CHICAGO...As real, as it gets...

[ardecila 124]

Luck. The game's tiles are divided into two triangles, which puts a diagonal edge down the middle of each tile. All tiles in each city have the same triangle orientation. Therefore, you can create diagonal coastlines one way, but not the other way.

[Afuegosky 5]

Ardecila, nope i didnt use an image, I did it all myself, took like 2 days and many changes there after, and yea I am using the buildings from the Bat Ex, however there still a lot of them that i dont have like the NBC tower, the buildings on Wacker by the river canyon etc....again thanks everybody for the comments, more to come

[Sir Gawain 1]

The city looks great, but one problem. The north branch of the Chicago River doesn't go west like how you have it. You might want to look over a few maps.
Image is not from this CJ

Image is not from this CJ
Here is a reference to a chicago region I was making.

[dudyconstructor 46]

wow nice aerial view! great job its comming up really nice!

[utora 0]

Inspiring cj! I love the handmade canals you make (in combination with the bridge height mod). Awesome job!

[Superstar 69]

Wow, man that looks so realistic, must say super great job!!!!

[airmale007 3]

I was working on Chicago too... but the region was so big it took 30 minutes to load . I love this CJ so far; can't wait to see some more.

[andrew george 0]

This is looking really nice so far - and HUGE!!!

 

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[Mikeaut1 261]

God, it is huge! But is the whole region in real life really that griddy?

[mayormommy 8]

I can vouch for the fact that Chicago is really that griddy - it's mind boggling when you fly into O'Hare.  Hey, I can see my mom's house from here! Great journal.

[DonD13 0]

Date: 10/7/2004 7:12:04 PM
Author: Mikeaut1

God, it is huge! But is the whole region in real life really that griddy?

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So far almost everything shown is the city itself, which is very consistently gridded. The surrounding suburbs are a different story. A person could be lost for weeks in the winding maze of residential areas that is Naperville

[jglei701 8]

yeah... funny story, I've been lost in that maze before :-)

You need a GPS locator just to get out of south Naperville (and the ironic thing is that most of the people there can afford it. Hmm...)

[Sir Gawain 1]

Just to clarify, the image I posted is not from this CJ, It is from my old Chicago region which is now lost. It is just to show how the rivers should look. I will link to it if Afuegosky wants me too.

And yes, Chicago is one giant grid. Suburbs are very hard to do in SC4 as you can't built on diagonals they way you do in real life.

[I-will-crush-u 1]

Ive never been to Chicago, but I will take the words of the other members and go with its very realistic. Even if it was just based on imagination, it is a very big, dense and fab city.

[Afuegosky 5]

That arial picture sure does resemble how the chicago grid is layed out, too bad u lost it Sir Gawain

Now as far as the city is going , is getting really hard to develop the river north neighborhood, i'm trying to pack the area with hundreds of skyscraper just like the real thing but i keep getting major abandonment once they get built, however is possible i guess i just need a lot of time and patience!

Now I have a challenge for someone, as we all (chicagoans)know the when u enter downtown chicago through the 290 expressway and u get to State St and Congress you get to see the beutifull Harold Washington Library ,the most stunning building i've ever seen, so I want to be able to have it in the game but I dont have the time to play around the BAT so if one of the member here in simtropolis takes on the challenge of making it I would greatly appreciate it, and wouldnt be kool to have a extra library in the game to show off in ur downtown!

here is the pic of the library

[Bling12 0]

Oh please tell me where you got the prudential plaza and the smurf(forgot name) diamond building cause the one i got from STEX crashes the game when i plop it

[SODATWIN 7]

don't forget to put the Robert Taylors alongside the Dan Ryan Expressway!

[adambrown14ADAM14 2]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS CJ? It was looking good, an insporation for me to start my own Chicago CJ (COMING SOON)

[Afuegosky 5]

 

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[Chris M 406]

Where did you get that Prudential Building in one of your earlier posts ? I think I see the edge of it in that last post.

[hello_SC4 1]

Could you resize the picture please? 800x600 is the maximum allowed.

[mentarman 14]

Hey, looks great. But a little out of date - you need to put the new Millennium Park in. The bandshell and the Wrigley Peristyle are on the exchange someplace....

[Chris M 406]

This is great it is back I cant wait for another update Great work on this CJ

[Afuegosky 5]

 

More to come......

[Chris M 406]

Afuegosky

      Did you get my PM ?

[PhilsCafe 8]

That's a great looking city. Why didn't you come up earlier with this? You must have been working hours to get so far...

- Phil

[Cjah 15]

Wow that looks excellent!

I may never have been to Chicago,but after playing Driver 2 for years I feel I know the city like the back of my hand.

I remember getting stuck in that same park area you posted a hundred times.

I't looks so realistic or at least compared to Driver 2.

Great work!

[K_m_H 0]

oo that pic with the park looks great.. very nice

[Chris M 406]

Wow that is a good recreation of Chicago. I cant wait to see some Skyline shots.

[greedygreg 1]

it looks so massively sprawled and griddy, just like the real Chicago. pretty awesome work.