Name my City, please?

[AvgUsr 47]

I am pretty new to CS and this forum. If this topic should be somewhere else, please feel free to move it.

I am currently finishing up my 4th city, and probably my best effort yet in terms of efficient public transport and traffic control. The idea is to create a fictional capital of a vaguely European constitutional monarchy. It is a sprawling city of 380K people over 16 squares, massively overbuilt in terms of highway and roads, a extensive subway network, a closed loop of local trains, and overlaid with a huge web of paved pedestrian walkways both for looks and to encourage as little driving as possible. I have used WAY too many custom assets to make it sharable (the list is probably longer than the population)

One thing though: I have a hard time figuring out what to name it. Welcoming all suggestions.

Here are some pictures of my little berg. The base map is Flatlands2.5 from Steam Workshop.

Full aerial view:

 

[AvgUsr 47]

Here are some more shots:

Over the air at night. All lit up, so pretty.

My Downtown, central district on the river, the location of the palace, the home of parliament, government ministers, and the cathedral.

The main tourist district, where all the attractions and tourists come to visit, isolated from the rest of the city transport-wise so they do not take out their pocket-cars and ruin traffic:

A capital isn't a capital if it does not have a sprawling university campus:

The central business district for trade and commerce. My city is almost 40% offices.

 

[Turjan 1,048]

On 7/13/2017 at 7:10 AM, AvgUsr said:

One thing though: I have a hard time figuring out what to name it. Welcoming all suggestions.

Tablecloth?

I jest. It awakes fond memories of one of my first cities that was also built to the tile borders on all sides, even though it was smaller (see here).

[AvgUsr 47]

On 7/14/2017 at 6:09 AM, Turjan said:

Tablecloth?

I jest. It awakes fond memories of one of my first cities that was also built to the tile borders on all sides, even though it was smaller (see here).

I STILL tend to do that although i try not to. the desire to extend all the way to the border is a thing i need to address eventually. I have been using the city to learn some tricks and experiment with new mods and assets.

[charlesnew 262]

You can use this name generator here. I'm horrible with making names, and took forever to make the name for my current city (I still might change it...). If you want an original flair to your name, use the name generator for an idea and change it up a bit. That's what I did.

[Horus_Kol 118]

Towny McTownface?

 

 

[Czardus 211]

On 7/13/2017 at 0:10 AM, AvgUsr said:

The idea is to create a fictional capital of a vaguely European constitutional monarchy.

Do you have an idea of the cultural background of the fictional nation?  That might help narrow down the styles of names.

On 7/26/2017 at 5:07 AM, charlesnew said:

You can use this name generator here. I'm horrible with making names, and took forever to make the name for my current city (I still might change it...). If you want an original flair to your name, use the name generator for an idea and change it up a bit. That's what I did.

This is a great site, and I've now bookmarked it for future use.  Thanks for sharing!

[AvgUsr 47]

On 8/9/2017 at 11:11 AM, Czardus said:

Do you have an idea of the cultural background of the fictional nation?  That might help narrow down the styles of names.

 

I am sticking to European maps, and i named my second city in this exercise Schlossberg, so the nation is European/Germanic? I am using maps that doesn't have a lot of mountains, so Northern European-ish?

I am planning to replace this city with a brand new one (it IS way too square) that would mix vanilla European with modern zones. Scouting for buildings that would play well with the theme. Trying to find buildings that would work for a capital.

[charlesnew 262]

If you want some good European buildings, I use these:

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=804313002

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=517812411

They are quite different styles though, so you might have to use them wisely.

[AvgUsr 47]

10 hours ago, charlesnew said:

If you want some good European buildings, I use these:

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=804313002

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=517812411

They are quite different styles though, so you might have to use them wisely.

I have both sets. I guess if I want to use these i can set a new theme for it.