The story of La R

[Daan300 255]

Awesome! I love the island and amazing work on the story-line!

[Benlemaire 1]

thanks a lot ! I'm very proud and honored that trixie winners like my work. But this is just the beginning of the story !

[jacqulina 162]

excellent my friend,awesome detail

[Benlemaire 1]

@M. Beer : I'm happy that you like la Réunion ! You're welcome again, come and visit La Fournaise, Boucan, l'Anse des Cascades, Mafate... !

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 10 

Hey, by the way you learn some french ;-)

[psander5 197]

I like this very much! I just had a look at the island on Google maps, and noticed that there's no lake there any more! It seems to be just a marsh. What happened? Did you drink all the water?

Anyway. I like the way you're telling the story of the island. That region is lovely... but I believe I've mentioned that before

[Simbourgeois 139]

Great update! The story line gets more and more exciting, so it's good to know that it is "just the beginning of a long story"

Bien cordialement,

Simbourgeois

Maire de Belleville

[Benlemaire 1]

@psander : the lake has dried up and looks more like a swamp now ! and l'Etang Saint-Paul is very polluted ! But wait, we're just in 1654 ! You'll see why later !

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 11

*Some say a waterfall in America is so huge that it was named the same as our waterfall, or maybe it’s the contrary, I don’t remember.

 

Rain

• Most in one minute: 38 millimetres (1.5 in); Barst, Guadeloupe, 1970-11-26.
• Most in 42 minutes: 300 millimetres (12 in) in 42 minutes. Holt, Missouri, USA. 1947-06-22
• Most in 12 hours: 1,144 millimetres (45.0 in); Foc-Foc, La Réunion, 1966-01-08 during tropical cyclone Denise.
• Most in 24 hours: 1,825 millimetres (71.9 in); Foc-Foc, La Réunion, 1966-01-08 during tropical cyclone Denise
• Most in 48 hours: 2,466 millimetres (97.1 in); Aurère, La Réunion, 1958-04-10.
• Most in 72 hours: 3,929 millimetres (154.7 in); Commerson, La Réunion, 1958-04-10 during Cyclone Gamede.
• Most in 15 days: 6,083 millimetres (239.5 in); Commerson, La Réunion, January 1980 during tropical cyclone Hyacinthe.
• Most in one year: 25.4 meters (1000 in); Cherrapunji, India.
• Highest average annual total: 13.3 meters (523.6 in); Lloro, Colombia.

(according to wikipedia)

[Simbourgeois 139]

Very nice, detailed and informative presentation  I personally didn't know the rainfall statistics...

Keep up the great work!

Bien cordialement,

Simbourgeois

Maire de Belleville

[Follarch 326]

I'm still in awe over that region you've terraformed. So detailed. Was it imported? I can't import regions, my game always screws up the elevation for some reason.

I love that waterfall and subsequent river. So scenic. I can barely imagine what the land would turn into if the sim"city" part of the game came into effect.

[PhatHead 248]

Wow what a history story terrain this cj has me going insane.

[Schulmanator 5,798]

Very nice. What a cool island.

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 12

Hope you like it !

 

[Benlemaire 1]

@ Archean : yes, the map was baiscally imported. By the way, I apologize for not giving credit to its creator, but I don't know who he is.

The map showed with precision the mountains, the coast, the plains and such, but I had to redraw every single ravine and river. That was the hardest part of the terraforming. 

Just be patient for the sim cities, the first settlers haven't been all around the island yet !

[TekindusT 3,809]

The Rivi

[Benlemaire 1]

@TekindusT even if you're not used to look at natural CJ's... you'd better enjoy it before I go further in history ! we have freeways, airports, supermarkets... and we're gonna reach soon 1 million inhabitants

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 13

[Mayorm 14]

Great update, and wonderful scenery

[lucky7 73]

Great work, especially with the map / terraforming. May I ask you how you built the landscape or which terrain mod you are using? Keep going, I am looking forward to more,

lucky7

[Benlemaire 1]

@lucky7 it was made from a map i found on the stex. I had to redraw many things however, like rivers and ravines. The terrain mod is colombus

[Schulmanator 5,798]

I have been enjoying this - your work is very well done.

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 14

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 15

[Solopop 6]

Make a town!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull scenery my friend great details

[Benlemaire 1]

@Solopop it's coming !!!

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 16

They proved to be extremely imaginative.

I Hope you like it !

[SCA Jolly 0]

*****Small spoiler for The Mauritius Command, by Patrick O'Brian, below******

OH MY GOD BENLEMAIRE.

(first of all, fantastic effort on the terraforming, secondly)

I am just now reading The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian. It's a part of the Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin series. No big spoiler at all, but this island figures in it. It has just become 51830% more immersive to me, as has this thread. I would practically -beg- you to read the book (it's the fourth in the series, but can stand alone, by all means) if you haven't. It might inspire you. =)

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Awesome,  I like how you incorporated the real life pics with the in-game pics.  Great terraforming! so beautiful