East of Eden

[fuhgawz 0]

Hi.  I'm new to this forum, after having lurked a while.  Theres a great community on here.  I've become a big fan of SimCity4 in a relatively short period of time, its the creativity it allows for that i really love, and it just happens to be the most relaxing game ever.  I've recently started to create a proper region tile by tile.  This is going to be a slow-burning CJ, but i'll try and update it as often as my work allows!  A whole load of modds and plugins have been used, as i'm sure you'll see.  This taster pic is from Pines, the first community of East of Eden to be created, set along a wide, wooded river inlet, that eventually leads out to the sea...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//one.JPG align=baseline>

[Simworld 056132 1]

Wow, and welcome to the forum. That is a nice city you got going therem fellow. Rural a lot. Boy, I cant wait to see more updates!

[Mikeaut1 261]

Welcome to Simtropolis!

I can tell by the look of that pic that this city journal will go far if you put the effort in. Great, stunning, work!

 

Please though, lower your pictures to 800X600 or less. I tend to like 640X480, but just make sure your pictures are not higer than 800X600 in the future, Thanks!

 

[fuhgawz 0]

Thanks!  There are a few nice farms in Pines, mostly old farmers hanging on in the face of new development.  East of Eden is a region of contrasts.  A few years back an observatory was erected at the top of the mountain overlooking Pines, across the valley from the sleepy farms...

 

 

 

If you look down you can glimpse the edge of Pines, with Steinbeck Elementary and Lenny High nestled beneath the wooded mountainside...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The scientists posted to this mountain retreat do a little hunting from the observation post, or train their scopes on the football matches below...

 

NB thanks mike, i'll resize my posts from now on! forgive me for these

[timotheus4 39]

Is there an angel with a flaming sword?

[fuhgawz 0]

huh??

[RPGHOTGUY 0]

Excellent fuhgawzcant wait to see more. I like your use of somys harbor's

[fuhgawz 0]

Now, a closer look at the centre of learning in Pines.  Steinbeck Elementary and Lenny High are at the leading edge of new development along the East of Eden valley.  Kids in these schools will be the new high-tech workers and service providers in the new era of East of Eden.  For now, the sleepy schools offer a comfort blanket, shielding them from a fast developing world...The only worries are sports games and tests...

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//three.JPG align=baseline>

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//two.JPG align=baseline>

 

But just down the valley, expansion is under way.  Heres a glimpse of the future...

 

INDUSTRY

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//five.JPG align=baseline>

 

AND ENTERTAINMENT THAT ALWAYS BELONGED ON TV...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//four.JPG align=baseline>

 

thanks

[jacqulina 162]

welcome to simtropolis and i must say what an entrance wonderfull start with your cj

[fuhgawz 0]

Thankyou!  I've just been working on Melt, a small farming community even further down the inlet towards the sea.  Here, the local church is the focus of the community, which only numbers 90-odd souls.  Heres an evening shot taken from a passing hot-air balloon...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//church.JPG align=baseline>. 

The small number of houses are settled on a hillside leading down to the shore...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//houses1.JPG align=baseline>

 

And now the farms, and the nature trails that draw visitors from Pines down the coast...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//farm3.JPG align=baseline>

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//farm2.JPG align=baseline>

 

 

 https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//farm1.JPG align=baseline>

Alas, the onslaught of development continues.  Next time, we'll see new development around Melt, as planners seek to establish a commuter town, in a prime position between the sea and inland.

 

Thanks.

 

[mtbrocket 2]

Good start. Nice use of the Peg bats.

-Dan

[mayormommy 8]

Yes, the countryside is particularly nice. I'd love a region view.

[sloppet 3]

nice start.. welcome to st.com

[Nardo69 51]

Nice update! I like especial that res.area at the coast!

BTW have you tried the dirttracks insteaod of the pinetrails? IMHO between the farms the dirttracks look better ...

Nardo

[1ajs 49]

wow what a nice city i like the buildings on the hill the observitories btw were did ya get them from?


umm were did you get these things sitting under this bridge?


nice mirina though keep it up

[Rochefort 13]

Nice start, I like the look of it.

[unseelie 0]

Nice CJ so far, Fug. Just so you know, that post up near the top asking about the angel with the flaming sword is a reference to the Biblical passage stating that God put an angel with a flaming sword east of Eden after Adam and Eve were evicted.

[choco1 4]

This is an extremely unique CJ, and a great start if I've ever seen one! You have a very nice building style and I look forward to seeing more from you! The trees look great, and so do the pond and just the design of this city!

[jacqulina 162]

i like how  you have placed the trees and how you are building

[fuhgawz 0]

First of all, thanks to everyone:

mtbrocket
mayormommy
sloppet
Nardo69 - thanks, i'll check out the dirt-tracks
1ajs - the wave barriers under the bridge come with the fishing port!
Rochefort
unseelie - thanks for that, i'm an ignoramous...
chocolatemax285
jacqulina

 Now, a bit of an update on the development taking place opposite Melt on the other side of the river. 

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//river.jpg align=baseline>

 

A major highway is being constructed to act as an artery to the sea.  The first piece of development to take place has been a service station:

 

 

As evening falls, theres the melancholy sense it's not just the day that has passed...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//services1.jpg align=baseline>

 

thanks.

[Equilibria 16]

I'm a fan of that water tower. It gives the entire town a much more authentic rural feel (I'm not sure why, maybe life is so slow out there that they have to amuse themselves by building water towers shaped like fruit), and I've never seen it before. Great job!

[soldyne 111]

your city is facinating.  very comfortable and peaceful.  I especially like the use of the streams and waterfalls.  good job.

[fuhgawz 0]

Hi

Heres a shot of the region so far, at the moment i've terraformed 3 large tiles, and 1 small.  Coming soon: the new port facility built down the coast from Melt.

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//region.JPG align=baseline>

[Micah 16]

Really great CJ. I'll be watching this one. (That is pretty strange to have one of your photos in somebody else's CJ...)

[BIWDC 2,296]

what happens there with the pictures is if there the same name

one picture will over ride the other that happened to me

once i put a picture online in a forum and one day i checked back

and there was a different picture so i attempted to save it and to

my surprise it was the same name i had used on mine so i ended

up having to change the name of my pic and reupload it and after

it was fine it didn't get replaced again, so the best thing to do is

use your name in the pictures file name it saves you problems later.

 

oh and excellent work so far fuhgawz it looks great.

[Cjah 15]

Wow such a lovely start to such a grand rural C.J.!

Well I'm not here as much as I once was,but I still know greatness when I see it and I see great things in this C.J.s future.The farmlands and small shoping areas are realistic and very belivable.The use of walls in your C.J. may be a little much at times,but you balence it well with all the trees near by.The bridges are perfect!

 

This is also by far some of the best use of Peg new lots aswell.The stream and trails also look good where they have been placed.The region is very realistic and great form what you have terraformed.I like how wide the river is and how it looks with hills is so realistic.Your talent is good with terraforming and your city building kinda reminds me of Digby and my second C.J. Callisto.

 

Great work and I'm keeping an eye on this one!

[Equilibria 16]

This region looks like it is developing nicely, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with all that space. Also, coastal cities seem to be in our future (not just on the inlet). Nice work.