CKSmooth Showcase

[CKSmooth 0]

Hi, haven't posted here for... Wow probably somewhere near a year now. I've engrossed myself in Beyond the Sword for Civ 4 lately but I've decided to keep an updating place for my screens here, so I'll just get straight to it...

These first few are from my newest region, downloading from the STEX as "Cloudhaven", the first city being Reve, with a population of 13,084.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

A real mix of building styles, from old through to modern... but then many cities are like that.

[bbfan02 23]

Good start. I like the different areas a lot. I look forward to more.

-bbfan02-

[nottheboss 1]

Welcome back and I understand why you went Bts is very good

[helsinkisvit 0]

pretty nice

[Haljackey 17,272]

Nice start, CKSmooth!

I like the nice suburban feel and your road layout. It looks very similar to my hometown! I will follow this CJ as you progress!

Best,

-Haljackey

[vivydu29 60]

Great start, I like your city.

[CKSmooth 0]

Thanks for the replies guys!

abcvs: Yeah, my hometown is alot like that, when there was an influx of Swedish and Polish immigrants during the second world war, and now with a huge asian boom.

nottheboss: Oh yeah. I've had Civ since 06 but still cant get much higher than Warlord difficulty :/

[KingTitan 6]

Interesting work there Mr. CKSmooth.. I do however suggest smoothing out or leveling some terrain.....That one soccer field looks like its on brick stilts. LOL.. But hey....definitely for the most part it's an interesting CJ... Ill be back more to seee progress....Keep up the good work friend.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

CKSmooth, you should check out the War Academy at Civfanatics.com. That place is the best for Civ-related info and downloads. (I'm still languishing at Warlord level myself) Anyways, I like what I see here. Those are some interesting closeups. Now, how about some wider shots? Let's see what else you got!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Glad to see you back. You have an interesting start for your showcase.

[Geronimo 4]

Hey, nice to see a CJ not going bananas with custom content This was nice, you even got the Maxis tenenments to look good, but as mentioned, the football field looks a little misplaced... Hope to see more from you mate!

[CKSmooth 0]

KingTitan: Thanks, but some places in the real world have to build fields like that. Leveling terrain doesn't always give a more beautiful appearance, especially in my case.

NMUSpidey: Thanks! I'll definitely check that out.

[zane900 1]

Wow, it's been a long time, CKS.

Great, as usual!

[jacqulina 162]

great start my friend rally great work you have done

[CKSmooth 0]

[bbfan02 23]

Looking forward to the devloped region! It looks good so far!

-bbfan02-

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Wow, that is a really cool region! It should fill up quite nicely.

[jacqulina 162]

great region view my friend,i love the rail winding through the trees nice shot

[gabry85 2]

I like the region! The city pictures are very nice, keep it up!

[nottheboss 1]

I'm a bit of a pro so mostly deity

That looks like a nice sort of suburban type place

well done!

[CKSmooth 0]

nottheboss: Thanks, that's what I shoot for.

I apologize for the long pauses, and thank those with patience and good taste for tuning in. These first few pictures are from an old project that I quickly updated and snapped some photos of; my hometown, Vancouver BC. It's pretty accurate but for the most part it was meant to be fictional and not stay true to real life (except leaving Stanley Park one big forest, which I did)

And now a couple pictures of the previous region's work, Cloudhaven:

This one I just had to show; it was a crazy pile of no-dependancy-boxes that showed up in place of trees after deleting Cycledoggs Tree Modds and placing a forest:

cRaZy!

Cheers

CKSmooth

[nihonkaranws 88]

That's cool! I look forward to more!

[Yeah_Right 2]

Haha nice last pic. I like the diversity of buildings you have there.

[jacqulina 162]

excellent progress very nice building work my friend

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, that looks cool! Lol. Great pictures and work!

-bbfan02-

[CKSmooth 0]

Thanks for all the comments guys!

I have but one question I'd like to throw out there to aid in my buildings of les cities.

What is one major criticism that you think would make the pics/city planning better?

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Hmmmm, maybe to have a vision for the overall look and feel for how you want it to end up first. Then, select the zoning and buildings and such to go with your vision. SC4 and RL both let sprawl get the upper hand quickly. Kinda take your time and let the sims whine a while so you can get things just the way you want them.

[CKSmooth 0]

Hmm, thanks for the advice, it was interesting! I'll try and implement that... it's hard to find a BAT standard here as many dependancies just vanish from the exchange. But stayed tuned for some more pics sometime.

[jjune4991 1]

the boxes...they're alive...AHHHHHH!!!!!