The Greater Terran Region

[jacqulina 162]

great looking transport system my friend.

[Patricius Maximus 236]

Love the signs, the makeover, and the FAR. Looks great. You wouldn't believe what refurbishment can do for some of my areas.

Good luck.

- Patricius Maximus

[un1 41]

Good luck haljackey with themakeover.

-un1

[blue sinjid 7]

hey nice teaser shot!just a question r those highway signs on the stex yet cause i wanna have some

[dfnva 34]

Wow, lots of signs there!!

-Dan

[beebs 129]

Great updates, hal! Loving all the greenspace I'm seeing lately!

[Haljackey 17,398]

Replies:

jacqulina:  Hey, thanks a lot!

Patricius Maximus:  You posted both here and @ SC4D???   Wow!\

-I hope you enjoy this update!

un1:  Thanks!  Good luck with Oil Island!

blue sinjid:  hehe.. Thanks!  Those highways signs are on the STEX.   I posted a HUGE link in the last (full) update

dfnva:  Goes yo show ya what's coming!    I hope you enjoy this update!

beebs:  Hey, thanks a lot!  You should stop in more often so I don't have to harass ya! 

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Mega Update time!

Because of my absence, I wasn't able to post a full update last time.  This one will make up for it! 15 pictures instead of the usual 10!

In this update you will see some different things in the GTR...  Let me know if you like them or not.  I can always change back.

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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.

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Pictures:

Click the images for full resolution! (1920x1200)

Downtown Terran Settlement.  Note new sidewalk texture, GTR signs, and the road curves.

The city core was an open area. Here is a pic showing the road layout before development.

The downtown area zoomed out.  Most of it has been densely developed.

A busy avenue in the south end.  Note Spa's Brand New CBC!

The new station is having an effect on the coastal part of town.  Urban decay is lessening every day...

All land around the sunken/ground/elevated highway stack interchange has been developed.  Thus, this junction will become very busy as soon as sims start commuting to the new jobs in the core.

A cool close-up near the ending of the Multi-RHW.

A huge construction boom of housing.  The huge influx of offices need people to work in them.  Residential demand has skyrocketed!

All open land has been consumed along the highway terminus.  It is getting very busy.  (Note the new special GTR sign!)

A new GTR highway sign seen at the start of the RHW.

More construction near the train station.

Road curve signs have been in put place on the curved highway.

RHW/ground highway Y-interchange.  Up to now, the new NAM had a conflict with that one-way road overpass.  Thus, no traffic has used this stretch since the new NAM's installation until now... I have fixed that problem in my NAM plugin folder.

-The junction is really busy!  Cars used to take longer alternative routes before, such as the avenue to the right.

Same thing goes for this stretch of highway.  No traffic used it until I fixed that overpass!  Its flowing again!

Heavy traffic comes to a halt in the industrial area.

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I hope this huge update will do for now.  I try not to make large updates because it can mess up people's connections.  But an update was long overdue.

Enjoy!

Best,

-Haljackey

[un1 41]

Amazing large update haljackey. I don't have the time to say more. Can't wait to see more.

-un1

[blue sinjid 7]

wow awesome update again

WOW MORE SIGNS!

question:in pic 1 that building to the far upper right could u link me to where it is?p.s its that greenish one

also the

building directly left to it too

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Excellent downtown center, Hal! Your transit systems are the best around, everything looks excellent and those new signs/FAR look great!

[Patricius Maximus 236]

I got used to the new core pretty fast. It looks subtly different, but still it is classic GTR.

Glad you could fix that highway stretch.

What is the purpose of that curved highway? It's been sitting there for months doing nothing. Or is all a part of a grand plan?

Anyway, I like the makeover. Keep it up!

- Patricius Maximus

[kj3400 178]

Whoa!

Those signs really look good in your region.

Your highways look very well used in your cities.

[d_man18 10]

lol nice update i must say and i love your interchanges. theyre always so perfect which is hard to get in simcity lol

[Dsrwhat316 12]

Looking good, my friend! Ooh, that's a nice sidewalk texture you got there . I like the avenue intersection that turns into highways. I see your really test driving those new signs, eh ? (forgive the pun) Nice work!

~ Dan

[GreekMan 246]

wow great update!

I would hate to live in your city

too much traffic

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

Nice update!

I think i would rather take the bullet train than to drive.

[pagenotfound 53]

*agrees with greekman but likes it a lot anyway*

[suplado! 23]

wow -- massive road intersection and highways, looks really awesome and realistic!!!

[rainyday 2]

where did you get all of the custom buildings. I love your cj

[fabsies55 5]

nice update that city looks pretty good.

just keep it up.

[Haljackey 17,398]

Replies:

un1:  Thanks!  I hear that you are making YET ANOTHER CJ!  Good luck!

blue sinjid:  hehe... Thanks!  Glad you like it!
-after 30 mins of searching I was unable to find it.. Sorry!  I think it is on the STEX or LEX somewhere!

ilikehotdogsalot:  Thank ya!  Its been quite a while since you commented here.  Welcome back!

Patricius Maximus:  Yep, still classic! 
-The highway stretch?  It leads up to something... You may see a bit in this update...

kj3400:  Well, they are GTR highway signs, so they are supposed to look good in the GTR
-Glad you like the highways!

d_man18:  Thanks!  Some interchanges can be tricky to make in SC4, I fully understand...

Dsrwhat316:  Hey, thanks a lot!  I like the sidewalk texture, but I don't like the one for the rails in that pack... Is there any way to get rid of that one?

GreekMan:  Thanks!  The traffic is not as bad as it seems...

Fresh Prince of Wmbg:  Thanks a lot!  Ya, the bullet train network goes everywhere!

pagenotfound:  Hehe...  Every big city has traffic!

suplado!:  Yep, that intersection is larger than most.  Thanks for the comments!

rainyday:  ALL of my custom content?  I got the bulk of it from the ST and SC4D exchanges, and some more from various other sites (including Japanese sites).

fabsies55:  Thanks!  I will keep it up!

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Update time!

In this update I have a new video for you.  Its the shortest video I have ever made, but it packs a punch!

A Youtube video box should appear below.  If you can't see it or are having problems, follow the link below it.  Oh, and make sure you turn up your speakers!

If you would like to view my other videos, new and old, you can find them in my new youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/haljackey

Anyways I hope you enjoy the video!

Best,
-Haljackey

 

[dfnva 34]

Hmm.... that dude was an aggressive driver, driving around all those slow people in the right lane. But I'm worrying whether there was a "Freeway Ends" sign approaching the at-grade intersection which could've prevented the crash?

-Dan

[jacqulina 162]

very nice video there my friend great update

[Patricius Maximus 236]

Great. I like the mushroom cloud when the cars collided.

[un1 41]

Yes another CJ. Amazing short video and you might wan't to fix that intersection of yours there.

-un1

[kj3400 178]

Wow, that car just ploughed through all that traffic. You might need an overpass at that intersection now. It could be dangerous for the general population.

[pagenotfound 53]

Wow, quite a bit of traffic but you seem to be better at UDI than I am. very nice video and I like the end part.

[rushman5 33]

I love the videos, is that an academy award I smell? lol. So I would really like to see what you do with the NAM avenue sidewalk fillers that were just released, it seems like you really could use those puppies. Till next time via chat.... Sean.

[edmonton_stinks 5]

I knew that sims were bad drivers, but wow... I think that guy just ran a red light and incinerated a police car. Nice.

[Hamish 1,370]

Hey, great last few updates. Fantastic video. Especially the music, nice touch.