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Hong Kong 1.0

A City Journal by TowerDude

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About this City Journal

Welcome to the Sim City 4 Hong Kong recreation. For many years the HKABT have been creating near perfect BAT's I thought giving a try at building this magical city!

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TowerDude
Geography History Prehistoric Hong Kong Life forms existed more than 6,000 years ago at many sites along the winding shoreline of Hong Kong. It was believed that during the earliest prehistoric periods, from the close of the fourth millennium BC, Hong Kong experienced a change in the environment, in which the sea levels rose from as much as 100 meters below the present level. Ancient artifacts suggest a strong dependency on the sea. According to recent excavations, archaeologists have discovered two main...
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REPLIES Samerton : Ah! good Heitomat : About time! heh , haha just joking Those are nice comments, and I hope you'll like this update! Reikhardt : Thanks! chikenz : Thanks a lot!! Tankmank : I'm happy you liked it, I am very happy with the results myself aswell Aemilius : Thanks! and cheers for the comment International Finance Center One and Two ifc in the heart of Hong Kong are highly prestigious business locations and home to many international financial institutions. Designed by the renowned architect...
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Hung Hom Peninsula

By TowerDude,

Replies Tankman - Yes, so Is this update TekinusT - Thank you very very much Balliam 12 - Thank you Guibanz_: I am happy you did! Tigeria : Itz a secret , Paulvmontford made a BAT of them here https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=22257 Samerton : Thank You Hung Hom Peninsula Land lease was granted to First Star Development, a joint-venture of New World Development and Wai Kee Holdings, at a tender price of HK$583 million. The land plot was sited for the construction of "Hunghom Peninsula". This...
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I would like to thank all the ones that followed this CJ, making it enter "ben top 10" at 6th position Victoria Park Victoria park is a public park in Hong Kong named after Queen Victoria. It is located on Causeway Bay. Originally this park was a typhoon shelter. In the 50's it became a park, and the shelter was moved up north. As you can see it features a statue of Queen Victoria. ans many sports grounds around. It also feature pools made for reflection and meditation Events in victoria Park Political...
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Replies (i forgot to do them last night so I have quite a few replies to do!) REPLIES FROM THE PART 1 Tigeria - I unfortunately also have that problem TekinusT- You are right. Concerning the roofs, I thougt about usng that but it had a problem off size/scale/number R0g3r - Thank You. I'm happy it "inspires you" Paulobergonci - Thank You Tankman: Thank you hotChocolate: Cool Timmystwin : Thank You Samerton : Thank you, and the RIMP is quite tricky to use Marsh : Nice to see you follow my CJ, thank you for...
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Hello and Welcome to this modest update. Explaining the functionnal aspect of it RESISTING TO NATURE Hong Kong is known for its Typhoons so how does the airport resist to them? 1-Airflow → the distinctive shape of the airport is due to the need to resist to typhoon and strong winds. Air goes through the "bumps". But how not to make it hold without having the top ripped off. Interestingly flexibility is what makes the airport solid. The "bumps" are in fact movable with...
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Replies Tigeria : glad you liked it! Hotchocolate : Hmmmmm yummi yummi thank you, I was wanting some SimCity4IE : \/ Residentsim : Thank you CTmandR : Wow i didn't know that _marsh_ : I am happy you enjoyed it Skimbo : I hope your internet is fixed soon, like that I can see more of the Dragon Islands TekindusT : 5 minutes! , happy u liked it Guibanez_ : Thank You CastAway : HA!!! well spotted, to be honest i don't know what they make HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - CHEK LAP KOK Architect -...
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REPLIES Forum section -Cacks-Lol thx a lot -Geoffrey_198226- thx man the other one i responded by a reply CJ section There were no comments Central District part 2 So welcome to the second part of the central district. as always here are some pictures. So here you can see the Exchange square podium And here you can see the top of the 2IFC with the Jardine House in the background Here is a close up of the Jardine house on it's right you can see the HK General Post office HK International finance center...
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REPLIES -Forum Cj section -geoffrey_198226 : here it is, hope you enjoy it -DCMetro34 : the wait is over -Schulmanator :Thanks, enjoy HK -Bixel : cool! i've seen your thread there is still some great stuff to be done, I hope you'll like my first update - wwetom1 Thx, enjoy the update -Prassel : I admit that it seems like a good map, but Hesus' ones were better ( because of the Config) Thx for the tip you are more than welcome to keep advising my Cj Kelistmatic -I already saw it, I like...
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REPLIES TekindusT - Hehe! thanks a lot! on0012222222222222 - Thanks a lot, nice to see you here Skimbo - Thanks a lot! it's the best of Samerton - Thanks and it's not the last LgCyonUser - Thanks, I dindn't know, now i can say it in Korean ^^ Sun Hung Kai Tower If there is a big building in HK, Sun Hung Kai must be in it, it' the biggest property devloppement company in HK Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited ("Sun Hung Kai Properties") was publicly listed in 1972 and is now one of the largest property...
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Eastern Corridor

By TowerDude,

REPLIES TekindusT : Wow! Thank you Reikhardt : Thanks a lot Paulobergonci, Yes it is an Awesome building Tankmank : Thanks Tigeria : Thank you, the photoshopping was actully quik DanniBee : I'll sned you a link Guibanz_ : Alway good to see you here Here is some mighty info on it hkie.cvd.annualconference.i-wanna.com/download/Session%204_Infrastructure%20Solutins%20for%20Tomorrow%20_revised__R10_AECOM_AC.pdf Island Eastern Corridor Link The Central-Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) and the Island Eastern Corridor...
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Christmas Time in HK

By TowerDude,

REPLIES AND PRESENTS! Skimbo : Thank you! you won a trip on the ferry from Macau to HK and a dinner at the Madarin Oriental and 6000HK$!! Reikhardt : You are right, you won a night in the Pacific Place TekindusT : Yep, I didn't see that at first but after listening you are right You won a Daytrip to Kowloon and vouchers of an equivalent of 5000 HK$ Alejandro: Thanks a lot, you won a tent adventurers trip to Lantau Cobra_nVidia : Thanks You have won a shoppers frenzi with 8000HK$ to spend HOHOHO! MERRY...
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Change of plans

By TowerDude,

Ni Hao, Hello As you might have seen in the last update I said that I would like to do Chep Lap Kok airport next, So I am working on the airport . And I want to do a good job of it, so it is going to take more time. Anyway here are some teaser pictures (no photowork yet ) So instead of doing the Airport at the end of the week, I will do it later, but you're in for a treat HONG KONG SUPER MOSAIC Soon i will present the first of the HK super mosaics ESTIMATED LENGTH here is what you can expect Hope to see...
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Animated rain Tutorial Ni Hao, welcome to this tutorial on how to make an animated rain effect for your CJ's. This is created by using GIMP, and my version is in french, but all the buttons are in the same place 1---------------- Start up GIMP 2---------- 3------------ Add a layer 8 times 4------------ You have your 8 layers (notice that i only have 7 , i added one later) 5------------- Select one 6--------------- So then you add noise, and go an the 4th option (Jeter in french), you do it for the first...
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Aldrich Bay

By TowerDude,

REPLIES 9988 - Yes, i forgot to make it monochrome.... Damastius - LOL! JGellock - Thanks a lot! _marsh_ : Thanks, indeed that was the mistake Cobra_nVidia - Thanks, i'll try to keep it up Skyscraper241 - here it is https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=21134 Andrey km : Thanks a lot, I hope you like this update Samerton : THNKS heitomat : Thanks a lot!!! Aldrich Bay Aldrich Bay was formerly a bay in the north shore on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is now reclaimed and is a housing area...
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REPLIES TekindusT : Well here is one hell of a pic!! Heitomat: Thanks man! Samerton : Haha! thanks Titanesk : Thanks man! Skimbo : You should!!!, just joking, happy you liked it LesGaz : Happy you liked it! Paulobergonci : Esto es mia amigos Paulo!!! A 24000x4800 Pixel Hong Kong Pictures, This isn't mine but it is certainly worth having a look at! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Hong_Kong_Skyline_Panorama_-_Dec_2008.jpg
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