Crystal Junction

[whiteshark365 563]

I am aware that I can resize them, but it would take a lot out of the quality of the pics.

[whiteshark365 563]

Sunday, November 1, 3171

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[ChicAgo333 2]

another awesome update, glad to see the 248 is completed

[vidioman 21]

Well we see it get to 3200? I sure hope so.. And I see it's gotten hot again!

[+Guest]

Better build a north-south freeway (or SOMETHING north-south) soon then!

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Hey great Region!

and Nice Story line!!1 I like it when people in there CJ make store lines!

[Mikeaut1 261]

Great City!

 

The journal reminds me a little of Paletexan's Carthage and Vicivitas. He has those newspaper articles too regarding the city and its growth.

 

Very well and keep us posted!

 

[flanig407 0]

i love this CJ

[thatmonkeysim 8]

wow ive missed alot from this journal [maybe i should gey back to mine]
i looked at that trans and sat pic of CJ and i think everything is very real but im wondering about one thing...


why isnt there a train or elevated train/monorail line that goes to sady ridge??
i think the people that have to commute to CJ will have fun looking at the desert scenery without worrying about that semi switching lanes in front of them or rush hour traffic on freeway 11/248 or the Sandstorm Expressway

dont get me wrong driving is great but it can get alittle stressful somnetimes so i would e a little breather for those living there

[Mikeaut1 261]

Decent Journal

 

Not very fond of the desert mod, but overall a good city.

[Llama_Sim 0]

Crystal Junction never ceases to amaze me! The growth is unbelievable! I always look forward to another update!

[phishfood 0]

WOOOOW!!! I'm new here, but if I weren't, I would have been following this from the beginning (I read it all through... it took forever). The realism is great, it grows and develops so much like a real city. The temperatures are a bit high, wouldn't people (and the city) have to spend a lot of money to keep lawns and parks green?

Anyway, excellent job, especially with the transit. If I had your skill I would be proud.

Keep it up!!

[davidhogan 1]

the city's getting so big i had to go back and re-read the first few pages.  the growth is just amazing, i'm always looking forward to more updates.

 

Dave

[Djohaal 121]

Hmm, nice idea to supply the city, since most of the riverwater (in the desertic areas) enters in the underground to fill the underground water reserves

[+Guest]

It looks good and the weather is getting too hot over there. Finally, the 248 is completed, now the sims who will live up north will be happy.

[whiteshark365 563]

There is a monorail station in Sandy Ridge, about a mile west of the town near the airport.

[peterkl 3]

That's increible

I wonder the highways are congested

[Liger14 0]

I like it! Keep up the good work,man!

[whiteshark365 563]

Update Status:

 

I know it's been a while since my last update, and the past updates have been far and few. I've been real busy lately, working a lot of hours, so it's difficult to find the time and have the energy for constant updates. i'll still be posting updates on this journal, but in light of time constraints I am going to be trying some new things to changing my playing style some to get the most out of this city.

 

First off, i am going to be accelerating the growth of the city as much as I possibly can, the use of the no-abandonment and other mods designed to accelerate city growth I'll probably be using. I'll still try and keep the city growth in terms of real life applications as realistic as possible, once I reach 750k I'll be working deligently on the process of hitting 1 million, and getting Crystal Junction to major city status.

 

As far as updates go, they will be fewer and possibly far in between. I will say that I am going to be doing a special update once the city reaches 1 million, which will be like an update several months back when Crystal Junction hit 250k. Mainly city maps, and other graphics type stuff. Once the summer ends, I'll probably have more time to work on this and posts will be more frequent.

 

- shark.

[+Guest]

Don't worry, we're patient.

[vidioman 21]

Don't get the abandonment mod, it causes problems. Just doze 'em. I'm looking forward to the next update, I'm sure it'll be a big one. to fit the story line, how bout you make sort of a report that they found gold or platinum in the area? You could make open pit mines and stuff in the outskits of the city, and over time have the city wrap around it. Or do whatever you want- as long as it looks nice, i'll keep checking this CJ out!

[+Guest]

Date: 8/14/2004 3:02:45 PM
Author: vidioman

Don't get the abandonment mod, it causes problems. Just doze 'em. I'm looking forward to the next update, I'm sure it'll be a big one. to fit the story line, how bout you make sort of a report that they found gold or platinum in the area? You could make open pit mines and stuff in the outskits of the city, and over time have the city wrap around it. Or do whatever you want- as long as it looks nice, i'll keep checking this CJ out!

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Yeah, I agree that mod causes problems. Made the game take like 3x as long to start up as before, and has some weird side effects (like the building control panel).

[Alakazam 3]

heeeehooooo? where the update? i guess you're in vacation! great for you...

[Tunafish 48]

The abbandonment mod is a pain. you can't change building styles and it does slow the game down. fire up the bull doser

[lutjemark 0]

Whooow!!! I'm very impressed y your city so far!! It will took you days so not weeks to make a region like that. Great Job! Can't wait to seem more pics of your huge city!! [:0]

[whiteshark365 563]

I decided to not implement the usage of any new mods, with the exception of the network addon mod. I've been working on the city quite a bit lately trying to figure out why most of my demand hit negative. Today I found out the problem was a combination of two things. First off some of the new downtown office towers were providing such a large demand relief, that it made most of my commercial demand hit -6000. The other problem was the very small percentage of high wealth residents, which are the ones that push high wealth commecial office demand up. I worked today on increasing the overall high wealth population in downtown from about 10k to 22k, and that seems to have fixed the overall demand problem. Now i have all my commecial zones in the positive, as well as lower and middle wealth residential demand. I'll probably post a newspaper update this weekend sometime.

 

In the meantime here are a couple pics of downtown.

Downtown from a distance.

Crystal Junction Upper Skyline.

[ChicAgo333 2]

 Downtown looks awesome!

[vidioman 21]

Wow! Downtown looks great!

[ginchael 1]

Glad to see an update.  Welcome back, it looks FANTASTIC!

[Jano18 0]

Wow, excellent city, I especially like the desert setting. I don't know if anything has asked this yet, but just in case here I go. Where could It be possible for me to get a desert modd and make my own desert cities. As much as I do like green and forests and what-not, a change of pace would be welcome. Again, sorry if someone's already asked this, and again, Awsome work with your city, and cool journal too