Puerto Joya

[allez l'om 1]

your region will be wonderful

[lindsay-akihita-aomori 1]

very nice is good!

[jacqulina 162]

update 2 is awesome too my friend

[Mulefisk 15]

This city is excellent and you are awesome for making it. It is a little cluttered and some buildings are a little misplaced, but you make up for that by being so thorough about how the city has developed through the ages. It really makes the city a lot more believable. I might disagree with some of the choices you have made, but because you give a reason for everything, that doesn't matter. The thing that bothered me the most is how the railway cuts through downtown. It seems more likely that it would be place on the outskrits of the old city centre. I liked the 80's subdivision the most. I can just picture all the people with big hair, pink suits, and cell phones the size of backpacks living there. Just keep doing what you're doing. It looks great so far.

[feliwi 4]

well done, from so far, wonderful cj, good luck with it!

[masochist 111]

Awesome! I've been waiting to get a closer look at this region of yours for a long while now. I'm glad you finally decided to start a CJ on it. I'll be keeping an eye on this one, you can count on it!

[sc4portugal 10]

Very Very good! I wish you a lot of luck!

[Berethor07 110]

beautiful city, very realistic. Nice history!

I'm looking forward for more!

[waway625 72]

Replies

Geronimo - thanks glad you liked the intro, and i hope you'll like the present day tours (soon) as well

Dsrwhat316 - OMG, that mod is heaven sent, thanks for giving me the link (and thanks to the creator of the mod ) yeah that brown patch bugs me too, thankfully that mod fixed it for me

The_Hutt - Thanks

Connorc24 - haha, yeah, i figured it out because of the CJ in your sig

HamsterTK - thanks, this is my second try at a CJ, the first one was like it too (clarkstown) but the file got corrupted when i built my new PC

heinrick123 - haha you a davaoeno too? in fact the general layout is patterned after davao, the sprawl, the rivers even the old airport..Punta JOya, basically the shape of the region is patterned after davao, but the downtown is a mix between davao and cebu.ive taken inspiration from developments all over the country too (punta joya is like subic, the old airport that will soon be developed into..well im not sure yet, is like the mandurria airport in iloilo ..and so on)

of course davao doesnt have the skyline like puerto joya as the tallest in davao is only 18 floors (yeah too few high rises for a city of 1.5 million )

dralin321 - what a flattering comment i am humbled...thanks

allez l'om - thanks, i hope so too

lindsay-akihita-aomori - thanks

jacqulina - thanks jaky well technically it is still update 1 continued but watch out for update two

Mulefisk - thanks for the advice, ive been reading your CJ and its great, i could sure learn a lot from you

the cluttered development and the randomness especially at the city center is typical for most major cities in the philippines (you should check images of metro manila lol) same with the railway too (But it bugs me so much as it limits the development of the city center so i might reroute it later) passenger railways isnt popular in the philippines anyway so i find no use for it (actually im thinking of abolishing it)

masochist - thanks, actually this is the latest of about 3 attempts of making puerto joya lol so the ones i posted earlier were different cities im trying to keep it less "progressive" and the others just were too "first world" for my taste haha

sc4portugal - thanks, ill need a lot of them with all the crashes ive been going through 2gb of plugins and mods is making my crysis rig crawl LOL

Berethor07  - thank you please do com

[SimRabbit 48]

Great mosaic! I like the city too! good luck

[Dsrwhat316 12]

glad I could be of help to you!

and that is an awesome mosaic. i like how you opted to have some greenery in the city rather than just a concrete jungle. a nice touch!

~ Dan

[Smarty218 2]

Great mosaic, looking forward to more...

[gabry85 2]

Great update and nice city! I like the promenade and the park at the bottom especially! Will you show more "historical" pictures?

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, great job! I like the photo effect and I love the sea walls. I can't wait for the full update!

-bbfan02-

[Shingure 56]

Very nicely done. An abundance of information makes the Introduction worthwhile. Great work. I would love to see more.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Wow, great stuff! That was a TON of pictures in your first update. It all looks really good. Also, where did you get that long monorail station? I must have it!

[KingTitan 6]

Wow, what a tasty mix of architechture.. Quite the flare. Great stuff!

[masochist 111]

Wow...very nice mosiac!  Very colorful and busy.

[vivydu29 60]

Wow, It's very beautiful.

[Peng74 1]

Superb start to this cj. Your use of photoshopping has definetly added to it. Some of those early photos look almost real.

Keep up the good work and i look forward to seeing more.

[Geronimo 4]

Fantastic work, its just beautiful! The mosaic is very colourful and lively. I like how the city looks with all the parks and recreational areas. Great update, keep it up!

[jacqulina 162]

excellent mosaic my friend i love those seawalls

[panthersimcity4 162]

I love your city, it's so beautiful

[CarmineHilton 6]

The update @ must have taken AGES to post

But the result it superb! Wonderful!!

[tankmank 853]

wow very nice but the suburbs don't look quite right

[waway625 72]

REPLIES

SimRabbit - thanks (and a belated merry christmas too)  /* reads sig lol

Dsrwhat316- yeah twas very helpful is there a mod that removes the patch of white (or brown) on diagonal roads?

yeah the city is kinda green still, but in a random sort of way (as are most cities ive seen in the philippines) im limiting the number of skyscrapers too since Puerto Joya is in a developing country after all

Smarty218 - glad you liked it i just realized its kinda fun making mosaics lol, allows me to post bigger images haha..so should a mosaic be strictly vertical or is it possible to make horizontal mosaics too? im thinking 4 640x480 images (2 across and 2 down) next time

gabry85 - thanks, im afraid i may no longer have "old pictures" as these are the only ones i captured during the early stages of my city i think theres a pic or two still but im gonna check my fraps folder first and then figure out how to insert it in my next update

bbfan02 - thanks, yeah i love those seawalls too that i use them alot that and the japanese breakwaters are just lovely

Shingure - Glad you found the long intro (and too much text) a worthwhile read i was afraid i would bore people with too much blah blah

NMUSpidey - thats the "BLAM high capacity Monorail Station" id put the link, but im writing the reply on notepad ATM and will paste them later as i post my update lol, so just type the keyword on STEX if i forget to type the link LOL

KingTitan - thanks, and soon, when i get to the rural part, ill make reference as to how you made your forests (great forests and rivers BTW, im inspired)

masochist - lol thanks to the traffic generating lots its fun plopping them and creating horrible traffic jams /makes a sinister laugh

vivydu29 - thanks

Peng74 - thanks, i try to make them look photorealistic but they are hard, its easier on black and white photos though by blurring them hahaha

Geronimo - glad you liked the city center, well thats as "parky" (lol for the term) as it could probably get, since im trying to recreate a kinda disorganized city outside the city center but i hope youll like the chaos too

jacqulina - thanks jaky hmm maybe itd be nice if you had a tropical cabin at kembali

panthersimcity4 - thanks, i just read your CJ and am lovin the images too (for some reason i like looking at the esteban heights pic )

UPDATE 2

AROUND PUERTO JOYA the urban core and the districts of Poblacion, Alegria Hills, San Vicente and Don Alejandro

URBAN CORE

Puerto Joya's urban core is composed of the Poblacion and the districts of San Vicente and Don

[tcx 170]

This is beautiful, mosaics are great!

[Shingure 56]

Muy Bueno , Very Good , I like the use of the custom content . And the photoshopping is great. Keep up the great work.

[farmer-alex 2]

Spectacular !

And I love the colours -

Keep it up.

[Smarty218 2]

Fantastic work, I love the mosaics!!