Aureliano. Flareflakes Rush.

[Criquette 0]

Aureliano. Flareflakes Rush.


Intro

Flareflakes - a mineral, commonly used
to produce all kinds of fuel. - SimCyclopedia





 - ...Hey, mom, look. I've found that behind our field. Looks beautiful, eh?
   Don't you know what's this? It's kinda stone or something...
 - Oh, yes it looks like a stone. What a beautiful colour! Let's ask your granpa.
 - Granpa! Can you tell us what is this? What's the name of that stone?
 - Let's see... Oh, my Lord!!! Where did you get this, kid?!!!
 - I found that behind our field... There's a lots of them!
 - Remember, my son, it is a flareflake... We gonna be ritch!
   I should go to Criquette City...


Few months later...




- Okay now! The subject of this meeting is... Our own flareflakes mining!
  Few months ago, we've got the information that on the Borringue Lake, a little boy has found a flareflake at his backyard.
  I've send our people to check it... after some exploration, we've found a hugest... oh... a hugest flareflake deposite...
  So! We must start work on the mining as soon as it possible.
  At this time, nobody knows about it. No one from our rivals knows about Borringue flareflakes...
  So we must be the first. And this is our chance...
  Now, here's the deal -



- we must construct a branch line till the fishing village, where the flareflake field is situated.
  While this will  be in progress, we also must costruct our mining facility
  to be able to take out our flareflakes as soon as it possible...
  So... this is our moment, gentlemen... It is our future!..


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Hi every one
This is my first CJ Aureliano. Flareflakes Rush.

So, the idea of the CJ is not very original. Actually, i think it's not original at all.
I'll try to tell the story about a mining camp that finnaly becomes a large and beautiful city. 
My storytelling skills are too poor, but i'll try to make it as intresting as i can

Behind the storyline i'll tell you about region stats, mods i use, and all the gameplay things, that would be intresting to tell about.
So, stay tuned to the first update!

Cheers!

[oroen 0]

Actually I think it's quite original. An intriguing little story to start off, a couple very nice pictures, and a good map to get us acquainted. Bonne chance with the region!

[____----____ 37]

wow this is a fantastic start i hope u keep it up

cause this has heaps of potential.

-great start

ALek

 

 

[katie2007 0]

wow that last picture shot of simcity is so realistic but is your city backwards? nice job

[Nardo69 51]

Nice start. Those two closeups look good so far, and the story is believable. Let's wait and see where it will leed us to. Some of those mo

[pipishere 3]

wow....a very nice start! Looking forward to more!

[Kwakelaar 92]

What a beautiful looking map, nice beginnig for a new CJ.
Looking forward to your next updates.

[bazzuka 0]

Interesting start.Like the region.I'm gonna follow this.

[Criquette 0]

Woohoo! Thanks every onem guys! So great to se your comments after very first post!

To Oroen: Thanks, man! I'm glad that you find the story beginning quite original

To Aleking: Thank you! Yes, i hope that it will turn out really well with this CJ

To Katie2007: Oh, thankyou Actually, the pic is just mirrored in PS to make it look a bit more intresting.

To Nardo69: Oh, thanks! Well, i hope that this one will not become a ghost town... or maye it's a good way to finish the story! I'll keep it in mind But it will take time, i hope

And yes. I have a pic of the part of the region. I've just finished main terraforming yesterday, so there is a lot of work to plant all the trees over the whole region.
So here is about 1/6 of the region - the flareflakes mine area:




I'm planning an update with info about the region when its creating will be finished. So stay tuned

To Pipishere and Kwakelaar: Thank you, guys!

 

[Pinchman 0]

Hello Criquette!

I have to say, this pic is one of the best here on ST. One of my favorite for sure!

 

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I don't know if is a question of modding but very realistic. Flaregas Office, nice building, did you download it here on STEX? I don't think is an in-game one.

About mods, you said you're gonna tell all the ones you're using. Can't wait for that because I really want to know how you get those arrowed intersections...awsome!

 

Great great start!

See you next uptade.

 

- Pinchman

[palmgurl 1]

wow thats a great region view where can i download

[choco1 4]

Wow that region is fantastic.  And Pinchman is right about that picture, its so amazing, very realistic and nicly done, I would also like to download that building and the other one with the cars along the street.  Can't wait for more updates!   Brilliant work!  Oh adn I think those avenure turn lanes come with the NAM.

[pipishere 3]

Hey, thats a fab ariel shot of the region!

[decola 0]

Wow, great job! i'd love to know how you made that region shot

[____----____ 37]

that region pic looks sureal i love it dude keep it up!!!!!

 

ALek

[Criquette 0]

Thank you for your words, guys!

To Pichman: Thanks man! Oh, no, not at all! This is an ingame CO$$ building Kanarowski & Co - so I just made the lot for the story to tell
And yes, those arrowed avenue intersection is an optional part of the NAM right now - ATL Mod - Just look through the Modding- Transit Networks forum section

To Palmgurl: Thank you, but i'm not sure about downloading - it's a custom map i've made for the CJ, so i wasn't thinking about release it. Or may be.. who knows!

To Chocolatemax285: Thanks! As i've said, the building on the pic is an ingame, so you can find it in the LE by searching Kanarowski & Co

To Pipishere: Thank you!

To Decola: Thankie! I've made it using Region Census - really useful program

To Aleking: Oh, thanks, man! Yeah, a bit surreal, and the legend about the area is even more surrealistic. I'm preparing an update about the region itself, hope to upload it soon!

[Pinchman 0]

Hello Criquette!

 

Oups! I didn't recognize the Kanarowski building, I saw it in my city but at the other angle, shame.

Sorry about that one.

 

BTW, Nice region map! very unusual.

 

See you next update.

[Pinchman 0]

Sorry Criquette,

I forgot to thank you about the NAM mod.

So, Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it.

 

See ya!

[Criquette 0]

To Pinchman: Thanks, man! Oh, and by the way - use edit post button next time if you forgot to say something  That's fits better with forum rules


Borringue Lake.

Long time ago, there was a sea:

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Nobody knows why, but the sea begins to dry.
And finnaly, turns into lake.

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Borringue lake - that's how people call it.
Years passing by, trees start growing on the dryed sea bottom...
Today, there are beautiful forrests all over the place

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Don't know why people call this place that way.
This lake... there is nothing about boring for me!

Looks at this fast river that runs down to the lake

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Or those strange mysterious cliffs...

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Every spring, a beautiful stream runs down to the lake from the top of the tableland.
Come here next spring and you will see it

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And those strange gutters... Did you saw something like that? Is is a mineral or something?
Every spring when the snow starts to melt and the water washes out those trange grey things from underground...

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...and moves it down to the lake

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I could live here!..

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I hope you like the regional shots!  Finnaly i've finished working on all these trees, whew! I guess i know why people call this plase like that!

Any way, let me tell you about this region.
Here some stats:

The region size is 10x12 large city squares, so there is 120 large city squares; 13 of these are fully covered by the water and about 25 city squares covered by the forrest. 

Mods I use at this moment:

THL Reconcilation Mod;
THL Terrain Mod - Grassland;
Ocean River Mod;
Grass beach mod;
God Mode Trees mod;
Jeroni Plopable water;
Goldiva Tropical Set;
PEG Rock Mod - Gold Sandstone;
Timotheus Custom water;


There is also another mods i will use in the city building:

Network Addon Mod;
No Dilapidation mod;
Diagonal streets mod;
Additional Dirty Streets mod;
Bridgeheight mod;
Euro road textures mod;
No fires mod;
Radical Ordinace mod;

And may be also few more that i forgot

Um-m.. what else.. I guess that's all for today!
Hope to see you soon!

[____----____ 37]

wow wow wow that is insanely dank makes my region look like garbage

seriously this is very very very nice an instant favorite

 

ALek

[Simen 1]

dude, you came out of nowhere and blew my mind! This is some of the most beautiful terraforming I have ever seen! and also the story seems to be very interesting. Im extremely impressed, and looking forward for more!

[pipishere 3]

Great Terraforming there! 10/10

[Nardo69 51]

Great handmade landscape... I gave up terraforming due to my rather poor results but yours look marvellous!!

Nardo

[Kwakelaar 92]

Map is indeed beautiful, and quite huge. My computer would jump off the table if it had to tackle something like that.

[Thunderman 30]

This map is just AWESOME!

And offcourse the story is very intriquiging!!! Keep it up!

 

 

 

*hits subscribtion button*

 

 

 

Greetz Thunderm@n

[elle_driver 2]

Really excellent! Looking forward to more updates! Your terraforming is superb. Well done!

[MrCinatit 30]

holy cow, criquette, that terraforming is remarkable - giving me a lot of inspiration and some ideas. i am assuming from the looks of it you did this by hand, which is very impressive. that is a startling, beautiful region.

oh yes, and you have a very good story here as well.

keep up the great work.

[Criquette 0]

Woah! Thanks for the comments, my friends!

To Aleking: Thanks man! But don't say that! Actually your region is a great inspiration for me

To Simen, Pipishere, Nardo and Kwakelaar: Thank you, guys!

To Thunderman: Wohoo My first subscriber! Thanks a lot!

Elle_driver: Thankie!

To MrCinatit: Oh, it's a honour to see you here! But may be i'll disappoint you by saying that the mayor terraforming was done by ingame renderer, i've just created a map by myself..
Only all these trees and stuff was added by hand and that took really long
Thank you! And i'm really glad that this region can be an inspiration for such a great City Journalist!

To All: So great guys, that you find the story kinda intresting! I hope to post next update as soon as it possible. It will be about the railway construction and beginning of the flareflakes mining in the region, so stay tuned!
See ya

[jarnomiedema 52]

Well done, Criquette! Incredibly beautiful region shots! Must've taken you ages to create that! Did you hand terraform it or did you render it in-game? Either way, it's absolutely amazing! As for that shot in your first update with all the different offices, I would love to know how you did that.. I've seen it before in other city journals, but so far all of my own efforts have been in vain..

Perhaps a tutorial?

 

Anyway, great job, great start and keep it up!

[timotheus4 39]

Seriously, you use my custom water? Which one?

A really interesting story premise. I look forward to seeing more.