Anduin Valley Revisited

Superchan · October 10, 2005

looks good.

PhilsCafe · October 10, 2005

Hey Darmok. I like your use of the cycle ways along the coastline and the way they cross the river. Great detail work. The park at the Mayor's house looks fantastic.

- Phil

EDIT: Welcome to page 52!

Pooty · October 10, 2005

That looks like a pretty big project! Can't wait to see what becomes of it, looks good so far.

your_adress_here · October 10, 2005

Looks awesome! I can't wait to see what the resedential sector looks like. And the covered bridge is amazing.

Keep up the great work!

Darmok · October 11, 2005

ChicAgo333
Welcome to Anduin Valley, Chicago!
Do come back anytime you want, and thanks for your appreciation!

Pika
Thanks for the comments Pika, merci et passe un bonne semaine!

Nardo
Yeah I agree about the ferry problem, but as it is on a little river I don't mind. The Deadwood Indor sport center does work without problems, probably the fact that an hospital is near must help. I have some problems with the Gentleman health club though

even with a MAXED out budget AND no funding for the ambulance to reduce it's radius, and even if I've build another hospital nearby, it's number of patient is skyrocketing while the hospital with a maxed out budget and a maxed out ambulance funding to encompass the Health Club radius has practicaly no patient at all!!! So from time to time when I'm tired of hearing the strikers, I just blast it

and rebuild it!

Have a great week!

sloppet
Thanks man!

yaptszwai
Well, it won't be a highrise neighborhood, just look below and see what've happenned. And no I won't spend my time at the mansion, I'm not a jetset kind of guy! I'd rather go to the pub listening to a good band while sipping a good stout!
As for the terraforming skills, it's all Jeroni's fault! he made me do it

, before seeing Columbia river, I wasn't into terraforming, well just a bit sometimes. It's just a question of patience (wich is a good lesson for me, being of Irish descendance and a bit of an impatient person by nature). Whew.... long answer! Ok down from the soapbox

Thanks for your support yaptswai and have a good week!

sandra
Hey Sandra,

, yeah, well, I was kind of hoping that I wasn't responsible for that sleeping problem! What a relief

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Can't wait to see what you were working on! Please do tell when it'll be available

. Thanks for the extra point, I'll save it, one day it may be handy.
Take care Sandra.

Dan
Goin good my man, goin good!
Well you know what they say about bad jokes, it's a dirty job but... etc. etc. and I'm stuck with that job, what can I say, when that guy in the funny red suit asked me to sign that contract with my blood I shoulda said no.

(there you see I just can't stop, it's a curse!)

The connection lot for the bridge would indeed be a great addition! as for the big terraforming project, it's not that big, see for yourself in the update. And for the club I guess that great minds think alike, you'll also see that in the update.

And the cliffhanger bit is a remnant of Jeroni's influence I guess

Always great to read you my friend, have a great week too!

superchad
Welcome to Anduin Valley Superchad, and thanks for your comment.

PhilsCafe
Hi Phil, thanks for your visit and the welcoming message for page 52.
Take care!

Pooty
Hi Pooty, well not so big, but perhaps uppish or jet set would better describe it! see below.
Take care!

YAH
Thanks man! the wait is over and the result is just a click away!
Have a good week!

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Here you go folks, next one's in progress.

As always each and everyone of your comment is appreciated.

Take care

Darmok

aldara6166 · October 11, 2005

John,

Osgiliath is really looking good. I like how with this city, you have seperated many of the larger and more ritzy residential developments with Jeroni's fences. This really lends a realistic look to the city, much like large fenced in yards.

And of course, the cycleways are a really excellent touch...especially connecting to the sports center. Nice Touch.

Oh...and I can't forget the best and most important part of the last two updates... HEF HAS COME TO TOWN!! ( my wife would kill me if she heard me say that!!

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Anyway... great work... I think I love this city the most so far out of all of your cities... keep em coming!!

choco1 · October 11, 2005

Beautiful city, I love all the nice parks and lanes, the museum looks great. Keep it up.

yaptszwai · October 11, 2005

Wow!!...THIS IS SURELY EXCELLENT!!!! Absolutely... The scenic neighbourhoods are fantastic... I must say that all of your CJ is a artwork masterpiece...speechless
Keep it up... Awesome

Darmok · October 11, 2005

Sorry about the double post, but I forgot something this morning, so here it goes....

Hear ye, hear ye!
The Anduin Valley Council wants to announce the coming of two more citizens. The last weekend, the visitors known as Sorchin and Yaptswai, reached the level of citizen.
So it is with great pleasure that the Council gives to Sorchin and Yaptswai their own and genuine Anduin Valley passport!
Steve and Yaptswai receive them, and may they serve you well.

Some answers

Jason
Well, allright, about Hef, we won't say a word.

I thought that this could be a great place for a posh sector, with the cycleways, the park, and the mayors house nearby.
I guess I'm a bad judge when it comes to my own work, cause I'm still not very satisfied with Osgiliath. But then again are we ever satisfied?

Take care!

chocolatemax285
Welcome to Anduin Valley chocolatemax!
Thanks for taking the time to voice your opinion! Come back anytime.

Yaptswai

...How can one respond to such kind words?
All I can say is thank you. I'm really glad that you like it! Cause like I said to Jason, I was not that pleased with my work in Osgiliath so far.

Take care.

sorchin · October 11, 2005

Hi John: I'm honored my friend. I think i'ts rather funny after checking out your last update that it would be cool to live in one of those homes with the custom made pool and patio And lo-and-behold.. you have allowed me to do so. That's amazing my friendd. Thanks so much

The small long colorful buildings (I'm assuming they are spanish) in the first pic by the EL are very beautiful. I like the single narrow long row building look.

the custom wealthy homes in this update are very well thought out. They blend in beautifully with everything around them. I never thought I would use the bike trails in my CJ but watching how you have improved upon them with each update it seems I have changed my mind. You have given me some neat ideas

. Once again your parking lots are so well thought out. You think of everything don't you

I'm looking forward to more my good friend.

Take care and have a great day John

sandrasim1 · October 11, 2005

I thought that Osgiliath was supposed to be a problem city for you, lol. It looks very good so far.

The cycleways look great and give a touch of reality to the city. There are lots of them in my hometown.
I also really like the way you have used trees and parks around and between the buildings to open up the area and give it some breathing space. The carpark surrounded by jeronji's fences is a very nice detail.
Have a nice week and keep up the good work!

Chris M · October 11, 2005

Hey, John (Haven't actually called you John yet because I'm so used to calling you Darmok )

Anyway, very nice updates. I love the realistic idea of making the high school with the football field and parking. Reminds me very much of my own.

Next one, I'm still liking the cycleways through out the cities and how nice they look with combination of jeronij's parking lots. The mayor's house area looks like such a nice place to live with the different park lots and the roundabout.

I really like the hospital with the Sports center. Looks like a nice place to enjoy while overlooking the river.

Excellent work, my friend.

dhoppeii · October 11, 2005

John my friend....great looking update. The first thing that caught my eye, which BTW is something you didn't seem to highlite, was the residential apartment buildings next to the elevated rail line. I don't recall seeing them earlier and I must say that they really seem to work for me. I see the cycleway's continue throughout the area. Do you really need a hospital with all those healthy cycling sims The museum looks really great, but once again the palms just don't work for me. Of course that is just a personal preference on my part....The way the cycle way winds its way through the high wealth neighborhood is sheer brilliance. Very nicely done...I can really tell that you spent some time working that entire area. Hugh's mansion looks great, I just don't see a grotto....Ahhh, a pub...I hope that I can get a quality Black & Tan The parting shot, as always brings everything into focus. Enjoy the rest of the week my friend.

PhilsCafe · October 12, 2005

Hey Darmok.

Thanks for another great update. I like the park layout of that area (the whole area looks like a large park), particularly the residential sector looks very nice. But I also like the sports center very much. To connect them with the cycleways is a nice detail.

Take care.

- Phil

Shadow Assassin · October 12, 2005

Ooo, that's really great work.

The cycleways are proving a valuable asset. I'll see if I can make eyecandy bridges that go across water...

sloppet · October 12, 2005

Congrats you two with your passports!!

sharkbait16 · October 12, 2005

I like the health club and museum, mighta used those BATs myself I think. Lovely city all in all.

pikatchoum · October 12, 2005

WOW!!

One of my favourite updates!!

All looks perfect,especially the cycle ways lay out

The rich area is very well tinked!

Darmok · October 13, 2005

Steve
Hey there! I'm glad you appreciate the passport, even if it's only a small thing just to let people know that I appreciate their support.

Those buildings are in fact, german, they are : Berlin Set Part 1 R ver. 1.5 by erdmoebel
And if you do a research on the stex you'll find that he created several great lots!
When I first saw Shadow Assassin Cycleways I wanted to use them, I had to wait to begin Osgiliath cause the oter cities I was working with were already on their way and the cycleways wouldn't have fitted there. But I really think they are fun to use and great looking.
Thanks for those compliments Steve and take care.

Sandra
You'd be surprised! It still is a problem for me, I don't know why, but every decision I made so far in Osgiliath has painted me in a corner,

and I had to worm out of every situation. First time it ever happens with a city. Though I must say that I just finished a residential sector that I really like on the south shore, and now I think I just did the painting in the corner scheme again!!! I'm in a new development and I don't know how I'll get out of this on yet!

We also have several cycleways here, that inspired me to use S_A_ lots.
Always glad to read you, Sandra and have a great week too!

Chris
Glad you liked the high school sector, I really wanted some open space in that sector!
While placing them (the Cycleways), I had the idea of making them more useful by connecting them to some parking space so this way people can get to their work directly by that network. Unfortunately I think it's the only place where I did so. I'll work on a more elaborate network in another city!

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And I was also waiting to find a good setup for the Deadwoods Indoor Sports Center. And finally the good spot presented itself on a plateau (pun intended).

Thanks for the visit Chris and enjoy the rest of the week

Dan
Thanks Dan, If I remember correctly I think I begun using them in Belfalas, (see the link in Steve Sorchin answer) must be the angle at which I took the picture...or maybe it is the stout...

Well the hospital is always a good place to go for a scraped knee, and with biking those come often! Yeah the palms, I totally agree they're not part of my background either, up north we don't see them often. Perhaps I should try to work that particular lot in the LE. BTW, Is it possible that some plopable lots don't appear in the LE? Cause I've tried to rework some lots, and the modification I've made only appear with the growables, the plopables always keeping their original form. Just wonderin if you knew something about it. EDITED: just tried again with that particular lot last night, and it worked to an extent, that is, I was able to remove the palms, but the trees I've put to replace them, are not showing, and I've figured out the problem I was talking about just above, I didn't know (I should have read more I guess) that the LE was saving them in the ROOT of the Plugin directory, so when I put back in the correct folder the lot in question, it turn out OK. Minus the new trees though! (I told you I was LE illiterate! But I'm still learning)

About Hef mansion. You know Hugh! When he wants something! He made an offer that the City Council just can't refuse.
I knew you'd appreciate the little watering hole near the Indoor Sports Center. And my guess is they serve an excellent Black&Tan.

Always a pleasure to talk with you my friend, take care.

PhilsCafe
I really appreciate your remark about the park ambiance Phil, that's exactly the feeling I want to convey, as I've said earlier I'm trying (and not always succeeding) to create pleasant communities in which I'd like to live.
Take care and see you in Acorn Creek

Shadow_Assassin
Thanks S_A_ And a dedicated Cycle bridge would indeed be great, though knowing nothing about bridge building I think that it's probably one of the toughest thing to accomplish giving the fact that they can be of different length. Good luck with the task if you decide to undertake it!

sloppet
Thanks for the visit sloppet

sharkbait16
Thanks man!

Pika

Hey Pika! Thanks for the comment and visit!

And now folks here's...

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There it is people, update 8.

I hope the bad jokes didn't offend anyone...

I'll try to post another one sunday, can't promise though, there.ll be a lot to do around the house this week end.

In the meantime each comment is really appreciated, thanks again for your great support!

Have a great week end

Take care

Darmok

____----____ · October 13, 2005

everything is looking very nice as usual very cool main station

that is an rarely used nice BAT

Alek

sloppet · October 13, 2005

great work Darmok! The pics are outstanding!

bartinator · October 13, 2005

As usual, you do incredible work.

ChicAgo333 · October 14, 2005

Aw, I missed a couple of updates
Well, development looks awesome, love that el-rail system, same goes for St-Nardo's Station

PhilsCafe · October 14, 2005

Hey Darmok. I really like the park ambience, also in this update. I like the details like the small parking lots at the purple line el-rail station and the cycle ways passing by St Daniel's church.

The tech and terraforming shots are great. The transportation layout looks nicely planned out. And the area around the central station looks realistic with all the parking lots around it (and the BAT you're using is a nice one indeed).

- Phil

yaptszwai · October 14, 2005

I received a Citizen award??? Voila! I JUST cannot believe it... Thnx a lot

Scenic Church, Impressive terraforming skills, again ( and in such a massive scale... It just scares me lol)... IT IS AWESOME...

cant wait to see the delevlopment there... Plz keep it up

P.S. btw where do u find the Central Station? Is it on STEX?

choco1 · October 14, 2005

hee hee, I love that passport idea, its great! Very imaginative! Oh and that last update was stunning. You have such skill because you can have such a beautiful, and realistic city and a greatly designed one as well. The transport systems are greatly designed and I love watching magnificant cities like this be created and take shape. I looke forward to the next update and I will definately be following this CJ!

SYM Productions · October 14, 2005

just a little question, why all the little road (& street) pieces? i's kinda confusing! oh well, the rest of your city's great! i love it!

- Yatagan_L

____----____ · October 14, 2005

Date: 10/14/2005 9:03:32 AM Author: SYM Productions just a little question, why all the little road (& street) pieces? i's kinda confusing!

oh well, the rest of your city's great! i love it! - Yatagan_L

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When i first joined ST i wondered the same thing but experts like Darmok use those road

pieces to level the terrain. If you place two single road tiles next to each other it will

level out the ground to the height of the first tile.

He is doing it to plan out where he is going to build and where the wall are going to be

(i can see a few areas) anyways it is a great method I use as well .

Hope you don't mind me answering Darmok but I learned from one of the best.

Alek

meinhosen · October 14, 2005

Hmm, I think I'm seeing black patches all over your terrain... better consult the eye-doctor... oh wait, that's just your terraforming.

Great work, especially with the area around that Japanese El-rail station and St. Daniel's Church.

jacqulina · October 14, 2005

sorry i missed a couple of updates i was unable to get on line,fantastic mayers house great design,and also the museum looks great where you have placed it,excellent cycleways,the park is beautifull,and a very pretty church,all in all the work you do is outstanding,bytw congrats to sorchin and yapstswai on there citizenship

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