New Fairview

[CKSmooth 0]

I did Fairview about a year ago and CJ'ed it on a fansite that I was an admin of, which recently got shut down for unknown reasons. I remade several other CJs that weren't as successful because the original ran into plugin problems and would die to the desktop when loaded. I just found out that it just so happens to work now, but I wanted to recreate it, so I copied the Fairview region from disk and am working on another version. Hopefully this one will be just as big, if not bigger, with your help! So here's the overview:


Surely most of you are familiar with it. Now here's the first phase:


Sorry I don't have any panoramic photos besides this overview of the first section of Fairview (the middle of the first three) But I can take detailed pictures of any certain part of the city upon request sans problem.


Questions and requests open.

[CKSmooth 0]

...OK what's with the pictures? Anyone know how to upload pictures? I uploaded to imageshack.net and then copied and pasted "Direct link" and pasted it into the "Insert image" window in the post editor.

[football_fever 6]

img inside [ ] <---these 
and then the link, followed by 
/img inside [ ] <---these

[CKSmooth 0]

...Thanks, but that didn't work.

EDIT: Nevermind!

[Cjah 15]

Never mind what....maybe u need to convert them to jpeg?

[Camedia 0]

Hey, welcome to the community!

Nice start. Keep this CJ up, you hear I wanna see how New Fairview turns out

Cheers, Camedia

[CKSmooth 0]

Cjah: They worked for a second, but when I reloaded the page they become little black dots again. So nevermind the nevermind.

Camedia: Thanks! But can you see the pictures?

[hyped_up_boy 15]

since they are .png images, they are only viewable by firefox users, or for a very short time, internet explorer users. thus, you need to convert them to .jpg images. easiest is to open the pictures in MS Paint and save as a jpeg file.

great start, otherwise (i am using firefox).  keep up the good work, i am curious as to what you do with the rest of the region!

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to thiose pics

[crunchbite 0]

The fairveiw Region is actually nice one to use. i love the pics looking foreward to more.

[octaves 4]

That second region view looks really good.  I like how the highway curves so gently.

I love the red roofed houses in the third pic when you can see them through the smog!  LOL!  Every city needs somewhere to work though!

The terrain mod is great too.  Keep the updates coming!

[CKSmooth 0]

CrUnChBiTe: I agree, it's beautiful too. My only dislike is the low water line... It turns the shores into mini fjords which is frustrating if you want a harbor city. Then again maybe that's the terrain mod...

Brad-MacD: Thanks, I'm using the Euro-Contemporary architecture set for this region. And I don't think that's smog; probably just some clouds that got in the way.

hyped_up_boy: Oh, thanks for clearing that up and with that here is the catchup-update.

Firefox users know it but this was the original phase, with the first lay of highway and the first chunk of Fairview.

And here is the same shot with Transportation view on.

And there's the most recent update, with the whole south side of the peninsula filled.

Same shot but in Transportation view.

One of the many scattered commercial centers of the Tri Cities. (There's a BAT here!)

A taste of how the highway and suburban roads adapt to the cliff side. Also note the lack of traffic on the highway. Remember that when the population gets bigger!

A corner of West Fairview. A bit of high-tech/manufacturing popping up there already.

A looonng street with a corner store. (I do that alot) You can see the Europeanness here.

An overview of Central Fairview. Yeah, a bit of smog there...

So that's it for a day or two. Any questions, comments, blah blah you know.

Also I'm open to My Sim requests if anyone wants. (Selling some prime Fairview real estate!)

[banamoat 0]

Hello again smooth!

Remember me

Good to see Fairview up and running again!

I hope you make backups and such as you go along so this CJ wont come to a sudden hault

Just one comment. Your curved highways, although look beautiful are in my opinion a bit bumpy, I like to keep highways straight or going up a slight incline.. It just looks better imo.

Anyway, good luck with this one!

[CKSmooth 0]

Hey Banamoat! Thanks for the advice, guess I'll do that. Ugh so much work to CJ! Too lazy..... The highway thing was unfortunate but inevitable given the bumpiness of the riverside. I didn't want to have the highways too far inland, though it does branch off and go into what will be downtown. Blah. Getting ahead of myself.

[Narya 14]

Hi! Interesting start and it looks promising. I would just suggest you always turn grid off when taking shoots... it would look much nicer. Good luck with it.

[CKSmooth 0]

Right, thanks just turned it on to do roads.

[Schulmanator 5,813]

A promising start. Will be back for updates.

[CKSmooth 0]

Thanks Schulmanator!

OK! The second update. Everyone already knows this, but the second NAM is out!!! Yay! 

Here are the region updates:

As you can see teh highway went inland and connected to make sort of a square ish shape. This will someday be downtown.

Daytime pic of the downtown Fariview, really small right now, but the first dense developement! Yay.

Same picture but at night.

Downtown overview.

So that small update is through. Again, any questions, comments, bring it on. If anyone wants a MySim in New Fairview, just ask.

[banamoat 0]

I enjoy looking at the new residential area, ver nice.

The pollution from your industry is a worry though.. Beutifull residential areas full of grass and trees.. and then having crowded dirty industry just over the fence.. not good.

Anyway good luck, hope to see maybe some story to go with this city..

[CKSmooth 0]

Thanks for the input.

OK, how about this (I'm not a good story teller)

One day Johnny Farevyu and his wife, Whyaascg Farevyu were looking for a new place to live in. Having lived in New York for 6 years and Toronto for 3, they thought they wanted more of a small city life for a change. And what better place out of everywhere on the planet then New Fairview! Whyaascg kept noting the fact that it was a freaky coincedence their last names were pronounced the same as the city, but Johnny told her to shut up for no reason. They were only five hundred miles from Fairview, but it was late so they decided to camp in a freaky forest with numerous reports of UFO sitings. They built a make shift tent out of sticks and leafs, with the van a few meters away. The next morning they awoke surrounded by aliens! They luckily had a portable radio with them, with some PussyCat Dolls in it. So they pulled it to full blast and were dazed and confused long enough for them to escape! Tearing down the freeway at 5,000 miles per hour, they were terrified with their recent encounter. But at the speed they were driving, they were at Fairview within 6 minutes, and smashed into a paper wall that stopped the speeding van dead in its tracks! They flew out the windshield with all their baggage and belongs, and landed right into a vacant apartment in Downtown, about 3 miles away. No one was living here, so they decided to make things like home.

TO BE CONTINUED

[CKSmooth 0]

Hey, it's been a couple of days since the last update, and I'm not seeing very many comments... Anything would be appreciated.

This one's a smaller update, and the only thing that's changed is downtown, and one more city (which I will include pictures of in the next update, sorry)

First tall office building being constructed.

First office building being demolished (due to lack of demand) Johnny attended this one. Used to be his old workplace!

First high tech mill

Shot of Royal street

The Farevyu's residences. Funny story... They lived in the same apartment for a while until Johnny left the toilet seat up too much, and they got divorced. Until Wyaascg can get some money for a new place, she'll be living in an adjacent apartment.

Haha, a satellite just happened to catch this shot while they were looking for a spot to stay the night/day (Some sims sleep during the day) driving to Fairview.

[Schulmanator 5,813]

Those pesky aliens! They just keep showing up and making their own parking spaces...

[CKSmooth 0]

[CKSmooth 0]

...Anything? Anyone?

I'm going to get another update on soon, haven't been playing alot lately.

[Equilibria 16]

You're doing a fine job with this city, and I like the way the demolition shots. I'm surprised it was cost effective to simply destroy the building...

[CKSmooth 0]

FINALLY a new update guys!

Sorry it's been a while but the region's turning out very well still. I've worked exclusively on downtown this time, added a network, rezoned, replanned and added several new awards.

First off, let's check where Johnny and Wyaascg are. They changed quite a bit, There already plannign their retirement, and are doing so with tons of cash.

Johnny's moved just two minutes north of the downtown core, in a very nice upscale neighborhood.

Wyaascg is across the highway, in the flat suburbs, a neighborhood quickly developing to higher wealth. Both are CEO's of big companies in downtown.

These apartments developed along the newly installed el train.

Don't ask me why, I just somehow like this shot.

A close up of the downtown plaza. Not much to say here.

The skywalk weeves between these new offices and out into the fringe of the suburbs. It gets lots of foot traffic.

When I built the church, about 70 years ago, I didn't think it would be surrounded by shadow. This is where the old meets the new.

Forget the name, but this mega corp holds the biggest office space in the region.

The big little league stadium built on the peak of the hill, overlooking most of the region.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work you have done and the pics are amazing my friend

[City2TheMax 3]

That's a very nice place! Finally someone that does something with Fairview lol. I like all the trees in your city, the way it has such a natural look, yet inhabited. You've got a really nice place there!

PS - I am still a bit new here, and I was wondering a few things:

1. Where did you get the mod with trees next to the streets?

2. What road and street textures did you use?

[CKSmooth 0]

jacqulina: thanks!

City2TheMax: Thanks, lol I know, I build on prebuilt regions cause I suck so bad at making my own. And the mod you're looking for is all in one, called the Street Side Mod by jeronij, with several required texture packs, download them all. I'll link to them for you.

The main mod: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&keyword=street%20side%20mod&type=all#

The requirements:

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=15578

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=14842

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=12360

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=12361

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=15796

That mod is a must have for suburban CJ's, and OMG beautiful for downtowns and basically everything.

Thanks alot for the comments guys, keep 'em coming!

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to more updates my friend