Euphora: A Mikeaut1 City Journal

[utora 0]

Spectacular job Mike! Love the suburbs and the sunken highway; I read at the top of this page that it's been your birtday lately, so congratulations! Sorry for being away fro so long, but I had a terribly busy time studying..

Anyway, keep it up!

[Mikeaut1 261]

Update 29

Ridgefield Expands

Utora and Mentarman - Thanks for commenting!

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

We have seen some nice expansion in Ridgefield since the last update. Some of the newest additions to Ridgefield include:

• An official airport
• The construction of Manetto Hill Island
• A small city college campus
• New commercial zones

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7510/ridgefieldjul56011210350351bs.jpg align=baseline>

 

A zoomed out picture of Ridgefield (above).

 

Manetto Hill Island

 

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6594/ridgefieldjul86011210350626to.jpg align=baseline>

 

Manetto Hill is one of the newest neighborhoods in the city. It is a bedroom island; only residential zones are located in Manetto Hill. Residents commute off the island to nearby offices in downtown.

 

History

 

In 1642, the Kavine tribe set foot on a long journey north of their main city, Covina. (The Kavine tribe first settled in Covina in the 1500's.) They approached this large hill sitting in a barren field. The hill became home to thousands of Kavines, but later the area was invaded by another tribe, the Manettois. They soon received control of the hill and its surroundings, and forced the Kavines to the west. They christened the hill Manettoi Hill in 1756, and the area prospered, mainly with a backbone economy of agriculture. In 1904, the hill was changed from Manettoi to Manetto, and modern sprawl began in and around the area of the hill. Today, the hill is recognized and surrounded by a shallow manmade canal, and is home to hundreds of middle class Ridgefielders.

 

Manetto Hill Today

 

Manetto Hill was surrounded by a shallow canal in 1956, to isolate the high class citizens from the low class citizens. But when a working middle class was formed, the first class citizens vanished, and Manetto Hill opened doors for middle class Sims. It sits 4 miles north of the city center, with great proximity to the highway and major throughfares in the city.

 

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8986/ridgefieldjul116011210350976jp.jpg align=baseline>

 

Manetto Hill itself, a steep, tall hill surrounded by shallow waterways. (above).

 

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4757/ridgefieldjul186011210351314cb.jpg align=baseline>

 

Manetto Hill has its own Rite Aid located across the street from Cantwell Park, the neighborhood's official park.

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Traffic Cam 01

W. Ridgefield Blvd @ Highway 276

 

http://www.desearch.net/out.php/i4737_Traffic%20Cam.gif align=baseline>

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Ridgefield Public Airport

 

Ridgefield has built its own public airport. It handles up to 68,700 per month, a higher capacity than any other small municipal airport in the state. It is located 6 miles north of the city center.

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

New City College

 

Ridgefield Community College has been built north of the city off Highway 276. The college is located in a major business section of the city.

 

align=baseline>

 

Teaser Pictures

 

Here are some teasers:

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

align=baseline>

 

That's it for now!

Comments are welcomed!

 

P.S. Can anyone explain to me why there are no cars in the parking lots? I have all my settings on high and I snapshot at the right time of day for cars to be there. In fact, I never see any cars in the parking lots, and it says they are being used! If anyone can help me, that would be appreciated.

[thatmonkeysim 8]

just amazing... i love the cam! how did you do that???

btw i dunno whats wrong with the cars...

[Mikeaut1 261]

Thatmonkeysim - Thanks for commenting... I made that with the recorder tool in Sim City 4. Then I took the frames from the recorder tool, sequenced them in Flash MX, and exported it as an animated gif image. But I had to delete multiple frames because the original product came out to be 6MB! So now its at 1MB so i deleted like the whole product. That's why it refreshes so quickly.

To All: Comments or suggestions are welcomed!

[flanig407 0]

Your CJ is amazing....I the layout of the low-density housing.  Keep up the good work!

[Glenni 1,447]

haha!i love that animated pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and the city looks great too!!!

[____----____ 37]

cool suburbs

[jacqulina 162]

excellent gif,the suburbs are great,i love how you have done the canal very good idea

[ephorex_77 0]

Haven't seen an update here in so long. It's nice to see a new update from you mikeaut.

As usual, your suburbs have that distinctive green, gray and blue look to it. Very nice and detailed. Keep it up!!

 

Btw, that hill looks a little out of place IMO.

[Mikeaut1 261]

flanig407- Thanks for your comment!!

ThatmonkeySim - Thanks for your help anyways!

 

GLENNI - Glad you like the animated picture!

 

aleking - Welcome to Euphora! Thanks for visiting!

 

jacqulina - I'm glad you like the gif, and the canal system.

 

ephorex_77 - Thanks for commenting! Glad you like the look of the suburbs!

 

To All:  Expect an update maybe today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Compromise 1]

Great update as usual. I like the flash player picture, keep it up...

[Codythemonkey 0]

Yea i like that cam pics look good

[Mikeaut1 261]

Compromise - Thank you! Glad you like the cam!

Codythemonkey - Glad you like the cam!

 

To All: Working in Sim City 4 now. Should have a region view pic up by tonight.

[Mikeaut1 261]

Update 30

Traffic Cam/Region View

Nothing big in this update. I'm just gonna show you another one of my traffic cams, and a region view.

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Traffic Cam 02

Edwards Avenue Exit off Highway 276

 

http://www.desearch.net/out.php/i5216_Traffic%20Cam.gif align=baseline>

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Region View

 

http://www.desearch.net/out.php/i5217_Upstate%20Euphora-1121126801.jpg align=baseline>

 

Comments, suggestions, appreciated!

 

 

[helomoto 28]

Mike really awesome with the exit......how did u do that...!   and the region, while still squared looks really good.....great job!

[Compromise 1]

Good traffic cam once again and nice region view even if it does look a bit unrealistic now as the region isen't finished yet.

[utora 0]

Wow, Manetto hill is just a wonderful place to live; it's beautiful! Also like the teaser pics of update 9, the overviews show a very perfectionist layout, I love the symmetry of it! Got a question, though: how did you create the animated views? they're great!

[Mikeaut1 261]

helomoto - Thanks for commenting!

Compromise - Glad you're liking it!

 

Utora - Glad you liked the previous updates! And the gif...

 

To All: Since so many people want to know how to do the .gif animations, I will write an omnibus article on it. I'll post here when it is up!

[thatmonkeysim 8]

wow thats great! i cant wait to see it!

[creature 0]

Love the idea of using .gifs to show movement in your city.

-creature-

 

[scififan68 23]

Those are some cool pics. Gif files are the only pic format that are atumated. 

[Mikeaut1 261]

thatmonkeysim - Yeah, I left two admins a PM about me contributing to the omnibus.

creature - Welcome to Simtropolis! THanks for visiting this CJ btw!

scififan68 - Glad you like the pictures. Also .gif format isn't the only format that can handle animation. Basic flash cartoons are .swf files (Shockwave). But .swf doesn't work on our forums .

 

[Glenni 1,447]

haha i love those traffic cams!!!!!

[gurrgkud 2]

wow very nice... i love the suburbs! and the animated pics!

[Deathtoall 28]

wow those animates traffic cameras are really good idea, it is just a loop played over and over right?

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Wow!, amazing update! I like your little history on this hill. It got my interest very well. I also really enjoy your Cams of the Highway. Very good and unique idea. Great work on all these very nice and yet indeed I must say that I really liked your City and I thought it was a full region. But that sure tells me that you are going to do a outstanding job!

[Chris M 406]

Now a traffic cam, that is something new to a CJ, and I must say I like it.

[jacqulina 162]

wow love the traffic cams great idea

[Compromise 1]

Great! Another Simtropolis contributar, look forward to reading this article.

[Mikeaut1 261]

Wow, lots of positive feedback! Awesome! What's not so awesome is that I'm at my grandma's old Gateway computer with a slow connection. So I'll try and make this quick...

thatmonkeysim - Thanks for commenting!

 

GLENNI - I'm glad you like those traffic cams!

 

gurrgkud - Welcome to this city journal! Glad you like the animations and the suburbs. Hope to see you here again soon!

 

Deathtoall - Glad you like the animation idea. And yes, they just loop over and over again! Hope you visit this city journal again soon.

 

Mexicanboy13r - Thanks again for commenting. Glad you like that hill. Also, I'm glad you like the animations, and I will work hard developing the Ridgefield area.

 

DragonAnime - Thanks for showing here! Glad you like the animations!

 

jacqulina - Gotta say thanks for always commenting here. Glad you love the cams.

 

Compromise - Yeah, hopefully I'll be able to write the article soon.

 

To ALL: I will post here when I get the article written; I know many of you are eager to know how to animate. I want to write it in the Omnibus so I could attract some more people on Simtropolis. Also, just to mention, animations work on Microsoft Movie Maker, which I think almost everyone has. I use Flash MX 2004 Professional. But I know for a fact that there is freeware on the internet that will let you create streaming animations. Also, expect an update tomorrow for sure!