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[Voulpiotis 4]

Can't wait for more! Great work until now - I live your highway system.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

or else you'll offend those who know much about the real thing.quote>

Please - I don't think so... as long as there is a resemblance then that is fine.  If someone from outside my country decided to do a NZ city I would be stoked - I would not expect them to get every little detail correct.  

CJ's are first and foremost about having a go, having some fun, expressing yourself in a creative way and are simply an intepretation of the author's imagination  - they are not meant to be pedantic exact recreations of the real thing even if they are based on a real life city.

The issue of terrain is that of scale ... the mountains that in reality are 100km inland get a lot closer when condensed into a SC region.  I imagine that Hotdog had that challenge when he made his world map ... the distance between the coast and the mountains would be just big enough to fit a mini city in.

Sorry to be grumpy, but honestly people, throw a dog a bone.  

*retreats back to his corner and drinks his beer - better be an Australian one ... Fosters*

[Uumke 0]

Looks great my friend!

[sixers33 3]

wow! Looks very accurate to Australian cities!

Awesome work again Homeandaway!

[Cockatoo 2,256]

Originally posted by: abcvs - they are not meant to be pedantic exact recreations of the real thing even if they are based on a real life city.quote>

Why not?

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Well, if you've got such a limitation, you can actually change the elevation of Australia, but you'd need a special program to do it. SC4 does it, but all it does is actually lower the land.

SC4Mapper allows you to change the elevation exaggeration, so it'll appear more in proportion. If you join the BSCLEX (https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex), you can download it from there.

[powerdc 0]

Hi Alex, good to see you running with a new CJ.

I will be watching to see how you interpret the land down under.

Nice start with Perth, it's one of my favourite cities. For those who say that Perth is reasonable flat, try running from the city centre to Kings Park. Also, Perth does have a segment of elevated hwy although it is pretty rare throughout Australia.

Alex, scale is always a problem with a project like this. To be honest I don't care too much about this aspect, I'm just looking forward to see how how your cities turn out and how you incorporate the landmarks.

One thing to rememeber though, this is Australia so there is a pub on every corner.

While I'm here, abcvs, be nice to us Aussies or I'll tell them what you Kiwis do with your sheep!!.

Cheers

Dave

[Shadow Assassin 336]

powerdc: I think the world already knows, anyway.

Perth IS reasonably flat, well, compared to Sydney's CBD...

[Darmok 34]

Great start Alex,

I really liked what I saw, that beach setup is really inviting!

And we learned a lot too! Good research!

Keep it up!

[IDS2 3,346]

Looking great homeandaway! But where's downtown? Great work as always...nice mosaics. Great work.

[AceofSpades 1]

This is great, homeandaway! I love the realism in it. Good job!

[Voulpiotis 4]

.......more?

[Cleaner475 150]

**UPDATE BY CLEANER475 FOR HOMEANDAWAY**

UPDATE 2 - DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY.

Darwin is the capital city of the Australian Territory of the Northern Territory. A population of 111,300[1] (2005 estimate) makes it by far the most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory but the least populated of all Australia's capital cities.

Darwin is situated in the Northern Territory, on the coast of the Timor Sea at geographic coordinates 12

[patriots_1228 51]

where is she?

anyway nice work on the city. what are those red/blue/green blobs? also even though its a mini-city, it doesnt mean all realism should be lost......this doesnt look a thing like darwin cept for the palms/beaches.

[Cleaner475 150]

Great Update homeandaway - Its feels so strange writing this when I posted it - lol

great pics - nice editing - whats with the smoke in one of thoose pics? - great work - nice suburbs

keep it up,

Richard

[jayo 44]

I've allways liked darwin!Great work alex!

[jacqulina 162]

hiya alex you know something you have done a really beautifull job with the waterways and shore line,i really love the pics with the trees surrounding what looks like a beautifull bay,very scenic update and beautifull work my friend,

take care

[jarrod321 0]

omg very amazing!!! i cant wait to see ur melbourne or sydney!!!!! keep it up cant wait to see the next city

[IDS2 3,346]

Hmm...retty good, but not dry enough! Oh well, it's still great.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

IDS2: That's about right for Darwin - the Top End may be characterised by desert, but half the year it is quite green and lush, because of the monsoon season.

Darwin looks quite good, and what happened to Alex? Internet problems?

Anyways, I wonder how you're gonna do Uluru and Alice Springs (they're actually not too far from each other...) - don't forget to use the desert mod by Cycledogg!

[chOcOlAtE 0]

wow a great city homeandaway you are a legend!!!!!!!!! darwin looks fab everything is almost in every position of a real life darwin in australia i really cant wait to see sydney and hobart they are fab

[ajay_law 1]

A+ for effort

[texanpride786 2]

wonderful... simply wonderful

[Amerikaner 42]

wow my friend its looking good cant wait to see whats next

[cammo2003 20]

Well done, Darwin looks great... From the photos I've seen of it, you've got the bulk of the CBD about right...

BTW, slightly off-topic, but would anyone be interested in a Darwin region map? I've got the terrain data and it's very high quality.

[Qaxpla 0]

yes yes yes!!!! i would LOVE to see a darwin!! we need way more australian stuff about on the stex!! oh also, i meant to say aswell, for the australian styled homes, have you checked out these by thesdale - they look AWESOME in suburbs: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&Keyword=thesdale&view=all

[Interchange 0]

What's that triangular building?

[IDS2 3,346]

Looking forward to another update!

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Great work, my friend. Very realistic of Australia!

[chOcOlAtE 0]

when is the next update what city will it be?