Hello everyone,
Reading md's on this community has inspired me to start my own Major diary.
I would like to start to pay my gratitude to all those people ho help to maintain this beautiful site and to the people ho made the lex to what it is today. :thumbsup:
Without them SC4 was already erased from all computers, including mine :P
My Md will tell the story about a imaginary multinational ho just bought an Island to exploit it.
Pictures and updates will come soon (probably today)
Greetings
KC
UPDATE 1 The island
Lets start off with the map i have chosen for this project.
I didn't make it myself because I'm disastrous when it comes to terraforming.
I downloaded from the Lex its from Blade2K5 and its called Erewhon Isles many thanks go to hem.
I renamed it to volcano Island because off the still very active volcano on the island, That turn the challenge up a bit ;)
Picture 1: Island overview.
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Picture 2:volcano.
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As you can see on the pictures I'm starting from scratch here, I still have trees to plant an some microterraforming to do, this will be done in following updates
This concludes the first update
The next update will follow soon.
Greetings
KC
Ooh nice map! Waiting to see how you develop it!
That is a very nice looking map!! I love the volcano
Look forward to more ;)
Beautiful region and excellent topography map...I am looking forward to this ;D
Update 2
Second update today.
In Order to begin the exploitation of the island, Imaginary Multinational has to deploy some basics on the island
So they start to make a little harbor at a town they named founder city.
Along with the harbor came the ability to transport construction materials, So they could start building there dreamworld.
They started off with some lumber mills to cut the woods in order to make room for accommodation.
To get the workforce on the island there was a ferry build, all tough the ferryride was 2hrs the multinational payed well so soon the first workers are arriving.
Picture 3: Harbor
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A hotel was build to give the fancy suits of the company a place to stay.
picture 4: The Wagner hotel alongside with a small lumber storage.
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Everything was going well so the I.M. decided to start the export of the first product; lumber. To speed up the process they had a big log processing site build.
And to provide the suits with the comfort of time a small airport was build so they didn't need to take a 2hr trip to get to the mainland
Picture 5: Log processing factory
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Picture 6: airport
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To conclude this update an overview of founder city
Picture 7: overview
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Comments
rhythmandjays, Alfred.Jones and caspervg thanks for the comments, welcome to my MD i hope you like the little development i have until now, don't be afraid to comment bad stuff it it's my first time and i would like to learn something from it.
Greetings
KC
Update 3
An other day a new update.
Yesterday I ended with the construction of an airport. Due this airport the power requirements on the island went up. The construction of a new windmill in the maintains did go terrible the foundations of this mill collapsed totally. It seems that is was build upon some caves. After taken a closer look at the caves I.M. found a second resource on the island, the hills where stuffed with coal. Soon a coal mine was developed, and a coal transport infrastructure with it. This uses a lot of energy and since there still isennt a new windmill a caol powerplant was also build.
Picture 8: Coal mine
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Picture 9: Coal harbor
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I.M. had now plenty of workers on the island so they decided to build a church and zoned some residential areas around it so the workers could come and live on the island.
Picture 10: Zones
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The work people saw there change and soon the first inhabitants are arriving. Even a small commercial center is starting to develop around the Hotel.
Picture 11: Residential development
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Picture 12: Commercial development
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Whit people living in founder city There is an need of a Town leader. Well it least people would think there is some kind of a major but in fact hes a puppet of the multinational
Picture 13: multinational puppet residence
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Thats it for now, comments are desperately welcome :P
I can't see the pictures from update 2, but update 3 looks really good. Can't wait to see more
Quote from: caspervg on June 16, 2008, 04:28:55 AM
I can't see the pictures from update 2, but update 3 looks really good. Can't wait to see more
Sorry my bad i reorganized my photobucket recently, should be fixed now.
Thanks for commenting casper. Due the lack of time this is it for today, more tomorrow
Greetings
KC
Very nice updates KC ;)
I really like the harbor showcasing the new functional seaports :thumbsup: And the coal harbor is looking good too. I like how they're not too big but not too small ()stsfd()
Looking forward to more
AJ :)
klaascornelis,
You seem to be off to a great start. Main reason, is that you are using the same map as I am right now. It will be very interesting to see waht you do with it.
I really like everything I see so far, my only suggestion would be to look for a side walk modd. It will help the change or get rid of those different colour sidewalks (which I hate so much, just my opinion).
I wait for your next update,
Robin :thumbsup:
very nice start. straight from nothing, into a great md. well, i like the little founder city. and the puppet mayor. i wonder who the corrupt puppet masters are...
Comments
@ AJ: I'm a very big fan of building harbors, I'm always kinda bombed when they are finished. And also very curious about the result of the functional seaports but i will have to wait after the development of industries to really see what these baby's can do.
@ Rooker: I'm using the jeroni street side mod. But i don't really know if that kicks in on roads. If you knows or if you have something you recommend please let me know and i will check it out for sure. BTW i stumbled upon your MD And other than the great topography (afcourse :P) its also very beautifully and realistic developed.
@Jjune: Well I kinda already have a storyline in mind but you'll have to wait and see :P
Thanks everyone for the comments, and be sure to check in later for more updates.
Greetings
KC
The pictures and the region are very good!
But I think the church and the beach are to big...
Interesting update. I like how coal was discovered due to an accident. The harbor is beautiful and the airport is nice and unique, one I haven't seen yet ;D Keep up the good work
Update 4
As promised a new update today, although its a small one.
As the village population grows the people are getting pretty tired of eating food out of cans.
There was a need of fresh food. The company noticed that and had a fish harbor build to provide the people with fresh fish.
Picture 14: Fish mine
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Fish only isn't enough of course so a few farmers where let to do some farming in founder city. in order to have some fertile grounds the farmers burned down pieces of woods and started to work the field.
Picture 15: burning woods
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Picture 16: Farms in founder city
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Now i realized that i didn't showed where on the Island founder city is situated.
Founder city is on the most north-western corner of the Island
Picture 17: situation
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And a new overview of founder city.
Picture 18: Overview
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The town as starting to grow well don't you think.
Now as I said before this Island is owned by a multinational. And if you read between the lines you see here and there subtle comments on society like the corrupt major and burning of the woods and stuff.
This actually is my intention, you will see more of that in following updates.
As you will also see more pitures :P
Comments
@ Gobe: welcome and thx for the comments. The church and beach are a bit big indeed but thay are calculated on the upcoming growth of the city ::)
@RhythmandJays: Thx for comment nbr 2, glade to keep you interested :P. The airport is include in the new functional airports set Btw. This on is the old version though. When i find the time to install the functional one it will be replaced.
Thats it again.
be sure to check in later for updates
Greetings,
KC
klaascornelis,
Another fantastic update. You say you are using Jeroni's street side mod. Well in there you can pick the side walk you want. I have choosen low wealth (the greyish one), amongst other great chioces.
Just to be sure though, is this the one you are using? (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=36)
Keep the great updates coming.
Robin :thumbsup:
Very nice update KC :thumbsup: I really like the story behind it. Makes it much more interesting.
I really like how you included some containers near the fishing port. Little things like that make it more realistic.
The overview of the island is also good. I very much like the timber mill situated above the harbour. That is a very special BAT to me because it was made by one of my good friends.
Excellent work.
AJ :thumbsup:
Comments
@ Rooker: No This (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=115) is the one I'm using. Now you confused me again &Thk/( You think it cant hurt to use both, and i like to throw in the sam street side mod to.
@ AJ: That bat is so beautiful that the fact thats its not functional is so relative :P
The pictures are very good!
But can you post the picture in .jpg?
Very nice work. What's the timber mill called? I'll get it to work. ;)
Quote from: xxdita on June 18, 2008, 06:38:01 AM
Very nice work. What's the timber mill called? I'll get it to work. ;)
The timber mill that klaascornelis is using is the Original Slaytfork mill by Onlyplace4 found
here (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=15195). A revised version was made later (
here (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=15907))and this was modded by Barbyw to give IM jobs which is found
here (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=15916).
@Klascornelis, if you want the mill to give jobs I would suggest using Barbyw's modded version (you will still need the revised original for the model). This mill also allows the mill to go into maxis water, ploppable water or canals or anything your heart desires ;D
Cannot wait till the next update :thumbsup:
Update 5
Environmentalists
Hi today I'm going to cover an other bad aspect of Imaginary Multinational.
Its not very clear on the map with the overviews but there is an other piece of land that's not connected to the the main infrastructure in Founder city, I mean the one on the left
Picture 19: Map of founder city
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The harbor was getting pretty busy so there was a need of some control center to run everything as smooth as possible. Imaginary multinational also needed a HQ on the island to gain complete control over this land strip. So there was decided to build a bridge to this peace of land in order to create space for these things.
Picture 20: Building the bridge on the mainland.
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Picture 21: After a completing the ferry construction materials could be transported to the other side.
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Picture 22: control center
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Picture 23: Control center and HQ
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Now that the multinational have established a HQ on the Island they have much better control over the Island.
So the following events where inevitable.
I.M. was experiencing some troubles with environmentalists on the mainland. They had some pretty dirty industries very close to residential areas. To please these environmentalists they shut down these industries to the joy of the environmentalists. What these green People didn't know was that I.M. simply moved his dirty industries to Volcano city.
Picture 23: Industries starting to grow around the harbor.
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These industries didn't only heavily pollute the air the produced a lot of trash. The multinational shipped tons of garbage off to be dumped in the sea. simply and cheap.
Picture 24: garbage dock
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Concluding the terrible anti environmental policy of Imaginary multinational.
The arrival of these new industries mend that the workforce had to expand.
Picture 25: The first middle density housing near the industries
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And to conclude the update. The movement of the commercial area.
since the first residences on the island the function of the hotel was outdistanced and the hotel started to decay . Since the hotel was the main reason the commercial buildings flourished so well in that area they started to seek new attractive locations.
The new HQ was chosen for this and soon there was commercial development around that area.
Picture 26: Abandonment of the hotel
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Picture 27: rise of a new commercial district
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Thats it for the update.
As you can see the functional harbors are kicking in the seaport where the industries are located is already evolved to lvl 2 $%Grinno$% jeej!!
Comments
@ Gobo: Why Jpeg's it works just fine this way and saves me the hassle to convert every single image.
@ xxdita: i found it on the stex Link (http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=15907)
Edit: Thx for the useful links will give this a try right away
Hmmm....interesting updates. :thumbsup: I'm starting to pick up on the corruption a bit more now. I wonder if the abandonment of the hotel is symbolism for the end of the good, pure government. Now we have a control center and a HQ as the tallest buildings....this is getting good. keep it up.
klaascornelis, you have some great updates here, but some of your pictures are pngs. These take a long time to load for people with slower connections and are actually not aloud in the forums. Please spend some time converting these to jpgs. If you need any help, pleae PM me.
Robin (Moderator of this thread)
PS, please check your messages.
Very good!
Can I buy a house in this city? ;)
Comments@rhythmandjays: Thx for the positivism :P I Didn't even see the abandonment of the hotel that way but it's a nice metaphor &apls
@Rooker: See I didn't knew that but thats all taken care off, I apologies about slurping the precious bandwidth like that
@Gobo: You sure can just tell me where you want to live and work and I'll make a Sim for you :P :thumbsup:
Greetings
KC
P.S Rooker i Really could use your advise on this one
Quote from: klaascornelis on June 18, 2008, 12:58:53 AM
@ Rooker: No This (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=115) is the one I'm using. Now you confused me again &Thk/( You think it cant hurt to use both, and i like to throw in the sam street side mod to.
Thank you very much, Robin
Due some recently computerproblems and lack of time i will have to prospone the next updates. But i'll be back soon :P.
Greetings
KC
Great update there very good port
Your city is looking very good
KC, Sorry to hear of your computer problems, I hope you get them sorted.
You've made a good start here and have picked up quite a few comments, so I am sure when you return you will continue to grow your MD. The storyline is good and the pictures give a nice view of a new, growing city.
Some suggestions for you when you post the next update - try turning the grid off (Ctrl-G, I think) as it will improve the pictures. And where possible, try to eliminate the yellow pause bae. There is a mod (somewhere), but personally I just take pictures without pausing the game.
Good luck with the MD,
Paul
Great update. I like your city, Go on.
klaascornelis,
You can use either one to make the sidewalks all the same colour if this is what you wanted to do. You just have to pay close attention to the instructionswhen you install the mod.
Robin :thumbsup:
Definitely above average city building. You have a lot of potential :thumbsup: