Show us your Region!

[Haljackey 17,355]

I figured out how to export my region as a HTML and upload it to a server. You can now explore it full size.

You can try it here but it will take a moment to load. You will need to scroll both vertically and horizontally to pan.

https://haljackey-ring-of-fire-region.netlify.app/

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Created by KREW-

You can click on each city tile to see stats. You can also switch to transport view. Example:

[CorinaMarie 29,774]

Looks good! I've had a fly around and even found some farms.

That looks like years and years of work you've put into it.

 

1 hour ago, Haljackey said:

You will need to scroll both vertically and horizontally to pan.

I had to go look up my comment on their file to remind me how to scroll. (Press and hold the mouse wheel down then pan around whichever way.)

[Lucario Boricua 7,031]

It's been ages since I've published an update for any of my gameplay regions! Over the last 2ish months I've returned to playing SimCity 4 in short bursts, been doing filler work in the Kingdom of Borike. It's also worth noting that this region had just reached 2.8 million inhabitants, putting it firmly as my most populous SC4 region to date! There's still a lot to fill up, so there's a decent chance that it'll approach 10 million once all the major cities are in place.

This is the latest regional view update (#34), where I've been preparing some mountain roadways in the center and terraforming more nice coastal and lowland landscapes along the northern lowlands:

 

I do gotta extend the railway network, so far it has incomplete coverage centered along the southeast coastal areas (cities of Jaicoa, Samaná, Baramaya and Anaiboa, going around Maguana), but it's yet to reach the southwest (Guaonico, Abacoa, Barahona and Guamaní), whereas the freeway network has complete coverage of all the major and medium cities, plus their intermediate rural areas.

[carlosmarcelo 981]

On 21/09/2024 at 2:17 PM, Lucario Boricua said:

It's also worth noting that this region had just reached 2.8 million inhabitants, putting it firmly as my most populous SC4 region to date!

It's fantastic!! 

How many cities there are in this region?

I ask this because I created a big region with 256 cities, but it is a slow to load. I didn't want to reduce it and at the same time I'm worried about having problems in the future, when it is more than 50% filled. 

How being your experience with this region?

[Ke|is 3,337]

2 hours ago, carlosmarcelo said:

It's fantastic!! 

How many cities there are in this region?

I ask this because I created a big region with 256 cities, but it is a slow to load. I didn't want to reduce it and at the same time I'm worried about having problems in the future, when it is more than 50% filled. 

How being your experience with this region?

The size of the region does not affects the overall performance. So it does not really matter how big the region is. What is really important is the size of the tile in which you play, since in larger tiles there are more props and more elements to load, and this does affect performance. Generally speaking, small tile cities are much more fluid than large tile cities.

 

The only thing that you will notice when it comes to a big region with so many tiles is that game will need some more time to display the region view.

[Lucario Boricua 7,031]

On 9/24/2024 at 12:50 PM, carlosmarcelo said:

It's fantastic!! 

How many cities there are in this region?

I ask this because I created a big region with 256 cities, but it is a slow to load. I didn't want to reduce it and at the same time I'm worried about having problems in the future, when it is more than 50% filled. 

How being your experience with this region?

The Kingdom of Borike has a dimension of 68 x 60 small cities, nominally equivalent to 17 X 15 large cities (255 cities). Now, considering the region also contains some medium-sized cities, and also contains a good amount of water around it (let's say 20%). Gonna estimate 220 buildable cities, right now I have 85 named cities.

As for what my experience with this region has been...

• Went with a more road-centric design, partly as a throwback to one of my classic formative regions, Río Platino, which was from around 2012-2013. Ten years later, this region honors its style while incorporating a vast increase in my mastery of the game.
• The region contains my 1st and 2nd most populous cities to date, those would be Jaicoa (403,000 inhabitants, peaked at 428,000 inhabitants) and Samaná (324,000 inhabitants). Decided to not grow these more because I love their current look and want to develop the rest of the region accordingly.
• I think this region shows the ideal combination of terrain mods to attain my signature humid tropical island climate, making it instantly recognizable among countless other players' styles. I've managed to create this signature combination out of middle-of-the-road terrain mod components, but it never ceases to impress.
• I've been enjoying more the southern coast of the main landmass because of its more intricate topography, so I've been dedicating more effort to terraforming the center and the north coast to make the region more appealing for my play style.
• The region also holds a special place as one of the field testing sites of development for the Network Addon Mod, most notably NAM 42's introduction of the 3-level crossing pieces, FLEX neighbor connections and FLEX width transitions  for the RealHighway, NAM 43 and 44 introducing a vast expansion of the FLEX turning lanes, NAM 45 with the debut of the Pedestrian Revolution Mod's mid-block crosswalks and the latest version of the Traffic Simulator, countless bridges in the NAM 40s, and various other ongoing development projects.
• And the region is also characterized by its glamorous coastal sites, including marinas, beaches, waterfronts, coastal lagoons and scenic cliffs!

Admittedly, the region does already feel somewhat stale for me, so I'm still debating whether to pause its progress to start something different, or reinvent my playstyle with it to make it feel fresh again.

  Edited September 29, 2024 by Lucario Boricua  
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[carlosmarcelo 981]

20 minutes ago, Lucario Boricua said:

As for what my experience with this region has been...

Thanks to share your experiences and sensations. That's cool you have a strong appreciation to this region. I believe will happen the same with me after some couple years working in my mega region. 

[Simizen 1,099]

Posting here but only cause I don't know where to actually post this (do we not have a "Show Us Your Discoveries" or "Show Us Your Tips/Tricks" thread?)

In Windows, if you type Alt + 0128 you get a "blank character" (basically a space), that's recognized as a "letter". Since it's viewed that way in Windows, I thought I'd try it out in the game to see what would happen. So I tested it and it worked!! So if you've ever wanted to just name a city without a mayor, use that and you can have just a city name.

This particular region is really old (notice the name as it came about before Rush Hour), and so the Terrain Tutorial bugged out at some point and I haven't replaced it yet. So that's where I decided to use the empty tile as a test.

If you're having trouble activating the special character: press and hold `Alt` while typing in the numbers (preferably from the keypad as it's faster). Then after the last number is pressed, release the `Alt` key (either one btw), and it'll accept the manually typed character.

That said, feel free to use other numbers if you're looking for really fancy names, but from my understanding, SC4 has issues with some characters and so they may not show up properly as a result.

[The Mayor of Hiversbridge 341]

Experimenting with the top down region view perspective

[CorinaMarie 29,774]

1 hour ago, EastChapel said:

Experimenting with the top down region view perspective

Just after a massive wind storm from the southeast?

[Daeris 1,116]

Part of me wants to share my region, but I kinda can't because I elected to do my CJ with a fog-of-war type of mechanic, where I only reveal what the settlers see.

I'm just waiting on the lil sims inventing GPS satellites.

[CorinaMarie 29,774]

1 hour ago, Daeris said:

I kinda can't...

Well, you kinda could. Show the latest region view with the fog and a few selected closer views which have been revealed. Just be sure to use mostly new pics so it doesn't count as double dipping. (Linking in one or two now and then to illustrate a point is fine, we just frown on posting the exact same shots in multiple places.)

Then too you could add a linky to your CJ for peeps who'd then like to see more.

[kschmidt 6,179]

New Chicago Regional Overview !

The region is growing steadely, go Norh, go West, go South and little east coastal area ! Present working on the West Loop and de souther Mckinley park industrial zone. Bridgeport als worked litle on the transport network. West Loop very extensive area west of Union station. Furthur on in the west in the very far future room for O`hara airport !

South you see the Illinois & Michigan canal and the chicago river ! Most central highway´s and raillines are there .!

Enjoy !

[redfox85 659]

 

 

I needed another region to develop ... so a host of changes later I'm quite happy with the result.

[Lucario Boricua 7,031]

      Bringing over another update of the Kingdom of Borike!      

 

Regional update #48 has the region standing at 3,136,779 inhabitants, while the forestation of the middle regions progresses at an impressive rate!

 

The region currently features 6 major cities (Abacoa, Baramaya, Guanabacoa, Maguana, Samaná and Jaicoa) and two emerging conurbations (Jaicoa-Samaná, Maguana-Guanabacoa-Baramaya), numerous towns, villages and agricultural areas, and features 5 reservoirs. A really neat change during this period was a large expansion of the power grid, most notably with the establishment of the 3rd and 4th nuclear power plants (Puerto Baramaya, Neiba) and the construction of the Caguana and Caonillas reservoirs.

Terraforming continues in the north coast areas, where I'm creating karst landscapes, cliffs and wetlands, and the already populated areas are now getting some minor streams and waterfalls to embellish the landscape.

 

In terms of transportation, numerous links from arterials and surface roads have taken shape, while freeway construction has slowed down compared to previous periods. The latest major changes include adding the subway / metro system of Maguana, adding a few metro lines to Samaná, a relocation of the north-south freeway of Baramaya, the start of an avenue beltway in Bayaney, the construction of a cruise ship seaport in Anaiboa, the continuation of a north-south freeway in Guanabacoa, and the creation of numerous rural routes in the mountain regions.

 

Right now I've felt it's easier to develop the central areas, not feeling quite ready to resume progress to the northeast or to the west, and the north isn't quite ready to have proper development.

 

[aegian 182]

Semi midwest inspired with a central "Chicago" just added a city on a peninsula (too lazy to make a new region)

[kergelen 741]

Playing on my region Eloaria since 2010.  I've restarted regularly playing SC4 since septembre 2024

 

I tried to attach pictures with Imgur link but it won't work. Any tips?

2024

2018

 

 

2010

[CorinaMarie 29,774]

7 minutes ago, kergelen said:

I tried to attach pictures with Imgur link but it won't work. Any tips?

I'm sure it can be done because I've seen other peeps use imgur. However, we actually prefer using ST's server to host your images so when imgur goes the way of Photoborket and ImageShack we won't be left with big empty holes where the pics used to be.

And cool region. I like the expansion over the years.

[aili_mer 43]

SimCity.

Was playing Sims 4 and felt that my sims, if they ever become "National Leader"s, should have a fancy town to work in, no? And I took it from there.

Keener eyes will see that this is the Kanto Region from STEX. Yokohama's a dead give-away on the low-left.

[Brandtinc 20]

Work in progress. It's a big region with a lot of opportunities. Happy weekend everyone

[kergelen 741]

2 hours ago, Brandtinc said:

Work in progress. It's a big region with a lot of opportunities. Happy weekend everyone

Nice region. Yeah, lots of possibilities

Are the tiles the big ones (4x4 km)?

[Brandtinc 20]

1 hour ago, kergelen said:

Nice region. Yeah, lots of possibilities

Are the tiles the big ones (4x4 km)?

Yes, all the tiles are big ones. It's hard work connecting them all  

[kschmidt 6,179]

2 hours ago, Brandtinc said:

Yes, all the tiles are big ones. It's hard work connecting them all  

At least there's a tile where a bridge be built to connect the two sides of the region ! Except create artificial islands. Delta like this is great for a massive city and harbour area and marine environment, much  !

[kschmidt 6,179]

Fantasia Africa - Free Africa !

Recent files by Paolo80 of african village huts recently, brought to revisit my 10 year ´a decade ago region of fantasia ! Since worked on the Mayon project this and several other projects where archived somewhere  and forgotten. Yesterday I found on a backup a older version of this project without several parts of the story. Today I found the last version with the latest story line version safely and ready for backup remote on the system I created it !

Azla Izeaka is the main gateway delta city of this congo like republic !

Haghua Sagato Airport !

Chinguaka Iguaka capital city !

This, vanilla as it is perfect to try some tropicol diorama like scenes and try out some idea and recent bat´s ! The story about this region can you read in the CJ Free Africa to wich I might add some more entry !

Enjoy !

[ohdude 2,353]

[Vancouver4abit 17]

My newest Region after a long hiatus from sc4!

[Vancouver4abit 17]

Since I live in Edmonton, I'm basing my new region off of the Edmonton Metro Region! As Alberta uses the DLS system (Dominion Land Survey), I am trying to recreate a similar system in my region. I am finding this is leading to realistic expansion, something I have always struggled with in sc4. IRL example photo provided 

[didiergrigori 20]

Proud to have recently completed my Vancouver region with approximately the correct population size.  

[kergelen 741]

On 4/3/2025 at 6:43 AM, Vancouver4abit said:

My newest Region after a long hiatus from sc4!

Nice start and welcome back to sc4!

Your region Edmonton, reminded me that long time ago, on 2007 or so, there where a City Journal that recreates Edmonton (don't remember either at Simtropolis or Sc4Devotion). It was a nice recreation. I just tried to find it but I was unsuccessful.

[Haljackey 17,355]

Made a new region map in KREW- you'll need to scroll left/right and zoom out/in to browse https://haljackeyringoffireregionmarch2025.netlify.app/

you can also toggle transport view on the top left.