Somewhere in my Mind

[Flipside]

Emilin: Happy to see you back.

You can take part in the actual development. I take suggestions. 

David: My Mayor is small change, that's true. But maybe next time he needs someone's house demolished he'll have the "developers" "contribute" a nice, new, spiffy statue of his likeness. I mean, the Sims can learn more gazing at his image than reading textbooks. Come now.

Bat: Always lovely to hear from you. 

zniehadajet: lol, happy to be of inspiration.    May your SC4 journey be as pleasurable as mine.

rooker: I probably should not take pictures on pause and always minimize the toolbar, but I'm a bit lazy.  I don't know, it doesn't upset me too much. But you're right; I should do it that way.

Hope to see you again soon.

[Pat]

I have to disagree with david he said you have a nice angle going on here
not what i would say but more like this you have a very great angle and take on
this city end my comment lol but really awsome work and love it - pat

[Flipside]

So I wanted to redo the area to the North of the rebuilt First District. As we've seen, it's been a hum-drum neighborhood of high-tech industry. But a lot of that industry now sits on land that could be better used for high-rises. And hey, money talks so ...



Time to clear some space. But for now, it's for the purposes of another new park ...



I thought I'd give this one a woodsy appeal. Lots of trees, a Maxis Pond, and ... someone's Excalibur Park which I downloaded from the STEX. Still like that one, even if I forget the creator's name.  I can even see his avatar in my mind ...

This is how it integrates with the revamped neighborhood I just showed you in the last update ...



Pretty nice for what it is, I thought. Just a small patch of green that will be a visual separator between the towers to the South/the First District Commerce to the East, and what will be the new Dornell District which will rise up taking the place of the superfluous I-HT currently there and pictured below ...



And I'll be back with a new update soon.

Oh, and hi Pat! Thanks for the kind words. I love what you're doing over in your thread too. Check ya later. 

[Rayden]

Really nice work Flip. Could I sugest you convert your images to jpg format before post them. Usually that's not a problem for me when I am at home, but right now at work, my internet connection is very slow and some of the images didn't even load due to long time waiting.
Also some close ups would definately spice this already great MD.

[emilin]

Nice.

May I ask about the tall highrise with the greenish sign on top. What is it? I don't think I have seen it before.

[Flipside]

Really nice work Flip. Could I sugest you convert your images to jpg format before post them. Usually that's not a problem for me when I am at home, but right now at work, my internet connection is very slow and some of the images didn't even load due to long time waiting.
Also some close ups would definately spice this already great MD.

I could try that ... I guess that would make loading times quicker.

I should have more close-ups. I will definitely make a point of it in the future.

[Flipside]

Nice.

May I ask about the tall highrise with the greenish sign on top. What is it? I don't think I have seen it before.

It is the NDEX Sidfeldt Plaza, I think. I got it from the STEX - it's probably still available there if you fancy it. 

[Pat]

Hey Flip notta problem. I meant it too, 
A very great update here again you are doing awsome keep it up  - pat

[thundercrack83]

Great update, Flipside! The new park is looking good. It fits into the neighborhood nicely. Keep up the good work!

[Heinz]

zniehadajet: lol, happy to be of inspiration.    May your SC4 journey be as pleasurable as mine.

indeed you have been an inspiration and yes, it has been pleasurable. thanks to you and the other devoted MDers out there. you all have been part of a ritual i have put to practice. i check on your updates before i fire up sc4 rh. you know, for inspiration. hey, pal, how about losing the user interface and un-pausing and pressing G to lose the grid before taking your oh-so-inspiring snapshots? to the next urban renewal. see ya 

[Flipside]

Pat: Thank you kindly. Always great to hear from you.

Thundercrack: Appreciate the kind words. 

Zniehfdysdjgh8e539841 8c9u834#%$$%& : I guess it really bugs people when you leave the mayor tools and the pause button on  I'll ditch it in the future ... but these are older shots.  Thanks for your reply.

So you saw where I left off. I was building a new Dornell District. Well, I haven't gotten through it yet and that shows, but I'll show a few screens of it just to tie up that loose end. (Try to ignore those PEG Docks, I was just trying them out in that area to see if I liked them there ... I might expand them all along that shoreline. Or not  ).







A couple of kinda random images of the areas I've spotlighted recently ...





In that last one, you can see the city's only gay bar, The Queer Steer, right off the Cove, straight downtown. You can find the Mayor there night after night dancing with his shirt off. 



Okay so ... next update, I think I'll be going in a different direction. Might switch cities briefly, maybe stay with this one further, haven't decided.  'Til then ...

[bat]

wonderful update(s) and great pictures!

[Heinz]

lol. crazy nick i have, i know. its stuck with me. you can call me HEN instead. or heinz. or zniehaasdfasdfjkasdfhjk LOL! ok sorry for ranting about the grid and user interface. LOL. good job with dornell and the docks, however, seem out of place. anyway... good job, pal. see you around. keep it up

[Pat]

Hey Flip notta problem its always great to come here as well.  I love that devolpment around the cove, talk about
high livin lol, great update looking to coming back - pat

[thundercrack83]

I tend to agree with Heinz (zneihadajet / zniehaasdfasdfjkasdfhjk!) about the docks, they do seem to be out of place, but the idea of a boardwalk-type place on the riverfront I think would look pretty good if you could find a place to do it. Just a suggestion, though, it's completely up to you! I'll be looking forward to the next update!

[dedgren]

Flip- How'd I miss this doin' the rounds?  Anyway, great downtown pics- I agree with the prevailing wisdom about the docks- lookit' some pics of the Hudson along Manhattan Island and N. Jersey if you want to get the appropriate sense of scale.  In any event, docks nowhere (that I know of, anyway) protrude three-quarters of the way across any river.

Another thing you might take a look at (I know the tone of this comment sounds critical, but actually you should please take it as encouraging you to show off the great stuff you do without distraction) is a slope mod.  Your bridge approaches are nothing of the sort- they're Evel Knievel ramps [linkie].  When you start using a slope mod, it will make you take great care in placing bridges, which is a good thing [linkie].

Anyway, lots to enjoy here.  I'll be back around in the next few to take another look.


David

[Heinz]

well said, david. well said. i'm going with what he says. lol but seriously, i hope you won't take it against me(or us) just constructive criticism. if i were doing an MD, i would love such things. so, here's to wisdom through experience. CHEERS!

til the next update

[threestooges]

Though I haven't been commenting around here lately, I have popped in and out and I like what I see. I too would have to agree with dedgren (but would offer a potentially different solution). Instead of a slope mod (which is quite nice) you can also get away with a bridge height mod. I use the mod by joerg, which can be found here on the STEX. I'll look forward to more.

[Flipside]

Bat: Thank you. Btw, I just saw your avatar ... it's nice, although it scares me slightly. 

Heinz: Yeah ... I like Heinz. Good ketchup. And much more concise than your ... username. 

The docks I'm just fooling around with. I think I've decided to put the boardwalk in another area of that city, but that district remains under construction. I don't know where I'll go with it.

Pat: I'm glad you also like high living.  See you at the Queer Steer for a beer. 

Thundercrack: You're definitely right about the docks. Thanks for your reply. 

Dedgren: Not being a driver myself, I kinda like the idea of Evel Kneivel ramps. But of course, point taken. I've gone with the Bridge Height Mod.

By the way, don't feel shy about expressing yourself. Same goes for everybody. I don't get offended and I like hearing advice and other players' opinions. I'm pleased you deign to share your thoughts with me.

Threestooges: Ok, I'm dying to ask; Larry, Moe or Curly? 

Thanks for the link and reply. 

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God, I'm tired. Just home from work. Twelve days out of thirteen! Whooo ... and I still have this cold ...

Anyway, I'm gonna go away from COV-COSSE and wait until I find my muse again with that city. I shall soak up the comments I've gotten about it and see what strikes me ...

But I think I will post some other shots from around the region ... there are so many other cities to show. 

[Flipside]

Okay, some pics from the Deep South of my region. The city of Calcavecchia, to be exact.

Calcavecchia is part farming town, part seat of government. You know how all those US state capitals are away from the metropoles and located in small cities? That's kinda what I'm thinking here ... basically, the town is split in two. It also had to survive a major hurricane which devastated the cities of the South not long ago ...

But it was rebuilt quickly and better than ever, I'd say ... the farming folk were the first to recover and that's what I'll spotlight here ...

Oh ... excuse the User Panel 















The area to the North of the farming region is more or less an entirely different city. High-wealth, low-density residential, and some developing commerce ... also, the Government Building, last seen somewhere in Germany ...

I'll show that off next time, probably. See you later, folks, bedtime.