True Earth

I just have no words to say how pleasant it was to see this update. The planning, the editing, everything perfect, Korver!

      Wow , those images are so gosh darn incredible . It took me several minutes to reply as I was stunned by your image editing awesomeness . That night overview (last image) is spectacular and quite a finale , like watching fireworks on the 4th of July . 

Let's see, where to start?   Fanstatic!!  Super Cool!!  Love it!! Mind Boggling!!  A Pleasure to view!!

An absolutely amazing update!!  Love every picture!

@JP Schriefer Thanks for the kind words!

@raynev1 Thanks raynev  Yeah, that one might be my favorite of the bunch.

@Prophet42 Glad you enjoyed it!

I must say this is one of my favorite entries yet for one simple reason - SimCity is still visible. Other entries are just jaw dropping as you think they are photos, but this is equally, if not more jaw dropping as you can see SimCity 4 in there. You can see the grid, I can certainly see assets I use, and that makes it even better. How you've used things, rather than what you've used - it truly is fantastic.

Nooo,i can't see the pictures anymore

Oh wait now i can!They are so amazing!

@_Michael Thanks for the kind words Michael, glad you enjoyed it. Although, I'd say SC4 has been plenty visible in all my updates

@Abrams124 They appear fine for me, might have been a temporary issue with Dropbox - the site seems to go offline every so often. EDIT: Glad you can see them now, thanks for the comment

Btw,are you considering to try Cities Skylines?I think you could build amazing stuff with it!

@Abrams124 Nah While some of the graphics are pretty impressive (especially some of the stuff I've seen Bipin create) - I'm simply way too loyal and have spent far too much time perfecting SC4 to ever consider a switch.

(too happy you're ot switching to CS) Apart from that, just : 

But also : OK, I get that this is a highly... processed CJ :-), but you should consider finding a way to share some of those bats (especially the not circular water taxi quays in picture 2 ; or are they from somewhere I missed ?) I remember the Sidney Opera never looked that good when it was uploaded - I even passed on it, waiting for an eventual redoing of the textures... :-)

May I ask how in the world did you achieve setting that bridge in that angle? Or is it photoedited?

The most impressive images from SC4 I know!

@tariely Thanks for the comment The docks are actually airport terminals from the "ACB Airport pack" (here I believe). Their original roof color was gray which looks fine, but I had to recolor them green to match the ones in Sydney. Btw, did you check this Opera house? Also, I don't think I'm allowed to share anything though unfortunately (don't have permission from authors)

@TekindusT I made my own entire modular highway system using the bridge + highway model I found here. It didn't turn out perfect though in game (I probably would have done some things differently next time around), so some PS was used to address graphical glitches, clean up transitions between pieces, etc and make it presentable.

@Kaschperl Thanks for the kind words!

Beautiful  It is so encouraging that so many years after SC4, the game is still going so strong

This actually brings a tear to my eye. I'm speechless.

Awesome work; great parks and sourrounding green, great downtown skyline and residentials, lovely waterfront, probable best this year, well done !

I can't stop scrolling up and down through these pictures,  Its like with masterpieces of music, you listen to over and over because you hear something different each time.   These pictures belong in an art gallery where someone could spend an afternoon studying and enjoying them.  The text is perfectly descriptive as well.  Also appreciate a bit of revealing the sources and processes of the composition.  Thank-you for this great work. 

24 minutes ago, RandyE said:

I can't stop scrolling up and down through these pictures,  Its like with masterpieces of music, you listen to over and over because you hear something different each time.   These pictures belong in an art gallery where someone could spend an afternoon studying and enjoying them.  The text is perfectly descriptive as well.  Also appreciate a bit of revealing the sources and processes of the composition.  Thank-you for this great work. 

I agree,i think City Builder games like SC4 and Skylines can be much more better than drawings,even Picasso ones

Its amazing what you manage to do with a 10+ year old game. Just incredible! 

Sorry, I have no words to describe your work. I am just mindblown on the amount of detail you have put into each shot. Great stuff all round! 

What you can do is really incredible, congratulations, man!  

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I'm sure everyone would agree this is one of the most remarkable CJ updates of all time!

The realism, the buildings, the trees, the detail, the bridge, the clouds, the rain, the ripples, the reflections, the everything!

Amazing. You almost make me want to start a CJ.

 

Simply awesome!