My SC4 CJ Scrapbook | Important update and news!

[philforhockey51 4,216]

Beautiful Entry!

[Talla 2XLC 36]

What Terrain Mod are you using? Looks nice

[nos.17 5,215]

As usual, still loving your updates. I appreciate the links you included too...its always nice to find new stuff that even I didn't know about.   

  Edited November 30, 2015 by nos.17  

[Schulmanator 5,799]

Happy 100th Entry!!

[Compdude787 916]

What Terrain Mod are you using? Looks nice

Looks like he's using the Sudden Valley Terrain Mod.

[Mymyjp 1,052]

Congratulations on your 100th entry!

[Benedict 3,119]

Thanks for keeping us wowed for 100 updates - outstanding work.

And well done, your CJ was number one on BTT for the week ending 30 July.

[tariely 4,496]

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Replies:

nimafarid2007: The apartment blocks are mainly from Aaron Graham's NYBT bats, found on the STEX, and the retaining walls can be found here- https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=131.

takemethere: Thank you very much for your comment! Here are the relevant links: 1. Football (soccer) fields- https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1721, 2. One of Reddonquixote's skyscrapers https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/29733-telstra-corporate-centre-melbourne-australia/. 3. An NDEX building- https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/15316-ndex-ballard-park-one-by-dt/, 4. Mattb325's Pine Valley Mall- https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2570, 5. Paeng's regional bus terminal- https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/29110-paengs-regional-bus-terminal/?tab=comments#comment-633091, 6. Warsaw Main Railway Station- https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1799 and 7. T Wrecks relot of the tower in picture 2 can be found here- https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/29143-ids-office-plaza/.

Sparks1176: Thank you. I use the Arden tree controller- https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2959.

mrsmartman: Cheers! I put my greatest amount of effort into Annuq, I went through that city block by block.

raynev1: I'm glad you like it so much, I put in more detail because I download every dependency and also I have put in a lot of practice using MMPs.

MilitantRadical: Thank you very much!

philforhockey51: Cheers!

MikeyKnox: I use the Sudden Valley terrain mod- https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2867.

nos.17: Thank you! I couldn't have made parts of Annuq without your relots.

Schulmanator:

Compdude787: Thanks for providing a link to MikeyKnox.

Mymyjp: Thanks!

Benedict: Thank you, I had a great time with each and every city, all the comments always made me want to add that bit extra to each new city I worked on.

tariely: Loving the emoticons!

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Update 100: Downtown in Annuq

Today I will show to you Annuq's downtown which has a whole ton of W2W blocks and masses of concrete, steel and glass. Please note that this is the 100th UPDATE, so if you are counting in entries this would be the 101st entry. I hope that clears up any confusion!

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This Friday I will show you the east part of the city centre.

  Edited December 2, 2015 by Ln X  

[tariely 4,496]

Now THAT's a 100th entry !!!:-) (101st ?)) I l love the fact that ANnnuq is not everywhere too skyscrapery-shiny. It looks real, with old buildings (W2W galore, indeed !) and new ones. and a spattering of old IM industries (and I'll bite : What IS that huge, dark brick bat in picture 3 ? One of Paeng's PURE ind. relots I might have missed ? Darn !)

[_Michael 2,681]

I do love W2W cities, and I like how you've made it not too shiny and modern! Looking great, and isn't this the 101st entry, not 100?? Anyway, keep up the great work!!!  

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Replies:

tariely: I spent so much time working on those W2W blocks, there is something very satisfying plopping down grungy W2W buildings. It's not Paeng's PURe lot but the original lot can be found in this link- https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/28278-paengs-pure-no01/. A bonus W2W grungy industrial building which you will really like- https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/28289-paengs-pure-no02/ .

michael95l: Thank you! And yes it is the 101st entry, however when I count updates then I take one off of the number. Example: 1st update is the 2nd entry.

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Update 101: Annuq's city centre (east)

CBD time! Let's go!

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Technically Annuq's city centre is somewhere in the city tile to the south- which is where the highway going to the right leads. But for this city tile here is the city "centre".

 

And the area featured today.

 

Let's zoom in on some of the important transit buildings.

 

Stoffley Station. Stoffley is a town which was cobbled up by Annuq, everything to the right of the railway track is Stoffley.

 

The market stalls are out in force on Teppers Street.

 

The Balrourk Shopping mall is the imposing building in the picture's centre, it is perfectly positioned given how close it is to Stoffley Station.

 

As an added bonus the Balrourk shopping mall has a reasonably large bus terminus with numerous entrances to the subways below.

 

The Gaumont Showcase Complex. Annuq's most popular cinema.

 

NYBT W2W tower blocks are too beautiful.

 

Sadly I have not found a satisfactory way of removing Maxis palm trees, so I resort to pausing the game and clicking the streets with the road tool to return the palms to their small state.

 

Not all areas of the city centre are gleaming, as always T Wrecks industrial car parks bring the concrete jungle to life.

 

This is probably my favourite area of the city centre. It's got to be something about the petrol station, church, construction site, avenue and square W2W block all coming together.

 

The turquoise windowed skyscraper is Monty Quincy's Tower. Born in Annuq, Monty Quincy is the cities richest billionaire with an international business empire stretching from pharmaceuticals, agriculture and telecommunications.

 

All of these skyscrapers and office blocks need so much parking. Most of the car parks are underground, a few though poke above the subterranean layers.

 

N-Tertain; a large multimedia company which dispenses services in TV, film, radio and advertisements.

 

Moving much closer to the centre...

 

When I was building the city centre I tried to make great use of the available mid-rise buildings- really large, chunky, wide, fat ones.

 

KeyBank- one of the region's most popular banks. With it's motto "greed is good" it is little wonder it provides many hundreds of billions of credit which pours into the redhot housing markets, construction industries and automobile financing.

 

The Rockefeller Centre, because in any world, real or SC4, this building looks so cool.

 

One last overview of the east of the city centre.

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A preview of the agricultural areas in Annuq.

 

[_Michael 2,681]

Lovely farms, lovely W2W blocks and lovely transport infrastructure! Great all round!  

[citybuilder234 37]

Where did you get that Hyatt hotel tower? I want it in my city of Volcanopolis in SC4.

[raynev1 1,886]

Another fantastic entry , your work with SC4 never ceases to amaze me . Great job as always . 

[tariely 4,496]

OMG you managed to do that big modular parking garage !:-)))) I love that that city has cars and parks them in lots of places. Also, wonderful variety of buildings, well spaced so we can appreciate them all, not all scrunched together hedgehog like:-). Now I'm waiting for the countryside...

[streetsofny 45]

Expectacular city, very detailed! thanks for share!

[Benedict 3,119]

Congratulations, your CJ was number one on BTT for the weeks ending August 6 and 13.

And well done on your Trixie award!

  Edited December 8, 2015 by Benedict  

[CT14 2,486]

Is that some Gridbusters industrial I see up there? Beautiful work with building selections and W2W placement!

[Compdude787 916]

Looks nice! To get rid of the palm trees, download this mod: 

[SOURENDU 0]

really great work and truly appreciable  .............. please upload mods or tell about links of all buildings,parks,etc mods  ...........thank you.

  Edited December 8, 2015 by SOURENDU  

[pinkindustry 269]

OMG I love all about it! Where can I get that  Stoffley Station ??

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

Where Can I get the Freight Station and the darker colored pariking lots.

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Anyways onto the actuall CJ:

I love your downtown's man, love the use of the W2W stuff from Goofyguytpa

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Replies:

michae95l: Cheers!

citybuilder234: https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/29378-grand-hyatt-melbourne-australia/

raynev1: Thank you!

tariely: Thank you. Scrunched together would only work if there was some impressively large W2W buildings, ala Manhattan styel.

streetsofny: Thanks!

Benedict: Thank you, getting the Trixie was nice. I'm surprised no one added in a best SC4 industrial category though...

CT14: Yes, yes it is! Thanks for your comment.

Compdude787: I have that mod but it does not properly work, and does not work at all for OWR networks.

SOURENDU: To answer your request- no. I can give you links for specific buildings and mods though, if you so ask.

pinkindustry: Thank you, I think the station is on the STEX and I tried searching for it but the STEX has no proper search tool.

DavidDHetzel: I can help you out with the diagonal parking- https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/29313-overhanging-parkings/. I'm not sure where I found the freight station though.

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Update 102: Stoffley (Technical Difficulties)

Stoffley is a small town which was gobbled up by the ever expanding Annuq, here is one part of

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A preview of the next entry...

 

NOTE: Simtropolis is acting up with displaying photos. I will sort this out tomorrow.

Note 2: The usual insert image button is missing, I have found out that it will be eventually restored. I have tried other methods but to no avail. Until the insert image button is restored then I cannot post any pictures. Sorry about that.

[Benedict 3,119]

Try the insert other media button (lower right) in the reply window.

 

And well done - your CJ was number one on BTT for the weeks ending August 20 and August 27.

[raynev1 1,886]

Man that's a bummer , I look forward to your updates

   I think you broke the system with all them fantastic images . LOL .

[tariely 4,496]

Sometimes I wished simtrop' stopped tinkering with its website:-). Maintenance is OK, but exactly what is maintained ? Or perhaps is it the general, massive update of the site that is still not finished ? (not bitching, just inquiring here:-) 

(well, apparently the insert media from URL thingie is working again...) 

SO : Please-please-please, reload your update, Lnx !!! 

[dedgren 830]

I can't see any of your last update images, my friend, but I took a while to go back through your earlier CJ posts and I am blown away.  Followed.  Five stars.

Bravo!

 

David

[packersfan 666]

Agh, your cities are so perfect!  I wish I could get my downtowns to look so great.

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Thanks for the comments everyone and for your patience, I have decided to use Imgur for the time being as that is the only thing which is working when posting images on Simtropolis. So without further adieu...

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Update 102: Stoffley

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Part of Stoffley, a town which has been gobbled up by Annuq.

 

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The northwest part of Stoffley has various ponds and sports fields.

 

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Loving the street curves and curved intersections.

 

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Burkley Pond.

 

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The greenhouse was once part of an allotment which got levelled to make way for shops and parking. One owner of the allotment land didn't sell up, a few years and a few court cases later and this anamoly remain standing.

 

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Stoffley is also an industrial town to.

 

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Petrol stations and shopping malls.

 

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To the right is Greffer's Pond.

 

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Car parks and loading bays.

 

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Some lots have street-sized sections which perfectly align to the draggable streets. It takes some trickery, involving creating truncated intersections, to create these faux intersections.

 

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Flounder's Roundabout.

 

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W2W low-rise commercial, one of my favourite things to create in SC4.

 

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Stoffley District Hospital.

 

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The Stoffley District Hospital serves the needs of 300000 residents.

 

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Just north of Stoffley District Hospital is Tarrey's Park.

 

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It's all about the car-parking.

 

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The railway line divides Stoffley from Annuq's city centre.

 

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Stoffley Station. The main part of the structure and its premises lies inside Stoffley.

 

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One handy tip for good railway placement- really, really make them cut through a city. A good railway should appear impassable barring the bridges and tunnels that cross it. Also areas between railways tend to be wasteland or rather light in building density.

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And for next week-

The west half of Annuq's city centre.