Anduin Valley Revisited

[Darmok 34]

Super Demand Ordinance by Buggi

Japanese walls

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Sorchin – Developping Macedon

Hi Steve,

Don't forget that those pics are several months old, I'm just preparing the updates, in fact I haven't played SC4 in a month now.... at time like these I"m glad I have a huge reserve of pictures!

Thanks for your constant support.

Take care

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Szarkoz - The Free Democratic Nation of Caledonia

Hi Szarkoz, well that was only a small industrial sector, IMO Emyn Arnen would be (to date) the industrial center of AV, I agree about the repetitiveness of the industrial buildings, let's see what we can do there...

Glad to be back, and even if the update pace shall slow down a bit, I'll continue to it as regularly as I can.

Take care!

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Jacky (jacqulina) - Paradise Falls

Hi Lassie, everything's fine my friend, and the vacations are never long enough don't you thik? I would take twice as much and would not complain... hehehe, but one has to earn a living!

Take care and see you soon!

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Cityhawk - Montrose

Hey Cityhawk, I'm on your side about the hospital issue, IMO you can never have too much hospitals.

Health is the backbone of a city!

Take care

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Rooker1 - Xania a tour of my world

Hi Rooker, I know the drill (BBQ wise) I'm also the grill watcher here!

Thanks for your support my friend see you soon!

Take care

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Phil (PhilsCafe) - Acorn Creek

Bonjour Phil,

Glad to see you've updated Acorn Creek! And permit me to be a bit jealous of you for your vacation on "La Côte d'Azur" one of my uncle told me that one of his favorite place in the world (he traveled a lot) was St-Paul-deVence.

I wish that one day I could visit it!

J'étais en Ontario (dans la région de Toronto) pour une semaine, et nous avons aussi eu une vague de chaleur, il était pratiquement impossible de rester dehors toute la journée!

PEG alleys are some of the lots that we tend to underuse IMO, and they are the kind of details that can really make a difference. And yes I also like trains, I'd like to find a mod that can icrease the rail traffic, cause sometimes I find it difficult to wait to see a train before taking a picture! As for the guitar it's been a long time since I've played, and everytime I'm listening to Clapton or Neil Young or David Gilmour I just feel an itch in my fingers... so I've decided to take the bull by the horns and do it again!

Always good to read you Phil,

Take care

John

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Anubis - anubis' cities

Hey Anubis, thanks for your comments.

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David (dedgren) - Three Rivers Region

David, good to hear from you.

Yep we're all back (at least the last time I coun't us up...) and we had a great time, though it was H-O-T (perhaps not as hot as in Texas though..) but we northerners do not support those heat waves as easily as those who live west of the Pecos. But then again you being in Alaska, perhaps you have the same problem as we do!

Hehehe, I don't know about another 100 pages, let's take this one page at a time and see where it'll lead us.

And on that particular matter, I'm sure that 3RR will surely reach the hunderd milestone before I'll approach the 200 one. As for the guitar, it's a long and sad story, I should have persevered instead of putting it (the guitar) in a closet, and right now, the same way I've decided to go through with completing a full map of SimCity, I've decided to go through with my guitar learning (or should I say "relearning"), just for the sake of discipline, wich I'm lacking completely.

See you in 3 Rivers David

Take care

John

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Threestooges – Matt

Hi Matt,

Well, I've done it this way to avoid at least one railroad crossing, but you have me thinking here.... at that time Chris (Dragon Anime) eyecandy underpass pieces were not released yet, maybe.... hummm....

Does this looks better?

Do I use some mod for the demand, yes I do it's the Super demand Ordinance by Buggi, see the links section

The long trains are not of my doing! at least not knowingly! sometimes they're long and sometimes really short!

Good to read you my friend, see you soon!

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Van1357

Hi Van, well as I've said to David for the guitar, it's a long story, I really should not have stopped playing.... but I guess that all is not lost, I'll persevere!

Congrats on your 400th post, and I'm glad you chose to do it here!

Take care

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Luker01 - San Lucas: My first CJ

Hey Luke,

No those are not Jeroni's walls, they are japaneese walls that you can find on a japanese site, see links section.

Take care

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Collgab - Atlantaes

Hi collgab, thanks, and here's more!

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Your_adress_herel

Hi YAH, allright one Blefalas pic comming right up....

Was that the one?

Thanks for your comments my friend and see you soon.

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Sunil

Welcome to Anduin Valley Sunil,

I hope you're not blind, cause this is not a spaceship, it's simply a highway light!

Come back anytime you want!

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Bat

Thanks Bat   

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S_A_ (Shadow_Assassin) - The Savannah Way

Hi Mate, yep it's in fact complete, with this last update.    

Well same thing here, didn't play for a month now, thank god about having a lot of pictures in reserve!

What kind of new Video card you got? give us some feedback when playing SC4 with it.

Take care my friend!

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Mightygoose - Vil-valad, a city and its roots

Hi John, wow, sexy night shots, that's quite a compliment!

I'll take it though, not doing that many night shots, this one I'll keep as a reminder of doing more of those.

Take care!

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Owenluby - Barton Region

Hey Owen

Yep, back, but wish I would have more vacation comming, cause I know that they're waiting for my return at work! I even suspect that they're monitoring this very thread to keep an eye on me! SLY Who me, paranoid.... Nahhhhh! WINK

No, honestly it'll be be good to be among my colleagues again.

As for the golf, I should practice, cause we will be defending our title in the office tournament for the second year in a row... (dumb luck I guess)...

Take care and see you soon!

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Jarnomiedema – The Empire of Chaumont

HI Jarno, as I'm a huge fan of the Lord Of the Rings trilogy (the books) I must have read them at least 10 to 15 times, so the idea of using Tolkien's lore, as a base for all the names in AVR, came naturally.

Even if your visits are spaced out, don't worry, believe I really appreciate them knowing very well the amount of time requied by the maintenance of one's CJ.

Always good to see you here, and long live Chaumont!

Take care

John

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Sanantonio

Welcome to Anduin Valley Sanantonio,

Thanks for taking the time to voice your opinion, It's always appreciated.

Do come back whenever you like.

Take care!

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Bow River Valley

Hey Phil! how are you doing?

Thanks for stopping by my friend, heh, the vacations are really comming to an end, in fact I'm back to work today!

I really don't know if there's such a thing as a "Red Eye Express" but I just extrapolated from the Read Eye flights... (they call this "artistic license")

BTW loved your last update in Bow River valley.

Good to see you Phil, and waiting for more updates in BRV

Take care!

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Gurrgkud - Cordova//Revisited

Hi gurrgkud,

Thanks for those comment buddy, I really like working with industrial setups, it's a nice change from the cleanliness of my small suburbs!

See you in Cordova!

Take care

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Tracker - Graph X Services

Hey Tracker, thanks for your comments, as for your name suggestion thanks but all the names for Anduin Valley are already chosen, they all come from Tolkien's books and lore.

Take care!

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David (dedgren) - Three Rivers Region

David, you're slaying me! 

And fall is not yet here, BUT, the days are cooler, the air is crisper (???) so I guess it's not that far! And I love it!

As for being a fan, the feeling's mutual!

See you soon!

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Nik-nik

Hey Nik!

I don't really know about the long term effects of pollution, to tell you the truth even if I am kind of partial to having as less polluted a city as I can, as this is a game, and I want to have fun first and foremeost, I just wanted to have a big undustrial sector.... My guess is, you must be right and it wouldn't be very pleasant to drive pass those polluting industries!

The underpass is the Marrast eye candy one, that I've replaced with Chris (Dragon Anime) modified one, see Threestooges answer a little higher.

Really great news about Pim! I agree, if he can eat the crust, he's getting REALLY better 

And you shouldn't have talked about croissant! I just finished breakfast, and here you go making me hungry again!

I really have a great time with my LesPaul SG, planning to change to a Strat as soon as I can, I'm not very good but I'm having a lot of fun!

As for the updates, we'll see, I'll have to start playing again, cause my picture bank is getting sparser these days.

Take care my friend

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And now dear readers, without further ado, here's....

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And on these pics we say farewell to Bruinen Fjord, a region pic and a HUGE mosaic of Bruinen Fjord should be posted friday or monday.

Still preparing Anôrien pics.

Thanks to all for your generous and friendly support, it keeps me going.

Now for the food for thought section....

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" - Albert Einstein

See you next time!

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In the meantime

Take care and enjoy life

Darmok

[Mikeaut1 261]

This is absolutely amazing. Excellent work with all that flora, that river running through the city is just awesome. Great transportation and city layout. Excellent continue!!

[Mikeaut1 261]

This is absolutely amazing. Excellent work with all that flora, that river running through the city is just awesome. Great transportation and city layout. Excellent continue!!

[collgab 10]

simply AMAZING! great city, i live all those fall trees you put in it makes it seem very realistic

[collgab 10]

simply AMAZING! great city, i live all those fall trees you put in it makes it seem very realistic

[bokrif 18]

Great work! Looks very realistic, and you spent a lot of time on the little things.

And those highrise residentials don't even look wierdly too tall as I thought before.

Edit: I wantedto ask are those underpasses transit enabled? Where you got 'em?

[bokrif 18]

Great work! Looks very realistic, and you spent a lot of time on the little things.

And those highrise residentials don't even look wierdly too tall as I thought before.

Edit: I wantedto ask are those underpasses transit enabled? Where you got 'em?

[mightygoose 92]

awesome overview, you will have to do a region shot soonish though ive forgotten what it looks like lol

[mightygoose 92]

awesome overview, you will have to do a region shot soonish though ive forgotten what it looks like lol

[bat 6]

Looks fantastic!

bat

[bat 6]

Looks fantastic!

bat

[SpecialEddie 3]

Goodbye, Bruinen! I can't believe I didn't comment the last update. *rips hair* 

Excellent! Why does everything always have to be so stunning? Next time make an update with just all maxis standard buildings, dirty industry, and no water or terrain mod. 

Great terraforming! The slopes are perfectly even and I really like the look of the trains! Where did you get that rail yard? Hehe, I like to squeeze in my building inquiries in between compliments...

I love the space in between buildings. The way trees serve as dividers in between industrial buildings. Weee. 

The overviews really give us an idea of where everything is and lets us get to know the city way more! 

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOSAICS! Anduin River Valley is an instant CJ classic!

[SpecialEddie 3]

Goodbye, Bruinen! I can't believe I didn't comment the last update. *rips hair* 

Excellent! Why does everything always have to be so stunning? Next time make an update with just all maxis standard buildings, dirty industry, and no water or terrain mod. 

Great terraforming! The slopes are perfectly even and I really like the look of the trains! Where did you get that rail yard? Hehe, I like to squeeze in my building inquiries in between compliments...

I love the space in between buildings. The way trees serve as dividers in between industrial buildings. Weee. 

The overviews really give us an idea of where everything is and lets us get to know the city way more! 

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOSAICS! Anduin River Valley is an instant CJ classic!

[Rayden 7]

Looks like I've missed the last two updates. That's why I'm having a break as well on updating mine. With the confusion of having so many CJs rising by the number every day, it's easy to lose track of some. Sorry John, it won't happen again.

Well, about your latest updates, what else can I say, I look, look at, and I don't get tired of it. I love your details, that one of using one of the pieces of the Big Dig Project to solve that problem pointed very well by Threestooges, it's one good example of the care you put into every detail of your CJ. Very nice choice of buildings for the emergency services (new Fire and Police stations).

What else can I point? Well, I'll save it for next update.

I'll cya ya soon. Have a nice guitar practicing

Cheers

Silvio

[Rayden 7]

Looks like I've missed the last two updates. That's why I'm having a break as well on updating mine. With the confusion of having so many CJs rising by the number every day, it's easy to lose track of some. Sorry John, it won't happen again.

Well, about your latest updates, what else can I say, I look, look at, and I don't get tired of it. I love your details, that one of using one of the pieces of the Big Dig Project to solve that problem pointed very well by Threestooges, it's one good example of the care you put into every detail of your CJ. Very nice choice of buildings for the emergency services (new Fire and Police stations).

What else can I point? Well, I'll save it for next update.

I'll cya ya soon. Have a nice guitar practicing

Cheers

Silvio

[rooker1 4]

As always, great work.  Great job on the farm area.  I would really like to see a full map, just to see how the different cities fit together.  I think some people forget what is on thier other maps and don't line different areas up properly.  I know you have a lot of different cities complete.  I think it would be interesting.  Your city has a great layout.
Anyways I am playing again and I have some interesting pics comin soon.  
I hope you are enjoying the summer as much as I am.  I think I am using the BBQ every other day.  Hmmmmm, steak right off the BBQ and beer just about frozen with a few of your best friends.  Nothing could be better!

[rooker1 4]

As always, great work.  Great job on the farm area.  I would really like to see a full map, just to see how the different cities fit together.  I think some people forget what is on thier other maps and don't line different areas up properly.  I know you have a lot of different cities complete.  I think it would be interesting.  Your city has a great layout.
Anyways I am playing again and I have some interesting pics comin soon.  
I hope you are enjoying the summer as much as I am.  I think I am using the BBQ every other day.  Hmmmmm, steak right off the BBQ and beer just about frozen with a few of your best friends.  Nothing could be better!

[dedgren 830]

Anduin River Valley is an instant CJ classic!quote>

Uhhh, Eddie...

Only if your definition of instant includes things that take 18 months or so.  LOL.

But you are absolutely right- AVR is truly a CJ classic- it's in a league of its own.

[dedgren 830]

Anduin River Valley is an instant CJ classic!quote>

Uhhh, Eddie...

Only if your definition of instant includes things that take 18 months or so.  LOL.

But you are absolutely right- AVR is truly a CJ classic- it's in a league of its own.

[Sagrel 0]

WOW! Wonderful update! I love the way you're developping Anduin Valley...so original...Very nice! Oh...and Welcome Back!

Keep up the good work!

Sagrel

[pvarcoe 0]

E I E I O, hah

That was a good one, quite clever John.

I like one of the early shots with the commercial zones along the road.

The way you tucked parking in behind those is very realistic.

And thank you for the compliments on Bow River valley.

I hope to spit out another update or two soon.

[rw0381c 2]

John,

Nice to see you're back! You came back, and I went away for a bit! Sorry to see Bruinen Fjord go, but I am glad to see Anorien! Keep up the good work!!!

Rheal

[sorchin 18]

Hi John my friend. Great farms. I was wondering how you got the farm houses to appear off the main roadway.  Now I know. A question. If you deleted the roads by the farmhouses and put in your TE farm roads, would the farms still funtion properly or would a no road zot appear? Just curious because i would like to start some farms in my new town. Take care buddy..

[Battlecat 14]

Fantastic work as always! The final product looks quite beautiful! 

[cityhawk 12]

As I've said before, I like the railyard area, but I must ask where you got those lights between the tracks in the railyard in the second pic. Your farming areas are very well done with those trees separating them, and the commercial and civic areas are very well done with all the little details. I look forward to more!

[szarkoz 8]

I really like how the farms are separated from rest of development by trees. The overview of Bruinen Fjord also looks very good. I like the qoute too, it's actually one of my favourite ones. Quite practical too - you can use it very often when you see people...

Anyway, I can't wait for the huge overview! I always love them And by seeing the teasers of Anôrien, I'm sure I can say it's going to be a great city. I'm looking forward to it!

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Excellent job, Darmok... you and I must have a chat some time about working with industrial areas... your advice would help me mightily, lol.

Ah, the graphics card is a GeForce 6600GT, and there's some improved performance in terms of scrolling and rotation, but the loading of the buildings in the city still take as long as they used to (which is a few seconds, anyway). But games work beautifully on it...!

[PhilsCafe 8]

Hi John.

E-I-E-I-O, eh? Lol. You didn't happen to be inspired by your guitar playing I guess...

I love the update. The industrial sector looks nicely layed out and very realistic. It's amazing what you have created there with mostly Maxis BATs (not that they're bad... as a matter of fact, I fell in love with some of the large D-I buildings). The cargo train, once again a great detail... a mod that spawns trains would be great for CJs indeed. I'm looking forward to the Bruinen Fjord mosaic and, of course, Anôrien...

I haven't been to St-Paul de Vence but I guess I passed nearby on the autoroute. Côte d'Azur is beautiful, I recommend it. The landscape is amazing. I didn't do a lot of sight-seeing though because of the heat. But I've seen the beaches . What about the Great Lakes, can you swim in them? I've never been to Toronto (not to mention somewhere near North America...), but I definitely want to go there sometime.

Take care my friend.

- Phil

[GMT 389]

the truck in pic 16 really scares the ... outa me!

driving on the wrong middlelane where there are only 2... great work.

and great work on the update! the farming zone looks cool!

waiting for more!

[6459978. 106]

Looks great! If you don't mind me asking, I remember when the mod to remove the dirt texture under railroads came out, but I can't for the life of me find it-- do you know who made it or where it is?