MasterPlanMan

The region shot looks spectacular and very unique! Thanks for the dedicaton ~ you have done a fine job of placing the lots! I really liked the night shot of the low res area. I also liked how you placed the round-about near the Japanese train station. Keep up the great work ~ will be back for more!

Your killing me with all these great updates (dial-uppper). Excellent planning and transportation network! Again the way you mix in diagonals is outstanding and you have just the right amount of embankments going on. Looking forward to seeing more as always!

Excellent start! Eastport looks very realistic and well planned. Your presentation is top notch! I will be following this one closely. Keep up the good work!

WELCOME TO PAGE 2 !! Congrats on the A louisville327! I am going to have to check it out. Don't have my CJ in any sigs but I hope you get around to checking it out sometime. Its a no frills CJ with lots of custom content and added attention to night lighting. Looks like you are going to be a busy guy for awhile! Anyway have fun with your reviews ~ you are off to a nice start with your presentation!.

Nice rail shots and mosaic! I like the fact that you are using the LE. I think I use the LE now more than I play the game. This CJ is indeed one of the most colorful out there. Looking forward to seeing your seaport!

WOW, I can only imagine what your cities and terrain would look like on my computer! Your work just keeps getting better and better. I dig your use of the NAM and those old rusty rail bridges. Now I have to ask where did you get them? I scrambled back through your CJ and did not see any info. I have dial up and I may have missed it. Can't wait to see more!

Big railfan here. Your layouts are as good as they come! You have givin me some inspiration to get going on some of my own yards. I am kind of near a point between building an airport or the yards. I will definately be following along to see how things develop here! Your road networks and waterways are looking very impressive as well! Great job so far!

Your use of open spaces and greenery is very tastefully done! The resulting visuals are appealing and tranquil. ~ Excellent road work and highway layouts with one of the best utilizations of embankment sets that I have seen so far. Some builders tend to get into an overkill situation when using these sets in my opinion. Not you ~ you have a nice balance happening. Your diagonal areas are very well done and you do a great job of adjusting to the game's limitations when building this way. The result of your overal style is quite artistic with the many flowing lines created by your nicely placed transportation networks wrapped around pockets of impressive development. Keep up the nice work!

Don't know if you are using any money making mods or not ~ but if you are you might want to try dozing dupes and utilizing the make historical option on buildings you want and cut down on the repetition you have going on now. I query buildings as soon as the cranes and work crews show up. If its something I don't want its clicked off the map. This method is extemely effective when zoning small areas at a time. You can also use the LE to dupe BATs you like to increase thier chances of growing in the game. Any way you might want experiment a bit and bring your city building up to a more diverse and realistic level. Nice work though ~ you have done a nice job with your layouts, planning and transportation ~ now it may be time to take things up a notch and have some more fun with your sandbox.

Your first BATs are excellent ~ thank you! Your city building is typical of your past styles and looks great. The only thing I see that kind of stands out a bit too much is your use of the round-abouts but that's just a personal opinion from my own asthetic view. To me they look like many large hubcaps dotting the landscape. Otherwise I like what I see so far. It will be fun watching you develop with the BAT. Keep up the good work! Your contributions to the STEX lately has been greatly appreciated!

Looks promising so far but... your sloping of roads and streets could use a little work. With some improvments here and there this CJ could evolve into someting special!

RL ~ always on a collision course with this game and site. You'll be back and many of us will be waiting. I was away from the game for well over a year and am happy to be playing again. You will probably want to start a new city though as I am sure there will be even more custom content to play with by then. Good luck and all the best, ~MPM

Very nice indeed! This CJ is very colorful and scenic ~ one of the best I've seen so far. Excellent sloping and relationship with the lay of the land. I was not a big fan of the brick streets/roads but your use of them make them look realistic and fitting to your unique vision. I will definately be stopping in to see more!

You are definately off to a great start! I like your sense of space and overall layouts so far. Nice use of rail and greenery as well. I will be stopping in from time to time to see more ~ keep up the good work!

Excellent updates ~ especially the mosaics. Looks like you have some nice things planned for the next ones. I will be stopping by to see what's ahead now that you have more time.

Modified Hakkodamaru Rail Station and Seikan Ferry Terminal. I decided to significantly modify the original lot file and intend to upload the revised version to the STEX for all to enjoy. It functions as a rail station only and is transit enabled for both rails and the street. The tracks now run along side the ferry as opposed to the terminus for ferry loading that occured with the original lot. I felt the the terminus prop and configuration was quite unrealistic in appearance and the current ship was incapable of holding trains by real world standards. ***I would like to get the original creators name so I can give credit before uploading. If anyone knows the name of the original creator please respond. I see nothing ethically wrong with this as my modifications are substantial enough to rule out direct plagerism. From my understanding with communications from several Japanese BAT'ers Japanese community SC4 policies are such that files were meant to be shared with other gamers and the original lot for distribution had no restrictions/disclaimers regarding its use and distribution/sharing by others. Below are a couple of pics of the revised lot. Please comment on my decision to modify and make this fine work available to others. There are several popular STEX dependencies which will be linked to in the STEX description page and included read me. I also intend to modify and upload the Sim Gyon Bon Ferry Port as well. I would also like to thank the kind ST member who took the time to e-mail me the original files!!! (I don't want to disclose his name as he may not want the added exposure) Cheers, ~MPM http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/430/hakkodamaruseikan018ky.jpg align=baseline> http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1807/hakkodamaruseikan023pi.jpg align=baseline> *** note ~ there will be seawalls placed on the lower right corner. These pics show how it will be used in my city. I will post a reply when it is ready to be viewed in my CJ.

Who says they have to be shared on the STEX? If someone reading this has them they could e-mail them to me and I will pass them on and so on and so on.

I exchanged messages with Kei on his forum and he said he did not make the ships and that the person who did is no longer playing the game or part of the community. If anyone has these older ship files and sees this please share them if you can. Thanks ~ its a shame because ship bats are hard to come by unless they are navy types.

Nothing there just some RH landmarks. BTW ~ previous posters I noticed some direct linking to images ~ you should really take the time to save them and load them to Image Shack or a similar site.

I got a PM from Yugioh saying that the the port can be found on the Sim City for Rush Hour site in Japan. Is it possible to download files from that site? Any way I am going to give it a shot and see if I can come up with anything.

Spectacular region views Alek!!! Looks like this journal is going to go on for quite some time considering itts size. Developing areas in the mountain ranges is going to to take some above average gaming skills. Looking forward to seeing what's coming next.

Thanks Eddie! I found them on the STEX. I wonder why the Japanese sites don't have much after 2004. Did they all stop playing the game or what? OK here is another one for you ~ sure wish I could get my hands on these ship props/BATs by kei but they are not on his website either ~ http://kei-kk-4u.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8935/simgyonbon25xs.jpg align=baseline>

How can I get more of NOB's bats. I saw several pics of some great port BATS (submarine factory, ferry terminal, etc.) posted from NOB here ~ http://homepage2.nifty.com/kamurai/simcity/log7.htm None of these BATs are on his website though ~ http://www1.megaegg.ne.jp/~tokitoko/ Anyone know if these BATs are available for download? They sure do look sweet!!! Thanks in advance ~MPM