Ipaunz - The Australian Outback Metropolis!

[benry8 0]

Hey all,

I'm one of those new to Simtropolis guys, but played the game for years. Welcome to my first CJ - Ipaunz: The Australian Outback Metropolis!

Some pics and the beginning of my story will be posted soon, but I just thought I might wet your appetite first.

Just a note, I don't believe in cheats usually, but I thought for the reader to get the most out of this CJ, I will only use cheats / modds that increase realism. Nevertheless, apart from some BATs and some other stuff, this CJ is as vanilla as possible.

Modds used:

- Street cul-de-sac (c'mon, EVERYONE uses that!)

- Industry Quadrupler (read above comment)

- fightthepower (I thought it be unrealistic to have a power plant in each city)

Okay, so you know a little bit about my CJ, I promise I will post pics and reveal the story soon, and I know you're already asking questions:

"Where did Ipaunz get its name?"

"What's the story about its origin?"

"Hang on, I didn't think there were any cities in the Aussie Outback?"

. . . More will be revealed

[jacqulina 162]

sounds great looking forward to seeing your work my friend

[daniel01 0]

sounds great to see something from the outback

daniel01

[Mike the Mayor 51]

I await your first update, my friend. Keep up the good work.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Great! I will look forward to your update.

[benry8 0]

It's a public holiday in Australia right now, so it gives me time to post my first update. Plus it's good because I don't need to go to work Let me just warn all you readers : This CJ is fictional, it doesn't contatin any factual information or based on any real city / town.

 . . . . In the Beginning


The year is 2019. World relations are crumbling due to the simple fact of a planet-wide tax on trade that had been instituted by the world leaders of western civilization. The rich are laughing in their mountains of wealth while the poor are starving and virtually losing each and every cent that they earn.

Realizing the dire situation that many of the poorer nations were in, the greedy invaded many countries, taking control of all imports and exports and reducing their already shattered economy to shambles. In the wake of this disaster, countries rased their taxes on the people to try and boost their economy to its original state. Riots, rebellions and protests began almost immediately as the governments tried to bleed their peoples' bank balance dry. Decades passed, and the leaders of all countries in the Oceania region met together in what was to become one of the most important meetings in the history of mankind. Realizing and admitting that everything was taking a turn for the worse, they all agreed on a solution.

Unite, or perish.

It was agreed that the people don't deserve such hardship. A place, a new country, was to take form where the people need not worry about taxes and where they can live freely in the world that they once knew almost fifty years ago. But where should this new country begin? The pacific islands were too small, New Zealand was to mountainous for quick development. The choice was easy. An enormous patch of land in the Australian Outback was to be the site. It was currently owned by the Aborginal Gundagai tribe. The leaders of Oceania agreed that agression wasn't the answer to kick these native people out, and everyone agreed that they could either reside in this new country or be fairly compensated.

The year was 2067 and development in this region began swiftly. Corporations knew that this was a way the perfect place to continue operations. Relocate their headquarters and their staff to this new region where there is little or no taxation, and hope for the best . . .

Ipaunz – The unification of the Indian Ocean & Pacific Ocean islands, and the Commonwealths of Australia and New Zealand.




Pictures

1.01 – The suburbs lying just outside the downtown area.

 

1.02 – Where the suburbs and the CBD meet. Because of the Road layout, not the Street layout, I have planned for sufficient growth to medium and high density residential.

 

1.03 – ConcordTower and First Union Centre, some of the first skyscrapers to appear in the area.

 

1.04 – Welcome to the new nation’s capital! Tens of thousands of employees work in this sector of the CDB.

 

1.05 – If you look closely, you can see the shadows of the skyscrapers smothering the surrounding suburbs.

 

1.06 – Ipaunz mirror image of the Boston Big Dig. There are two arterial roadways in the city now : The North – South Highway and East – West Avenue (later to be renamed when I get more imagination!!)

 

Hope you like the story and where this is heading! Let me know what I’m doing right and what I’m doing wrong. Update 2 to come shortly where I will reveal the next part of the story, plus the industrial sector of the city.

[Venrogator 0]

I can't see the pictures...

But anyways, nice story. It seems to be realistic. I hope the city turns out nice.

[gml_josea 2]

The pictures look good, but next time check your post because you didn't set well the links for the images and most people don't feel like copying and pasting every link in the browser to see the pictures.

[benry8 0]

Venrogator : Sorry mate, get rid of the text and you should be able to get the images.

gml_josea : Thank for the advice, but I'm not sure how to set the links for the images. Can you help me out? Cheers.

[tomdapom 79]

Use ImageShack to host your images. First, make sure your image is a JPG and then upload it. When the pic has uploaded, go to the bottom of the page. There will be a heading 'Direct Link to Image'. Open up the Insert Picture option in the Reply tool (on ST), and copy paste the HTML code from under the Direct Link to Image heading into the space available on the Picture Insert tool. (Hopefully) This should work.

I hope I helped you in some way

Tom

[powerdc 0]

I've just started my first CJ and this had me stumped for a while too. tomdapom is spot on but if you are still having trouble chocolatemax285 has prepared a great tutorial that may help.

Here is the link. https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=36&threadid=84296&enterthread=y

One of more helpful hints provided was to make use of Private Postings. You can upload your pics and comments, for your eyes only, and see how it looks. Then its just a case of cutting and pasting into your CJ.

Good luck

Dave

[homeandaway 1]

i looked at the pics on a different page and OMFG! - its so great! - im so going to come back here to see more!, i really am, i love Australia man!, im so eager to see more!, take care and be safe

~alex~

[jacqulina 162]

here is a little program thats free i have used to convert and resize my pics and i think the qaulity is great too,image hosting is a great idea too.i look forward to see your work my friend

http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

[ajay_law 1]

I'm from Aussieland and how could a city like that survive in the harsh desert landscape the outback Australia contains? But I suppose everything doesn't have to be realistic. By 2067, I could imagine the whole of Australia being green and inhabitable due to global warming. Did that make sense? Anyway, great pics!

[benry8 0]

tomdapom & powerdc: Thanks heaps for the help. It's people like you that are going to get this CJ off the ground! Thanks again, a new update will be here soon!

homeandaway: Hey man, thanks so much for the comment, it's good to know that I'm doing well for my first CJ. Hope you enjoy the next update coming in a few days.

jacqulina: Cheers mate, I will look into it. Thanks for the help!

ajay_lay: Yeah, a fellow Aussie! I'm hoping I can get a few more of us to follow this CJ. You are correct, a city of that size would struggle to survive on its own in most harshest of territories in our known world. However, keep in mind the story - you have several countries that have united that are pumping everything they have into it to get the city, or new country for that matter, off the ground. Plus, you will learn in the next update that is coming soon how the relationship between Ipaunz and Australia is helping both nations physically and financially. Won't spoil it too much though!

Just a little information about the Outback as I'm sure most of you Europeans and Americans etc underestimate the harsh desert of Australia. It is by far the most remotest part of any inhabitable nation today.

Less than 10% of Australia's population live in the Outback, so that's less than 200 000 - in a space that's probably equivalent in land mass as the United States.

The Outback generally refers to just past the bush, where the development of the urban coastal areas stop. The Outback is also known as "Beyond the Black Stump" and "Never Never".

The roads are known to be well built and some of the straightest, but quite dangerous. The vast majority of Australian freight moves around in "Road Trains", generally trucks carrying more than two trailers (usually three).

The Outback is so remote and mysterious it is rumoured that there are still Aboriginals out there that don't know white man has settled in Australia.

For those who don't know, Europeans settled in the mid to late 1700s. Also, the Aboriginals are the native people of our beautiful nation, however, they originally came from Asia thousands of years ago I believe.

If there are any more Aussies out there that want to put in their viewpoint, please go ahead, it's nice to know that there are Australians out there

Stay tuned for the second update, there's a HUGE surprise for the reader . . .

[daniel01 0]

wow interesting info,

can't wait for the pictures

keep up the good work

daniel01

[homeandaway 1]

i am so eager to see the next update my frined!, take care and be safe

~alex~

[powerdc 0]

Now there's 3 of us (PS. Glad I could help)

Cheers

Dave

(Long Jetty NSW)

[benry8 0]

 The second update . . . 

Ipaunz' economy is booming. The arid, flat lands of the Australian Outback is proving to be able to withstand the construction of an entire new country. Tens of thousands from the Indian Ocean, primarily Mauritius and Sri Lanka have flocked to the land of new hopes and dreams. Just as many came from the Pacific Islands, specifically Hawaii and a huge population of New Zealanders. However, by far the new population of Ipaunz was inhabited by Australians.


2.02 - South of the CBD, many of the boutiques and upper class citizens call this place home.




One of the main worries from the leaders of Ipaunz was how it was to succeed due to the fact that it was a landlocked country? Nevertheless, this has been a boost to its success. Because of the trade tax that was still enforced throughout the world, Australia played host to Ipaunz' imports and taxed it all. However, Australia agreed to free freight movement across her land, making it a plus-plus situation for both parties. For a few years Australia and Ipaunz continued this friendly and helpful relationship that put more money into the pockets of both countries.



2.02 - The education system rivalled the western world, and with the construction of the first university along with the student accommodation, Ipaunz was right on the heels of the world leaders of education.




Nevertheless, Ipaunz still needed to make the switch from importing all foreign objects to actually manufacturing their own. So the "industrial revolution" as you might say, began south of the city in the large suburb of Codobine, which means in the Aboriginal language, Place where man removes heart from another man. 



2.03 - The high-tech and manufacturing core of the city








2.04 - More of the suburbs and terraces south of the downtown district.





2.05 - The south-eastern sector of the city that is situated on the same railway as the other picture.



With Ipaunz' feet firmly planted on the ground, the leaders focused on a democratic solution to the next step of development.

1. Should the leaders focus on agriculture?

2. More commerce?

3. More suburbs?

[powerdc 0]

sorry mate, sounds good but still not seeing any pic's. Have you used an outside host for the pic's? Let us know and will try to help.

If its just me who can't see, disregard.

Cheers

Dave

[jacqulina 162]

sounds excellent but still no pics my friend

[shanemelbourne 29]

pics aren't showing for me either! interesting concept though.

[benry8 0]

I dont know what's going on? I've done exactly what the tutorial said, all pics are JPG, they are about 600x480 and when I inserted them on my reply they appeared fine. Can someone tell me what's happening, I don't want to have all talk no pictures in my CJ.

[jacqulina 162]

maybe you have thought they were jpg but there png or you have used the wrong link my friend

[powerdc 0]

benry8, i have just sent you a private message (no conspiracy here folks). If you want to contact me I can try to walk you thru the upload process.

Cheers

Dave

[granto93 4]

the same thing happened to me at first. maybe when you pasted the link in the add picture box you forgot to put in the picture measurements in the spaces (ie 600x480) hope i helped you!

by the way, story is good, can't wait to see them pics!!

[homeandaway 1]

use JEPG file! - lol! - im so eager to see more of this!, take care ~aleX~

[jacqulina 162]

awwww shucks i cant wait to see your work my friend

[beachfrontproperty 0]

somethign wrong wiht pics, go to imageshack.us and upload them there, copy the direct URL and click on the image poster on the create reply and enter the URL and click ok, an image should appear

[Schulmanator 5,787]

DOH! I can't see them. If your pix are .png then IE won't show them. (IE's fault, not yours). If so, you will want to convert them and reload them.