Acropolis

[MasterPlanMan 1]

Look's like I am back to playing my favorite computer game.

After losing all my previous cities, and plug-ins to a computer crash a year or so ago I finally decided to load things back up again and start playing. This CJ will be similar to my Glen Harbor CJ with plenty of custom lotting including rail lines, ports, industrial areas, etc. This will be a no frills CJ as I don't really have time for fancy graphics, newspapers, etc.. Extensive lot work requires experimentation and detailing so there is not much time left for me add graphics and story lines.

I am using a much smaller region this time with plenty of water and some mountains.

The map is Fuscienne by tijn21.



As usual I first started by creating a small industrial sector and port. I also plopped a couple of commercial buildings to create some jobs. Nothing special yet as I will be customizing plenty of port lots for the coastal areas, customizing rail lines and sinking some highways. I also plopped a cash park to give me money for sloping rail approaches, bridges and roads with the game's mayor tools.

Right now the coasts in the city of Acropolis are a bit smoothed over and I will be forming them better as I go along. I'll post some region views after I download the region census.

Right now I am experimenting a bit with the El rail to make it look like ground rail rapid transit in certain areas.

Here are a few construction and terra-forming shots to get things rolling along.

Acropolis ~ Pic 01-01:



 01-02: ~ Construction of  The Acropolis Rapid Transit (ART), Eastneck line and a sunken freight line above



At first I was using Deadwoods under rail shops BAT to sink the rails but after transit enabling files trains would stop at each lot creating a log jam . I then decided to have the lot foundations surround the rails to make the line look like a ground level rail. Here are some shots of how things are shaping up.

01-03: ~ I doubled up the height of the fences so you can't see under the rails anymore.



01-04: ~ An "EL"  train passing through a ground level station.



Here are some pics of areas that are nearly finished.

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01-06: ...... To be continued ~ imageshack servers seem to be backed up at the moment.

[GMT 389]

so far its cool work

i'm always a little skeptic when there's a new cj starting, but this one is definitely worth another visit

waiting for more

[homeandaway 1]

nice!!! - i love this CJ so far! - its really nice and the selection of buildings you have decided to do are really nice! - i love the last pic! - this is a great start to this new CJ and im coming back for more!

[gshmails 534]

Welcome back!  Looks good so far, I love seeing how people create their transportation system.  Nice stuff!

[waldner 0]

Awesme!! Liked so much!

[archesrule29 0]

Nice job! That looks pretty cool! I'll be looking forward to your next update!

[Abc987 3]

Yes, MasterPlanMan is back! I missed your awesome cities. Great to see you back and wonderful work so far!

[patriots_1228 51]

great start, love the name.

[Hanson784 165]

Good start so far.

Looks like you're using a nice selection of custom content, some I don't think I've seen before. Where did you get the apartment with bay windows in the last picture in the lower left corner? It caught my attention.

Looking forward to seeing more.

[penguin007 27]

Nice selection of buildings here and I like the railway you have

Will

[Sim_Air 2]

Nice design and amazing buildings!

Very good pics

[bigcityNY 0]

Wow i love ur ground rail! Its exactly what ive been looking for! Where did u get the fences? Theyre the perfect urban gl subway who did them? Are they on the stex?

[John94538 0]

Very nice illusion! I'll be watching this!

[FissileBread 0]

great start, your pics look nice, I would recommend getting a water texture mod. I like your el-rail. Looking forward to more.

[jacqulina 162]

welcome back and what a great comeback my friend,excellent work and pics,great start to the building

[MasterPlanMan 1]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

Image Shack is still down so I loaded them up at photobucket. Here are the rest of the pics.

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01-08: The Maxis Seaport will be replaced eventually.

01-09: This is what the El line looks like with a higher fence. It looks more like ground rail now I think. What do you think looked better ~ higher fence or lower fence?

That's it for now. I am going to try and finish up the Eastneck line later this evening. I'll respond to all your posts then.

Thanks for the input and suggestions so far!

[GreekMan 246]

glad to see to back!

can't wait to see more!

[Sim_Air 2]

The last update was particularly interesting

I really like that 2nd pic

keep it up

[dralin321 0]

Two thumbs up!!!

[arkray7 0]

great work!!

what type of lots do you use to not let the surrounding tile sink?

[Vanasonic 49]

The higher fence looks better. I like this CJ so far. Good work!

[MasterPlanMan 1]

Time for a small update but first I'll respond to all your posts.

GMT ~ Thank you! Its an honor to have you as the first response.

homeandaway  ~ Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you again.

gshmails ~ I am getting good use of you underground parking garages. Thanks for such a nice contribution to the game.

waldner ~ Thank you!

archesrule29 ~ Thanks and I hope you enjoy following along.

jrhnemo ~ Thanks. Its good to be back!

patriots_1228 ~ Thank you. I think I might have downloaded one of your "crappy" BATs. I am not sure though. Maybe you'll see one pop up.

Hanson784 ~ I think the building you are asking about is the SHUR Worthington Arms by jbsimio.

penguin007 ~ Thanks. I have been spending the last few days just downloading stuff. This time I am holding off on the super-tall skyscrapers and trying to find as many mid-risers as I can.

Sim_Air  ~ Thank you. I hope you enjoy what is to follow.

bigcityNY ~ Thanks. The fences are Maxis props for the solar power plant. I am just adding them to the lots that are next to the tracks. The roads next to the tracks are transit enabled lots I'll post some pics on how I did it later on.

John94538 ~ Glad you like it!

jacqulina ~ Thanks. What a fitting title you now have. Its nice to see you still hanging around!

FissleBread ~ Thanks for the suggestion. I am using a midnight moon MOD that makes the water glow at night but might try something different.

GreekMan ~ Thank you!

Sim_Air ~ Thanks. I think its the beautiful bat - Seoul Apartment by kimdomyung   that makes it

look great.

dralin321 ~ Thank you!

arkray7 ~ The lots are regular lots. I just set the threshold to zero and chose a desired foundation in the lot editor.

Xperian ~ Thanks for your input. I think they look better as well but was not sure.

OK now for the brief update. The Eastneck line is coming along nicely. Here are some shots of finished areas.

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I hope you all like how things are turning out so far!

[Cowboy-Texas- 0]

Excellent work with the mass tranist stuff. Everything looks very nice so far.

[The Nanner Farmer 0]

woah dude!!!that was so awsome man!!! the seaport you have is very realistic and ultra badass!

the city itself is shaping up nicely and take forum however more midrise would suit it well

great work!

[MasterPlanMan 1]

Thanks guys! Heres a few more late night bonus shots:

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[penguin007 27]

another good update with a wide variety of buildings. Why isn't anyone commenting?

Will

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend thankyou i love hanging around lol,i feel at home here.

beautifull work you have done,excellent all round wish i could build like you,we all have different styles though.awesome work and pics

[waldner 0]

Great update!

[Bine 0]

i dont kow much tbh but rather than goto the trouble of making the lowered areas etc why not just use glr, and to go to el you have the normal ramp for it and also onslope to el rail, for example off of an embankment onto the normal el. just a thought.

[Blazerhawk 162]

Very nice. I like how this looks.