Bournemouth

[Dannibee 138]

Hello all,

Last year I started a CJ entitled 'The New Forest', it was a recreation that got to the eight update and just died. Sim City 4 decided to delete my region folder during play and I lost everything

But over the last few months I have started a new project, albeit somewhat similar. However this time I've learnt my lessons.

I'm now using a nice accurately scaled map from drunkapple; the last one was nice but way too small. I've also backed up everything on an 8GB flash drive so that if Sim City does break things again I'm prepared

So without further ado and bad padding, here's my latest (and hopefully greatest) CJ:

Basically, my last one failed, due to many problems including my own. So I'm starting fresh, a new region, a new set of plugins and better skills.

This will be a recreation of my hometown, Bournemouth, and the surrounding areas. Urban and countryside alike.

It is an English seaside resort, founded in the 19th century as a place for Londoners to come to experience the golden sands and blue seas.

It is hard enough to recreate a US city which is on a grid, so a large English town will result in a lot of swearing and broken monitors I presume due to the games limitations, it's not impossible however.

This will be a diary of construction as well as a place for me to put pretty Photoshop pictures

I do (surprisingly) have a plan, first make all the regions roads, then zone and flora. In that order; last time I got ahead of my self and zoned way too early.

Anyhow, here are some nice preview images for you all:

A rainy morning commute near the endless housing estate that is Merley

3 miles further up the road, the sun rises at last near the local pub.

A private jet swoops in over the large antennas on top of St Catherine's hill, ready to land at Bournemouth International

I have much, much more in store later, but for now, Happy New Year and see you on the other side of the international date line

[ecoba 28]

I like it! As all recreations are, I'm sure it will be a bit daunting. Really lovely pictures so far, though!

Ethan x

[emperordaniel 1,281]

Cool! I love that private jet

[Benedict 3,119]

Good luck! I love the thatch roof on The Arms.

[The Avatar 1,089]

Man, that first pic was amazing. Great work on the terrain-painting!

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Your photoshopping is amazing!And what a storm in the first pic.

[kakado_to_save 514]

The second pic what the best!

even though i like ALL of them nice job!

[escilnavia 780]

I said it all on Chat

[Vlasky 1,803]

Great CJ! Looking forward to seeing more

[TowerDude 2,187]

oooooooh!!!! lovely cottage, may I stay there a night ?

[rugeley123 13]

Love the Citation - sure that isn't an ALJ one - it looks like it . Well done and good luck - it absolutly looks as If it is a Cessna154 Youtube video (one of the best YouTubers ever if you get the jjist of what I mean!). Well done!

[lobsterav 91]

That picture with the jet is just.....stunning.

[9988 428]

That looks very nice!

[Paulobergonci 673]

Very nice start. It must be cool to recreate the city you live in, and i'm sure it will be realistic, cuz you live there and you know the place.

[Samerton 833]

The New Forest was brilliant, this is AWESOME! Great to see your return, Dan, and this is a perfect start. Can't wait to see more progress!

[aliasrm13 1]

As an sussex resident i can say that it looks awesome, and that storm picture, many a timne have i needed to ride my motorbike up the A@! into london! im trying to make a HAstings style coastal town atm i shall be keeping an eye on the CJ i look forward to seeing more awesome work!!

also just in passing, where did you get the UK style traffic lights???? i have been searching for some every since i started using mods!

keep up the good work!!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

Fantastic start - having been to Bournemouth myself, I must say that it looks really promising. I especially like the rural pub.

[КaZZ 203]

cool (H)

[Merlin of Flyote 8]

How did you get left hand traffic lights?

[MandelSoft 2,769]

^^Not. The traffic lights are actually RHD in the pics he showed. Look again, closely...

Anyway, stunning work, Danni!

[Dumanios 35]

Nice!

[kj3400 178]

This is it? I love it...There's something about your country that always draws me in....I can't wait for more!

[jotauveefe 24]

Keep going! I loved all pictures!

[Simbourgeois 139]

Really cool pictures! Especially the first one - I just love the photoshop effects in that one!

[Merlin of Flyote 8]

^^Not. The traffic lights are actually RHD in the pics he showed. Look again, closely...

Anyway, stunning work, Danni!

They appear over the Left lanes to me, which is different to my game

[Benedict 3,119]

Congratulations, Bournemouth is number one on this week's Ben's Top Ten!

[Dannibee 138]

Ecoba - Thank you Ethan.

Emperordaniel - Thanks, it was very time consuming to edit it in

Benedict - The funny thing is, that's just a random cottage anyway. The pub is out of shot. Also, thank you for the Top Ten #1 spot, that was a nice surprise

MamaLuigi945 - It certainly took a while to paint the terrain, I can tell you that

Nathanthemayor - That's just a normal day in 'sunny' Britain

Kakado_to_save - Thanks Kaka

Escilnavia - Indeed you did friend

Vlasky - Then more you shall have

Towerdude - Well Dudu, it's private property, you may be arrested for breaking in...

Rugeley123 - Yup, it's definitely a Citation, not sure which one though, that's your area of expertise

Lobsterav - Thank you for commenting

9988 - Thanks, have a ducky too

Paulobergonci - Well in theory that should help, but at the end of the day it's whether the game decides to behave or not

Samerton - Thanks Sam! Hopefully I'll be able to get further with this one

Aliasrm13 - Thank you ! It's always nice to see fellow English on here. In regard to the traffic lights, they're some French style ones found in this mod here.

ThomasSimpson - Ah, well then I have someone to judge how I do with this

Testuser1234 - Urm..thank you?

Merlin Of Flyote - As pointed out by Mrtnrln, they're not. The link is just further above...

Mrtnrln - Thank you Maarten

Dumanios - Thanks!

Kj3400 - Much more is on it's way

Jotuaveefe - Thanks Javier

Simbourgeois - *GIMP Thanks for the comment

Thanks for all the replies peeps. There were a lot more than I expected

Anyway, today's update is more of a short progress report than anything else, I haven't had much time to get things done thanks to school now limiting my SC4 time

So this is what I've actually got done so far:

As you can see, two large city tiles have been nearly completed. But after this I will have to fiddle with my config.bmp to get things to fit in right again

And here is a nice real map of the general area to compare, see if you can spot some of the infrastructure

I hope I've kept it fairly accurate to real life, it's hard with the games limitations..

That's all for this week, but I will have something a bit more interesting soon, I just can't say when exactly

  Edited January 8, 2012 by Dannibee  

[TowerDude 2,187]

Looks very precise, pure english countryside

[Samerton 833]

Lurvleh accurate roads, this is a great start!

[jotauveefe 24]

STUNNING WORK Dan D: It's incredible the accuracy put into it. Can't wait to see it finished!!!