The Greater Terran Region

[dfnva 34]

Nice picture, how do you get the resolution of SC4 to fit that of a wide screen monitor, then? Basically, everything's stretched out to fit my widescreen HD monitor.

WELCOME TO PAGE 14!

Dan

[nihonkaranws 88]

This CJ was created after my CJ. How did it manage to grow so quickly? Maybe people just don't appreciate Asian CJ's anymore...

Anyway, nice job! I love that bustling network!

[Hamish 1,370]

HD, now this is getting futuristic. It looks good.

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, it will be very interesting to see what will develop!

-bbfan02-

[edmonton_stinks 5]

...Giggity.

That picture is incredible. Looking forward to the high tech!

[suplado! 23]

wow -- cool interchange...cant wait for the side to develop!!

[Haljackey 17,387]

Replies:

Smarty218: Yeppers, Industry for once!

-Congrats on hitting 3,000 posts here!

mightygoose:  Thanks!  Rail is being added in many parts, don't you worry!

Shingure:  Thank you for the comment!  I can't promise that traffic jams won't occur here though...

kj3400: Yep, HD!

-You should play SC4!

jjune4991:  Thanks!  Development is on its way!

dfnva:  Hey, thanks a lot!  To get a widescreen resolution for SC4, follow this website:

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=24&threadid=54863&enterthread=y

-This is what my code looks like:

"C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1200

My resolution is 1920x1200.  Make sure you change that to whatever your desktop resolution is or else it will looked stretched and out of place.

nihonkaranws:  IDK.  How often do you update your CJ?  And how big are your updates?

-It also depends on the theme and promotion.  Anyways thanks for your comment!

hamish:  It is getting modern, not futuristic!

bbfan02:  It will be!

edmonton_stinks:  LOL!  Yes, the new 1920x1200 resolution is like a double mosaic for those who have seen them (two 800x600 images piled on top of eachother to generate a 800x1200 appearance)

suplado!:  Thanks! I can't wait too!

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Update time!

Time to show you some new zoning and infrastructure in Terran Settlement. 

-The area is nearly ready for development!

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Picture Information:

NOTICE:  Please Read!

    Before I post some pictures of my cities, please know that I strive for the best quality of my images possible.  Every picture from here on-in is not photoshopped in any way, and is taken directly from the game to show you exactly what I see in the game.  The only editing done is converting the .PNG file to .JPEG.

***IMPORTANT***    Also, please know that my pictures are COMPRESSED, and are NOT RESIZED! When you resize a picture, a ton of the image's quality is lost, and is shrunk to comply with ST's picture size limits.  Compressing the image retains the quality, but looks terrible when squeezed to comply with site limits.

But, I have found a loophole in this problem.  Each compressed picture displayed will be linked to the actual uncompressed, true image.  All you have to do to view the image in its FULL RESOLUTION (1920x1200) is to simply click on the compressed image displayed in this city journal (800x500).  The reason that the images are not 800x600 is because I present my pictures in widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio), making the image much more appealing for the human eye's stereoscopic vision.

If you have any questions or comments about how I display my images, feel free to post a reply.

Updated as of March 28th, 2008: All images hereon in are in High-Definition! (1920x1200).  Make you sure you click on 800x500 photos in the CJ to see them in excellent quality!

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Pictures:

[mightygoose 92]

looks great i can wait to see it developed...

[Hamish 1,370]

I agree, It'll look good developed.

[kj3400 178]

Same here, it looks excellent, especially Landmark Row.

[Smarty218 2]

Amazing! Great curved avenues and I like the rail bridges!

Fantastic RHW too!

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Looking forward to see what emerges from those zones you have plotted. Nice work all round!

[dfnva 34]

Haljackey, thanks for the widescreen info. As always, your interchanges are great!

Dan

[estepaflip 1]

Beautiful beautiful work! how did you manage to increase the image size without blurring it? great work!

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Aww, I'm still waiting for development!

Excellent job on laying out the transport networks. Areas aren't usually planned well until they've already been built, and then there are a lot of growing pains. Good that Terran has foresight (though no other city on earth does).

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Those are pretty awesome pictures. The custom onramps are just fantastic. Keep up the great work!

[Haljackey 17,387]

Replies:

mightygoose:  Hey, thanks a lot!

hamish:  I sure hope it will!

kj3400:  Me too!  Glad you like the new landmark row!

Smarty218:  Cool, so do I!  Thanks for the reply!

Mike the Mayor:  LOL, I look forward to it as well!  Thanks for the comments!

dfnva:  No problem!  Thanks for the comment!

estepaflip:  Thanks!  It depends on your monitor size.  Send me a PM and I will help ya out with it!

edmonton_stinks:  Sorry, things will be slow for the next little bit.  Thanks for the comments!  The Greater Terran Region is still on earth, keep that in mind!

NMUSpidey:  Aren't they?  Thanks for all the comments!

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Update time!

Just a small one this time.  A region update!

It just so turns out that the little free time I used to play SC4 resulted in the game crashing when laying out the water pipes.  My work for the session was lost, so it will be a while to reclaim it.  How long, who knows???

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Region View Pictures:

Images are rather large.  Click on the thumbnails to view them in FULL RESOLUTION!

Region view:

Transportation view: (Note, the RHW network does not appear here )

Region stats:

Residential population: 12,521,987

Commercial: 8,723,118

Industrial: 210,246

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More is to come!

Best,

-Haljackey

[Patricius Maximus 236]

Nice region pics. Kind of looks like mine (a work in progress). Looking forward to more.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull updates my friend coming on so well so far and the region pics are fantastic

[bbfan02 23]

Excellent region view! Sorry I missed an update, was really busy!

-bbfan02-

[edmonton_stinks 5]

So many highrises...

It kind of looks weird now with the highrises disappearing into nothing, but you're obviously working on filling it in. I can't believe how much you've gotten accomplished!

[Smarty218 2]

WOW! Nice pic! That's huge!

[un1 41]

Wow, 12 million, thats 2 times larger than my total: 5,380,000. This might be a lame question! But where do you get your lights for next to the freeways, and the median with the palm trees?

Great job with the RHW!!

[wir3d 2]

Hey haljackey. How is the RHW? I bet it is very fun to work with. Great region veiw

[Tarkus 6,933]

I've been lurking here for awhile now, but have decided to poke out of the shadows.  This is some very nice stuff you have here, Hal.   Lots of Multi-RHW.   I'm always thrilled to see people getting mileage out of the RHW and MIS. (no pun intended. really.)  And you've certainly done that, so bravo!  I can't wait to see what you do with some of the new stuff I've got in the works.  

The videos are fantastic as well, and you really seem to have gotten some mileage out of the new Avenue curve pieces I see--good stuff!

-Tarkus

[Hamish 1,370]

Thats one good lookin' region.

[suplado! 23]

wow -- massive region -- the road network always look so cool and real...

[kj3400 178]

A nice update to your region map. I see you have some isolated patches as well. I suppose you're going to connect them up with suburbs and other highways?

[Haljackey 17,387]

Replies:

Patricius Maximus:  Thanks!  It is a rough work in progress at this point.

jacqulina:  Hey, thanks a lot!

bbfan02:  Thank you!  Don't worry if you miss an update, I won't take it down!

edmonton_stinks:    It looks that way right now... But yes, it is coming along.

Smarty218: Thanks a lot!

un1:  Thanks!  You can get the stuff via these links:

Lights:  https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=10960

Median:  https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=1444

wir3d:  Doing well.  Thanks!

Tarkus:  Glad to see you stopped by!  Thanks for all your comments and I hope you come again!

-The stuff in the works looks promising.  I can't wait to get the new RHW texture and maybe some TLAs too!

hamish:  Thanks!  It is still ugly in some areas, but I'm workin on it!

suplado!:  Thanks for the comments!

kj3400:  Thanks!  They will be connected in due time.  Right now, they are connected by one highway, but more is to come!

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Update time!

Development is coming!  This update will sum up some of the last areas of Terran Settlement to be "Urbanized".

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Pictures:

Click on the Images to view them in HIGH-Definition!  (Please see my PICTURE INFORMATION on my first post on this page if you are new here.  Thanks!)

Grading and roadwork completed in this valuable area.

Area zoned, props added, and slopes smoothed.  Its all ready to be developed!

This highway divides the industrial area from the other zones.  A raised RHW provides local connections while the large highway interchange will handle longer distance traffic.

A new causeway crosses both land and water.

Work on a new interchange:

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[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Ah, that looks like it will develop nicely!