Barby plays Shosaloza

BarbyW · February 04, 2007, 11:43:15 AM

Yippee, Barby made it to 1 million sims in Shosaloza

I am taking shots of each city tile and will post each here so you can see if I have destroyed the environment too much.

D66 · February 04, 2007, 11:47:32 AM

Great job Barby...congrats!!!!!

Colyn · February 04, 2007, 11:49:28 AM

... great ... to me it is a great achievement ... that map is hard to play and it took a lot of planning to achieve that ... GOOD SHOW.

Gaston · February 04, 2007, 12:02:54 PM

Wow Barby,
1 million sims is pretty impressive indeed. That is truely amazing. Congrats.

---Gaston

mattb325 · February 04, 2007, 02:14:45 PM

1 Million.

Awesome - I don't know how you did it.

I'm still struggling at just over half that! Congratulations

Rayden · February 05, 2007, 04:19:13 AM

Congrats Barbie, great achievement. Looking forward to see a region shot of it.

bat · February 05, 2007, 08:17:36 AM

Congrats on having 1 million inhabitants!

jeronij · February 05, 2007, 10:34:17 AM

So, we have a winner ?¿

Congratulations

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Fred_Ginger · February 05, 2007, 12:55:21 PM

Hey Jeronij, in my opinion, those of us that have watched these threads are the winners! Oh, and Congratulations Goddess! You always do things with such style!

M4346 · February 05, 2007, 02:39:02 PM

Congratulations Barby!

Citynut · February 05, 2007, 02:54:21 PM

Congradulations Barby - quite an achivement

DebussyMan · February 05, 2007, 04:50:03 PM

1`000,000?! quite an achievent, I'm hardly at 200k and the environment is as good as chernobyl. Ingoodhour!

BarbyW · February 07, 2007, 03:13:08 AM

A little word of explanation here, I think. I HATE mountainous areas so was horrified by this map.

I tried my best not to do too much flatteneing but SC4 constraints mean that some has to be done. I took the easy route by limiting the major development to four city tiles: A2; B1; B2; and C1. These were the most obvious valleys and would take some basic terra forming without totally destroying the mountains.
For power I used the CSX Wave Generator and Natural Gas Cookery where there was a shore line and inland I tended to use Serkanner's Warehouse power plant as it fits well into rural developments. For water I use gshmail's large and small water plants as I have done since he made them. Similarly for garbage I use the two gshmails facilities or the CSX Rural or Urban Waste disposal for inland areas and Peg's Garbage Dock for shorelines.
If I was continuing with this region I would spend a lot more time on the mountain sides. There are many ways to beautify a city and interesting uses of trail parks - both Peg's and Deadwoods' - can make a difference. I may return to the region eventually but for now have other things to do.

Here is the latest region shot where you can clearly see the main development areas:

The region population is 1003294 with the majority employed in the commercial sector.

Some individual city tiles:

A1 - small population of 1323 most of whom commute by road and rail to B1. I used some new slope friendly x5 residential lots here to take advantage of the hillsides plus the 1x1 CSX stations.

A2: one of the main connurbations with a population of 187809. I showed plenty of images of this city

but there is still room to develop.

A3: one of the smaller cities with a population of 8130. This was one where I made mistakes and did too much flattening in one part. I wasn't happy with the result so have left this tile alone.

And finally for today, A4: another city that I started early and wasn't really happy with. It has a population of 18550 with most employed in the industrial sector.

I'll show the B cities tomorrow.

bat · February 07, 2007, 05:40:27 AM

Wonderful regionoverviews! Great city!

Looking forward to the B cities!

Colyn · February 07, 2007, 02:22:43 PM

Well done ... I find it interesting that you chose this strategy. Again .... well done.

kwakelaar · February 07, 2007, 04:46:55 PM

Congrats with reaching such a high population in this very difficult region.
And the ski resort was a great update to look at.

BarbyW · February 08, 2007, 01:03:23 AM

The B cities today. This is where the highest density cities are as the main two follow the valley that runs north - south.

B1 - a population of 284628. The land in between the mountains was flattened but little additional land was made from the mountains.

B2 - the second largest population. This port city has 191826 population. It has a port, ferry and a hydro dam to provide power. Some land was grabbed from the mountains and a large area flattened - well I had to have my beautiful palace after receiving such a wonderful birthday present

B3 - A population of 53098. The land was terraced from the mountains and some was reclaimed from the sea. Another city that I have shown images of recently.

And finally B4 - a small city with only 705 inhabitants. This has had little development and is mainly agriculture.

The C cities tomorrow.

Colyn · February 08, 2007, 02:22:10 AM

Thanks ... it makes the picture clearer ....

sam · February 08, 2007, 03:21:14 AM

Congratulations on 1 million sims Barby

Badsim · February 08, 2007, 04:43:28 AM

Quote from: barbyw on February 07, 2007, 03:13:08 AM
I HATE mountainous areas ...

LOL , so we are two ... Great work so far BarbyW ! Strange feeling ... I don't know a real so big city so close to so high mountains , but except for the sea coast , that recalls me Grenoble in the french Alps ... I love too this collection of BATs , some of them are ancient & it's pleasant to see them again .
Congratulations .

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