Covington - Update 61 "Chestnut Hills and South River Bend"

[danielcote]

i'd like Stratton terrace you know the one thats a blue coach home with a deck and outside stairs and is 2 floors.  great job on the update by the way!

[art128]

Another superb update Jon, your village are as usual very realistic ! Also, the foggy effect is a great touch my friend.
Take care,
-Arthur. 

[bat]

Some fantastic pictures there of that area!
And picture 45.07 is looking wonderful!! Great work on it!

[Jmouse]

Jon, I'm amazed at how easily you've changed over to FAR/FARR - or how easy you make it look! I'm still "FAR" from being experienced enough at planning to forgo "easy" intersections. though.

The screen grabs are lovely - 45.03 is well worth further study - but 45.05 really got my attention. The peeling paint on that building in the lower right quad fits in perfectly. It reminds me of the town I moved from three years ago, and the town of 5,000+ where I shop for groceries now. Guess the slightly-run-down look has become an integral part of a small town scene to me.

The mosaic was a fine idea for rounding out a great update. It really shows the FAR in action - a long winding country road with little pockets of civilization separated by vast expanses of farmland. You really got to the heart of the heartland with that one!

Later...
Joan

[thundercrack83]

Incredible work, Jon!

I agree with Joan 100%--you've really made the FAR/FARR look spectacular! And that mosaic is outstanding, too! I love the Photoshopping effect, especially. Excellent stuff, my friend. Excellent stuff!

Can't wait to see more!

Dustin

[evertonforever1]

Very nice MD.... This my good sir is what i am Striving for with My MD , Weymouth, Maine. 

Two questions.

In the picture 44.03, Is that highschool downloadable? also my second question is about the same pic.

The rock ground texture you have on the slope. What is that and where do i find it?

Thanks,
ever

[woodb3kmaster]

If I may answer your questions, evertonforever1, the school in 44.03 is JB's own John Novac Consolidated School from his School Pack Volume Four [linkie], and the rock texture is part of jeronij's Residential and Rural Diagonal Walls Set V1 [linkie].

Once again, Jon, you've brought us some really  high-quality work. That mosaic in particular is simply stunning! You are truly have the master's touch with the FAR(R) and NAM curves. Great work!

[sandokan]

Wonderful update as usual, Jon! Your mosaic is stunning and it shows the whole spirit of Covington and its countryside. Really good looking.

I don't know how you manage to keep it this simple. It's so simple it's almost real! I tend to fill every square of the grid, and then I don't like what I got. But you play with empty spaces as if these were the main pieces of the puzzle, and certainly they are the most difficult pieces to place...

Congrats!

Regards,
Pablo

[Connor]

Nice use of FAR. The mosaic was brilliant - great work, and excellent editing too!

[calibanX]

The time you're putting into the retrofit is most definitely paying off. When you follow those winding roads in your mosaics you get a great effect. I love it. Will you be tempted to do another retrofit when curved streets are released?

Geoff

[chibytuga]

Wow, this is some ridiculously good stuff. I've always been a fan of your buildings, but I've never bothered to check out your MD before (probably because I spend more time looking at the pretty eye candy over on the "show us your..." threads than in the MDs.)

I especially like the part waaaaaaaaayyy back there where you show the methods and techniques you use to design your farmland; I'll definitely have to keep some of those tricks in mind when I get around to developing the rural parts of the new region I'm planning out right now.

And the region shots showing how everything has grown over time are great, too.





And, I definitely agree with this.....

I don't know how you manage to keep it this simple. It's so simple it's almost real! I tend to fill every square of the grid, and then I don't like what I got. But you play with empty spaces as if these were the main pieces of the puzzle, and certainly they are the most difficult pieces to place.

Well put.

[Tomas Neto]

Beautiful rural area! Impressive your way to develop the city in the game!

[JBSimio]

Daniel:  Thanks!  A leasing agent should have been in touch with you about Stratton Apartments... hopefully your application was in good order and you've moved in already! 

Arthur:  Thank you, my friend!

Bat:  Thanks!  It sounds as if my photo editing skills aren't as bad as I thought...

Joan:  Thank you!  The peeling paint kind of bothered me when I took the pictures, but now that you mention it I guess it really did work out for the better. 

Dustin:  Thank you so much, Dustin!

Ever:  Thank you!  I'm glad Zack answered your questions earlier and that you didn't have to wait around for me.  It is also worth mentioning that the John Novak school comes in two varieties... one is the K-12 (elementary and high school combined) that he mentioned, the other is a standard (albeit very large!) elementary school.  Have fun and stop by anytime!

Zack:  Thanks for the help and also the kind words!

Pablo:  Thank you for all your thoughts!  It honestly took me a long time to get "good" at playing with empty space.  It's still a challenge for me to remember at times, but the results are always worth it, so I try not to pack things too tightly unless it really fits the area I'm in.

Connor:  Thank you and welcome to North Carolina!  (or at least my version of it...)

Geoff:  Thanks!  I do like how the mosaics almost force you to follow the curves while scrolling.  I have the curved streets now, but I'm not sure how much I may or may not use them just yet.  Time will tell...

Chibytuga:  Thank you and welcome to Covington!  I'm glad the farming descriptions will be useful too.

Tomas:  Thank you and welcome to you as well!

Things have been a bit hectic again lately... I've been bouncing around these boards like crazy over the last couple days trying to do too many things at once.  The trouble is that I really want to do them all... and quickly... but apparently I'm not a machine.     Anyway... things are also progressing in Covington and I think it's time for everyone here to pick the next update again!



You may be able to see the areas I've been building in, but maybe not.  I have two choices for you here, so please cast your vote and we'll check that place out next!

• Celebration Hills - to the west of town near Celebration Square
• The Great Unnamed - the latest developments around the Holden Road train yards

Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave your choice here!!!
JB

[Pat]

Gaaaaaaaaaaaasp!!! What was that Jon your not a machine lol hehehe... Who would ever think that one lol??? Anyhow I wanna see the great unknown where no man has boldly gone before!! Oooh sorry wrong forums to talk like that heheheh but till next time Jon have a good one and remember to reboot once in awhile *snickering*

[Jmouse]

Celebration Hills.

[chibytuga]

one vote for The Great Unnamed 

[woodb3kmaster]

Don't worry too much about making a lot of progress if RL is keeping you busy, Jon - those hectic times affect us all every so often. What progress you've made lately looks great as usual; I'd be most interested to see how you're handling integrating suburbia with, erm, industria, near the railyards. So that's another vote for the Great Unnamed.

Keep up the great work!
Zack

[thundercrack83]

I'll make it even with a vote for Celebration Hills! How can you go wrong with a great name like that?

Oh, and extraordinary region shot, Jon--but that's par for the course here!

Take care, my friend!

Dustin

[calibanX]

Yes, what Dustin said. I love your region shots. But I think I would enjoy seeing The Great Unnamed. I'm curious to see the Holden Road Train Yards.

Take care.

Geoff

[art128]

That's a fantastic region map Jon, that show the hard work you put in your region to make it as realistic as possible ! 
Take care,
-Arthur.