Copper Basin, AZ - Mohave Desert City!

[seemurray2 21]

Here is another update!

ky72x - Thanks again, always glad you are enjoying my pics!

Almighty Neinaber - I use a combination of parking lots.  The transit enabled part is PEG's commercial alley, and when I put other parking lots next to it they all look like they're connected.  Thanks!

masochist - Hey, thanks - glad you like my cj!  One thing I felt my city was lacking was some Arizona/Vegas style homes, but I tried to come up with a solution which you can check out in this update!   Glad you like my photo editing, I  like showing different time of day shots - as you mentioned.  Thanks, just comment whenever you feel like it! 

bbfan02 - Thanks, glad you liked all that stuff!  lol

dfnva - Thank you, I was hoping it would turn out realistic looking and not too overdone!

Giligone - Thanks again, and I burned up two hours just on the area in that one picture, the whole retail area took more like 5 or 6 hours over a span of two days! lol   Yeah,  I know I'm slow!!!

tigerplayer91 - That's cool, glad to hear that it looks good in comparison - and thanks for commenting as always!

vivydu29 - Thanks, glad to hear that!

gabry85 - Thank you, glad you like my retail area!  YaaYaYa, which means lol!

Shanna - Hey, thanks - glad you like the flowers and the night pics!

nihonkaranws - Thank you, glad you like my highways, thanks for commenting!

PhilsCafe - Hey, thanks again - yes, the city is full of things to do both day and night - and you'll be glad to know that your apartment comes with complimentary binoculars! lol

getdown11 - Hey, thanks!  Traffic is running smoothly so far, some of the large suburb editions kind of get backed up for the morning and evening commute, but other than that it's all good!  I'm glad someone from Arizona thinks it resembles it though, since I've never been there myself!  

Simtastico - Thanks again!

lucky7 - Thank you, here is more now!  lol  

jacqulina - Hey Jacky, hope you had a great Valentine's day!  Guess what, I'm still glad you like my pics!  lol

Here are the pics, I will add captions in a second!  

Pic 14.1 - A new Wal-Mart supercenter opened recently on 71st street, just Northeast of the mall:

Pic 14.2 - Here is a look at the area, with a Whataburger, Texas Roadhouse, Exxon, another KFC/A&W, and a Red Roof Inn where the mattresses are 80% blood free!:

Pic 14.3 - Here is that area at night, now the mattresses are only 70% blood free:

Pic 14.4 - A close up view from the back - room 208 is said to be haunted, and is also the most requested room.  I can't even mention the horrible things that ghost has been witness too!:

Pic 14.5 - Some experimenting with an on/off ramp I made:

Pic 14.6 - Here is my first AZ style neighborhood, all pretty much the same house just in different hues of white, with rock front yards and small backyards -  many with pools:

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[jjune4991 1]

nice man, very nice. i like the little housing development. its like a gated community. looks sweet.

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, excellent work! Those houses look exceptional and very realistic. Also, fantastic commercial stores.

-bbfan02-

[cityhawk 12]

I'm loving the commercial development! Keep it (and whatever else) coming!

[dfnva 34]

Nice update... I like the Arizona-style houses as well as the interchange. I thought I read that the type of tunnel you used under the highway was not function, but maybe I'm confused.

Out of curiosity, is the Super Target on the STEX or did you find it somewhere else?

Dan

[PhilsCafe 8]

I think you can keep the binoculars... I'm not a perv, I'll throw the party . Maybe I'll move into one of those Arizona style houses anyway, they look awesome. I like the whole setup with the walls.

The commercial area looks great, great choice of BATs and I also like the overview... good to see the city taking form.

[tigerplayer91 3]

That neighborhood looks like a niceee place! Id like to purchase a house there. How many simoleons. I bet the housing market is just booming in Copper Basin!

Ah I can feel the nice cool water from the pool right as Im typing this. lol.

Nick

By the way: did you make those houses? Id really like to know where you got them if you did download them. Thanks!

[luker91 0]

very good update... looks like the red roof inn needs to work on its housekeeping... anyways im interested in seeing what you do along the highway on top of that mesa... should be good!

[Giligone 10]

Un-freakin-believable. What can I say? I think I'll pass on that motel though, 70% blood free is just a bit risky in my books. lol. Keep up the amazing work!

[Jillybean86 38]

where do you get this stuff? I'd love to know where you got the red roof inn..(edit: and the SuperTarget and the WalMart lol )

And those AZ houses are perfect. The picture looks very slightly photoshopped too, and it works...great stuff

[super_monkey 0]

where can I get that Arizonia houseing?? It looks really good.

[Pablo_SIMMANIAK 4]

Hey , nice update. It's my fovourite Cj now , but  AIG tower from HK looks bad in your downtown.

[jacqulina 162]

yes i had a great valentines day chris thankyou i hope you did too.and yes i love your pics still my friend.those houses look excellent im sure there loving those pools.awesome work as allways and amazing pics.take care.

[Voulpiotis 4]

Amazing photos!!! This is just great work! Thanks for posting

[gabry85 2]

Great work with that suburb; even if they look alike (excellent hues, btw!) they're very realistic! Love that separating wall! Stunning overview!

[ky72x 13]

Nice custom off/onramp there. I don't even wanna know how many lots you've made for Copper Basin. The Arizona-style housing developments are very realistic. I have several relatives who live in the Scottsdale (Phoenix) area, so I know firsthand what they look like. You really nailed this update!

- Kyle

[Dsrwhat316 12]

this is an amazing CJ! my favorite pic is the one with the lateral interchange/MIS combo. that's really clever. i'll be sure to come back for more!

~ Dan

[vivydu29 60]

Wow, It's very beautiful, I love it.

[masssc4 3]

AMAZING, where did you get the Super Target and brown Walmart?, I remember seeing the Walmart at sc4d's forums is it released?

[JaWood 194]

I LOVE it! It's all coming together so well, and is looking very realistic. This is one of my favorite CJs on the site right now. Thank you for your hard work in putting this together for our enjoyment. I'm certainly enjoying it.

[Nardo69 51]

Great work!

Those AZ style houses remind me of the neighbourhoods they are building around Istanbul for richer ones ... seems to be that architecture style is kind of universal ...

Take care

Bernhard

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

That last night shot looks great! And I love that wild (not really wild but...yeah) transportation network, I'm tryig to get ideas to get out of my grid mode lol!

Kepp it up!

-Todd

[pepsi71ocean 2]

Some really good stuff. Even though its photo shopped with paint your NFL team looks good, and that stadium as well. Those houses fit in really well with the desert terrain. The road work looks really go as well.

[getdown11 0]

Yet another excellent update. The subdivision looks spectacular.

[seemurray2 21]

Sorry for the lack of updates recently.  Any spare, spare time I have had to play the game has been spent developing my new airport, which is gigantic (to me at least).  I am trying to make it really good so I have been looking at lots of aerial photos of real airports, mainly O'Hare and Phoenix's Sky Harbor, and I also have been having to make many more custom lots for the airport in the Lot Editor.  I am pretty slow at making airports, so right now it is about  50% finished, not counting the little finishing touches once all the "structural" work is done.

I hate posting here without showing any pictures, but I did want to just broadly answer a few of the questions asked within the comments from the last update.  The Arizona homes are the Posh Villa's from the Houston tile set from Maxis, I just edited the lots for them.  The Wal-Mart, Super Target, and Red Roof Inn were made by bobbo662.  I downloaded those a while back, and he has since removed the BAT's from this site to redo them.  I just redid the lots for un-updated versions that I already had myself in the Lot Editor.  He has started releasing some of the updated buildings over at SC4D.  

Anyway, again I 'm sorry for there not being any recent updates, but my next one will be the airport - so you will just have to wait - and no preview pics either! 

So in the mean time enjoy some of the many other wonderful cj's that are on the site!  see ya!

[seemurray2 21]

Yes, Hell has frozen over - and I am finally showing my airport! (I haven't been working on it this whole time, trust me!)  Really, this took a few days to finish - though I will do some editing to it as I continue spreading out my city.  Anyways, sorry for the long delay!

Here are the replies (half a month later)

jjune4991 - Thanks, I'm really glad you liked that!

bbfan02 - Thanks again for your great comments!

cityhawk - Thanks, I'm keeping it coming!  (slowly)

dfnva - Thanks!  Your right, that highway tunnel isn't functional.  Hopefully I answered your other question with the post above!  Thanks again!

PhilsCafe - I was just kidding with you!  I know you're not a perv!  You can have any of those home you want, they are all pretty much the same, Thanks again!

tigerplayer91 - Thank you, you can have a house, no simoleans needed!  Look at above post for answer to your question, thanks again!

luker91 - Thanks, you're right about the Red Roof Inn, their housekeeping sucks!  Thanks for commenting!

Giligone - Thanks man!  Thank you for always putting such great comments as well!

Jill Jacobs - Hehe, hopefully I answered your questions in the above post, and thank you for your great comments!

super_monkey - Those are Maxis homes I fixed in the lot editor, glad you like them - thanks for commenting!

Pablo_SIMMANIAK - Hey, thank you!  But why do you think AIG looks bad in my downtown?

jacqulina - Hey Jacky, did you miss me?! j/k  Glad you are still liking my pics!  Thanks for your wonderful comments!

Voulpiotis - Thanks, and thank you for commenting!  lol

gabry85 - Thanks, and thank you very much for always giving such great comments!

ky72x - Thanks, glad you liked the on/off ramp!  I have a ton of custom lots, I'm not even going to count them!  lol    Thanks again, that really means a lot!

Dsrwhat316 - Thanks, and sorry to keep you waiting!

vivydu29 - Thanks again for commenting, glad you like it!

rusummer1 - Thanks you!  See above post for answers to your questions!  Hehe, i'm lazy!

JaWood - Thank  you very much!  Hopefully I didn't lose your favor with that long break!  I am very glad you are enjoying it, and thanks for all the great BAT's!

Nardo69 - Thank you, you are right about the homes, they are sort of universal!  See ya!

SimHoTToDDy - Thanks, glad you like it!

pepsi71ocean - Thanks, glad you like my NFL team - and my road layout!  

getdown11 - Thanks, glad you liked it!  

Here are the pics, I will probably show them in two parts becuase there are so many of them - and  as always I will add the captions shortly!  hope you enjoy these...

Pic 15.1 - Starting off with a region shot...

Pic 15.2 - terminal map... as you can see, the logo and name is based off of Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport...

Pic 15.3 - Overview of airport from the West...

Pic 15.4 - Closer look at the terminal area.  I gained inspiration for this design by looking at pictures of Chicago's O'Hare International airport - w

[masssc4 3]

WOW that airport is HUGE!! Great Job!!

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, excellent airport! I love the taxiway that goes over the highway. Scary for the people on the highway, lol.

-bbfan02-

[jacqulina 162]

of course i missed you my friend,i love the region pic,awesome airport and huge,very nice planning and layout beautifull pics.take care.

[waway625 72]

lovin those houses in pic 14.6-.8 (where did you get them?) and that downtown shot is awesome too..and the airport is awesome..and well yeah the keyword for my post is...AWESOME!

looking forward to seeing the sprawl (if youre planning to)