City of EDMONTON

[Yellowlab 11]

That's very impressive, TJD.  My terraforming skills are...lacking, shall we say.  Very impressive.

[Jhipolito 27]

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Nice geography there

[brett_131 0]

looks exactly like edmonton as far as i can tell...good work...EXACTLY! i live in the  callingwood area on the map...im really excited to see it develop!

[Shoe 2]

When are you gonna start developing the city? BTW, region looks great!

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

I've started laying out the city...It will be hard to make it look exact with all buildings in place. Also certain roads in Edmonton dont always follow 45 or 90 degree angles...So trying to make an Avenue over a long stretch at 60 deegrees while lining it with buildings and connected roads is proving hard. And since my challenge is the exact look of the city I may use some cheats...Most of Edmontons power is from 80km away...so how do I power every city with no plants? Maybe the power cheat we'll see. Might need to make the odd lot too. West Ed should be fun...at around 40 by 25 squares. I wish I had a plop mod that included the euro set. Now the good pics begin as I build the city a bit at a time. Thanks for keeping posted and for all the interest in just one day of the region being released. Remeber if you'd like the map to MSN me, add me as a contact...my address is above @ the map post.

 

[Dippit 0]

I wish I had the patience to do a real life city LOL

[beebs 129]

JerseyDevil! I just noticed that you forgot something, if you wanted to include it; the Summerside lake

[brett_131 0]

summerside lake is pretty small tho, just put in a  large park or 2

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

Summerside lake? Unless its in the river valley lakes  are not possible without land water.

[beebs 129]

It would be a decent size when you compare it to the houses in Sim CIty. 32 Acres of lake isn't too shabby

Jersey, I forgot about that...we need above sea level lakes

[MTLT_17 27]

Dan place the pics i sent you on msn thanx

 

Marshall

[brett_131 0]

hmmdeedmm...i am patiently wating for this region to start devlopment, but if that doesnt happen soon, ill go CRAZY AND PULL OUT ALL MY HHAIR!!!!!!!! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

anyways, good luck!

[A Killer Ewok 2]

... Has JD given up on this region yet??? Or has he not updated it for NEARLY A MONTH!!!

... Has he even touched it yet?

[TOMMY GUNS 0]

hopefully he is done and allows us to download the region

[Frogshi 0]

Wow, I really like the highway bridge - it should stand out well in your city. Keep up the good work .

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

Sorry for the delay on updates....I never give up on a region. But this one being to scale takes alot of effort. To lay every road I need to messure it on a map and then figure it out to the scale. I've started the londonderry area and is going well.

Also I'm working on 5 regions at once, work has been very busy, and I have a 4month old son who is started to love attention . The updates are coming this region will grow in spurts..During the terraforming alone I took over a month off from anywork at all. I should do some of the major roads in Edmonton then show a regional map within the next while...Again sorry for the delays and keep posted.

[Troggle 0]

Is there any chance we can get our hands on a non-populated version of your region? Very few regions have made my jaw drop when I see them, but yours certainly does.

[A Killer Ewok 2]

I'd like a populated  version and a non-populated version please!

 

One to drive in and one to build in!

[G4ce 0]

That's one hell of a terraforming job u've done there TJD, can't wait to see the city when you're done.

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

You can get a copy of this region by MSN'ing me. I have shared it with 20 or so people so far. Its zipped by Winrar and  takes about 10minutes on avergae to transfer. The region is set to go every city is properly named and set for medium diff level.

 

My MSN is

newjersey73@hotmail.com

 

Here is a picture of londonderry area with most of the roads finished.

[KSolomon 3]

Hotmail or messenger? BTW, great work! I was working on a model myself, but it won't load now that i've installed RH.

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

MSN messanger

 

newjersey73@hotmail.com

for a copy

[eppisgood 6]

Londonderry looks great, I can't wait to a city overview shot.  When recreating a city, I found it best to lay out the major roads and freeways before zoning and adding utilities.  It requires you to edit the simoleon values with an external real-time editor (I use Cheat Engine), for me this eliminates the scale problems from one city to the next.  Just my $.02, after trying to recreate San Francisco a few times before I am getting the hang of it.

 

Since you live in Edmonton, are you recreating it from memory of driving/living there or are you using a map to lay out the transportation?  144th looks real cool the way it bends to the right gradually before it gets to 66th, then straightens out on the other side before veering left.

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

I cant do every road by memory. So I'm using a map. And every road is an exact scale distance from eachother. Everything is to scale thats why it takes so long to do this map. The outer areas with curved roads are hardest.

But I plan on doing the major roads first while laying parks and stuff first.

Also I dumped the plop mod which was ruining my game so any growth will be random for now. Hard to get an exact look.

[frogface 354]

when are u going to start building? soon?

[Troggle 0]

The region looks awesome, and I'm sure the city won't disappoint either

woohoo, 100 posts!

[MachDelta 0]

I might be a little late to the party, but: Wow, thats awesome Jersey!
I live in St.Albert (up in the NW corner there), so its really cool to see someone taking the time and effort to recreate the capital region
I don't know how on earth anyone could recreate St. Albert itself though. The city was settled by the french, so there isn't a single straight road in the whole place!
Seriously though, recreating St. Albert would be insane!

Anywho, good luck with the project!

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

Heres a pic of 2hrs work I did tonight. Just getting a lay of some of the major roads in N.Edmonton. Also I did alot of work on the Yellowhead underpasses. I have a few great Ideas to make the overpasses over the freeway look right. The major interchanges are hard to make look right but the way I'm doing it should surprise some. Heres a map of the major roads so far.

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

This is some of the work I've done so far on the North Side of Edmonton. Some of these points are noticable landmarks and some are just random point to show my work so far.

 

 

[dannydougle 0]

Ahhhh...construction at last. Ive been waiting a long time for this : )