GTA San Andreas

[elaroche218 0]

I have been a gaming enthusiast since the early 80's. With this journal I pay tribute to one of my all time favorites, GTA San Andreas. I spent many hours creating the map and will have to hand terraform mountains, hills, etc. It won't be 100% realistic due to limitations (diagonal bridges) and I will take creative liberties when needed to make the gameplay more SC4 friendly. Comments are welcome. In this first picture you can see the region map with early development in Los Santos. More to come.

[anarchy0029 2]

Nice mapping. Can't wait to see what your city will look like. Good luck.

[roboo1 1]

Good map!!! Hope to see some city pictures soon too

-roboo1

[elaroche218 0]

I have completed the seaport and industrial area of Los Santos, although I may revisit this area later. As you can see I am using some of Peg's great creations. I use a lot of concrete fillers which will give it a more industrial look. It kind of stands out now, but once development begins it should blend in nicely. I have placed a tunnel where a diagonal bridge in the game would be. I have also taken the liberty of expanding rail into the seaport area. On the edges of the picture you can see Los Santos International Airport and the beach at Playa Del Seville.

[simsmart 1]

You may or may not know about the satalite style map of san andreas. I think that this image would be of some great help.

EDIT: Hotlinking not allowed try this link and select the map you want.

[jugioh1012 2]

Wow,nice map and the seaport/industrial area looks exactly like in-game!Nice job!

[panthersimcity4 162]

Yay, this is one of my favs too. Can't wait to see San Fierro.

[City2TheMax 3]

nice start so far! I recently "acquired" GTA:SA and completed it, and have to say it is one hell of a game! I'm looking forward to Las Venturas, as it is my favorite city.

[psander5 198]

Great idea. This should be an interesting interpretation. I look forward to the badlands! I also like San Fierro!

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Never played San Andreas, but good luck building the cities! I'll keep a lookout for future updates.

[Yuxi 0]

Nice! I love GTA, can't wait to see more

[rct3twins 14]

Go on...

[fabsies55 5]

im gonna tell you the easy way noone ever told me the easy way and i got confused though... this is how u get a picture 800x600.

ok go on paint open pictures u what save as jpeg or jpg or whatever.. go on photobucket or imageshack.. upload that picture u just saved as jpeg... then on photobuck the picture u uploaded should have a link that says in it... copy that link and past it in the thing where u type dont put it in insert edit image just where u type ur message.

and thats as simple as it gets. took me like a month to figure it out

[rusty_777 0]

Can't wait to see some more.  Just be patient in re-creating this. 

Cheers.

[elaroche218 0]

Thank you for your replies and support:

anarchy0029- thank you
roboo1- thank you
simsmart- I have seen the map before and have used it a little, but my main point of reference is from the actual game itself on my PS2
jugioh1012- you are too kind, now if I could get some diagonal brideges and seaports, etc. I wouls really be on point
panthersimcity4- Yes, San Fierro will probably be the most beautiful part of the region
city2TheMax- Las Venturas will be a pleasure to do because it is the most grid friendly part of the map and should be easy, I wish I had some bat knowledge to make the casinos
psander5-  the Badlands will be tough because of Mount Chiliad and the terraforming, wish the mapping team could help me out
edmonton_stinks- Thank you, to get a better appreciation I wish you would check out the actual game
yuxi- Thanks
rct3twins- I'm going on
fabsie55- Thanks for the suggestion, I tried something with paint.net let's see if it works
rusty777- I will remain patient as I am trying to get this as close as possible

I am relying heavily on the work of many great batters and modders. I wish there was more work on diagonal lots such as seaports, rail, etc. If anyone knows where I could download this please direct me. I was dissatisfied with the original region so I started over. I removed the tunnels and rail to the seaport and have added 1 additional bridge. The main reason was too create a region with 4 large cities instead of 9 medium cities. It just makes a better flow (Los Santos airport would have been cutoff and the downtown section would not have an airport on the same city tile which would stunt the growth of the commercial district). I am also disappointed that I could not find a dome to place in the stadium section. Please direct me if you know of one. As always feedback is well received as is suggestions. This is my first city journal and I am a relative novice at this and need all the help I can get.

 

[jacqulina 162]

nice start my friend and great map there.

[Ace_F15 16]

Great idea, I love the first stuff you've done, can't wait to see more.

[Verticalhorizon 0]

Nice! I am going to make a GTA IV map! Hehe. Keep up working with San Andreas though, Liberty City seems somewhat tougher though.

[panthersimcity4 162]

Not bad, I however would suggest using Marrast's embankments for the canal things, it would help alot.