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The Capital City Region of the Bundesrepublik Schellingen, a metropolis on the river Schelling

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MandelSoft
"Just fantastic! Picture 10.6 really shows that the grid is truly dead. " -- riiga Be prepared for more grid-breaking. The next update shows that the grid is not only dead, but it has been burried too! "That must have taken forever to do. It was well worth the effort, great job!" -- NMUSpidey Actually, it didn't take that much time. A few hours maybe, but I've spent longer time on a single city. But still, you've got to remember all the FAR patterns "Awesome Mandel. Loving that picture of the town square...
MandelSoft
Well, it has been one and a half years since I last updated this CJ. During that time I've redeveloped parts of Imaginia, but lately, I've returned to Schellingen-Stadt again. I'm finishing up the region and so far, I've only got 3 tiles to go (whohoo!). Since I have a lot of material ready, I think it's time for some updates again. Today we are taking a look of one of the surrounding towns, Amelunxen. It's one of the larger rural towns around Schellingen-Stadt and it's one of the older towns in the...
MandelSoft
"I absolutely love your city here! Another great update! It feels quite British, is that what you were going for? Then again, I might just be watching too much Top Gear. lol" --- citiesxlfan42 Actually, I wasn't going for a British region specifically, more a German region, with a mix of other European styles. This picture will say everything what I'm thinking about this post: "This is awesome, I have too many questions about this: Where did you get the blocks? How did you the roundabout of 3 lanes? What...
MandelSoft
"Once again, you show us a great update! There are only two things I could complain of: 1) The coastline you show us on the 8.09 pic is, in my opinion, screaming for some seawalls or retaining walls, or rocks or breakwaters... You know what I mean, but maybe it's just me that I can't stand seeing water touching bare terrain... 2) Farms facing the diagonal railroad... I know this is something that cannot be completely solved, but some rural players usually hide this kind of things with Mayor Mode trees or...
MandelSoft
"Oh my goodness...Nice interchanges there!" --- nathanthemayor Thank you, Over the years my RHW skills have improved "Has it been released now? Nope. *Five seconds later* And now? Nope. *Ten seconds later* And now? Nope. Maarten, this is what you do best, every update is a planning showdown; and you even make every interchange different for the sake of originality! As for the new stuff... Simply fantastic! 1. The cosmetic pieces you said. 2. The ERHW-6 pieces. 3. The ERHW-6 to ERHW-2 transition with...
MandelSoft
"Hi Maarten. This is actually quite nice to look at. Beautiful colors and an obviously well-planned layout. Keep up the great work. As a side note, I'd love to see more of your rail work as the images you've shown here are worth stopping and looking at." --- JGellock Well, the next few updates will show more of my railway engineering... "Great update once again, Maarten. I see a lot of interesting stuff here: the variety of crops, the use of wide-angle curves, a lot of FARR pieces.. and incredible new...
MandelSoft
For the first time we leave the central city and we visit one of the surrounding rural communities of Schellingen. This time it's Altenzahl. It's a small town located about four kilometers north of Schellingen-Stadt. The town surrounded by vast farmlands and though it's small, it still has it's own railway station. So let's take a visit! As you can see, it's a small and compact village, with its own local church, shops and primary school. But this town also offers a rural market fair and a holiday hotel....
MandelSoft
Replies will follow next update, I promise! Today I'm going to tell the backstory of Schellingen. Not only it's about the origin of the country, but also other backgrounds. And that's quite interesting story, so let's get started! The Origin Schellingen started just to function as an neighbouring country of Imaginia, my first region. Nothing was really worked out; it only was there, it just existed. Later on, I began to fill in the area nearby the border of Imaginia, but for a while, that's all. Then I saw...
MandelSoft
TekindusT: I already answered your comment in the comments Adrianor: The problem is that they keep pop up, especially when you have a large city. The trick is to make it unnoticable. Frdm920: Yeah, I'm not an airport expert, as you've noticed... heitomat: Ah, those are the new RHWv5 textures for the RHW v4.2 (alpha version). The reason why I use these textures instead of the euro textures is that the lane width is reduced by 0.5/1m and therefore the texture set doesn't line up with the pathing. I'm still...
MandelSoft
Adrianor: Yes, when you use them right, Maxis building actually can look good. It's not the tools that makes the art, it's the artist TekindusT: Ah, those pesky Coit Towers! Reikhardt: Thank you! Frdm920: Link is fixed now. Glad you liked the previous update. ImVhOzzi: Thank you! heitomat: Thanks to the USL, the streets are looking great at night! I'd like to announce that this CJ is now featured in SC4Devotion's Of Special Interest This Month! That means a month of extra updates and content! so stay...
MandelSoft
Frdm920: Out of words, eh? That's only good news, right? suomi2005: Thank you, those trees are indeed a nice detail. TekindusT: I'm glad you've learned something from me Adrianor: Thank you! ImVhOzzi: I'll keep you impressed with the next update! Reikhardt: Thank you nathanthemayor: Well, it's not that huge. Imaginia is bigger First I would like to announce some bad news: two cities of mine, Schellingen-Mitte and Rothfurt, are suffering from the Prop Pox (random blocks of permanently disappeared props)....
MandelSoft
ImVhOzzi and Frdm920: Thanks for your kind replies! Welcome to part 2 of our trip through Schellingen-Mitte. Today we are going to visit the industrial district of Schellingen (so we can see the "ugly" side of the city) and a I'll show a bit of the CBD and some ressidential areas. We start at where we left from the last part. We follow the Französallee through the industrial area (Bewerbegebiet) Mannzig. It's one of the largest industrial area in the city. The industrial area contains the city waste...
MandelSoft
Today we're going to visit Schellingen-Mitte, the central city of the region. Before we go there, let's have a look at the region again to see where it's located. OK, let's zoom in to Schellingen-Mitte, especially in to the Altstadt (the old city district)... Here we see the old city center (the current CBD is at the other side of the river). Here in the center of the picture we see the cathedral of Schellingen: the St. Stefankirche. It's one of the main tourist attractions of Schellingen. But let's not...
MandelSoft
Introduction Welcome to the marvelous city of Schellingen, capital of the Bundesrepublik Schellingen! This quite large city has over a million inhabitants and hosts the government of the country, which is located in the Bundesquartier. We'll talk about that subject later this tour. Before we begin our tour through the region, let's have a look at the region. (click for full resolution, goes for all pictures in this CJ, since their resolution is too large according to site rules) As you can see, the city is...
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