Shultzy's Showcase - Riverholm

[Jmouse]

Not a bad start at all, Jacob. Your work with the avenues shows much hope for your transport skills, and I agree that the hospital scene is well done. I like the little river, too, and hope to see more of it later.

I think you'll find that many of us have been blessed/cursed by the perfectionist gene, so we're quite tolerant of each other's foibles!

Later...
Joan

[FleshaR34]

Interesting road network, and very nice hospital!

[Tomas Neto]

Fastastic update again!!! 

[bat]

Nice views of these places in Riverholm!
It is looking great!!

[sumwonyuno]

I'm really curious about that farm fields.  It has tractor paths running through it.  Though, I wonder if that diagonal can be helped.

[Rady]

Good update ... I also would be interested in that tractor spurs running through your fields and the hospital ...

[ShultzCity]

Replies:

mightygoose: Thanks - sorry about the grid, I noticed it after updating  
canyonjumper: Thanks    - I find that if I build a 'bad' area (quick 'n' dirty) first, then go and 'fix it', I get the best results
Connor: Thanks! Glad you like the hospital...
Battlecat: Cheers mate    - The great hospital is made by Matt: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1385
Jmouse: Thanks Joan  - I do like the odd bit of transport networking!
FleshaR34: Thankyou 
Tomas Neto: Thanks mate
bat: Thanks 
sumwonyuno: The rice fields are by Mas71 - http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1451 - I have seen many wonderful creations with this set, and I wanted to give it a go myself, though I am not very happy with the way it turned out 
Rady: Thanks - the tractor spurs come with the rice field pack by Mas ( see above). The hospital is from Matt and can be found here: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1385

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Hi everyone, welcome to another edition of Riverholm. Todays update will be focused on the CBD of Newport. Enjoy!








And finally, my first real mosaic 





Cheers, Jacob.

Edit: Quick question - does anyone know how to get a full sized upload onto photobucket? It kept resizing the mosaic (I assume there must be a pixel size limit?) - I have ended up uploading onto my sites server to get it full size...

[MTT9]

Great CBD! Pics 2.1 and 2.2 are great. And your mosaic is really good, although some areas are plain grass. I look fowars for more great updates...
Matt

PS: would you mind telling me where you got the building from pic 1.2?

[canyonjumper]

Excellent mosaic Jacob! I like how you use Pegasus's Marina Lots. Keep it up and this is turning into a great restart for you.

                 -Jordan

[Connor]

Nice update. It seems your city building is just as good as your natural areas 

[Rady]

Hmmm .. indeed the marina looks especially fine ... can't wait until my MD will reach a point where I'm going to have a marina! Lookin' forward to see more!

[GaBoR]

Nice marina!!! looking foward for more

[Battlecat]

That's an incredible looking urban core! 

As for your image size issues, I've noticed that imageshack also won't take images over a certain size.  I use my own web space for large mosaics just like you did there. 

[Tomas Neto]

Wow, awesome work!!! 

[bat]

Really great pictures of your city!!! Looks wonderful!

[Jmouse]

That's a good-looking CBD, Jacob. Skyscrapers are my least favorite game element, but a necessary evil nonetheless. Overall you've done a great job of creating an attractive and realistic downtown area. BTW, what kind of mass transit system are you using?

Nice mosaic, too - the colors are really rich and vibrant. Also, I'm curious to see what becomes of the wooded area at the top left. The marina is very well placed - it's obviously a continuation of the wealthy ambience you created in the CBD rather than just being an afterthought to fill up space. It's easy to see you put a lot of thought into planning your development strategy.

Good work on this one...
Joan

[mightygoose]

some great work, it is good that you have intergrated wide radius curves into your city, but unfortunately it has left some areas barren. do not be discouraged though, and that waterfront roundabout is excellent.

[sumwonyuno]

Very nice mosaic!    The Newport CBD is quite built up!

[thingfishs]

Hooray I've got broadband back and I can once again venture into photo laden pages. Love that mosaic Shultzy, nice CBD through marina area. The curved roads look great but I agree with mightygoose about the empty areas, I would just plants some appropriate trees around the "blocky" parts and make a few nice parks for your city. But the flat concrete areas give the area a good mix of built up and open, like a real city. It's easy in this game to just fill available CBD space with skyscrapers so good on ya for getting the balance right (just plant some more trees).

[ShultzCity]

Replies:

emmotic: Thanks! Do you mean this building - http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1214  ??
canyonjumper: Thanks Jordan
Connor: Thanks mate. Not sure if it's better, but it's starting to improve slowly 
Rady: Thankyou - gotta love marinas
GaBoR: Thankyou!
Battlecat: Thanks alot! Probably has something to do with the pro version for Photobucket that is limiting image size...
Tomas Neto: Thanks Tomas
bat: Thanks
Jmouse: Thanks for the input Joan - I'm not a fan of skyscrapers either. I haven't done a CBD for such a long time now, that I wanted to see how my skills had developed. I now know that I'll stick to more natural / rural scenes .  The wooded areas have turned into some mid rise commercial buildings and apartment stores. I tried to give the feeling of a wealthy, expensive CBD, rather than a dense urban forest full of back alleys and real dirtiness 
mightygoose: Thanks mightygoose! It is a shame about the empty areas, the sidewalk mod I am using came with a mod for the wide radius avenue curves, however I still can't get them to work 
sumwonyuno: Thanks!
thingfishs: Thanks mate Enjoy that broadband . Have tried to plant a few more trees, though it hasn't worked so well

Update ---


Hi everyone   - today will be the final suburban update for a while at least. I have decided that I don't quite cut it in urban areas (to my standards at least  ) , so I'm going to try and focus on what comes much more naturally - rural / natural scenery.

So, onto the update! Enjoy












Cheers, Jacob.