Tierra de la Oscuridad

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Looks good, can't wait for more!

[Zelgadis 638]

The Japanese castle there does look quite good. A nice blend of the Asian and Western. Most importantly, the spirit is there, having it surrounded by gardens, and all Japanese castles are surrounded by gardens!

ISF

[Chris M 406]

Twiggy,

Absolutely, yeah it certainly is realistic even if you don't know it is. I know what you're saying about there being too many dependencies, but I always make my own lots anyway because I like to make everything fit in together in my cities, lol. And yes, I live about an hour or so from Indinanapolis. The city I live in goes right past I-70 which goes straight into downtown Indianapolis.

Neat Japanese castle/park you have there, I was just watching a Godzilla movie and he trampled through a castle that looked very similar to the one in your picture. LOL As Ian (zelgadis) mentioned, all Japanese castles are surrounded by gardens and such, and there is no exception here! Reminds me of a peaceful inner city park, kind of like Osaka Castle in Japan. Have you ever heard of it? If you haven't, you should check it out, it's breathtaking.

And, nice housing areas, looks very majestic and peaceful to me. Like I said earlier, reminds me of a simple neighborhood I could live in!

Yes, you can call me Chris, instead of DA if you want to. When I visit a lot of city journals, I have been called by my real name and since we're all friends here I don't see why I can't do it in here as well!

[connorc24 2]

EXcellent work! I love the Japenese Garden! FAbulous work!

[Simfan34 11]

Wow- I really have a nice house there! Thanks, and please the the police to get rid of that toilet paper!

[anarchy0029 2]

I like the Japanese Garden work with that. The buildings are designed beautifully.

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

nice work, love the Japanese castle garden!

[ky72x 13]

You know, I think someone needs to make a mod that removes the tp'd trees from the game. Or at least reduce the number of them, because it seems like there's a lot of them in your cities!

Nice job on the Japanese castle. I really like how that brick flower plaza behind the castle connects to the brick paths, it looks good! Also, the cherry trees located at the front of the park are realistic, considering how cherry blossoms really symbolize the Japanese culture. Keep up the beautiful work, Twiggy!

- Kyle

[dralin321 0]

Hmm, looking good, you really are good with houses! Is it possible if I can have a home in your brilliant cj?

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Hello all! Sorry for the lack of updates/replies!!  I haven't been playing much SC4 lately, been learning, writing, working, and other important stuff lol   But I will try to update soon!

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bbfan02

Hey!!  There are lots of residential areas in Tierra, I will include some in the next update for you to choose! 

The Big Z

Hey, Z!!   Wow, you have been to Japan? That's really cool.  I'm surprised mine looks better Lol, I figured it must not be very realistic.   Thanks for your comment!

Leech10

Hey, thanks Leech!  There will be more soon.  (Hopefully.  )

Zelgadis

So I have heard.  I surround nearly everything (well, everything important, at least )  with gardens/parks though so it was kind of not on purpose.    I've never used Asian architecture and style before, but it was fun to try out something new.    Thanks for the suggestion, and the comments! 

DragonAnime

Hey!!  Wow, that was like the longest comment I think I’ve ever received.   That’s cool, I don’t go for realism () I know that sounds terrible lol, I just like the pretty buildings and flower gardens and things (I’m such a girl ). But obviously I want it to look good, and realism usually looks good.  And I love all the different types of architecture, I used to want to be an architect when I was younger. (not so much now but I have no idea what I want to do) I think I’ve heard of that castle, the name sounds familiar, but I’ve never seen a pic (and I certainly haven’t been to Japan recently lol) but I should check it out!  I bet it's beautiful.  Well I would lot mine but the LE takes 15 minutes to come up, thanks to my bulging plug ins folder.  Plus my lotting skills are somewhat, ehm, undeveloped (or lacking entirely, LOL not sure which)  Hmm, so are you implying you’d like a house in a “simple neighborhood”? (I’m on a roll here making houses for people lol so I might as well) I’ll try not to put it next to a TP’ed tree!  (What IS it with TP’ed trees in my cities?!)  Anyway, thanks for the long comment (they’re my favorite ) See ya, Chris!

connerc24

Thank you, I'm glad you liked the Japanese style! 

Simfan34

Oh, sorry about that !!  

[Godzillaman 21]

Time to make seven posts in a row!

[collgab 10]

Hey twiggy, its been a while!

I looked at the past like 10 pages i missed! you have done alot, your cities look so realistic and beautiful, makes me feel like im right there living in your wonderful cities! i also like the way you make your parks and plazas everywhere, gives your sims a place to relax no matter where they go! I hope you keep this up for a long time! looking forward for more of your great work, love the CJ! I know i have said it like for ever, but i love your cities more than mine! haha, nice to see your still keeping this up, hope to see you in chat some time! your friend collgab

[Shanna 1]

Wow my friend my house is really wonderful! I like this red building, very european style! Thank you for choose it for me, I'm really happy to live here! And sorry if I reply only now, i've missed your update in the past days! Hugs!!!!

[suplado! 23]

wow -- cool houses!! the grand mansion of zelgadis is really awesome as well as the very unique kitchen tool look alike house on the last pic...hehe!! anyway -- amazing parks and gardens!!

[Chris M 406]

Twiggy,

Sure, whatever sounds good to you.  I don't care which house it is.  They all look pretty nice to me.  Just pick one at random and I'll be surprised next time I come into this thread.  

I like pretty buildings and gardens, too.  There's nothing better than a city with loads of small, detailed buildings with beautiful gardens in between them versus a dense skyscraper city with little or no plants or trees in them.  And this is coming from someone who likes skyscrapers quite a bit.  But there are always ways to combine the styles and still have it looking good, if you know what I'm talking about.  Like in real life, the way Manhattan is jammed pack full of 'scrapers but there is still enough room for Central Park and several other mediocre-sized parks amidst the buildings.  And you should definitely check out Osaka Castle if you like Japanese architecture or just architecture in general, lol.  Like I said, you won't be disappointed.

See ya soon!

[ky72x 13]

You know what? I also have that same exact problem. It gets me really frustrated, having to bring out the bulldozer and demolishing a long row of small retail shops that grow in my large downtowns. I tend to delete some of the lots that are the root of the problem, but usually I'm forced to keep the lots as I use them for my smaller cities. For me (and probably for you, too), that's the thing I hate the most about SC along with the strange and seemingly random things that always happen to the computer as a result of playing it.

I'll be sure to watch out for the next update. Hopefully another tree won't be around again!

- Kyle

The next poster will be the 1000th, who will it be?

[Dsrwhat316 12]

whoa, sorry i missed a few updates, twiggy.

all the parks and various BATs you used are put together very well. i wouldn't mind moving into one of those houses right now!

looking forward to your next update!

~ Dan

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

To get rid of TP trees on streets, just re-plop one tile of the street near the TP tree. The trees will be replaced, and hopefully the TP tree will go away.

 Lauren Ahrns: Or I could take care of the TPers for you...

[dralin321 0]

Surprise please! Oh, I just noticed, but Dsrwhat316 posted the 1000th reply!

[DougOZ 0]

wow, you have been doing a brilliant work in your CJ, im impressed with what i saw here...very realistic and well done...must be visited again...see ya!!!

[belfastuniguy 18]

A stunning set up previous updates, love the Japanese garden and elevated park (so thrilled you were inspired by my work, makes me feel so happy )

What's not to love, colourful, gardens and parks and really great planning, perfect

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

This just too funny.  I mean seriously...  my sides are in shreds.  Grate landmark though.

[DarkEldar 6]

This just too funny.  I mean seriously...  my sides are in shreds.  Grate landmark though.quote>

Trust abvcs to have a pun like that at the end

and back on topic,those last photos were stunning especially the grater park

[jacqulina 162]

hiya twiggs yes i had a great xmas thankyou and i hope u have a great 2008.

beautifull work as allways my friend,wonderfull housing and gardens.you do have a great skill at building,very pretty pics.

[patriots_1228 51]

Perhaps we should notify people who made that beautiful stainless steel cheese grater atop 1 ton of chedder cheese? Heres a hint: you are reading his words right now

I wonder if the S(M)EX-CHANGE is still open so people can go download it!

great work Twiggs!

[seemurray2 21]

Hey Twigster!  I know this is a little late, but I really like that Mediterranean area you showed on your shopping guide update!  I might have to "borrow" that idea from you.  Oh and nice cheese grater park.

See ya!

patriots - good work on the cheese-grater BAT, looks sharp.

[masochist 111]

You know, I don't come around here as often as I should...

AHH !  The All-Mighty Cheese Grater emerges once again!  I've done my worship session with it already today (it's in my schedule right after Aleking worshiping and a half-hour before wouanagaine praise time)...now I get to just gaze into its gleeming metal Holey walls...

So pretty...

All right!  Back to business...that shopping guide you made on the last page was something special!  I loved it...very unique, I think, and excellent presentation, as well.   Actually...to me it was quite reminiscent of paletexan's CJ Vicivitas, and maybe that's why I really took a liking to it (because I worship that guy every Tuesday).  The Japanese castle/garden looks amazing, as well.  I don't think I've ever seen that BAT before, but what a way to introduce it to me...complete with the cherry blossoms the country is so well known for!

Very nice stuff here (obviously!).  I'll try and stop by a bit more often...who knows, maybe I'll have to take an hour off of Tarkus honoring period to fit in time to follow the teachings of Twiggy....

P. S. Wow..."Holey walls"...please tape my fingers together so that I may never type a pun that bad again...

P. P. S. I have a TP'ing problem, as well.  You'd think there was a Charmin factory in my town or something...

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

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Tierra now has 1000 replies!  Thank you for the great support! 

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Godzillaman

Yeah, lol!  I thought maybe nobody would post, while waiting for someone else to post first. 

collgab

Hey, Collgabish!!!  We haven't talked in ages, how have you been?  Thanks for visiting Tierra, wow, I'm really flattered, your cities were always amazing, so that means a lot coming from you.    Thank you for the kind comments.  Hope to see you soon! 

Shanna

Hey, Shanna!  I'm glad you liked your house, I love the red building lol.  Thank you for the great comments! 

suplado!

Hey, suplado!  New avatar?  Glad you liked the "unique kitchen tool," haha!

DragonAnime

Hey, Chris!  Here is a nice white house on a roundabout at the foot of Parque Grande.

(I don't know what's up with all the school buses!  lol)

It is near those baseball diamonds:

Yeah, I like looking at skyscraper pics, but I'm no good at making them. 

I Googled for Osaka Castle the other day:

Is that it?  Very beautiful, I love the roof color!   Somebody should BAT it, if it hasn't been already.  Thanks for the comments!

ky72x

Hey, Kyle!  I'm glad  I'm not the only one with the repeating building problem.  Some BATs seem to have a greater tendency to repeat than others, and "choke out" all the other custom content.  However, when I delete the offending lot from my plug-ins, another one always takes its place.  I can't win lol.  Well, I used Leech's advice, and it's worked quite well!  Hopefully you shall not be seeing any more Charmin waving in the Tierran breeze.  (That was cheesy! )  Thanks for stopping by! 

Drswhat316

Hey, Drswhat!  For being the 1000th Poster, you have won a §100 shopping spree at Circuit City in Parque Grande!

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

Great Update Twiggy! I like it alot! Seems all of the houses have their pros and cons haha!

EDIT: Congrats on 1000+ replies!!

[connorc24 2]

Cool update! I really like the Mathew Keenan Townhomes! Very nice!