Trivordam: The Source of Opportunity

[Damastius 5]

@Ilikeseattle : That's my intention. I am tired of those blue skies, and actually, these kind of skies it what I see very often. 

Thanks for all the positive comments, again! This is what motivates me to keep on updating.

@Mondayrain:  Thanks, I use the 'glow' and 'grain' effects to add the "TDC atmosphere". About the time: I'll do so when the story 'calms down' again, when I get to the farms. Again, thanks for the ideas and your interest.

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Update 15: The Bankobbery

 "What you doin'in here? This is OUR place!

What's your name?"

"Bing, my name is Bing, I... I want to be in your gang."

"Hahah, not so fast, can we trust you?"

"Ofcourse, I will be loyal."

"Then go with us and rob Hadson Bank. See how far you'll go."

They went. The four of them, packed with a machine gun, to Hadson Bank, near Hotel 'The Corner'.

"Go in. Quick!"

Everyone ofcourse started screaming, but they got quiet when the leader of the gang shot in the air.

Some people outside heard the shots, and called the police. David was one of them.

They would be here "...as soon as possible..." 

"The car is in the back, get in with the money!"

"The police, POLICE! Get the frig outta here!" 

"Damn, they've seen us!"

See you next time,

DM.

[Damastius 5]

 Thank you for your comments (NEW CJ SECTION), I think you'll like this update. I put a lot of effort in it. 

Here is the first part of:

The Police Chase

 4 hours after Bing met the gang, he got into serious trouble...

"Right, Frank, right!"

"Okay, okay, this stupid car is damaged damnit! It does not react well!"

"A barricade! They're shooting!

Great, it seems like we've got the special forces against us!"

"Turn! We're getting hit! TURN!"

They barely got away there. But more are coming...

"We've got more ahead. Bing, you see that RPG-7? There are three rockets!"

" OK. I've got those bastards in no-time... Get ready!"

It shot away... between the cars, to its destination...

BOOM!

"Hahaaa! Way to go Bing! One less to worry about..."

They got ahead of the police cars a bit. But...

"Frank, is that a helicopter?"

See you next time,

DM.

[Jaybyrd05 3]

Hey Dam.... long time no see!!! Great city it looks wonderful. I have a lot of threads to catch up on in the 6 months or so since I last did anything with CXL. I am going home to download CXL2011 as soon as I am off work.... looking forward to getting back in to the game. Cheers and keep up the great work as always!

-Jay

[Jesse Swiss 6]

Great chase! Bon Job!

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Cool update. Some of the photoshopping makes the sky look better but if you sharpen images without blurring parts of the sky, the sky looks weird.

Here is the worst example:

[Jesse Swiss 6]

Lol give the man a brake! Did better than me

[DazzaDazza 35]

i like this, very cool indeed

[jazyje 1]

Nice chase -- did you just watch TAKERS or THE TOWN???

[Damastius 5]

  Thank you for your comments my fellow readers!

@TekindusT                                : I have photoshopped everything in, that has to do with the chase. Thank you for your comment!

@Ilikeseattle (old CJ section) : I never thought of blurring the sky at night before, stupid me, thanks!!

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I have been working at the village of Trover which is a couple of miles away from TDC. It is a very small village, made with a never before seen tactic of farm-placing. Enjoy the pictures. Ofcourse, at a certain point in the story Trover will enter.

The nature is not very big yet. It takes much time to make such a natural scene.

One of the farms made by my new placing method. It has been made using plazas!

The main street of Trover. The hamlet turned into a village in the 80's, when some new factories opened and the workers moved with it.

The watertower of Trover offers typical Trover scenes, taken on a boat near the bank of the river flowing towards TDC.

See you next time,

DM

[jazyje 1]

Reminds me of the American south --- impressive, and as always innovative!

[Cob92 360]

Trover is the best small town I've seen on CXL so far. It's reminiscent somewhat of towns that I've seen driving through the Texan countryside; very quaint, cozy feeling.

[penguin007 27]

Very nice small town there very scenic!!

Will

[wwetom1 831]

Yeah, scenic indeed! The area looks great!

[Jesse Swiss 6]

Wow wow wow and wow! That small town is a beauty!

[Damastius 5]

 Thanks guys, great to see some SC4 players visiting here aswell!

Welcome to Felora Creek, a rural area east of TDC. You will sometimes even find nature areas untouched by human activity, but we'll visit that later. 

One of the villages in the vast lands is Trover. It is located close to Becken, a small town with about 2.500 inhabitants.

Good morning Trover...

Sometimes, the fog offers mysterious scenes..

This is Becken. Founded in 1935 and its golden years were in the 50's. The only hints of the good old days are left in the buildings on Foundlander Street.

In this region, I am putting attention to the nature like never before. I have started to use ploppable strees and structures more often and it is putting out really well. I really 'trained' my skills before making this region, especially with farms and suburbian areas. Here are some examples.

 Plopped trees and plazas around the football field.

Lovely shots of farmland "touching" the edge of the forest and Trover.

Thank you for your interest in this update, and I hope you enjoyed the pictures. The reason why I am not continuing my story is because I have little time to make the updates, and especially the Police Chase pictures were eating my time. I will of course continue it someday, soon.

See you next time,

DM.

[luddmamm 3]

Great work as always!

[Jesse Swiss 6]

Those towns are awesome!

[Damastius 5]

Thank you for your comments again, everybody!

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I have been experimenting with photoshop a little more and after some help from TowerDude I was able to add clouds to a screenshot. If you see screenshots with clouds, please keep in mind that those are the first I made.

While Trivordam City (TDC) is still recovering from the thrilling police chase...

...Jack is on a holiday in Felora Creek. He is staying in a small hotel in Trover, to get away from the big city for a while.

He likes Trover a lot, except for the construction site behind his hotel.

Nature in Felora Creek is wonderful. Sometimes you feel like you are in the middle of nowhere when you are just a couple of yards away from Trover.

Felora Creek is already hundreds of years old, and it is just huge. Here's a picture taken from a small plane some days ago.

Jack has also been to Becken, where he bought a nice painting of the centre of the town.

Tomorrow he is going to hike again, and he promises to make many pictures of his little tour in nature.

But now, relax and take a look at the vast lands of Felora Creek at dawn...

See you next time,

DM.

[Jesse Swiss 6]

That is lovely pictures my friend, and by the way were all those trees handplanted? Wow im quite speechless

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Beautiful!

[Cob92 360]

This is THE CJ for small town action in CXL. Nothing else comes close.