Show us your Farm Land!

[soldyne 111]

I did a search for Show us your, farm, and rural but did not see a topic like this.  Also, I just really wanted to get in on the whole Show us your craze before all the good topics were taken.

 

These shots are all from my new and first CJ, Newtopia Valley , please check it out:

 

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[soldyne 111]

I hate to bump my own topic ( thus double posting) but someone out there must have screen shots of farmland.  I dont care if its basic, realistic, funny, wierd.  post anything.

 

I have always seen these show us your topics as the epitome of the city building concepts thread.  what better way for other people to see how to develop cities than to look at pics posted by others.  I have gotten tons of ideas and inspirations from topics like this.  I just wanted to post something new and maybe help some one out there that was having trouble making realistic farming communities.

 

Its not like I am asking for something that is rare or never used am I?  IA is one of the fundamental building blocks of a successful SimCity4 region!  I know lots of you with CJs out there have tons of farm shots.

 

Heck it does not even have to be farm land, just some rural city out in the middle of nowhere will work.

 

plus you can use this post to advertise your own city jounal!  I am doing it for mine,  Newtopia Valley.   see how easy that was!

[nooneatall 6]

Wow. Looks fairly realistic, soldyne.

I may as well post some old farmland I made a while ago... a pitty I don't have a computer able to play SC4 on anymore, but hopefully I'll be able to get a new system sometime soon.

A transport view of a farming region :


A satellite view of the same region :


A country-club amist farmscape :


An overview, though it's crappy because I never got to finishing it before I lost the region :


Hope these photos convince some other people to post their own farmscapes !

[metasmurf 705]

[sendarrow 3]

I don't really like to develop farms because I think it's a waste of land and low income ($$), but these ones are fairly impresive. I hope to see more.

[jacqulina 162]

i like rural very much and these farms are amazing great work you guys

[soldyne 111]

wow, nooneatall, that region view is spectacular.  thats the kind of region scene I am trying to accomplish in my CJ.

 

metasmurf, your pic is amazing, no, breathtaking!  the use of different kinds of trees is what my areas are lacking.  I will try to incorporate that in my future designs.

 

sendarrow, I would agree that farms are low income and take a lot of space.  but, when building with region play in mind farms can add a lot to a prosperous and growing region.  That is one of the things that makes SC4 so great;  there is a plethora of possibilities which anyone can make a goal out of.  So long as you are enterained then the purpose has been served!

 

Thanks for posting everyone.  when I get more farmland in my CJ going I will have more pics to post.

[Sam 163]

Great pictures everyone, I love farmland. Its a great way to get cities started and looks very realistic on the edges of larger cities.

Here are three images from my latest region, Raven, which I have been working on for the last six months:

First is an image from a small corner of the region:



The second is a city wide view of the town of Nightfall which is on the left side of the region clip, about two thirds of the way down:



The last image is a more detailed view of part of Nightfall. It shows mainly lots by CSX, Simgoober, BLS, Pegasus, and one or two of mine.

[Gridlock 9]

Here s a few pics from a farming city in my latest region.
Hope you enjoy them.

[SamFlash 0]

Excellent work everybody.  I think it is harder to make a farming region look realistic than a big city but easier to maintain once it's built.  Keep up the good work.

[dhoppeii 12]

Ahhh, finally a Show Us Your topic I can sink my teeth into.  What I did was go back and pull some random pics from my CJ, LaPlaisance County.  They are in a reverse type order, with the top pic being newer than the bottom.  Some are nice shots of farmland while others inlcude farm land mixed with some low density residential.  Enjoy !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[mrbisonm 1,620]

Some nice farming lands are shown above and some are even impressive to look at. I personally don't use any other farms than the originals and my own, since most of them from the STEX are a little to artificial looking and too colourful (of course I don't want to offense anyone please). The original ones are just perfect looking, but unfortunately not enough diverse.

Since my computer caught a virus and destroyed a lot of my simcity stuff, I started with a couple of new regions and the first picture shows a part of one of these. This one will be represented in the multiplayer CJ Istrinia (Norland) very soon.

The other two pictures of my agricultural region are from my older CJ Nexis of Genesis, which I am not sure, if I will be able to continue to play with. It is severly damaged by the virus.

 

I personally, and in real life, live in a big agricultural region in Quebec/Canada, not far from New England of the United States, and I just love building giant farming communities with this game, including a small village and a town. It is part of reality where I live.

So, here is my part of the rural concepts of Simcity.

 

 

 

 

have a nice holiday.

[SoulStealer 12]

Very nice farms.

Sam what landscape plugins are u using? the rocks the trees the water the lands all look very nice

 

 

[psteverific 8]

Nice farmland, everyone!

soldyne: I like how you've put in access roads to your farms.

    BTW, I also like that backgeround you are using... the clouds add a nice touch

 

dhoppeii: LaPlaisance County looks very nice. Very colourful, and I like how you've handled the elevation changes.

 

Well, I've just begun a new CJ with a region featuring plenty of farmland, so here's a few random pictures:

 

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Most of the agricultural areas in the southern part of the region are quite orderly, having been established on well surveyed land.

The north eastern portion of the region was established later, and although still very orderly, the survey teams clearly took a different compass bearing, as can be seen in the following two pictures:

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A thin strip of fertile soil running along the Stadtlander River in the west established itself quite early on, before propper surveing had been done. In this last picture, you can see the effect... farms have taken on a much more random shape, conforming to the natural features much more:

 

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You can see more pictures of this region in my new CJ 'the BeRM... an exersize in urban encroachment' here:

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=72070

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Thanks for letting me share, and keep up the good work!

 

 

 

[Sam 163]

Date: 12/27/2005 1:36:38 PM
Author: SoulStealer

Sam what landscape plugins are u using? the rocks the trees the water the lands all look very nice

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Thanks . The water mod is Pegasus' Crystal Lagoon Water Mod . I also use a variation of Gizmo's Water Flora Mod with reduced transparency so that the whales and other underwater features are more visible with Peg's mod in place.

The rock mod is the Grey Rock option from Pegasus' Rock Mod I

The terrain mod is Cycledogg's Columbus Terrain Mod with the various Tree Controllers and Lower Snow Cap Mods

dhoppeii: I like how you have made the roads to the farm buildings, this would probably be very helpful in reducing traffic which is a big killer of farms.

mrbisonm: Having your farm buildings close together like that is very effective and realistic.

psteverific: nice use of diagonal roads and streets.

soldyne:thanks for creating this topic

[SamFlash 0]

All of you have done some very nice work and I'm stealing ideas from all of you.  Dhoppeii and Sam your farms are incredible.  I like everthing you two have done.  Thanks for sharing.

[soldyne 111]

well since this topic was doing well before and I have some more farmland from Newtopia Valley ,I shall revive this picturesque topic with some pics of Timber Vale:

 

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[Sam 163]

Very nice soldyne. The layout of the farms looks particularly effective in region view.

I borrowed your idea for the roads within the farm for my latest city. Unfortunately my computer died a few days ago, and so I don't have any more pictures, at least until it can be repaired. With any luck it will only be the power source and the hard disk may still be ok.

Its a shame this thread isn't as popular as some of the other show us your ... threads. There are some great farmland creators around.

[jacqulina 162]

wow there is some lovely farms here,excellent work everyone

[mudspreader 0]

I only have one city going with farms. It is my first attempt at a small farming community. Being quite the $%&^!, I am really learning alot from threads like this.

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These are from my first and only CJ, Richardson County.

[Cjah 15]

Hmmm.....well here is my first real attempt at farming with BSC's lots and such or is it CXS?

Anatole,Bostalk

Heres a cool angle.More rocks.

Heres some more.

 

The rural Expressway with bridges.

A different angle of the bridges.

Here is a far away shot of the farmland.

 

ok now here is non custom farming.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm....ok so which is better with or without custom farms?

[soldyne 111]

first I want to say that I like the farms on the the different elevations.  very unique.  and farming on cliffs has got to be dangerous (although it does look cool).  I would be wary of living in a city with signs that say Beware of falling Farm Equipment

 

I think the custom farms are bit bright (i dont use them myself) but I have seen many examples where they look good especially those being posted in this thread.  I say, if you like how it looks then keep it.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Here are three more from me.

A higher view of this farm country

 

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A closer look of a Mega Fruit Tree Farm.

 

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and some unwanted guests that take care of the crops.....lol

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//3JordanHillDeer.jpg align=baseline>

[Cjah 15]

Nice shade of water.

[metasmurf 705]

Great farmlands here I have some more to post

[storms991 0]

wow
never knew you could do that with farms

[Joe 90 358]

Gotta love the backblocks - all that peace and quiet!
I go for the more wild type of terrain, so my rural areas tend to be filled with hardier sorts who aren't afraid of a bit of wind and rain.

Part of my region:


..and a few farming centres in the area:
Hope (top-centre of region pic):


Fortuna (NW of region pic):


Glen Umbra, (N of region pic):


Happy ploughing!

[oyd 2]

 soldyne: thank u for doing this.... its a big help for me as i am working on a rural/farming area right now.....

as soon as i will finish it ill post some pic here.....

everyone else: thank u for posting, your stuff is amazing

[psteverific 8]

Joe 90: Wow! That looks amazing!
It's very realistic looking, and the terrain mod you are using really compliments the whole effect.
Well Done !

[Cjah 15]

OMG Joe 90 where is your CJ?

You would be getting a ton of comments because thats one of the realist farm lands I've ever seen.Its kinda like a rural nation....

 

And everyone else thanks for posting.I think when I build more farmland I'll keep your guys work in mind.