River Basin: The region where anything could happen

[exgamer07 0]

smirkazor, yes I think I agree with you. I might not have enough stations. Also I needed to connect a few lines. I appreciate the advice. I wish I could show you pictures of my road and subway line layout but it seems that it wont let you take pics without the buildings being in the way.

[smirkazor 1]

Well, looks like i have enough comments to do another update for me CJ. But i cant do it right now, so what i will do is awnser the questions etc, then i will have my dinner, then i will do something else then i will update it, and i promise to do so.

 

Bob3003: Hey bob, first comment on my CJ i see, nice to know ur a fan . u will have to see what i will do with the region, cos im not sure if i should put in a green belt, but what do u mean by a metropoliton green belt? is there any differerence between them? Also, what are you on about an oasis, what part are you talking about? i dont read minds, especially with the distance involved here, i need more info. and have no idea what u r on about the el trains underground.

 

Exgamer07: Hey, hows it going exgamer. do you know the short cut for taking photo's, cos i dont think u do, what u press is ctrl+shift+s all together at the same time, and then take the picture, that should work, then post me the pics ok .

[GaryGerbrandt 6]

Okay, smirk, here are some elaborartions:

 

Metropolitan Green Belt

 

Picture a downtown with a rectangular forest stretching through it. Skyscrapers on one side and on the other. All transportation is tunneled under it, to allow a Central Park feel.

 

Oasis

 

A city that, in its downtown, has an irregularly shaped forest in the middle, with skyscrapers around it. To allow for a back to earth feel.

 

El Trains Underground

 

Go to the Misc. Transportation menu. Look for an El Train to Subway building. Plop it, and your El Trains will turn into subways until you plop another one.

Plop instructions:

 

1. Plop El-Subway Transition.

 

2. Connect El Train Track to end with El Train Track.

 

3. Connect Subway Track to where the transition dips into the grass.

 

4. Done! You can now put your El Trains underground.

 

Hope that helped!

 

            ~bob

 

[andrew george 0]

Love the el-train/highway underpass, very good idea.

[smirkazor 1]

Hey everyone, the time has come for another update, this will be a gooden as it not only features something that is totally new to River Basin, and first for me to try out, but i will be giving you some of the best pictures that i have taken so far of around Yamamoto. This is all thankfull (the first part) to me finding a thread about sunken highways, and i thought to myself, i should try this, it might spice up my cities, and so i did. With a little help to a handy little thing i call a digging tall i scoped out off the lex, thank you someone is thinking of the lazy buggers who cant be arsed to do it themselves, thank you.

 

Right, this is my version of a sunken highway, its probably not what you ma have seen before, i think i have been the first one to actually do this but feel free to correct me by all means. instead of using ground level highways, i used the raised, and for tunnels i swapped to the ground level and coupled with those lovel random forrest, which if my mind serves me correctly (which it probably wont) thanks to pegasus, and here is how it turned out.

 

 

The only reason for why i decided to use this is because, one, i felt like it, and two, cos i had the same prob as everyone else with the on/off ramps, it messed up the banks on either side lowering them and the bit with the highway on rose a bit. so i thought, naaaa.

 

You would have probably already have seen this similar looking shore line somewhere before, in Rickennington, so i thought i might as well do a bit here. accompanied with the el train and rail looks quite good, and a transport paradise, aaahh. These piucs that i show are a lil bit outta date, by about 30 odd minutes, alot can happen in 30 minutes yaknow.

 

 

But this time, i have left a space of 2 from the avenue to the lowered bay because i will have to add a rail tunnel to connect the dock to the main line. Plus i can put in more trees .

 

And here are some more pics of the other parts to my new extension to the city expansion.

 

 

Here you can have a better view of my sunken highway with the ground highway for tunnels, and yes there are entrances and exits with the ones where they should be, they are just hidden by the trees. And going back to bobs thing about underground el train, i think im gonna keep it this way for this city, as it gives it a large city feel to it, well thats what i think, im not sure aboot u lot.

 

Now with this zoomed out picture (which i can officially say is up to date till the creation of this update and a bit more unto the future) you are able to see the new city dock, the city expansion and the planned area for the expansion of the expansion.

 

 

Well thats everything uptodate, well, now its time to leave you with a large array of pics from all over Yamamoto, enjoy.

 

This has been a smirkazor city journal update, please stand by for more pictures of Yamamoto...............................................loading..............................................................50%...........................................................upload complete. Preparing picturs for placement.3...2...1.

 

TA DA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats all for now, keep watching.

[xiziz 11]

Nice cano there back on the last page looks very evul...
Those dual eltracks are neat, evever seen the, b4

keep up the good work
actually i notiset that ive been lurking around here quite a lot and this might be my first post here, but i do remember some of the earlyer pics, and most ceartaly your style

Cheers

[exgamer07 0]

smirkazor, thanks for letting me know about the screenshot short cut. You were right I actually did not know. I will try to get the pics posted by next week. I already started on a new region cause I thought I just recked the last one. Im not sure if I will do a CJ of the region Iam doing right now.

[smirkazor 1]

hey all i got another lot of pics to show you, this is only random pics of the city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats all the random pics i have left, next update will be showing you the finnished look of the extension to the expansion and pics building up to it, so dont kill urself with anticipation .

 

Exgamer07: i am looking forward to seing those pics, and glad to help you out.

 

I am glad to see that so many people like my volcano, very realistic looking, now all i need is a kinda smoke mod to make it look active .

 

This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope you have enjoyed looking.

[Superstar 69]

This city is looking better and better all the time, keep up the work

[GaryGerbrandt 6]

smirk, search for volcano on the STEX... you'll find what you seek.

 

BTW, the effect pack is available at gizmo.lunarpages.net (or maybe .com.)

[K_m_H 0]

that last pic looks really nice.. and the rest too of course but I like the last one best.. Is it Big ben there in the intersecton? what kind of treatment is that to a national English landmark?

I'm not sure about that long monorail bridge. one second I like it and one second I really want it to be put in a tunnel instead.

[smirkazor 1]

The forums are back online, and now i can update my CJ, wahey. As i said in the previous update i will be showing you the development of the extension of the city expansion. But first lets get the comments outta the way.

 

Superstar: My city is getting better and better, i guess the whole point of development, anyway, thnx for ur comment, very appreciative.

 

Bob3003: Thnx, i found what i was looking for, cheers for that, but havent checked the effects pack as of yet, must make personal note.

 

K_M_H: Yeah that is big ben in the intersection, it is a replica of the real one that was placed in Yamamoto as a focal point on the main island in the chain. What u mean, what kind of treatment, it is a focal point, an important one at that.. Yeah, i dont particularly like those bridges, but its too time consuming making a tunnel for it, but i may do so in the future.

 

Now for the update. I have now completed my version of the sunken highway using the raised highway, and it looks nice, but will change it if we get the intersection thing sorted out where it messes up the relief in the immediate area and this is what it looks like.

 

 

And a zoomed out look of the whole thing.

 

 

and a closeup

 

 

Now the look after development .

 

 

But i am sad to say that the pics that you see above you, they dont exist in the city anymore, as while saving something strange happened and it kinda froze and so i had to shut it down and did not save, but i felt i should post them anyway. Thats all for now. This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope that you have enjoyed looking, b safe.

 

comments are welcome and will be gratefull, any questions about anything that i have done and shown in my cj please dont hesitate to ask me and i will reply to you as soon as possible. Plus any requests that you would like to make for any of my cities or a city that has not even yet been built, please let me know, thank you.

 

 

[Dolfan348488 0]

Nice update!

 

That volcano is pimpin

[subedei 3]

Great CJ. I am looking forward to more updats.

 

 

Subedei

[andrew george 0]

Date:7/12/2004 1:16:13 PM
Author:Dolfan348488

Nice update!

 

That volcano is pimpin

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And pimpin' ain't easy! Good city.

 

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[woelfwynde 20]

Love your CJ. Too bad about that last save, pics are of designer's dream, right? Before he takes it to the city counsel?

Keep up the good work.

[JohnB 66]

Another update. This city is wonderful. I love the transportation in your city. I love the buildings and the train stations. I want to live in your city. Very cool. Looking forward to more updates.

[uncrazycooper13 0]

This is one of my favorite CJs I love it! However I do have one idea. since the place is starting to get bigger and your getting farther out you might want to start putting less high density and less stations etc. The transportation is nice but I do think its a little much. It surprises me that you have room for people with all those stations. Haha. But I really like your region and your volcanoes. I especially like the multinational city. It is very cool! Keep it up! -uncrazycooper

[GaryGerbrandt 6]

I'm sorry that that didn't get saved... oh well. Crap happens...

[smirkazor 1]

Yeah, crap does happen bob3003, but sometimes things like that are a good thing, especially in my case, cos as i built it i can learn from a few mistakes that i had n it, and able to corrct thm next time around, and i am glad to say that the second time around is way better, but the bad thing is i am unabable to make another update as i am not on my main computer with my pics, so all i can do is reply to comments, which im not saying is a bad thing..

Dolfan348488: Thnx dolfan for the comment, pimpin volcano, wow, by the way, do u have a scale like that of 1-10?

Subedei: Thnx for the comment.

Andrew George: i wonder how pimpin george, must be very good then.

Woelfwynde: Glad u love my CJ, thats another fan to add to my favourite peoples list . Well it really depends on the designer, but with pics like mine, yeah. Dont worry i always keep up the good work, i mean great work.

Johnb: Hey john, nice of you to comment, have a nice time at work? Bet u did. Glad u love it, i do think it is one of my best cities with transportation and all, it must be good if all u think it is, never question the opinions of simtropians . There is plenty of room for u to move in, i would get a condo, u can look over the city from it . Keep watching.

Uncrazycooper13: I'm glad this is one of you're favourites, but i am sad to say that i am a little late for the MCFCC , so i'm gonna go for the next one and try to make the best city ever woooo. The place is stating to get bigger, well i think it already has. Ha, u think my transportation is a little much, Ha u crack me up, You can NEVER have enough transportation for a city like mine, all those thousands of sims wanting to get somewhere fast, its ur own opinion, i wont hold it against u. Stations=cash cash=stations so on and so forth. i need all those stations to get all the sims to use the transpoortation otherwise they will complain, damn annoying sims, but someone's gotta have em. Keep watching.

Next post will be the latest update, be patient, its comming right after this commercial break..

[villarule 2]

great stuff, nice updates.......

is it me or do citys look more impressive in the daytime than at night in SC4?

[smirkazor 1]

O......K..... drum rollll  dadadadadadadadada. Its time for another CJ update, woooooo. bunny mexican wave, lol.

 

Ok, in todays update we will see what the extension to the city expansion will look like after the unfortunate accident that happened while saving, awwwwww. Well i am glad to say that it is much better than the first, i have corrected a few probs i had with the first one, which is always good and ready to show you.

 

Right this first picture shows where the zones will be. Followed by some development, then some more development, followed by what it looks like now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awwww, what a lovely clear starey night looking over the clear blue sea into nothingness, how nice, isnt it? Well thats the update, it is only to show whats going on, more to come next time, so keep watching, u always do.

 

Comments are welcome and will be accepted with gratitude, all questions that you have aboot anything that i have done please do not hesitate to ask me via comment or by PM, so dont be a stranger now, and all questions will be awnsered with the utmost respect and with the most fulness i can give it, until nextime (aka tomorrow).

 

This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope u have enjoyed looking, seeya.

[Casper3141 60]

once again a great region with a great update but i liked the older version of the city better too bad about that save mishap those happen! but i cant wait to see more of your city great job

[KCtheDestroyer 14]

This keeps getting better and better.. He smirk.. Can you post a pic of the looks in region looks? (or past the city ones next to each other so you can make a 'zoom' of your region ??? I think that would look great....

[exgamer07 0]

smirkazor, at what population do you start seeing those commercial skyscrapers build up on commercial zones you zoned recently? I noticed many of your commercial districts you showed us sprouted skyscapers right away, and I know most people have to wait a long time before seing those develope. At least for me anyway.

 

Also where did you find those forest lots you use around your highways and rails?

[DuskTrooper 316]

Pretty cool CJ! Can we see a regional pic?

[GaryGerbrandt 6]

Nice expansion to the lost expansion of the expansion's expansion! lol

 

        ~bob

[smirkazor 1]

Its time again for another update, in this update i will show you the expansion to the lost expansion of the expansions expansion plus another expansion to the expansion., if u get what i mean.

 

But first time to reply to comments.

 

Casper3141: I can see why u like the other expansion that got lost, it wasnt so built up and looked quite pleasant, but thats all in the past now, look forward to the future, and u r just moments away from seing more of yamamoto.

 

KCthedestroyer: well, i gave it a go KC and this is what i came up with, next i will try the connecting city pics together, that might be better, but not sure what to do about pic size, as i would have to have the pic really big for it to look ok.

 

Exgamer07: Well exgamer, where do i start, do the easiest first, those random forrest lots are from pegasus, but now he has left and the lots with him so u r unable to get it again, soz bout that. Now ur commercial question, the thing is, most of the commercial skyscrapers you see are ploppable, theres most of the question out of the way, and the next, well i'm not sure what pop u need to get to to start getting em, but its mostly due to demand, and desirability, but u do need a quite large population, this quite large population needs more jobs and there for has more demand for skyscrapers, plu how loarge your city is.

 

Dusktrooper: I hope u are sleeping well dusktrooper, staying up to almost 4 am , what were u thinking, anyway thnx for ur comment and glad to see u r still here, region pics to come in this update.

 

Bob3003: LOL!!

 

update will follow after this.

[smirkazor 1]

Allrighty then, time for todays update, and its a gooden, u will get to see the last expansion to the city expansion which takes up basically the last part of land on the mainland.

 

But first the pic for KCthedestroyer, the close in region view.

 

 

Now the update.

 

This first pic shows the foundations for the last expansion with all the zones layed out with all the transportation network added.

 

 

Plus some close ups if u r unable to see the pic properly.

 

 

 

Thats what it looks like, and this pic below is what it looks like with development, oooooooooh.

 

 

Looks really nice. oh and one more thing, MY CITY IS 100 YEARS OLD. yeah.

 

and to finnish off, a look at the expansion to the failed expansion and the expansion of the city look.

 

 

Thats all for this update, be looking forward to the next update as u will be finding out what will be happening to that lonely iland that u see in the last pic, so stay tuned. This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope u have enjoyed looking.

 

comments are welcome and will be accepted with much gratitude, anywuestions that you might have with anything that i have shown or done in my cj please do not hesitate to ask, and if you have any ideas for any of my cities please tell me, im all ears.

 

 

[Fox 1,444]

Looking great smirkazor ... btw...what's the population up to now?

 

I love how you have layed out your different parts of the city...you've given me a few ideas.

 

Good work dude.