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District of Wenzel with capital city of Martin. New realistic city journal from packersfan.

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Ouisconsin County - National Land Survey System and Scale in SC4 vs. Real World <DoW Update 112:02.17.15> Captain Samuel Hitchcock and his team were soon joined by a number of other surveyors tasked with demarking the land under the National Land Survey System. This system is very similar in most respects to the United States Public Land Survey. If you live in the United States or Canada or frequent Google Earth, you probably have noticed that much of western United States is plotted in squares like a...
packersfan
Update 61 - Capital Stadium: Home of the Martin Warriors Today we will stop and explore new Capital Stadium, home of the Martin Warriors of the National Baseball League. Old Municipal Stadium. In addition to the Warriors needing a new stadium, Municipal Stadium was also located in the path of the north-south freeway. Original Martin Warriors logo. The teams original colors consisted of white, red, and black. We get off I-80/I-55 at exit 82A (D50, N18, Capital Stadium, Brittany River Blvd). The new stadium,...
packersfan
Update 70 - PENELOPE POINT: Point University The Village of Penelope Point is a bedroom community between South Martin and Bayview on the Penelope River. The farmland is all gone and replaced by suburban houses. William B. Toombs Bridge (I-255, N-41) and Penelope Point Bridge (N-20). Penelope Point and Point University Hornet Stadium - home of Division III Point University Hornets football. I probably could have included more pictures, o well. I'm glad Penelope Point is finally complete. Hope you enjoyed...
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Update 100 - District of Wenzel (Martin County) History and Census Well this is the 100th Official Update (though technically there have been 101 as the 27th Update about Martin Downtown West was repeated as the first update was rendered obsolete due to prop pox. It took a while for me to figure out how to put this update together. I spent quite a bit of time going through the last 99 updates and trying to figure out what happened when (especially what has happened in the last 50 updates since the big 50...
packersfan
Update 109 - Maidens Interchange - South I-55 / East I-80 Approach Here is an update VERY similar to last week. Here is Maidens Interchange from the South Interdistrict Highway 55 and East Interdistrict Highway 80 approach. I-55 / I-80 passing south under Maidens Road. Exit 71 B. I-55 / I-80 passing south under I-255 / I-680 bridge. Exit 71A. Ramp from East I-680 and South 41 / South I-255 to South I-55 / East I-80. Advanced guide sign for Exit 70 - County Highway Q (Cardwell Road). This exit also serves...
packersfan
Update 85 - Martin County Park System: Northside Part 1 Welcome to the Martin County Park System. Today I will showcase nine parks from the northside (of Brittany River). I hope you enjoy the tour. Peach Park, located on the northwest side between West Fremont Road, North 34th Street, West Chambers Street, and North 37th Street. You may not realize it, but this picture is a composite of pictures from three different city tiles. I actually messed up the alignment of the bike path, but did a little editing...
packersfan
Update 88 - Duncan Hill Interchange My project this first week back was connecting I-680 and I-380. I-380 is a six-mile stretch that runs between the cities of Hohler and Hawthorne. I-680 bypasses the City of Martin, and I plan for it to serve the larger Martin Metro Airport to the south. I'm really trying to get into using the RHW, though I need to find the proper signage. This is Duncan Hill Interchange. A few farm houses on a dirt stretch of Axelrod Avenue. Things are about to change. Exit 4B to County...
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Update 108 - Maidens Interchange - North I-55 / West I-80 Approach I am really excited to show off this interchange. Yes, yes, it would be FAR better if I had used the RHW, but it is what it is. I'm more comfortable with the Maxis stuff (I know what I can do). This took a lot of work to figure out the mileage and make signs and then I got really intrepid and stuck the signs into the pictures and the terrain! Today, we will examine this interchange from the point of view of North Interdistrict Highway 55...
packersfan
Update 92 - HOHLER: Page Park Subdivision Needless to say, I'm glad I started this update this past week, because I've been bitten by the modding bug (though it has been fruitless so far). Anyways! This is Page Park Subdivision located between West Mulholland Avenue, South 72nd Street, West Axelrod Avenue, and South 80th Street. Maybe some of you will notice this update includes a composite picture. Actually I made one very large composite mosaic and took pictures out of it. Seems everything flows nicely...
packersfan
Update 82 - TRINITY: Trinity Grand Mall Merry Christmas Eve! Nice how this worked out; today we check out Trinity Grand Mall and so far there have been no drunk Santa's at Trinity Grand. Trinity Grand Mall Trinity Amusement Park You are here. Merry Christmas. Was super excited last night booking flights for my girlfriend and I to America. She got her travel visa. But I have hit a road bump with the tickets. Picked a bad website it seems and they are struggling to verify my identity and credit card and...
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Packersfan returns with a new journal about the District of Wenzel with the capital city of Martin. It has been nearly a year since I have really played SimCity, and a lot has happened in that year. In January, my computer's hard drive died and with it all my plugins and my Sessquenna region. In May, I graduated from college. In June, I reinstalled SimCity and Rush Hour and have begun the arduous task of repopulating my plugins. This new region uses the Meadowshire terrain mod from cycledogg/c.p. The...
packersfan
Update 58 - East I-80: Jade Creek to 80th Street We continue east (the bottom of the pictures) along Interdistrict 80. Today we will cross Jade Creek, pass under Fairchild Road, go through the "Hillside Interchange", and pass through the current outskirts of Martin. Please check out the Map to see where we are. Passing by farms parallel to Marshall Ave. Curve to bypass some elevation. Another guide sign for the upcoming "Hillside Interchange" to Fairchild. The Brittany River Highway following the contours...
packersfan
Update 03 - Martin Town Expands Martin Town has rapidly expanded along the narrow peninsula it was founded on. Engineers constructed a bridge to "Clement Peninsula" and a thriving neighborhood known as "Clement Neighborhood" sprang up. Wisconsin Ave became the connecting city between the original peninsula, "Clement Peninsula" to the north, and Walker's Fields south of the Brittany River. Bridges over the Brittany River must be high enough for ferry and ship traffic and thus pose potential engineering...
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Update 97 - Penelope River South Bank This was a busy week of learning how to do new things inside and outside of Sim City 4. First, I learned how to use some workarounds to make true diagonal neighbor connections. This will greatly improve future border composite pictures! Second, I learned how to do scallable vector graphics for my street map, so now (at least on new map tiles) you can zoom in as much as your browser can handle and everything will look crisp and sharp (make sure zoom levels are multiples...
packersfan
Update 95 - HAWTHORNE: Penelope River Seasonal Colors This was my intended update last week, but the Hawthorne tile was not playing well. Fixed the issues (hopefully) and updated the flora to seasonal colors. The is Downtown Hawthorne straddling Penelope River. Overview of the Penelope River winding through Downtown Hawthorne. You are here. I downloaded this patch to increase the dedicated RAM for the game and haven't have any issues so far. I constantly montior the memory usage of the game while playing...
packersfan
Update 02 - Founding of Martin Town Settlers sailed into the protected waters of Willms Bay and founded Martin Town on one of the peninsulas. Forgive the rough look of the growing town. I haven't downloaded all the plugins I used to have, so there are case where I used to have something to fill a tile but now don't have it and it is a little frustrating, but I'm trying to do my best.
packersfan
Update 65 - AXELROD: Small Farm Community to Crossroads I have had these pictures laying around for a while. Here is another little community that has now been enveloped by the expansion of Martin. On the street map, I still have Axelrod's town limits and street names, though, it has been annexed by the City of Martin. Axelrod was just a small community along Hawthorne Pike (D-34). South 32nd Street is expanded south to Axelrod Avenue. The City of Martin is poised to expand into the farmland surrounding...
packersfan
Update 93 - HOHLER: Page Park Subdivision Seasonal Colors Today is NOT a repeat of last week's update...at least not completely. Same location but new colors! Seasonal trees! And SEASONS...hope you enjoy! Dorothy Lane and Shadowlawn Lane during summer. Dorothy Lane and Shadowlawn Lane during autumn. Page Park during autumn. Winter buries Page Park. You are here. You may be wondering what got me so interested in adding seasonal trees. Well of course I discovered the Jupiter Seasonal Mod which adds seasons...
packersfan
Update 31 - Staples Center Now we move west along Washington Avenue. Here is the development of parking for the Staples Center near and around the intersection of West Washington Avenue and North 48th Street. ABOVE: Industrial businesses along West Washington Avenue. BELOW: Later lots are abandoned and cleared. New parking lots are constructed in the open spaces to serve the new Staples Center arena. The neighborhood and more parking around the Staples Center. What do you think? I have more mosaics and...
packersfan
Update 50 - The Big 5-0: Then and Now It has been one year and eight months since the start of the District of Wenzel city journal. What follows is a mix of old pictures and new pictures of the areas. Also, I have multiple views of the region from various points throughout development. Martin County Statistics Population: 775,000 Townships: Charlotte, Sussex, Portland, Jefferson, Brittany, Martin, Hawthorne, Apostles Cities and Villages: Martin - 655,000 South Martin - 65,000 Hohler - 15,000 Jefferson -...
packersfan
Ouisconsin County - How to Make a Map, Part 1 <DoW Update 113:02.24.15> I am in the process of trying to figure out a way to keep track of my plugins: what dependencies they have, what dependencies I have. I want to avoid the sort of situation that often occurs when you want to remove a lot or dependency file. First, what the heck is in this file? What is IT? Second, are other things dependent on this file? Third, are there other files that I NO longer need because I'm getting rid of this particular plugin...
packersfan
Ouisconsin County - Morgan Town: Rival to the South <DoW Update 116:03.17.15> South of Ouisconsin River, Konrad Morgan bought up a large portion of land and settled a town, Morgan Town. Morgan and his associate James Smith laid out streets. Settlers soon bought up lots. Audalaus Moorland built a textile factory and development exploded. Chester Avenue currently serves as the main road through Morgan Town. Moorland Textiles on Ash Street and Prospect Avenue. More and more houses are filling the original...
packersfan
Ouisconsin County - How to Make a Map, Part 2 <DoW Update 115:03.10.15> Today, we will continue making a map by actually doing some mapping! First, fire up SC4, load up your city tiles and take a screenshot of a traffic data-view. Outside of the game, open up the screenshot in Paint and make a rectangular selection around the map data-view map...it doesn't have to be perfect. Now copy that selection and open a new paint file with a size of 512 x 512 pixels. Paste the selection and immediately resize the...
packersfan
Update 110 - City of North St. Paul, St. Mark High School, and Green Park Here is a look at North St. Paul and Green Park. This update took a decent amount of prep work and innane details like terrain height on the borders. You'll see why...or hopefully you won't...until I tell you. North St. Paul's town center viewed from an approach from the north. North St. Paul North St. Paul expanding into surrounding farmland. South 32nd Street and West Hardee Avenue converging in North St. Paul. St. Mark High School...
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