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Belfastsocrates
I've been working on a new district within Passau, it's known as Elmfield and it's name is derived from woodland that once spanned most of the area. The area is overwhelmingly residential but has a dense high-rise sector along the eastern edge of the district which forms part of the wider Caledon Quay business district, a former shipyard redeveloped in the 1980's and 90's. Caledon Quay is also home to the National Stadium of Perseus and the National Tennis Centre. The area also contains some light...
Belfastsocrates
Many thanks for all the likes and comments for the previous update! Final update from this city tile. This area is primarily residential with some light industrial. It's also home to the Illford Tram Depot which is of course thanks to the fantastic Gogar tram depot by @Simmer2 This area is immediately adjacent to the Royal Victoria Hospital site featured in a previous update. As mentioned before, this tile now has corruption so not all images are up to my standard and I would have changed some normally. ...
Belfastsocrates
I'd been meaning to showcase this area a long time ago but this game file has serious problems and errors so I've had to move on from it as any new saves result in corruption. I have been able to do a little work thanks to recent game stability and take some images but they are not up to my standard but I want to show them regardless as a lot of work went into this city tile. There will be two final updates from the West Illford area of Passau and this update will focus on the University of Passau's sports...
Belfastsocrates
The final instalment of this tour around Passau Island. It's been a delight to showcase this project and one I didn't think I'd be able to thanks to errors and CTDs that plagued my gaming experience for over a year. A massive thanks to be very talented creators that made this modern development possible. Without the fantastic buildings from the likes of @mattb325, @Diego Del Llano, @Reddonquixote, @kellydale2003, @JP Schriefer, @Girafe, @kingofsimcity, @on001222, @Huston, @Xyloxadoria, @SimFox, @AndisArt...
Belfastsocrates
Passau Island is the largest land reclamation project ever undertaken in Perseus and at 10km2 it's also one of the largest artificial islands in the world. The location was selected due to the shallow waters and presence of an existing sandbank atop bedrock and it's proximity to Passau and the existing business district of Caledon Quay. Construction started in 2004 and was financed by primarily by the Persusian Government and Perseus Sovereign Wealth Fund. Significant investment was also leveraged from the...
Belfastsocrates
After a very very long period of inactivity I am pleased to say Perseus has returned! My inactivity has been primarily the result of chronic game instability and persistent save file corruptions which resulted in me losing interest and patience. I have over the past couple of weeks been able to play relatively well with the exception of one of my major city tiles which seems to corrupt once it reaches 12.5mb in size. Utterly frustrating as it's not complete but I'll just have to go in and plop small...
Belfastsocrates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Still a work in progress and dripping in-game when I get a spare hour or two which is rare.... Hope to showcase some more over the coming weeks and months. But the below gives an idea of what I'm working on
Belfastsocrates
I've been rather time poor lately but have been able to progress Passau Island and it's almost ready for showcasing! In the meantime.....here's some teaser shots. Passau Island has only be possible thanks to the fantastic high-quality content created by @Diego Del Llano @kellydale2003 @Reddonquixote @mattb325 @on001222 @Xyloxadoria @SimFox @Cockatoo @Huston and @JP Schriefer
Belfastsocrates

Perseus returns!

By Belfastsocrates,

It's been a long time but Perseus lives on! Unfortunately due to persistent game save errors and crashing I lost the will to carry on with this game for some time and that was further compounded by a generally busy work and family life. I have however decided to start creating again and I'm struggling through the continuing errors so I've had to leave some large and densely packed unfinished city tiles for the time being and instead I'm working on the Passau Island development. I almost never post work...
Belfastsocrates
The Royal Victoria Hospital in Passau is located in the Illford district of the city and is close to the University of Passau’s first campus buildings. The history of the site dates back to 1801 and was originally home to the Fever Hospital and General Dispensary, the site was cleared in 1885 and a new general hospital constructed. It was afforded a Royal Charter in 1900 and was renamed the Royal Victoria Hospital in honour of the Monarch. The Victorian buildings were demolished in the late 1950’s after...
Belfastsocrates
A selection of views from across the West Illford area of Passau. West Illford is dominated by large scale retail and social housing. Social housing in Persus is well-funded and well-maintained, the country has a strong ethos of quality and affordable home provision for social housing tenants. Unlike the United Kingdom the purchase of social housing by tenants, known as 'right to buy' is not permitted and that has allowed the supply and quality of housing to be controlled. West Illford also encompasses...
Belfastsocrates
Hey everyone. I've been so busy with work and life recently that I haven't had the time to post many updates. I have however now finished the area and will post images over the next day or two. In the meantime, personal replies below to those I didn't respond to at time of the updates and a teaser of the area I've been working on and will showcase. I've taken about 45 in-game shots of the area so I'll maybe spread them across two posts Also....I know some people hate the Maxis highways but I haven't...
Belfastsocrates
Just a quick post to say I haven't forgotten about my promised update. I was away skiing so time somewhat restricted me and I couldn't find the time to finish a few things and post the update before heading off. The update will however be uploaded this weekend! I'll also reply to everyone individually as well. Thank you all for your on-going support This post has a dual purpose though. I'd like to hear your suggestions for what you'd like to see more of from Passau and wider Perseus. I have tended to...
Belfastsocrates
I've been working on a massive shopping area and retail park that brings together a large shopping centre/mall as well as lots of other retailers and some cafés and restaurants. It's also located alongside a residential area which is comprised of affordable and higher density housing as well as some social housing, which is a UK term for housing normally allocated to those on lower incomes. Passau doesn't really do dingy and such housing is well maintained to afford those living there a good standard of...
Belfastsocrates
I've been finishing off a residential area close to the University of Passau and the logistics area shown previously. I've also been working on other areas but they'll be shown later in the month I haven't really shown much residential development before so I'm hoping this satisfies, I'm open to constructive comments as well. This area of the large tile will be further developed with more residential and it'll border a large regional hospital which I'm lotting various things for and a modern GLR depot,...
Belfastsocrates
The linen trade played a pivotal role in the social and economic development of Passau. The manufacture of linen was the catalyst that allowed it to grow from a town into the region's pre-eminent city. It grew most rapidly during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s – by the end of the 19th century Passau was one of the largest linen producers in the world. One of the largest producers of linen in Passau was Beal’s. Founded in 1728 by Daniel Beal it grew to become one of the most important and largest linen...
Belfastsocrates

Replies

By Belfastsocrates,

So much positive feedback and comments from the last logistics update! Thank you to everyone that took the time to 'like' or comment on the update it's really appreciated.All of the images should also now be fixed following the Imageshack server issues. REPLIES@tariely - Thank you very much! I'm pleased you liked the rail junction also, I'm not a talented railway builder so I hope they look realistic within current limitations @raynev1 - Jaw dropping eh? That's the sort of impression I like to hear. Thank...
Belfastsocrates
I took over 40 images of this area so I'm breaking it up and will do two updates as loading 40 images is asking a bit much. I also had to drop the 6-lane NMW road and revert to standard avenue as I couldn't get automata to appear on it, which is a shame. Passau does not have dirty industry or much heavy manufacturing, most of the latter is confined to the second city of Axehaven. Passau does however have a very large clean and high-tech manufacturing and research sector as well as sizeable logistic and...
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