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Okay so I've read this entire thread, and I'm still unsure... Do I need to install GMAX for this, or can I export everything straight from Max 2011 Design?

If you want, you're welcome to include Illium in the weather. For reference, I use weather from Dallas, TX for Illium City. the region

Just beautiful, marsh. Breathtaking. You make SC4 an escape from reality. Amazing.

Here's one I laid out for my CJ Illium. It's not as great as some of you guys', but it's a start!

Your night shots are nice, but I suggest turning of your shadows during night shots. Software rendering mode for shadows can mess up night lights (especially if you use dark-nite or USL [or both]) Also, I *loooove* the corraile city. It's beautiful. My favorite shot so far has to be the winding suburbs Astounding!

:: REPLIES/NOTES :: De Ja Vu: I think it just might be my industrial "Omega City". Also thinking about putting a scenic area on the Kingston Peninsula named "Citadel Point" and a port city south of Whitworth called "Port Virmire" Hell, Further west is a mountain range. Snow city of Noveria, anyone? Thanks, DJV for your input! I *love* community input. It helps me out all the time. Emperordaniel, Benedict, Shulmanator: Thanks! I can always appreciate positive comments! <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Notes: So my posts will be in this format from now on. I'll be posting my regional base picture and roadmap update, followed by current tile updates. I'll sometimes revisit tiles to improve them. Others I will be showing new tiles. Some of the towns or landmarks may have the name of a local Simtropolis CJ, as my own little way to pay homage to my favorite CJ's (example, Lake Windemere in today's update) Todays update will feature a new tile and a front page view of the Illium newspaper! :: NEWS :: :: REGION UPDATE :: Region so Far: So Maddigan County has developed nicely to the west of Illium City. My farms couldn't grow because I already passed the population max and my residents were too smart (EQ too high) before I had zoned my Ag. The only way to fix it would be to demolish terrain and restart the city, which I'm not doing. Thankfully, Photoshop does wonders to give it an illusion. **Footnote: Please note that "Illium" should say "Illium City" Regional Roadmap: As you can see, I've got a definite view of how I want everything laid out. The current city limits planner include "planned" cities/towns for tiles I haven't done yet, but that already have a foothold in the story. I will more than likely add more cities to this, especially to the north and west of current development. I've also got my highway sign set which you can see - HERE-. I hope to one day learn how to get them lotted. I can model no problem, it's converting my models to BAT and then ingame where I am lost. Anywho, My central and main artery highway will be Inter-Regional Highway (IH)-75 running N-S and my E-W Main Artery will be IH-161, unless I modify IH-75 near downtown Illium City. I have not yet decided if I wish to add an artery IH into downtown Illium City, but if I do, it will be IH-20. I'm looking very forward to creating IH-8 on the coast. It will prove to be an engineering challenge! **Footnote: Unlike the US Standard, the region of Illium's Inter-Regional Highways are numbered in the order construction began on them. :: MADDIGAN CITY :: Welcome to Maddigan City: Here we can see downtown Maddigan City. The city itself has a population of just over 20,000, making it the fifth largest city in the region, and largest suburb of the Illium City Metropolitan area. Remember This?: Ohhh, Maddigan City South Senior High School, home of the MCSH Cougars, sits right in the center of a wealthy terrace neighborhood called "Arbor Glen". The MCSH Lady Cougar soccer team generally go to nationals. The Football team, however, has been plagued with scandal after scandal, ranging from graffiti of the school to rape of a chearleader. Needless to say, the football team has been suspended for the next three academic semesters, and funding has been diverted to renovating the science labs. Construction Woes: The next couple of shots depict the traffic nightmare in Maddigan City. Four months ago, a driver fell asleep at the wheel going under IH-75 on Sutherland Ave and rammed headfirst into a tanker truck carrying JP8 (Jet Fuel). The truck burst into flames, killing both drivers. The heat of the flames warped the metal and caused major damage to the IH-75 overpass. The bridge was closed, deemed unsafe by the Illium Highway Authority. Construction is, thankfully, nearing a close. Construction Management stated yesterday that the project is slated to finish and the highway will open by Christmas just a month from now. Although it makes traffic worse, Maddigan City City-Works officials are using the construction to install a natural gas pipeline beneath the frontage road. :: FOX RIVER :: Small town turned suburban sprawl: Fox river, seen in the next two shots, was originally just a rural farm town a few years ago. In the last 4 years, the town's population has increased nearly 350%, growing exponentially faster than it's suburban neighbor, Maddigan city. The town has developed southward and westward along Churchill creek. The developer of the newest addition, a suburb on the north end, has recently come under fire for constructing homes without checking the ground for contaminates from nearby Maddigan City's industrial complex. So far, surrounding areas, including Churchill Creek (see bottom right of images) have all tested negative for ground contaminates. **Footnote: Note the use of "Frontage Roads", a common suburban feature. It allows easy access to the IH while still allowing for street and road connection (albeit as a general rule of thumb, there are no stoplights other than those designated as roads the IH exits for.) The Frontage roads westward end after the last exit in Fox River. :: OUTLYING VILLAGES :: Little Hou-err.. town on the prairie: With a population of only 64 people, Krum is quite possibly the smallest documented town on the Illium regional map. It sits beautifully on the southwest corner of Lake Windemere, hidden back away from any major highways. For this reason, Krum doesn't see many visitors, so outsiders staying here always get a more-than-generous welcome from the locals. Longest school district name ever: Maddigan County Saint Anthony Annex Independent School District has placed all 3 county schools in one convenient spot; Saint Anthony High School, home of the SAHS Moose. Yep, you heard it right. The Saint Anthony Fighting Moose. Also shown is Lansing Middle School and New Haven Elementary. The SASH FFA usually helps staff the equine vet across the street. Local town games are also played on the field. Watch the billboard, though! Officer Ryan Warner likes to hide behind it and catch speeders in the school zone. Don't think you can outrun him, either. His 2010 Dodge Charger has a supercharged 6.1L Hemi under the hood pushing out over 500 horsepower. He once chased down and arrested a speeder driving a Lamborghini Reventón. True story. The quiet crossroads... whatever that means: The town of St. Anthony is a serene town in the woods of Maddigan County. It sits on the crossroads of Regional Highway 45 and County Road 4598, making it a popular tourist destination during the changing of the seasons festivals. The town was build around a natural spring, which is now fenced off and made into a park. The spring provides water and swimming recreation to the city. Thankfully, the Olde Tyme folks went with the times and installed a microbial Hydroflush X955 filtration system into the spring pump to ensure that no punk city kids pee in in the spring and contaminate drinking water. It's like Forks, WA, but without sparkling vampires: Here is the "crown jewel" of Maddigan county. Yarahi Heights is a split-part coastal town, with half on the mainland and the other half on the Yarahi Peninsula. It is a very popular tourist destination, especially for hikers. Coincidentally, several high ranking members of Her Majesty's government have condos and summer homes here (see next post). Thanks to its position inside the Illium Bay, the town is almost never affected by large storm surge waves, but still enjoys a coastal breeze that keeps the area comfortable with temperatures hoving around 70 degrees year-round. Because it is such a beautiful place to live, property values have increased tenfold in some places. Houses that generally go for $70,000WSD (world standard credits or $105,000 USD) can sometimes run past a half million credits. Nonetheless, residents feel it's worth the price to live in YarahiHeights. Live Long, And Prosper: Lady Tiffany L. Oberlender, the Queen's niece and Ambassador to Dakara, returned two days ago week from her month-long trip to Dakara. She was there to continue talks with Dakaran officials on the Calistan Crisis and the recent deployment of the 7th Imperial Fleet. Her house, a beautiful hilltop villa, sits atop the highest point of the Yarahi Peninsula, due north of Yarahi Heights. Her house is patrolled by police constantly to keep would-be assassins out, even more now that the Calistan Crisis is escalating (hence the police car out front). Lady Tiffany also believes strongly in renewable energy sources, and had Wind Farm built to power her villa and nearby homes. Lady Tiffany provides her round-the-clock security forces a fully stocked manor to stay, and provided the few with families homes in nearby Yarahi Heights, courtesy of the Illium Ministry of Defense.

I realized that, but I also want to make them larger so they're more visible if I BAT them. (keyword IF. I don't think I'll ever get the hang of BAT'ting....)

Just for those who are wondering, I found the construction props that Sim_Link is using. I found em on a German site. I remember you saying you couldn't remember where you found them. I also found a few others. http://kurier.simcit...ils.php?file=51 https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/12312-construction-fillers/ Also, For your development, I recommend Weazel's "House under construction" lots. https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=user_activity&search_app=downloads&mid=206287 <--- They're about halfway down the page, starting at the 11th entry.

So I have a question. I absolutely adore cycledogg's Olympic Terrain mod, but I had the Columbus installed before. I placed a bunch of trees using the Columbus when I was creating my region, and when I installed the Olympic (and moved the Columbus out of my plugins folder), the trees disappeared, making it impossible to place anything over their former position without a CTD. Any ideas on how to fix it without destroying all the trees I planted with the Columbus? I'm still relatively new to compatibility fixes, so I'm sure someone wiser will shoot me in the right direction.

Yarahi, You have been a HUGE help. Thank you ever so much, kind sir! +1 I'm going to name one of my small towns after you. Yahari Heights!

No, I need the grassy terrain. It's alright though. The trees from both mod show up with the Columbus installed. The variety is nice, but It's not quite what I'm looking for. I'll live though. It's not bad. On a side note, know any good MMP terrain texture paints?

Well this blows. The trees are all over my region, even intertwined with my cities. Is there a way to keep both? I actually enjoy having both of them together... Makes a nice variety.

Roger, that is beautiful! I tried using the Olympic terrain mod, but I had trees placed with the Columbus terrain mod, and when I installed the Olympic, the trees from the Columbus disappeared and I couldn't build over them without a CTD I really like the Olympic more than the Columbus.

I *love love love* the use of textures to break up the straight lines. Where did/how did you get all of those?! I'm definitely loving the Sandalwood CJ. I'm looking forward to more towns. Also, on a realistic note, where the two highways come together, that would have also been where a town would have popped up. Question: What terrain mod are you using as your base?

Jack, I like that park! It's a great idea. I'll probably use that kind of layout to make my larger suburban parks. Anywho, here is the most affluent neighborhoods in all of Illium. This area is called Grapevine

Man, I love city journals, and man, I love yours. I like the "tourist attractions" update the most. So much to love about Dunstonville!

Thank you so much CaptCity! I've been registered with the LEX since 07, so I'm good there.

Looking for the retaining walls for rivers and oceans, imaged here:

Whoah, cool! I was quoted! Thanks for the Honor 111222333444

In Highway Construction Parts 1 & 2 (Eastburg), I see concrete retaining walls around the rail lines. Do you happen to know where those are offhand? or are those custom Anywho, I always love coming to the Windemere CJ. Such beauty.

Wow, wonderful work, and it looks incredibly realistic (well, as realistic as SC4 allows). Question: Is that SPUI available in the new NAM?