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[Follarch 326]

Lordy gajorby! That has to be one of the largest regions I've seen! And no plugins to boot!

I've never done something of this magnitude. Just get a look at that config! It's so complex! I would have just made the whole thing large tiles but you sir are going all the way. My helmet's off to you.

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: Archean

Lordy gajorby! That has to be one of the largest regions I've seen! And no plugins to boot!

I've never done something of this magnitude. Just get a look at that config! It's so complex! I would have just made the whole thing large tiles but you sir are going all the way. My helmet's off to you. quote>

thanks...

it's really cool when i decide to finally add the nam or whatever plugins because a click will add turn lanes to whatever intersection... i will continue this unplugged just incase anyone wants it...

on the other side i finally named and counted out all the cities in the Municipality Matrix

396 small cities

297 medium cities

45 large cities

region total 738 cities

res pop 1900711

commerice 310917

industry 677229

expansion into the easy tiles will contiune and i am going to place one of each of the maxis  landmarks in the region

i may even build some dubai like land masses... i'v also quadurpled the region but i will have to do all the terriforming in game since my computer can't handle the gigantic version in the terriformer and i wont be able to show any region shots like this with the region census...you will all have to wait till i get a better computer

thanks to all for comments, qusetions and requests

i love simcity4

[Tysons4 68]

Just taking some random pictures of Zone 17

Picture 1: 

I see 2 sims meeting up in the middle of the night...

Picture 2:

I see a strikers terrorizing a car

Picture 3:

I see where the party is:

Picture 4:

The collars clash

Picture 5

the two towers

Picture 6:

Just turn the screens around and thousands of the sims could get free movies

Picture 8:

not an empty zone

a milllion things to say.... Zone 17

can you find it in the region map?

[derby_line quebec 0]

Pretty epic man...

The only thing I'd recommend is connecting the developed areas of the region more. I'm sure the populations are HUGE, but isolation can make a big difference.

Cheers

[StanislavSoltys 47]

Really nice region! But some advice, farms around a downtown looks wierd.

[patriotizzy 0]

Originally posted by: StanislavSoltys

Really nice region! But some advice, farms around a downtown looks wierd.quote>

It technically is around the downtown but the city is not all downtown. I don't know if I wrote that clearly.

[thefunktopus 1]

OH SHIZZLE!!!

What are your computer specs?

[Benedict 3,119]

Unbelievable region... and I love the vanilla aspect

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: derby_line quebec

Pretty epic man...

The only thing I'd recommend is connecting the developed areas of the region more. I'm sure the populations are HUGE, but isolation can make a big difference.

Cheersquote>

the regions are all connected by at least a road connection so none are really that isolated... as education levels increase there will be less demand for the farm land which will be replaced by approprate zones

Originally posted by: StanislavSoltys

Really nice region! But some advice, farms around a downtown looks wierd.quote>

this is not really a downtown... i wanted to boost commerical demand so i legalized gambling, then built the casino... the city was still pretty uneducated so the demand for small shops was throught the roof... i then put water plants and had r$ going through the roof... i calmed demand by zoning some medium and high density residental (as most low density turned into rich sims.. which i kept) i widended the busiest route with an avenue... as zone 17's eq increases the shops will become bigger and i will get some co development making it more of a downtown.. but as of now it is a unique area with a bit of everything...

Originally posted by: patriotizzy

Originally posted by: StanislavSoltys

Really nice region! But some advice, farms around a downtown looks wierd.quote>

It technically is around the downtown but the city is not all downtown. I don't know if I wrote that clearly.

quote>

yeah, it's more of a betting community... the lucky ones get to work in the high tech industry and live in the fancy homes throughout the town... the unlucky ones are crammed into one of the highrise structures and work in the farms or the small shops...

Originally posted by: thefunktopus

OH SHIZZLE!!!

What are your computer specs?quote>

i built my computer myself..

specs:

processor: amd 9850 quad core black edition clocked to 3ghz

ram: 4 gb 1066 gskill

storage: over 4 tb  on 7 hard drives (some ide and some sata none less than 7200rpm)

sound: soundblaster xfi and 5.1 logitech surround sound

mb: biostar (i forget what style and dont want to open my case right now)

graphics: geforce 9800gt 1 gb video memory

os: xp 32 and 64, vista ultimate 32 and 64,  7 64 (but i dont have nic drivers so i never use it) and linux... i use vista 64 most

monitor: 2 24" 1680x1050

it does anything ive ever thrown at it like a champ

Originally posted by: Benedict

Unbelievable region... and I love the vanilla aspect quote>

thanks, im glad you like it... im making it without plugins  so that if anyone wants a copy they dont have to download tons of plugins to get it to work... if you want a copy pm me or send me a message at tysons4@hotmail. com with windows live messenger and ill send you a copy of the region to add to your regions

now a few pics:

a small shopping area in some part of the city... i forget which sector district or zone... but it is one of them... maybe ill find it again one day... all i  know for sure is a highway runs through the are...

a commerical office area...pic only contains 5 plops... can you spot them?? everything else was zoned and grew on its own

and the region development in the west:

[Slashback 136]

That region is HUGE!

[Evillions 552]

Two words:

GAINTANTIC REGION!

=

Great job!

[froelich131 13]

That is a very fantasic region!

I would usually comment about how to improve, like... Download this building, or what not..

Or tell the person how to make the cities look better with this method.. but all my ideas are based on my plugins.. So... I'll just tell you that your doing a wonderful job building a All Maxis region.. Defiantly better than I can do...

~Joey

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: ImVhOzzi

That region is HUGE!quote>

and it's only going to get bigger

Originally posted by: Evillions

Two words:

GAINTANTIC REGION!

=

Great job!quote>

one word: Thanks!

Originally posted by: froelich131

That is a very fantasic region!

I would usually comment about how to improve, like... Download this building, or what not..

Or tell the person how to make the cities look better with this method.. but all my ideas are based on my plugins.. So... I'll just tell you that your doing a wonderful job building a All Maxis region.. Defiantly better than I can do...

~Joey

quote>

it would take a lot of plugins to fill a region this size... makes me wonder why people spend so much time on one city or massive amounts of time filtering through everything in the stex to make a city when the game came with all it takes... im sure if you gave it a little time you could create something that makes mine look like a waste of time using maxis only items

Views around town

The matrix protects it's self (mainly from debt) with about 100 of these suckers

This happens to be one of my busiest highways... 24,000 sims commute through this passage every day... the traffic almost never goes away

with so much traffic it has to be elevated to avoid the bad drivers below

Around town i like to mix high-tech and commerical to give the city some color

and i know i could plop the airport right in the center of this mess... but i like to create a buffer...

Medium density is starting to be used more.. but this area looks like it could use a park, eh

an on/off ramp for one of the busier traffic corridors

this chopper was running into all the buildings around town...

Nice location for a large green park

lets get a bite a top one of the finest bistros in the matrix and see if we can see any stars at the capitol records building

i'm usually not too fond of golf... but when the sims wanted me to build a mayors house i could think of no better place...

gleaming high-tech road

the soccer feild durring an intense game... i can almost hear the vuvuzelas

stack em up and pack em in... that's the motto on this block... more sims in these 2 building then many towns in the matrix

lets get away for a while... i know a great place

somewhere here? closer look maybe? one day this could be all highrise condos and 5 star hotels...

ths sims are planning on breaking some land away in this sector to connect many more cities with ferries

they even built their bridges up high so they may pass under... 16 of each type of ferry in the city... this place will one day be littered with them... the sims plan ahead

how about a quiet neighborhood instead?? one day all these streets will become roads...or just the busy streets

some of the best apples and oranges come from this little district... and the sims like to compare them

take me out to the ball game... or just let me stay home... i can see it all from my penthouse suite

bureaucratic bureaucrats of the bureaucracy

i like how the sidewalks taper when roads and streets intersect

this town happened when the sims built a dam in a zone further down the river...

everyday more land is lost to the water... someday this may be an island

the next morning... i think somoene was gettting carjacked in this picture... i saw someone running at full speed next to a car... anyways this place needs a police station

well hope you enjoyed the close up view... cities are being filled every day

(should i start a journal in the other section??)

oh, and still no plugins!

[thefunktopus 1]

Wow no replies!

This is really nice, and looks really satisfying to play.

For your next challenge do you think you could do this with vanilla SC4?

Keep up the good work.

[SimCity4IE 202]

Woah, this is an amazing journal! FYI, you should keep a journal in both places. You get more comments in this section, but it's nice to have ordered pages. 

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: thefunktopus

Wow no replies!

This is really nice, and looks really satisfying to play.

For your next challenge do you think you could do this with vanilla SC4?

Keep up the good work.quote>

i know i dont want it to fall between the cracks...

i want to use all maxis content... so it would have to be deluxe.. this region is going to keep me occupied for a long time

will try!

Originally posted by: SimCity4IE

Woah, this is an amazing journal! FYI, you should keep a journal in both places. You get more comments in this section, but it's nice to have ordered pages. quote>

im going to make my first entry today for district 1... ill make random posts to here and have them ordered in new cj section

thanks for the suggestion

and now some of my development in Sector 36

avenue that is a freeway

one way roads

dI out of sight

and some upgrades being made: (2 photos)

ive been playing a lot of gta IV and decided to use elevated highways more... and the first preserverd open land (dont put things at end of street to make it maxis culdisack)

a freeway cutting through persever space

middle of the year

and the region shot

(i tried to center it so you could see it)

hope you all look forward to my more technical journal

[§haÅ--Ñ€ §hÅŽo 370]

Cool pics. But why are they named Districts, Sectors, and zones?

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: Sirron Kcuhc

Cool pics. But why are they named Districts, Sectors, and zones?quote>

if i spent all day naming everything unique then it would take a long time. districts are smallest tile areas, sectors are largest, and zones are medium size.. names could be added later though... i just wanna be organized... i have this all on graph paper too

the region is all supposed to be one city... im going to show how regional trading is done... ill have giant power company cities and landfill cities... with vast trading networks and transport options... i want to play simcity not be thinking about what to call it... gotta be organized when you get this big

[Markus J 242]

Crazy big, I like it it though... at a distance, region view.

Good work, keep randomly zoning. Also how do you record and make a video?

[Tysons4 68]

thanks... region view is the best... one huge SimCity!

fraps.. but i want to compress video... you know any progs?:

[froelich131 13]

Wow, what a fantastic region!

Whats the total file size of the region? (just wondering)

Must be very large

~Joey

[Tysons4 68]

region size is currently 1.40 gb.. i could rar

[Rearviewmirror. 3]

Very Interesting, I will be following.

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: ZGMF - X88S

Very Interesting, I will be following.quote>

thanks!!! but why follow when you can join?

the MM has another User...

join us!  pm me for details

[Markus J 242]

Join? What mean you... join?

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: Markus J

Join? What mean you... join?quote>

yeah, we are playing over live mesh

just make a copy of you simcity 4 shortcut and add our user directory (when you have live mesh and everything is in sync)

then play along with us in the MM

upgrade busy areas transport networks

manage funds and spending

demolish and rezone

create network connections

take pictures

click on my sims pannel and add sims with your name

The Municipality Matrix has been Networked... Join Us

[Raceman95 2]

sweet i'll join

[SimCity4IE 202]

I'll join

[Tysons4 68]

all people that want to join send me a message on windows live messenger

my address is tysons4@hotmail.com

then i will give you a gift... a giant map where you can pick your capitol city... want to build a rail from your capitol to someone elses?

remember.... this is no mods, no cheats... only maxis content... if you can't maike money find me and ill balance your budget

if you dont have windows live, then get me at aim james130nd0o7

\i should edit the photos a little bt... this will do for now

[Denon333 0]

Your nation is huge, man!