Octavia Region

[SC4Fanatic 3]

Hi to all,

Yeah, I've not been very active on this forum lately, but I have been very active with my Octavia region, or Octavia nation (it's a rather big region that takes almost all of my spare free time ).

I've decided to buy my own domain for my SC4 creations. I don't want the bandwidth restrictions of picture sites and I have a lot of webspace at my current hosting company where I host my sites (and some backups).

One of these days I will inform you about domainname, etc. I am very busy building a mayor road- and rail network now and sometimes SC4 isn't cooperating that much (experienced some crashes lately).

The region is a 48x30 km region and has over 300 cities in it. There's a lot of water (rivers, lakes, bays). It's roughly based on the Yokio-bay region (A big thank you to the one who created that region) , but I terraformed a lot (more islands, etc.).

The main idea of my own Octavia country is this: there is a metropolis and there are other cities. It's my intention to make the metropolis a multi million citizens area and for the other cities in the nation I don't have any ideas right now, but I'm sure those cities will also grow.

I'm now busy with a road- and rail network and the metropolis will need some subway system too. All highways (interstate like, like german autobahn) have been constructed, I'm now busy with the avenue (or like in GB: dual carriage way) network.

A bad limitation of SC4 is the inability to build diagonal bridges. It's truly a big pain and it makes a real-life-like scenario almost impossible.

Well, I will keep you updated.

Greetings,

Jan

[DCMetro34 576]

I can only imagine.......it sounds great! I can't wait!

Have a great weekend,

dcmetro34

[Larks2242 251]

Cool can't wait to hear how it goes!

[SC4Fanatic 3]

I'm afraid my region (cities) won't have enough time to prepare for the simolian version of the Olympic Winter Games. Besides, it's a nation somewhere in the tropics. The only snow they see will be on the TV screen. Average January max temperature (the coldest month) will be around 27 degrees (celsius, 78/79 F); July max temperatures are around 33 degrees (91/92 F). So, my sims are living in a most wonderful place and have the best climate .(I once experienced above 122 F (above 50 degrees C) in the shadow while travelling. That is terribly hot and you can't do anything anymore).

It would be something like the bobsleigh team of Jamaica (and that team exists). I truly wonder where they practice .

Anyways, Octavia Country is situated in the tropics and is a very nice country. People love sports there: Octavians love sports: Soccer, American Football, Cricket, Tennis and Badminton, and also many other maybe less well known sports, like table tennis, volleyball, gymnastics (turning).

Octavia is a more-or-less socialist country, but it's a socialist country with a human face . This means that big companies are state-owned and that the state has a big influence in daily life (laws, social security and many laws about public wellbeing (which means state-induced influence)).

Privately owned companies are, however, accepted and any private company below 100 employees is legally accepted. This is to promote small companies that are willing to invest money and to help the tourist industry.

People living in Octavia country have perfect social security and support after their 65s birthday.

Public transport is almost perfect: a good-working railroad network. The national coach company is responsible for another perfect network: all towns are accessible by bus and the buses are running frequently.

The metropolis has a subway (metro) network. In the central section it runs 24h daily, 7 days per week. Outside the central area it runs from 5 am till 1 am. But after 1 am there are still enough bus and taxi (cab) services to take you home in a safe way.

Criminality rates are very low. The police have a license to kill if things get out of order, but in everyday's life they will act in a severe, but correct way. Don't play tricks on them or try to be funny.

Never ever try to enter the country illegally. Borders are protected intensively. Anyone illegally trying to enter the country will be arrested.

Octavia is a very peaceful country and you will enjoy your stay here. People are nice, helpful and want to make your time here a perfect one. There is no such thing as an obliged currency exchange. Feel free to have a great time here and to talk to people. Freedom of speech/opinion is part of the constitution.

Well, soon enough you will see some of my little nation.

[SC4Fanatic 3]

Hi all,

The domain has been registered today. domainname: sc4fanatic.net (yeah, I used my username here). It can take up to two days before the domainname works worldwide. I will post my pics and some more info there. Of course I will also post here.

It's my intention to not only the new site for my main region (Octavia), but also for some SC4-related experiments.

[SounderBruce 173]

Sounds good, but the site dosen't recognize your url.

[SC4Fanatic 3]

It was just registered a couple of hrs ago, so it can take some time. I will put up some test page tomorrow morning (thursday morning my timezone).

[lucky7 73]

Sounds very promising, looking forward to more,

lucky7

[jacqulina 162]

sounds great my friend