Anduin Valley Revisited

[Darmok 34]

 

your_adress_here
and
dhoppeii
Thanks to both of you for your continuous AND assiduous support. It is REALLY appreciated. 

 

For Jeroni's new res and rural walls I've tried to integrate them, in several places, they'll appear at the end of MT CJ.

 

And now....

 

Update 13

including pics from phase 16

 

 

 

 

The tennis stadium park, the condos tennants don't complain about the view! A dinner and a show!

 

Church school and sports, nice neighborhood.

 

 

 

The tennis stadium is having a positive effect on tourism, a new hotel is built!

 

 

NEW INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

 

Excavation and terraforming is beginning for the new industrial sector just east of the airport. Please note for future reference that my PC crashed while doing that section,(didn't save) so I had to rebuild it afterward, you'll notice in the following phases that the layout inside of the park is a bit different, not much but different.

 

 

 

 

 

In the end mostly high tech industry will populate the park.

 

Commerce take advantage of the highway proximity.

 

More high tech!

 

An overall view of the airport and industry.

 

The industrial park entrance.

 

As there's a lot of industrial spying, a check point as been added.

 

I hope update 13 won't bring badluck!

Already over 3 000 visitors!

Thanks to all, and mostly to those who take a minute to share their opinions. 

Update 14 is on the way!

Take care
Darmok

[bobinator 0]

Those industrial parks look great! I also love how you did your airport! Can't wait for the next update!

 

Edit: Welcome to page 4!

[dhoppeii 12]

Dude, that tennis park area is awesome.  I also love the layout of pic#4.  I like the way you did the walkway down the center of the area.

[jimbob10 0]

That port in your last update is awsome!

[Beloved 2]

Man I love that Tennis Stadium Area. Its very very Nice.

Good Job Darmok I can't wait for the next update.

[fantnet 0]

Which modds, props you use for your landscaping? Such as trees, side walks, I cant for life of me find these on stex grass and terrain. your city looks realistic and i'm trying to make my cities look like this.

[your_adress_here 11]

Very nice industrial sector! I really like it! Do you think you could supply us with a region pic though? It would be cool to see what all that developpment looks from far away.

Anyways, very good work!

[oroen 0]

Industrial spying prevention, nice touch

The airport looks great, with the commerce and industry adjacent. I like the McDonald's by the highway exit as well, very true to life.

What else can I say? Eye candy to the fullest here!

[cammo2003 20]

Date: 2/27/2005 5:10:57 PM
Author: Darmok

Another Mini post

Good to see that you're still watching MT growing! And please don't give up on TwinHarbour! I've read that you're thinking of starting a new CJ?

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Yeah, it's a possibility. I'm tossing and turning over the pro's and cons. But it would neither replace nor supercede Twin Harbour, which I think I'm going to settle on for some time as my main (and probably my defining CJ). I'm aiming to get it looking like a significant metropolitan area of, I think, at least 1 million sims, hopefully more. That's a big task for me and my slow computer, as I'm currently only at 92,000. So it should be around for the long haul.

And you may have already noticed it in the CJ (you seem to be following it quite closely) but it's fine if you wish to take inspiration from my CJ, in fact I'd be honored, you're onto a good thing here, so keep it up.

[Darmok 34]

 

bobinator
You know what! as much as I hated industrial sectors before, now I like to try to integrate them as good as possible into my cities. More real this way. Thanks for the welcome to page 4!
dhoppeii
Thanks for your comment, for the walkways, and the little sport park behind the church, I tried to do it with no frills, just a simple sport and rest area for the families.
jimbob
Welcome to Minas Tirith, and thanks for your good words.  Yep I like that port! and I guess that the shipyard is a big plus!
TGA
Hey man! you're welcome to play a set or two anytime!
fantnet
Welcome to MT, and as for your questions about mods, trees, sidewalk and all, refer to the note I've sent you. But the main answer to those question is simply this : Read a lot of CJ's and tutorials on Simtropolis it's all there! Good luck and above all remember that PATIENCE is the key! Look at what Jeroni's done, that requires hours and hours, but what a result! 
oroen
Yeah, spies....   they're everywhere!  Must be my 007 side.  I'd Like though to find a kind of gate with sentry lot, you know like at the entrance of movie studios or high security building! As for the McDonald, it's exactly what I was thinking when I put it there. But stay tuned, the McDonald saga is not finished! So thanks for the comments, and welcome to Minas Tirith.
cammo2003
Hi cammo, glad to see that you'll continue with Twin Harbour,   As to have a million sim in one city, yikes!   my PC would bleed! I've done one city with 700 000, and it was as slow as molasses in january! Anyway good luck with your project. And for your embassy sector it does look fantastic!  [:0]

 

your_adress-here
Hey man! perhaps you don't know it, but with this post you've attained a certain level of reconnaissance at Minas Tirith City Hall! Hum Hum Here it goes....

Hear ye hear ye! The person known as your_adress_here has attained due to his regular visits and comments in Minas Tirith CJ the level of Citizen. So it is with great pleasure that mayor Darmok gives your_adress_here his genuine MT passport. May it serves you well.

 

As for your region picture, there will be a city picture below. 
And as always, thanks for your visit.

Jeez, 8 replies! I guess 13 was not a so bad number after all!
Hoping 14 will be as lucky!
Here we go!
Update 14
starring pics from phase 17 and 18

The Warriot hotel is adding some landscaping.

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A global view including the fishing harbour

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A Dairy Queen and a Chili's what a natural combination, cool after hot with a park to boot!

 

 

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Some terraforming near the fishing harbour

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People must like fish! It's beginnig to be trendy to live near the harbour!

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A global view with the mayor's copter.

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Another angle

 

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A city view for the new citizen!

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An overall view of the new industrial sector

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An industrial train station

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New industries east of the airport

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The north east residential sector is growing!

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So there you are folks, update 14 is done and gone by!

Already 3 500 visitors!
Thanks you for visiting, and don't forget that you're always welcome!

Don't hesitate to speak your mind.

Update 15 is cooking!

Take care
Darmok

[The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz 27]

You've done a great job with this CJ! Keep it up!

[Beloved 2]

Those two residental buildings near the harbor, Im guessing their $$$ because of the tennis court on the roof, but are those in Maxis already or did u get it somewhere? If their already in the game then im really behind lol.

And I like the City View, It sure would make a new citizen feel like home.

This is an Amazing update Darmok. im looking foward to seeing more.

[dhoppeii 12]

Hey, great update as always .....

 

It looks like, aside from the rail lines, you only have the one way in and out of the Industrial Park.  What is the traffic like along that stretch of road?

[your_adress_here 11]

This is a real gem! I love the whole city view! C'est magnfique! Je suis vraiment honor

[Darmok 34]

MINI POST

 

TGA

 

It's called McCormick Place, and as far as I know, it's an original SC4 lot, or else I've downloaded it without knowing it

 

dhoppeii

EXCELLENT QUESTION! never verified it, so let's take a look!

I've put a circle around the area in question (Note that this pic has been taken yesterday so youre seeing things you shouldn't)

 

 

And here's a closeup. Looks pretty normal!

 

 

But don't forget that I'm using the NAM and it has a transit mod to facilitate traffic!

 

Muzz

Thanks for the visit

 

your_adress_here

No problem, you can post in both language  I don't mind 

 

To all thanks and have a nice day!

 

Take care

Darmok

[dhoppeii 12]

Thanks for the info.  Gotta love those NAM plugins.

 

I do see that even with the plugin, there are still a few areas of high congestion.    Are those roads or mass transit.....?

[Darmok 34]

Dhoppeii,

They're mostly intersecting avenues, that part of town will be densely populated, I'm still not decided   if I'll put or not an underground mass transit system. 

 

 

[your_adress_here 11]

I will post in english so others can read! Very nice trtansportation layout, but I can see some red! Anyways, good work!

[Darmok 34]

Mini Post part 2

your_adress_here

yep, even with mods, red is sometimes unavoidable!     

 

Here's some pics of the park behind the Warriott hotel, I've worked on it with Jeroni's diagonal park fences!

They're just fantastic to work with!  

 

 

 

And a night shot

 

 

 

That's it for tonight...

 

Going to sleep 

 

 

Take care

Darmok

[bobinator 0]

Great pics! Is that that one dusktrooper ndex building in the top picture? It looks cool how you took that.

[kingofsimcity 5,740]

Date: 3/9/2005 11:18:10 PM Author: bobinator Great pics! Is that that one dusktrooper ndex building in the top picture? It looks cool how you took that.

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Yes bobinator, its the NDEX Warriot Grissom Place Hotel.

Cool Region! How could I have missed this?!

[jmdude1 20]

wow, this is a great cj! you have some nice parks here and i really like the krispy kreme store with the dedicated path to the movie studio, its the little funny, unique things like this that make good cjs. keep up the great work, i cant wait to see more! also,  a small question, how do you get your sloped roads to have a nice gradual slope?? my slopes are all in steps and it doesnt look normal. anyone know this secret? thx.

[Darmok 34]

bobinator
Yep it's the Warriott Grissom (thanks kingofsimcity!) and you'll see several bats and special lots, in my CJ's. My plugin directory should be around 450mb by now!  And working with Jeroni's new fences is a charm! 
kingofsimcity
Thanks for helping bobinator,   first time visiting Minas Tirith! Well feel free to explore, and if you go to the Hard Rock Caf

[bobinator 0]

Wow! That train picture is awsome! Can't wait for more pic Darmok! Great job!

[dhoppeii 12]

Once again a great update......

 

I really like pic 20_013.  Nice looking seaport expecially with the ship building facility.  BTW, what are those two buildings that appear to be glowing green in the bottom left hand corner?

[Swamper77 90]

Date: 3/10/2005 2:11:49 PM Author: dhoppeii

Once again a great update......

I really like pic 20_013. Nice looking seaport expecially with the ship building facility. BTW, what are those two buildings that appear to be glowing green in the bottom left hand corner?

Looks like they are Geoffhaw's Texture Studio from the STEX. Looks like Darmok quickly changed the day/night setting, which is why they are glowing. When the day/night switch is toggled, the buildings sometimes take a while to turn off/on their lights. In this case, the lights haven't turned off yet....

-Swamper77

[your_adress_here 11]

All those little parks are very nice! And I like the seaport! I can't wait to see more, so keep up the good work!

[Darmok 34]

Mini post

bobinator
Thanks, I like the trains,   and I guess I'll like'em more when I'll be better at making tunnels. 
dhoppeii
I was wondering who would ask about that building first!  

 

 

 

 

It's available on the STEX it is the Fusion incorporated Power Plant by tragicomicus1, very efficient.   I have two in MT, (I was too lazy to place power lines everywhere) but now that the city is almost completed. I'll be able to delete one, cause one is more than enough for a large map. The only thing I don't like about it is that eerie green glow! 
Swamper77
Yeah! sometimes when switching from night to day it happens, but this time it was not the case. Thanks for the visit and also for the comment about the stairs. I appreciate it.
your_adress_here
Thanks for the comments about the parks, I guess it comes from the fact that where I live, (near a lake) there's lot of little parks like this! And I love it. 

That's it for now, still working on update 16, (not much time on my hands) should be done soon.

Good weekend to all!  

[bobinator 0]

I hear ya there darmok. If I have to place power lines from one place to another I almost never do it. I just build another hiydrodgen power plant were sims need one. Plus I think power lines are kind of ungly until you get into the very rural places that would realistically have them.

[Beloved 2]

WOW Darmok. Those pictures were absolutely amazing. And im glad Swamper helped you with the stairs. You don't want your citizens falling or rolling down the stairs otherwise they would probably sue you lol.

Keep up the Excellent work Darmok. I defiitely can't wait to see more pictures.