BuildingUp and Out: Building Up's Journal (Update: 3-12-2010)

[Nanami]

Great restart!

[bat]

Two really nice islands! Nice terraforming!
And great work on your "old" region!
Looking forward to more...

[Battlecat]

Sorry to hear about your loss of those two city tiles, but this is a very interesting looking region!  I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

[BuildingUp]

-Comments-

canyonjumper: LOL! I suppose it must be someone trying to get my attention. Thanks for the support and comments.
976: Thanks!
bat: Really? I just did it in game, I figured it was okay. Although I'm not used to working with unlevel terrains so it will be a challenge. Though a fun one at that.
Battlecat: Thanks man, I appreciate the support and comment.

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I've got a bit of a problem, this terrain I'm terraforming is very different from flat terrains that I usually build on, so I'm asking for help from all of you, where and how should I go about building a city on such terrain? I'd appreciate any feedback. More to come.

[emgmod]

From the looks of it, Mountainfall seems like a place that isn't populated a lot. Try making trails leading to a few places, and a bunch of forest.

Starland looks more buildable in my opinion. I would only build large buildings in flatter areas. Maxis mansions ruin the look of mountain towns, so I would recommend getting the Maxis mansion blocker on the STEX.

[BuildingUp]

Thanks for the feedback emgmod!
Sorry for the delays in the next update, just trying a few different things.

[BuildingUp]

Update: Since SC4M now works for me I'm going to change the region up a bit. I found a great region here on the LEX and I'm looking to develop it under the same name Avant Vista.

So, with that being said, here's a teaser. I haven't fully unpackaged the region yet so here's part of it. It's pretty large.

[mightygoose]

that region looks  nice if a bit flat for my liking, cant wait to see some more

[BuildingUp]

It is flatter than the one I created myself but it does have a lot of room to build on. The region is located here for better viewing since it's too big for me to take a picture of in game.

http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1347

And here's a picture from me;



An update is coming soon. The first city in this region is named after that island I created myself, Starland.

More to come.

[emgmod]

That map? It's a good map from when I tried building a city there. I believe Arlington Bay uses the same map.

[BuildingUp]

-Comments-
emgmod: Yeah, it's nice for me since I'm not used to building on very unstable terrains.

The updates are going to be slow for a few days since I'm still trying some stuff with this region. Here's a teaser.

[canyonjumper]

Looks good!

                 -Jordan

[sumwonyuno]

Heh, the transportation network layout now is definitely a break from the layout I'm used to seeing. 

[BuildingUp]

-Comments-\
canyonjumper: Thank you!
sumwonyuno: Yeah, it's pretty crazy I guess. lol

I thought I would try my hand at a newspaper. So I got out MSPaint (first mistake?) and made this..

[canyonjumper]

Interesting stuff here! Nice attempt at creating a newspaper .

...got out MSPaint...(first mistake?)

Maybe you should get GIMP .

                     -Jordan

[Battlecat]

Very nice start on your region there!   That's a nice looking little town already.  Good first attempt at a newspaper, specially considering the limitations of ms paint. 

If you're going to do graphics work, gimp is a great option, particularly since it's free.  Just search gimp on Google, it should be the first result.  Also, for newspapers, if you have it Microsoft Publisher is a pretty effective since it's a lot more flexible at handling graphics that Word.  I've never checked to see if there's a free equivalent program to Publisher in Open Office.  Anyhow, I hope this helps!  I'm looking forward to seeing what you've got coming up next!

[BuildingUp]

-Comments-
canyonjumper: Thanks! I have GIMP, which I use to create the effects for the pictures. I never thought about using it for newspapers, but that's a good idea.
Battlecat: Thank you! I am seriously starting to consider purchasing Office 2007 again since my trial expired.

Update time. All of the following pictures are from Starland.













More to come!

[canyonjumper]

Looks good! And for the free Publisher alternative try Scribus.

                  -Jordan

[BuildingUp]

I'm trying that and open office right now. Thanks for the comment.

[BuildingUp]

Breaking News in Starland; (Or another attempt at a newspaper, this time in Open Office)