[IFN] Harroning

[Benedict 3,119]

Very industrial-looking housing... not always easy to pull off well, but you've done an excellent job.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Excellent use of Peg's ports.   Outstanding.

[Rictiovarus 1]

Nihonkaranws: Thanks! I'll certainly try to keep this going for longer than my previous projects.

Penguin007: Thanks!

Simfan34: Wow! That's some praise! Thank you. I've grown to love the Plopmodd exactly because of that.

Simtastico: Thanks! I will.

Smarty218: Thanks!

Oceanmariner: Once again, Plopmodd.

Twenty20: Thanks!

Benedict: Thanks! I've elaborated on that concept in this update.

Abcvs: Thanks! I've downloaded almost all of Peg's stuff....

It seems that making your own stuff is kind of hard, so I won't be able to show my project to you yet, so here's some more other stuff. We return to Donarheim, the old city. We already visited the classical sections, but Donarheim has other areas too...

And to balance out these inner-city pictures, here's a little village along the river Ams (aan de Ams means 'on the Ams').

And here is the 5 star hotel overlooking the same river. (Amszicht means 'View of the Ams')

And as a closer, a teaser of sorts for my secret project. Can you guess what it is?

That's all for now, until next time!

[Simfan34 11]

hmm.. .uhh.. a race track?

Wonderful update, but how are we to get to the Hotel Amszicht? There is no road!

[Smarty218 2]

Wow, beautiful! I love the waterfront and the homes there!

~TJ

[Rictiovarus 1]

There actually IS a road there. It terminates at the building you can just see the edges of. An underground elevator/rail then takes everybody to the hotel.

[jacqulina 162]

excellent work my friend,great details

[psander5 195]

Ahh the racetrack!! I've been watching you develop that. It looks good.

I like the way you've built the medium density housing streets. The trees behind look great. (it's one of my favourite ways to build residential)

I'm a fan of the sunken highway in Donarheim too.

[penguin007 27]

A racetrack?!?!?!?!? Ive seen you develop it but wow I want it so bad!!!! Nice update though I like the hotel

Will

[Rictiovarus 1]

I'll release it as soon as I get the guardrails to align properly.

[oceanmariner 0]

Wow, I love how you blended in the Maxis rowhomes with the non-Maxis ones! It's nice how everyone has trees in their backyard dispite being in the inner-city.

The Hotel is absolutely A M A Z I N G !!! Probably my favourite feature of your CJ so far!

And I can't wait to see what your project is!

[Rictiovarus 1]

All those rowhomes are maxis, btw

[oceanmariner 0]

Haha! See I couldn't even tell! Awesome job, keep it up!

[manubeas 0]

This cj is just awesome. I would like to say, Im definetely putting a link to your cj in my signature. Well done!

[roboo1 1]

Fantastic job with that hotel (maybe you really should have made a road so that it would look better). You got me interested in that race track! Hope to see more of it soon

[nihonkaranws 88]

Are you kidding me? Are you *bleep*ing kidding me? What the heck was that? Was that even SimCity 4? Because if it was, I'm going to have to faint now! You certainly pulled away from SC4's unrealistic roots and made a city that has me at the edge of mi seat, wondering how the heck something so realistic and beautiful was made with SC4! FRIKKING AWESOME MAN!

[Rictiovarus 1]

Smarty218: Thanks!

Jacqulina: Thank you!

Psander5: I'm beginning to like ti as well. It works very well for bulking out a city.

Penguin007: Thanks! The track is going to take a bit longer though...

Manubeas: WOW! Thanks! That's awesome. I'm going to name something after you as gratitude, like a bridge or a building. Your choice, no limit.

Roboo1: It HAS a road. It just ends a bit earlier.

Nihonkaranws: Hehehe. Thanks!

Sorry guys, the track isn't done yet. The guardrails consistently fail to align properly. I think they do it out of spite, the little bastards...

Nevertheless, "Nulla tenaci invia est via", as a certain company puts it. Cookies if you guess which one...

So, anyway, we where at Weurtingen. There's a little river and spring nearby I wanted to show you.

Now that that's out of the way, we can move on to something more exciting. Remember in the history bit I told you about the large asian contingent? HA! Didn't expect a test did you?

Anyway, most of those where from certain agreements made with the Emperor of China (or at least in his name) in the early 1800s. These agreements allowed Harroning a sizable portion of trade, colonies and special goods in return for what can only be described as a reverse colony. An expedition was mounted and a section of land was set aside for the newcomers. They called it Qiao Cheng. The expedition wasn't all that succesful, but retrieving all the colonists was far too expensive, especially since the Opium War started, and such an expedition would surely be attacked by the British. Over the years, the Chinese ceded Qiao Cheng and it's inhabitants to Harroning in exchange for Harroning's Chinese colonies. The Chinese maintained a strong cultural identity, but over the years integrated with Harroningan society so much that fully half of the colonist's descendants live outside the city, and Chinese became a second language for most Harroningans. Qiao Cheng is now a district of the city Alderingen.

tl, dr: I needed an excuse to use the fantastic Asian bats.

And some more regular Alderingen pictures.

On a side note, dýou think I put too many pictures in each update?

[nihonkaranws 88]

Hey hey hey, some of my little block BATs being used there, hehe. Great looking Asian city!

[oceanmariner 0]

Wow, I love it! Especially that GORGEOUS Nout Spring!!!!!!! Great use of the Asian buildings.

Totally awesome job with those Alderingen row homes and neighorhoods too!

And no, you certainly do not post too many pics! Don't stop the eyecandy!!! Please!

[anarchy0029 2]

WOW!!!! That's some hell of scenery of you city . Harrnoning looks alive and realistic. Espcially Qiao Chen.

[penguin007 27]

Nice update again there. I love the asian part of your city it looks like its got lots of variety. Shame about the crash barriers not lining up. Hope you sort that out

Will

[manubeas 0]

Wow!!!! It just keeps getting better and better!! This is really a great cj! I love those row houses and suburbs,!!! BTW: there is no need on naming anything after me, you deserve a bit of publicity! Thanks for the offer, if you think its necessary, then go ahead!

[Rictiovarus 1]

So uh yeah. Hello. My sabbatical is sort of over, but don't start to expect any regularity from now on.

Anyway, replies!

Nihonkaranws: You made these? Good job! They're excellent.

Oceanmariner: Guess I disappointed you for a while, eh?

Anarchy0029: Thanks!

Penguin007: Technical difficulties. I had to reinstall windows, and now the BAT won't recognize gmax. eugh...

Manubeas: Thanks!

First we visit Abrogane, a nature reserve and former hunting grounds of the Grand Baron. His palace is still maintained and a popular tourist attraction.

Then, we return to Alderingen, and view a bit of concrete, steel and glass.

Parrunnerzijl ( the dutch ij is one letter, '-zijl' is pronounced 'zile' ) is a small city, which sprang up around the harbour. It's generally regarded as a bit of a lower class place, despite the lush surroundings.

Moinse Split (pronounced Moinz-eh Split) is an older city, favored amongst local businesses and possessing a great nautical tradition, especially with small ship and yacht construction and sailing. 

So that's it for now. Good night!

[SirUnger 13]

Amazing work. I like how you combine the great nature with urban areas.

Abrogane looks really nice, I like the castle. I was there and I've sawn the castle of Neuschwanstein and it was very impressive.

[manubeas 0]

oh my goodness.. this cj just inspires me. It is amazing how you terrarform and your landsacpes are just brilliant. I love how you space your buildings and those piers are just.. wow. They say that when you got no words to describe somethin means you are in love... well.. Im in love with your cj!

[roboo1 1]

Wow wow wow! Terrainforming is excellent and the castle looks perfect! Can you tell me where did you get this castle from? Thanks

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

I thunk you have done it, you are actually making maxis buildings look BEAUTIFUL. That's no easy feat! The whole CJ looks great, its defiantly unique, you have done a few things I have never thought to do!

Great job sir,

-Todd