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[Cob92 360]

Run a river around the west-northwest side of the downtown area. Also, add maybe 1-2 more skyscrapers and several midrises. Put a real highway running near the downtown that doesn't terminate, but continues to serve the other side of the city. Make it sunken and use some walls to beatify it. Place a highrise mall near downtown (yes they do exist, part of the building is a mall while the rest is reserved for other things such as office space).

[Cleaner475 150]

Any Dusktrooper BATS would be best, none of those towers.

keep it up, this is great,

Richard

[rossjman1 0]

Vote:

There is currently a vote going on. Ending August 6th or 7th!

here.

Schedule:

I am going on vacation Aug. 1 - Aug. 6 so there will be no updates till then. I'm hoping to make the current poll final when I get back, so if you haven't voted already please do so. August will be a pretty busy month for me with my vacation, going back to school, and whatnot. As a consequence of this there may be only a few updates in August. Don't be upset though; this CJ will still be active with discussions of future planning and some major voting as well as a couple minor updates.

The next poll will be about the placement of the body of water (so far it looks like there will be a river or canal), so you don't want to miss that. When that poll is over then I hope to post a major update with the water and completed downtown and adjacent areas. Stay tuned.

Replies:

Cobhris96: Your vote for a river has been counted. Please remember to come back when the new poll is started to officially vote on the placement of the river (or whatever kind of water). As for the highway I have received a couple requests to not use the Maxis highways, so I am currently using the Rural Highway Mod, but I will probably switch to one way roads in the future. I am also waiting for the water before I expand the highway and rail systems as well as some major downtown expansion. This major update will probably come in a month or so.

cleaner475: The people have spoken! None of those needles will be added to the city! Thanks for your input.

[Cleaner475 150]

ok, can't wait till you get back

this CJ is very good

Richard

[rossjman1 0]

Vote:

There is a vote going on. Poll 2 results are in. There will be a river that will run through the city.

Poll: River location? Status: Final

Location?	current votes
1) Green route	1
2) Yellow route	1
3) Blue route	0
4) Red route	0
5) Orange route	5.5
6) Cyan route	.5
7) Suggest a different route	-

Already Voted:

feliwi, 2nerdy4u, jrhnemo, cleaner475, slam465, crazyarchitect, jacqulina, sunrise

[feliwi 4]

i'd vote for a mixture. the river should follow the green line from north and the, after a curve, it should follow the yellow line to west

[2nerdy4u 1]

I agree with feliwi... green from top of pic then curve and follow the yellow to the left of pic

[Abc987 3]

I think the green route, as long as its not that straight.

[Shingure 56]

Actually I would say Suggest another route.

[Cleaner475 150]

I suggest the yellow one but as long as it curves a bit and is not dead straigh

keep it up,

Richard

[GingerBlokey 30]

How about a river that goes around two sides of the downtown, it gives the city a bit more historical realism becasue rivers were used as defensive sites and often went around two sides.

[rossjman1 0]

Vote:

There is currently a vote going on.

here.

I changed the picture and added counted votes. Hopefully the picture is clear and not too cluttered. If anyone wants to change their vote, just say so.

Replies:

feliwi: I added an orange route, and your vote has been cast for it.

2nerdy4u: I added an orange route, and your vote has been cast for it.

jrhnemo: Your vote has been cast for the green route. This is just a rough approximation of the river's placement. It will look a lot better in game .

Shingure: Two more options have been added.

cleaner475: Thanks for your vote. This is just a rough approximation of the river's placement. It will not be this straight in game.

GingerBlockey: Is the cyan route good?

[slam465 0]

Either the orange or the cyan.  They both look good, but I think the cyan looks a bit more realistic.

I don't know if this has already been suggested, but if it has I'm sorry for bringing it up again.  When the poll is finished and you create a river, I think you should use seawalls to give it a nice urban look.  For example "JS Seawalls" by JayStimson.  I use this and another set in my cities, but I can't seem to find the other set on STEX.  It was probably taken down when it was upgraded. If anyone knows the name of it or where to find it, it uses the same tiles as the sandstone pedestrian NAM tiles.  I think it was by Jeronij, but I didn't hapeen to find it.

*edit:  I figured out what it is.  It's the Marrast Emb Set.

[rossjman1 0]

slam465: I counted your vote as half for orange and half for cyan. The lines are just supposed to show the general direction of the rivers. The orange river, if it wins the vote, will not be perfectly curved like in the diagram. Also, thanks for the suggestion about the sea walls.

[crazyarchitect 7]

I like the orange route

[jacqulina 162]

i like the orange too my friend

[sunrise 0]

Ye, the orange is good. However, maybe you can increase the slope of that river a bit in the west side, so that the downtown would appear more concentrated and realistic.

[rossjman1 0]

Vote:

There is currently a vote going on.

here.

I'll probably end the vote sometime tomorrow.

Replies:

crazyarchitect & jacqulina: Your votes have been cast for the orange route. Thanks for your participation!

sunrise: I counted your vote, but im not sure what you mean by increase the slope of the river on the west side. Do you think I should make it curve more to the north or curve less and head more to the south?

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to more my friend

[Cleaner475 150]

can't wait for more- good job, your making this a very interesting CJ

[rossjman1 0]

Vote:

There is no vote going on.

The last vote has ended, the river will follow the orange route.

Replies:

jacqulina: Thanks for the support!

cleaner475: Here's a small update to tide you over

Update 8.5

I didn't have time to do a full update for today, so I started working on the river and I made a riverfront park between Downtown and the river. I think it's turning out well so far. What do you guys think?

Here is a picture of the increased parking for the baseball stadium. You can also see a construction site in this screen.

[Cleaner475 150]

ohhh... nice - I like the sea walls, very proffesional

can't wait for more loving it,

Richard

[rossjman1 0]

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cleaner475: One thing I don't like about those sea walls is that there are no diagonals.

Update 9

I know I promised a major update this month, but somethings keep coming up. So, I decided to split this one big update into a few average sized updates such as this one. In this update I have pretty much completed Downtown. All there is left to do is surround it with a mixture of midrise offices and apartments.

Plans

Here is an overview of what has been completed in the city. In this picture I have outlined where different types of buildings should surround downtown. These are the areas that I plan to focus the next couple of updates. I am open to any and all suggestions. Sorry for the quality of the pic. Next time I put text on an image I will use the GIMP instead of MS Paint which seems to make all text in a JPEG blurry. Here's what the images says:

Top left corner:

Also on the to do list for the next couple of updates:

1. Extend the highway system

2. Extend the river across the entire map (right now there is a river only near downtown)

3. [you] Suggest something?

Across the river from downtown:

Deluxe apartments in the sky

Between the highway and rail:

Midrises and one or two highrises.

By the stadium:

Midrises and one or two highrises. [Also I have a *****in' American Football stadium which I'm thinking will look good here.]

[Cleaner475 150]

great job, can you give me a link o the seawalls you using?

but great pics, can't wait to see what the region looks like when the rivers completed.

keep it up ,

Richard

[JakeMD 107]

very nice

[yoshikoroyimara 5]

great job, can you give me a link o the seawalls you using?quote>

me too please...great job...

[slam465 0]

I think you are going to need more than one or two highrises here and there  to complete the downtown.  Otherwise, it's like having a couple blocks of large buildings rather than a downtown.  ......Think NYC.

[Godzillaman 21]

where did you get the parking lot for the stadium? i have some but not 1x1 pieces.

[Cockatoo 2,256]

Looking great! Nice job with that river, real nice. I'd have to go with a highway extention.

[androidboi 57]

Very nice!!! How did you get the sidewalk to go with the brick path in your park?