Apex Valley - A Dolfan Scrapbook

[Sooner&RiceGrad 0]

You are an urban freak, from what I've seen of you, Uncrazycooper13, .

I think you should start considering subway, or monorail, or elvated rail. It will reduce commute times. This CJ recieves an A from me. You have meticulously zoned better than even I have ever done, and specialized neighborhoods, not city's. Great read!

Nick.

[jay_allen1978 0]

A perfectionist indeed! I like it, It looks good.

[Sooner&RiceGrad 0]

The skill you have displayes indicates time spent painstakingly on concentration. A serious city builder indeed. How is that for suburban sprawl, I likee indeed!

Nick.

[Dolfan348488 0]

Thanks again for the wonderful comments everyone.  My whole vision started out as urban sprawl, with metro areas spaced in key landform areas of the region, and its working pretty well so far.  No major traffic problems, except in one of the downtown avenues.  I built a subway system to counteract this, with main lines runnin through downtown, and a couple to the industrial park.  I have topped out demand for R$ and R$$ and about halfway for R$$$, commercial is skyrocketing, and industrial demand is not that great, considering the new construction in Coralville. 

 

Urban sprawl =

[Sooner&RiceGrad 0]

We love your CJ so much, we want an update right away, captain! Can we download this?

 

Nick.

[vidioman 21]

Nick, dont bash cooper Simsite hosting is supposed to have a city exchange, if you ask nicely, maybe dolfan would upload the region for you

 

For ugly sprawl, this is a prety good CJ. it's looking good, especially the CBD along the river. you should work on the subur-rural transition, though, they just kind of end. If you can improive that, the realism factor would go up

[Dolfan348488 0]

Date:12/13/2004 12:18:18 AM
Author:vidioman

Nick, dont bash cooper Simsite hosting is supposed to have a city exchange, if you ask nicely, maybe dolfan would upload the region for you

 

For ugly sprawl, this is a prety good CJ. it's looking good, especially the CBD along the river. you should work on the subur-rural transition, though, they just kind of end. If you can improive that, the realism factor would go up

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I realize sub-rural transition is the one thing i lack badly.  I am going to start looking heavily through city journals soon to see how the best of the best do it

[Sooner&RiceGrad 0]

no just kidding. Cooper: calm down, we might become friends.

Me and Vid are kinda friends, we know each other better than any 2 people know each other on this site, and we can always predict what the other will say, And we are always bickering, lol. Either that, or bringing up past memories, from elsewhere.

Dolphin, this is the best CJ I've ever sen, I just can't believe it. Have you ever seen Amarillo's west side. It kinda ends really abruptly.

Hey, Vid! You didn't call me Nickie!!!

Dolphin, you might start sparsely adding neighborhoods, and fill in the blanks when the city gets bigger. Use retail and high tech to provide nearby jobs out in those boonies/suburbs.

Nick.

[masher 3]

Nice region!! I like how your cities seem to be large but they are not...and still they have that cool feeling...

BTW: Where did you get this?

And is it a growable or plopable?

[Sooner&RiceGrad 0]

Do only 150,000 people live htere? Wow.

 

Nick.

[DuskTrooper 314]

Date: 12/13/2004 12:26:46 AM
Author: masher

Nice region!! I like how your cities seem to be large but they are not...and still they have that cool feeling...

BTW: Where did you get this?

And is it a growable or plopable?

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I think that's the mitsubishi crystal mall, and it was made by Raika. It IS on the STEX, I think....

[Dolfan348488 0]

Sooner - Thanks for the advice, i will definately consider it!

Masher - That is the Mitsubishi Crystal Mall

 

Edit - Dusk...you beat me to it  

 

Also, the region population is 380,000 as of the moment.  Im going to have a comprehensive regional update next time.

[Sooner&RiceGrad 0]

Yes! I, a reliegious man, have had my prayers answered, momentarilly!!!

[Dolfan348488 0]

Quick update later tonight! With closeups of the city.

 

Look for it

[Dolfan348488 0]

Alright, here we are.  I just have a nice little update on Coralville.  Not the regional overview i promised, but that will come next time for sure.  Coralville has now pushed over 200,000 residents, which is about the only major news i have to report.  Check out the pictures and their captions for more details.

 

Here we have what the residents refer to as the twin towers.  They barely pass for middle wealth dwellings.  The city, in its current state, is considering demolishing all of the riverfront buildings to make room for an amusement park/beach front resort.  It is still in the early planning; if to even happen at all.

 

Located here, just off Admiral Avenue, is the 5-story tall statue of the mayor, Coralville's most popular hotel, The Omni, and the Coralville Chameleons soccer team home field. 

 

Many of the city's old fashioned apartment complexes are being overtaken by more modern, and study structures.

 

Here is wall street named for its skyscraping buildings virtually forming a wall.  This is a recent development project that was uptaken by the city's vast architecture team.

 

One of the more beautiful parts in the entire region.

 

The majority of non-downtown residential is extremely rich like this.

 

Another architectural masterpiece by the city's team.

 

And finally, we have the main focus of the downtown, the I-80 bridge (the I-74/I-80 interchange is west of the bridge).  The marina is a favorite gathering spot on Sunday afternoons.

 

Enjoy   Leave a comment also!

[mayormommy 8]

That's quite a nice update, Dolfan. The towering beachfront apartments remind me of Chicago or Miami. Great job!

[crazyarchitect 7]

nice update, very nice streets and everything together, makes it really realistic

[Fairlane500 8]

Looks excellent from what I can see, keep up the good work.

[DuskTrooper 314]

I like the urban canyon effect right here!

[ChicAgo333 2]

beautiful update! youve really done a great job, i really like it.  i dont know what dusk meant by urban canyon but that is my favorite picture of the update!

 

EDIT- i found out what urban canyon meant

[Yuna 0]

Hi Dolfan, met you the day before in the chat room...anyways, just want to post a comment on your CJ. I know I don't have the game myself, but from what I'm seeing, everything looks really neat. I really like your idea of separating tall buildings from mixing in with the small houses. It makes things look organized. Well, don't give up on the hard work, because I'll be checking back every so often and see what further development you'll be making.

[jay_allen1978 0]

This city is looking better every time i stop by. great job.

[Iknowu 0]

oh my! I fell in love with your city! let me live there! How much a room?

great work!

[dudyconstructor 46]

WOAH! look at that beach! thats one i would be happy to surf on! hahaha nice job! looks great and thanks to the link in your sig, i will be able to revive this beauty to the CJ forums main page!!lol thank me.

[colbysohl 0]

Wow,That city is nice!

[Dolfan348488 0]

I have a nice small update on the new town of unduria. I have painstakingly worked on the transportation systems alone, for about an hour, trying to get them to cater to the way im going to develop the rest of the region. Heres what I ended up with.


Here we have the city, as set up, completely zoned, before any time has been run. Highways bypass the city on the east and northern sides, and continue north and south, respectively. On the side of the highway, opposite the main city, only industry is allowed to be zoned. Monorail runs south-eastern and north-eastern to the city, and leads through the industrial park, and into Coralville. Passenger rails start at the north-western edge of the city, and continue north. These will mainly serve the farmers of the future in the city.


The city, all grown up now, utilizes an odd transportation setup. While odd, it gives residents 4 different ways to travel throughout the region. Farmers from other states are pushing to get zonng passed, with the city's fertile grounds to the west.


Another zoom out shot. You can see the industry starting to develop northeast of the city.

Enjoy the Christmas update! Exclusive close-ups coming next time!

Leave a comment please!

[dudyconstructor 46]

looks pretty nice, your play style is very interesting...i can only play SC4 building a huge concrete jungle, with no cheat codes or mods.

Nice start!

[nirgal23 23]

Brilliant region - amazing attention to detail - one thing though - Industry on a hilltop 9think of how low the property prices would become!

[ert90 8]

Beautiful region Dolfan!

I can't wait to get back into this CJ game!

[Dolfan348488 0]

This journal has experienced a long absence....time to show a small bit of a change. Here is a section of downtown as it currently stands.