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MissVanleider
Hi Friends, I have made some progress with the Bald City. Covering fairly large city tile with MMPs is taking even longer than I thought it would, and I keep distracting myself by adding things that I don't need to that serve to make everything much more complicated. Perhaps more on that in a future update. Today I present to you just a few pictures. The beach / dunes and the start of the ambitious MMP river. I hope you enjoy. If you have any tips or ideas, please comment below. 1. The very edge of the...
MissVanleider

The Bald City

By MissVanleider,

Hi Friends. My last CJ post was 3 years ago apparently. To be honest I have not loaded SimCity in that entire time and have only occasionally lurked the ST forums, but here I am, making another - always perhaps fleeting - return. Do tell me what I've missed! The story of this CJ is as follows: I had this tile, in this region. The city is called Grundsburgh for reasons that I don't remember. I made a tutorial on this tile about creating sand dunes and uploaded it here on ST with loads of trees and rocks...
MissVanleider

Arlott Docks

By MissVanleider,

Hi Friends, Thank you for coming and taking a peek at my latest journal entry. The previous entry was the first tile developed in this region. I have decided to throw the Pacific Northwest trees to the curb (even though they're great and I like them a lot) in favour of the Arden Trees. I've also renounced the 'minty fresh' green of the Gobias Berner Oberland terrain for the 'organic pesto' green of the Sudden Valley terrain. I'm happy with both choices, although swapping the tree controllers did involve...
MissVanleider
Hello Everyone, It has been some time since I last posted any journal entries due to a dead computer. I have now managed to make SC4 work on a new machine, so here are some pictures of my new region. This has a slightly more work in progress feel that some of my entries before because I'd like your feedback. This is the first tile in a new region, I still start building right in the corner of the map as I used to do back when I first played SC2000. One of the things that I'm not sure about in the new...
MissVanleider
Hi there! It has been a long time since my last post. Events in real life, the state of the world and of the political situation developing in my own country and elsewhere have made games seem a little pointless to me. I have been checking in to the site quite frequently and although I post rarely, i really value the community here, so I would like to dedicate this post to all of you reading (and those not reading). However, I do want to give a couple of special shoutouts for people who have really helped...
MissVanleider
1. An overview of this part of the shores of Lake Pointless. These are fringe suburbs of this small city of 60,000 people. The lake is called Lake Pointless because rivers seem to flow in and out of it in a way that suggests it is basically a strange inlet of the sea, but we try not to focus on the natural history and geology, as most of what follows in these is similarly unrealistic in that sense. 2. 3. Farmland on the fringe of the town, trying to achieve a natural feel is sometimes quite hard with the...
MissVanleider
A couple of pictures - (a 'teaser' - as if you're all out there on the edge of your seats, perched patiently waiting for my next entry) - from my (fingers crossed) prop pox free region. Still a work in progress, the first tile in the region is being developed slowly, hopefully with a more consistent feel than some of my previous entries. I was going for UK suburban / european urban feel, right now it seems to be just as much American gothic. I have tried to improve some MMPing in this region. I don't think...
MissVanleider
Here are some final shots of the city with no name. This tile is the final one I had planned to develop as part of the conurbation. Unfortunately an outbreak of prop-pox means that it will remain forever unfinished. Below are a few shots of the city that I managed to take before giving up on it. One or two nice shots, but always sad to say goodbye 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. No stories this time, but I hope you enjoyed the pictures. I will eventually start a new region...
MissVanleider
Some pictures I should have retaken and uploaded before and some new pictures. These are all from the same tile as the last update which is now pretty much finished. The city still doesn't have a name, but retains a strange selection of buildings and plenty of parking.The rowhouses; which I really like, do stand out a bit in this (mostly) European environment. But I like them, so that's all that counts.More at home are the posh terraced houses. These are high-wealth in SC4, but the game doesn't have a...
MissVanleider
The next tile along in the city with no name has more grand old buildings. I like packing the w2w buildings in really tightly. This update was supposed to have a few more pictures, until I realised they were all hideously affected by a nasty yellow border. Will try to retake some of them next time I get a few moments....Keeping the older buildings looking nice and ready for whatever century this is supposed to be is obviously a challenge. Here we can see the contractors are obviously taking another tea...
MissVanleider
Belated replies:@michae95lthanks very much, it did continue... eventually. @BeneditThanks for recognising that they were jokes, i was a little worried people might just think i had a loose grip on reality!@Abrams124Thankyou, i have managed a little more work as you shall see...@Schulmanatorvery much appreciated. @Sexysark:PThanks, i like making the city look nice and getting a consistent feel@MymyjpThank you. Now massive pressure to make the next update fun...!@TonraqThanks!@SylvioJThanks. I very much...
MissVanleider

City of Crankle

By MissVanleider,

This is the city of Crankle. Really, it's a small town, but one that has quite a number of tall buildings; a large station and even a cathedral. This town grew prosperous after the huge demand for sandstone as opposed to the previous fashion of glossy, white paving led to the local sandstone miners and merchants investing in grand buildings. Years later, these buildings would house upmarket bars, hotels and quirky graphic design companies. The sandstone mine (quarry?) is spectacular, possibly the most...
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