Cork

[roboo1 1]

Page number two!!!

I like how you created big industry buildings Are they bat's made by you?

-roboo1

[darren 7]

i dont normally comment on this threads, but this is by far one of the nicest looking city's i seen on on here for quite a while.

[WeekendCityPlanner 19]

Cork is looking good,  a well developed city. The only thing that bugs me is that the graphic options have been turned off for the most part.

[tigerplayer91 3]

Great port! It looks great and extremely realistic!

Keep up the great work!

Nickk

[ky72x 13]

Impressive work, both on Downtown Cork as well as the port. What I really like about the port is how you used many different buildings, from Maxis to custom, instead of it being a repetitive row of factories. Also, nice use of PEG's seaport lots as well as those container lots to add a bit of realism to an area that already has plenty of it. You're off to a very good start with this CJ, keep it up!

- Kyle

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Great work on the port. Somehow it still looks green, must be the photoshopping.

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Time for an update and this time we will be moving back to the commerical area and a closer look at some of the skyscrapers.

Now a look at the recent development along the river

During the nineteenth century the railway helped change Cork into an industrial powerhouse. On this spot there were large railyards and factories, today only one of the sheds remain and has been converted into the Cork Railway Museum.

[Explodingsims 3]

Looks Great. I love the Cork Trade Center. And the Waterfront is looking great too!

One Question, What is that building in the lower-left hand corner of the second picture?

[edmonton_stinks 5]

That is skyscraper madness! There's a great variety in there, you must have truckloads of plugins.

[ky72x 13]

The CCWTC is certainly one unique building, and I like that. Plus, the wind turbines add even more coolness to it. Nice blend of skyscrapers and mid-rises, I don't think I've seen any repetition yet! Lastly, that's a pretty clever idea to convert the train shed into a museum.

- Kyle

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nottheboss - Thank you, I'm glad you think its realistic

psander5 - The PEG seaports are great just a bit of a faff to sort out.

roboo1 - No, none of the BATs on this CJ have been made by me.

darren - Thats a big compliment, thank you!

Nemesis666 - I turn some of the options off whilst building and forgot to put them back on when taking pictures, doh!

tigerplayer91 - Thank you, again I'm happy that people think its realistic.

ky72x - Thanks alot for your comment, I do like to keep the buildings different for a bit of realism.

edmonton_stinks -  It does look green for an indstrial area, but in Cork we like our trees.

Explodingsims - This one? https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=1964

edmonton_stinks - My plugin folder is about 1.5 gig, hopefully Sim City won't overload with all the plugins!

ky72x - The wind turbines are cool, it took me ages to realise they existed on the building! If you look closely there is some repetition in the commerical area.

Heres a sneak preview of the next update and once again thank you for your comments

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The univeristy is located across the river to the commercial dsitrict. The area is a mixture of old buildings and new hi-rise development. In the centre of the area is the historic station.

The university specialises in Science and Sport. The picture below shows the science department, with excellent teaching and good links to industry, the department attracts students from across the globe.

Here is an overview of the main university area.

[stratusmonkey 0]

In light of the haze and soft-focus you add to your screen caps, your wide shots look like something out of SC3k. And on the off chance you detest SC3k, I don't mean my observation as an insult.

[fabsies55 5]

yea i agree with stratus monkey a bit but u should get some night shots of your city not many just a few. and possibly

1 little condensed are of buildings and one to over top every other building maybe tiberian thanefirst or the tornado building would both look good in your city. also

in your city i think it would then look brlliant but i still think you city now

looks very good.

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Great job on the university. There are a ton of dorms!

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I hadn't shown nighlights pictures before, becasue well I couldn't get them working, but I spent last night fixing them and thought I would show you some of the areas at night.

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stratusmonkey - hmmm, I think I over did the effects on the university looking back. Thank you for your comment!

fabsies55 - I did need some night shots, but before I couldn't get it to work. I didn't want to go too OTT with the skyscrapers, as I don't want Cork to look too much like a Dubai. I appreciate your comments and advice though.

edmonton_stinks - Thank you again for commenting. Of course not all the residentials are owned by the univeristy but there are certainly alot of places for students to live.

Moving away from the hi-rises, here is a teaser of the suburban town of Pewsley just outside Cork centre.

[jacqulina 162]

great looking docks there my friend,your city is looking excellent

[Ace_F15 16]

Cork is definitely going in my favorites! I love the pictures, great effects, wonderful night shots.

[ky72x 13]

Glad you got the nightlights working, they look great. Once again, I really liked the building variety. It shows even more at night for obvious reasons. Nice teaser shot, too. The highway interchange is quite unique.

- Kyle

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Thank you for your comments, I will reply to them later

Pewsley is located on Delta Hill, this height advantage gives residents an excellent view of Corks skyscrapers and the sea. The area was just forest until the development of the railway and later the buidling of Corks motorways, which allowed suburbs to form across the region.

In the centre of the town is the shopping centre.

The development continues across the motorway and forest.

[psander5 195]

Great work! Your shopping centre looks like places where I live! I like the way the modest stadium looks in the first picture. The green 'corridors' look good too!

[archesrule29 0]

Wow, this is awesome! The suburbs look so realistic! Man, I wish I could live in one like those...

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jacqulina - Thank you!

Ace_F15 - I am delighted that this is one of your favourites.

ky72x - I'm not very good with highway interchanges, I'm glad your liking Cork.

psander5 - thank you, the shopping centre is based loosely off my local.

archesrule29 - I'm glad you think its realistic, I'm sure we can sort you out a house somewhere

Now, time for an update. I couple of updates bakc I showed you the industrial port. The mayor of Cork noticed that the small oil refinerey and the containers needed to be expanded, as they could not cope with demand.

Plans were drawn up to build a new port and refinerey to the west of Cork. The plans also included an expansion of the commercial area.

Many new skyscrpaers were built in this area, this is one of my favourites.

A new shopping centre was also built.

All of this overlooked onto the new industrial port, perhaps not the most beatiful view ever but atleast the men in suits could see their workers sweating away from the computer chair.

More of the port to come

[penguin007 27]

Really amazing pictures there the downtown at night looks spectacular. It was the same for me no nightlights for ages then when I got them it added so much to the game

Will

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Time for another update, yes thats like two in 24 hours, woo. I realise I haven't done many maps so its a bit confusing to realise where all these places are in Cork. So I quickly drew one up showing the new port.

Here is a photo I forgot to show in the last update.

So heres the oil refinery. Which is a lot bigger than the one in the old port.

And finally the warehouses from the other angle.

The rest of the port hasn't finsihed developing yet, so we may revisit it in the future.

[KingTitan 6]

Looks great. The fuzziness of the pics I can do without.

[psander5 195]

I really like the port, the refinery and the commercial area and how they all work together. The 100 Bishopsgate building is one of my favourites too!

[ky72x 13]

Nice new and improved port! I like how you put the logistics center off of the main rail spur, it's a pretty simple yet realistic thing to do. You're right about the refinery, it's a lot larger than the old one. Nothing wrong with that, it looks even better!

- Kyle

[penguin007 27]

Thats a really cool port youve got there. lots of activity it seems and there aernt vast spaces of nothing like some Ive seen

Will