Timbuktu

[JakeMD 107]

EDIT:

The story:

The region will be mostly a metropolis and fade off into a subarban thingy.  Not too big of cities, just fading off gently in population density untill we get to farm land in the upper right hand corner of the map.  mabye theres more comming in the future.

[Cleaner475 150]

Ok I believe just don't keep me hanging for to long - the best start of a CJ though is when there is something there

[JakeMD 107]

Here it is!!!

the pictures of a city in my region, even though its a maxis region.

[Cleaner475 150]

Nice sunken highways plenty of room for devlopment - you might want to rename this CJ though as My Region is a bit plain and won't attract many viewers - but keep it up - good work

[JakeMD 107]

Heres summore, thanks for viewing and replying, it reallly healps.

[Amerikaner 42]

nice tile...although you have A LOT of maxis buildings your transportation tottaly makes up for it, as well your use of the NAM and sunken highways and such...i like the use of the airport though thats something i havnt seen in quite some time lol keep up the good work and ill be back

[JakeMD 107]

I dont understand why maxis buildings are so bad, they look fine.......i could put more ploppables in there, is that what it needs?

[Cleaner475 150]

Maxis buildings don't make your CJ diferrent from everyone elses - they don't make it special - If you downloaded lots of new buildings your CJ would be more intresting as theres more to look at and most Maxis buildings are dull. You should really think about getting some. Better name now that previous.

Love the city can;t wait for more.

P.s thanks for commenting on my CJ

[Mulefisk 15]

Great start! Looks like it could become a big metropolis someday. I also like that you decided to use sunken highways. Very realistic!

Originally posted by: cleaner475 Ok I believe just don't keep me hanging for to long - the best start of a CJ though is when there is something therequote>

I'm sorry, what? Lol.

[JakeMD 107]

actually, The city has broken 315,000 sims, but i dont have a pic for that, all of the space is taken up, so expansion is next to impossable, everything is zoned for highdensity, and airport is large, and on second stage. I think its as big as its gonna get.

[Cleaner475 150]

plz add a region shot

[JakeMD 107]

its on its way, its not the best, not really developed, but its alright.

[Godzillaman 21]

Great start, even though its included in the game are you gonna show getting started tutorial?

[JakeMD 107]

no, i will leave that alone

what if i need to refresh my skill

[Tritropolis 0]

Originally posted by: SWAT-MEDIC Here it is!!!

the pictures of a city in my region, even though its a maxis region.

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Wow, that's pretty sweet. How did you get the highway to be black and how do you build sunken highways? I would also like to know where you got those sloped walls from. =)

[JakeMD 107]

asphault highway texture here

retaining wall here

NAM HERE for PC   (keep in mind, you only need to download for the system you have.)

NAM here for MAC

hole digging tools

^you will need all of that, when you get all of that, just use the hole digging tool, for ground highway, found in your misc. transportation folder(in the game), and create a line.  drag your highway over the lots and delete the highway+lots, redrag highway where you would like it, and you have your self a sunken highway.  to put walls on there, simply drag and plop.  you may need to use the home+end keys to switch around wich way the arrow is on the walls.  Your walls will be in your parks folder  (in the game)  the walls i have given you dont have diagonal walls, nore does the digging tool create diagonal. to do that, just create a hole of a good size, and use the flatten tool to create a diagonal sunken highway.

post here for more questions:

[murphb 0]

i hate it!

JK i love it show more and region views

[JakeMD 107]

wow, i was pissed for a second there, I willl eventually, but it takes a while for my sc to launch, because of mods and stuff, so not today, tomarrow possibley?

[jacqulina 162]

very nice start,excellent sunken highway,great start to the building,very nice work and pics my friend

[JakeMD 107]

Thanks

[Cleaner475 150]

You shouldn't keep replying to ever post someone makes but reply to them all at once like in every other CJ otherwise it just gets annoying - check my Cj's in my sig to se ehow you should do it effectively (It saves tons of time)

[Zebbo 0]

Oh why thank you.

And I who was so proud of myself for having 80,000 in population and a city filled with houses - including skyscrapers... =/

Just joking, nice!

(On the other hand I did do what mentioned above today.. *brag*)

Edit: I just HAVE to ask, don't look at me as a ***** now! hehe..

What's a "CJ"? You're using these weird shorts and such here, I can't understand half of it!

[The Big Z 103]

Sweet! Your CJ is awesome. Thanks for the link to the asphalt highway. I can't wait to see more!

[Cockatoo 2,256]

Okay, I have some tips for you:

1. Use better quality jpeg images and turn off mission things

2. Don't let those repetitive Maxis buildings take over you're city, get some custom content and bulldoze those that grow more than once or twice right next to each other.

3. Use mass-transit instead of lots of roads (too many roads look ugly and mass transit like rail can be a lot more effective)

4. Put you're airport in an open area instead of right next to you're downtown

5. Keep going with the sunken hi-way! They are very cool

Looks like you've got some awesome demand so I'll be back to see what you do

[JakeMD 107]

Thanks alot everyone!!

(cleaner, who cares!)

[Schulmanator 5,787]

A nice start. You have some good HW development there.

[Tritropolis 0]

Originally posted by: SWAT-MEDIC asphault highway texture here

retaining wall here

NAM HERE for PC   (keep in mind, you only need to download for the system you have.)

NAM here for MAC

hole digging tools

^you will need all of that, when you get all of that, just use the hole digging tool, for ground highway, found in your misc. transportation folder(in the game), and create a line.  drag your highway over the lots and delete the highway+lots, redrag highway where you would like it, and you have your self a sunken highway.  to put walls on there, simply drag and plop.  you may need to use the home+end keys to switch around wich way the arrow is on the walls.  Your walls will be in your parks folder  (in the game)  the walls i have given you dont have diagonal walls, nore does the digging tool create diagonal. to do that, just create a hole of a good size, and use the flatten tool to create a diagonal sunken highway.

post here for more questions:

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Thanks a bunch! =) That really helped.

[bakercity 270]

Not bad for a start. Keep the work coming and keep up the work.

[patriots_1228 51]

wut cawkatoo said is really helpful, you should definetely listen to him.

Its an okay start, not great, but solid. Your Sunken highways are spectacular i love the wall you are using. but as others have said, turn of zots, zones, and toolbars. Limit the repetitivness. Use more custom content. Those seem to be the keys to journaling IMO. Keep up the good start

[JakeMD 107]

HOW do you turn off the zots!?

Thanks for the positive feed back!