Three Rivers Region

[tchaos713 5]

Sorry I've been gone...missed a great few updates...

That info on the Terraformer might be enough to finally get me to use it...

[DanTso 0]

hi...

wow really nice region...

huge as well =D

but i wanted to ask you, how do you make those "bird eye" views?? pliz PM me or link me to a guide or somthing pliiizzz

thanks ahead.

Dan

[dedgren 830]

It takes about four hours to "wash" one of the four sections (NE, NW, SE, SW) of 3RR16² through three SC4TF region "equalizes" and then to hand-cleanup remaining stuff (then it's still not perfect- look for yet-unreconciled edge goofs in the pic below) and then to switch to SC4, rename each quad and then do fine terraforming (mainly small streams).  NE is done.  NW and SE are about an hour each from done.  Here's SW, which still needs some touch up.

Here's a full-size from region census [ linkie ].

These views are 20 miles (32 km) on a side.  I've look at a few aerial photos of corresponding scale over the past few days and am pretty happy with the result.

Once all four sections are done, I will reassemble them into the entire region.  Hopefully, that'll be tonight, but I have the Week 5 Lists to do first.

I'll answer some recent questions the next time I post.

Later.

[rooker1 4]

Wow..........I just spent the last hour reading and looking over the last ten pages or so.  Awesome work.  I love the map so far.  Great work on terraforming.  See ya soon.....

[bat 6]

Fantastic regionoverview!

bat

[crazychickensc12 84]

that is some intense terraforming!! but its looking great so far keep it up!!

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats some awesome work you have done great terraforming my friend

[seemurray2 21]

If you're that good at terraforming, I can't wait to see you build some cities!

[hondo42769 0]

David,

They're kinda hard to make out, but from what I can see, I love the look of the smaller tributaries. That kind of fine detail is what keeps me coming back to 3RR! Can't wait to see the final results.

[UnkleS27 24]

you've certainly put a lot of effort into this project. I can't wait until you start city building. Good luck finishing all this terraforming!

[patriots_1228 51]

Hey nice job! i was wondering if you had a link for the region census thing, ive been looking for it for a while but havnt found it.

[dedgren 830]

Just a tease...

Sorry my time for this has been so limited over the past week.  Plus, 3RR-NW is taking way longer to fine terraform than I ever expected.

Later.

[Nik-nik 3]

Looking good David. Keep on going................................................................................................................................................................

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.................even if it takes ages................

Nik-Nik

[Fallon144 1]

excellent landscape pictures you got there mate!

would like to see some building on it though

[owenluby 1]

You are by far the most diligent person I know. Even though I don't know you personally... you're just a post on a page...

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend and what an awesome teaser,i do like the snowy mountains,this is a huge region

[Nardo69 51]

just finished going through whole 3RR ...

I saw great nature in SC4 as well as IRL, great tutorials  and real great terraforming ... Now my head is turning a bit ...

It was a great read. About the time you need(ed) for terraforming: There is a German paraphrase:

"Gut Ding will Weile haben"

Freely translated: If shall be good take your time (It became great BTW...)

Take care

Bernhard

[emilin 2]

Wow! Those rivers must have taken forever to form. They look absoloutly stunning!

Edit: I have to ask since I tried to install the same terrain mod for my region and I've had some problems with it. What is causing the slight colour disfiguration that seems to appear in certain city tiles. I can see that you have that too, though my problems were much more severe and I decided to leave the terrain as Maxis default for now.

[dedgren 830]

I realized I had not posted the terraformed region pic of SE- here it is.

Here's a full-size from region census [ linkie ].

Unfortunately no real additional progress on NW last night, as I had a trial and a hearing today to prepare for.  

There's been so many great comments.  I expect to do a major announcement that will set collaborative quad development in motion over the next ten days to two weeks.  I'm coming to terms with the "which trees" issue, too.

I will also address the Region Census situation ASAP.

Thanks to all for bearing with me.

Later.

[mightygoose 92]

which trees eh, its a toughie

great work on finally terraforming it all, i hope this cj will og for many months more...

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend excellent region very nice terraforming,i am sure what ever trees you use they will fit perfectly

[ElBarto92 7]

Hey, David, long time no post. Good to see the new 3RR coming along nicely - I'll be checking in every once in a while. Until then...

-Andr

[hondo42769 0]

David,

As far as I'm concerned, it's worth the wait. After all this, I'd hate to see you rush it now just to get in a few more pics/posts.

[Gaston 0]

Hi David,

    Haven't been posting much lately.   Been doing alot of lurking.   Also been downloading alot of Japanese stuff lately as well.    Just playing with some of it for something different.    The updates look great.     I'll keep lurking about and waiting to comment on the important stuff.     Good luck in court.

---Gaston

[st louis dude 6]

What did he do?

[dedgren 830]

Potpourri night in the little bit of time I have...

Gaston:  Good luck in court.quote>

st louis dude:  What did he do?quote>

quote>

Became a lawyer.  Life sentence.  No possibility of parole.

My client, a guy, was awarded custody of his kid.  The trial was a circus.  Not one of my favorite judges, and both sides had...well...issues.

Some days I wish I'd bought that pottery in Ocracoke [ linkie ] instead.

Anyway, time for a bit of...

9:00 a.m.   It's still pretty dark up here that late.  We're three weeks (yay!) away from the winter solstice, then we'll start gaining daylight again.  It's a few degrees below zero (F, C is about -20).  I set the camera on the deck rail- that's about ten seconds of exposure.

About an hour later.  Still darn cold- the sun does not provide any appreciable warmth up here this time of year.

Zoom in.  Looks like mountains I want in 3RR.

This is why folks live up here.

On to 3RR.  I worked a bit after dinner on NW.  All the small streams are taking a bunch of time.  I actually did this corner of the region first, last week, but used it as a learning experience and started back from scratch after completing the other three.

Here's the usual full-size from region census [ linkie ].  You can see, if you look at the streams, the clean-up that is necessary after the last of the SC4TF terraforming sessions (4 or 5) is done.

Maybe tomorrow.  I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Later.

[crazychickensc12 84]

beautiful Alaskan eye candy dedgren!! I can't even begin to imagine how cold it is up there, when im freezing down here , some more awesome terraforming also..I love the little streams and the detail involved in them..keep up the great work!!

[Rayden 7]

Nice scenery, I wish I could be there, I want to be there, I want, I  waannt tooooo *entering the transponder machine on the way to Alaska* 

9:00 a.m.   It's still pretty dark up here that late.  We're three weeks (yay!) away from the winter solstice, then we'll start gaining daylight again.  It's a few degrees below zero (F, C is about -20).  I set the camera on the deck rail- that's about ten seconds of exposure.quote>

It reminds me when I was in Lapland, never seen the sun there, and daylight used to last between 11am till 2pm when the sky was clear. Only the temperature were a bit different, it never got above -23Cº and the lowest it went was -42Cº counting with wind chill. This is the page of Piha where I was back in 2001.

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend,awesome pics very beautifull,your region is awesome too

[hondo42769 0]

Hello David,

Beautifull pics. It's nice to see the way nature constructs things vs. the results we get from SC4. I'm sure if that's how you want your mountains to look in 3RR, that IS how they will look. Thanks for showing the last pic with some SC4TF overlap. Although it isn't really "pretty", it gives us amatuers an idea of how you obtain the results achieved in the lower half of the pic.