Developing Macedon

[Kwakelaar 92]

Interesting this idea about transparent basetextures, I also would like to do something like that but haven't come around to look any deeper into it yet. So sorry I can't really be of any help here.

This underwater world that you are creating is quite unique and looks beautiful.

[sim1234 62]

Fantastic work again sorchin! I might start a CJ early next year but it's not guaranteed! Keep it up!  For the second time in two pages...

WELCOME TO PAGE 10!!!

 

Congratulations on double figured pages!

 

[Chris M 406]

Steve,

Amazing update! That flora along with that sort of tropical watermod you have going there is something really realistic.

Keep it up

Chris

[mayormommy 8]

Phew, finally! There were so many great CJs hovering at 9 pages that I wanted to include in the Reader's Guide. This is one of those CJs where the pictures seem to take forever to load, just increasing the anticipation of the reader. But patience is rewarded with some fascinating pics! Great job!

[ChicAgo333 2]

Woah, rough draft or not, that port area looks great! love the detail

[choco1 4]

Wow! I am honoured! Thankyou so much for the great dedication to a brilliant update in this brilliant CJ! And WOW! A huge congradulations to 10 pages! Thats one hell of an achievement and they are some of the greatest 10 pages I've ever seen! I liked you BAT very much in the last update and was very impressed by your use of underwater flora and rocks around the harbour, it looks incredibly reslistic and basically stunning.

I look forward to more updates of this great CJ, and even 10 more pages!!

Thanks for the link BTW and thanks again s much for the dedication!

cheers mate.

[Simen 1]

hey sorchin, where do you get all that underwater flora from?

[PhilsCafe 8]

Hey Steve.

Congrats to page 10 buddy. Your underwater world still looks fascinating. It lends your region a little 'south seas feeling'.

See Ya.

- Phil

[oroen 0]

Despite not having commented much, I've been following the development of the seaport area, and I am incredibly impressed. From the great terraforming to the little details like the canal docks and the lumber yard that others might overlook, it's such a work of art. SOMY's buildings look really nice there as well as the oil tanks.

[Darmok 34]

Steve those last pics with your underwater lots, are stunning! Can't wait to sea , oops! see more of those in future updates!

Take care!

[sorchin 18]

Hello to all of my friends

Sorry for no update lately Believe me I am working hard on the next update. I have been doing quite a bit of research and customizing. Take a look at the   Lot Editor and Plugin Manager Page as well as The Pegasus site to see I have certainly NOT been idle (Find sorchins posts). I have also been very busy with work since Saturday I want to ensure my friends that I am going through some testing of LOTS and am nearly done Just about every LOT in the next update will be custom made. I will reply to comments as soon as I can my good friends. I know some have been asking about certain Rock Lots I used in the last update. Please understand that all of those lots were custom made so I can't post a link for you, however I can give you some links to find the props I used so you can customize yourself. Those lots are actually quite simple to make Here they are: Dry Stone Walls , Nexis Big Rock Props , and Goldivas Tree and Sea Flora .

Hopefully later today I'll have an update for you. Thanks my friends for your patience.

Have a great day

[jacqulina 162]

thanks for the links i love your banner

[Simen 1]

oh, Goldiva! how could I forget... silly me! anyways, hope you will sort out all custom lot and other problems, and get an update crackin soon!

Regards from your good friend,
Simen

[choco1 4]

Great Banner, looks cool! I've been playing around with those too and I find the animated (photoshop I'm guessing) banners are lots of fun!

I look forward to you next update with great eargerness, and thanks for the rock links.

[MrCinatit 30]

your island with Kobe Tower and the lighthouse is a breathtaking piece of work, sorchin, as is the rest of your journal. it is amazing to watch the amount of detail you put into each square foot and watch as the areas change with time. great work.

[sorchin 18]

 

Phil: Hey my friend. I figured out most of the texture problem Thanks for the compliments buddy

jacqulina: Thanks my friend. I'm glad the link helped Have fun with it

Dan: Hey my friend. Thanks for your help my friend. I really appreciate it pal

Micah: Hey my friend Hmm.. Well let me think... I first started by raising the water level to just above sea level until I was able to build a road on it. Then with a gentle amount of tweaking I manipulated the land (or water) to get the result I wanted. To get the best result level out the newly created beach area and then have fun placing your seaport I know there are(is) a tutorial out there somewhere that explains this. I'm sorry but can't remember where though. Do a search in the General Discussion Forum. Or try posting your question I did a chech on my computer to see if I had it in a Word Document, to no avail.

Simen: Thanks buddy check Update 24 Rough Draft on page 10 That should explain itedit. Ok good. You found it

Kwakelaar: Underwater transparent textures apparently are virtually impossible to do (especially with props). See this link  to see what I mean. I think I got something pretty close though. I also used your wonderful Schiffenberg Monestary for this update I hope you don't mind Thanks for your comments buddy

sim1234: Thank you my good friend.

Chris: Thanks buddy and welcome to my CJ mate. I hope to see you again

mayormommy: Thank you my friend for the compliment Glad to see you here. Come back anytime my friend:

ChicAgo333: Hey buddy Thanks my friend

chocolatemax285: I am humbled my good friend No problem for the link. I am glad to do it It would be nice if I could get 10 more. Lets hopeedit Yes I use Photoshop CS. It took awhile but I have a pretty good handle on the basics now

Phil C: Thanks my good friend. I appreciate it as always mate

oroen: Thanks for such great comments my good friend Yes I love detail which is part of the reason why it takes me so long to update sometimes. See you again soon mate

John: LOL. er oopps... SHHH! Don't tell Dan I laughed at one of your joke's Seriously. Thanks mate

Mr. Cinatit: Good to see you again my good friend I am humbled mate Yes I love detail (hopefully not too much)

I hope I didn't miss anyone. Sorry if I did

 

Update 24 Complete dedicated to Andreas Roth ; dhoppeii  ; swamper77  ; Pegasus  ; and tungston.

 

Well.. It's finally here my friends. I'm sorry it took so long. It was a combination of much trial and error (see update 24 rough draft on page 10), a serious problem at work (which has now been resolved), and a pretty severe case of food poisoning (Which I got Sunday evening). Needless to say I wasn't on my computer for the past couple of days (heck I could barely get out of bed). Anyways: I want to especially thank tungston, dhoppeii, Pegasus, Andreas Roth and swamper77 for helping me greatly with this update. Without their knowledge and insight this update wouldn't have been possible 

 

Ok here we go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have also included a bid Mosaic comprising of 30 800x600 pics Click the thumbnail. Then click the picture once for a fairly big pic, click it a second time for a very big pic. Please note, the very big pic is a bit fuzzy. Imageshack only allows up to 1 MB per pic. I could use alternate sites I guess, but it should be good enough

enjoy

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Oh... my... God...

That looks so cool.

[metasmurf 705]

Wow that underwater thingy looks good. However, i don't like what you do with the images in photoshop, like the last image adding the lensflare. The images looks good enough to go straight without photoshoping. I oppose the use of photoshop/psp editing since i don't think Cj's are ment to be a photoshop contest. Other then that, really great, this CJ is getting better and better for each update. Thanks for inspiration You deserve a link in my signature

[Simen 1]

Well, you finally got it all right, and BOY was it worth the wait! extremely well made, those underwater ruins, and BRILLIANT mosaic!

Keep up the good work

Regards,
Simen

[Darmok 34]

****THUD***
*sound of something rolling on the floor*
mmmmmmhhhhhh...*muffled and unintelligible speech*
*sound of a desk being displaced, and of something being picked up*

Ahhhh.... that's better, sorry 'bout that my jaw just rolled under the desk!
Steve this was just INCREDIBLE! original and beautiful! what a superb setup! What's to say besides that! I'm really stunned.
Congratulations on that magnificent work my friend, long live Macedon!

Take care

[wallasey 8]

Fantastic update YET AGAIN! I am absolutely amazed. The submerged buildings are am amaxing piece of imager that this CJ will be renowned for! It looks as if a resovoir is running low on stocks and is revealing a submerged settlement! really eerie!

Well do with this! just made a bad day vanish!

[Kwakelaar 92]

Hello Sorchin
Great work on the latest update, and I really enjoy seeing the church aswell as the rest of the buildings submerged in water. Very unique.

[sim1234 62]

Wow Wow Wow, the underwater ruins are amazing and unique sorchin! Keep up the fantastic work!

[ginchael 1]

Must be tough to navigate the ships from the seaport around those ruins...

I love it SO MUCH. Can you give a tutorial on how you made those lots ploppable underwater? It would be perfect for Armalis...

Thanks, and great job!

--Ginchael

[pipishere 3]

Ohhh a nice update indeed! I like the Arch & 6U's abbey under water...but the others are too new looking to be ruins. Nice job though...very unique

[PhilsCafe 8]

Hey buddy. You never cease to amaze me . That sunken city looks fantastic.

When you said you'd build on water a couple of pages back, I thought, what the heck... and now, building underwater that's simply extraordinary my friend. It's quite innovative and a nice touch. Especially the ancient ruins and obelisks look beautiful there.

As a 'history enthusiast' though, I'm a little concerned that cargo ships might affect this ancient heritage. Well, maybe I'm being a little too concrend.

Take care Steve and have a great weekend.

- Phil

[dhoppeii 12]

The ruins turned out fantastic Steve and I certainly appreciate the dedication in this update.  Something to think about if you do future sunken ruins.  I am assuming that you modded most of these lots and made them custom items.  For the trees that are in the water near the ruins, you might want to try to use PEG's winter set of trees so that you really only see the branches and not the leaves.  That might be a cool effect.  Just an idea anyway.  Great work my friend and very original.

[sorchin 18]

 

Shadow_Assassin: Hello an welcome to my CJ I appreciate your support my friend. Your welcome anytime

metasmurf: Hey buddy. Thanks for your kind words and candor. I'm honored you would put a link in your sig. Thanks so much mate Conccerning the photoshop. While I agree overdoing it is probably not a good thing. I do like to use it once in awhile just for fun and a little added flair that the game itself can't provide I don't think I overdue it though. (I hope not)

Simen: Thank you Simen for your continued support my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed.

John: LOL. Now even Dan can laugh at that mate Thanks buddy

wallasey: Thanks buddy. Actually to be honest I wasn't looking for realism here, but it's nice I got an (as you say) eerie look, ruins have always amazed me. I'm glad I brightened your day mate That makes me feel better

Kwakelaar: Thanks buddy for your continued support both here and in my BAT thread

sim1234: Thanks again buddy. I appreciate it.

ginchael. LOL. Yes ship captains can't be drinking before they go through there When I get a chance if you like I will do a tutorial. In the meantime check out this link . Look under sorchin's threads. It might be all the help you need my good friend

Phil: Hey buddy Yes I agree with you. This was more or less an experiment to see if I could do it. Unfortunately the building optiions are limited Many just don't show up as props (regular buildings don't work properly in water) in the LE. Hopfully this CJ will inspire a BATTER to specifically design ruins to work underwater That would be cool Thanks for your compliments my friend

Phil C: Hey mateThanks buddy . I hope you're doing well? I guess I didn't think things through enough when I made this area. It's really more along the lines of fantasy than realitySee Phil just above Im sure i'll get back and change this area in the future. Perhaps when I get much better with the BAT I'll create a few underewater buildings myself Thanks buddy

Dan: Hey pal. It's funny you mentioned the winter trees because I originally started usingb those However I guess I was in a colorful mood when I made the final decision to put in the fall trees instead. I foind it's adds more flavor (if unrealistic) to the area

 

Thanks for all your great comments my friends. Check out my newly created BAT thread if you like

 

[Simen 1]

Sorchin, when should we expect a new update?

[sorchin 18]

Hello my friends.

I just want to let everyone know that it may be awhile before my next update. Life is very stressfull right now (don't need to get into the details) on a number of fronts. I just don't have time for SimCity4 at the moment. I'm sorry my friends but what can I do.

I will come back from time to time when I get a chance

I want to thank everyoine for their support. You all have (and I'm sure in the future) been great. I hope to see you soon

sorchin