Dubuque, Iowa

[benjames98 7]

This is one of the best attempts at making a real city in Sim City 4. I was looking at some satellite maps of Dubuque and it looks very close to your version of it.

I live in Iowa and, if you could, I would really like it if you could do Des Moines or somewhere near there.

[SlashFan2000 1]

I agree benjames. I used to live very near Dubugue myself, and find it to be very accurate. I think you took some creative liberties though, Dave, as I don't remember a rail yard by University Ave or a few other things you have in your city. Still excellent work. You did get my aunt's house at Five Points corner.

I now live in Michigan by the lake. When I am done with my current city. I will try to recreate where I am now.

[British_Petroleum 3]

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[ARobertson2593 0]

love this cj, but what street mod do you use to make the streets, avenues and roads look used and grey? 

[nate1245 8]

You Have an awesome CJ here!! Very nice job!!! Keep up the good work!!!

[Mr. Beer 12]

Thank you guys for all of your comments!

So, since I came back from my holidays I spent a lot of my free time to find a new apartement... nad it's very hard!

Now I'm living with my brother until I'll find a new flat. I don't have a lot of place in my brother's flat. So all of my furnitures and also my computer are

in a storage place...

Sorry for the unconvenience, but sure, the day I'll find a new home, I'll tell you!!!

Enjoy your summer and see ya!

David

[bakercity 270]

Good Luck David. I am sure you will find a place that suits you and hope to see (hear) from you soon. JKB

[MTLT_17 27]

Glad to hear you are getting back on your feet! Good luck with the Apartment search and we look forward to an update, whenever you feel it is an appropriate time.

Cheers!

Marshall

[GreekMan 246]

ahhh man... i still want to know how you made those great suburbs. i have that mod you have but when i do it, all of those home are abandoned due to commute times... how do you do it????

[Sim Trekker 41]

My relatives live in the real Dubuque, IA, and I have been there several times. It is a nice little city. Your version of Dubuque, by the way, is one of the most realistic cities I have ever seen in SimCity!

[lucky7 73]

David, don't worry... I am sure you gonna find a super one! Have a great summer, too, although I guess you have the same muggy weather as we have here in Austria, especially in Graz. However, enjoy summer and

take care,

Ren

[tkuelker 2]

It seems like your off for a while but when you get back to CJ-ing about how long does it take you to complete a large tile? Anyways good luck finding an apartment, have a nice summer.

[rewright 804]

It's been a while since I've been to the Journals and yours continues to set the standard for realism. As a result, I have modded several lots for which your work was the inspiration. Great job.

[x493x 446]

Wow definetally following this cj. Best I've seen yet!

[wwetom1 831]

This is an amazing journal. It looks so real! Excellent work!

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hello everyone!!!

I'm very proud to announce to you that I've moved to my new apartement!!! Since yesterday I've an Internet connexion!

I sleept seven weeks in my brother's flat, just had a simple computer for my current duties...

So, unfortunately, the video card of my computer crashed, I bough a new one and now my computer is Ok... but a problem never comes witout an another one, I had to re-install Window XP... I saved my cities, but not the pictures... : (

But, I can take some another mind-blowing pics from my city (I began before my graphic card crashes, to build downtown Dubuque, which were saved in my external hard disk)

This afternoon, I'm going to update the lastest drivers for my new graphic card, do some stuffs and install SimCity 4 + Deluxe!!! I'm very eager to start again with my CJ!

Thank you for your patience and support, I red all your post and it's very rewarding to continues this project!

David

[MTLT_17 27]

Hey David,

Glad to hear you have found a place of your own and that you are excited to continue work on this sensational project.

Looking forward to seeing your next update whenever you get the chance! BTW does your downtown area have some LRT or street rail?

- Marshall

[Mr. Beer 12]

Thank you MTLT_17... I hope. I bought a graphic card (Nvidia ENGT 220) It works perfectly but for Sim City 4, the game crashes just when the EA Games logo appears... I checked if I've got the right drivers (and also Direct X 9.0). Probalbly I missed one or probably my graphic card is too low for this kind of game.

I've Win XP, I tried to lauch the game under Win 98, but nothing... : (

If someone has an idea to solve this problem...

Thanks and see ya!

[GreekMan 246]

i got no ideas but i look forward to seeing the continuation of this CJ!

[lucky7 73]

David, good to hear about your new apartment. Hope you like, won't you?

I am really sad to hear about your computer issues, BUT: do you have a dual core processor? If yes, switch to only one core, that should do it. AND: set priority to 'high'. Mayber I could help...

Good luck and take care,

Ren

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi GreekMan and lucky7!

Thank you very much!

Yes, I'm very satisfy! Very nice and completly restored! I'm under the roof, with a great view on my city's downdown with the Alps and the lake of Geneva in the background!

I bough Cities XL and the game runs well... but yep Ren

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi GreekMan and lucky7!

Thank you very much!

Yes, I'm very satisfy! Very nice and completly restored! I'm under the roof, with a great view on my city's downdown with the Alps and the lake of Geneva in the background!

I bough Cities XL and the game runs well... but yep Ren

[lucky7 73]

David, here's a quick guide to maybe solve the CTD problem, since you have a dual-core processor:

1. launch the game by double-clicking on the desktop item

2. simultaneously press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open the task manager

3. left-click 'Simcity.exe' once to mark it

4. right-click it to open the submenu

5. right-click 'set priority' and choose 'high'

This will cause a warning window to pop up; just click 'Yes'.

6. right-click again and choose 'set affinity'.

Here we go with the CPUs! I usually choose 'CPU 0'.

This should work. Remember that you do it like this every time you launch the game...

Oh, and I thought to make this advice readable for everyone, maybe there are some more members who are faced with the same problem.

Hope I could help,

take care,

René

[lucky7 73]

David, here's a quick guide to maybe solve the CTD problem, since you have a dual-core processor:

1. launch the game by double-clicking on the desktop item

2. simultaneously press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open the task manager

3. left-click 'Simcity.exe' once to mark it

4. right-click it to open the submenu

5. right-click 'set priority' and choose 'high'

This will cause a warning window to pop up; just click 'Yes'.

6. right-click again and choose 'set affinity'.

Here we go with the CPUs! I usually choose 'CPU 0'.

This should work. Remember that you do it like this every time you launch the game...

Oh, and I thought to make this advice readable for everyone, maybe there are some more members who are faced with the same problem.

Hope I could help,

take care,

René

[Mr. Beer 12]

Yeahhh!!! My game works again!!!

I've completly abandonned all hope to play until I downloaded my audio driver I forgot to install and I updated my graphic card... I tried to start the game... and now everything works perfectly!

I'm going to make an update next week!!!

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi everyone!!! Last time we were in West Dubuque, part I... here is the part II...

But before, I would like to thanks Lucky7... I tried to run the game, using your advise. But it didn't work... it was just I forget to install my audio drivers...

West Dubuque, part II

pop: 184.675

Commercial and residential south of University Avenue, West Dubuque, IA

17th Ave, near Cooper Park, West Dubuque, IA

Saint Ambrose Cemetery, north of I-129, West Dubuque, IA

University Ave. crossing 44th Ave. at Homer Crossings, West Dubuque, IA

Junction of Forest and 30th, West Dubuque, IA

City of Dubuque Metro Zoo, near the I-129 (exit 28 on 44th Ave) West Dubuque, IA

The Dubuque Metro Zoo is the largest zoological park in Iowa. West Dubuque, IA

The zoo is open all the year with special animation during Christmas or in Summer...

Industry south of University Ave with the Amtrack/DTA train station, West Dubuque, IA

Railyard and industry scenery... West Dubuque, IA

Another view of the Woodlawn Cemetery... West Dubuque, IA

For the uncoming updates, I'm going to focus on the western suburbs (I've a tons of pictures to upload) before to go back to downtown and is neighboroughs.

So you will discover the faboulus bedrooms community of Galena, IA and its huge shopping mall, Centralia, IA; the crossroads of Dubuque, Five Points and the National Guard Camp and many more!!!

Stay tuned!

David

[psander5 198]

Yay... and Wow!  

I've always loved the wide open look of this CJ. It's a marked difference to the RL cities I'm used to.  The views of the cemetery and zoo are especially nice.  

[Benedict 3,119]

Great new update... I really like the freeway junction design close to the zoo.

[x493x 446]

Great as always. The zoo is the best, do you know where you got the pieces for it?

[nerdthisname 1]

How long did it take to do that? You should considering on changing your name to Mr. Realism.