Sculpting Columbia River

[jeronij 13]

SCULPTING COLUMBIA RIVER

Hello everybody. This is my first CJ, and hopefully you will find it interesting. This is not meant to be the history of a city, with its particular sims lifes, and such things. Not much imagination on this approaching to CJ. This one is focused in the development and construcion of an imaginary city, treating the game as an Sculpting Cities game.

I am using almost all and any mod existing in this website. Not much time. Its enought to worry about sculpting the city. I am using many and many different lots existing on the STEX, and in some other sites around the world. Specially mention to the BRF_TunnelAndSlopeMod-b.dat , PEG lots , Diagonal Walls  , NAM , and more. If you see something unknown for you that particulary calls yor attention, just ask me for more info on it (a pic would always help).

First thing at all was to choose the terrain. I decided to use SkippydamColumbiaRiver.zip (thanks to its creator, skippydam73).The map is avalaible in the STEX), as the base Region, because of its smooth landscape. Not too flat, not too hilly. A big river. Some mountains. Many oportinities to sculpt the city.
I started with a central city terrain, wiht a river in the middle, wich is suposed to be the Center of the whole Region.

STEP 1. TERRAFORMIG SHORE LINE

Some small cliffs and beaches, using the ingame terraformig tools. Nothing else ha been touched.

STEP 2. RAILROAD SYSTEM

The first to develop was the communication network. First step on this was the railroad system.
2.1 General view

2.2 A nice(i think) terrrain conforming railcrossing.

2.3 Main City Central Station. Note the railroad crosses the river via a double tunnel.


STEP 3. HIGHWAY SYSTEM

Next Step was adding the highway system.
3.1 Sometimes it crosses under the railroad system,

3.2 And diagonally...

3.3 The highway goes into an avennue before undercrossing the river.

3.4 An Overall view. Railroad + Highway system.

3.5 And a zoom view on the Tunnels.

That will be the first chapter. If you like this type of CJ, and you consider that to continue with it could be a good idea, please let me know. All posts are wellcome. If the thing goes on, this would be the city, on its first stat of urban development.

Please, let me know if you want this CJ to continue. Thanks for your time folks

[Casper3141 60]

Looks good i cant wait to see more updates

[peakman2 0]

I like it! The transportation system flows very well with the land around it. Can't wait to see more updates.

[EnigmaticUK 1]

If you build cities with the same attention to detail as your transportation system then this journal is well worth continuing

[jeronij 13]

SCULPTING COLUMBIA RIVER (Set 2)

I will send the sencond chapter. For those that liked it. Thanks folks

[colbysohl 0]

i like it.

[flamesrock 6]

wow, it looks great! How did you get those cement walls?

[jeronij 13]

Date:12/19/2004 7:09:09 PM
Author:flamesrock

wow, it looks great! How did you get those cement walls?

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Hi flamesrock, just have a look to my signature.
Diagonal Walls:
https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=57079

[Quack 0]

I was wondering if that bridge over tunnel is a BAT or what? I really want that for my city but i just dont know how to get it.

[Quack 0]

I was wondering if that bridge over tunnel is a BAT or what? I really want that for my city but i just dont know how to get it. BTW your city looks really good.. i like your transit sytem a lot.

[jeronij 13]

Date:12/19/2004 7:31:49 PM
Author:Quack

I was wondering if that bridge over tunnel is a BAT or what? I really want that for my city but i just dont know how to get it. BTW your city looks really good.. i like your transit sytem a lot.

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Hi Quack,

Ooops

[yoshi-san 0]

Really nice CJ!

How did you make a doubble railway tunnel under the river? I have tried making two beside each other but not managed???

[Zeddic 3]

For double tunnels you just need to check that the land for entrances is perfectly levelled to be the same height for both tunnels on both ends. If there is even a slight difference it wont work.

BTW, that's a nice transportation network you have, jeronij!

[jasperdeman.nl 1]

Cool looking city dude!

 

I love your transit system thingie.

 

Keep it up!

[jeronij 13]

SCULPTING COLUMBIA RIVER (Step 3)

I will send the third chapter. For those that liked it. Thanks folks

[Arctic 0]

This is a pretty cool CJ.

Two Questions tho:

 

1. What major problems did you run into while designing your landscape and how the city was suppose to be laid out?

 

2. How did you work with the Cemente Walls so well?! (I can't figure out how to use them like i see in pics)

[dudyconstructor 40]

woah that landscaping looks pretty nice, i cant wait to see more stuff, good job.

[jeronij 13]

Date:12/21/2004 9:23:59 PM
Author:Arctic

This is a pretty cool CJ.

Two Questions tho:

 

1. What major problems did you run into while designing your landscape and how the city was suppose to be laid out?

 

2. How did you work with the Cemente Walls so well?! (I can't figure out how to use them like i see in pics)

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Hi Artic,

A soon as posible i will post of the original city layout design. In fact i made it manually on a printed pic of the virgin terrain. I

[jeronij 13]

SCULPTING COLUMBIA RIVER

How did it begun.....

 

Maybe those pics should have been released al the beggining of this thread.... , but in anycase here is where the idea about this CJ started.

 

A central vview of the Region, including the Main Urban Area development plan.

 

This is the promised original Columbia River Central City layout. The planned transit network hasn

[jeronij 13]

Date:12/21/2004 9:23:59 PM
Author:Arctic

This is a pretty cool CJ.

Two Questions tho:

 

1. What major problems did you run into while designing your landscape and how the city was suppose to be laid out?

 

2. How did you work with the Cemente Walls so well?! (I can't figure out how to use them like i see in pics)

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Hi again, Artic, About point two, if you want to see some ideas on its use, you can visit

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=57079
and / or  follow the link inside this lot:
https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?mode=files&filetype=Lot&Str=shore%20conforming%20seawalls

they are some nice shots there... Hope the links are usefull.

[Skippydam73 0]

Jeron,
Very beautfully done... I like what you did with the map. The road/rail network is awesome and very realistic. I am going to keep watching this grow. Keep up the good work....

[bobinator 0]

[:0] Thats all I can say!! That transportation network is great!! It must have taken you forever to get it like that. Great job so far!!

[MTLT_17 26]

Hey man,

 

This is awesome! Greatest CJ I have seen since the last one of jeorg's but that is another story. I love the use of the lots, not to many really goofy ones. Also I was wondering if you could possibly tell me which map you used? Or did you and Terraform? If you did  VERY NICE!

 

Waiting to hear from ya,

 

-MTLT

[jeronij 13]

Date:12/24/2004 11:16:28 PM
Author:MTLT_17

Hey man,

 

This is awesome! Greatest CJ I have seen since the last one of jeorg's but that is another story. I love the use of the lots, not to many really goofy ones. Also I was wondering if you could possibly tell me which map you used? Or did you and Terraform? If you did  VERY NICE!

 

Waiting to hear from ya,

 

-MTLT

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Hello, MTLT_17,

As you can read at the start of the topic, ,
First thing at all was to choose the terrain. I decided to use SkippydamColumbiaRiver.zip (thanks to its creator, skippydam73).The map is avalaible in the STEX), as the base Region, because of its smooth landscape. Not too flat, not too hilly. A big river. Some mountains. Many oportinities to sculpt the city.

Its a very good region

[MallowTheCloud 41]

Nice CJ! I like the transportation network (everybody seems to be liking it), but I also like the fact that you are using the Columbia River... only because I live in Portland .

[jeronij 13]

SCULPTING COLUMBIA RIVER (Ch.4)

!!!!!! SERIOUS URBAN DEVELOPMENT STARTS

[colbysohl 0]

wow! nice baseball stadium!

[evil potato 0]

Wow, i just got sc4 a few day ago and i'm really far from doing city's as pretty and functionnal as yours. I was like [:0] OMG THIS IS SO NICE!!! One question though, in the image of 7.4, there's a bridge going over what seems to be an avenue. Where can i get that bridge? And the road signs over the avenue? thank you this is giving me so many ideas.[:0]

[your_adress_here 11]

Wow, I just looked at this and I'm amazed by the work you have done. This is defenitively a CJ I will follow. keep up the good work!

[jeronij 13]

Hi there,

colbysohl,  the game that night: Diagonal vs Squared.  Diagonal WON