Alba Serena 3 - Rivieras

[Hester 700]

Please don't give up this CJ. I only just happened to find it..and others will too. We just need time to seek out your beautiful work.

This IS a lovely CJ, and I also like your sense of humor. I am thinking of the scene you had with the pigeons where there was discussion about becoming a helicopter pilot and the counter argument about his parents having taught him to fly with his wings. I got a big smile there.

Don't give up. Just hang in there. i think you have a pretty decent amount of people even now, my dear and you will have even more. Eat your icecreams and work on this CJ. :-)

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Dude, you do great work, your cities all turn out very well. You do have to give some time for people to see it and comment (I go 1-2 weeks between comments, and the most I've ever racked up is like 10-15: in two weeks!) So, it takes some time, but there really is one reason to do a cj, and that is that YOU enjoy it! I enjoy making mine, and if no one commented, I would still make it. So don't give up, because there is a lot of good stuff you've created.

[Twenty20 28]

R E P L I E S

Hester 

Thank you very much for your comment and your support. It’s true, I was a little discouraged. I think that I should make more updates, I’ll try to do them regularly now.

 

 

NMUSpidey 

Thank you too for your nice post, and as you say, the most important is that I enjoy my work and the cities that I made.

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And now, while enthusiastic crowd is waiting for my next update,    I show you 2 pics : one of the region (oh yes it’s rather bad, but I make my terraforming in the same time I make the cities. It'll be better soon)

For comparison, here is the first pic of my region

And here is a teaser, just a little lonely church like there are many in my country. And soon, you discover too a little village of Provence.

 

There’s often lonely goats walking in the country. The horses who are near them are peaceful, but one minute before I made this picture, there were also some bears...... 

Enjoy it, and see you soon !

[Schulmanator 5,805]

Looks like a fine start for your next town.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Haha, regions always look a little weird when you first start them, and then weirder still when you're only halfway done! Mine was like that once, too... At any rate, I'm looking forward to another beautiful update!

[dfnva 34]

Wow this looks nice. Amethyste looks like a nice resort town. The flora and waterfalls look great there. I also like the more European looking city. The Bats look great as do the extensive green areas and parks.

-Dan

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Schulmanator

 Thanks, I’m always glad to see you visiting my CJ, and today I show the entire city with the little church that I showed with the teaser.

 

NMUSpidey 

Thanks for your comment, and yes regions looks often weird at the beginning. It’s the first time that I make a region like this with terraforming, and it’s very pleasant to do.

Before Alba serena I was playing on flat regions :-D

 

dfnva

 Thanks for your nice comment. And for the european looking city (Paris) I’ll try to work there again in a few days... or in a few weeks.... :-D It's currently “on pause”.

  

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Update 10 : a little “provençal” village.

 

To make this, I’ve used these little nice houses that I have since a long time in my game, and I think that they’re very made for this kind of village.

 

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Here’s another post card sent from a tourist from Lou Cigaloun, a little village of Provence where he’s on holidays :

 

Dear Mum and Dad,

Just a little post card to tell you that my stay in Lou Cigaloun is finished.

But I don’t want to return. I stay here because it’s a real paradise. I’ve got a job, the Mayor needs somebody to be in charge of her statue, to clean it and to chase away the pigeons.

I hope to see you soon here.

 

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Hummmm he’s right, it’s a little sunny paradise. Let's have a fly by helicopter above this village :

 

As you can see, there are many stairs in the village. As I'm a good Mayor, I’ve decided that young people live up of the village, and elderly persons down.

This is a gift from inhabitants of Lou Cigaloun : a statue of me. To thank them I wrote a short speech of 20 pages who was very appreciated by everybody.

 

And now, we leave this nice place. The next city will be... even more coloured !

 

 

I hope you enjoyed it. See you soon !

[Schulmanator 5,805]

A delightful new town! And, someone else using my roadless city tutorial strategy... a little present will come your way for that.

[Benedict 3,119]

Great to see some more updates to your beautiful cj.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Ah, it's very pretty! It kinda reminds me of the track in Gran Turismo 4 called (I think) Citta di Aria where you race through the streets of this tiny European town. It's awesome.

And a short speech of 20 pages? I hope those pages were Post It notes!

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Oh, this is beautiful work.  Very unique IMO, I love the way you use the colorful little Mediterranean buildings on the hills.  The tower in the second to  last pic is very nice.  Good use of plazas, stairs, etc!  I know building on hills is difficult (at least for me)  but you have done it excellently!   I think I would like to live in this peaceful  village

[marco1771 0]

Awsome port love it!!

[anarchy0029 2]

Wow! What a refreshing update. It's like taking a vacation to a beautiful country. I hope to see more of your work, very impressive.

[Simtastico 0]

cool village! i've seen some ppl trying to do the same as you do but not suceed.. this is very interesting and well done! My favourite is the clocktower, nice view from there I believe

[Cobra_nVidia 30]

Your city is real nice as usual!

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Schulmanator

 

Thanks for your nice comment, and yes the roadless city strategy gives good results.

 

 

Benedict

 

Thank you for your comment and for your visit in my CJ.

 

 

NMUSpidey

 

Thanks for  visiting my little village and for your nice appreciation.

There were well 20 long pages to read (slowly)

 

 

BlondeTwiggy

 

Thank you for your nice comment, I am very happy that you appreciated my village, it took to me many hours for construction and also for terraforming, and I am glad that you like the result.

 

 

marco1771

 

Thank you very much for visiting and commenting my CJ.

 

 

anarchy0029

 

Thanks for your comment, vacations in these villages of the south of France are really appreciated by many people, the number of inhabitants often doubles the summer !

 

 

Simtastico

 

Thanks for your support, I see that my little village has succes, i’ts very pleasant that you like it !

 

 

Cobra_nVidia

 

Great thanks for your comment.

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull work looks so scenic excellent details

[Hester 700]

I think you are doing wonderful work. ;-)

[spore415 5]

nice city, "old styled" almost, giving it a sense of class. nice work! if you would,  i would like to see embassies in your cities.

[penguin007 27]

That is an awesome looking village. It looks very european with the little alleyways

Will

[Hester 700]

I have come by to read all the comments and see your lovely CJ again. :-)

[Zelgadis 638]

Wow, you weren't kidding when you said a "mixture of styles" at the beginning. I like seeing everything together!

But the first thing I noticed at the beginning were your roads with the gentle slopes and rolling hills. Very natural indeed.

ISF

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Nice village, though I fail to see how it could be more colourful. Now I'm really anticipating the next update!

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jacqulina

 

Thanks Jaqulina, It’s always a pleasure to see your nice comments.

 

 

Hester

 

Thanks for your support, and thanks for adding my CJ in your signature !

 

 

spore415

 

Thank you for visiting and commenting my CJ, and embassies in my cities, why not ?

 

 

penguin007

 

Thank you very much, my little village is really inspired by villages of Provence and also of Corsica.

 

 

zelgadis

 

Thanks for your nice comment, and the “mixture” continues with another city coming with my next update.

 

 

edmonton_stinks

 

I'm glad you like the colours, I’ve tried to reconstitute the reality when I built this village.

My next update is coming !! it’s here !!!

 

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UPDATE 11 – Little Venice

Hi everybody !!!

  

It’s not my first attempt for making a city with these nice and coloured italian buildings, but I’ve made a new city for my CJ, named Piccola Venezia (Little Venice) with canals, gondolas and gondoliers singing “o sole mio”..... It’s as if you were there !!

 

Have you enjoyed to navigate along the canals ? did you love the song “o sole mio” ? then you love Italy.

 

 

 

Thanks, and see you soon !

 

[Schulmanator 5,805]

I love it! Your town is so delightful... I must pay you for the pleasure it provides my eyes!

A beautiful canal city.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

That is a VERY pretty update (and I mean it, too, I'm not prone to using caps)! That is one very beautiful city you're working on there. I'm incredibly jealous of all the people living there (except when they have to listen to 20-page, excruciatingly slowly read speeches).

[anik 14]

BEAUTIFUL!! I Read it from the BEGINNING! IT rocks!!
Please dont give this one up my friend, it can go real far.

Dont worry about comments.. I once went a week without em in the beginning of my CJ, but perseverance always gets you far, and your CJ is AWESOME!!!!

Yes four ! marks beacuse of that very last update!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

Keep it up, i think Im gonna add you to my sig soon...

[anik 14]

and my second comment...

please tell me how you made that beautiful town on a hill, where did you get the stairs? and the walls - it is just breathtaking!

FOLKS - THIS IS WHY, NO MATTER HOW HARD MONTE CRISTO TRIES, CITIES XL WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE AS AMAZING AND CREATIVE AS SC4 RH

[dfnva 34]

Piccola Venezia definitely does look like a little Venice, very realistic. But I think my favorite of your recent updates is Lou Cigaloun, just beautiful how you have everything, the unique buildings, how you built on the hill, and the road with the NAM curves is great as well. Definitely looks like a place I'd enjoy going to on vacation.

-Dan

[penguin007 27]

Nice update again there your canal city looks awesome!!

Will