Camalot

[excalibur226 0]

This is my first attempt at a Journal. I think I read most of the guidelines. Please let me know if I have violated anything and I will correct my ways......

This is a large region. I d/l the map from the Maps section on here a long time ago. I forget who uploaded it or what area it is. Thank you for the map. The city layout is my own. There are 150+ cities to build.......

The only cheat I used was the God Mode Tree cheat to add trees after I had created the city. I now know how to add the trees faster when I initialize a city. So, no more cheats. The only mod I have added is the industry-quadrupler-2.dat.

My overall plan is to let the cities evolve in as close to my version of realistic as I can get.

I intend to create this region using a Phase Method. Here are the goals for Phase 1 :

1] Initialize all the cities that border the river
2] Create a continuous road thru all of the cities
3] Use 90% low density zones. No High density
4] Integrate Shipping early on
5] Populate medium cities to 4k +/-
6] Populate large cities to 20k +/-
7] Give the cities minimal perks until $$ get back to 200k

Here are some images from the region :











I have corresponding Transportation captures if anyone wants to see them. Not sure if this is too many captures to post at once.

Let me know what you think.

excalibur226

PS : This is my second region in SC4. My first, has over 250 cities. All initialized and populated. However, I never took any screen caps. Plus, I learned alot by making many, many mistaks and have lost interest in that region for now.

[Traffic_Jam 0]

Nice start!

 

Can't wait to see some close up pics!

[MrCinatit 30]

first off, welcome to Simtropolis, excalibur225.

second off, you are off to an excellent start. i love the set up of your little towns and farms dotted along the river - looks very realistic.

 

EDIT; perhaps Welcome to your first post would have been more appropriate - saw you have been around since late '03 - the ultimate lurker

[Deathtoall 28]

i like your towns along the river but you shoul try to make some mountains or something, just a little variety goes a long way

[tracer1138 1]

Did you mean to say CAMELOT?

Some close ups would be nice

[newy2 0]

lookin good so far, close up pics would be great too

peace

[mentarman 14]

That's a big region! I agree it could use some topography though.
Well, let's see some closeups!

PS I noticed the spelling, too, but hey, it's his city, he can spell the name however he wants. Did you know Cleveland is misspelled?

[jacqulina 162]

nice region,good start,and welcome to ST

[TheCrybKeeper 278]

I agree with Mr Cinatit; very natural appearance from the satillite view!

About the mounts: well not neccassarily needed IMO. Camalot was supposedly well fortified and miles of grassy plains would fit well into a storyline; you would see the enemy encampments long before they arrived and no one could form a surprise siege on a flat un-obstructed plain. So I say excellent map for Camalot, friend!

Keep on keepin' on!

frndofyaweh/Mike

Visit our crash landing at, Terracai City of planet Nucladius.                    

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=65779

 

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[Glenni 1,444]

it looks like a nice little community

[Alabaster 0]

Great start! I like how you set up an outline of the region at the beginning, so we all know what to expect down the road.

 

Sounds promising! Can't wait for an update

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Ah, a very fitting name for the region...

Looking forward to see what goes on.

[utora 0]

You've made a very promising start with your first cj! The terrain and the little villages along the river look just awesome, very realistic. I wish you luck on this one, and I will be keeping an eye on it.

[excalibur226 0]

Thanks for all the comments.

I am starting Phase 2 today.

I did some looking around and found the source of the map that I used. It is Washington, DC, USA. Here is the link : Washington, DC, USA submitted by comdude21 . Thank you comdude21.

I like the idea of playing a real region's topography. Just making a few changes to the land that the city can afford. For instance, I used the mayor mode tools to change the terrain so that the seaports could be built.

I did notice the typo and changed it. Wow, you guys pick up everything. I love peer review. Now, how can I change the name here in the CJ forum?

[excalibur226 0]

Before I go on :

Here are the transport maps showing the continuous road along the river.

Can you hear bridges screaming, Build me, Build me?

[jacqulina 162]

very nice

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Looks good. Amazing how there's just one long string of road. Turn off the city boundaries when posting transport maps, too.

[woodlm 3]

Look's like a nice start, I like the river scheme. Your CJ could be the Holy Grail of CJs

 

I suppose King Arthur is the mayor..

 

Unable to resist a Monty Python tie in: 

   

Camelot!

Camelot!

 

--It's Only a model....

 

Shut up!

[screamomatic 14]

Yeah , Camalot. Nice.

[mentarman 14]

Hey, that is DC. It's just scaled a lot bigger than DC, so it through me.

Unfortunately, I don't think you can change the name of your thread yourself. Perhaps if you contact a moderator?