James's Mapping Workshop! (Real World Map 008 Salida, Co, USA released!)

[89James89 1,169]

 

My Mapping Workshop!

 

 

Hi everyone and welcome to my mapping workshop!

Now anyone that frequents the chat here on Simtropolis will probably know that I love to terrafrom and create maps for the games we love (well ok, just SC4 and Cities Skylines) so I've decided to start up a mappiong workshop where I will create hand made Cities Skylines maps and then share them all with you here.

 

 

List of maps finished, in progress and queued (with links to the post if finished)

 

 

Finished and released

 

 

Map 001: Boreal Coastline (in this post)

Map 002: Requested Boreal Plains (NielsC007) (link to post)

Map 003: Requested Tropical Coast (anarched) (link to post)

Map 004: Requested Temperate Countryside (Ultimate727) (link to post)

Map 005: Requested Mountain Island (Puissi) (link to post)

Map 006: Mountainous Valley (Michae95l)  (link to post)

Real World Map 001: Florence, Canon City, Co, USA (Titanicbuff) (link to post)

Real World Map 002: Requested San Cristóbal de Las Casas (TPB) (link to post)

Real World Map 003: South West Rocks, Aus (Chesh) (link to post)

Real World Map 004: Brooms Head, Aus (fig_aro) (link to post)

Real World Map 005: Daytona Beach, USA (CloudyDaTroll) (link to post)

Real World Map 006: Forster, Aus (Chesh) (link to post)

Real World Map 007: Chattanooga (wallacet) (link to post)

Real World Map 008: Salida, Co, USA (Titanibuff) (link to post)

 

In progress

 

 

 

Queued

 

 

 

 

Requests for maps

 

I'm also happy to take requests, just fill in this form and I'll try and rustle something up for you!

(DISCLAIMER: Although every attempt will be made to make sure I can get these done for you on time sometimes real life can be a pain in the rear and will mean that maps take a while or are post-poned. I will message you personally about this though if a situation does arise.)

 

(If you wish to contact me quickly or just chat about any requested map I'm normally in the ST chatroom so feel free to pop in and ask me stuff)

 

 

Map Request Form

Map name: (If you don't have one I'll name it after your username until you can come up with one or you can just edit it yourself when you get the map).

Map Type: (Boreal, Temperate, Tropical)

Terrain type: (Islands, Mountians, Valley, Plains etc)

Needed Connections: Road is obligatory! (rail, boat, plane)

How many of each connection: (though this may depend on the may type anyway)

Rough % of usuable land: (how much you want to be mountians, water etc)

Needed resources: (Ore, Oil, Forrest, Arable land and some idea of how much)

Other details: (anything else you think would be help me with creating your desired map.)

Release type: Private (for yours and my use only file uploaded and pmed to you then deleted), General (to the STEX and Steam Workshop where everyone can use it) [Please Note: Images of the map will still be shown in this thread no matter which option you choose.]

 

 

So that's the form. If it's more information than needed than you have then just answer the ones in bold as there the ones I need to know.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: Although I will try and do maps everyone requests priority will go to those that have filled in at least the bold parts of the above form as this will greatly cut down in the amount of questions I will have to ask you and will help with how accurate your finihsed map is.

 

 

Anyway here we have the first map that I'm going to release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mountian Coastline Map 001

 

 

 

 

 

Just a mouantianous coastline map with a lot of trees and rivers. There's all the resources spread out over the map though it may not have the most usualble land available but might provide for some intersting looking cities.

 

 

There's 3 road connections with the highway as you can see from the overview and a rail connection that runs for the most part along side the road. Planes pretty much criss cross the map overhead and the ship routes follow the coastline and enter the large bay in the centre of the coastline.

 

 

Here's the STEX link: https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30401-mountianous-coastline-map-001/

Here's the Steam Workshop link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=420540952&searchtext=

 

 

Please let me know what you think of the maps and feel free to post images of cities made using my maps in this thread.

Also please note that it'd be greatly appreciated (espicially if it's a requested map) if you could just mention where you got the map from if you use it in a CJ or something. Mention is pretty much mandatory and a link to this thread would be appreicated but is in no way required.

 

 

Hope you enjoy them!

James

  Edited August 18, 2015 by 89James89  

[NielsC007 499]

Map name:      Don't really care, whatever you like 

Map type:        Boreal

Terrain type:   Valley (buildable area) and hills (unplayable area)

                         1 Highway and 1 Railway both going from West to East

                         Ocean in the South

                         1 or 2 rivers running North to South

                         Usable land: ~90%

Needed

resources:       A bit of ore

                         Quite a lot of oil (preferably up north)

                         And quite a lot of arable land

                         A lot of trees

Release

type:                Public

[89James89 1,169]

Right here's the next map courtesy of a request form Nielsc007 above that he was happy to share with you guys.

 

 

Requested Boreal Plains 002

 

 

 

 

 

 

The map requested by Nielsc007 above that he was happy for me to share with you all!

 

Basically a flat boreal plains with some small oil reserves, loads of trees and arable land but no ore. Also includes two natural harbours, both with ship access.

 

STEX:

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=421172751

 

Hope you all enjoy and feedback and requests are encouraged!

 

 

Cheers

 

James

[anarched 0]

Hello sir, very fine work here, i would please like to make a request:

 

Map name:      Tijuca

Map type:        Tropical

Terrain type:   Green Valley, Blue Sea and Brown Hills

               

                       

Needed

resources:    big forest on the north  

                      some ore

                      some oil

                      arable land

Release

type:                Public

 

Thank you 

[89James89 1,169]

Hi anarchad, glad you dropped in. Sure I can do the map for you. Thanks for the graphic takes a lot of the guess work out. I'll try and get it done for you by the weekend but will have to see.

 

Cheers

 

James

[89James89 1,169]

Anarchad I've finished your map. I tried to follow your image as close as possible. The only thing I had to change was adding a small river to a lagoon so that the starting tile had water access as it wouldn't let me make the map otherwise. Hope you like it! (Please note I also haven't used your name so the map is easier for me to catergorise, please feel tfree to rename it yourself though).

 

 

Requested Tropical Coast, Map 003

 

 

 

 

 

 

The map requested by Anarched that hes happy for me to share with you all.

 

A mostly flat map with a large amount of arable land, a nice little lagoon and some large oil and ore reserves around the hilly areas!

 

STEX:

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=423761401

 

 

Hope you all enjoy and feedback and requests are encouraged!

 

 

Cheers

 

James

[Dazzyls 576]

Wow James, that map looks amazing!

 

I was wondering if you could make a map for me looking a bit like English hills country, with much place for forest industry and maybe a few small rivers. That would be a nice map for a new project!

 

Map name: Don't really care. Something that sounds English.

Map Type: The one that looks the most English

Terrain type: Small hills

Needed Connections: Plane (and road of course

How many of each connection: between 3 and 10 road connections

Rough % of usuable land: between 65 and 90%

Needed resources: very much forest and some arable land

Other details: See above

Release type: General

[Titanicbuff 1,262]

CAn you make my area- Florence, Canon City,CO- it features a river, 1 US route highway and a rural 2 lane highway.

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

That's a huge beech from main land to water! Almost a mini desert. Better wear sandals.

[Dazzyls 576]

Oops I forgot to say I also need train connection.

[89James89 1,169]

Replies:

 

 

Ultimate727: Yep that sounds good I will try and get that done ASAP as I have some time free now! The road connections can only go up to 4 though but I'll work something out.

 

 

Mr_Maison: Yer your right I may have made it a bit wide but as the anarched hasn't mentioned anythign I think I'll leave it as it is for now and just bear that in mind for future maps (if you do read this though anarched and do wan't it changed let me know and I'll be happy to do it for you!).

 

 

TitanicBuff: Oke doke, I'll take a look at this after Ultimates one is done. I may have to take some liberties with the roads though as you can't get 2 lane highways in the map editor.

 

 

 

Just a little update!

 

 

Just a small update guys. Sorry I haven't been able to get on with the maps you've all requested but I've been a bit busy with real life lately. I do have some time off tonight and tomorrow though so I plan on making a start on the requests that are outstanding then. 

 

I've also updated my first post so you'll be able to see which maps I've done and am working on or are queued and so one.

 

Cheers

 

James

[Dazzyls 576]

 

Replies:

 

 

Ultimate727: Yep that sounds good I will try and get that done ASAP as I have some time free now! The road connections can only go up to 4 though but I'll work something out.

 

Already thanks for making it! I'll give you credit when I use it in my CJ. And about the road connections: actually, 3 is enough.

[89James89 1,169]

Map for Ultimate727 is done! Hope you enjoy it Ultimate727!

 

 

 

Requested English Countryside Map 004

 

 

 

 

 

The map requested by Ultimate727 that hes happy for me to share with you all.

 

A map with lot of rolling hills and several rivers cutting through it. Large amounts of arable land and trees with some oil and ore reserves around the hilly areas!

 

STEX:

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=429954727

 

 

Hope you all enjoy and feedback and requests are encouraged!

 

 

Cheers

 

James

[Dazzyls 576]

Thank you very much, James! This one is great! I wish I was as good in making maps as you.

You might see this map in my CJ in the next few days...

[TPB 563]

Another very nice map 89James89, subbed to all these so far and they are among my favs

Do you do real world map requests too?

 

You should consider making a collection from all your maps on steam : ) So people can sub to all at the same time

[hellodave 1]

Really like these maps, thanks for sharing.

 

Are the roads the wrong way round on the English country side map?

I selected left hand drive like I normally do, but the pre-built roads were right hand drive.

If I select right hand drive they are left hand drive like I want, but the rest of the roads I build will be wrong....

[89James89 1,169]

UPDATE NOTE:

 

Please note I have re-uploaded the English Countryside map having taken in the recommendations from hellodave about the road direction. Sorry for any inconvenience caused guys.

 

 

 

Replies:

 

 

Ultimate727: Thanks though you may want to redownload the map as I've updated it with the correct road direction lol.

 

 

TPB: Thanks and yep I'll try and do any request you want to make. I also took your advice and made a collection for all the maps to download at once. Thanks again for the suggestions!

 

 

hellodave: Thanks glad your enjoying them and thanks for pointing out the error. I did indeed over-complicate things for myself and forgot that you can switch it when you choose the map at the beginning. I've fixed and reuploaded it now though!

[Dazzyls 576]

Ultimate727: Thanks though you may want to redownload the map as I've updated it with the correct road direction lol.

You mean you have changed left and right? Because I want my cars to drive on the right and not on the left. I'm not going to recreate England, just a bit English style. Or can you just choose in the options on which side you want them to drive?

[89James89 1,169]

You can choose as you choose to start a new city. The way I had it set up meant that the highways would always be the wrong way when compared to normal roads no matter which option you choose lol.

 

Cheers

 

James

[Dazzyls 576]

oh ok. I'm re-downloading it now.

[hellodave 1]

UPDATE NOTE:

 

Please note I have re-uploaded the English Countryside map having taken in the recommendations from hellodave about the road direction. Sorry for any inconvenience caused guys.

 

 

Excellent, good work, I'll give it another go tonight.

[TPB 563]

Map name: San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Map Type: Temperate
Terrain type: Large valley surrounded by mountains
Needed Connections: All
How many of each connection: As many as possible, without looking bad
Rough % of usuable land: doesn't matter, as much as reasonably possible for terrain
Needed resources: Some oil, a fair bit of ore, a lot of fertile land and huge forest.
Other details: terrain.party files
Release type: Public
 
You can probably use the terrain.party files as a starting point : )

 

There is no need for the highway to be same as in reality, do as you think is best to fit the land.

 

There are small rivers running through the valley, not visible in google earth image at all, feel free to add a river anywhere you like.
 
Google Earth image for idea of what my hometown looks like:

 

[Carnivorus 19]

Hi James.

 

Did download all four maps too. Chapeau to you for your impressive work! I like them and will have 004 for my next (probably not failed again) project
Although my first tryout showed maybe a little fault: the highway entry seems to be a little bit too tight. I couldn't extend all 4 ramps without going diagonal away from the starting point.

This does not change my opinion of your wonderful work! That's some awesome maps there but maybe you could check that up?

 

Followed you on steam workshop for future maps 

[89James89 1,169]

Replies:

 

Ultimate727 and hellodave: Thanks guys though I've redone it again to take into account some more annoyances with the road system so sorry about that. Should be all good now though!

 

 

TPB: Sure I can make the map for you. Got to do Titanicbuff''s requested map first but will add yours to the queue after that.

 

 

Carnivorus: Re-uploaded the map with highway stubs for the exits instead. Hope this helps and sorry again for the mess up lol. Roads did not go well in this one!

 

 

 

Update:

 

Have uploaded the file again this time with highway stubs for the exit rather than the 4 slip lanes. Should be all good to go now and sorry about the mess with this map!

 

Cheers

 

James

[Carnivorus 19]

Thanks James! Will get the update after work I am convinced that the map will be awesome to play with

[TPB 563]

Awesome James, thank you and no rush at all, I'm out of town for over a week anyhow : )

[Dazzyls 576]

Luckily I hadn't built in it yet, but I will do it soon, so I hope there are no more buggs. Thank you for correcting all the buggs!

[Piussi 5]

Map name: /

Map Type: (Boreal)

Terrain type: (If possible one big island)

Needed Connections: Road is obligatory! Boat and Plane

How many of each connection: /

Rough % of usuable land: 50% (???)

Needed resources: Forrest, Arable land

Other details: Mountian in the middle of the Island

Release type: public

[Carnivorus 19]

Tested 004 again James and it is awesome! Does provide a lot of fun to play on Keep up the good work! 

Only (really minor) advice: next time try to put some more wind turbine spots in your starting square   maybe on the river also    but that's just my personal feeling

[89James89 1,169]

Replies:

 

Carnivorous: Sorry about the wind turbines lol. Just burn some coal I'm sure that's as useful       but glad your enjoying the map (now that it works)

 

 

TPB: Your's will be up next!

 

 

ultimate727: No worries. Don't want to be releasing sub standard maps now do I (well ok, I don't want to be ignoring maps that I've already released that don't work lol). Hope your enjoying the map anyway!

 

 

Puissi: Brilliant will add this to the queue and get round to it as soon as possible.

 

 

 

Requested real World Map 001: Florence, Canon City, CO

 

 

 

 

 

The map requested by Titanicbuff that hes happy for me to share with you all.

 

It's my take on the Florence area of near Canon City in Colorado. Using Terrain Party files I've tried to recreate the area as best as I can. It includes the area where the aforementioned town is located as well as the Arkansas river winding its way through the valley (this may not be entirely accurate as Terrain Party didn't import the actual course of the river so I had to put it in manually).

 

As to the roads it has the main Highway Route 50 running through it to the north with the route 115, 67 and 120 also present (though the route 115 starts at the highway as I ran out of connections). I've made these from highway ramps as that was the best way to do a single lane road in the map editor.

 

As for resources it has a abundance of trees, some oil and ore and a large swathe of arable ground in the valley.

 

STEX:

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=433182495

 

Cheers

 

James