Roger's Hidden Lights

[Roger51 381]

Welcome All!

This is not a usual city journal with a story line. No, this is just a showcase of most of my pictures from SimCity 4, Cities XL and anything else I feel like showing to the community Some of the pics may have been shown already, or I may have shown them shown them somewhere else. Some of the pics may be older, so you will just have to struggle you're way through

This does not mean that I will stop with 'The Royal State of Amsterdam' with Reaper, These are just random little side projects that never saw the light!

On with the SHOW!

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Song to go with the title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRcTjqyYbhk

So lets start with some SimCity 4!

Government Housing at night

Drivers going blind at night!

Highway snakes its way through the CBD

Tourist area, as plane flies over the city

Tried to do a European feel, also had a race track round the park!

Artists impression

Now onto my very first CXL city, this was done on a laptop running vista, so please excuse the lack of detail in the pictures.

Main cathedral

View of new and old CBD

Playing on the Rio map for the first time, building the Tokyo Tower

Hope you enjoyed seeing the pics, comments are welcome!

[Frdm920 50]

Woo awesome pics!

And I beat reaps

[Schulmanator 5,787]

An interesting variety of pics. I am looking forward to seeing more.

[whiteywhite 15]

Very Good Work on those CBDS 0_0

[Forthwall 1,118]

Very Cool

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Nice city there: I love that interchange.

[Roger51 381]

Replies: (new box soon)

Freedom: Thanks

Schulanator: Thanks a lot!

Whiteywhite: Thanks, just remember that I will always be whiter than you

Mastof: Thanks

Nathan: Thanks, but I don't think you would want to drive it at night!

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This is just been taken, it is one of the many regions that I am working on!

Satellite view:

Traffic View:

Enjoy

[Frdm920 50]

Hmm parts of that area look familiar

[Roger51 381]

Replies:

920: Hahahaha....I think you may have seen every bit in that region

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This update enlightens the Rio map in CXL and Two cities next to each other from SC4.

CXL 1.1

CXL 1.2

CXL 1.3

CXL 1.4

CXL 1.5

SC4 2.1

SC4 2.2

SC4 2.3

SC4 3.1

Thank you all for the comments and views!

Hope you enjoyed it

[kakado_to_save 514]

That looks awesome

[Mikeaut1 261]

Wow really awesome attention to detail, I love your forests among the big cities!! Nice use of custom content as well, and great transition from high rise to mid rise neighborhoods. Quite realistic!

[Frdm920 50]

Rio hmm?

Well what better way to comment than by a music video?

(note I haven't actually been to Rio)

[Roger51 381]

Replies:

Kakado_to_save: Thanks!

Mikeaut1: Thanks for the encouraging words

920: Yes Rio Music video's are a great way to comment back!

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Update 4:

SC4 1.1: One of the first airport I spent a lot of time on....(not that is shows ) Still trying to get used to the RMIP!

SC4 1.2: Overview

SC4 1.3: Testing buildings in a random city

Some may remember these CXL pics, as they are from my CJ: Preverlly Point!

CXL 2.1

CXL 2.2

CXL 2.3

This is my old Bunbury region, you may be able to spot the difference in the next update!

SC4 3.1: Hi-rise residential on the beach

SC4 3.2: Overview of the region

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Next week I will show all the regions I have in SC4!

Enjoy this update. Comments are always welcome

  Edited June 17, 2011 by Roger51  

[Frdm920 50]

Hmm. Well, uh. What to say? I could just repeat the 'looks familiar' thing but that would be sounding like a broken record.. Now I'm lost for words

And all the regions?

[vivydu29 60]

Exellent update.

I think your idea to do two cities on two different games (one in sim city 4 and one in CXL) is very original.

Furthermore, the pictures and the city are very nice, specially the airport in sim city 4 and the artisitc picture of your CBD in CXL.

  Edited June 17, 2011 by vivydu29  

[Roger51 381]

Replies:

920: You..lost for words??? Thats a first

Vivydu29: Thanks, glad you like those pictures, so do I

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Update 4.5

This is just a small in-between update, as I found some more mods for CXL and decided to test them out in a new city On with the show!

Tower Island

Looking up at the tower

Access road

CBD and tower in the background

Tower at night

Rotating hotel and tower at night

Dusk over the city

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See you all for the next update on Friday for all the regions!

Thoughts and comments are welcome.

  Edited June 21, 2011 by Roger51  

[Frdm920 50]

Ok, I guess I ought to comment again

Nice pics Awesome tower too

[Roger51 381]

Replies:

920: Thanks Foot soldier, always a pleasure to have you comment here! Plus every comment you post earns one point

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Well Time to show all the regions I have in my sc4 folder (at the moment )

Amsterdam

Berlin

Bunbury (most recent one, I suggest full size to see the full beauty!!)

Amsterdam - This is the CJ I am doing with Reaps, been trying out the lot editor, thats why it is slow.

Eaton

Fijian - one of my longest lasting regions

Hatch - One that has changed the most

New York - Some weird bug

NT - Current one same as Bunbury, take a look at it in full size!

Yellow - Guess the name of the band to win a prize!

Zaraki -

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Thanks all for the views and comments

P.S. I have also finished all my exams, now waiting on results to see if I can Graduate!!

[Frdm920 50]

*marches in again*

That's a lot of regions D:

Pretty though!

[Roger51 381]

Replies:

Frdm: It is a lot of regions, and thanks....some are pretty (some just old!)

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I decided to talk a walk around Perth, WA on the 05/07/2011. As I had to take my dads car in for repairs, and they were situated in East Perth. I took his old Nikon SLR camera, never used it before but I think I got the hang of the camera by the end, so excuse the beginner quality of the pics The temperature was about 5C/41F, so it was a nice chilly morning!!

East Perth beauty, with a pelican (It decided to follow me for a while )

Some resident birds warming up in the sun.

Looking from East Perth towards Burswood casino and residence.

We have had a bit of rain, so it was flooding near the WACA (cricket stadium)

The ALL famous, ALL mighty Bell Tower

Love the building in the foreground and BHP being built behind it

Perth in all its sketchiness!

BHP Tower

Best old building in Perth!

Best new building in Perth!

Art gallery getting a face lift.

Glass being installed at Forrest Place Concert Stand.

Fiona Stanley Hospital being built near where I live.

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Enjoy the pics! Comments and constructive criticism are always welcome.

[Wraner 335]

I like this

[Frdm920 50]

Eh, it's Perth. What more is there to say?

[Roger51 381]

Replies:

Wraner: Glad you enjoyed it

920: Being you're home city, you should say more about it

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Colder Town

Located in the middle of a valley.

Colder Park

Early Colder overview

Town Center

Town overview

There is still room for expansion in the town, as the town seems to keep growing!

Located in the south-west of Bunbury.

Note: This is not an accurate re-creation of Bunbury.

Full size (worth a look )

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Thanks for all the comments and views!!

Will see in the next update

[Frdm920 50]

oooooooooooooooooooooooo

Pretty!

Do I have to say anything else or can I just leave it at that?

Ok, I'll say something more. You should build a bypass for trucks, they ruin the otherwise perfect town

[androidboi 57]

well done! what a sweet little town in the valley! reminds me alot of Banff in Alberta, Canada.

[ccecill 52]

nicely done.. I like the derivations from all the sc4 stuff.. Its very refreshing..

And I love your region's layout here.. I'd like to see more of this.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Fantastic town there!

[jrnavid 21]

very serene, and i love that artist impression

[Roger51 381]

Congratulations to Ottoh11

In update 6, I asked the following:

Guess the name of the band to win a prize!

Ottoh12 replied:

Yellow's been made and sung by Coldplay. Covered by U2 on this year's Glastonburry festival.

This has earn't you a Town and River named Ottoh*

*You can change the name if you want, either PM me or do a reply

**Replies in next update!

  Edited August 7, 2011 by Roger51  

[Roger51 381]

Replies:

920: Thanks for the suggestion and I took you advise and it has help the town deal with the traffic problem, and you can say what you want on here, even if it is one word

Androidboi: Thanks. *Goes and looks where Banff is* Thank you for telling about that little town, all I need is a river, and I should be set!!

Ccecill: Thanks so much. In the next update, I will show some pics from that region and those cities.

Nathanthemayor: Thanks!

Jrnavid: Thanks, was a bit unexpected the way that picture turned out, but I love it!

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This is Part 2 of my walk around Perth on the 5th of July, on a very chilly morning!!

This is the residential side of Perth.

East Perth, where I started my walk from.

Looking towards the CBD

The immigration statue donated by some rich Italian family [hence the Italian flag ]

We love our white paint Looking over Langley Park towards the city.

Residential building going up - 98m

Mix of old and new

Trying something new!

That concludes my tour of my city! Hope you enjoyed it

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Enjoy the pics! Comments and constructive criticism are always welcome.