Kherrington

[smartlake 0]

Well, I have been on Simtropolis for 4+ years (I think...) and a sim city player for at least 8...so I thought now would be the time to showcase one of my cities!

And so we have the Kherrington Metro Area.  I don't have any story or anything, I just wanted some feedback on what I have gotten so far.  This is my only city that I am playing, all of my others were....deleted .  I have been playing it for about 10 months....that is a long time, but I only go on maybe one day a week (I am in School, so I am usually working on that)

So the following three pics are regional views.  I will post some pictures of my main city after this post, so as to keep my thread semi-organized.

Here is the regional transportation view. You all can probably see that I do not like highways....I like them in real life, but if I can't make my exits and interchanges how I want them, I think I like my cities better without them. Also, being an Oregonian, I don't like them anyways   Although, in the left corner, I could not help myself from the RHW and I used some elevated avenues on some areas (look down and right of the Island).  It is all hand terraformed, too...not that I think this is significant, I just cant figure out how to download regions lol.

Here is that area, Aerial:

I like trees haha.  My main city, Kherrington is in the center, around the island.  I try to keep high density and treed arcreage at the very least 1:1.  I also do not like putting highways in my cities, I don't like them where I live, so why would I put them in my cities?

here is just a closer regional view.

So thanks all for looking, I'll post individual city updates!

[Hawkeye9 0]

Woah those are some cool region views!!! They seem to be very realistic and sprawled!!! Good luck on your first CJ and Ill be back for more!!!

[smartlake 0]

Here are some shots of the main city Kherrington--I'll post my map as soon as I finish it on paint.
City: Kherrington (CARE-ing-ton)
Mayor: Marcie Zeiwigteist
Population: 294,000(-ish, I can't remember!)

Kherrington is organized into three boroughs and one village: Kherrington, West Kherrington, West Hill, and the West Village.  The first shots are of Kherrington, the largest of the boroughs.

Here is a map of the city and boroughs:





Description: This is downtown Kherrington.  It is pretty much the entire Island, called Essicks Island.  I want to give this area a makeover.  There is a subway system on this island.


Description: This is lower Essicks Island.  This area used to be all dense industry, but I used my mayor's prerogative and changed it high density residential.  I like to keep my zones mixed, it makes commutes more reasonable.  This part of the island also has the main rail station.  I want to get a better station, but as of now, the default one works fine.  The rail volume on the island is about only 1000 (up to 2900 though) commuters, mostly from the city south.


Description: Here is a view of the densest parts of the city.  The large forested area left of the island used to be development, but when Marcie Zeiwigteist became mayor, one of her first policies was to increase forested areas by 100%. 


Description: This is the Upper Peninsula Neighborhood. 


Description: Here is the the University District--well, basically just the university.  The main island is to the right of the picture.

 

Description: Industrial area.  The raised avenue is pretty much as close as I get to a highway in this city.  I am pretty proud of it   I want to plant more trees in this area.


Description: Here is 'Midtown' How original.  It is the middle part of the island.

That is all of Kherrington for now.  I'll post pictures of the other 2 boroughs and 1 village after this.

[smartlake 0]

Here are some pics of the other boroughs. 

Description: Here is West Kherrington with the West Village

Description: Downtown West Kherrington. 

Description: Low density areas of West Kherrington

Description: This is almost the entire borough of West Hill.  It is mostly low density residential.  The terrain is very hilly and there are lots of forests.

Description: Downtown West Hill.  There are some medium density commercial areas, but no dense residential.

Description: This is some of the industrial area of West Hill. This part of town is also a rail hub.

[jacqulina 162]

great start and intro my friend,fantastic first pics

[smartlake 0]

Update: 

Lower East Downtown Kherrington:

Description: This is the Federal Courthouse and the Adjacent area. 

Description: This is 9 Canada Plaza.  It is just north of the Courthouse.

Description: The black building in the corner is the Kherrington College of Architecture.  9 Canada Plaza is just to the left...

[Vigilante1987 180]

Nice looking region, and a good start. That is one wicked looking rail line you have in the West Hill industrial area. If you have access to an image editor, your pics would look better if you crop out the control panels. I like your use of open space, keep up the good work.

[crazychickensc12 84]

That looks really nice, definetly like the region shot looks very realistic. Love all the trees aswell perhaps a little more custom content or maybe some terrain mods/water mods would make it stand out a little better but all in all its a really nice solid region. Great work keep it up I'll be following lookin forward to new update!

EDIT: Forgot to add if you turn off the grid(by pressing G I think its been like 3 years since I played) it will make your shots that much better! Have fun!

[smartlake 0]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions!

Vigilante1987a- I used to have photoshop, but now I don't really have any photo editing software.  I downloaded the GIMP with hopes that I could use it to edit my pics, but it doesn't seem to work.   Any suggestions?

Crazychickensc12-  I actually noticed my lack of custom content, and I have been trying to work on making over areas with a lot of the same buildings, so I'll continually be working on that.  I was actually looking for terrain mods last night, do you have any suggestions?

If I didn't mention you, it doesn't mean I don't appreciate the comment!

I'll be posting updates of the other large city in this region later today.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Looks great. Thanks for sharing your work. Please do show us more.

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull work you have done here my friend

[Keegan V50 15]

nice city and very nice layout there!

all the best

victor

[Patricius Maximus 236]

Hmm, if you had more custom buildings it would look more varied and interesting in the high-density areas, but otherwise I am pleased by your region and its cities, and especially by the trees. It is something very unusual, especially combined with the good city planning that is found here.

A great start.

[Follarch 326]

The close ups shows that the cities could use some more work, however, the region views shows me an amazing region. Great work with that, and I'm sure as you continue to update, your city building methods will develop as well.

[crazychickensc12 84]

Hehe I've been out of the game so long that I don't even have any Idea what terrain mods are out now, Somewhere in my old CJ in my signature there is a link to the ones I used pretty basic just makes it a bit greener, and more realistic. I'll try looking through it see what I can find if you dont find it first!

[danielcote 9]

You have a nice city for mostly maxis and it seems well developed and commutes seem around avrage. Job well done.

[_Atticus 10]

This is a really nice region you have there, far better than any of mine. Anyways, as for terrain mods, I like this one for my terrain and this one for my water. Hope it helps

-Pingangster

[smartlake 0]

Thank you everyone for the comments and suggestions.  I have been working on transforming my island to make it...not so Maxis-y...I'll post some 'construction' pics as soon as I upload them on Photobucket.  So, hopefully I'll be able to get those up tomorrow. 

Schulmanator: Thanks! 

Jacqulina: Thank you for the compliments!

Victor Valdes: Thank you.  I probably plan out my individual cities based on what it will look like in the region view moreso than any other factor lol.

Patricius Maximus: Yeah, I completely agree with the custom buildings.  I've been on a recent downloading spree, and I am in the process of replacing my schools, hospitals, etc.  And I just love the way the trees look, especially in the region view.  Thanks!

Archean: The downtowns of my cities def. look kinda generic to me too!  But thanks for saying you like my regions!

crazychickensc12: Thank you for your help!  I have been looking, I haven't found what I wanted yet, although I did find a water one I liiked.

danielcote: The commute times are okay....not as good as I would like, but better than any of my cities that have highways in them, I don't know if that is just coincidence, or if (as I think) highways suck haha!  Thanks!

pingangster: Thanks!  I'll have to see if you have a cj on here.  Also, thanks for the terrain suggestions, I'll probably use them!

Again, thanks all, stay tuned for updates soon!

-Cody

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to that update my friend

[smartlake 0]

More updates on the way, and next time, I will make sure that the pictures are not so big (I will try to fix it if it is a huge issue).

[jacqulina 162]

great layout and planning my friend

[rainyday 2]

Nice CJ smartlake, but in my opinion, i think you should get some more custom buildings for your city. I love the aerial shots because there I cannot see the maxis buildings . I used to have the same problem with my CJ until I got some new buildings and then I finally noticed what everybody was talking about. It makes the world of a difference.

-Rainyday