Crossroads

[Stef42 0]

Hello everyone,

Before the PO is over I though about making a new city.

Ribbon City 2.0 is been put in the 'freezer' for now, just until the new patch comes out on March 8th.

I hope I can finally make progress then

I've build Crossroads on the Wetlands on the planet Metis, it's not very populated but that's not a problem.

The city is going to provide the food needed in the very near future

Some pictures of the city now at 1500 citizens:

A small roundabout:

Enjoy!

[Larks2242 251]

Cool pics Stef, looking forward to to seeing more!

[Skimbo 304]

Let's see how it develops.....

[Stef42 0]

@Larks, Skimbo: Thanks for your interest in this journal.

Using a new style for the city journal, the area today under view:



With the growth of Crossroads, new workers have come to the city. Either to work on the farmlands or at the offices. A new area has been designated for all these people, around 3000/3500 people.
The total population has grown to 5500 inhabitants, while a new school has been build.

The first part of the development:



The houses still for sale, although it won't be for a long time



The construction site's which has been prepared:



Some houses have been build:



A small local shop:



The second part of development (100 houses):



A third development at the top of the map where some skilled workers will stay: (changed the park in the middle)



Enjoy!

Upcoming update 3: Continuing development, city services, the farmlands.

[Skimbo 304]

Will this be the city's center or a suburb later on?

Nice development, and it's the secound CJ where I see roundabouts. (The first one was mine)

[Damastius 5]

Cool update, where did you get the roundabouts from?

[Skimbo 304]

He's got 'em from Citiesxs.de

[Stef42 0]

Originally posted by: Skimbo

Will this be the city's center or a suburb later on?

Nice development, and it's the secound CJ where I see roundabouts. (The first one was mine)quote>

This will be a future suburb, I'll be working on a sub-urb in the next update.

Originally posted by: Skimbo

He's got 'em from Citiesxs.dequote>

Yes. 

[Stef42 0]

In this small update, the construction work on a new sub-urb area. Growing steady while the city has reached 10.000 inhabitants! The new roads who became availabe now have been build. (inside the red square)

The new ferris-wheel has increased the satisfaction on leisure with 40% to 75%  

The overall satisfaction for both unskilled and skilled workers is now 83%.

Traffic is still oké, some of the roads will be upgraded in the next update.

Enjoy!

In these pictures, construction on the new area:

The new houses, mainly for skilled workers:

The connection with the improved road, a large avanue:

The empty area in the middle might become a park in the future, I've decided to keep the area free for now.

[Skimbo 304]

Another good update, Stef

[Damastius 5]

Nice work

[Roger51 381]

Nice work on the city, I like how you develop your city.

[Stef42 0]

@Skimbo, Damastius: Thanks

@Roger51: Thanks, I like this building style.

In this update, 5000 new inhabitants have come to the city, which now holds more then 15.000 people.

The High-tech industry has pointed his interest in Crossroads, some of these industry will be build in the near future

Today, I continued where I left, while building a sub-urban area. The residential area's which have now been build will be all sub-urban. Work on the city centre will start in a few weeks. On these pictures, the construction on this area.

Enjoy!

The construction area while keeping a small piece of land clear:

The Construction:

[Skimbo 304]

mmh, it keeps growing, nice.

I've noticed another part od your city a littlebit to the left, is this an industrial area?

[Stef42 0]

Originally posted by: Skimbo

mmh, it keeps growing, nice.

I've noticed another part od your city a littlebit to the left, is this an industrial area?quote>

Funny you noticed, but it's not industrial. That area will become the CBD in the future. 

The High-tech will also be build over there. 

I'm (trying) not to build any industrial area's in the city to keep the pollution 0.

[Roger51 381]

Great suburb design and development, looks amazing!!

[Damastius 5]

Nicely done again, hope you manage to control the traffic, hehe

[Stef42 0]

@Roger51, Damastius: Thanks for you're replies!

Just got back from vacation, I noticed that buses were out for SP.

I've build two lines, one containing a tram-line which replaces the normal bus.

This is a MOD, made at Citiesxs.net (still in beta)

This is just a small teaser for the upcoming update on my city:

[mentarman 14]

Awesome.

[Larks2242 251]

Cool teaser stef, looking forward to more!

[Roger51 381]

you have the beta, I can't wait for it to come to SP

[Stef42 0]

Originally posted by: Roger51

you have the beta, I can't wait for it to come to SPquote>

Please understand, everyone, that this mod is not from MC. It has been made by haltendehand, a mod developer at CitiesXS.net (every credit for this goes to him, he's my hero )

With the release of the buses for SP, it's time for a new update!

In this Update, number 5:

• The first GLR (Ground Light Rail) for Cities XL
• New road texture (made by Skimbo) Thanks!
• New Transit Map

A few days ago, the Tramwaymod, or GLR (which sounds better) has been released on CitiesXS.net

BETA version 0.5 (patch 14) is now working in my city, although the crossroads are messed up.

Haltendehand is still working on this, I hope he can finish it soon.

As you might have seen the teaser, it's a tram on the road. Just as with the GLR in SC4, it's a special road texture.

Puzzlepieces are not included yet, but they will be needed.

Enjoy!

So, here is a first picture of the Crossroads Transit Map, these two lines have been build now:

This picture, showing the tram underpassing one of the highways:

As you can see, the sidepads have been recolored and the road textures.

In Update 6: The High-tech area

[Skimbo 304]

Oh, I see you are useing the tram mod, great And the Australia 2000 road texture set fits perfect into your city

(PS: Haltendehand has made about 98% of the mod, but the tramrecolor is from me )

[Roger51 381]

It does look great so far, and the textures are amazing. And I have been watching the progress in CitiesXS, as I am very keen on his work and how far he has got, truely amazing.

[matizami 1]

can you give me the link for the train and roundabouts? i can't find them

[Skimbo 304]

www.citiesxs.de there go to the forums, you will find english forums where u can download'em.

[Damastius 5]

Sorry but I can't find the tram. I have the roundabouts, though.

[Stef42 0]

Originally posted by: Damastius

Sorry but I can't find the tram. I have the roundabouts, though.quote>

Here is the direct link to the file: http://www.file-upload.net/download-2297609/tram_patch_v14.patch.html

I'll put update 5 online at the end of this week 

[Damastius 5]

Thanks

[Damastius 5]

I now have a tram in my new city (Journal coming soon!) but I never see a tram using the rail. Is this a bug? Or must I connect it to the bus company or something like that?