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A City Journal by Ion_Cannon

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About this City Journal

A city of contrasts, from huge smog polluting factories to the cutting edge of R&D. From densely packed decrepit public housing projects to sparkling waterside condo's.

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Ion_Cannon
First off I just want to thank everyone that viewed, commented, rated and +1'd the last entry. I was rather overwhelmed with how well it was recieved to be honest, so thanks Replies I was trying to quote everyone, but it won't let me do that, so if I haven't quoted you don't worry about it. -later- And now there are to many emoticons, I may have to change how I do replies I think. @sHnozZa The housing estates look amazing. Nothing looks out of place. 5/5 Thanks, I enjoy building them, previously only...
Ion_Cannon
Replies @Simcoug : Thanks, growing the row homes wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be, making them all historical was through! I'll try and release more frequent updates this summer @MamaLuigi - You are indeed correct, alot of this content has already been posted in various "show us your.." threads, but I know CJ's and the forums have different audiences. Thank you for your comment @1000000(many many 0's) - Cheers, it should be "back" until late september, then it will probably have to go back into...
Ion_Cannon
To begin with I apologise for not updating this, I have however been busy working away on most of the tiles in my region though not particularily on the Spire itself, the main reason being, it's finished. The Spire was the first city that I really paid attention to the aesthetics and put effort into making it look like something that could exist in the real world, since then I have built all kinds of more realistic things, waterfronts, suburbs, extensive railway networks, large industrial districts,...
Ion_Cannon
First off, apologies for the lack of updates. RL has been full of suprises, so I have not had as much time as I would have liked to work on my region. Today we'll be looking at Bankside, a splinter business area of the main city. The borough is well served with transport links, being connected to the Spire Express mainline and a major A road, the A45. The A45 is the main thoroughfare between The Spire and commuters coming from the north west and as such it gets extremely busy, especially during rush hour....
Ion_Cannon
Replies @ Greekman - Thanks, I really enjoy building them as well @ k50dude - Thank you, but honestly I don't think of this as realistic really, transport networks maybe in some cases, but compared to what some people come up with this isn't realistic. @ terring - Cheers, since starting to use railways I've never looked back @ MamaLuigi945 - Thanks, and maybe I'll add a bit of interactivity to my next project, such as members being able to live here and there, give them their own story ect ect. Update As...
Ion_Cannon
So far this CJ has focussed almost entirely on my city The Spire, which was kind of fitting seeing as thats the name of the CJ. However today I have decided to show you some pictures of other cities in the region. Nobody wants to see skyscraper forests so I won't show those, but I will show some interesting transport layouts, some different kinds of industry, some port related pictures, a supertall financial core and more sprawling suburbs among other things. I have also done a tad more on The Spire and...
Ion_Cannon
Replies @ Zulu2065 - Thanks, I'm glad this continues to be an inspiration. @ Tekindus T - Thank you, this tile is nearly full now, but that won't be the end of my suburban cities. @ hahei - Thanks. @ Soer_II - Thank you for your kind words. @ Weecaeks - I take it you like it then Apologies for the lack of updates, hopefully this will whet your appetite until I can update properly.
Ion_Cannon
Replies @ Exla357 - Thank you My intention with the waste disposal area was to have some sort of large facility, there are some large waste plants available but I do not think they are that great myself, being mainly made of maxis lots. Therefore I opted to use a repetition of Simgoobers waste to energy, I hoped to introduce a bit of variety by rotating them all different ways - Though having looked at it two adjacent plants are turned exactly the same way, I also should have mixed it up a bit, I'll...
Ion_Cannon
Replies @ Adrianor - Thats a fair criticism and maybe for my next region I will adopt a particular building style. As it is, it's sort of deliberate to have such a mish-mash, if this is based on anything I suppose it is the UK, just because there is such a mix of building styles here. In my native Manchester it is quite common to see a new sleek apartment building right next to an old victorian factory or a modern detached house right next to some run down apartments. As you move towards the outskirts it...
Ion_Cannon
Replies @ Zulu2065 - Thanks, and I'll be looking forward to seeing yours finished, Pineville looks very nice. @ELEMENT - Thanks, I really enjoy creating my networks, nice to see others enjoy them as well. Downtown has 4 plops total, 1 Five Ways, the small brown office building below the main station and two of Il Tonkso's high street shop buildings. Funnily enough all of those are by him actually I try as much as possible to only use growables, but I haven't yet got around to making 1 Five Ways and the...
Ion_Cannon
Replies @heitomat - Thanks, I've really enjoyed creating my rail networks though at times it has been frustrating when the puzzle piece I wanted, simply didn't exist I'll be showing the development of the central station in a forthcoming update. The terrain mod I use is the Meadowshire terrain mod, another cycledog creation and I love it. I would love to take credit for that airport, I really would but that would be wrong of me. It's actually an AC functional airport. It replaces the maxis airport and has...
Ion_Cannon

3. New Developments

By Ion_Cannon,

Replies copied over from previous update: @Adrianor - Thanks, to me a semi realistic layout is key, though in honesty power plants are probably bigger than this in some cases. For example Sellafield in the UK is the size of a small town. I'll be showcasing more power facilities in later updates. @escilnavia - Thankyou, I really like the JRP river kit, and you will definitely see it in later updates @Zulu - The powerplant is from SOMY's site - here is the link http://members3.jcom...my000/index.htm ;Scroll...
Ion_Cannon
First off I'll copy over replies from the previous entry, and add some further comments. @Exla357 Thankyou, I imagine I'll be updating pretty frequently so you won't have to wait long to see more suburbia Although the next update might be something completely different. You know, that's probably the only maxis thing I haven't changed, I'll have a look around for something better, thanks for the advice. (I now have a train mod, you'll see it in a future update) I already have all of Mattb325's houses I...
Ion_Cannon

1. Introduction

By Ion_Cannon,

Hello and welcome to my first CJ This CJ will explore the Crater Lake Metropolitan Region (Though it's been built on so much you'll have to look for it), this is my first and only region so the quality will vary, and I will likely go back and rebuild areas over time, I have done some of this already, but there is still a lot to go. I started off trying to build the biggest and most dense cities I could with minimal cheating & plopping, however I turn off crime to stop the buildings going icky. Over time...
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