Hong Kong Region

[norwoodman 0]

Carlching, try adding some of the residences that sit on the side of the hill on Hong Kong Island, along with The Peak. That might help spark growth.

[savio 0]

this remake of HK in simcity 4 is totally awesome. I've been to HK for like 3 times and the one you make really looks just like the one in real life..keep up the good work dude! gD luck

[chansh 0]

This is my first post. I have to post because you city is GREAT.
I love it. AND I want it.

Keep updating please.

[carlching 0]

Wow thanks guys for your enthusiasm in this, Im realllly happy to know that you love this

To spicytimothy
I miss Hong Kong alot too! It's such an exciting place isn't it?

I think your home's somewhere in the "main residential area on the Hong Kong island" picture, I have a good friend living in Tai Koo too.
The subway system's not following the real one, but i tried my best to put every real station in place. All the detailed parts in my city are all the place I used to travel alot. And Im building this city without looking at a map

Is there gonna be a 2IFC? i would certainly put it in if there's one around. I've reserved a 4X4 lot for it.

I haven't been to chai wan alot, but i'll study


To joerg

The airport is already done, im planning to show it in the next update It looks OK but certainly not as grand as the real one.

Yeah the longest suspension bridge now is in Japan(i think), thanks for correcting


To norwoodman

I'll try that but all the residential demand's hitting the bottom in Harbour district... so im quite worried


Again thank you soooo much for your support, please do visit this thread again

[spicytimothy 7]

Tsing Ma has always been the longest DOUBLE-DECKED Suspension bridge, meaning we hv both rail and road. the one in Japan is longest single deck.

[LiQuiDWaVe 0]

This Still my favorite city!! Keep em coming carlching

[carlching 0]

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Here's a screen shot of the whole victoria harbour at night. Enjoy!

[Cruel Justice 0]

Sweet pic! Keep up your awesome work! What's that city's population?

[spicytimothy 7]

yeah wht's the pop so far... and can we get a daylight view as well? pls?

[Minotaur420 2]

My uncle lived in Hong Kong for 5 years while he was working on the new airport (he's a civil engineer). He lived in apartment building in the hills, he has a panoramic picture of the view he had in his house. It's unbelievable, right next to downtown, but actually higher up than the skyscrapers so you can sort of look down on it all.

[Ded 30]

What a fabulous recreation!

 

You go girlfriend!

[carlching 0]

--- UPDATE ---

Here's a little update on Hongkong

The Airport

Here's the Hong Kong International Airport, the best in the world. My recreation is nothing compared to the real thing! You NEED to see it with your own eyes

Outside Airport

The Dragon Air and Cathay Pacific Office towers just outside the Airport

Tung Chung

Tung Chung is a newly developed town near the airport, here's a shot of a public housing estate in Tung Chung.

The Airport Transportation

The HK Internation Airport is located far from the city Center, there is a high capacity road and railway system connecting the two.

(My) Hong Kong as today


Enjoy

[Psyko 0]

Wow, what a sweet region, just last year i went to hong kong for a week, what trip for a 15 year old =D, i loved the airport which you had, and my hotel ( Shangai hotel ) im pretty sure it was. Looked over the harbor and the opera house where your convention center is. Ya to bad you couldnt get the subway how it was cause that was fun lol, but ill keep watching see if it gets better

[+Guest]

When I was about 9 they let me fire the Noon Cannon that has been fired for over 100 years, and to my knowledge had never been fired at an incorrect time, until I arrived. Its pretty funny now, but at the time, there were several pissed off powerful people, as everyone went to lunch early that day hehe. My parents were selling their company to Jardine (sp?)/TheoDavies...the subject of the book/movie The Noble House.

Nice work by the way, just jogged some amusing memories =).

[carlching 0]

Wow! I've been ReAallly lazy! This is a very late update but better than none!

I've been busy with my Uni studies so didn't have much time to work on my Region. Im soo sorry! Also I forgot to take my Simcity 4 CD with me when i made my trip back to Hong Kong last christmas... Nevertheless, I had a great chance in going to places and spotting reality problems with my remake. For instance, I found out Tsing Yi island has 3 bridges connecting to Kowloon instead of 2, and buses exiting Tsing Ma Bridge turn right into a tunnel which is totally left out in my remake.

Anyway, I managed to squeeze sometime in fixing some errors and recreating the Hong Kong Island Skyline. But im really sorry to find that there are virtually none Skyscrapers of the city in the exchange!!

Hong Kong has the most beautiful skyline in the world (according to skyscraper.com) and is the home of many magnificent pieces of architecture, BAT guys~ you should really work on some of them. For example the design of Central Plaza and The Centre is quite Unique, they should be good BATs if made.

Anyway I did what I can to make the city as realistic as possible. Also I've found some major problems in Shatin region, seems I have to demolize the whole region and rework.


Overlooking the whole region, POP is ~1.44M, Shatin's under construction, Ma Wan (the little island which connects the Tsing Ma Bridge and Kup Shu Muen Bridge) is developed; Tsing Yi's road network's refined; indexes are on the raise, and most of the cities are earning big money.


I've tried my best to recreate the harbour, but I can hardly find substitutes for important structures such as HSBC HQ, Central Plaza, and most importantly 2 IFC

Please tell me what you think Thanks!

[Alkaola 18]

I really like the region , not your lazy stories

 

[mattc005 2]

You're region is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!! One question though: how do you make underwater tunnels?

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[carlching 0]

Thanks guys

Regarding the tunnel, using my case for example, you have to rise a mountain in the harbour (pretty crazy huh?), it's easy by using the god mode cheat, then, build a tunnel through it. Finally, lower the mountain so you can see the water again, but becareful not to destory the entrances (this is tricky). Try it out

[ma2hchc 0]

Hey are there any Hong Kong landmarks that you can give me?? like central plaza....cheers

[Chris M 406]

Sadly , no there are no new Hong Kong Landmarks but there is a NDEX hong kong BATer. Monteferro. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=58437  This CJ is deserted since the last post was by carlching and he hasnt been on here is over 7 months.

[ExiL3 10]

WOW! dude it's simply stunning to see your city! beautyfull!
Keep up the awsome work!

[wanleung 0]

The city is great. It almost looks like the real HK where I live.
I live in Kowloon. But now I am studying in UK. I miss HK so much.
HK is my home.
Kowloon seems a little bit larger than the real one.

Sadly, there is No HSBC (HK) landmark in the city.
And it seems there is no such BAT.
If I know how to use the gmax, I think I will build one.

Good work. Keep going.

[Superstar 69]

Looks like a great city you have there! well done

[texanpride786 2]

LOOKS GREAT.

[Superchan 23]

aowesome city, keep up the good work.

[Chris M 406]

This CJ is most likely dead. Since the last time he has posted was 6/30/04. Why are you still commenting ?

[Superchan 23]

i posted becuase some other people had, and i did not check the date of the old posts.

[Chris M 406]

Ok. I do wish that it would be revived though.It was looking so good.

[yamfun 0]

Sorry if I revived this again, but
I live in Hong Kong and this is very very nice!!!

anyway, I am actually still a newbie to the game,
I want to ask is it possible to reach 7 million population in a city in this game?
I mean their city aren't as dense as us here right? So maybe they didn't design the game to be able to have such many people..

[carlching 0]

Sorry for missing for so long~

This will be the last post of this CJ and will mark the end of this Journal. I want to Thank you all for your great comments and support

 

Hong Kong, by carlching, is finally, and officially, finished.

 

I've filled in all the blanks that I previously left out, this city is totally playable, if you want to download this region, tell me~ I'll get it uploaded.

 

I owe my thanks to Lambsquirter for creating such a great building - the central plaza.

This screenshot of the victoria harbour is almost photorealistic !  

 

I Love this view

 

 

If you want to play my region, post a comment~

 

 

So, this is it, guys~

 

Since this remake of Hong Kong is imperfect in many ways, I'm planning to create a better one - I'll 100% follow the map this time and try to make everything as real as possible, the project will start in days, I'll start a new CJ then, so stay tuned

 

 

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new mods I've used in my city :

Cerulean Textures V101
CENTRAL PLAZA by Lambsquirter v. 2

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Bye bye!