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Very nice job on the university. The paths really do ad to it.

Fantastic! Your plugin folder must be huge. :) 

That is a piece of art. A shame about the volcano!

Great looking farm! You've used content very well. Good job!!

Wonderful detail. Impressive!

I like those apartment blocks, and the soccer fields are a nice touch. Where did you get the apartments and are they grown or plopped? Any way, super nice work.

Replies: 47ply, on 30 Jan 2014 - 09:02 AM, said: wow that's a big airport, are there over night carriers there some of my racers might need a clutch or something. overnight...looks good No over night carriers yet. There is a nice gift shop though. Schriefer, on 30 Jan 2014 - 09:49 AM, said: Great! Second pic is awesome! Thanks! I'm adding some landscaping next. SimCoug, on 30 Jan 2014 - 1:37 PM, said: I always enjoy seeing a new CJ from you - looking forward to more. I appreciate that. I see a new idea or technique and it's just easier to start a new journal. Benedict, on 31 Jan 2014 - 08:21 AM, said: Good to see you back, and even better to see the quality of your latest work. I think your seamless transitions between different types of land use (farms, industry, residential, nature) are fantastic, and look extremely realistic. Thanks friend. I've been experimenting with a little different (for me) way to do forested areas. You'll see some differences in some of the city tiles. I'm finally getting away from the Maxis trees. Update: Norwalk, about 15 miles southeast of Brattleoro, sits on a quiet river. It's known for it's river walk and little shops. It was created because the train station blocked the view of the river. Farming and lumber are it's main industries. Nice quiet neighborhoods. Putting one of their own to rest. By for now... Dick

Replies: Schriefer, on 29 Jan 2014 - 3:21 PM, said: Nice, I liked the journal But would be good bigger images. Thanks for the visit, hope these shots help. Update: Birds eye of Brattleboro South side of town City center Downtown West side shopping Municipal complex By for now... Dick

Nice work on the pictures. The hillside slums look realistic.

I really like pictures 2,3 &4. Reminds me of a model railroad. Lots of interesting things to look at!   Dick

Hey, that is a pretty cool drag strip, with a tower and all. Hope their shuts work or they'll get wet! ;)   Dick

Your attention to detail is without equal. The pictures could easily be photographs.

The Brattleboro Reporter is the regions main newspaper, and here we see the front page, top of the fold. It consists of the weather, a sample of the opinion page, and local news. Unlike most papers, local news takes the front spot, national and international news follows on the inside. Lets see what has our citizens attention today. By for now... Dick

I wasn't quite sure where to put this but I've been experimenting on a different method of laying down forest areas (at least for me), a bit stylized but looks nice I think. Here are a few pictures. The region: A close up of the active area: Here is the main town: Any input is welcome!

First I paint SimFox "Large Plane Trees" on the area I want forested, not quite covering it completely. I then fill in the area with CPT_Temporary Rainforest And Jeronidogg Ploppable Trees to give the forest diversity, following the terrain. You can then add fallen logs, rocks, etc. Thanks for the interest! Dick

I use JMeyers, some Peg but when I loaded the whole Spam system, that others stuff didn't grow and I ended up with large farms but very few buildings. I've tried to keep the ploppable farm building in Spam but seem to have missing textures.

I've generally used the Maxis trees in God Mode because it was much easier to cover large areas, and they reminded me of the oaks and maple that cover the hills in my home region. But they are somewhat boring and messy so I've realized I need to find another method. The pictures I posted here were a start but as I said, the layout was kind of stylized and uniform. Your input has been helpful and I've done some more experimenting as the following pictures will show. I await your progress reports... Here I changed the pattern to a more natural uneven one, and added variety: Then I tried some detail with rocks, shrubs, and fallen tree: Thanks, Dick Wright

Then you'll have to patch the game. You should have the 1.1.640.0 patch to have non maxis buildings show lights at night OK, I guess I follow the Mooses link to the patch. Where does it need to be installed?

I have had this issue also, which started some time ago after using the Dark Night mod for a short time. I don't use the night time mode often and I took out the Dark Night mod. A while later I noticed I had almost no night lighting except street lights and a few buildings. I know I've updated the game in the past. Where exactly do the updates go? Documents or Program files? My Build Version is: 1.1.638.0 Thanks...

Since high school I enjoyed drawing city maps which I created, naming streets, etc. I thought I was the only weirdo into that stuff (so didn't my friends) until I found the original SimCity game, and I've played everyone since. But it wasn't until I found Simtropolis that I realized there was a community of like minded folks out there. Thank you all!!!

This program, Sawtooth's Region Census v0.8, will allow you to show a regional picture. You can uncheck the fit pic to screen and will get an expanded picture. I then did a screen shot of the area I wanted. I did that a little in a couple of cities. I probably won't change every city (laying those forested sections was real time consuming), but I have an idea that I will use on the next one. I'll post a picture. Thanks.