The Planets | Sci-fEye Candy.

[Blazerhawk 162]

THUD- That was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor. That place looks beautiful.

[AndisArt 2,066]

Wow, I just discovered this thread and it's bookmarked now. Very impressive work here! You have a great eye for arranging your scenes. 

Fantastic work on terraforming you planets as well. The starsport planet looks great with the use of the  retaining walls. 

Where did you get the underground city lots??? And the blue round, geometrically shaped building (on spaceport planet)?

Keep up the fantastic detail work! 

The updates on this page are jaw-droppers indeed..

[football_fever 6]

jacqulina:  Ha...creating awesome terraforming Jacky Style is part of why I wanted to venture outside Crystal City.  I love doing it, and I see why you love it so much.

2ch.net simplayer:  I can't tell you how big of an influence Naboo is on my style, especially after playing Star Wars: Battle for Naboo for N64 back in the day.  The spaceport was lifted directly from Naboo, after I saw a picture of it in a book in Barnes & Noble.  I love how it looks combining - as you said - Mediterranian architechture with starships.

Sirithil:  I'm glad you found what you were looking for.  Any questions, just ask me.

Schulmanator:  I do believe - let me check with the judges....yep...extraterrestitalian is a new word you invented.  congrats....

mjig_dudy:  Haha...yeah, that waterfall proveded the inspiration for the rest of the island.  I built that, then I decided to make a whole island out of it.

crushedcar:  Better pick it up in time for this one, my friend...

andisart:  Thanks for the compliments.  It means a lot to me when really experienced people like you come in this thread and are impressed and can be inspired by my ideas.  The underground lots are by 2ch.net Simplayer, just like almost everything in this thread.  They are called geofront, and can be found here:

http://www.yuhisa.com/cgi/c-board/file/GeoFront.zip

As for the blue building, I'm not sure of the name, but it's by Tonks and can be found on the STEX.  Thanks for visiting!

Ok, on with the update.  I posted the new chapter of Crystal City, so now I can show off the island that I've wanted to show since I built it.  I'm not sure I need to say anything more, so I won't say much.  Just know that the island is 3 large tiles and 4 medium tiles.  This tour will take you all over, so just enjoy the show.

The Northeast part of the island contains the spaceport, the training facility, and a city called Saphire.

Can you see the Naboo influence?

The Northwest part of the island contains the twin mesas and another city, which isn't named.

The southeast part of the island is pretty dull...just some buildings and nice scenery

Same with the Southwest part

The south central part, however, contains a huge waterfall, a small modern city, and an ancient town called Saraceno, for which the entire island is named.

I love this town.  It was a joy to build, and it looks great, don't you think?

That's it for now.  I have something up my sleeve for the next update, so keep watching.

[jacqulina 162]

hiya mike sweety,ahhhhhhh so you know why i love it thats great caus i can see you are enjoying doing terraforming now and you have got so good at it.you are doing a beautifull job my friend,im loving your updates very much.beautifull waterfalls and scenery,excellent use of the trees.awesome work and pics 

[2ch.net simplayer 180]

Seems I really need to re-LOT those underground hangars.... It happens when the model is too close to the ground.

I like the hidden spaceport! A Star Wars feel!!!

btw, what are those loops for?

[Blazerhawk 162]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome, just Awesome!

[arimou0 0]

Oh man, I just found your CJ and IT'S CRAZY. Awesome, I really don't know what to say about it. I am speechless. Keep up the good work!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nice!! Your sleeves are full of good stuff these days! lol

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Spaceships parked in an ancient town... interesting. Can't wait for more!

[SpecialEddie 3]

Holy Naboo! 

This is a work of pure genius! The waterfalls are of epic scale, mysterious cities shrouded in forest, modern spaceshuttles parked in an ancient city... Man, this is something. 

Only suggestion, though...*looking around*...the Japanese seawall doesn't really fit the banks of the river. It's too gray. Maybe something more natural? Maybe Jeronij's green seawall set?

Hey, who said that?

[Zelgadis 638]

Very cool. I"m understanding more and more how this CJ is helping to tie the other one together.

ISF

[football_fever 6]

jacqulina:  Of course all my nature is Jacky-inspired...

2ch.net simplayer:  Haha...what are the loops for...bwaahahaha...

anyway, yeah...the thing with the hangars is annoying, but manageable.  They look fine most of the time.  Sometimes it doesn't even do that.

crushedcar:  Thank you!

arimou0:  Speechless is always a good reaction to have.  That's what I aim for.

Schulmanator:  Yah, I really should take a shower one of these days

Leech10:  They go pretty well together, methinks.

SpecialEddie:  I thought about that, but that dam that goes across the waterfall is part of that set.  I think they might have just replaced the seawalls recently...

zelgadis:  Oh yes...this thread could be called "Planning Crystal City".  There's usually more to an area than just what I show in the story.  I just want to show the rest without gunking up the story.

So anyway...besides getting this CJ off of page 7, I actually have a lil something to tease you with.  As you may know, I'm filling The city of Portalis with 6 large tiles of pure spaceport.  That requires quite a bit of imagination on how to fill the space.

I just started filling the third tile.  What am I planning here?  You'll have to wait to see.  Here is the basic development.

You can see the large valley I gouged, with the beginning of the terraforming.

Here I finished all the layers.  What am I planning?

It has something to do with this...

But more so to do with this...

A few of the towers are too large to see from the city view alone....so here is the first ever

Portalis Region View!!

The passenger terminals are in the upper left, the initial development is on the lower right...pretty much nothing else...

Full size image click here!!!

That's all for now!  Keep reading Crystal City!  Next update will be a behind the scenes spectacular!

[BurroDiablo 222]

I'm pretty much lost for words... this is one hell of a beautiful CJ! You've captuered the Sci-Fi genre perfectly!

It's amazing how much SC4 can acheive with all these amazing BAT's and lots... its  no longer simply a city builder... its a World Creator!

I'll definitely be back for more...

[2ch.net simplayer 180]

YOU ARE SET TO BUILD CORUSCANT!!!!!!!!!!!

You know what? You are just about to materialize an age-long dream of thousands of SC4 players!!!!

btw I am BATing more pieces for Modular Coruscant Set. I will keep on pumping in BATs for this.

[Blazerhawk 162]

Wow! That looks like it could be trouble.

[homeandaway 1]

MY EYES BURN! - we are looking at the next city of Duabi city planner!

[beskhu3epnm 8]

OK, I've read this front to back. What are my thoughts on it?

Page 1: ...

Page 2: !!!

Page 3: !!!!!!

etc.

Obviously words cannot describe it. Way to go FF, I've linked directly to this page on my browser.

(btw - no more Minnesota Wild logo?)

[AndisArt 2,066]

I discovered this BAT in your pics, it looks like it could fit in well with SimMars. Can you tell me who made it and where to get it? Thanks

[football_fever 6]

Just a quick reply to andisart:

That would be Oppie Inc Headquarters by Oppie

found here

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=2512

[jacqulina 162]

wow some wonderfull terraforming there mike sweety very nicely done and i bet it took some time too

[bartonn 0]

WHA! Those buildings must go out into space!

[deimo5 52]

This is the most creative, content-rich city journal i've seen so far. This is excellent work.

[football_fever 6]

El Burro:  It is amazing...and I can't thank people like 2ch enough for what they do.  They enable us to use our imagination to the limit.  Anything is possible with this game.

2ch.net simplayer:  Thank you thank you thank you for the Coruscant stuff.  I'm ready to do it, and with the georfront lots, it's going to bring an entirely new level to this Coruscant stuff.

crushedcar:  Haha...I was waiting for it to appear in your CJ first, but I'm impatient.

homeandaway:  Oh come on now...it's not as ugly as Dubai....

beskhu3epnm:  Good to see you in this CJ of mine as well.  Welcome to The Planets.  I see it made a good impression on you...

I appreciate the link on your browser.  The Wild logo ended with hockey season.  I thought about the Twins, but they're not as cool as Conan O'Brian.

andisart:  Already answered, but still thanks for visiting.  Glad you could discover a new cool BAT for your Mars collection.

jacqulina:  Oh, you know it took some time.  I wish the mayor mode tools worked a little faster.

bartonn:  Haha...pretty close.  One of the new ones reaches 4km tall.  2ch discovered that 4km is the height limit of SC4.  

deimo5:  Thanks a lot.  I wish I could update every day like I used to.  Thanks for visiting.

Ok, now to what I wanted to do.

Consider yourself teased

[tomdapom 79]

Man, I haven't been here in a while! The stuff looks amazing, I love how your cities have such futuristic terraforming and design... keep up this fantastic work!!!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Hmmmm -- intriguing. Wonder what it shall be....

[jacqulina 162]

i wish they did too sweety but there great tools all the same,now i know your teaser work took forever to do,excellent work and pics my friend

[football_fever 6]

tomdapom:  Hey, welcome back.  Glad you like the futuristic stuff.  Come back any time

Schulmanator:  I'll give you a hint, those lots go down into the ground...

jacqulina:  I actually had to tear down everything I'd built, because what you see is a much better idea than what I originally had.

I mentioned I had a trick up my sleeve earlier.  My trick isn't really a trick, but whole other world I've been building.  This planet is nothing like those super futuristic sci-fi cities...

I also have to build Earth for my story.  My main city is called Alamosa, and it's based on Los Angeles.  

I'll only share a few pictures of it since it's nowhere near being finished, despite me working on it since the story began.

Here is the refinery which has been featured in the last few flashback chapters of the story.

Here is downtown

Hollowood

Santa Monica Pier

A movie Studio

And finally, this is what I've been working on today.  This is the airport as it appeared when I first built it waaaay back in November when my building skills weren't what they are now.

Take a nice long look at it, because I'm building one that more closely resembles LAX.  It's not very impressive right now, so I'll give you the picture I'm using to build it.

It's going to look like this

See you next time!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

You have me intrigued about what is up your sleeve!

That's a serious airport! Here's the one I use:

[bartonn 0]

God speed Curious George!

[jacqulina 162]

a great result to so the hard work paid off mike my friend,awesome refinery very well made as is the airport all in all excellent work and pics