excalibur226

Before I go on : Here are the transport maps showing the continuous road along the river. Can you hear bridges screaming, Build me, Build me?

Thanks for all the comments. I am starting Phase 2 today. I did some looking around and found the source of the map that I used. It is Washington, DC, USA. Here is the link : Washington, DC, USA submitted by comdude21 . Thank you comdude21. I like the idea of playing a real region's topography. Just making a few changes to the land that the city can afford. For instance, I used the mayor mode tools to change the terrain so that the seaports could be built. I did notice the typo and changed it. Wow, you guys pick up everything. I love peer review. Now, how can I change the name here in the CJ forum?

This is my first attempt at a Journal. I think I read most of the guidelines. Please let me know if I have violated anything and I will correct my ways...... This is a large region. I d/l the map from the Maps section on here a long time ago. I forget who uploaded it or what area it is. Thank you for the map. The city layout is my own. There are 150+ cities to build....... The only cheat I used was the God Mode Tree cheat to add trees after I had created the city. I now know how to add the trees faster when I initialize a city. So, no more cheats. The only mod I have added is the industry-quadrupler-2.dat. My overall plan is to let the cities evolve in as close to my version of realistic as I can get. I intend to create this region using a Phase Method. Here are the goals for Phase 1 : 1] Initialize all the cities that border the river 2] Create a continuous road thru all of the cities 3] Use 90% low density zones. No High density 4] Integrate Shipping early on 5] Populate medium cities to 4k +/- 6] Populate large cities to 20k +/- 7] Give the cities minimal perks until $$ get back to 200k Here are some images from the region : I have corresponding Transportation captures if anyone wants to see them. Not sure if this is too many captures to post at once. Let me know what you think. excalibur226 PS : This is my second region in SC4. My first, has over 250 cities. All initialized and populated. However, I never took any screen caps. Plus, I learned alot by making many, many mistaks and have lost interest in that region for now.