The Source- Custom Lotting at its Finest

[Dsrwhat316 12]

Foreword

Welcome one and all to my second City Journal! After the unexpected success of my previous CJ, the Republic of Bevelle, coupled with the death of my hard drive, I bring to you The Source. Everything you see here will be custom tailored to my needs. I do plan to release a few of my lots in the future, time permitting. With everything being custom, the city building will be slow, which always has been my style. Updates will come once a week, with teaser shots here and there.

I'll only have three pics to start things off right now. The city is not detailed enough to showcase yet, but I'll add a few more pics over the next couple of days. I hope this turns out even better than Bevelle was in terms of both readership and quality. Only time will tell if this is the true Source....

Stay tuned...

~ Dan

[psander5 195]

Looks like a great beginning. i didn't see Bevelle, so I hope to make ammends by following this one. It seems to me that lotter's cities are often the best.

That pathway/embankment is absolutely amazing!

[un1 41]

Whoa, even though there is three pictures, the CJ looks lovely. I can`t wait to see more. Good Luck!!

PS: Nice parks. They look amazing!!

-un1

[Schulmanator 5,787]

I like what I am seeing here. I look forward to awesomeness!

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

I loved Bevelle so I can't wait to see this new one!!  Your work is always astounding...Custom lots, even better   I like the River Park and curvy road...Looking forward to more

[Haljackey 17,302]

Dsrwhat316 has returned! What an impressive start to The Source!

I can already see that you have imported the unmatched road curves from Bevelle. It really adds an edge to the feel of the city.

I will be watching this one! You have showed that you have what it takes to make a successful CJ, and I hope your new hard drive doesn't crash!

Best,

-Haljackey

[ky72x 13]

Welcome back to the CJ world, Dan! You sure know how to impress. That's one nice city, I can definitely tell that this will be a great successor to Bevelle. It's also good to see the custom lots back in full force. For only three pictures, that was quite a start... but we all know you're pretty famous for short updates and teasers. Can't wait to see much, much more excellence.

- Kyle

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Well, the three pics you've shown are certainly a good start. I'll try to keep up

[jacqulina 162]

great start and intro my friend very nice first pics

[GMT 389]

It's a nice start. I like the last picture with the curved road and river pieces. looks very cool.

waiting for more

[fabsies55 5]

looks pretty kool can't wait to see more.

[Tia-may 0]

Very nice city squares and great work on places of recreation.

[Shingure 56]

I LOVE!! Your lotting skills. Iam still having a hard time with editing even some of the smallest stuff. The Source is something I am looking forward to for a while.

[Dsrwhat316 12]

Teaser

Thanks, everyone for commenting! I'm sorry I can't do replies tonight; but I will answer everyone when I present my first update on Sunday. Until then, I'll give you a pair of teaser shots. Hopefully these will suffice:

~ Dan

[Hamish 1,369]

These look great. Its a pitty that the textures show through the road on the picture "Tyne- Financial District". But other than that these look good.

Waiting patiently for more...

[fabsies55 5]

have you got any pictures of like your entire city or atleast more zoomed out or of a few more other things??? but it looks pretty good so far.

[Patricius Maximus 236]

From what I can see it looks very good. I haven't read Beville (unfortunately ), but I've seen your work in other places. It appears that this is a small step up.

I'll be looking forward to more.

- Patricius Maximus

[roboo1 1]

Good start and nice job with that river! ( must have take a lot of time to plop it)

[Craig91 12]

Delighted you've started a new CJ, can't wait to see more

[Dsrwhat316 12]

psander5: Shame you didn't see Bevelle; but I hope you enjoy this CJ!

un1: Thanks, my friend! I'm glad you enjoy seeing the parks featured and I hope you stay tuned.

Schulmanator: Thanks, man; great to see you here!

BlondeTwiggy: Custom lots is the name of the game for this CJ. It's one of the reasons why I won't be updating as frequently as I did with Bevelle. Thanks much for commenting!

haljackey: Hey, buddy! I knew you'd appreciate my road infrastructure. I will be picking up where I left off; continuing to experiment with texturing road curves. Thanks for dropping by!

ky72x: Ah, one of my most faithful readers... nice to see you again, Kyle! True; the updates will be short, but I prefer quality over quantity. This one city will take me probably a few months to complete, but I assure everyone you won't see same thing twice in this city!

NMUSpidey: Please do keep up; it'll be quite a ride, I assure you!

jacqulina: Hello again, my friend! I look forward to your support throughout this CJ.

GMT: Thanks, man; I'm still learning how to use those river pieces, but I like a challenge!

fabsies55 (1st post): Thanks, my friend!

Tia-may: Glad you like the open spaces; there's plenty of them in Tyne.

Shingure: Thanks, my friend! Maybe I can give you a few pointers here and there; just let me know if there's anything I can help you with!

hamish: Yeah, that kinda frustrates me. But it is a game glitch I can do nothing about. I'm glad you approve!

fabsies55 (2nd post): This city is barely even started; so an overview won't show much at this time. I'm also a slow city builder, so it'll be awhile before we see a full-blown city. I hope you stay and watch!

Patricius Maximus: Thanks, man. Unfortunately, most of my Bevelle CJ is indispose, due to the outage here at Simtropolis a couple months ago. I'm glad you are following this one, though!

roboo1: Yes, quite a lot of time was taken to create the river. I'm almost finished laying out the entire river. Glad you like!

CraigKingOfIreland: Thanks, friend; hope you enjoy the update!

Update 1- Clean Cut

I bring to everyone the first official update of The Source! I plan on making most of my updates to contain mosaics, so that all details can be displayed. Please note that the game clock hasn't been started yet, which means there will be no traffic on the roads for a little while longer. Let's get started....

Sorry for the lack of "new" stuff; next update will make up for it. Until then...

~ Dan

[KingTitan 6]

Looks outstanding dan....I love the curved part there earlier in this page....Nice touches guy.

-KT

[marco1771 0]

i like the use of the plazas on the waterfront looks very nice!! keep up the good work!!!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Very nice! This is looking like a great area to live and work. Fine job you have here.

[un1 41]

Nice work!! I must admit that you are amazing at SimCity 4 and the content you pick is amazing!!

-un1

[ky72x 13]

I love those custom alleyways in the teaser update... full of cars, trucks, and other assorted props.

The bridges crossing the 'river' look very nice, and so does the Riverwalk that runs alongside. Once you actually start the game clock, that area is just going to be awesome with road and foot traffic everywhere. Great mosaics, those are another one of your many talents that I missed seeing for a while. The curved roads and diagonal parks add a lot. It's coming along well, Dan!

- Kyle

[Dsrwhat316 12]

Teaser

I couldn't resist showing some of the things I've been up to in the past couple of days. I finally downloaded iLive's Reader, so I've been testing around with transparent textures. This next shot is an example of it; if you can spot where I used transparent textures, you win the prize!

Update 2 comes on Saturday!

~ Dan

[jacqulina 162]

hiya dan you have amazed me again my friend beautifull updates,awesome work and pics.

[Sarajevo-City 0]

Awesome, kind of reminds me of London I dont know why, probably because of the bridges and stuff...

by any chance can you tell me where you downloaded your coastline walls...

[Amerikaner 42]

Pretty sure they are actually canal walls, and you can get them over at SC4D. It looks like the Source Eye (or BA Eye I suppose) might be the one holding the transparent texture, or just some technical lot editing. ;D Anyway the previous updates have been really good, I can see your usual good work and expertise is being used to the fullest amount in the new CJ, and you are doing a great job.

[penguin007 27]

Oh my god youre back!!!!!! I love the start you have made and it looks even better than before. I love the canal espcially the curves on it. I love your custom lotting also it really is one of the standouts of your cj

Will