appear wrong; some lots grow everywhere, however they should only grow at corners; and there is a mysterious building (or more) which disappears from its lot regularly when other buildings grow nearby. I must repair a lot of things.

Update 13 - The test city of Amsterdam building set

I don't want to repair now, so I start collecting errors from the Amsterdam set. Here is the start of Amsterdam Test City.

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Unfortunately I forgot to take a region shot, but next time I will.

P.S. I must kill out those stupid palms...

Wow, your doing a lot of new stuff for your MD.  :) Cool mod's you made. Can't wait for more.

,marsh  :thumbsup:

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marsh: I'm thinking on many new mod like HD terrain mod, new train skin... Unfortunately I'm a beginner modder. Should have much more time to finish everything.

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Update 14 - Wien

Boston and Amsterdam are still small, and require more population in the region to continue growing. So here is the 3rd city, Wien.
I already found some building, which won't be included in the final set. They looked good, when I downloaded them, but how simply don't fit to the pack.

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Farms and suburbs
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And the city center with some plopped diagonal buildings
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And finally the region
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Just love it. Great to see all those kinds of cities

It looks interesting, I would like to get this mod, where it is unloaded.

the region is great very nice.

Excellent update kodlovag. On behalf of the SC4D Staff, it is our pleasure to see your MD in OSITM for this month. Congratulations!

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 With your big bang on the scene here at SC4D it is no surprise to me how you have earned your spot in OSITM so quickly!
Congtratulations!!
&apls

Robin  :thumbsup:

Congratulations!!    &apls &apls &apls

Congratulations!   &apls &apls &apls

Love the details in your most recent update!

Congrats on OSITM. :) You have a nice MD, very, it is beautiful !


Ethan

Congratulations kodlovag. With such talented players featured this month, OSITM is bound to be exciting!

Later... :)
Joan

Your choosing the perfect buildings for all the building sets. I want to see the next one.  :)

Also, congratulations on the OSITM!

,marsh  :thumbsup:

Congratulations kodlovag!!!!! &apls

GRATULÁLOK!  ;)

Awesome work kodlovag, it is simple a brilliant CJ. I think I wont continue my CJ which is a crap comparing yours.  &ops
Congratulation for your honor. You deserve it.
&apls

Of Special Interest This Month

At first I would like to thank the SC4D Staff for selecting my MD to be OSITM in this month. I will do my best, and hope everybody will like it.

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peter007, threestooges, Robin (rooker1), Tomas Neto, Battlecat, Ethan (ecoba), Joan (Jmouse), wetsom: Thank all of you for your support. And please keep commenting.

kalvar: I already dreamed about uploading this mod somewhere, when it's finished. I'm just calling it SC4 Wall to Wall Edition ::). But it contains many peoples work, I should ask all of them for approval. Furthermore the mod is ~400MB at this moment, +dependencies. Most of them (building examplars, lots) are modified to fit to each other. And still contains errors. So it would be great to upload, but I don't know at this moment will it ever be possible or not.

marsh: I spent many time to build the sets. Actually months. You just see the results in this MD, and the set still continuously changes. And now I show the last set too.

NorbyToG: Please don't stop your CJ, it's definitely not a crap. This MD was partly started because I liked your CJ, and I also wanted to make something as good as yours.


Update 15 - Rome

Here is the last building set, the Mediterranean. And the test city called Rome.

Definitely not as big, as Rome. Maybe later. Or never.
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Rural scene with several R$ houses.
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And finally the region itself
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Congrats on OSITM  :thumbsup:

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Pat: Thank you


Update 16 - Boston #2

Some further development on the Boston test city.

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And finally the region
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The Boston set does have a nice New england feel.  :P

On the Rome set, I would remove some of the excessively vibrant buildings. I'm mostly talking about those florescent pink ones...  &mmm

,marsh  :thumbsup:

Congratulations to your OSITM!  &apls

Should have come here earlier, I like what I see. You do have a good hand for transition from rural / low density to medium density without making the W2Ws too dense (which is usually my mistake). And letting them all grow halfway the way they should is really a time consuming art.

I also love your rural areas, the change from small seddlements to fields, forrests and "empty spaces", it just feels right.

Take care my friend and don' forget to make updates!

Á viszontlátásrá!

Bernhard  :thumbsup:

Very beautiful rural areas

just great

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marsh: Well, you are not the first who didn't like them. I will remove the pink ones, before starting my new region. I will keep the blue ones, because many of them are office, and I have very low variety of offices.

Bernhard (Nardo69): Thank you. Have you lived in Hungary?

peter007: Thank you too.


Update 17 - Amsterdam #2

OK, we are circling around in the region. Amsterdam comes again, it grow to double size in this round.
First some suburban areas

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Then the city center. Canals and parks are really missing from this little Amsterdam, but this is still just a test city.
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This is the city from bird view, and the finished building selector mod.
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And finally, what else, the region view. I built a river to fill in the empty space. I think it makes the region more realistic.
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You are doing a great job with the building sets. I had thouht it would take you much longer. The tile overview looks really great.

This is my first time reading this and it looks great! What happened to your old region (the one from earlier pages)? Dutch buildings look really beautiful doesn't it?

EDIT: I didn't realize that I was the 3,100th reader! Keep it up!

WoW, I hope I can get the MOD if you publish it on the STEX

Looks great, Kodlovag, although I miss one thing in the Amsterdam-styled city: canals!

Impressive work, nice mix between city and fields  ;)

Nice update, very good work!!!

Congrats for the OSITM-award!
And your city is really fantastic. Some nice pictures of it...
Looking forward to more... ;)

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RickD: It was long time to build the sets. I started downloading the buildings at the beginning of the year. Then I edited their exemplars with PIM-X. Now I'm finalizing them, and possible to use, but there are still no highrise buildings in the sets. Many more work required to finish. I feel it will never be done. I always will find new buildings to include.

Daryldaryl7478: I worked on my old region for a year, but I realized, that it is not very similar to European cities, and wall to wall development is missing from it. So I was somewhat disappointed with it. I also realized, that it is possible to make W2W cities in many different style. I didn't want to left it unfinished, but I had no any new idea to continue building. So I stated it's done! :D I archived it and started this MD to give it eternal life. Now I'm working on these new sets and will use it in my new and even better region.

Ernstpeter007: This set will probably be never published as a mod. It would be great, but there are some serious problems. At this state it's over 400MB, +dependencies.  Secondly it contains many peoples work, and I should ask for approval from all of them to include their buildings. If I just add the building models to a dependency list, that list would have over 200 items! Nobody would ever collect it. So there is only a low chance of publishing.

Marteenmrtnrln: There are no canal plugins installed in this test region. You must wait for the my next region. Coming in next month!

Girafe, Tomas Neto, bat, and everybody else: Thank  you. And keep commenting!


Update 18 - Wien #2, Everything else except building sets

There are no major changes in the city of Wien, it's just slightly bigger now.

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Of course there are major changes... I forgot about the airport and RHW were built.
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And finally, the region. Not much left to finish it.
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Fantastic update once again!  That region view is fantastic!

Another great update!!! Very nice!!!  :thumbsup:

Nice. Maybe someday I can get my cities to look that yours.  :)

I gotta keep my eye on this MD. Some nice stuff you got here.

Well, yes, 1993 I studied half a year at the Technical University in Budapest. I lived there in a normal student dorm in Buda between the Szábádság híd and the Petöfi híd.  At that time I even was able to speak hungarian. :) Unfortunately I haven't been in Hungary since then  :'( and forgot all hungarian.  /wrrd%&

And before someone asks: No, haven't use airplanes at that time. I entered an airplane for the first but unfortunately not the last time in 1995. In 1993 I used the train (Orient Express: Paris Gar de l'Est - Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - Munich - Wien with destination coaches to Budapest Keleti pu (Déli pu would have been closer for me). I really did enjoy that ride. :)

BTT: I love that industrial spread and your RHWs (and feel a bit ashamed that I couldn't master it by now)

Great work with the suburbs in the previous update, too. I just don't like these level crossing at both sides of the station ...  $%Grinno$%

Take care!


Bernhard  :thumbsup:

Nice city! I like the industrial/warehouse area, the airport, and that last RHW interchange with OWR roundabouts  :thumbsup:

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Bernhard (Nardo69): I also finished in the Technical University of Budapest. But at that time when you were here I only started high school. Now the universty has a new name: Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Otherwise nothing really changed, just have the new Faculty of Economics.
I spent several weeks at the Technical University of Berlin during my PhD, but I've never learned any German.
And level crossings are rulez! At least in this Test Region...  ;D

Battlecat, Tomas Neto, scott1964, metasmurf, noachlem: Thank you

And keep kommenting


Update 19 - Rome #2

I have a short time only to make this update, I must go to work.
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And this is the end of the region. Testing is finished, however building sets are still not complete. But good enough to start playing a new region.
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Very fun read!

Excellent work and it is fun to see what you are trying to achieve and your thought process that goes into it! I must say I love your highway interchanges and how each different test city truly does have a unique flavor to it!

Great stuff!  Love the way those suburbs sprawl up the hill.

Awesome pictures, your city is fantastic!!!

 It gives me great pleasure to be the 100th poster and to move your MD from a fantastic month in OSITM to The Best Sellers section.  There is no surprise why you are doing so well.

Congrats from myself and The SC4D Staff!! &apls

Looks great,That region view is fantastic! :thumbsup:

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Speedbump_Joey, Battlecat, Tomas Neto, Robin (rooker1), Bill_Chen: Thank you for the comments

End of OSITM month

My MD got great attention during November. OSITM is over for me (I hope not forever), but thanks to your comments Archipelago moved to the Best Sellers. Maybe somebody still remembers I started my MD with a want to be one of the Classics. We are halfway now! Only 398 more comments. Sound to much? Decrease it by commenting! I will try to give you more and more interesting updates, so keep commenting!


Update 20 - End of Test Region

Test Region is finished, it reached the target: I have the four W2W set ready to start build in a new region.
Here is a bonus for you, an animated image about the regional development

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Fantastic animation! :thumbsup: Can't wait to see what else you've in store for us!

Great job on that little animation.  It's really neat to see how some people go about things.

Robin  :thumbsup:

Nice job on the animation!  Very cool to see the pattern your region has followed as it has developed.

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io_bg, Robin (rooker1), Battlecat: Thank you for the comments


Update 21 - Modding Time: Realistic night lighting of road networks

Two month ago, when I flied to Berlin, I saw both Budapest and Berlin at night from the plane. I immediately started comparing the picture to my sc4 cities. (I probably a bit addicted to this game  $%Grinno$% ). And I found the pictures are not similar at all. In a normal city the streetlights are very visible at night. In sc4 streetlights are mostly invisible, and buildings dominate the picture.

This is one of my current cities, with very average night view. (Gizmo's Day and Night mod v2, that's why so dark) This picture was already presented here in a previous update. It's not bad, but if I compare it to the reality, it's not good at all. I don't like it anymore.
BEFORE
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But... I think it's possible to make a mod which can light up the city. This is what I currently have. (Based on SimFox Day and Night Mod and modded LRM v3.)
Bird view of the test city, click for full resolution (1920x1080), it looks better. The in game view is even much better, these jpg images are too noisy.
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And some closeups
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What do you think about this mod?
Is it good enough to upload somewhere?
Any recommendation how to make it better?

Fascinating work!  &apls

I really enjoy making nice night-lit scenes in my cities but had never thought of anything like this. I guess that's because I usually look at close zooms when I look at my cities at night. In real life you notice the pattern of lights around roadways more than anything else in a city though, especially outside of very dense areas.

I would definitely have interest in downloading something similar to this.

As for making the mod better the two things I would suggest are that the lights are much more yellow, almost orange, compared to almost all other nightlighting in the game, and that it seems maybe a little too bright. The diagonals look a bit "boxy" too but not sure what you could do about that.

Nice work and I look forward to seeing how this progresses  :thumbsup:

Great work indeed! I have also always disliked the look of broader zooms at night. But you've made your pictures look fantastic! Although I'll have to agree with Noah that roadways stand about a bit too much because of their yellow colour. What about making it more white-ish?

Wow. Even though I agree about the lights being probably a bit too yellow, this is definitely an improvement. And a significant one.

 I for one love it and think it's a great idea.  If you can find a way to change the color, maybe you could upload different color variations to please different people.  I may decide to use a night modd if you do this. ;)

Robin  :thumbsup:

Now THAT looks cool  :thumbsup: . Great work, kodlovag!

And about the yellow-orange lights: these lights give orange light in real life, since these lights are fitted with natrium light-tubes, which give a saturated orange light. The diagonal Avenue sections may need a T21 mod (so the lights are one tile further apart).

Impressive. The first time someone made me think of a DarkNite mod ...  %confuso

Love that Natrium-Bulb-Lights.

Take care!

Bernhard  :thumbsup:

A great improvement. I also think it is a bit to yellow. And maybe try to remove the dark gaps between the bright spots on bridge.

Very nice work! &apls Diagonal avenues indeed look weird, but if T21 would fix that, the mod would be perfect! Also different color options would be nice, at least I would prefer more blueish light.

Yes, this mod shows very realistic nightlights  :thumbsup:, I definetively would use it if there is a chance to solve the problem with the diagonals. And I would prefere the yellow lights, cause where I live the most bigger streets show the same light. Maybe we need more than one version  ;D.
Greets, eufl

Upload it !  &apls

I think this is perfect for uploading as release one!
I like the yellow lights.

You also asked for suggestions on how to improve. Look at this picture of Paris by night. One of the things I like is that there are different colors of lights in the various streets. One way to achieve this is perhaps different colors per network type. (AVE-4 gets a different color than AVE-2 etc etc.)

Alex

by the way... I think this mod eventually should become part of next releases of the NAM!!! Perhaps with configuration options too select the color of the lights per network type.
:thumbsup:

This modd looks awesome  :o

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noahclem, io_bg, TiFlo, Robin (rooker1), Maarten (mrtnrln), Bernhard (Nardo69), nbvc, Ciuu96, eufl, art128, Alex (xannepan), Yan077: Thanks for all the commeents and suggestions. Up to now this is the most comment I've ever received for a post. Maybe I really found something interesting. I collected a wishlist from your posts, let's see it:
- diagonal avenue problem: it caused by the overlapping light cone models. I used different light cones, now it looks much better and smooth. T21s are not necessary to repair this problem.
- too yellow colors: as Maarten explained, these are Natrium bulb lamps, and really have this color.
- different color versions (yellowish, whithish, blueish...): the mod will come in 6 different colors, same colors as in Light Replacement Mod 3. So everything what you asked for + greenish and red (dark orange?)
- different colors per network type: it will be possible to mix colors per network per wealth level
- bridge lights: this was the first try only on bridge lights, will look better later

Now I'm working on Maxis highways and supporting NAM pieces for MHW. Only the smooth EHW-GHW transition and the wide radius GHW curves are missing.

I also found a bug (ununderstood feature?) in the game files: streetlights near roads and oneways seem appearing randomly, especially in higher density areas . This behaviour was fixed, and the game will correctly display the streetlights on every second tile. Now it is possible to make uniform nightlights for roads and oneways.

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Before releasing the mod I will update bridge lights and will make support for the most commonly used NAM pieces. I hope first release can come out at January. There are several hundred different intersections in the NAM files, which should be supported too. But writing all the required T21s is huge work. This will be done later, in the second release.
Here is the link to the development thread: http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=12101.0
Any comments and suggestions are welcome

Wow!!!!! great job on the modd a new look to Sim City. &apls

Update 22 - The Beginnings

Here is my new region. Every feature tested in the previous region was for this region. The big one. It's name is Pacific Rim, after the map.
And this is the Beginning

At the beginnings there were only a toxic atmosphere, water and rocks. Sunshine, storms, lightnings. Pointless beauty. As nobody could see it.

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But something formed in the ancient soup: new, complex molecules. It is not really possible to tell the point, when processes become self-supporting. From that point the evolution was just faster and faster. Oceans were full with self-copying primitive life forms. They started to adapt to freshwater, then to wet continential areas. The first flora on the Simworld was brown.

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At a point oceans contained so much organic material, that the water was colored completly brown. The very high concentration of simple organic life forms launched exponential evolution into the direction of complex life forms. It started with the green pigment color, and the evolution cannot be stopped anymore. Now the Simworld has complex flora and fauna.

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This is how Sim scientists think about the Beginnings. They often show the highly protected Ancient Times National Park to the public, as an example, when asked about the Beginnings.

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This is probably the last update in this year. Next time I will show you other national parks from Pacific Rim.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Nice history of the beginning of the Pacific Rim there! I hope you develop the Pacific Rim as great as its history.

Whoa...not quite sure how I missed this update for so long, but this is one of the coolest bits of storytelling (if you can call it that) that I have seen in any MD. Great natural development.

 :o Wow.  :P

Gorgeous!

I see you're not content with starting out from the beginnings of a town...you want to re-write the planet's history!

Can't wait to see more :)

Very creative idea.  :)

Also, great job on that lighting mod so far.  :thumbsup:

,marsh

Awesome...!!!  &apls &apls

Love it! I need to upgrade to be that good :)

Long time spent since last update. I was very busy in RL, and spent my free time on my new uniform streetlight mod.

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daryl7578, cubby420, scott1964, nedalezz, marsh, Tomas Neto, Schulmanator: Thanks everybody for the comments


Update 23 - Mangrove Forests National Park

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Wow.  :o

Just Wow.  :thumbsup:  &apls

Take care my friend - and don't forget to make backups!

Bernhard  :thumbsup:

This is amasing!! And there's not a single manmade structure in sight! Incredible what one can do in this game, amirite?

OMG!  :o Stunning work!  &apls
How could I miss the Pacific Rim update? It is spectacular.

Very well done ;D
great job!

Great work my friend!!! Amazing update!!!  &apls &apls

I really like the region view... and I am amazed at the quality of your rural/natural settings!  &apls  It really does look convincing because of the mix of elements and placement.

Great forests!  :thumbsup:  You've done a really good job blending game water, ploppable water, and land!

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Bernhard, SimRisu, RickD, MrMAvE94, Tomas Neto, sumwonyuno, noahclem: Thanks for all the comments


Update 24 - Whitewater Falls National Park

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rock.....  :o
Nice update!  :thumbsup:

I love the terraced look of that landscape. Great job!

Jason

Gorgeous series of images, I love you work at detailing natural areas in the last few updates!

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Bill_Chen, Albus of Garaway, Battlecat: Thank you guys


Update 25 - Little Hong Kong at night (Remake)

There was an udate months ago with the exact same title. It was Update 7. This new update uses the Unifor Street Lighting Mod. Compare it with the old city scenes.
Sume picture have full HD version, click on them to see.

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And finally the image, what won the picture competition, and it's on the Hall of Fame now.

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This is awesome Kodlovag, you did a hard work with nightlighting project. I hardly wait the final version of it.
You deserve the HoF with those pic.

Very cool, i like it :)

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NorbyToG, Terring7: Thanks guys
Come back, and comment!


Update 26 - Fort Beaver

After four months hard work on the Uniform Street Lighting Mod it's time to play again.
I continue Pacific Rim, and this time I show you more nature scenes and the first settlements.

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The following city is Eddington. I used my Boston building set to grow it.

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And this is already Fort Beaver, an even smaller city.

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SOme great rural scenes there, I particularly love the use of the Simfox tree to create that moss on the rocks, very clever and inventive  &apls

hey kodlovag

I like all the pictures. the small town of Eddington is very peaceful looking. Nice job  :thumbsup:


- Jim

Great work. The rivers look really wild.

I agree with RickD...those rivers are really something. Your transitions to the game water are great.

Wow my friend!!! Fantastic small city and rural area too!!! Awesome river!!!  :thumbsup:

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Reikhardt, Jim (jmyers2043), RickD, cubby420, Tomas Neto: Thanks for commenting


Update 27 - Sawtooth Hill

In the previous update I misnamed city of Eddington. Actually its name is Oakridge. Eddington is a larger industrial city I'm currently working on. I will show it later.
Now I would like to show you Sawtooth Hill. Little city in the hills, famous about what? It's sawmill, of course. But it has a mine too.

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And a bonus night image
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nice greeny landscapes  :)

poor pines  &cry2

Very nice usage of mayor mode ploppables!
Does the mayor have any plans for seeding new trees after cutting down all these pines?

Great work. &apls &apls

Wow, I really like your natural landscapes!  They are well done!   :)

Awesome update!!! Fantastic work my friend!!! The last picture is amazing!!!   &apls &apls

Wow, I don't even know where to start! First, I'm sorry for missing the last couple updates, I've made it a point to tell everyone how wonderful your USL mod is in my MD but didn't notice all the great stuff going on over here.

Your cities and pictures are outstanding and what's really impressive is how many different styles you've mastered. Your work with ploppable rocks and water is phenomenal and of course your night shots are amazing.

I esecially love the last shot from this update and the first one in the previous update.

Another great update, I love how you mix MM plops in amongst the industrial and rail buildings.  &apls

Really nice, I like the atmosphere :thumbsup:

Guillaume.

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Girafe, io_bg: Poor pines make several sims rich. Give jobs to others. And drives the local economy. With carefully planned replanting this can result in sustainable development.

nbvc, sumwonyuno, Tomas Neto, Reikhardt, Sciurus: Thanks

noahclem: No problem if you're missing several updates, if come back more often later!  ;D And thanks for advertising USL.


Update 28 - Kesterton

This time I will show only a short update, cause I was busy with making tree controllers. At this moment I have some success and some fails with the controllers, and gave it up for a short time to think it over again. Meantime I made this update for you. No tree controllers in this update  ()sad()

Kesterton is a really small town near an unnamed bay. The town is so unremarkable, that even the nearby bay haven't inherited its name during the last century.

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Okay, but where is Kesterton?
Here is the Map of Pacific Rim. I also signed the name of the already shown little towns. It is pointless to show a transportation map at this stage of the region, cause there are only streets in the whole region, and only very small sections of road and rail.

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Wonderful start to your region shots! Very good update all in all. Great building sets as usual.

Nice-looking little town! They must really like KFC  ;D

Good luck with the tree controller work!  And yes, I'll be back often   ;)

Fantastic update!!! Awesome work!!!   :thumbsup:

Great U.S. - country - flair

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cubby420, Noah(noahclem), Tomas Neto, Skimbo: Thanks for visiting and commenting


Update 29 - Waybridge

Another little town in the country, far from the larger cities.

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Scenic bridge connects the town to the rail line built on the other side of the river.
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The town is large enough to support a local industry with workforce and resources.
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The main road bridge over the river. The road connects Eddington with Uxborough. There is a parallel rail line too.
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The "Central Business Development" of Waybridge. Should grow a little larger.
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Next time I will show you Eddington, which is the first real city in the region with significant industrial development and harbor.

 Great update.
I like the both bridges over the river, especially the last one.
I do however think that that those huge boulders are an eye sore.
The overall feel of that first pic is very good, I hope you would consider entering it in the pic contest.  ;)

Robin  :thumbsup:

Very nice update.
Nice city, Nice suburbs, Nice roads.
Everything is nice

-Ernst

Great little area! I like the TPW with its road viaduct bridge, the eye-candy bridge, and your sidewalks. Can you tell me where I can learn how to do that?

This is looking really good, especially the last bridge photo looks great.

Some great scenery you've created there and good work with those bridges  :)

Great Scenery....loved it.

This another little town is amazing!!! Great update!!!   &apls &apls

Amazing small town, I really enjoyed this update, as with most of your updates. I find it difficult for myself to make a small town that doesnt look cluttered and grossly "urban"

Fabulous  &apls  &apls  &apls, i love it!

OMG, That's a great job !! I like the region shots, very realistic  &apls &apls

great country flair =)

The river looks really beautiful!
Also the region overviews are great.
Looking forward to more wonderful work. :thumbsup:

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Robin (rooker1), peter007, Noah (noahclem), kwakelaar, Reikhardt, wallasey, Tomas Neto, travismking, supremec, kelis, Skimbo, bat: Wow, 12 replies! This is probably the most comment I've ever received for an update. Thank you very much. And keep commenting  ;D


Update 30 - Eddington

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me present the first larger city in Pacific Rim. This is Eddington. Population is around 15000, mostly $ residents. At this moment there are absolutely no education buildings in the whole region. So, no demand for higher wealth residents. This feature is reserved for later cities.

The city was established about six hundreds years ago, and was an agricultural village over the decades. Two hundred years ago a coal mine started to work, and that was the base of the grow. Eddington developed into a local industrial center, but agriculture still have a very high weight in its economy.

30.1
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30.2
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30.3
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30.4
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30.5
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30.6 - A small satellite village
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30.7 - Eddington, periferial areas
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30.8
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30.9
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30.10
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30.11 - Eddington, Industrial area
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30.12
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30.13
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30.14 - This is a very famous place. I used this piece of avenue for the feasibility test of the USL mod.
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30.15 - A coal power station supplies Eddington's night lights. But this is also the power source of the neighbor cities, like Waybridge. They are connected by high voltage power cables.
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30.16 - The coal mine
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30.17 - Eddington at night
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30.18 - Eddington, City center
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Great Update! &apls

Awesome pictures.  :thumbsup:

Wow my friend, amazing update!!! Fantastic work!!!  &apls &apls

Great Update.
I'm eager to see more.

-Ernst

Another fantastic update!
It is looking beautiful!! :thumbsup:

Looks great! Your rural areas are fantastic and I love the transit layout with all the diagonal and FA stuff. Great-looking medium-sized town as well. 30.3 is my favorite.

Excellent work with Eddington!  Every picture is great, and I especially like that zoomed out view! ;D

Nice update(s)

Eddington is very well done, I like the industrial area you have made. Some nice detailing on your river area as well.

Fantastic job! Really enjoyed that last update!

Jayster