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Welcome to my MD concerning about my regions. Currently I have two regions: the older region Imaginia and the newer region Schellingen Stadt. Enjoy your stay! You might want to check out the previous updates of this MD:

Contents

Page 1:
- Introduction (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg148557#msg148557)
- Kapish - The city where it all started (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg150327#msg150327)
- Konrad - The capital of Imaginia (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg156312#msg156312)
- More pictures from Konrad (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg156494#msg156494)

Page 2:
- SPECIAL!!! Imaginia News - Nieuwlanderveen - Citynames - Roadnumbering (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg163243#msg163243)
- Hopfelfal - City in the mountains (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg166217#msg166217)

Page 3:
- Guilliano - City under construction - Part I (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg173942#msg173942)
- Guilliano - City under construction - Part II (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg177492#msg177492)

Page 4:
- Guilliano - City under construction - Part III (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg185342#msg185342)
- The Good Old Times - Pictures from my former region (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg187075#msg187075)

Page 5:
- Shosaloza - A trip through the Imaginian rural country (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg192717#msg192717)

Page 6:
- Gromsk - A small town gets a transit makeover! (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg203944#msg203944)
- Frankenheim & RHW Showcase (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg210117#msg210117)
- The First Video! - A1 in UDI-mode (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg213185#msg213185)

Page 7:
- Guilliano - City under construction - Part IV (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg217991#msg217991)
- Motorway Madness (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg225201#msg225201)

Page 8:
- Konrad Revisited (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg236563#msg236563)
- Konrad Sight-Seeing Tour (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg237109#msg237109)

Page 9:
- Westerbeek Airport (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg243882#msg243882)
- Road-Numbering Re-Organisation (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg244346#msg244346)
- Guilliano (8/31/2009) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg271683#msg271683)
- Imaginia: IT'S BACK! (10/21/2010) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg349883#msg349883)

Page 10:
- Schellingen-Mitte: Part 1 (02/27/2011) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg368538#msg368538)
- Schellingen-Mitte: Part 2 (03/12/2011) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg370440#msg370440)

Page 11:
- Schellingen-Mitte: Part 3 (03/27/2011) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg372162#msg372162)

Page 12:
- Schwanau (04/04/2011) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg373386#msg373386)
- Martensburg (04/12/2011) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg374506#msg374506)

Page 13:
- Intermezzo: The Backstory of Schellingen (04/25/2011) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg375287#msg375287)
- Altenzahl (04/18/2011) (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4680.msg376278#msg376278)

Imaginia is a imagoinary nation I created completely from scratch. It took hours to terraform the land (without any tools. I hadn't discovered any SimCity site yet), and even more hours to build the city's upon. Today the population of the nation is 2.3 million sims on a surface with the size less than a thousand square kilometers.

The History

Imaginia lies at the Green Sea, at the ends of the rivers Kareel and Schelling. In the South and the East, there are vast plains and forrests. In the north, the Yutan mountains are reaching for the skies.  The first inhabitants of the land were the Ngaska-Indians, who settled down there about 5.000 years ago. The soft climate and the wealthy grounds where the main reasons why they moved to there. Agriculture started at the same time, and the crops where year after year amazingly good. This lead to the development of an civilazation, which had a large impact in the further history of Imaginia.

In the 17th Century, the Dutch arrived at West-Imaginia. They found a lot of resources in the area, like silver and coal. In the year 1629 West-Imaginia became a colony of the Netherlands. East-Imaginia remains the property of the Indians. They didn't like that a part of the land was in the hands of the newcomers. On the other side, the colonists wanted to colonize the East of Imaginia, but their supperior didn't share this thought. Unlike the other colonists, he thinks that a buisness relation with the Indians was the best solution. The Indians should delivere coal and silver in return for technology and products from the West. The Indians agreed with this solution, and so the two parties became friends.

But as time goes by, the colonists feel that their land is to much controlled by the Netherlands, which is thousands of miles away from Imaginia. Besides, with the help of co-operation with the Indians, Imaginia declared independence in 1702. The new country's full name is the Republic of Great-Imaginia, but most people call the country Imaginia.

The country became wealthy, and the two cultures get mixed. But Imaginia suffers one problem: the country is defenceless. Fortunatly, the neighbour country (Bundesrepublik Schellingen), which is a lot bigger, has a friendly relation with Imaginia for a very obvious reason: Imaginia is their biggest trading partner. So Schellingen, Imaginia, and several other small countries in the area signed the Schellinger Treaty in 1873. This official document says that Schellingen will protect the other countries, and the borders between those countries are open for trading routes. As result, the Treaty boosted the economy of all the countries that have signed it.

Imaginia suffers no harm in both World Wars, but during the crisis of the thirties, the Imaginian economy collapsed too. Hundreds of thousands lost their jobs. Fortunatly, the economy is restored today.

In 1987, the Gouvernment decides that the ligua franca (the most important language in the country) is English. This is to remove the language barrier between the regions. Before the decision, the main laguages were Dutch, German and Ngaska. Today, every kid in Imaginia studies English. It will take a few decades before everyone in Imaginia will speak English fluently.

So what will the future bring? Prosper, crisis or something else? Who knows. Only time will give the answer.

Facts & Statistics:

Population: 2,300,000 on 05/05/2009
Capital: Konrad
Provinces: Brinasken, Jonkerland, Nähe-Andaluh, Nieuwland and Yutan
Surface area: about 800 km2
Political system: democratic republic
Currency: Nikkel ($0,72)
Average income per resident: Nk. 30,000 (±€ 23.000)

Pictures

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The whole country of Imaginia

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The map of Imaginia

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Forrest in Nieuwlanderveen

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Dowtown of Nieuwlanderveen

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Downtown Kapish

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Downtown Konrad

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The large forrests of Maxtor

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Eastern Maxtor office area

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A interchange in Graanvelde

These pictures are a bit outdated. Newer pictures coming soon
Best,
MRTNRLN

mrtnrln hey you have a great start here on your MD and danng its looking sweet even though outdated pics.... I love the old pics and the new pics alike!!!

Very promising start, the region looks impresive and the map is very informative!

The downtown looks serious too, I'm very curious of it's development.
What are these highway lights, are they a part of your Light Replacement Project?

Wonderful start there! And the map looks great! The region is also looking fantastic!
Very good pictures of the city!

Looking forward to more... ;)

Kapish was the first city I created in Imaginia. It's based on a unmodded city layout, but after the NAM, some things have changed. Some parts are slope-modded, but some where to steep. The city has now 125,000 inhabitants and about 70,000 jobs.

The History

Kapish was founded 2,500 years ago by the Zyghbob-Indians. It was a small village for hunters. Around the year 1640, the village became a trading market. The Dutch traded products like milk and cheese for silver and wood, which was necessary for the dutch colony.

In the 19^th Century, the village grew to a city and in 1900 the city had around 30,000 inhabitants. After World War II Kapish became the capital of East-Imaginia, a communistic state. These days did no good for Kapish, and building where getting distressed. Fortunately, the countries unite and Kapish is getting better, but still, there are signs of the communistic past...

Pictures


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Map and Region View of Kapish

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Downtown of Kapish

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The area around the Central Station

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Kapish International Airport and some commerce

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A hilly area up North

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The industrial area in Kapish

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And last but not least: some suburbs.

Hope you enjoy it!

Best,
MRTNRLN

Are those custom Traffic lights i see? , anyway great update man!!

A great new update there! Nice pictures of Kapish!

Hey, great start here.  I like the overview maps - very good.

And the pictures you have shown us so far are very interesting.  Great use of the vanderaap houses.

I look forward to seeing more of your MD.

Paul

Konrad is the capital of Imaginia. It's a bit small for a capital (368,600 residents) and it has more jobs than inhabitants (over 400,000 jobs), though it's the largest city of Imaginia. Konrad is the economic center of Imaginia and the city has 2 large airports, 5 railstations and 3 main highways. In the center there is a vast one-way road network, so it's hard to navigate around the town. In the Hoogerhey area there's more structure in the road network. Hirises are dominating the sky, and for small houses you should look by the water and the west side of Konrad.

The History

Konrad was founded by the dutchman Konrad van Duyn in 1633. He wanted a trading post in Imaginia. By 1639, the town of Fort Konrad was a fact. Van Duyn got more than he ever wanted. Instead of a trading post, it became the economic center of Imaginia! The city grew and grew, and by the year 1900, the city has 75.000 residents. During the economic crisis of the 1930's, Konrad's economy collapsed, and jobs dissappeared. The ecomy was fully recovered in 1950, after World War II. By then, West-Imaginia was capitalistic, and Konrad was the capital of Imaginia. Hirises where soon dominating the skies. In 1990, Konrad became the capital of the whole nation.

Pictures

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Map and Region View of Kapish (Map is a bit edited, so you can see the RHW ;))

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Downtown of Konrad

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A beautiful tower by the BLaM Team

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The Central Station of Konrad (RL: Amsterdam Centraal Station)

More images coming soon!

MRTNRLN

A nice update there.  Providing the region map with route numbers is a good idea, I like it.  The road layout looks very "griddy" which I guess is very efficient, although the length of the streets in Hillendaal may mean that sims have to travel a long way round - maybe some more junctions there are needed.

Also, The airport in Konrad appears to be right in the city centre.  I just wonder how realistic that is.

I like your skyscraper district there - looking good  :thumbsup:

I do like your use of the Centraal Stration, especially with those great Amsterdam double decker yellow trains - I have not seen them before and could have used those myself  ;).

I look forward to watching your region grow - now where is Imaginia's national football stadium??  I'd love to see it :)

Paul

sweet last 2 updates here and I see that one certain tower there that i like  ;)

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A small mountain town in the north

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Hoogerhey Area

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The main railway

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A close-up of my rail catenaries

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Rail and High-Speed Rail

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Two Pictures from the same interchange.

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The A7 going to the north (You see also the interchange from the last two pictures and the mountain town)

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Konrad International Airport and the Parlaiment Building (where the gouvernment of Imaginia is).

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The National Football Stadium

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Best,
MRTNRLN

Nice opening updates. I especially like the RHW Interchange you got there. Keep it up.  ;D

Hello! I love your transportation network - its very neatly planned out. Both Konrad and Kapish are both wonderful metropolises with a lovely selection of characteristic BATs.

One thing that bugs me is the shot of the suburbs :

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The roads look very steep to me, maybe downloading the slopeMOD from SimTropolis will help.

Nevertheless, Keep up the the amazing work and I shall look forwards to seeing more soon m friend.
Alex

They are slope-modded, Alex

what slope mod?

maybe you should take a look at the NHP slope mod (by Ennedi) on the LEX

looking good in here, and thanks to your MD I just had an Idea...

Joe

now the NHB slope mod from Ennedi is quite radical. I've had trouble building roads on slopes that seemed perfectly okay for cars to travel on.

Nah, the Ennendi Slope Mod rocks; I've been using "Smooth" (the hardest setting) from when it was released; and it owns  ;D

Mooi burgemeestersdagboek (heh, dat klinkt echt niet goed) dat je hier hebt, Maarten. Ik ben onder de indruk :thumbsup:

Hi Mrtnrln,

Sorry it's taken me so long to comment on your last update.

You have a real nice feel about this MD, I like it  :thumbsup:

That first picture has generated quite a few comments - personally I like the town, the rolling hills are good.  I admit that the junction loks somewhat odd and also very dangerous - one slip and that's a nasty fall!

I really like the railway shots.  Those yellow Dutch trains look really good here.

And the evening time shot of the A7 heading over the mountain is VERY nice indeed.

And it's good to see Imaginia's national football stadium.  West End didn't get to play Imaginia in Devo 08, so if ever your nation wants a match let me know and I'll organise a flight into Konrad International :)

All the best,

Paul

Hi,
I love your new update and your city is good
The pic of the region is superb continu  ;) :thumbsup:

Hey - another Dutch colonial MD in the section! I think we should be preparing close ties between Imaginia and Nieuw Nederland. Although NN became independent from the Netherlands in 1765 already, I am sure close links still exist between both former colonies!

I like how you have the road numbers on your pictures  :thumbsup: And the map that you show from the islands is very well drawn.

Looking forward to see more of Imaginia soon!

Replies
Rhythmandjays: Thanks!
Warszawa: Great that you like my MD
JoeST: It's a edited version of NHB's slope mod
allan_kuan1992: Thanks for stopping by
CasperVG: Bedankt
Paroch: I'm honoured  ;)
Simpson: Thanks for stopping by
Sebes: Thanks. I think that the two colonies have a great bond with each other.

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It's time for a Imaginia-special! There are four subjects mentioned in this post. The subjects are:

- Imaginia News
- Nieuwlanderveen - COMPOSITION SPECIAL!
- Citynames and how they came to be
- A deeper view about Roadnumbering

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Imaginia News

June 10, 2008
RAILCROSSINGS DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED
Konrad - Many railcrossings are demolished and some replaced by over- and underpasses. The project was a decision of the Imaginian Government to prevent traffic jams. Wÿgo Vernoy  (Minister of Infrastructure): "This was a problem for almost 15 years. In the big cities, the traffic was stuck for hours. Something had to change." The whole project costs about €90 million (US$140 million).

June 27, 2008
HOPFELFAL REBUILD
Hopfelfal - One year ago, the mayor of Hopfelfal decided to demolish the old Hopfelfal, because the city was a total mess, and the whole infrastructure was built to steep with slopes up to 50 degrees. The City Ring was also completely unnecessary. All 40,000 inhabitants had to live somewhere else before they can come back.
The new city of Hopfelfal has much more structure and has 20,000 inhabitants for now. There are also more forrests and a large shopping centre.

June 29, 2008
MOUNT KLARO ACTIVE
Klaro - Seismologists have discovered that the volcano Mount Klaro is showing activity. A historic event, because the last time that the volcano erupted was in 1784. There were no injuries. Scientists expect that there will be an eruption very soon.

July 1, 2008
LIEMEISPARK IS NOW LIMAPYR
Limapyr - The town of Liemiespark is now called Limapyr after a revision of the official cultural borders. Since 1632, the country is divided into a Dutch and a Zygbob-Indian (or Ngaska) part. The border between these two areas was the Kareel and the Konrade (with the Dutch in the west). Only Liemeispark was an exclusion to this rule, until now. Inhabitans have to live now with the thought that they are now living in the Ngaskan part of Imaginia.

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Nieuwlanderveen
Composition Special!

Welcome to the composition special of Nieuwlanderveen. I spent a lot of time to make these compositions and you can see why. One of them was even to big to upload on Imageshack (1.69 MB compressed, 40.4(!) MB uncompressed) so I divided it into two. So sit back and relax and take a look of the compositions, but first...

Overview
Nieuwlanderveen is the second-largest city in Imaginia with 265,000 inhabitants. The city has an international Airport, several rail stations, a HSR line and a large collection of roads. The city is fully solar powered and there are many forrests, so the city is thinking green.

Interresting Fact: Nieuwlanderveen is a city where I tested many downloads and mods for the first time. Listed up (chronological sorted):
- NAM June 2007
- RHW v13
- LRM v1.0
- RHW v20
- MandelSoft HQ building
- SA RHW textures
- Functional Landmarks (Failed, caused CTD)
- NHB Slope Mod (Edited, due to slopes that where too flat)
- SFBT Rail Cantaries
- ehbk2006 VMS signs
- CPT Italia terrain mod (very recently)

The History
Nieuwlanderveen was fouded in 1634, just a few years after the Dutch arrived. It was a smaal village where people earned thier livings mainly from cattle. This changed in 1908, when the Government decided that Nieuwlanderveen must become a big 'bedroom'-city of Konrad. From now on, the city grew rapidly, and even industry and commercy was coming too. But in 1992, the space is running out, so the mayor decided to start up 'Project Parkland'; A vast greenzone, which neutralizes the CO2-production and provided rest and peace to the inhabitants. A related plan was that the city must be powered by Green Energy, and that results to a many Solarpowerplants. Industry has moved beyond  the borders of the city. In 2000 the city gets the prize 'Most envoirement-friendly city of Imaginia'.

Pictures
All pictures are took from the same view (Zoom 3, looking north). For a change, I didn't used my HRS mod. First some normal pictures:

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Citynames
and how they came to be

This section I pay special attention to the citynames of Imaginian cities. They are named in two different languages: Dutch and Ngaskan (an imaginary language, spoken by the Zyghbob-indians. Ngaskan is the well-speakable dialect of the almost unspeakable language Zyghbobian) The Ngaskan citynames are a mostly random, altough there a some which have some meaning. There were also various unserious names.

Dutch Citynames (names with no info are random names):

Adoren - Refers to the French word 'adorer', which means 'to like'. Sometimes it's used in Dutch and English, and this village is meant to be adorable to live in.

Alphen aan het Kareel - In the Netherlands there's a village called Alphen and a city called Alphen aan de Rijn, so why not a Alphen aan het Kareel? Seems logical to me. Interresting fact: the Kareel was before the Kablaski, but that was a too unserious name.

Anderzijds - Means 'on the other hand'. Nothing special about this name.

Are - English: Acre, a surface-unit. It refers to the size of the area.

Blankentop - I remember there's a old Dutch schoolsong called 'Aan de blanke top der duinen' ('At the white tops of the dunes') or something like that. I called the city after it (and the mayor is named Terduynen :P).

Bliksemveen - The name came from weird story that my brother told me of an imaginary industrial city that 'sinks' because it's burning peat (The part '-veen' in the name, which is the soil where peat can be found) for power (That explains the first part of the name; Bliskem=Lightning).

Doorsteek - Means 'Gothrough'. It's literally a village to pass by. There is almost nothing going on there.

Duivendam - Duiven means pigeons.

Glazerdam - Refers to the greenhouse-agriculture in the town.

Graanvelde - Means 'Cornfield'. A name that refers to the agricultural community.

Hertenkamp - There are a few parks in the Netherlands called Hertenkamp, so why not a city? Interresting fact: this city was named first Kalibula, which would fit more in the Ngaskan part of Imaginia.

Hillendaal - A Dutch translation of the town of the Back to the Future-movies, Hill Dale.

Hoogerhey - Part of Konrad

Jonkersmond - Named after the stream that flows through the city, the Jonker. The last part of the name refers to the end of the stream.

Karlshonk - First it was named "Blah City", but that too was unserious.

Kovelburg

Klaro - Another unserious name, which was good enough to keep it. The town is built around a mountain, Mt. Klaro, which is a yet active vulcano.

Kraandorp

Konrad - A city named by it's founder, Konrad van Duyn. A river in the city is named also after him, the Konrade. Interresting fact: The city's first name was Bliksemmerveen(!)

Konradedal - Refering to the river-valley of the Konrade.

Landzicht - Means 'Landsight'. It's the first place what ships see of Imaginia.

Maxtor - A name that came up to me, but sounded familiar. Later I discovered that it was the name of the producer of my HDD!

Morgenstond - Named after a suburb of Den Haag (The Hauge).

Postdam

Westeinde - Means 'West End' ( Paul, a village is named after your region  ;))

Zandhoven - 'Zand' (Sand) refers to the beach.

Zuidstad - Means 'South City'. I ran out of names  ;D

Ngaskan Citynames (names with no info are random names):

Al Andaluh - Named after the old-arabic name of Spain, Al-Andalus.

Alfanenhyde

Blazor - To me, it was just a silly word, but there was a meaning for it. I liked the word very much, one of the most beautiful examples of big nonsense.

Gromsk

Hohlherd

Hopfelfal - First it was named Huppellepupvallei, but that was very unserious (Huppellepup means actually ... err ... something ... you know what I mean, when you don't know the name of ... something). Changing it to a Ngaskan name was a good idea.

Kapish - The word 'kapische' is sometimes used when you could use the word 'understood?' in that situation. Example: "This is SC4Devotion, kapische?"

Konenbrag

Limapyr - Before: Liemeispark.

Monta Blammore or Mt. Blammore - BLaM team, you got a mountain named after the team  ;D

Nagane

Ronasku

Quenotrio

Vernoy

That's it for Citynames. Maybe this inspires you.

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A deeper view about Roadnumbering

There are things in life that we don't need, but are very helpfull, like a dishwasher or make-up. That's also the case with roadnumbering; It shows us where we are and where we are heading to. Roadnumbers are just great navigation tools!

Why did I chose A- and N-numbers? Because this system is used in the Netherlands too. The A stands for 'Autosnelweg' (English: Motorway/Highway). The N stands for 'Niet-autosnelweg' (Non-motorway/highway). Simple, isn't it? These two systems merge with each other (A highway that transfers into a non-highway gets the same N-number as A-number, like the A1 transfers into the N1), which is also the case in the UK and the Netherlands.

The A1/N1 to A24/N24 (not yet constructed) are the main routes:
- A1/N1 : Kapish (Center)- Zuidstad (A16)
- A2/N2 : Kapish (City Ring)- Kavelte (Country border) via Hopfelfal
- A3/N3 : Kapish (City Ring)- Postdam (A11) via Morgenstond
- A4: Kapish (City Ring) - Konenbrag (Under construction)
- A5: Kapish (City Ring) - Monta Blammore (Country Border
- A6: Kapish (City Ring) - Vernoy (Under construction)
- A7: Zuidstad (A16) - Are (Under construction) via Konrad
- A8/N8: Maxtor (Center) - Hohlherd (Under construction)
- A9/N9: Jonkersmond (Center) - Kavelte (Country border)
- A10: Kapish City Ring
- A11: Kapish (City Ring) - Postdam (Country border)
- A12: Postdam (N27) - Quenotrio (A13)
- A13: Blazor (A6) - Nagane (A16)
- A14/N14: Gromsk (A6) - Nagane (A16)
- A15: Konrad (A7) - Hoogerhey (A3)
- A16/N16: Nieuwlanderveen (A9) - Nagane (Country border) via Jonkersmond
- A17: Hohlherd City Ring
- N18: Quenotrio (Center) - Ronasku (Country Border)
- A19:  Hopfelfal (Industrial area) - Hopfelfal (Under construction)
- A20: Before: Hopfelfal City Ring. Now unused
- A21: Not yet constructed
- A22: Not yet constructed
- A23: Not yet constructed
- A24: Not yet constructed

A25/N25 to A99/N99 (far not yet constructed) are secondary routes:
- A25/N25: Kraandorp - Landzicht
- N26: Konrad - Maxtor via Duivendam
- N27: Zandhoven (West) - Morgenstond (Country Border)
- A28/N28: Konradedal (A2 West - East)
- N29: Hillendaal (N26) - Blankentop (Center)
- N30: Kapish - Vernoy
- A31/N31: Alphen a/h Kareel - Zandhoven
- N32: Hertenkamp - Postdam
- N33 to N99: Not yet constructed

A100/N100 and higher are other important routes:
A100: Morgenstond (A3 - Country Border)
N101: Konrad - Klaro (Country border at Morgenstond) via Glazerdam
N102: Maxtor (A1-A7)
N103: Konrad (A15) - Postdam (N32)
N104: Konradedal (A28) - Hopfelfal
N105: Jonkersmond (Center) - Konrad (N103) via Anderzijds
N106: Konrad (Center) - Konradedal (N104)
N107: Kapish (Airport) - Bliksemveen (N25)
N108: Not yet constructed
N109: Kapish (A10) - Maxtor (A12)

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Pfew, what a long post! I hope you enjoyed it.

Maarten

Absolutely, looks really great! Quite an abundance of roundabouts, indeed  ;)
Is the Mendelsoft HQ building made by you?  ()what()

Yes, Casper.

Really nice update. 
I like all the info you shared with us on the city names.  I found it very interesting and not something everyone one does.  I can only think of a handful of people who hace spent the time to do that.
Wow....is all I can say about those round a bouts in the thrid picture.  Not my style or to my liking but I bet you have no traffic jams.  :D

Please don't make small replies like above.  Save them for an actual update or a large group of replies.  ;)

Robin  :thumbsup:

Some great updates there, mrtnrln! Imaginia is looking very good! Looking forward to more....

Hi Maarten,

A very big and very nice update there.  Those large composition shots are interesting to look at - thanks for making them.

And as for the roundabouts - I live near a town called Basildon that is home to many, many roundabouts, so it looks OK to me!

The road numbering system is interesting and you obviously planned that well and put much effort into it.  One thing I would say about UK road numbers is that we have the M1 and A1 but they are totally different roads, they do not change from one to the other.

And your information about place names is also interesting.

One tip...... in some of the pics you can see the "no jobs" zot or the "no road connection" zot.  Before taking a picture, press "ctrl + X" and then type in "tastyzots" and they dissappear which makes your pictures look even better :thumbsup:

Great work, I look forward to more.

Paul

Replies

Rooker1: Thanks for the tip! And thanks for stopping by!
Bat: More is coming soon, fortunatly
Paroch: I thought it was so. And I'll use tastyzots when I'm taking pictures.

Imaginia News

July 3, 2008
Shopping Center in ashes!
Hopfelfal - Last night, Hopfelfal's largest shopping center was on fire. The fire was too large for the Fire Brigade to handle. The police thinks that this fire was set up by some vandalists living in the nearby mobile home park, which lies in ashes too.

Teaser
Unforutunatly, I don't have the time now to make a whole post, so I made this teaser; a map of the next city in my MD, Hopfelfal (here you see where I'm working on the last time: a whole map of Imaginia)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg140.imageshack.us%2Fimg140%2F5030%2Fhopfelfal10708hi9.th.jpg&hash=32435340251d56f4b3b859422e2fe9123d4cb9b8) (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hopfelfal10708hi9.jpg)

Later,
Maarten

cool layout can't wait for pictures!

Wow - just read the previous post Maarten! You exagerate a bit in size there (and roundabouts) .... but I love it!!!!

I had a good laugh about the names that you listed. You gave me some idea's to use in my MD too (Enerzijds as sistertown for Anderzijds?). Hopfelval made me fall of my chair from laughter. I actually already had planned to have a Hupsakeekade in my MD...  (and for the english speaking readers: hupsakee means something like... urrr... huppelepup, that Maarten very well explained to you  :D )

I was crazy enough as well to number all roads and highways in Nieuw Nederland (from 1 until 699, so I will not bore you to death by listing them  ;)

Hi Maarten,

Hoppelfal is looking a nice layout.  I am very impressed with that map - not something I am able to do.  I'm sure the city shots will be great too.

All the best

Paul

Great map there of Hopfelfal! The layout looks fantastic! Looking forward to more of that next city! ;)

Replies

Nexis: Thanks!
Sebes: I'm glad that I inspire some people with city names  ;)
Paroch: I used a combination of SC4 data maps and Flash (Vector images are ideal for maps!)
Bat: Thanks!

New!
In this section I'll summarize all new things in Imaginia since the last update.

New cities
- Danes Pake
- Arnom
- Mogane

New routes
- N108 Hopfelfal

Extended routes
- A19 Hopfelfal - Danes Pake
- N104 Konradedal - Danes Pake

Hopfelfal
City in the mountains

Overview
Hopfelfal is a city that lies in the mountains. The city has 55,000 inhabitants and many commuters who work in Kapish. Beside that Hopfelfal offers enough jobs, good public transportation (a vast bus network) and large forrests.
Interresting fact: Hopfelfal is the only city in Imaginia that is built twice

History
Hopfelfal is a new city, so it don't has much of a history. In 1947, the year that Imaginia declared it's independece, the President decided to build a city next to Kapish to relieve the city. The city got enough money given by the government to grow largely and became a large bedroom city of Kapish and even now large ammounts of workers go there every day!

Pictures

Best,
Maarten

Nice pictures there of the highways! Also the intersections are looking very good! Great work on the update. :thumbsup:

I never post here  &ops &ops
yours pictures are ver nice  :thumbsup: the intersection are very good! i like it  :thumbsup:

Maarten- I've taken advantage of your break to catch up on Imaginia.  You've made a nice start here, and it's always great to see another roadgeek doing an MD.  I'll be watching to see what you have for us when you get back.


David

 First time posting here..

Looks vey nice, can't wait to see more.

Hi Maarten,

Imaginia is fast becoming one of my favourite MDs - and I look at lots of them - so I have to say well done on another great update.  The difference between the region views is very obvious.  The lines between tiles is MUCH smoother now, a vast improvement.

The picture of the A2 - A5 Interchange made me say out loud "Oh yes, now that is NICE".  I've not played with the MIS as much as I should have and I've not seen a flyover like that, so that was a very nice surprise for me to see such a great junction.

Many other great pictures you have prepared for us and I can only feel sorry for you having to spend an hour uploading them all.

One question from me...... in the very last picture, the houses in the bottom of the picture with the half brown / half grey roof.  What are they and where can I find them?  They look like GasCooker type houses from the front but not the same at the back half.  I really like them and they look very English, so I'd love to have them.  Thanks.

All the best,

Paul

Replies

Bat: Thanks!
Arthur (Art128): Thanks!
David (Dedgren): So you call me a roadgeek? I take that as a compliment ;)! Anyways thanks for stopping by.
Fresh Prince of SC4D: I hope I'll see you around some more times.
Paul (Paroch): Thanks for the compliments. And actually I don't know either what those houses are.

Announcement
Imaginia is getting bigger. I've added a new province called Brinasken. (Terraformed in SC4)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg511.imageshack.us%2Fimg511%2F7205%2Fverzinzuela30708pd4.th.jpg&hash=02109992c1dd572a79a16c0ccd6163fca46cec77) (http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=verzinzuela30708pd4.jpg)

I'm going on vacation tomorrow for two weeks, so I'll be offline until 8/15.

Later!
Maarten

great devellopement  :thumbsup: your city is realy nice  &apls great work on the interchanges  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
looking foward to the next part  :thumbsup:
Arthur

Wow - interesting road lay-out Maarten! Especially the downtown area... there goes the grid  %BUd%

Hi Maarten,

Good to see Imaginia back in action after your vacation.  And Guilliano is off to a great start.  You are right, it is interesting to see a city build from scratch.  I often mean to take pics from the start but usually forget!!
Picture 1.6 is a Great Junction.  That roundabout underneath the rasied avenue is a very good example of many british road junctions.  I did not know you could run a road over a roundabout, so I will have to experiment with that.

I look forward to seeing the city grow further.

Paul

Nice update! Guilliano looks great!

And I have to agree with dedgren: You are the road geek!
But there's nothing wrong about it!

Oh, and you are a master of interchanges!

Great pictures of your city under construction!!! Wonderful work on it!

Looking forward to the second part... ;)

Quote from: bat on September 03, 2008, 08:54:49 AM
Great pictures of your city under construction!!! Wonderful work on it!

Looking forward to the second part... ;)

Thanks, Bat!

Hey, of course I enjoyed the update Maarten.  I like Imaginia very much.

The city centre is looking as though it is becoming very developed - all concrete in the middle but with green bits around the edges - nice.  Shame about those abandoned buildings, but I often have that as well.  Is it lack of jobs/commute times that are causing the problems?

And that office building by Haarlemergod is growing a lot in your city (I have the same issue often as well!!)

And as always your roads are looking good.

All the best

Paul

 :thumbsup:  real sweet update here mrtnrln, i loved the power and train station pics

Nice update. Imangnia is a great CJ!

BTW- you've been keeping my favorite forms of infranstructure from me!
1st it was Traffic Lights!
But new Plyons too?
Come On, mrtnrln!

EDIT: Content removed for violation of MD Rules (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5195.msg164786#msg164786). - Dustin (thundercrack83)

I loss an excellent update :( very good my friend &apls

 &apls

How did I not notice this before?  I will definitely pay closer attention to this MD, Maarten.  Those power lines of yours that I downloaded drew me to this like an electric magnet, and now I can't wait to see what you do next.  The transportation system is also well constructed.

EDIT: Content removed for violation of MD Rules (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5195.msg164786#msg164786). - Dustin (thundercrack83)

As you can see, the last update is deleted. If I've offended someone, I apoligize. It won't happen agian.

Best whishes,
Maarten.

I admit that my response to your update was harmful.  I'm sorry.  I've learned my lesson, though.  That aside, this is a great MD, Maarten, and I don't plan to miss a minute of it. :thumbsup:

EDIT: No worries, my friend. Just a misunderstanding! - Dustin (thundercrack83)

I haven't really looked at many MDs lately, and I like this one - not bad!

I notice that you often use one of the RHW-2 transitions which you then immediately transition to a road - maybe this (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5572.0;attach=4138) could help. It is a mod I made that I intended to use as a temporary fix so that the RHW-2/Road transition piece is the same as the standard Euro road texture so that you don't have to have that unsightly transition texture resulting from the fact that RHW-2 textures are not included in ShadowAssassin's Euro RHW mod. But I had some problems with it, which Tarkus fixed. The link is a direct download link for Tarkus' fixed version.

NOTE: This is only intended for users of the Euro road mod and the Euro RHW mod. If you don't have one of these, either the pavement lines, or both the line color and type of pavement, will not match.

Quote from: metarvo on September 16, 2008, 07:19:02 AM
I admit that my response to your update was harmful.  I'm sorry.  I've learned my lesson, though.  That aside, this is a great MD, Maarten, and I don't plan to miss a minute of it. :thumbsup:

Not so much harmful per se, merely something that doesn't have a place in the MD section. Mirroring real world events has the habit of bringing debates that aren't really suited to a gaming site.

This is a really fine work here, your city is looking very good and also very réalistic
Great work my friend

Hi there mrtnrl you have an interesting city and I personally love the interchanges but I saw something strange, on pic 2.3 you have two joined roundabouts, was that your plan or did you make a mistake?? ()what(), also IMHO I would change the texture of the streets to highlight them a little; download new buildings, you have many repetitions; and extend the runways, they are to small. The rest seems fine to me :thumbsup:, sorry if I was too critical.

Alan

Wow, your city-building is very beautiful my friend! The great RHW interchanges and even all the buildings in your city are very beautiful! I cannot wait for more! :)

Thanks for the replies! Today, no pictures, but

Great work on the newest two posts there!
Wonderful pictures of your city at the previous page! :thumbsup:

Hey Maarten that is some awesome news from around the area!! I cant wait to the next update!!

These preview pictures are looking fantastic, Maarten!
The first one is beautiful!

Looking forward to the update with 20 pictures... ;)

really nice pictures my friend  &apls &apls :thumbsup:

Very fine work in this new update, your city looks great.
I'm looking forward for the next update

Very nice, I like the El-Highway "Supports" and the GLR Catenaries. The McDonalds in the middle of the Parisian neighbourhood stands out a little, but nothing serious. Further on, seeing the pictures of those road-side signs and the high-tension powerlines tempt me to download them. You made a great update here, great work!

of very beautiful images, l' motorway is very well made!

awesome pictures my friend  :thumbsup:

I have the area of the city named after me, and I'm here for only a month ()stsfd() THANK YOU!

Anyways, great work! :thumbsup: I'm impressed! &apls

I like that SC3k-esque highway very much, Maarten.  I agree that it does bring back some memories.  For me, these are pleasant memories, although I haven't played SC3k in quite a while since SC4 is taking all of my free time right now.  That cloverleaf is also quite impressive! :thumbsup:  For a minute, I thought I was actually reading Haljackey's GTR. :D  You're becoming quite an MD'er.

Quote from: bat on September 30, 2008, 08:22:13 AM
These preview pictures are looking fantastic, Maarten!
The first one is beautiful!

Looking forward to the update with 20 pictures... ;)

that's a really nice update here Maarten  :thumbsup:

Nice update and city
Great work  &apls

Fantastic work on the two newest updates there!! Also the pictures are looking nice! Great work! :thumbsup:

Hi Maarten,

I've missed quite some development here.  Great idea to use the SC4 user/MD names in your city.  The ones I think I spot are:

Sheetpn - After Sheep49??
Northend - Could this be after my own West End?? (and that raised highway looks great).
Terra Minora - Maybe after Art's Manoestra??
Schellingerbruch - I'm really not sure about that one!

I really like picture 3.15 in that update - simple but very effective.  And your "pimping" of those exists and interesections is vey good indeed.

I also liked your old "look back in time".  I am sure we can all see how our gameplay has changed.  And you are right that once you discover custom content the game is NEVER the same again.  Thanks for sharing those with us.

Great work Maarten, All the best,

Paul

Guess what I'd see this morning:
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg383.imageshack.us%2Fimg383%2F1187%2Fimaginia3000viewsbg0.jpg&hash=13637c0df5ef691a77ec24e56a58c74985cfeda1)

A milestone!

Quote from: art128 on October 07, 2008, 07:28:07 AM
that's a really nice update here Maarten  :thumbsup:

Quote from: Simpson on October 07, 2008, 11:18:14 AM
Nice update and city
Great work  &apls

Quote from: bat on October 08, 2008, 07:35:12 AM
Fantastic work on the two newest updates there!! Also the pictures are looking nice! Great work! :thumbsup:

Thanks!

Quote from: paroch on October 12, 2008, 02:01:36 AM
Hi Maarten,

I've missed quite some development here.  Great idea to use the SC4 user/MD names in your city.  The ones I think I spot are:

Sheetpn - After Sheep49??
Northend - Could this be after my own West End?? (and that raised highway looks great).
Terra Minora - Maybe after Art's Manoestra??
Schellingerbruch - I'm really not sure about that one!

I really like picture 3.15 in that update - simple but very effective.  And your "pimping" of those exists and interesections is vey good indeed.

I also liked your old "look back in time".  I am sure we can all see how our gameplay has changed.  And you are right that once you discover custom content the game is NEVER the same again.  Thanks for sharing those with us.

Great work Maarten, All the best,

Paul

Nice comment Paul. But you've guessed most of it wrong.

Sheepton - Named after Sheep49 (this one you've guessed right)
Northend - Nope, it's not named after West End or anything (Westeinde on the other hand IS named after West End (see page 2))
Terra Minora - This is a hard one. It's actually named after the Greater Terran Region. But the name has been 'shaped' (Min
or Terran, Terra Minora).
Schellingerbruch - That's a nasty one! It's named after a second region of mine, the Bundesrepublik Schellingen (See the News update).

Best,
Maarten

This MD is quite good... but there's several areas for improvement.

First... the transport system seems to be really large... maybe too large... with less growable density per road. This may be due to the fact that I come from a Canadian city (Vancouver) which has both suburban sprawl and large-block-like grid format. In Europe that might be different however due to the age of the cities.

Second... a slope mod is highly desirable. To have roads with uneven terrain (a hill on one tile, a ditch at the next) is completely unrealistic. Slopes should be somewhat gentle to traverse (maybe < 30 degrees) and should happen over the course of a few tiles and not one. Try using a slope mod to achieve this.

Otherwise, this is a good start. =)

Super job on the update. 
I think the layout of your city is very well thought out and looks pretty realsitic. 
Robin  :thumbsup:

It has been a long time ago since I last visited Imaginia Maarten, I am sorry about that.  The last update with the great transport systems and night shots proves again that one has to stop by here more often.

Ik beloof beterschap...

(I promise to behave better in future)

This is a spectacular update, Maarten.  Especially the "A8 Exit 8" shot with all of the streetlights.  Those are ploppable, aren't they?

Anyway, I'm still following this MD, Maarten.  Why would I stop, since the quality level is so high?  I look forward to your next update.
&apls

Whoa, awesome work buddy!  I can't believe I missed this MD   &ops!  I'll pay more attention from now on.

Got enough lighting there?  Geesh... $%Grinno$%

Cya round,
-Haljackey

superb work on that update my friend  ;)
great work too on these interchange  :thumbsup:
and good work on the farms  :thumbsup:
looking forward to more, more.... ;)

Awesome work on this new update...and by the way, the strip town occurs here very frequently. Looking Forward for more

Alan

awesome work on this new update my friend , I really like your rhw and I hope to see an update !! :thumbsup:

Fantastic pictures there of all these great looking areas there of your region!
Nice work! :thumbsup:

That's one great harbour, Maarten. Not to mention that is a great leap forward for Sebeshaber from the pathetic Maxis to a nice custom-build port. Good work, and good luck on making it to the Best Sellers  :thumbsup:

This is a fine port, Maarten. :thumbsup:  After seeing all of the masterfully detailed ports on SC4D, I don't believe I can live with the default Maxis port anymore. :)

Great port!  :thumbsup: Did you remember to nuke the old port?  &hlp

Really good looking port there! And nice work on it... :thumbsup:

Very nice work with the port mrtnrln. It's certainly an improvement and very realistic. I also like the transport systems from the last update. They have a very nice way of blending with the surrounding areas. The little town along the canal looked pretty neat too. It looks like you're making your way to Best Sellers. I know you still have a few posts to go, but congratulations on it in advance.
-Matt

What a difference replacing Maxis is!  Excellent job Maarten!

Well you are getting very close to the magic 100!!  Imaginia deserves to be a BEST SELLER - so let me give you an early congratulations as you'll be there soon.

Sorry I guessed so many of your town names incorrectly!!  Hehehe, at least it was fun trying!

I really liked the last two updates.  Your town of Shosaloza looks really good - I like it.  Picture 7 - that is a great overpass - I'll have to try and build something similar!

And your port is also very nicely put together.

All the best

Paul

great updates here Marteen!!!  :thumbsup:

Looks great so far! Keep posting updates.  :thumbsup:

Congratulations on 100 posts! Welcome to BEST SELLERS!

And great work on the seaport! Great general mix of normal industrials, as well as typical seaport ones, is just unbelievably gorgeus! :o :thumbsup: Great use of JRJ's walls too!

Thanks for your attention! :)
Piotr

Ill like to congratulate u on reaching the best sellers! &apls &apls
Also i really like ur hand terraformed seaport!

This is looking very good
And also congratulation for 100 posts

Hey Maarten,

Nice work on the makeover there.  Your signs really do make a big difference.  I like the commercial district - it looks realistic to me.

Paul

really great update Maarten, this town is looking splendid my friend  &apls I think with some street that will be better  ;) and there's some unemployment problem  ;D the mix of RHW and maxis highway is great my friend  :thumbsup:

Your pictures are looking really nice there!
Great work on it! Nice work on the highway, too...

looking good!  i always enjoy looking at peoples use of highways :)

That's a nice smooth bend in the last image. 

I'm still getting used to your highway textures Maarten, but they are looking good in this update!  Well done!

Best,
-Haljackey

Very nice. I like the transit makeover.

Nice transit , i like the RHW to Maxis Hwy transfer very cool &hlp

Quote from: sebes on October 24, 2008, 06:51:00 AM
Ik beloof beterschap...
(I promise to behave better in future)

And to my big shame I have to admit that today, 23dec, is the first time I visit here again. And that while you made this fantastic update on October 27th... that I just read today, on Sebesharber. I feel honoured with that update, and am soo sorry that I did not see it before. Hope the name of the next update Gromsk had nothing to do with my lack of presence?

Anyway, the harbour upgrade is terrific - good job! I am glad my name is linked with that piece of infrastructural revolution! Also the Gromsk crossing/intersection upgrade shows your great skills.... so a double applause deserved: make it a triple for reaching the bestseller section!  &apls &apls &apls

Oh - and for the fun of it: I throw in an award too!  &dance

Fantastic update here  &apls, Incredible RHW

Omg , My eyes are bleeding from RHW Update  :'( :'(  It looks so beautiful  :-\ :-[  great job on RHW testing , and i really like Frankenheim  :thumbsup: &apls

Merry Christmas to you & Have a Happy New Year

^^^ I agree with that ^^^
The RHW pictures are realy awesome. Also Frankenheim is a nice little place... the name of the exits are very Schellingerisch (?)

Well done Maarten.

Prettige Kerstdagen nog  ;)

Fantastic work there with the RHW! Wonderful pictures of your region! It looks beautiful!
Nice update! :thumbsup:

No replies this time.

I've learned four things today:

1. There's a Blue Screen Of Death in Windows Vista.
2. Never thought that Windows Movie Maker could crash your computer ten times or so  %bur2$.
3. The problem solver-thingy in Vista says that you're not connected to the internet, even when you do  ()what()
4. Patience is a blessing when you are uploading a video on YouTube.

Hey Maarten Loved the previouse update and I cant wait to see the movie and I will for sure check back later!!! Ohhh Hey btw check out the ITC private section for some new goodies!!!

Great update from last month, i like the new highways and signs you made! Can't wait to ee the video!

An excellent first video Maarten!  I can't wait to see what you can do with some experience under your belt!

Looks like you're putting RHW 3.0 to good use too!  Nice work!

Best,
-Haljackey

Excellent video Maarten - i loved riding your A1 .... I am sorry to hear about all troubles that you had making this video, but the result can make you happy friend!  :satisfied:

Nice video there Maarten, I enjoyed it.  A couple of questions please....

1- What software did you use to record the UDI sequence?
2- Your Maxis highways had a different road texture from standard - which one is that and where can I get it?

Thanks,

Paul

Nice highway network you have  ;)

Whoa, huge update!

Fantastic night shots!  Your RHW is looking better too!  Nice job!   :thumbsup:

Best,
-Haljackey

Maarten,

Wow....
Great update.  Lots of pictures, who could ask for anything more?
It's reall yhard for me to picl out a favourite shot.  Some of the night ones are really good and the RHW shots are very desirable.  Maybe I would pick picture number 18.  It has a litlle bit of everything, including rail.  Great work.  &apls

Robin  :thumbsup:

Nice work on your RHW there! And wonderful pictures of your beautiful city! It is looking really fantastic! :thumbsup:

Your city is nice, but I avice you to don't take photos of the raw houses :thumbsup:

Wow Maarten - what a great update. The night shots are really excellent. Especially the last one.... the combinations of W2W's and new office buildings, and the department store in the middle. WOW &apls

Nice update , only a few people can rival your RHWs pics. The lights are awesome and highways are even better. But there is one of the highway sign I really like: the grey overhead highway sign with 90 posted on it. I assume you made but was it released with a pack? Where can I find it?

Great Update, gotta thank you for the direction to the signs. The seaport and rail  are sweet and RHW are wait...........  are those new textures I see?  ???

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!

Maarten, I don't mind at all that you decided to showcase your Motorway Madness in Sebeshaber. It seems the town is always number one in some kind of transportation revolutions.... so no complaints from my side  ()stsfd()

The intersection in Zuidplaats is realy a masterpiece. Did you ever consider a carreer with Rijkswaterstaat?

Cool update!  That's a lot of very complex highways there!  I like that texture you're working on. 

Another great update there! Your city looks with the nice highways really fantastic! :thumbsup:

Incredible update my friend, the euro textures for the RHW are super, great work on them  &apls

Great work. well done! &apls

euro rhw!! I wan it!! ;)

images 16 & 17 are screaming for a sunken highway... otherwise awesome update man, truly fantastic.

Congrats, Maarten!

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Congratualtions Maarten on your move to OSITM.  &apls
I look forward to spending the month with you and your great MD.

Robin  :thumbsup:

Congrats for the first time in the OSITM-section! Looking forward to more updates in this month...

Congratulations  &apls I hope you'll build more and more Motorways  :D

You certainly have a knack for road networks, in particular your RHW intersections are great, I know how long it can take to get all the pieces in the right place  :thumbsup:

Some of the road layouts look a bit chaotic but I like the way you fit it all together.

Congrats on OSITM  &apls

Dave

He imaginia in the OSITM.... very well deserved Maarten!  :thumbsup:

ít's tomorrow today.. awaiting anxiously the full display of Konrad/Hoogerhey ;)

The teaser looks very promissing!

The last time that I've shown Konrad to you, a lot has changed. The Brinasken Area (including Guilliano, Sebeshaber and Shosaloza) wasn't there, there wasn't any news about the RHW 3.0, the HRS was in it's starting stages, and my city building skills where not as good as they currently are. That gave me problems when I tried to update Konrad with my new city building skills (leaving some bottlenecks in the road network). Here are some changes that I would like to notice:

- Konrad has 500,000 inhabitants (which is more than the number of inhabitants in The Hauge). This is my personal record.
- The High Speed Rail and the Monorails are replaced by an Elevated rail.
- The A7 in the center of Konrad is now a RHW-6C
- I've builded some Green Belts around the motorways
- The A106 is now the N106
- A large part of the N101 is renumbered as the N15 (and a part of the A15 is renumbered as the A101)
- All airports in Konrad are removed (we wouldn't like planes colliding with buildings, do we?)
- Konrad hosts today a worthy Gouvernmental Complex

That is one amazing update. Congrats on the OSITM. In picture 19, you sure have a hell of a lot of plaoma towers!

You did keep up your promisses mayor Maarten. Excellent updates, both the pictures AND the videos... real good. I bet it has cost you several hours to make this beauty!  The result is something to very pround of my friend.

&apls

Great videos and also wonderful new update there! It looks great! :thumbsup:

Excellent update, Maarten! :thumbsup: The Konrad Sight-seeing Tour is so great, I've enjoyed it so much! The Konrad Gouvernmental Complex is so huge, and those buildings look beautiful. Did you BAT them all by yourself? Also, congratulations with your OSITM, you deserve it! &apls

Maarten , your highways are absolutely stunning and your cities look amazing  &apls

Very beautiful &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:

What a great region overview! Wonderful work on Imaginia!
And Happy Easter to you, too! ;)

Nice overview ;)

Guillaume :thumbsup:

Oh, I forgot to notice: I've posted this MD in the new City Journal section on ST.
The CJ is called Imaginia 2.0[linkie] (http://www.simtropolis.com/cityjournals/?p=toc&id=444). You can look at my very first posts and comments of me looking back at my old cities.

Best,
Maarten

Sorry for the double post

Interesting update , have a Wonderful Liberation Day Maarten !  &apls

Nice you have a winged island  :thumbsup:

Beautiful, and the Americans arrived in Imaginia on the 5th may? But it's nice &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:

Your traffic system is absolutly extraordinnary  :o :thumbsup:
I really like your airport too but I think the train station is too old for this modern airport, also I recommand you to remplace it with a more modern  ;)

* Routes 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9 are the main routes that are located for the most part in the former Dutch part of the region.
* Routes 2, 4, 6 & 8 are the main routes that are located for the most partin the former Ngaskan part of the region.
* Route 10 is the Kapish city ring.
* Routes 11-19 are routes that are located for the most part in the province of Jonkerland.
* Routes 20-29 are routes that are located for the most part in the province of Nieuwland (Route 29 isn't build yet)
* Routes 30-39 are routes that are located for the most part in the province of Yutan.
* Routes 40-46 are routes that are located for the most part in the province of Brinasken. (Routes 47-49 aren't build yet)
* Routes 50-59 are routes that are located for the most part in the province of Näde-Andaluh.
* Routes 60-99 are not planned, but whenever there's a new route to be build, it gets a number of 60 or above.

Maarten- I've just had the chance this morning to take an extended look at your marvelous MD.  Imaginia truly lives up to its name.  Your meticulous attention to detail really complements your apparent sense of fun and adventure.

I'm headed back to watch the video again...


David

Nice map Maarten - a very nice map!

And I don't think the roadnumbering is confusing. Normally those numbers are made up by clerks in a ministery, with logics nobody else can follow anyhow.....

(Did I ever tell you that I renumbered all RL NewYork and NewJersey roadnumbers to a Nieuw Nederland roadnumber system that only I can understand? And still some times I think by myself: what the heck was I thinking there... ?=mad)=

Your airport is looking really beautiful! Great work on it!!!!! :thumbsup:

Finally, I though it was stopped recently, but Imaginia is back! &hlp Awesome video, Maarten. &apls Except the music I really enjoyed it. Also, your European textures for the Rural Roads as well for the avenue x avenue intersections look great. :thumbsup: I hope there will be more updates soon.

Wow Maarten - you realy catched some drool moments in this video! The many exits and highway junctions, as well the great harbour extension in Sebesharber :-) made me add this video to my list.....

Yes, I did enjoy it! :thumbsup: I particularly like the interchanges, great job on them!

Very nice city !! &apls

Oh snap! Did'nt know you did another update......

First, I love how you used your PRAs. They're a great example and gave me a pretty good idea what to expect. Please tell me your still working on the project. It would be sad to see such a great idea go to waste.
Secondly, you combine your custom content well with the orginal rewards. I almost forgot the they came with the game. Also that A4/A40 roundabout interchange was great idea.

As always, nice work

i didn't know you updated either , great update i love your roads and highways :thumbsup:

Hi Maarten,

You have a really nice MD, I esspecialy like the Detail with your highways..! &apls
I´ve also a question, where did you get the electric-GLR poles?
It's in '1:10' in your video..
please send me a message back,

de groeten, Giel

Quote from: io_bg on September 02, 2009, 01:06:56 PM
Yes, I did enjoy it! :thumbsup: I particularly like the interchanges, great job on them!

Thank you! I enjoy building them  ;)

Quote from: citymax on September 15, 2009, 02:10:09 AM
Very nice city !! &apls

Thank you!

Quote from: Fresh Prince of SC4D on October 24, 2009, 04:54:44 PM
Oh snap! Did'nt know you did another update......

First, I love how you used your PRAs. They're a great example and gave me a pretty good idea what to expect. Please tell me your still working on the project. It would be sad to see such a great idea go to waste.
Secondly, you combine your custom content well with the orginal rewards. I almost forgot the they came with the game. Also that A4/A40 roundabout interchange was great idea.

As always, nice work

Thank you. Unfortunately the PRAs are cancelled, since the NWM and the TuLEPs fulfill the same function.

Quote from: Nexis4Jersey on October 31, 2009, 01:57:51 AM
i didn't know you updated either , great update i love your roads and highways :thumbsup:

Thank you.

Quote from: Gilikov1994 on February 18, 2010, 10:02:26 AM
Hi Maarten,

You have a really nice MD, I esspecialy like the Detail with your highways..! &apls
I´ve also a question, where did you get the electric-GLR poles?
It's in '1:10' in your video..
please send me a message back,

de groeten, Giel

The GLR Poles are modded myself, but they are still in a early state of development.

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Well, after a year break I'll revive this MD. To make my point clear:


Yes, we finally have an new update. I didn't updated this MD for over a year, but I didn't stop developing Imaginia. The country has now 3.77 million inhabitants! Also there are more new things here:
- Most of the Maxis Freeways are replaced by RHW. The A3 and A5 in Konrad and the A7 in Maxtor are converted quite recently.
- There are more agricutural areas in Imaginia, especially around the south coast and Brinasken.
- I demolished the A23 due to redundancy.
- I also constructed a new freeway: the A42, or the Farmers Freeway.
- The A16 doesn't end in Jonkersmond, but now goes around the city all the way to Newlandervayne (previously known as Nieuwlanderveen).
- South City (previously known as Zuidstad) has a brand new harbour.
- Quite some interchanges are reconstructed.

So there's quite a lot changed here. Here's a region shot:

I'll focus today on Konrad and Newlandervayne. Enjoy the pictures and click for full resolution!

Welcome back!

Nice work with the GLR Catenaries! ;) And your work with the RHW shows me again one of my painful deficits - I have never mastered the RHW ...  :'(

There is only one thing though that I do have to criticize: the avenue level crossing (shudder) at the station Konrad - West in Picture 2. I am sure you do find a way better solution compared to ... that ... well ... 

Take care!


Bernhard  :thumbsup:

Fantastic update Maarten! Stunning work with the RHW  :thumbsup:

- riiga

Great set of pictures! And fantastic interchanges (as always)! I'd like to ask where did you get the dark bluish building on pic 11? It's located next to the uppermost overpass.

Excellent job, keep going &apls &apls &apls

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Just an idea. If i were you, i would built elevate heavy railroads. This will prevent the avenue crossing and will allow the connection of G.L.R. rails.

I've found another MD to follow!  I actually saw a picture of yours in the show us your intersections thread, and looked to see if you had an MD where I could see more.  Your use of RHW is really good. 

In image 19 you have display monitors for the automated traffic control system above the autobahn; may I ask where you found these?  Germany does a really good job with their highways, at least compared to the US.  I've lived both places, and the engineers in the US, just aren't getting the funding to do it right (unless it's something else)

Good to see another dutch MD :thumbsup:
Your area is really good; keep on going  &apls &apls
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I saw dutch NBA-signs (Nieuwe Bewegwijzering Autosnelwegen); Are they now available on the stex?

Matthijs

Fantastic pictures, Maarten!!! Great work!!!  :thumbsup:
Happy new year!!!

Quote from: Nardo69 on October 21, 2010, 12:04:26 PM
Welcome back!

Nice work with the GLR Catenaries! ;) And your work with the RHW shows me again one of my painful deficits - I have never mastered the RHW ...  :'(

There is only one thing though that I do have to criticize: the avenue level crossing (shudder) at the station Konrad - West in Picture 2. I am sure you do find a way better solution compared to ... that ... well ... 

Take care!


Bernhard  :thumbsup:

Thank you for your comments. About the avenue level crossing, I agree that I could have found a better solution to that. But other than that number of level crossings is reduced a lot since I read your article about railways. By the way, I'm sure you like the upcoming updates...

Quote from: riiga on October 21, 2010, 12:11:15 PM
Fantastic update Maarten! Stunning work with the RHW  :thumbsup:

- riiga

Thank you!

Quote from: io_bg on October 21, 2010, 12:21:21 PM
Great set of pictures! And fantastic interchanges (as always)! I'd like to ask where did you get the dark bluish building on pic 11? It's located next to the uppermost overpass.

I believe it's one of the Maxis Monuments, the Seafirst Tower.

Quote from: Kevin1a on December 17, 2010, 11:32:18 PM
I've found another MD to follow!  I actually saw a picture of yours in the show us your intersections thread, and looked to see if you had an MD where I could see more.  Your use of RHW is really good. 

In image 19 you have display monitors for the automated traffic control system above the autobahn; may I ask where you found these?  Germany does a really good job with their highways, at least compared to the US.  I've lived both places, and the engineers in the US, just aren't getting the funding to do it right (unless it's something else)

The traffic control signs are from my own design and I haven't uploaded those yet, mainly because they are not completely finished...

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on December 24, 2010, 06:55:48 AM
Good to see another dutch MD :thumbsup:
Your area is really good; keep on going  &apls &apls
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I saw dutch NBA-signs (Nieuwe Bewegwijzering Autosnelwegen); Are they now available on the stex?

Matthijs

No, this is actually the Imaginian Signage system, which I also haven't released yet. However, I'm working on a dutch NBA set  ;)

Quote from: Tomas Neto on December 26, 2010, 03:57:41 AM
Fantastic pictures, Maarten!!! Great work!!!  :thumbsup:
Happy new year!!!

Thank you!

Before I start with my update I'd like to note that my previous updates took a long time to complete and they were usually huge. In the future, I'll try to make smaller, more frequent updates. I've also changed the name of the MD to "Maarten's Regions", since I don't cover only Imaginia anymore, but also the city region of Schellingen.

DISCLAIMER
Some content I use is not available anywhere. It's mostly testing stuff, experimental stuff or things I didn't complete yet. Don't ask me when these things will be released, since I don't know either.  Here's a list of content I use that's not available anywhere (yet):

• Network Addon Mod Version 30 (Testing Version)
• Real HighWay Mod Version 4.2 (Testing Version)
• Network Widening Mod Version 2.0 (Testing Version)
• NAM Re-Texture Mod - Euro Version (Developer Version)
• RHW Ploppable Median Lights (Developer Version)
• Uniform Street Light Mod - LRM Version (Developer Version)
• Imaginian Signage Set + Traffic Control Signs (Developer Version)
• GLR Catenaries Addon Mod (Developer Version)

Welcome to the marvelous city of Schellingen, capital of the Bundesrepublik Schellingen! This quite large city has over a million inhabitants and hosts the government of the country, which is located in the Bundesquartier. We'll talk about that subject later this tour. Before we begin our tour through the region's central city, let's have a look at the region. (click for full resolution, goes for all pictures in this MD)


As you can see, the city is widely spread across the map. The city is at its widest 12 kilometers across and has a medium sized airport, a decent rail and tram network and a large city ring freeway. But you can also see that it's a lot of work in progress, especially in the West and the South of the city.

Another thing I would like to note is the route numbering system. You can see that the freeways have a A# number (where "A" stands for "Autobahn") and the main routes that don't have a freeway status have a B# number (where "B" stands for "Bundesstraße"). There are also C# routes (the international "Continental" route system) and L# routes ("Landstraße"-routes), but the last category is often not signaged, and purely administrative. The route numbers themselves also follow a certain logic. Odd routes are going North-South, even routes are going East-West. City rings often end with 0. The first digit of the number is linked to the region where the route is in. There are nine regions in Schellingen.

Also, the route numbering is an integrated system, meaning that one number can be assigned to one route, no matter if it is a freeway or not. So when the A14 ends, it continues as the B14. The only oddity you might spot is the A112. This is because it's only a short stretch of freeway and there's already a A12. To prevent the route got ridiculously high route numbers, the route got it's own number.

Here is a map of the whole country: CLICK HERE! (http://img524.imageshack.us/i/kaartschellingen03.jpg/) (3750 x 5078px, 2 MB)

OK, let's zoom in to Schellingen-Mitte, especially in to the Altstadt (the old city district)...


Here we see the old city center (the current CBD is at the other side of the river). Here in the center of the picture we see the cathedral of Schellingen: the St. Stefankirche. It's one of the main tourist attractions of Schellingen. But let's not forget the rest of the Altstadt. The beautiful architecture and the good atmosphere attracts tourist from all around the country and beyond. So let's take a tram tour through the Altstadt!


Yes, the Altstadt is quite large. You also immediately notice the grid layout of this old city district, which is quite unusual for its time. The avenue at the bottom of the picture, the Fransösallee (B12), is one of the main roads in Schellingen. To the West (right in this picture), it goes to the "Zentralautobahn" A7, Bewerbegebiet Mannzig (an industrial area, which I'll show you in the next update), Schwanau Airport and the A12 to Bammsmunster. Let's continue our tram tour...


We arrive at the train station near the Altstadt. I hear you ask: "what are all those modern buildings (including the station) doing right next to the old city center?" That's a quite interesting story. In the year 1913, there was a large fire in Schellingen. The eastern part of the Altstadt couldn't be saved and has completely burned to the ground. The western part of the Altstadt and the Bundesquartier was almost completely separated from the eastern part by the; only the railway station connected the two. Unfortunately that building caught fire too, so the whole fire fighting crew focused to stop the fire at the station building to prevent that the western half of the Altstadt would burn down too. They succeeded to do that and the western Altstadt and the Bundesquartier were saved.

In the following years a new city district was build up and some old buildings in the western half were demolished (due to the severely bad conditions of the buildings). Nowadays the area has completely revived. We take a tram and we stop at the next stop to exit the tram and take a walk to the Friedenpark, a large park located in the governmental complex called the Bundesquartier.



That arch is impressive, isn't it? That's the Friedenbogen. It's a gift from the neighbouring country Steinmarken for the good relations between the two countries. In the background you see around the large square the ministries of Finances, Economy, Healthcare & Well-Being and Social business. Let's continue our tour through the Bundesquartier.


Here we have the ministries of Transport, Science & Education & Culture, Inland business, Foreign business and the Parlement building (the large building in the back).


Here we have the ministries of Agriculture & Food quality, Defense, Justice, General Business, Envoirment, Trade and Utilities (note: the last ministry takes care of electricity, water and other resources).

Now we take a taxi and we head to the location of the next update, but before I end this part of the tour, I'll show you two more pictures...


Here is the Zentralautobahn A7, the widest Autobahn in Schellingen. It has a 4x3 lanes setup, where the center lanes are for express traffic only. At the right end you see where we came from, and at the left we see the location of the next update. Stay tuned!

Oh, and by the way, I said I would show two more pictures? Well, here's the final one: a slightly outdated mega mosaic of the city:
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See you next time!

Best,
Maarten

Awesome update! Words can't describe how fantastic it looks, especially the retexture mod and the NAM stuff.  ;D

Good to see another update, hope you will update more in future.
Your city has some beautiful details; and that euro texture ::)
Good luck!

-Matthijs

Nice pics Maarten, especially the night shots.  ;D
I love the region map too.

Amazing! The region looks great!

Great update Maarten!  &apls  I love all the new content and especially the last picture with the RHW interchange at night!

Awesome update, your cities look great and I really like that last pic with that nightlighting! :thumbsup:

I am always excited when I see a new update from you. Not only because your pictures are great but also because I might get a sneak peek on new NAM features.  ;D

Quote from: riiga on February 27, 2011, 09:58:48 AM
Awesome update! Words can't describe how fantastic it looks, especially the retexture mod and the NAM stuff.  ;D

Thank you! I never get tired of the NAM ;)

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on February 28, 2011, 10:05:35 AM
Good to see another update, hope you will update more in future.
Your city has some beautiful details; and that euro texture ::)
Good luck!

-Matthijs

Glad you like the Euro textures, Matthijs ;)

Quote from: samerton on March 01, 2011, 08:17:06 AM
Amazing! The region looks great!

Thank you!

Quote from: noahclem on March 01, 2011, 08:38:21 AM
Great update Maarten!  &apls  I love all the new content and especially the last picture with the RHW interchange at night!

I've mastered the RHW over the years and one of the main developers of the mod.

Quote from: Ciuu96 on March 01, 2011, 11:18:21 AM
Awesome update, your cities look great and I really like that last pic with that nightlighting! :thumbsup:

Thanks to Kodlovag's USL (which I modified a bit for LRM lamp posts) I can make awesome night shots ;)

Quote from: RickD on March 02, 2011, 02:01:30 AM
I am always excited when I see a new update from you. Not only because your pictures are great but also because I might get a sneak peek on new NAM features.  ;D

I'll always offer some sneak peeks of the new NAM features ;)


Welcome to part 2 of our trip through Schellingen-Mitte. Today we are going to visit the industrial district of Schellingen (so we can see the "ugly" side of the city) and a I'll show a bit of the CBD and some ressidential areas.


We start at where we left from the last part. We follow the Französallee through the industrial area (Bewerbegebiet) Mannzig. It's one of the largest industrial area in the city.


The industrial area contains the city waste management. Especially near the Mannzigerallee there are a lot of waste management buildings. This waste management center manages all the waste in the region. Also notice the radio tower from the local radio station in the picture below.


Here is one of the main intersections of the industrial areas. Here two main avenues, the Fransösallee (B12) and the Mannzigerallee (B19), cross each other. You see that the tramline goes underneath the Fransösallee. This intersection handles large traffic volumes, especially freight traffic. Also, this picture is in the SC4Devotion Picture Competition HoF!


Here we see the Mannzigerallee underpass under the freight rail line. You can see the freight station is at the left.

Now we're going to leave the industrial area and go to the northern side of the river.


Here we have a look at one of the newer high-rise ressidential districts of Schellingen, Nordüfer. It's quite close to the CBD of the city. In the center of the picture you see the Schwanauerallee (B14). Also not the quite large quantity of small parks here.


Here we have the main railway river crossing. The main railway line as well as the tram line bridges the river Dubber. Due to the dense development some roads need to cross these railways, so some underpasses are build here.


Another ressidential city district, Weichen. You see there are large parks developed here. Schellingen is a lot greener than the cities I created in Imaginia. It's clearly visible when you compare my latest update of Imaginia with this one.



And to conclude this update, a nice night shot of the CBD and the Central Station. Fun fact: I used Amsterdam Central Station for three of my best cities: Konrad, Guilliano and also here in Schellingen.

Join me next time for the final part of our tour through Schellingen-Mitte. After that I'll take you to Schwanau.

Best,
Maarten

I love those rail bridges over that avenue ditch &apls

Xander

Welcome back to MD'ing Maarten! Glad to see this return to active status. Awesome pics on your lastest updates!

A couple of great updates in here =)

Really nice pictures Maarten! :thumbsup:

Guillaume.

Great work, Maarten!
I agree that the cities are greener than Imaginia, especially the industrial areas looks more realistic!
Great work on the underpasses &apls

-Matthijs

Amazing as always, Maarten!  &apls

Congratulations on 200 posts!   :)

Gorgeous work!  I love the look of your industrial area!

I like the industrial area, and the CBD with the railway station on the last shot.  &apls

Very nice job on the underpasses &apls It's a shame about the repetition I spotted on a few places &mmm

Quote from: WC_EEND on March 12, 2011, 07:52:47 AM
I love those rail bridges over that avenue ditch &apls

Xander

Thank you! I find this overpass a clever construction of mine  ;)

Quote from: Haljackey on March 12, 2011, 08:51:01 AM
Welcome back to MD'ing Maarten! Glad to see this return to active status. Awesome pics on your lastest updates!

Yep, and that's because I have a really nice region now.

Quote from: Skimbo on March 12, 2011, 03:05:16 PM
A couple of great updates in here =)

Quote from: Sciurus on March 13, 2011, 03:36:34 AM
Really nice pictures Maarten! :thumbsup:

Guillaume.

Thank you both!

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on March 13, 2011, 07:36:36 AM
Great work, Maarten!
I agree that the cities are greener than Imaginia, especially the industrial areas looks more realistic!
Great work on the underpasses &apls

-Matthijs

That's also my opinion. Thank you for your comment.

Quote from: Battlecat on March 16, 2011, 11:00:22 AM
Gorgeous work!  I love the look of your industrial area!

Suprising how you can make a ugly and dirty area look so beautiful, isn't it?

Quote from: kodlovag on March 17, 2011, 03:33:58 AM
I like the industrial area, and the CBD with the railway station on the last shot.  &apls

Yes, thanks to the USL it looks splendid  :thumbsup:

Quote from: io_bg on March 17, 2011, 03:41:55 AM
Very nice job on the underpasses &apls It's a shame about the repetition I spotted on a few places &mmm

Yeah, I haven't mastered reducing repitition yet &mmm

First I would like to announce some bad news: two cities of mine, Schellingen-Mitte and Rothfurt, are suffering from the Prop Pox (random blocks of permanently disappeared props). Although I found a method to reduce and mask the effect, you may still see some Poxed city blocks. I tried my best to hide the Prop Pox in this update, so if you seeing disappeared props, please don't blame me for that.


Welcome to the final part of our tour through Schellingen-Mitte. We'll start near the Central Railway Station, just were we left at the previous update. We go to the Bahnhofquartier (Station Quarters), a high-rise ressidential city district inbetween the central railway and the freeway A7:


Now we going to the other side of the freeway A7 and we're taking another look at Weichen:


Quite near Weichen we've an industrial area: Bewerbegebiet Allemand:


Now we go down the Felixrüherallee (B14) to the east of the city, the city quarter of Nord-Dubber, but first we pass this freeway interchange:

Here we arrive at Nord-Dubber:


On the other side of the river we've the city district of Süd-Dubber, but you see that this district can use some gentrification...


South of Süd-Dubber we have the freeway A112, which is a small stretch of freeway of the B12. South of this freeway the area is still under development:


A little bonus picture: this is a close-up from the statues in the Friedenpark near the Bundesquartier:

And to conclude this update, here's a teaser picture of what's coming up next update:

Best,
Maarten

Your streetlighting is distracting me from the Dissertation in a very big way!

Great update!

aargh.. prop pox!
Great work Maarten. Schellingen Mitte looks great!

-Matthijs

I like the last pic! good update =)

I may have already replied elsewhere to this update, but worth repeating.....
Fantastic update, some very skilfull photo editing!  &apls

The Prop Pox.  ::) If I was granted one free wish from EA, I'd ask them to fix this bug.

Great pictures nonetheless. I don't recognize the avenue bridge in 3.07. Which one is it?

All three parts are really great!!!
Also fantastic overview of your region... :thumbsup:

I really enjoyed this last update :)

You make really good use of the USL, your avenues really come to life!

This is no April Fool's joke that Maarten has made it into OSITM two times now and both times were in April.   :D
Maarten's second time in OSITM and with very good reason!!  The quality that is pumped out of this MD on a consistant basis is unbelievable.  Carefully choosen models and perfectly laid out transit system all make for very realistic city scenes!

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi901.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac213%2FBSCLEX%2FMouse%2520stuff%2FApril2011-3.jpg&hash=1b7f7c67f6ad825ee52b16625cbde77456342657)

Congrats from myself and The SC4D Staff!!! &apls

Congratulations on being selected a second time!  Your latest update is fantastic as always!

Congratulations. well deserved!

Very nice update!!! Congrats on OSITM!!!!   :thumbsup:

Congratulations on a second OSITM Maarten!

Of your recent work here I particularly like you use of USL & RHW, as well as the green spaces. Speaking of USL, thanks for your awesome work on the LRM previously!

Congratulations on your selection to the OSITM.
I must say you have found your own unique way the transform your images, it is looking very good.

Quote from: rooker1 on April 01, 2011, 05:57:09 AM
This is no April Fool's joke that Maarten has made it into OSITM two times now and both times were in April.   :D
Maarten's second time in OSITM and with very good reason!!  The quality that is pumped out of this MD on a consistant basis is unbelievable.  Carefully choosen models and perfectly laid out transit system all make for very realistic city scenes!

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi901.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac213%2FBSCLEX%2FMouse%2520stuff%2FApril2011-3.jpg&hash=1b7f7c67f6ad825ee52b16625cbde77456342657)

Congrats from myself and The SC4D Staff!!! &apls

Thank you for awarding my MD for the second time OSITM. I'll have a lot of stuff ready I would like to show  ;)

Quote from: wallasey on March 27, 2011, 07:21:53 AM
Your streetlighting is distracting me from the Dissertation in a very big way!

Great update!

Thank you for liking my streetlighting  ;)

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on March 27, 2011, 07:40:30 AM
aargh.. prop pox!
Great work Maarten. Schellingen Mitte looks great!

-Matthijs

Well, fortunately I could mask most of the problems, but you still see some parts with missing props. Anyway thanks for your reply!

Quote from: Skimbo on March 27, 2011, 01:50:43 PM
I like the last pic! good update =)

Quote from: Reikhardt on March 27, 2011, 03:53:58 PM
I may have already replied elsewhere to this update, but worth repeating.....
Fantastic update, some very skilfull photo editing!  &apls

Quote from: bat on March 30, 2011, 10:42:54 AM
All three parts are really great!!!
Also fantastic overview of your region... :thumbsup:

Quote from: Battlecat on April 01, 2011, 08:08:02 AM
Congratulations on being selected a second time!  Your latest update is fantastic as always!

Quote from: Tomas Neto on April 02, 2011, 03:56:59 AM
Very nice update!!! Congrats on OSITM!!!!   :thumbsup:

Quote from: Reikhardt on April 01, 2011, 10:46:01 AM
Congratulations. well deserved!

Thank you for your kind replies!

Quote from: RickD on March 30, 2011, 02:59:42 AM
The Prop Pox.  ::) If I was granted one free wish from EA, I'd ask them to fix this bug.

Great pictures nonetheless. I don't recognize the avenue bridge in 3.07. Which one is it?

The avenue bridge is the steel arch bridge from Maxis. And yes, I would also like that the Prop Pox is fixed. It's in my top 3 most annoying SimCity bugs (after CTDs and corrupt save files).

Quote from: nedalezz on March 30, 2011, 10:51:55 AM
I really enjoyed this last update :)

You make really good use of the USL, your avenues really come to life!

Indeed. Also my freeways look great with the USL. You really see the effects of streetlighting with the USL, and that's why I like this mod so much  :)

Quote from: noahclem on April 02, 2011, 06:37:47 AM
Congratulations on a second OSITM Maarten!

Of your recent work here I particularly like you use of USL & RHW, as well as the green spaces. Speaking of USL, thanks for your awesome work on the LRM previously!

You're welcome!  ;)  And there's more to come!

Quote from: kwakelaar on April 03, 2011, 12:29:19 AM
Congratulations on your selection to the OSITM.
I must say you have found your own unique way the transform your images, it is looking very good.

Adding some lighting effects, add some blur on the edges can do miracles! Thanks for your replies.

The next update will follow later this afternoon. It took longer than expected, since I rebuilded one office area with ploppalbe CO$$($)-buildings to reduce repetition. It would be unrealistic to see about a 100 instances of Monterra Travels  $%Grinno$% . The next update will contain:

• 29 pictures!
• More roadgeekery
• A large airport
• A modern W2W office district
• Endless suburbia
• and last but not least: Parks, lots of parks

Best,
Maarten

Congrats on the OSITM! And I'm looking forward to the next update :thumbsup:

Welcome to Schwanau. This city is a large suburb of Schellingen-Stadt. However, Schwanau is a seperate municipality and so does have it's own local authorities. The city likes to promote itself by it's green character: "Parkstadt Schwanau" or "The Park City".

Schwanau also hosts a medium sized airport for international flight traffic. The airport is surrounded by a area of modern medrise office blocks. This looks like a good place to start:


As you see, it's a large W2W office district (thanks to ill_tonsko, who created this wonderfull modern W2W office set!). What's very noticeable is the grid-layout. This does make some sense, since it's a modern office district and the street layout is chosen to be optimal as possible.

So let's take a look at the airport terminal. All aboard!




As you can see, the airport has four runways. Runway 18L and 36R are for take-off only, runway 18R and 36L are for landing only. You also see a part of the Ring Schellingen (A10), a freeway-ring around Schellingen:


There's also a large parking lot near the airport. A DIY store nearby is very thankfull for all the abundant parking space  $%Grinno$%


The Rianerallee (B14) crosses the runways. For safety a tunnel has been constucted underneath the runways:


At the other side of the tunnel, there is a grade-seperated connection with the A10. To the north it goes to the next suburb, Rianstedt:



Now here's a question for you: after which two SimTropolis AND SC4Devotion members is Rianstedt named after?

Another picture of the A10. Here you see the freeway going in-between the suburbs Rianstedt (left) and Schwanau (right). The type of freeway lighting is quite uncommon in Schellingen. In fact, this is actually an experimental setup using white LED-lights (instead of low-pressure sodium fluorescent tubes). So far, it's quite successfull.


Next up is a freeway interchange, the Schwanauer Kreuz, where the A10 (left to right) crosses the A12 (top), which loses its freeway status after this interchange and goes further East as the B12 (bottom) (yes, we look at this interchange from the East). This interchange can be classified as a cloverturbine (add with my own classification Type 1, which means that there's only one turbine ramp. Other types are 2cis, 2trans and 3)



We move on to Rianstedt and have a look around there:




We also take a little peek at the south side of the city:


Here we have the railway station of Schwanau. There are shuttle buses that are riding from the station to the airport and vice versa. There is a tram line planned to this station to replace the shuttle buses, but so far it's not realised yet.


Schwanau is constructed at the shores of the river Schelling. One of the city districts is therefore called "Am Schelling"  ;)


And now I'll show you why this city promotes itself as the Park City. A few pictures say more than thousands of words.







Now there are three bridges that connect Schwanau to Schellingen-Mitte, of which I'll show you two:



On the East side of the river starts Schellingen-Mitte, and here we conclude our mega-update:



(and yes, Bernhard, that's a at-grade railcrossing there in the last picture. I just had not much room there for an underpass. But it's one of the very, very few at-grade railway crossings in Schellingen-Stadt)

Join me next time as we take a visit in Martensburg!

Best,
Maarten

Indeed a green city, very nice!
That new euro texture fits very well and that airport is great.
The only thing I would suggest you is to making your updates smaller,otherwise it'll take hours to scroll down (ok not that long, but ok, you know what I mean?). If there are less pictures in an update you can have a look at every single picture. :thumbsup:
In other words: keep on making those green cities and I may move to one of these :D

-Matthijs

WOW....Huge update with alot of fantastic pictures. 
I loved it all!!

Robin  :thumbsup:

Wow! That is one amazing update! Do I see RHW-4 splitter cosmetic pieces?  :o

Great update. I enjoyed every picture.
Just keep making those cities.

Huge update, and very well done!

The shot of the suburbs with the highway running through is just sublime, I really enjoyed it :)

Outstanding work. I love the suburbs in 4.19. It looks very realistic.

Wow. That is a massive update. Fantastic work. I love the unique style of your city.

,marsh  :thumbsup:

Wow, outstanding (and huge) update Maarten!  &apls I think 4.12 is my favorite.

All the pictures look great.  I certainly wouldn't buy real estate in 4.27 between the tram line and the road.  Those buildings are begging to be flattened for the construction of a nice wide avenue or MAV4.  The other side looks like prime development land.  I think I'd have to build my business over there.

Lovely update, I love the road texture mod you did. I hope the guardrails on the elevated roads and the paved textures on tram-avenues will be soon available :P

Guillaume :thumbsup:

Good work on the neighborhoods and industrial park. And I can't be you have Traim-in-Avenue with overhead wires too!

Love the latest update!  Great work as always, the suburbs are particularly nicely done.

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on April 04, 2011, 08:29:07 AM
Indeed a green city, very nice!
That new euro texture fits very well and that airport is great.
The only thing I would suggest you is to making your updates smaller,otherwise it'll take hours to scroll down (ok not that long, but ok, you know what I mean?). If there are less pictures in an update you can have a look at every single picture. :thumbsup:
In other words: keep on making those green cities and I may move to one of these :D

-Matthijs

Yeah, this was a huge update. I'll keep that in mind  ;)

Quote from: samerton on April 04, 2011, 10:59:26 AM
Wow! That is one amazing update! Do I see RHW-4 splitter cosmetic pieces?  :o

Yes, well-spotted, Sam! Thank you for you comment

Quote from: peter007 on April 04, 2011, 01:26:57 PM
Great update. I enjoyed every picture.
Just keep making those cities.

Don't worry, I will do that  ;)

Quote from: nedalezz on April 04, 2011, 02:51:06 PM
Huge update, and very well done!

The shot of the suburbs with the highway running through is just sublime, I really enjoyed it :)

Freeways are my speciality. Thank you for your comment!

Quote from: Kevin1a on April 07, 2011, 07:37:19 PM
All the pictures look great.  I certainly wouldn't buy real estate in 4.27 between the tram line and the road.  Those buildings are begging to be flattened for the construction of a nice wide avenue or MAV4.  The other side looks like prime development land.  I think I'd have to build my business over there.

Well, the reason why I didn't widened that roads is because it isn't really a main road link anymore. Since it's particulairy difficult to widen the old two-lane suspension bridge, this road has never been widened. Also, there are avenues nearby to provide the required traffic capacity. But I agree, it's by far not the best neighbourhood created.

Quote from: Sciurus on April 09, 2011, 01:09:47 PM
Lovely update, I love the road texture mod you did. I hope the guardrails on the elevated roads and the paved textures on tram-avenues will be soon available :P

Guillaume :thumbsup:

Quote from: Fresh Prince of SC4D on April 10, 2011, 03:18:52 PM
Good work on the neighborhoods and industrial park. And I can't be you have Traim-in-Avenue with overhead wires too!

In time, my friends, it will become available, as soon as I focus my attention on them. Unfortunatly, I have a lot of other interesting stuff in development, like this region for example...

Quote from: rooker1 on April 04, 2011, 09:32:06 AM
WOW....Huge update with alot of fantastic pictures. 
I loved it all!!

Robin  :thumbsup:

Quote from: RickD on April 05, 2011, 01:16:24 AM
Outstanding work. I love the suburbs in 4.19. It looks very realistic.

Quote from: marsh on April 05, 2011, 07:18:57 PM
Wow. That is a massive update. Fantastic work. I love the unique style of your city.

,marsh  :thumbsup:

Quote from: noahclem on April 06, 2011, 12:35:14 AM
Wow, outstanding (and huge) update Maarten!  &apls I think 4.12 is my favorite.

Quote from: Battlecat on April 11, 2011, 08:41:54 AM
Love the latest update!  Great work as always, the suburbs are particularly nicely done.

Thank you for your comments!


Martensburg is another suburb from Schellingen-Stadt. It's located at the North-East from the central city. The city has one railway station, two freeway exits, one freeway x freeway interchange and a TV-tower. So let's start with the railway, where I start building this suburb from:


The railway cuts through the whole city. It's one of the railways leading out of Schellingen. The railway line leads to Cisna and to Noorland (in the neighbouring country Nova Hollandia, more about that subject in the next update).


Just like in other city districts of Schellingen-Stadt, this city has some main avenue. Here's one of them, the Martensburgerallee (B15), heading towards the East to Cisna.


This roundabout, the Buerghtlanderplatz, is one of the main intersections of Martensburg. The Sankt Davidallee ends here on the Martensburgerallee.


Here we have the Sankt Davidallee, heading to the North. It leads through some of Martensburg's suburbs.


And there's the TV-tower I talked about earlier, the Schellinger Fernsehturm!


Beside these things, Martensburg is not really that special, you might want to say it's dull. Nevertheless, I took some effort to make some random shots, just to give you a impression of the suburb:




What's more interesting, is the freeway surrounding the city: the Autobahnring Schellingen (A10). We start from the south, as we head to exit 4. This exit connects the A10 with the Martensburgerallee (B15). The A10 also borders the city on this side; on the other side you see agricultural areas. Also note the FARHW! These puzzle pieces are completed just a few days ago by Shadow Assasin and they are ready for testing by the NAM Team members and associates. So far they work wonderfull  ()stsfd()


To the east, the B15 changes profile from 2x2 lanes to a 2+1 lane highway with grade-seperated intersections.


Heading to the north, we encounter a freeway x freeway interchange: Dreieck Martensburg (numbered as interchange 3). Here the A10 bends towards the west, while the A9, coming from the north, ends here (and it continues at the South-East of the A10 freeway ring). The result is a particullary nice looking directional-T interchange.



Further north, the A9 switches from 2x3 lanes to 2x2 lanes, heading towards rural envoirments (notice the lane drop). Now you see some streetslights next to the freeway, but the freeway lighting stops about 500 meters further north. After that, only freeway exits have streetlights.


Back on the A10, we have exit 2. The St. Davidallee crosses the A10 here.


Heading towards the West, the A10 goes to Rothfurth. Here it will cross the major freeway A7. We come back to that in a later update.


And to conclude this update: a picture of our next update's subject:


Yes, we are leaving the city for a while and we go rural! But I might plan an intermezzo-update to give you some extra background stories about Schellingen (and Imaginia too). So stay tuned!

Best,
Maarten

Awesome city my friend!!! Great work in the last updates!!!
Fantastic rural area, too!!!

Yet another really great update, I love the feeling of space you create in your suburbs!

Looks very good; I see some very nice streches of RHW :)
I like the way Maxic and cc are matched together.
One question: I see that you're using the new euro road textures and the 'old' ETRM. How is that possible?

-Matthijs

Great update Maarten, love the RHW!  &apls

Great update!  I personally like what you've done with the railway through town.

Wow , me liking the New NAM textures and those Interchanges are so realistic... ;D

Great Update! Awesome RHW work :thumbsup:

Impressive work  &apls &apls

the road master  :D

Replies will follow next update, I promise!


Today I'm going to tell the backstory of Schellingen. Not only it's about the origin of the country, but also other backgrounds. And that's quite interesting story, so let's get started!

The Origin
Schellingen started just to function as an neighbouring country of Imaginia, my first region. Nothing was really worked out; it only was there, it just existed. Later on, I began to fill in the area nearby the border of Imaginia, but for a while, that's all.

Then I saw at wegenforum.nl a topic with maps of fictional countries. This ecouraged me to draw a map of the whole country of Schellingen. This is my first draft of the map, hand-draw only using pencils and one A4-sheet of paper:

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg43.imageshack.us%2Fimg43%2F4350%2Fkaartschellingentekenin.jpg&hash=ed367744531c258e7f75448a9d6d5c62ff2d1579)

Currently, the map contains more data and some changed road numbers and routes, but the main shape and most notable cities are still recognisable. The latest edition of the map:

CLICK HERE! (http://"http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/3672/kaartschellingen04a.jpg")

Relations with neighbouring countries countries

What you may note, is that there are now three new neighbouring countries: Steinmarken, Burghteland and Nova Hollandia. These countries are not created by me: these are created by other people on a dutch geofiction forum Atlantis (http://"http://atlantis.theodoordoorn.nl/") (site is in dutch). Here are more people working on fictional countries, and currently there are 13 countries:

• BRS: Bundesrepublik Schellingen. A medium-sized and quite peaceful country.
  
• FS: Fürstentum Steinmarken. A vast country with quite little population
  
• HM: Demokratiske Republik Hochmark. A country with lots of islands and cliffs.
  
• IM: Republic of Imaginia. A tiny densly-populated city state with a large commercial sector.
  
• KBL: Koninkrijk Benjiland (Kingdom of Benjiland). A medium-sized island country.
  
• KJE: Koninkrijk Jamara-eilanden (Kingdom of the Jamara Islands). A medium sized island group.
  
• LST: Republik Lichtenberg / Repubblica di Laosta. A medium sized island group with lots of islands. Divided in a German and Italian half.
  
• RBM: Reĝolando Brilamontio (Kingdom of Brilamontia). A medium sized country in the mountains.
  
• RBU: Republiek Burghteland. A large country, with lots of religous communities. Has trouble with its neighbour Nova Hollandia.
  
• RFL: Republik Frankenland. A large and thinly populated country.
  
• RNH: Republiek Nova Hollandia. A large, atheistic and densly populated country. Has trouble with its neighbour Burghteland.
  
• SUS: Respublica Sustulia. A poor country that has declared independence to Brilamontia.
  
• TY: Demokratise Republik Tysie.  A large island country.
  

An overview of all countries:

CLICK HERE! (http://"http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/701/overzichtskaartgeoficti.png")

The center island is called Alantidia, the northern landmass is called Borealia. Although it may look peaceful here, some countries have been fighting each other the past centuries. Especially at Alantidia and between Nova Hollandia and Burghteland have been several wars.

Signage

One of my specialities is creating signage. And I've created some for Schellingen too.

Basic signage:
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• A: Information
  
• B: Direction
  
• C: Restriction
  
• D: Speed limits
  
• E: Warnings
  
• F: Priority
  
• G: Other signs
  

Non-freeway directional signage:

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Freeway directional signage:

Regular exit:
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• Announcement sign (800m)
  
• Detailed exit sign (400m)
  
• Detailed exit sign (0m)
  
• "Exit"-sign
  
• Distance panel
  

Portal signs (overhead signage)
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Other signs:
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• Fork sign (announcement for complex interchanges)
  
• Service sign (for destonations that are not important enough for regular signage, but still noteworthy, like railway stations, industrial area/harbour areas, landmarks and tourist attractions)
  

I hope you enjoyed this intermezzo! Next up is just a regular update of Schellingen-Stadt

Best,
Maarten

Just wow! %BUd%  This is some great roadgeek stuff and if I wasn't engough into road signage before, I am now. However, I do find all of the signs very similar to their Netherlands counterpart...  :P

I want to learn how to make maps.  :)

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on April 12, 2011, 12:52:08 PM
Looks very good; I see some very nice streches of RHW :)
I like the way Maxic and cc are matched together.
One question: I see that you're using the new euro road textures and the 'old' ETRM. How is that possible?

-Matthijs

There are no old ERTM textures. what you see is that I used different line spacing between the low-density and the med-high density zones. I may look like the old ERTM, but in fact it is not  ;)

Quote from: riiga on April 18, 2011, 07:07:33 AM
Just wow! %BUd%  This is some great roadgeek stuff and if I wasn't engough into road signage before, I am now. However, I do find all of the signs very similar to their Netherlands counterpart...  :P

Actually, they look more like their German counterparts  :D  (with exception of the arrows). The directional signage however is a mix between dutch, belgian and german design plus something of my own...

Quote from: scott1964 on April 18, 2011, 09:03:58 AM
I want to learn how to make maps.  :)

Well, I can't explain it to you, since I don't know how to explain it. It's a complicated, time-consuming proces. However, I thought that thundercrack83 has a tutorial about that in his MD Commonwealth of Marathon...

Quote from: Framly on April 16, 2011, 02:30:09 AM
Great Update! Awesome RHW work :thumbsup:

Quote from: Girafe on April 16, 2011, 05:43:35 AM
Impressive work  &apls &apls

the road master  :D

Quote from: Tomas Neto on April 12, 2011, 09:03:20 AM
Awesome city my friend!!! Great work in the last updates!!!
Fantastic rural area, too!!!

Quote from: Reikhardt on April 12, 2011, 12:08:33 PM
Yet another really great update, I love the feeling of space you create in your suburbs!

Quote from: noahclem on April 12, 2011, 01:28:14 PM
Great update Maarten, love the RHW!  &apls

Quote from: Battlecat on April 14, 2011, 10:35:46 AM
Great update!  I personally like what you've done with the railway through town.

Quote from: Nexis4Jersey on April 15, 2011, 12:14:56 AM
Wow , me liking the New NAM textures and those Interchanges are so realistic... ;D

Thank you all for your comments!


For the first time we leave the central city and we visit one of the surrounding rural communities of Schellingen. This time it's Altenzahl. It's a small town located about four kilometers north of Schellingen-Stadt. The town surrounded by vast farmlands and though it's small, it still has it's own railway station. So let's take a visit!





As you can see, it's a small and compact village, with its own local church, shops and primary school. But this town also offers a rural market fair and a holiday hotel. So you don't have to be completely bored here.

Now we leave the town and check out the rural surroundings. A few pictures say more than thousands of words...





And now some pictures of my usual road-geek stuff:


The B107 is a three-lane rural highway (not to be confused with freeway). The first few kilometers it runs parrallel to the freeway A7, but about 1.5 km north of Altenzahl it crosses the river Schelling to the east bank, while the A7 remains on the west bank. The speed limit on these 2+1 highways is 110 km/h (or just below 70 mph). For the record: the general urban speed limit is 50 km/h (30 mph), the general rural speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph) and the freeway speed limit varies from locally 90 km/h (90 mph) to unlimited (with an advised speed of 130 km/h (80 mph); above that speed limit you're partially/not ensured, so it's risky to drive fast).



You may think when looking at the next pictures: "Why the hell would you need a six-lane freeway in a rural area?" The answer is that you should look at the bigger picture. The A7 is a inter-city freeway and the next city is about 20 km away; the next really large city, Barte, is about 100km away in the neighbouring country. Also don't forget this is just outside of Schellingen-Stadt (population: 1.5 million).





And to conclude this update: a night shot!


Now here's a little challenge for you: how many new RHW puzzle pieces have I used in the last update?

Next up is Felixruhe. See you next time!

Best,
Maarten

Great update! I count 13 new puzzle pieces, or perhaps 14... I really don't know since I also use the testing version of the NAM...  :P

Altenzahl is a nice looking rural community! Wonderful work on it!
Also nice work on the farms. The rhw at night is also really beautiful.
Looking forward to the next pictures... ;)

Nice update  :thumbsup:

O Maarten, this is amazing. &scl()
I love those roadsigns, very well done. I wish I could do that...
The ETRM is great; nice rural area, I like it!

-Matthijs :thumbsup:

So many new things $%Grinno$%
New NAM come out faster pls :P

Amazing interchanges and great Photoshopping!  &apls

Another great update, great photo editing!
Thoroughly enjoyable!  &apls

Great work Maarten! Beautiful showcasing of the new RHW-6C FA & Diag capabilities--the highway looks great winding through the region. Very nice rural areas and power lines as well!  :thumbsup:

Awesome! I am so excited seeing the new RHW pieces in action. Didn't count them, though. ;) I also like the power lines.

Great transport system and great use of the RHW, Keep up the good work  &apls &apls

Awesome update!!! Fantastic work!!!

amazing work you got here maarten!!

where did you find all those farmgrounds??

and i see you put my pylons into good use! :)
the beautifull picture of 6.08 has given me even more ideas!
thx  $%Grinno$%

Fantastic imagery once again, the power lines parading through the shots were a great touch.

Hey, mrtnrln!

The effort you have put into retexturing transit networks and creating euro alternatives is incredible. I was looking at some of your MD pictures and noticed the different sidewalk textures. When the NAM euro cosmetic mod is released will Sithlrd98's asphalt textures be an option as with Andreas' euro road textures?

Also, your GLR/GLR-in-road/GLR-in-avenue puzzle pieces appear to use the chosen sidewalk texture, not the standard Maxis texture. Could this apply to RTMT stations and FLUPS?

Thanks for your hard work! Can't wait for this to be released!

-Blade

The campaign is superb and the freeway impressive &apls &apls

Quote from: riiga on April 25, 2011, 05:43:19 AM
Great update! I count 13 new puzzle pieces, or perhaps 14... I really don't know since I also use the testing version of the NAM...  :P

If I count the new cosmetic pieces as 1, yes, there are 13 new puzzle pieces in the previous update.

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on April 25, 2011, 08:04:17 AM
O Maarten, this is amazing. &scl()
I love those roadsigns, very well done. I wish I could do that...
The ETRM is great; nice rural area, I like it!

-Matthijs :thumbsup:

Road signs are a specialty of mine, you know ;)

Quote from: Buzzit on May 02, 2011, 02:43:10 AM
amazing work you got here maarten!!

where did you find all those farmgrounds??

and i see you put my pylons into good use! :)
the beautifull picture of 6.08 has given me even more ideas!
thx  $%Grinno$%

I've found the farms onthe LEX when I was looking for new farms. These are SimGoober's Field Lots in combination with the BLS Farm Lots.

Quote from: bladeberkman on May 05, 2011, 09:24:59 AM
Hey, mrtnrln!

The effort you have put into retexturing transit networks and creating euro alternatives is incredible. I was looking at some of your MD pictures and noticed the different sidewalk textures. When the NAM euro cosmetic mod is released will Sithlrd98's asphalt textures be an option as with Andreas' euro road textures?

Also, your GLR/GLR-in-road/GLR-in-avenue puzzle pieces appear to use the chosen sidewalk texture, not the standard Maxis texture. Could this apply to RTMT stations and FLUPS?

Thanks for your hard work! Can't wait for this to be released!

-Blade

About the ERTM: Sithlrd98's asphalt textures will be an option, just like it is with the current ERTM. About the GLR: I honestly don't know. I got the sandstone textures from a Japaneese website.

Quote from: bat on April 25, 2011, 06:18:20 AM
Altenzahl is a nice looking rural community! Wonderful work on it!
Also nice work on the farms. The rhw at night is also really beautiful.
Looking forward to the next pictures... ;)

Quote from: Girafe on April 25, 2011, 06:41:16 AM
Nice update  :thumbsup:

Quote from: samerton on April 25, 2011, 09:46:05 AM
Amazing interchanges and great Photoshopping!  &apls

Quote from: Reikhardt on April 25, 2011, 10:02:57 AM
Another great update, great photo editing!
Thoroughly enjoyable!  &apls

Quote from: noahclem on April 25, 2011, 03:10:15 PM
Great work Maarten! Beautiful showcasing of the new RHW-6C FA & Diag capabilities--the highway looks great winding through the region. Very nice rural areas and power lines as well!  :thumbsup:

Quote from: RickD on April 26, 2011, 04:18:02 AM
Awesome! I am so excited seeing the new RHW pieces in action. Didn't count them, though. ;) I also like the power lines.

Quote from: kelis on April 30, 2011, 02:14:03 AM
Great transport system and great use of the RHW, Keep up the good work  &apls &apls

Quote from: Tomas Neto on April 30, 2011, 05:41:13 AM
Awesome update!!! Fantastic work!!!

Quote from: wallasey on May 02, 2011, 03:17:32 AM
Fantastic imagery once again, the power lines parading through the shots were a great touch.

Quote from: supremec on May 05, 2011, 12:23:52 PM
The campaign is superb and the freeway impressive &apls &apls

Thank you all!



Well, it took longer than expected, due to my work for the NAM Team, but I finally managed to get another update ready. Due to the sheer load of pictures, this update will split in two, where the second will follow soon. Here's part 1:


This special is all about the freeways around Felixruhe, one of the eastern suburbs of Schellingen-Stadt. The suburb has three freeways running through and around it: the A4/A14 (the number changes at a freeway interchange), the A10 (Autobahnring Schellingen) and the A112. Most of the pictures are speaking for themselves.

So let's start with the A14. Here it enters Felixruhe. In the direction of Schellingen-Mitte, the freeway ends and goes on as the B14.

Exit 86. Although the A14 is short, it has a high exit number. This is because the exit numbering of the A4 continues here. At the Felixruher Kreuz (we'll see that interchange later this update), the A4 bends of to the A10 and continues on it's own at the other side of the city ring near Wahrmund.


We now move on to the A10, the Autobahnring Schellingen. This freeway loops around the city and one lap is about 35 km long. Here's one tight exit at this freeway.


We are now approaching the Felixruher Kreuz:

A close-up:

And here the interchange. For us roadgeeks: This is a clover-windmill interchange.


The A4 continues to the East here, in direction of the city of Compagniestaete in the neighbouring country Nova Hollandia.

Back to the A10 again...

... on to the Franzoeser Kreuz ...

... which is a cloverleaf interchange.

A close up from where the freeway A112 ends and continues as the B12.

An exit at the B12.

We are re-entering the city again, this time through the modern city district of Franzoesquartier.




And to conclude this update: a teaser pic of the next update:

A final question: there are five new RHW features shown in this update, of which the new cosmetic pieces are one feature. Can you guess the other four?

Best,
Maarten

Lovely update, Maarten. One question though: why does the A-112 change numbers to B-13 when it downgrade? Wouldn't it be more logical to continue the number?

And let's have a shot at those 4 features:
1) Elevated RHW-6 + exits. (7.12)
2) FA-RHW. (7.18'
3) RHW-4 and related RHW-4 to RHW-3 piece. (7.14)
4) RHW-8 Bridges. (7.10)
5) RHW-8/6 C-exit. (7.04) ('Know you said 4, but I haven't found these in the current version, though I could just be looking for them with my eyes closed...  ()what())

Regards,
Korot

I love your RHW layout! It looks so realistic! :thumbsup:

Great railway bridges.
They look so realistic in all different angles.
Really great maarten.

-Ernst

Great job mate, The last two pictures are amazing...great job  :thumbsup:

Really nice :thumbsup:, I particulary like the "Franzoeser Kreuz" ::)

Guillaume :)

Fantastic work on this new update!
And wonderful pictures of the highway and the interchanges are great! :thumbsup:
Looking forward to more... :)

Great work on this one!  &apls

My favorite intersections are the 4-way RHW ones, particularly the clover leaf.

Wow!  :o Excellent highway system and junctions!  &apls I like the most exit 2 on A112  :)
If everything is so great, you might also think about building less steep rail banks, or putting them on the ground, instead of highways  :P

Excellent work mrtnlrn.  :thumbsup:
Your motorway system is incredible.

Great work. I'm drooling over all this NAM stuff.  $%Grinno$% Your work on these highways is amazing.

,marsh

Hmm. What looks new?

*RHW-6S+1 ramp (to RHW-8)
*RHW-6S->8 transition (asymmetrical)
*RHW-8 bridges (7.10)
*ERHW-6S and Style C elevated ramps
*RHW-4 to RHW-3 transition (7.14)
*Is 7.16's RHW dragged out? (draggable 6S is promised in 4.2)

Crazy work with this highway ! Last two pics are my favorites, even if the huge interchange 7.07 is amazing !

GAH! You're killing me with RHW 4.2!!!!!

Muuust.........haaaave............n-n-NAM..........thiiiirty  :'(

*faints*

Good job on its highways, interchanges well built!

Maarten, it'd be one thing if you were just showcasing the work of many on the NAM Team here, but you do it with such craft and skill...

This is the second K-Point worthy MD effort I've seen today, and I'm looking at lots of them.  There are so many here that are good, but the Felixruhe work in particular is great.  The diagonal S-curve railway viaduct is gorgeous!


David

Quote from: Korot on June 04, 2011, 02:31:13 PM
Lovely update, Maarten. One question though: why does the A-112 change numbers to B-13 when it downgrade? Wouldn't it be more logical to continue the number?

And let's have a shot at those 4 features:
1) Elevated RHW-6 + exits. (7.12)
2) FA-RHW. (7.18)
3) RHW-4 and related RHW-4 to RHW-3 piece. (7.14)
4) RHW-8 Bridges. (7.10)
5) RHW-8/6 C-exit. (7.04) ('Know you said 4, but I haven't found these in the current version, though I could just be looking for them with my eyes closed...  ()what())

Regards,
Korot

Well, the number change A112 to B12 is one oddity in the Schellingen route numbering scheme. You see, the freeway A12 ends in the west with exit number 1 and continues as B12. But one part of the B12 has been build out to Autobahn standards. Because the exit numbering could cause problems (you would have two exits 1-5 for the same route number), the authorities have chosen to give the stretch it's very own number, namely A112 (which is quite simmilar to B12).

Anyway, thanks for your reply and all others who've left a reply here ;)

I see I forgot an update! Well, that one can be added later, first I show you today's update:


Best,
Maarten

Nice update.
Your bonus pic link seems to be broken.
Great use of RHW maarten!

-Ernst

Yes, great use of RHW. Great pictures maarten  &apls &apls

Loving the use of RHW and furthermore the variety in town scapes you have shown! Good work!

Great work with the highway and the night shot looks also great. &apls

Good update Maarten. The RHW network looks excellent. Btw, i remember seeing those traffic signals, but where are they from?

Thank you for your replies!

Well, it's a long while since I've updated this CJ for the last time. Since I've been working on this region again, it is time for revival.

But before we start, I've been planning some large reconstruction in Imaginia, mostly increasing the realism of the region (actually, the ONLY real recorded "reconstructions" are the diversion of the motorway C40 and the widening of the C75. Now here is the master plan:

Note that the master plan is made in early January this year. After five weeks PC malfunctioning (which ceased development for a while  >:( ), here's the current progress:
As you can see, I've reconstructed the freeway C40. I also did some very large reconstruction in Konradedal, which we're going to view in a two part update. For today, I'll show part 1.


Konradedal is a medium-sized city. It's build upon hills, but the city has flattened these hills out to terraces. I've done some very large reconstruction here; it looked horrendous when I started reconstruction. Now I may say it ended up as one of my more decent cities.

Today we're going to focus on the main infrastructure of the city, and boy, this city has one! Actually, I started reconstucting the infrastructure first, because the old one was unrealistic to my opinion. So let's take a look... (and click for full resolution)

Here we have a look at the old route of the C40. Imaginia prefers to use international route numbers instead of national route numbers; the old route also did bear the (administrative) number A7, which has been downgraded to N7. This was previously Maxis Highway, but since I want to get rid of those, I downgraded to an Avenue; the freeway has been re-constructed around city. I'll show some pics of it later...

With downgrading comes loss of functionality. And so  you can see at-grade intersections here...

A simple Trumpet interchange in the mountains. The A2 heading east leads to Hopfelfal, to west it's heading for the north of Konradedal and the C40 to the border with Schellingen. To the south the N36 heads to Konradedal-East.

The N36 is just a short stretch of motorway and therefore it doesn't bear a motorway number, but a non-motorway national route number. This is the only exit on the route.

Just a bit farther east you see that the N36 is already downgraded to an avenue, called Fortress Avenue. Why is it called that? Well, this avenue leads to an island with some old fortresses on it, which I'll show you in the next update.

Now we move to the A2 again. Just north of Konradedal, it connects to the N34.

Going west we come across this interchange. The C40 has recently been widened here from 2x2 to 2x3 lanes. This was previously a huge bottleneck on the main route between the large cities Konrad (IM) and Muensterwald (BRS).

Here we see where the old route splits of the new route. The old route (N7) continues as a four lane highway, which will be downgraded to an avenue further down the road, the new route (C40, 2x3 lanes) goes around the city...

Here's the new connection with the N34. This is build up an hill, so that explains the absence of accelleration and decelleration lanes at the bottom of the picture.

And here the N7 merges again with the C40. Remember, the N7 once was Maxis Highway. I consider this as a re-construction well-done.

Want to see more? Stay tuned for next update when I show you around the city. I hope you enjoyed the update!

Best,
Maarten

Great update Maarten! That trumpet is amazing!  :thumbsup:

The masterplan is very interesting. However, the link to the full size pic is broken. I had to remove the quotation marks and add a : to see the pic. ;)

I spot new signs, is it NBA?  ;) The portals looks nice so small, nicely done.

Your RHW looks cool, but the hills are somewhat to steep in some places. It's hard to make this better, I know. I had the same problem whit the old Maxis motorways, you don't have the space to make the RHW perfect.

Wow! The most I like shots with sunken avenues, as well as those small estates with embankements on 2nd screen  ;)

If you want to build as real as possible I advice you to build AVE->AVE-2->Road using NWM pieces, while making transition between avenue and road. I do this way in non built-up areas  ;)

very nice update!!!Like your RHWs &apls

Great first new update there in this year.
Looking forward to the second part...

Fantastic as always!  Love your highway work!

Excellent update Maarten  &apls  The last interchange shown (second to last picture) is my favorite. Very unique  :thumbsup:

Quote from: riiga on March 05, 2012, 03:44:49 PM
Great update Maarten! That trumpet is amazing!  :thumbsup:

Thank you, I like how this one turned out...

Quote from: RickD on March 06, 2012, 12:52:22 AM
The masterplan is very interesting. However, the link to the full size pic is broken. I had to remove the quotation marks and add a : to see the pic. ;)

Link fixed! I made this master plan back in the beginning of January. You see I want to change quite a lot; I've not been working on this region since the beginning of 2011!

Quote from: Paul 999 on March 06, 2012, 04:45:25 AM
I spot new signs, is it NBA?  ;) The portals looks nice so small, nicely done.

Your RHW looks cool, but the hills are somewhat to steep in some places. It's hard to make this better, I know. I had the same problem whit the old Maxis motorways, you don't have the space to make the RHW perfect.

No, you don't spot NBA. That's actually the standard Imaginian livery, which is based upon NBA and german signage (with some ideas of my own). Here you can see the design (Click for full resolution)
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The MHW converstion and building interchanges on slopes and I admit, some cliffs are quite steep, but I have learned to live with it (to compare it with your region, which I also admire, you have almost no slopes whatsoever ;) )

Quote from: kbieniu7 on March 06, 2012, 07:05:57 AM
Wow! The most I like shots with sunken avenues, as well as those small estates with embankements on 2nd screen  ;)

If you want to build as real as possible I advice you to build AVE->AVE-2->Road using NWM pieces, while making transition between avenue and road. I do this way in non built-up areas  ;)

I tend to use that, and I have to admit I should've used it at pic 1.04. More often I use a RHW-4 to RHW-2 transition when my avenues go rural...

Quote from: Gugu3 on March 06, 2012, 09:17:11 AM
very nice update!!!Like your RHWs &apls

Quote from: bat on March 09, 2012, 07:18:26 AM
Great first new update there in this year.
Looking forward to the second part...

Well, get ready then! It's coming right up! ;)

Quote from: Battlecat on March 09, 2012, 08:14:58 AM
Fantastic as always!  Love your highway work!

It's my specialty! :D

Quote from: noahclem on March 09, 2012, 10:59:06 AM
Excellent update Maarten  &apls  The last interchange shown (second to last picture) is my favorite. Very unique  :thumbsup:

Hills + RHW + Creativity = EPICNESS :P



Konradedal (or Konradÿfal, as its Nagaskan name goes) is build in a valley where the river Konrade flows through. The terrain is hilly and this gives Konradedal a distinctive feature: terraces. The city has flat sections with height differences in between them, giving the city a multi-level effect.

We start with an overview of the city:


The city is split into three parts: a western shore part (former dutch), an eastern shore part (former Nagaskan) and the old Nagaskan fortess on a island in the river. The city was formerly split by a language barrier, but since 1987 this is not much of a problem anymore, since English is the lingua franca these days...

Here's an overview of the south-eastern part of the city, Ostrasita. Here you can clearly see the multi-level effect:


We move to the western part of the city. The old city center is build in seemingly Parisian style. This part of the city is build around the late 1700s, which explains you see more parisianesque architecture rather than dutch archtecture...


Moving further west, we have one of the newer suburbs, Hoogzyde (formely called Hoogzijde). It is build in the beginning of the 1980s:



Next up is the fortress island. This island has two fortresses: an old castle (Gämla Fjÿllöyeborg), build in the 12th century and a newer castle(Ny Fjÿllöyeborg), build in the 16th century. These fortresses are on a quite tall cliff island Fjÿllöye, making them very hard to conquer. During the colonization of Imaginia, this was once tried by the dutch, but without success. Today, Fjÿllöyeborg one of the best known historic tourist attractions of Imaginia.

Here we have the southern gate (Sudra Gäta):

The new castle:

And the old castle:

The fortresses are surrounded by mainly wooden buildings densly packed together:



Next up we have the Nagaskan part of the city, which is more modern. Here we have the city center on the eastern shore.


Some other city quarters



Industrial development is also present here, including a freight station and distribution center



To conclude, a pic of a passenger station in the suburbs:


I hope you enjoyed the update!

Oh, and I see there is a brown box present in one of my pictures, though it's quite hidden. Can you spot it?   :ooh:   

Best,
Maarten

Nice use of embanksments, but I'm not sure whether I like or dislike the strange use of ümlauts...  :P

Good to see some activity in Imaginia. I liked this update. The historical centre of Fjÿllöyeborg is looking very nice! :thumbsup:

Great second part there! :thumbsup:

Fantastic view of the region!

Congratulations maarten. Your highway interchanges are legendary!
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Congrats on another OSITM Maarten  &apls

Really nice work on the last update too. Town looks lovely and highways nice!

Looking forward to what you have planned for the month  :thumbsup:

I somehow missed last update, which was, well, not to be missed   ;)

Curious as to what we'll see this month.


Cheers,
Willy

Congratulations on your third appearance in OSITM ;)

A big CONGRATS on your 3rd appearance in OSITM!!
With incredible interchanges and breath taking night shots, it's no wander to me why you are here again.
I think we are in for a very interesting month.

Robin &apls

Congratulations ;D Your intergances are great &apls

Quote from: riiga on March 09, 2012, 02:56:00 PM
Nice use of embanksments, but I'm not sure whether I like or dislike the strange use of ümlauts...  :P

Nagaskan is full of Ümlauts (and å's) :P . Expect a whole lot more...

Quote from: Jmouse on April 01, 2012, 10:56:21 AM
Congratulations maarten. Your highway interchanges are legendary!
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Thank you for the third OSITM award. It's again a honour. ;)

Quote from: noahclem on April 01, 2012, 01:15:17 PM
Congrats on another OSITM Maarten  &apls

Really nice work on the last update too. Town looks lovely and highways nice!

Looking forward to what you have planned for the month  :thumbsup:

Quote from: Swordmaster on April 01, 2012, 01:39:56 PM
I somehow missed last update, which was, well, not to be missed   ;)

Curious as to what we'll see this month.


Cheers,
Willy

Quote from: rooker1 on April 02, 2012, 03:51:14 AM
A big CONGRATS on your 3rd appearance in OSITM!!
With incredible interchanges and breath taking night shots, it's no wander to me why you are here again.
I think we are in for a very interesting month.

Robin &apls

Thanks. Well, I have something ready, but I guess I have to make some extra updates then, although this might get into conflict with my exams (which have a higher priority).

Quote from: MrMAvE94 on March 21, 2012, 07:02:52 AM
Good to see some activity in Imaginia. I liked this update. The historical centre of Fjÿllöyeborg is looking very nice! :thumbsup:

Quote from: bat on March 21, 2012, 12:41:49 PM
Great second part there! :thumbsup:

Quote from: ricardomiranda on March 21, 2012, 08:14:14 PM
Fantastic view of the region!

Quote from: Framly on April 01, 2012, 01:58:47 PM
Congratulations on your third appearance in OSITM ;)

Quote from: A. Gates on April 02, 2012, 12:40:46 PM
Congratulations ;D Your intergances are great &apls

Thank you all ;)


I decided to give a look behind the scenes in a four-part update. I took the city of Kapish for this opportunity. It's the first city I build in Imaginia, and therefore it contains some "sloppy" city building:

• There's still a lot of Maxis Highway left in this city. Only 4 other cities in Imaginia still have Maxis Highway at this moment, of which two are directly linked to Kapish.
• The city layout is quite a chaos and not well thought. At some parts it's over-dimensioned.
• Lots of repetition and quite Maxis-ruled in an ugly way, sometimes a mess of skyscrapers.
• There's no old city center, while this is actually an old city in my timeline. This should be added.

As you can see, I have to do a lot to rebuild. But before we start rebuilding, let's have a look at the old situation. Note that all images from these Behind The Scenes updates are unedited, so you can admire the city in all its ugliness  $%Grinno$%

Here we have the south-western part of the A10/C75, which is all Maxis Highway in the old situation. I've successfully converted this part to RHW. The N25 (here still before downgrading) still connects to the A10, but in the new situation, this connection has been left out to prevent weaving. Other than that, the city itself here is characteristic for my old city building style: random and not well thought out.

More bad city planning! A way to tightly build stack interchange and some buildings build very near railways and freeways, which generate a lot of noise pollution. Problem, citizens?  ;D

Gotta love my city planning!  $%Grinno$%  A nuclear power plant is located in the middle of a residential area. Not such a good idea, but hey, I didn't care about environmentalists back then. Also, the building style is just... chaotic...

And more bad and redundant MHW stuff. Also check out those red signs... Ugly, eh?

This whole half-abadoned neighbourhood screams for reconstuction. And even more bad MHW stuff...

Here we have one of the oddest interchanges I have ever created. It hasn't been changed that much in the new situation; I just tidied it up...

This is an good example of over-dimensioned infrastructure. Two of the three avenues here have been downgraded to a road or a RHW-2. Only the one on the left still exists...

More bad city planning, MHW stuff and over-dimensioned networks...


And even more

And here we have a look at the messy and ugly CBD of Kapish and the surrounding ressidential area...

And finally, one teaser pic about the end result in the new situation. This is how the new CBD looks like:

Stay tuned for the next four updates!

• Reconstructing the South-Western Shore
• Reconstructing the Northern Shore
• Reconstructing the Eastern Shore
• The Final Result (not Behind The Scenes, so with edited pics)

Best,
Maarten

Looking "great"!  ;D
I'm looking forward to seeing the reconstruction.

Now, I've added the word "over-dimensioned" to my lexicon. :)

Interesting approach you have there. That last picture shows a very promising reconstruction up ahead. I'm tuned.


Cheers,
Willy

Quote from: riiga on April 03, 2012, 07:12:33 AM
Looking "great"!  ;D
I'm looking forward to seeing the reconstruction.

Oh you will be! And the end result will be pleasing to you...

Quote from: Swordmaster on April 03, 2012, 02:26:38 PM
Now, I've added the word "over-dimensioned" to my lexicon. :)

Interesting approach you have there. That last picture shows a very promising reconstruction up ahead. I'm tuned.


Cheers,
Willy

Glad I added another word in your vocabulary  ;)


So, we now come to the re-construction of the south-western Kapish. This place is still filled with Maxis Highway. That will be replaced with Real Highway as a first step of reconstruction, and it's a time-consuming one...

So here we start with a dual half-turbine Maxis Highway interchange. Note the red signs (ugly!) and the very tight spacing between the interchanges...

BOOM! There goes that one!

... and we lay down a fresh layer of asphalt here, a brand new RHW...

Now let's make up the ramps. You see that I tend to change the general layout while constructing. Quite some times a different setup just lines up better

And finally some bridges...

So, one interchange is done, but there's still quite some MHW left...

Now on to the next interchange. This was once a stack interchange, but it's going to be downgrade. First, I have to line up the RHW...

... then I build an overpass, add some ramps and we have a new diamond interchange here! It's not the best solution, but the area is too crammed to build something better, so therefore, I downgraded the A1 to N1 here...

Here's an embanked section of the A10. This leads to a bridge. Since I can't build three-tile RHW-6C bridges at the moment (even us from the NAM Team can't do this yet), I split up the RHW-6C to RHW-6S for a dual RHW-6S bridge.

Here you see that the old connection with the N25 is gone and that the N25 now has a different route. The RHW-6C has received some smooth curves too...

Another picture of work in progress that has been changed. At first, I decided to replace the elevated MHW with a elevated AVE-4, but as you can see the T21s are screwed up. In the end, I decided to go for a ERHW section...

And again, a teaser pic of the final result:

Stay tuned for the next update!

Best,
Maarten

So much better!  :thumbsup:

Yes, much better !! I really like the last picture, you are a genious with the Highways and intersections  &apls &apls

Great improvements.  :thumbsup:

I suppose since I gave up on RHW, I will have to do this when the RHW gets more functionality and flexibility to it since I am mucking my cities up with MHWs now.

Great transition from old to new. Now all you need is some diagonal road signs ;)

Cheers,
Willy

Awesome improvements Maarten and great updates  &apls   Really nice to see this style of presentation and of course your RHW/transit work is top-notch  &apls

Quote from: packersfan on April 04, 2012, 03:26:29 AM
I suppose since I gave up on RHW, I will have to do this when the RHW gets more functionality and flexibility to it since I am mucking my cities up with MHWs now.

I guess you haven't tried hard enough. Mind you that this city had one of the hardest to replace MHWs. And still I succeeded. Just don't try to be afraid to demolish some buildings. It may be hard to do at first, but as you can see, the re-construction is totally worth it!

Quote from: Swordmaster on April 04, 2012, 10:32:10 AM
Great transition from old to new. Now all you need is some diagonal road signs ;)

Cheers,
Willy

Yes, I need to BAT some of those  :P

Quote from: riiga on April 04, 2012, 02:44:30 AM
So much better!  :thumbsup:

Quote from: kelis on April 04, 2012, 03:12:49 AM
Yes, much better !! I really like the last picture, you are a genious with the Highways and intersections  &apls &apls

Quote from: RickD on April 04, 2012, 03:14:25 AM
Great improvements.  :thumbsup:

Quote from: noahclem on April 04, 2012, 03:04:42 PM
Awesome improvements Maarten and great updates  &apls   Really nice to see this style of presentation and of course your RHW/transit work is top-notch  &apls

Thank you all!


Now we move on to the Northern Shore. Here we have to replace some Maxis Highway interchanges with RHW interchanges (and some of these interchanges will be sacrificed for the reconstruction. You see I already cleared the area for some RHW construction.

Dragging out slopes... You see one of my tricks here at work: I use another network (rail or ELR) to smoothen out my RHW slopes, making them more gentle and realistic...

The strange TOTSO (Turn Off To Stay On) connection with the A2 is replaced by a simple trumpet interchange...


But wait! We had another stretch of RHW running parrallel to this stretch. Well, let's add that one too...

... and let it mix with the main lanes just up ahead...

What a difference! Compare that old MHW with the new stretch of RHW...

Cutting through the hills...

And hey! Another new connection!

Now here we have the A2 going through this half-abandoned neighbourhood. Shouldn't be too hard to replace... (I have to rebuild this neighbourhood anyway!)

Presto!

And an small overpass at the other side of the tunnel. This city district has been vastly reconstructed in the end...

And again, a teaser of the end result:

Stay tuned for the next part!

Best,
Maarten

That was some great Great Road Geekery.  If that's not a word...it should be.
Great update!
Robin &apls

Quote from: rooker1 on April 05, 2012, 07:18:13 AM
That was some great Great Road Geekery.  If that's not a word...it should be.
Great update!
Robin &apls

Sure it is Road Geekery!  ;)

And this is our final Behind the scenes update. We are reconstructing some stuff over at the eastern shore...

Here we have a new bridge over the river Kareel. It's a yet unreleased bridge, and probably will be released at the next version of the RHW. Anyway, this bridge has a sufficient width of 3 lanes per side...

Some small reconstruction here, to connect the new RHW with the older RHW trumpet interchange. One exit is only realized as a half-exit, since there was no room to build the other side of it (and it would result in ultra-short weaving areas). I'm planning to widen this section a bit if some RHW-6S smooth curves and RHW-8S-to-8C Transitions are ready...

And here's another section of Maxis Highway that has been replaced by RHW. A small section still remains, still waiting for that RHW-4 over AVE-roundabout piece...

However, I didn't like how the ressidential area turned out here. It was messy and not properly developed, so I replaced it with something the city needs more: industry! This looks well more organised...


... and after some growth...

And finally, another teaser about the end result:

Next up: the end result! Look what the city has become with even more reconstruction and detailing

Best,
Maarten

Very nice! Last pic is my favourite!  :thumbsup:

Congratulations on the third OSITM-award!
Also wonderful updates in this special month. :thumbsup:

Quote from: riiga on April 06, 2012, 03:34:39 AM
Very nice! Last pic is my favourite!  :thumbsup:

Quote from: bat on April 07, 2012, 07:49:31 AM
Congratulations on the third OSITM-award!
Also wonderful updates in this special month. :thumbsup:

Thank you both! ;)


Now, after quite some reconstruction, it's time to look at the results!

First, let's have a look at the central business district:
Quite some towers there and a central freeway! Oh, and you may notice I switched between terrain mods...

A picture at night time...

Now here is a pic of something that was missing: an old city center. Kapish is one of the oldest cities in Imaginia. It was one of the capital cities of the Old Kingdoms of Borealia a thousand years ago. So an old city center would fit in here. And as you may notice, I've succeeded making one with a mash-up of different styles...

Some close-ups...



And here we have a residential district with lots of high-rises, Zuydoever...


Werkhoven is a residential district for the less wealthy citizens. It's characterized by these pre-fab apartment blocks...


And now some badass RHW stuff!




Zonzeel is a mixed residential and office high-rise district. It's attractive to the richer elite of the city...

Another look at the CBD....

Kapish "Central" Station. Well, it's central, but that's it. It's actually a pretty poor station for such a large city. There are plans to build a bigger and better station, but so far, nothing is concrete. And so Kapish will remain having this over-capacity station for a longer while...

More RHW badassery...



We've come to the ressidential area at the northern shore, Norraområdyt...



And here we have one of the oddest interchanges I've ever created. Not much has changed, just cleaned up...

And to conclude, the industrial area at the eastern shore, Stenarkårÿl.




I hope you enjoyed this update. In the mean time, I'm reconstructing Konrad. The Hoogerhey area is already done. The central area needs some more revision, as well as the freeway network. Stay tuned!

Best,
Maarten

Amazing, just amazing! The Old City (4) is my favourite along with pic 11, 18, 20, 21, 23 and 27.  ;D

Wonderful! May I ask on pic 3.06, what buildings are that on the left side of the avenue?

Cheers,
Willy

This is just wonderful!! &apls &apls

Cool pictures :thumbsup:

A small intermezzo today: I made a video showing the whole A10, the Kapish City Ring. Enjoy the ride!


Best,
Maarten

Very nice video.
Where did you get the Zonzeel bridge?
Great month so far!!

Robin

Awesome work Maarten   &apls  The highways are fantastic and I especially like the old city center!

Fantastic video of that highway!! Great work on it. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Nice video, mrtnrln. And, I like how you used "Don't Walk" from Transport Tycoon. :thumbsup:

Hi Maarten

Cool video. I would have crashed several times.  :D

- Jim

Quote from: Swordmaster on April 08, 2012, 02:17:36 PM
Wonderful! May I ask on pic 3.06, what buildings are that on the left side of the avenue?

Cheers,
Willy

That's Haarlemmergold's Monumental Block, made up from several 19th century dutch buildings. It's available on the STEX.

Quote from: rooker1 on April 12, 2012, 08:42:07 AM
Very nice video.
Where did you get the Zonzeel bridge?
Great month so far!!

Robin

That's a good and valid question, and I've heard this question several times before. The answer is: these bridges are from Choco and at this stage they are not released. Heck, I even had to fix a few months ago to get them in this shape. Probably these bridges will be released together with the next NAM.

Quote from: Fresh Prince of SC4D on April 13, 2012, 12:27:56 PM
Nice video, mrtnrln. And, I like how you used "Don't Walk" from Transport Tycoon. :thumbsup:

I like that tune from Transport Tycoon. In fact, I like almost all the tunes from Transport Tycoon  ;)

Quote from: riiga on April 08, 2012, 09:15:25 AM
Amazing, just amazing! The Old City (4) is my favourite along with pic 11, 18, 20, 21, 23 and 27.  ;D

Quote from: Sciurus on April 09, 2012, 02:40:56 AM
This is just wonderful!! &apls &apls

Quote from: Terring7 on April 09, 2012, 02:23:21 PM
Cool pictures :thumbsup:

Quote from: noahclem on April 12, 2012, 09:57:52 AM
Awesome work Maarten   &apls  The highways are fantastic and I especially like the old city center!

Quote from: bat on April 13, 2012, 09:42:08 AM
Fantastic video of that highway!! Great work on it. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Quote from: jmyers2043 on April 13, 2012, 04:40:22 PM
Hi Maarten

Cool video. I would have crashed several times.  :D

- Jim

Thank you all!


Konrad is the capital of the Republic of Imaginia. The city itself is not really that big (only about 300 000 inhabitants). However, the city is part of a large agglomeration, known as the Capital District. The Capital District is the economic and political heart of Imaginia and it contains the cities of Kapish, Konrad, Hoogerhey, Newlandervayne, Hertenkamp, Karlshonk, Jonkersmond and Maxtor. The cities from this agglomeration function as one large city and together they house as much as 1.5 million citizens. Konrad used to host the gouvernment, but this is nowadays allocated across the river Kareel in Hoogerhey. We'll visit Hoogerhey in the next update.

We start of at the railway station Konrad-West. It's part of the old railway line between Kapish and Konrad. Trains drive no faster than 50 km/h here. Looking at this picture you get an overall impression of the city infrastructure of Konrad: It's griddy, unstructured and for quite some parts under capacity. The freeways are OK, but the city itself is known as the Drivers Hell of Imaginia...


We go further down the line to the Central Station. The Central Station District is surrounded by office buildings. Because, isn't it good for business if your customers only have to walk a few minutes from the station instead of going through the congested city roads?

More offices. Konrad is full of them...

Get used to it: the city streets in Konrad are lit with blue-ish!

And even more, quite some pre-fabricated offices here...

The old highway to Newlandervayne and Suessensee, now downgraded to a city Avenue.

And now for my famous RHW constructions. Here we have the interchange between the Continental Route 40 (C40) and the Continental Route 75 (C75), both major routes in Imaginia. Their actual administrative numbers are A3 and A7, but Imaginia doesn't sign them, just like Belgium and Scandinavia. The C75 is the thorough route here while the C40 turns off from the west to the south...
(I don't know what happened to the pillars there...)

And here's the interchange with Vreerust Avenue...

The same intersection from another angle. Here we also see the Konrad Twin Towers. The left one, the Peace Tower, is build in 1982. The right one, the Prosperity Tower, is completed in 1986. Together they form a nice couple and a landmark of the city.

And one of the exits in the CBD. The C40 has Plus Lanes on this stretch. These open during rush hour to releave traffic. You might wonder "why not build full-blown lanes anyway". The answer is that it's juridically easier to construct Plus Lanes than regular lanes, since they have lower design values concerning exhaust gasses and noise production. This principle is applied quite some times in the Netherlands. At the looks of it, the Plus Lane is closed at this moment...

And this is one of my most crammed interchanges. It's notorius for its sharp curves and short ramps...

The Konrad Central Freeway at night...

Some close up pics...


And another intechange. Here the C40 turns from north to east, while the A5 starts here and goes west. The whole section of the A5 here is sunken.

Those Belgian "Ossenkop" lights have their odd charms; they are so ugly, they look beautiful...

And again, the lights are fully functional, showing off this sunken freeway in all its awesomeness! 8)

And what do you know, there are some exits on this section too (you don't say!)

And here the N20 connects to the A5. The N20 goes north across the water to Hoogerhey. The road also marks the western border of city of Konrad.

And another interchange of the A5 further west...

Back to Konrad, the suburb of Nieuwgaarden. It even has a Golf Course, which has been totally financed by the upper class of Konrad and surroundings. It's one of the very few Imaginian golf courses and it has only 8 holes...

And here we have some nice appartment buildings, quite some with a few across the river Kareel...

Nice, green and spaceous, that's the way to go!

And last but not least: a sunken railway line, leading to the Central Station!

Well that's it for today! 8)

Next update: Hoogerhey. Stay tuned!

Best,
Maarten

You manage perfectly transportation ways  &apls &apls &apls

Great work. I like the night images. &apls

Hi Maarten,

You have a nice collection of high rise buildings in there.
Just one remark: the sun farms are not very effective as you placed them in the shadows of highrise buildings. Maybe they should be put in more rural areas or in a park?

Frank

I love your freeways. The signs make them ultra realistic. The plus lanes seem to be a similar concept like when the emergency lane is opened for traffic during rush hour. They installed this a few days ago on a stretch of the Autobahn I commute to work on.

Beautiful &apls

Not a huge fan of the skyscrapers mess, but I have to say it's very nice. The RHW Fits well inside.

Great work on this update ! :)

I'm looking for ideas with the RHW, and your MD is a nice place for that ! :)

Hihi, That's irony...the person, who makes all this great euro-textures wich are find on nearly every european SC4-Computer, don't use them himself.

To the update:
In my opinion this great pictures would look better with your euro-mod, bud also in this way they are great.

Great transportation networks indeed!
I have stolen a few ideas from here....thank you. ;)

Robin :thumbsup:

Very nice update!  :thumbsup:

It seems that my Bat has invaded your city.  :D


Sam.

The interchanges are amazing and I like to see a significant quantity of traffic.
Night shoot 4.12 looks fascinating and in general the night pics are nice.
&apls &apls

Great update Maarten  &apls  I love the RHWs and trains and you've done a great job with the high-density center! Keep it up  :thumbsup:

25 nice new images there! Great work.

Quote from: FrankU on April 16, 2012, 02:38:34 AM
Hi Maarten,

You have a nice collection of high rise buildings in there.
Just one remark: the sun farms are not very effective as you placed them in the shadows of highrise buildings. Maybe they should be put in more rural areas or in a park?

Frank

Yeah, I figured out that I did leave some solar power plants in-between the skyscrapers. What the hell was I thinking!? ;)

Quote from: art128 on April 16, 2012, 09:41:08 AM
Not a huge fan of the skyscrapers mess, but I have to say it's very nice. The RHW Fits well inside.

Trust me, it was a larger mess. I've actually cut down quite a few skyscrapers...

Quote from: RickD on April 16, 2012, 02:56:41 AM
I love your freeways. The signs make them ultra realistic. The plus lanes seem to be a similar concept like when the emergency lane is opened for traffic during rush hour. They installed this a few days ago on a stretch of the Autobahn I commute to work on.

Similar, but not quite. What you're talking about are Peak Lanes, not Plus Lanes. Plus lanes are build on the inner lanes, Peak Lanes on the wide shoulder lane.

Peak Lanes are used to widen a freeway when it's too expensive or when there's not enough room to properly widen a freeway. I've seen it in Germany too on the A7 near Soltau, and here in the Netherlands I've seen it on the A1, A9, A50 and formerly on the A2 also (but that stretch has been properly widened).

Plus lanes have a more juridical background and at some locations it makes more sense to build regular lanes....

Quote from: MR.Y on April 17, 2012, 09:31:45 AM
Hihi, That's irony...the person, who makes all this great euro-textures wich are find on nearly every european SC4-Computer, don't use them himself.

To the update:
In my opinion this great pictures would look better with your euro-mod, bud also in this way they are great.

Well, there's one very simple explaination for that: there are simply no textures created for the NMAVE4 yet. I have to work on that one of these days. The rest of the networks however do use Euro textures, as you may have noticed...

Quote from: Delecto on April 17, 2012, 10:09:52 AM
Very nice update!  :thumbsup:

It seems that my Bat has invaded your city.  :D

Sam.

An invasion? I would prefer to call it a deliberate mass-use of your appartments  ;)

Quote from: Girafe on April 15, 2012, 08:15:03 AM
You manage perfectly transportation ways  &apls &apls &apls

Quote from: nbvc on April 15, 2012, 09:13:41 AM
Great work. I like the night images. &apls

Quote from: A. Gates on April 16, 2012, 09:23:47 AM
Beautiful &apls

Quote from: Ol.S / Benoit on April 17, 2012, 07:53:07 AM
Great work on this update ! :)

I'm looking for ideas with the RHW, and your MD is a nice place for that ! :)

Quote from: rooker1 on April 17, 2012, 09:51:33 AM
Great transportation networks indeed!
I have stolen a few ideas from here....thank you. ;)

Robin :thumbsup:

Quote from: Kergelen on April 17, 2012, 02:25:25 PM
The interchanges are amazing and I like to see a significant quantity of traffic.
Night shoot 4.12 looks fascinating and in general the night pics are nice.
&apls &apls

Quote from: noahclem on April 17, 2012, 10:20:05 PM
Great update Maarten  &apls  I love the RHWs and trains and you've done a great job with the high-density center! Keep it up  :thumbsup:

Thank you all!

Quote from: bat on April 19, 2012, 04:17:52 AM
25 nice new images there! Great work.

Hoogerhey is a neighbouring city of Konrad. It's right across the river Kareel and it's alos part of the Capital District. Hoogerhey hosts about 200 000 inhabitants and the Imaginian gouvernment. The  is the capital of the Republic of Imaginia. The city itself is not really that big (only about 300 000 inhabitants). The rich and powerful and the poor and powerless are quite close to each other in this city, and sometimes this leads to social stress.

We start of at the office district in the city center. It's quite spacious; there's room for small parks as well as tall office buildings. This is the economic heart of the city.


Moving on east to the river, we come to the Nederheye district. This contains some offices, but also some residences in the south. You see here the entrance of the Vreerust Tunnel (N25) leading to Konrad.

The Nederheye area at night. At the right, you see the International Congress Center. Here the Imaginian politcians have meetings with their foreign colleagues...

And here we have the Gouvernment Districs, showing off some of the Imaginian ministries...

The main Parlamaint Building. Glad I could give this most excellent BAT a worthy purpose ^_^

Moving to the higher grounds of Hoogerhey, we come to Overheye. This district has quite some variation in building styles. It's home to poor as well as rich people in the city




Moving west we come to Sallandia. This city district is mostly made of pre-fab buildings...

But there are also some appartment blocks for the middle-class...

"Yo dawg, I heard you like prefabs..."



Soccer (or football, as we Europeans would call it) is also very popular in Imaginia. Here we have the stadium of the KSA (Konrad Sports Association) soccer team.

And I'd like to conclude this update with some Road-geek pics. Here we see a brand-new stretch of the C40. The C40 has the nickname Konrade Freeway, because it follows the river Konrade. This stretch is wider and less steep than the old stretch, which was running one kilometer west. The old stretch has been demolished. We are heading south...

We're approaching a major interchange: Hoogerhey Crossing. Here the C40 links with the C75 and N20. You see you already have to split up here..

Hoogerhey Crossing. It's not the best interchange, but it will do. However, you can't get on or off the N20 when heading east. The C40 (coming from the north/right) joins with the C75 and heads east (bottom). Straight ahead, the route continues as the N20 (left), which is not an official freeway, though it looks like one. The N20 is also called the Hoogerhey Bypass.

Heading further south on the N20, we come to Exit Hoogerhey-West...

A close-up...

A large junction rail and freeway junction, everything perfectly planned like a baws!  :satisfied:

And finally, one other pic of the N20 to conclude. A bit further East, the N20 ends on an T-intersection and turns south to join with the A5.

Next update: Newlandervayne. Stay tuned!

Best,
Maarten