Nimbus Bay

[MallowTheCloud 41]

This CJ is based on the landform Long Beach .


Here is my folder of plugins (1.01):



I'm using NO cheats and playing the game on HARD.


Here are the three region maps I have so far (1.02, 1.03, 1.04):




Okay, you can see the city names by the last image there. However, as you know, SC4 makes cities on tiles that are square, and those cities are not square.

So, in many cases one city is on two tiles, or two cities (or more) are on one tile.

So, we'll create terminology: a 'city' is a space I have outlined in red above, a 'tile' is an SC4 city.


Alright, that said, I have three tiles I'd like to showcase today: Nimbus Bay, Lorea, and Cloudclaw Bay. I will organize them this way: first I'll show the landform, then the traffic, then the 'census' so to speak, then four images from the tile itself. Let's start with Nimbus Bay!




Here is the vital information for the Nimbus Bay tile (1.05, 1.06, 1.07):








Here are pictures from the city of Nimbus Bay, downtown. The first is just a downtown shot, the second is downtown along the shore, and the third is the residential area of downtown (1.08, 1.09, 1.10).








And finally, while we're on the tile of Nimbus Bay, I'll show a picture of downtown Wapeng (1.11).





Okay, now on to the Lorea tile. Once again, the vital information (1.12, 1.13, 1.14):








Now, the only city on the Lorea tile is Lorea... so no need to worry about confusing people there. Here are some shots of downtown, the first is the center of downtown and the second is a portion at night (1.15, 1.16).






Two more images... the first is the Lorea University area, and the second is a portion of the mid-rise residential area (1.17, 1.18 ).







Okay, finally we have the tile of Cloudclaw Bay. First, the vital information (1.19, 1.20, 1.21):








Next, we have pictures of the downtown of the city of Cloudclaw Bay... wow, that was a lot of 'of's... The first is residences downtown, and the second is downtown at night (1.22, 1.23).






Next, we have a small portion of the city of Allus (1.24).




Finally, we have a portion of the city of Norte (1.25).






Okay, that's all for the first chapter. Here's the population information so far:

Residents: 351208
Commerce: 152384
Industry: 71400


I'd like to thank all the people at SimTropolis. Without you, none of this would be possible, as I'd have been bored of SC4 long ago.

I'd especially like to thank the Mapp Squad, Jeroni, and the makers of all the mods I'm using, as well as those I'm not .


Thanks for reading this first update, and...

Questions, comments, concerns, and suggestions are always welcome!

[sloppet 3]

Good work mallow the c.!!! I'll keep an eye on this one for sure!!

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[ron01_000_000 1]

I like your region, please show a photo(s) showing the SC4

city ordinance screen for the cities.

 

I would like to see what city ordances you have inacted.

[RadioheadFan 1]

Excellent work dude! Loving your work, can't wait to see some more pics!

RHF

[Dutchdragon 74]

Wow, you're really playing the game on HARD[:0][:0]??!! That's impressive, I always play it on easy... Anyway... good luck with your CJ, i can hardly wait for more pictures!!!!

[screamomatic 14]

You have some seriously bad traffic near downtown. But on the good side, the pics you showed look good.

[tijn21 2]

Great outlay, nice pics and nice monthly balance!!!

 

 

Great Job!!

[oroen 0]

I spy with my little eye... tilted grids!

[meinhosen 11]

This looks like a CJ to keep track of... [hits Subscribe button]

Can't wait to see more... especially some closeups of that diagonal grid in your downtown.

[andrew george 0]

This is a good start, makes me want to see more pics.....

 

A

[Fairlane500 8]

Awesome, I like the incorporation of residential towers into downtown, very realistic.

I never would have thought of seeing a large city on the site of a real world ghost town, or an old oyster port. Good work.

 

PS: I'll get around to using that map one of these days.

[flamesrock 6]

Hey, Mallow

Just curious, how did you extract this image from the .sc4?



Great start, by the way.

[sloppet 3]

I don't know for sure how mallow the cloud done that, but maybe he just opened every city , and he mad prnt screen's of this small mapin the bottom left corner and later he just made one pic fom them all...

[jacqulina 162]

great start

[aasim45 1]

Gr8 Upd8!!!

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Wow, lots of replies!

Okay, let's go one by one:

sloppet: Thanks!

ron01_000_000: Thanks! I'll try to get those city ordinance screens for you.

RadioheadFan: Thanks!

Dutchdragon: Yep... hard! I decided to do that because it's more fun with a challenge. But... if you can get high mass transit usage, then it's hard NOT to make too much money. Thanks!

screamomatic: Thanks! I'm going to try to resolve the traffic by switching the regular roads to one-way roads. I already have bus service, subway service and a monorail serving that area... you would think they wouldn't be congesting the roads so much...

tijn21: Thanks! The monthly balance is because, as I said up there ^ , lots of mass transit equals a good budget... if you have a WHOLE bunch of usage.

oroen: Yep, tilted grids!!! They were fun to make and even more fun to look at. Thanks!

meinhosen: Thanks! I'll try to get some pictures of that diagonal grid, though it's just low to mid rise commerce.

andrew george: Thanks!

Fairlane500: Thanks! Yep, I love that map. It has so many terrain features... I think the only thing that's lacking is a (major) river, but EVERYBODY has a river, so why not be different .

flamesrock: Thanks! That's actually just a city map picture (the same as a traffic map), just with the All Off button selected. I just took a 'snapshot' and then cropped the image.

jacqulina: Thanks!

aasim45: Thanks!



Okay, that's everybody. I think I'll have another update later today.

Thanks again for all your support!

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

This is a great CJ!!! I like how you pull the images out. oh yeah, you can do this by simply useing the camera feature ingame and snap a picture of the window.

[kingofsimcity 5,740]

Hey Mallow!

I really like how this CJ started! Great Job!

BTW, I think you should use the CSX Sloping mod. Thats gives a way more gentle slope and plus it works better!

[JoeTheMailman 0]

Dear Mallow:

I like your approach to journaling, especially the peek under the hood at your budget.

Things I'd like you to elaborate on:

--those tilted grids

--your tax rates: flat or varied?

--nuts and bolts of your mass transit; how do you keep it in the black?

--No neighbor deals? Interesting. So your tiles are self-sufficient? Show us how you do it--looking forward to it!

[jacqulina 162]

more please

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Hi everybody!

Sorry I'm late. I really should have gotten to this yesterday.


Anyhow, time for some responses first:

newyorkrunaway1: Thanks!

kingofsimcity: Thanks! I like the BRF slope mod more, personally... The CSX one actually gives a less gentle slope... but it is easier to use.

JoeTheMailman: Thanks! I will show all of those in this update.

jacqulina: Fear not! More is coming.




This update is really just fulfilling requests from people who would like to see more about how I am playing the game. I took all but one piece of information from just one tile (Cloudclaw Bay). The first pic is showing an example of how I did tilted grids. There are almost infinite ways to do tilted grids, these are just two (this is the only pic taken from the Lorea tile):




Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way, the rest of the pics and info are from the Cloudclaw Bay tile. First, I'll show the ordinances:






Next, the mass transit usage (the reason I am making so much money in the transit column):




Next, we have an improvement I made downtown. Before, the roads were regular roads, but I switched them to one-way roads:











Here's the subway system (the red streak you still see on my congestion map):




Okay then, here's that diagonal grid to the southeast of downtown... it's mostly low-rise businesses:




I use a (mostly) flat tax system... so far. That will change if I feel the need to. I keep the dirty industry on another map:




Finally, how does my city stay self sufficient utility-wise? This is how:










Here's the population information so far:

Residents: 357638
Commerce: 147605
Industry: 71292


Yay! That was today's update. The next one will actually involve new development, as well as more interesting information on the current cities.

Thanks for reading this update, and...

Questions, comments, concerns, and suggestions are always welcome!

[RadioheadFan 1]

Great update! I can't imagine how long it took to design those one-way roads properly...overall, great work. Begging for some city shots here, however...

RHF

[MallowTheCloud 41]

RHF: Thanks! City shots, eh? Okay! Expect that for the next update.

[theblademaster 1]

hey,

good looking city, you have used an interesting streep patern.

i realy concur with RadioheadFan,....less numbers....more pictures

 

[jacqulina 162]

very well done roads and streets

[PhilsCafe 8]

Great, another CJ. It's very basic, but I like it. I particularly like the map (you guys from the mapp squad do a great job anyway) and that interesting road layout.

Keep it up.

- Phil

[nealos101 20]

ooo mallow... that road system is 'perfect'... ;-). Great work! Gud luck 2 it if I can't find it for like... months.  With so many CJ's floating about I don't think I could find one without comign across another great one, especially if it's starting up...

Hate to live near that dirty zone you got there... even if it is by the corner! lol

 

Nealos101.

[captain_cookie 0]

Interesting street layout! Do I sense a little inspiration from Harry Potter?? lol. I like how you showed us your budget. Until now, I never noticed that transportation also gives you revenue! whoa! [:0]

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Hi all!


Let's start with some responses:

theblademaster: Thanks!

jacqulina: Thanks!

PhilsCafe: Thanks!

nealos101: Thanks! I'll show a pic of the area near the power plants... showing that nobody has to live nearby .

captain_cookie: Thanks! Harry Potter? Where? I didn't know I put something in there relating to that...


Okay then, time for an update!



Let's start with a new tile: Yuki Strait. Here's the vital information on the city of Yuki:








Okay then. Next, here's why the power plants and incinerators don't affect my cities too much:




Here's a regionwide shot of progress thus far:




And finally, here are some city shots! Ya know, the ones you've been asking for... these are centered on the downtown area of each city.














Here's the population information so far:

Residents: 378795
Commerce: 153499
Industry: 72139

Thanks for reading this update, and...

Questions, comments, concerns, and suggestions are always welcome!

[Fairlane500 8]

A town on Long Island, tsk tsk tsk.

Awesome town overviews there, I especially like the layout of Wapeng, seems just like a city with a residential tower development.