Barby plays Shosaloza

[Colyn]

I love that swing bridge ... perfect installation. 

[Citynut]

I have to admit that is so cool - Goddess

[mattb325]

  Wonderful. I love it. The swing bridge, the snow, the lakes, the falls, the camping grounds, all topped off with some naked public fornication...     Perfect!

[bat]

very nice swing bridge! wonderful waterfall and lake!

[kwakelaar]

Silly me forgetting the divine touch in all of your creations
I will now of course have to get my camping gear out for the new year, just remind me....where do I plug in the dishwasher and the anti-bear safezone device

Great use of the swingbridge and some spectacular waterfalls.

[sam]

Very nice Barby, I love the snow lots in particular. I tried the snow mod but it didn't look as good as yours does. Well done!

[BarbyW]

Sam, that is just the default snow line in the Italia terrain mod. I tried it with both Peg and Swamper's snow mods and it didn't make much difference. I was trying to get rid of the awful blockiness of the trails but it didn't work. I shall try Deadwoods trails in the next city.

[Alek King of SC4]

yep i am loving the italia terrain myself, don't forget to use the flora brushes and show some of the great flowering meadows, and mediteranean scrub that can be done.

[sebes]

Great pictures Barby - the sites are just perfect. I love that skinny-dipping in the snowy ponds.

Kwakelaar: I bet some of those Shosaloza campings have dishwasher and ADSL connections....   

[NikNik]

 #stsfd· I love this CJ, Barby.

Great that temple of the STEX Godess!
Steep climb indeed to the shrine.

Very nice work you did with this area. The little town is very nice. Did yu plop the buildings or did they grow (lot of bulldozing I guess?).

Nik-Nik

[Alfred.Jones]

  That waterfall is amazing!! I would love to walk over that bridge! Great work Barby

[BarbyW]

@Nik-nik - I only plop civic buildings etc and only bulldoze when absolutely neccessary. The areas I show are generally grown.

Some pics of Les Terraces which sits at B3 and has a current population of nearly 40k. As you can see it is not an easy area to develop:



The terraces have been flattened out to build on with high rise residential and commercial buildings crammed onto them.





Not wanting to spare the space for an airport the city constructed a seaplane base for air travel into and out of the city.



Close to the seaplane base small commercial guesthouses and eating places have been built including a Big Pecker and D66 Aristocat Inn.



Looking across the bay there is a small harbour and ferry for ease of access to Port St Louis



The harbour is old and built of stone. No one knows if the rumours of previous inhabitants is true but callagrafx is certain there were and he maintains this area carefully. Some small commercials have been built to supply the needs of the passing travellers and tourists.






The ferry terminal is very busy and the fishing port next to it thrives on the traffic going past.



Clinging to the hillside behind the ferry the residents work locally or travel by ferry.

[Rayden]

I have no words to describe this update, one thing I'm sure, yours skills improve with your age, and when I get to yours, I want to be as good as you too. That seaplane base, is it available anywhere or is it one of your masterpieces and still on your harddrive?

[BarbyW]

Regrettably I cannot make the BATs that make up the Seaplane Base It is ripptide's work and a reward in the CdS series. It is available on the STEX - search for ripptide and you will find all the CdS series.

[Rayden]

Thx Barbie, but you were being too modest, I could swear that was your work

[Colyn]

Like your B3 ... to me this is one of the great cities in my map ... not in numbers but dozens of beautiful hideouts on the mountains slopes. 

[Alek King of SC4]

Nice pop

Colyn, are you implying that the regional pop play a role in LAG ? I always thought it was only the city population played that influence the LAG

To be sure, do you have lag on an unbuilt city in your region ?

hmm i was also thinking about this issue and find that if you have a large region with many sims commuting between tiles that it would make sense that all the commuters between cities would lag out a well connected region.

What i am say as if you have two med tile cities next to each other each 100,000 pop, it will probably lag more if they are connected and have sims traveling between them.

[mattb325]

Beautiful update again Barby - I really like the feel of this one. I have yet to tackle B3 properly (at present there is just a single connection on that little island), so it's great to see what you managed here!

[Alfred.Jones]

That is awesome Barby!! I love the waterfront and the air base thing Keep it up

[bat]

Great city! Wonderful pictures!