Harding...A Preview

[ginchael 1]

YES! I had some free time this afternoon, and finally fixed the problem I was having! As a result, I was able to get a quick pic in!



The old and new Allen Canyon Bridge, just oustide of Santa Juanita.

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Fairlane500--No problem...thanks a lot!

Superstar--Hey! Thanks a lot! Feel free to bump into it again!

Mexicanboy--*sigh*...dude I was just kidding! I apologize. Sometimes, I just forget that the internet doesn't have that little thing called tone of voice. I don't mind any formatting, man. Keep doing it!

oroen--Hello again! Thanks, this is area is supposed to be a mix of Montclair and a medium sized city. And as for the hierarchy; doesn't it feel like it should be that way?

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[sorchin 18]

Very well done gincheal:

Especially the river flowing through the heart of town

[ginchael 1]

Hooray! Update time!

Some views of Santa Juanita.



A new pseudo industrial neighborhood near the Santa Juanita Mormon Temple.



An extension of the same neighborhood.



The new sports complex, Mission Valley Downs.

And finally, to end, region shots!





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sorchin--Thanks a lot!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

Just something I want to share with you all:

I needed to make this map for the SCJU World Map. I think it looks nice, so I'm gonna post it here. I'll also post the world map when Hammo is done with it.



Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[jarnomiedema 52]

Wow, those region shots look very good, Ginchael.. The infrastructure looks very natural and flowing along the contours of the forests, hills and other natural areas of Harding.. Very nice!

 

Also, in the SCJU World Map, is that Chaumont I'm seeing on the East Coast? I love it!

[sorchin 18]

WOW .Great pictures on image shack ginchael Can you please tell me how you got thm to look exactly like that? I would like to do one or two of those myself but am unsure of the proceedure? Thanks my friend.

btw Santa Juanita looks beautiful

[ginchael 1]

A new suburb has emerged south of Harding along the San Lucas River--Brett.

and I'm presenting it as if I'm ripping off oreon

All pictures are facing south.



Downtown Brett--you can see the southern border of Harding! Great rejoicing!



The Brett Regional Mall, just outside of downtown (imagine what THAT did to downtown demand...)



To end, we do a little voyage back into Harding to see the furthest reaches--the Nugget Squares. These neighborhoods (as well as the city of Brett) owes its exisistance to the discovery of a few gold nuggets in Nugget Creek in 1845. This was the predecessor to the Harding River Gold Rush in the 1860s and 1870s.

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jarnomiedema--Why, of course that's Chaumont! Wouldn't want to piss off the empire, now would I? Thank you very much.

Sorchin--Do you mean the region shots or the map? I'll be glad to walk you through it, please just clarify for me. And thank you very much.

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

Just letting you guys know that I won't be able to update again until this weekend due to school, work, clubs, etc.

Until then!

Comments are welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[sorchin 18]

Hello ginchael. I mean the region view and how you were able to make it so.. er.. well big I'm not sure exactly how Image Shack allows for pictures that big. Also you made a thumbnail of it that, when clicked went directly to Image Shack. I don't believe you used the Direct Link line right? Was it the Thumbnail for forums 1 line? Hopefully I'm making sense If you can briefly run through the steps I would be grateful Thanks very much...

btw: I absolutely love the Mall. WOW very cool my friend. You have a really beautiful CJ ginchael.

[ginchael 1]

Okay, an easy step-by-step tutorial for Sorchin. (It's only two steps, it's so easy! Well, maybe three.)

Step 0
Take a picture of your region, or a flag, or any item over the Simtrop limit of 800x600. Convert it to a jpeg.

Step 1
Open ImageShack .



Browse to find your image using the browse button (outlined in blue). When you find it on your hard drive, click on the host it button (also outlined in blue).

Step 2

When you hit the host button, it should bring you to this screen.



Copy the first box, or Thumbnail for Websites. Do NOT use the Thumbnails for Forums 1 or 2 because Simtropolis forums are based on HTML. Make sure you have html enabled (I use Firefox, so it does this automatically) and copy it into Simtrop.



Voila! A perfectly good thumbnail of a larger image.

Hopes this helps, Sorchin! And thanks a lot!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

Sorry for bumping again...but I had to include this, and it deserves its own post. Hammo recently released his map of the SCJU members, of which AltAmerica (Mount Royale, Newport, and Harding) is part of. View it here!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[sorchin 18]

That's great gincheal. Thanks so much my good friend. I will have to give this a try very soon

Thanks again buddy. btw. Are you going to be using jeronij's snow MOD at all? Personally I think it would look great for the map your using[ I'm just curious

Take care...

btw. Thanks for posting a link to my CJ WOW I'm honored

[ginchael 1]

A small update this weekend, still in the San Lucas Valley. BUT we're on the other side of the river this time.



A close up of a large residental area.



The Valley Amphitheater, along one of the ridges in the Mount Pleasant range. In this pic, you can see the jughandle that leads off of the avenue onto Mountainside Highway. Mountainside Highway is a small two lane road that traverses this ridge.

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sorchin--No problem, man. I tried to download the snow mod today, but it didn't show up...I'll try the lower mod when I have time later. Oh, and about the link? You definitely deserve it.

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

I made a crappy little metro area map of Harding at around midnight, so I thought I'd share it with you.



Tell me what you think!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[sorchin 18]

Very nice theatre ginchael. I'm looking forward to development around it. Are you going to put buildings and/or parks near it or leave it more or less by itself? I would suggest perhaps putting jeronij's Plop Lakes and Goldiva's Tree and Plant flora around it. IMO anyways

I can't wait to see what you do my friend.

Take care for now buddy.

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Hey there, remember me. Well I'm here, still enjoying this Great CJ of yours. I notice one thing while looking back at what I've missed not many people are posting in this CJ. It makes me mad how not many are doing so. But what can you do, hey at lease you

[sloppet 3]

Hi there g.!! All I have to say here, it's just great! The updates are coming along nicely, and wow, the effect is great! The effect of your hard work that is!

[ginchael 1]

RESPONSE TIME!

sorchin--I think I'm just going to leave that area alone as one of the region's Nature Parks (like Harding Rocks or Eagle Lake). But, using Godiva's mod might not be a bad idea...let me see how much room I have on my hard drive left... Thanks a lot for commenting!

Mexicanboy13r--Hey there, long time no see. If this were real life, the concrete supports of the highway would help to support the earthen levee. Actually, though, this is just a game, so... And please, I know you like to use fonts and colors...use them if your heart desires!

sloppet--Hey, thanks a lot, man!

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Sorry guys, but the next update might not be for a while...I'll try to pop little things in now and then (like a map or two) but everything is in high gear right now... I'll try this weekend.

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

Hmm...this was found on a fence in downtown Harding this afternoon...

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[sorchin 18]

I'll join gincheal. I won't stand for it either!!! (er.. what is it I'm standing for again)

[ginchael 1]

Hello all.

Well, this hasn't had an actual update in a while...

Don't get me wrong, I've been TRYING to update, but every time I open the durn cities, they close on me! That and the combined weight of RL has been blocking updates for this.

As for above...well, that was an attempt at a story. When I first started this WAAAAY back in May, this was just going to be a few pages long while I developed, and then start a new thread when development was sufficent enough to start a story (like Mr. Cinancit) However, this thread has kind of grown into its own, and I figured I'd start the story sooner rahter than later.

Well, the busy period has passed, so look for maybe an update or two every week or so.

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sorchin--Thanks man...Developing Macedon is really getting along! Congratulation!

Comments welcomed, wanted, and appreciated.

[ginchael 1]

This CJ must come to an end, and this end is now. I cannot open a single file in this region...I think they are all corrupted and cannot be saved. So, I'm killing this CJ.

It was inevitable, I guess. This CJ is a relic from last year, where CJs were pretty models of American cities. Now, I'd like to move on to something new, something not associated with AltAmerica, but an entirely new country.

Thank you all very much for your support, especially those regulars--Mexicanboy13r, oeren, sorchin, Traffic_Jam, jacqulina...I'm sure there's more that I forgot, but thank you all!

Look for a new one from me coming soon...The Republic of Armalis : Armalis Senatorraine

God Bless,
Ginchael