MallowTheClouds Maps

[Casper3141 60]

Awesome Job I began Making a version of the same area last night but it looks as if you beat me too it

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Date: 7/27/2005 7:08:25 PM
Author: Casper3141
Awesome Job I began Making a version of the same area last night but it looks as if you beat me too it

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LOL, thanks... I guess I did.


Well, it never hurts to practice... so if you want, go ahead and finish creating your own version.

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Newcastle has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

San Francisco Bay Area has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Colorado has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Ann Arbor and Reykjavik have been released, and are slated to show up soon!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Columbia River Gorge has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

[Rezidor 0]

Hi Mallow, at first I must say that I really love your great maps! They are wonderful and really true to scale!
Now I one wish. Could you please make the Region of Long Beach , but Long Beach near Los Angeles (CA)? It would be very nice if you could do this! Thanks!

MfG Rezidor

[airmale007 3]

Beautiful job with the gorge, mallow!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Date: 7/30/2005 8:56:12 AM
Author: Rezidor
Hi Mallow, at first I must say that I really love your great maps! They are wonderful and really true to scale!

Now I one wish. Could you please make the Region of Long Beach , but Long Beach near Los Angeles (CA)? It would be very nice if you could do this! Thanks!


MfG Rezidor

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Thank you for the comments. I would love to do this map for you, but there is already a long list in the requests thread. Maybe after I finish Lafayette, LA, I'll look in to Long Beach.


And Airmale, I do very much appreciate that comment! The Gorge is one of my favourite maps, and there's really not all that much interest in it. So, I'm glad you said something.


EDIT: Lafayette has been released and is slated to show up soon!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Long Beach, California has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

[keiferkapper 0]

Date: 7/30/2005 10:42:20 PM Author: MallowTheCloud Long Beach, California has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

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Nice job with the map but you might want to make an updated revised version with Pier 400.  Other than that, its pretty accurate.

 

[utora 0]

Mallowthecloud. I've got a question: I saw your tutorial on creating international maps, and it's great; however, I wonder if there's a way to create custom maps of the same quality (i mean fantasy maps). Right now I'm terraforming maps ingame, and the larger the region, the more time it takes. Besides that, you don't have a nice overview of the region, since the regionview in SC4 is somewhat limited (especially on very large maps; for example 16x16 large tiles)

I was wondering: is there a better, faster way to create the stunning maps you do, but this time of fantasy-regions?

[SUICO 129]

I want to thanks Mallow for the great package of maps he has made for the brazilian community . Also thanks all the mapp Squadd and say that without you the game wouldn t be as great . Thanks guys!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Utora: Unfortunately, I don't know any way to create fantasy maps except either by hand, by editing real world terrains to your liking, or by using images like clouds.

Sorry I can't help you more than that.


SUICO: You are very welcome, and I truly appreciate all the work that you and the other moderators at http://www.simcitybrasil.com.br/


And, Wizards Coast has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

[utora 0]

Date: 8/11/2005 5:36:40 PM Author: MallowTheCloud Utora: Unfortunately, I don't know any way to create fantasy maps except either by hand, by editing real world terrains to your liking, or by using images like clouds. Sorry I can't help you more than that.

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Hmm, I already thought so. Well, thanks anyway! I'm crawling back into my cave for another terraform session!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Reykjavik has been edited! Version 2 should be on the STEX soon.

[Aran 10]

Just downloaded your Ann Arbor map and plan to use it in the morning. Looks terrific and rendered in less than five minutes on my desktop beast! Woohoo!

I do have a question, though. Should the 500m.dat file remain in the plugins directory AFTER rendering or should it be removed?

Thanks again for your hard work. Your maps look absolutely terrific.

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Date: 8/16/2005 12:58:03 AM
Author: Aran
Just downloaded your Ann Arbor map and plan to use it in the morning. Looks terrific and rendered in less than five minutes on my desktop beast! Woohoo!


I do have a question, though. Should the 500m.dat file remain in the plugins directory AFTER rendering or should it be removed?


Thanks again for your hard work. Your maps look absolutely terrific.

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I'm glad you like it!

The 500m.dat can and should be removed from the plugins folder. Especially if you plan on rendering another map afterwards.

[tungston 19]

mallowthecloud:

I like your work, I looked at the Portland map and I recognize the terrain.  Although, it looks like Sandy Blvd. is a chain of small lakes.  I went to high school there, and my family lives in the Mt. Taybor/Rocky Butte area.   

 

I would like to see a map with the Tri Cities (Pasco, Kenniwick, Richland) somewhere in the southcentral part.  Maybe with Spokane on the northeast corner, including La Grande and The Dalles.

 

BTW, would you be able to instruct me on how to change the city boundaries in the SC4 Deluxe standard custom region.  I dislike the small cities, as I like to connect my cities with water.

 

thanks,

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Date: 8/19/2005 8:00:02 PM
Author: tungston

mallowthecloud:

I like your work, I looked at the Portland map and I recognize the terrain. Although, it looks like Sandy Blvd. is a chain of small lakes. I went to high school there, and my family lives in the Mt. Taybor/Rocky Butte area.

I would like to see a map with the Tri Cities (Pasco, Kenniwick, Richland) somewhere in the southcentral part. Maybe with Spokane on the northeast corner, including La Grande and The Dalles.

BTW, would you be able to instruct me on how to change the city boundaries in the SC4 Deluxe standard custom region. I dislike the small cities, as I like to connect my cities with water.

>thanks,

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First, thanks!

Second, Sandy Blvd is actually a bit further south, and aligned SW to NE. That chain of small lakes is actually the Columbia Slough.

Third, there is actually already a map of the Tri-Cities... it is in the US Map Pack, I believe.

Fourth, a map that includes Spokane, Tri Cities, LaGrande, and The Dalles would be far too big. This area is probably (just an estimate) 200km by 200km... unless you wanted it scaled down by a factor of 5 or 6.

And finally, unfortunately, there is no way to change the city-size-layout (config.bmp) of an already-rendered map without deleting most of the data.

[tungston 19]

First, thanks! Second, Sandy Blvd is actually a bit further south, and aligned SW to NE. That 'chain of small lakes' is actually the Columbia Slough. Third, there is actually already a map of the Tri-Cities... it is in the US Map Pack, I believe. Fourth, a map that includes Spokane, Tri Cities, LaGrande, and The Dalles would be far too big. This area is probably (just an estimate) 200km by 200km... unless you wanted it scaled down by a factor of 5 or 6. And finally, unfortunately, there is no way to change the city-size-layout (config.bmp) of an already-rendered map without deleting most of the data.

Thank you for the response.  I didn't find the map you refered to, only a map called Walla Walla, which I think must be close to the Tri Cities, as Walla Walla is pretty much land locked.

 

As for the size of the map I was interested in, you can tell I am not much at relating scale to SC regions.

 

I did find I could get the city size I wanted by recoloring the config.bmp.  All I really wanted to do is get rid of the one pixel cities and most of the medium size cities.

 

Thanks again for your consideration.

 

BTW:  I meant no umbrage by the Sandy Blvd. remark.

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Oh, the Tri-Cities map is IN the Map Pack. So... you have to look up something like Request Pack on the STEX.

[tungston 19]

Date: 8/20/2005 2:13:06 PM Author: MallowTheCloud Oh, the Tri-Cities map is IN the Map Pack. So... you have to look up something like 'Map Pack' on the STEX.

 

Thanks again:

 

For anyone interested there are map packs posted at:  STEX>textures.

 

EDIT:   I finnally have the Tri Cities region rendered, it is a really big region.  It took almost 14 minutes to render.  I rendered with the original config.bmp, then I deleted it and added 16 medium cities with the config file and redid it.  When I did this a funny thing happened, in the SE corner the medium city shows clearly a couple of clicks below the other elevations.  But when you reconcile the city, god says the borders match.  Do you have an idea why?  I have uploaded a jpg of the offender.

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//Tri%20Cities.jpg align=baseline>

[the_new_simman 5]

Date: 8/20/2005 6:58:58 PM Author: tungston

Date: 8/20/2005 2:13:06 PM Author: MallowTheCloud Oh, the Tri-Cities map is IN the Map Pack. So... you have to look up something like 'Map Pack' on the STEX.

Thanks again:

For anyone interested there are 'map packs' posted at:  STEX>textures.

EDIT:  I finnally have the Tri Cities region rendered, it is a really big region.  It took almost 14 minutes to render.  I rendered with the original config.bmp, then I deleted it and added 16 medium cities with the config file and redid it.  When I did this a funny thing happened, in the SE corner the medium city shows clearly a couple of clicks below the other elevations.  But when you reconcile the city, god says the borders match.  Do you have an idea why?  I have uploaded a jpg of the offender.

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//Tri%20Cities.jpg align=baseline>

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Map Packs! Map Packs! The Summer Map Pack is coming soon to a STEX near you! It will include all Mapp Squad Maps from June 1st 2005 to August 31st 2005. I'll try and get this done ASAP!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Date: 8/20/2005 6:58:58 PM
Author: tungston
...EDIT: I finnally have the Tri Cities region rendered, it is a really big region. It took almost 14 minutes to render. I rendered with the original config.bmp, then I deleted it and added 16 medium cities with the config file and redid it. When I did this a funny thing happened, in the SE corner the medium city shows clearly a couple of clicks below the other elevations. But when you reconcile the city, god says the borders match. Do you have an idea why? I have uploaded a jpg of the offender.

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That's pretty strange... try loading the city, saving it, then exiting back to the region. That fixes issues like that sometimes.

[tungston 19]

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[cammo2003 20]

Date: 7/28/2005 5:26:07 PM
Author: MallowTheCloud
Newcastle has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

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Nice job with that map. I'm not using it, but it's a VERY accurate rendition of Newy. I should know, me and my mates managed to get lost in Newcastle's CBD!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Date: 9/8/2005 12:42:48 AM
Author: cammo2003

Date: 7/28/2005 5:26:07 PM

Author: MallowTheCloud

Newcastle has been released, and is slated to show up soon!

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Nice job with that map. I'm not using it, but it's a VERY accurate rendition of Newy. I should know, me and my mates managed to get lost in Newcastle's CBD!

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Thanks for the comments!

Las Vegas has been edited! Version 2 should be on the STEX soon.

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Indianapolis has been edited! Version 2 should be on the STEX soon.