VENTISERI. Update 26 Mar.

[Shadow Assassin]

Nice farms there, ecoba. It'll be interesting to see where you head next.

This should push you onto the next page...

[Connor]

Good to see you fixed your problem. Nice teaser, looking forward to the update. 

[ecoba]

Crabapple

Crabapple is one of the Orbital towns that surrounds Casterleigh, which will be my main city. Crabapple is very spread out, and is divided into Crabapple Station, Crabapple South, and Crabapple Central. Home to a (expected, as I have not constructed Crabapple Central yet) population of 10,000, it is an average sized orbital town for it's distance from the city centre. Crabapple Station (somewhat appropriately named) is home to the Crabapple rail station, at the end of the Crabapple and Roundup rail lines.

Crabapple Station

Hehe..funny story. I haven't actually built Crabapple Station yet, so we'll se where it'll go, but not the station itself.



As you can see, there's the end of the line, no station, but there will be one soon.



The 'town centre' of Crabapple Station, not much, but enough for the town, there are a couple other commercial areas, with another assortment of shops, but people are able to get most of what they need right here.

Point Exeter

Point Exeter is a small peninsula enclosing the Crabapple Estuary. The Peninsula is only accesible through Crabapple Station, and is only home to a bunch of farms. The first teaser I gave you all was from Point Exeter.



Most of these are still family farms, in the wills for generations. (Did that description make sense?)

Crabapple South

I have no detailed pictures of Crabapple South today, just an overview that encompasses Crabapple Station and Point Exeter.



As you guessed, Crabapple South is at the bottom of the pic, Point Exeter is in the centre of the screen, and Crabapple Station to the top, Crabapple Central will be to the right.

Region View & Replies

Here's a region pic of Casterleigh.



Battlecat: Thanks, my friend. I like how the farmland turned out too! 

Daniel (Shadow Assassin) Thanks, Daniel! It's a real honour to have you stop in! Thanks for opening Page 3.

Connor: Thanks! Glad to see you stop in. I've been meaning to pop in a comment over at your MD, it's very nice! 

[kwakelaar]

The future seems bleak for the houses at the end of the line, did they move already?
Excellent looking farming area even with only Maxis lots.

[Connor]

Nice update, and you did a great job with the farms. 

[danielcote]

nice rural community.

[sumwonyuno]

The region view removes so much detail; I like the zoom 1 view, it looks wonderful! 

[Battlecat]

Great start on this region!  That's a great looking little farming community already.  I like the terrain, that bay adds some really nice character to the tile.

[ecoba]

Thank you all for your comments, I'm just letting you know that there will probably not be an update until the 30th of December as I am going on holiday.

Thanks and have a Happy Holidays!

Ethan

[Schulmanator]

You are making nice progress... and I look forward to future updates. 

[Tomas Neto]

Very nice rural area!!!

[ecoba]

Hello, everyone. I've just got a preview here.

This is from a very detailed area.



My first try at sharpening the image... Whaddya think?

Ethan

[Battlecat]

Great looking little teaser there.  You're getting the hang of that RRP flora already!  I'm looking forward to seeing what the surrounding area looks like here.

[sumwonyuno]

The mix of ploppable grass and flowers are nice!

[NASCAR_Guy]

how on earth do you do that?

I upload all my SC4 pics on to  a Sim City facebook photo album and hotlink em

[ecoba]

Sorry for the lack of updating, but perfection is biting me again, so I've pretty much completely gone OCD about my cities, so, I'll be working and hopefully should have some pictures up soon.

Just replies for now.

Replies

Kwakelaar: Thanks, yes the people at the end of the street will unfortunately have to move, but they have new homes! For some reason I can't get custom farms to grow.

Connor: Thanks!

Daniel (danielcote) Thanks!

sumwonyuno: Yeah, the region view does remove a lot of detail, but I think it still looks nice. But I have to agree, the close up is much more informative.

Battlecat: Thanks! Yes this is a great region, I had to do some minor terraforming to that bay though.

Bruce (Schulmanator): Thanks! It's a great compliment coming from someone like you.

Tomas (Tomas neto):Thank you!

Battlecat: Thank you, the RRP flora is one of my best friends nowadays.

sumwonyuno: Thank you. i was trying to go for a field from my area, does it suit.

Ethan

[Tomas Neto]

Nice preview on these teaser!! 

[bat]

Crabapple is a really nice town! And nice regionshot! The teaser is also really beautiful!
Looking forward to more...

[ecoba]

Just an announcement for you all. I have managed to get TerraFormer to work on my computer, so I am now also able to render .SC4M maps now!

I am very excited about this and I think this will allow me to branch out in a lot of new ways and will also make me feel a little bit more up with the times, and hopefully, I will be able to focus on a project.

I was originally going to be focused on showing you all a recreation of the Scranton, PA area. My new friend Eblem (Heblem) one of the most reknowned map makers of the SC4 world, was kind enough to make me an accurate greyscale of the area before I was able to load TF, and I may still do this if people want it.

I could also build a region on any map that I am now able to download and render. This could probably end up being anything. Something that I have considered doing for a while was doing my take on the Shosaloza region, and if I were to do that then my MD would probably not fall by the wayside so easily.

I could finally do a recreation of my hometown. NHP has released an awesomely accurate map of it on the STEX and the usage of USGS maps and my knowledge of the area could probably end up to be quite a showcase, and quite a ride for us all along the way, considering that this would certainly kick my OCD into high gear.

I would really enjoy everyone's advice on what to do now, so please, tell me what you would like!

Thanks,

Ethan

[Battlecat]

Sounds like you've got some good options available now.  When it comes right down to it, the best project to dive into is one that grabs your imagination and enthusiasm.  If the project meets that one test, then it'll be a lot of fun to see!  A recreation of your hometown sounds interesting, but something close but different in the same area could be cools as well.  Good luck with your decision!