smirkazor

Hey, didnt expect to get a reply from you mscharamut1969, trixie winner 2004 eh? whats that for? I do enjoy it, but i just dont have alot of time for it anymore, college is really taking alot out of me, i dont get back home till aboot 5 pm, anyway i will hopefully be able to do some soon, after my exams which i am taking now, well, i'm in college atm and need to go so seeyas all around sometime. thnx for the reply mschara, u got msn? mines smirkazor@hotmail.com smirkazor

hey simtropians, well, its been a very long time since i was last around here, sure has changed quite a bit with v4.0 n all, anyway, back to why i am writing, it shouldnt be too long now till i start back on riverbasin again, been collecting some great bats u lot have been making, u sure have been busy. well i will be back and building soon, would like to see some ideas for what i could do if it isnt too much trouble, thats the main reason why i havent played in a while, dunno what i could do, no inspiration, anywho seeyas all around. smirkazor

hey all, i would just like to say that i am sorry for not updating as often as u would like, infact i havent updated for at least a month. but that will soon change, i decided to have a bit of time off of simcity4, to gather some more ideas and get inspiration to make my cities better, so look forward for lots of great news on the development of river basin and lots of pics smirkazor

This CJ seems to be comming along quite nicely, but i think something needs to be done aboot that massive orengley yellow thick black cloud that is engulfing ur industrial districts , in all a good job, and nice touch with the little info things on some of ur pictures, i havent really been arsed to try and do something like that.

Hey everyone, just to let u all know, i will not be updateing for a little while, as i am doing another project for a friend and will probably take till mid next week, so stay tight, and i will be back with more great updates.

great, must be hard work recreating a city like that, well done for what u have accomplished, im not in to recreating cities, too much hard work, plu they look nothing like the real one when finnished, good luck in ur quest.

Allrighty then, time for todays update, and its a gooden, u will get to see the last expansion to the city expansion which takes up basically the last part of land on the mainland. But first the pic for KCthedestroyer, the close in region view. Now the update. This first pic shows the foundations for the last expansion with all the zones layed out with all the transportation network added. Plus some close ups if u r unable to see the pic properly. Thats what it looks like, and this pic below is what it looks like with development, oooooooooh. Looks really nice. oh and one more thing, MY CITY IS 100 YEARS OLD. yeah. and to finnish off, a look at the expansion to the failed expansion and the expansion of the city look. Thats all for this update, be looking forward to the next update as u will be finding out what will be happening to that lonely iland that u see in the last pic, so stay tuned. This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope u have enjoyed looking. comments are welcome and will be accepted with much gratitude, anywuestions that you might have with anything that i have shown or done in my cj please do not hesitate to ask, and if you have any ideas for any of my cities please tell me, im all ears.

Its time again for another update, in this update i will show you the expansion to the lost expansion of the expansions expansion plus another expansion to the expansion., if u get what i mean. But first time to reply to comments. Casper3141: I can see why u like the other expansion that got lost, it wasnt so built up and looked quite pleasant, but thats all in the past now, look forward to the future, and u r just moments away from seing more of yamamoto. KCthedestroyer: well, i gave it a go KC and this is what i came up with, next i will try the connecting city pics together, that might be better, but not sure what to do about pic size, as i would have to have the pic really big for it to look ok. Exgamer07: Well exgamer, where do i start, do the easiest first, those random forrest lots are from pegasus, but now he has left and the lots with him so u r unable to get it again, soz bout that. Now ur commercial question, the thing is, most of the commercial skyscrapers you see are ploppable, theres most of the question out of the way, and the next, well i'm not sure what pop u need to get to to start getting em, but its mostly due to demand, and desirability, but u do need a quite large population, this quite large population needs more jobs and there for has more demand for skyscrapers, plu how loarge your city is. Dusktrooper: I hope u are sleeping well dusktrooper, staying up to almost 4 am , what were u thinking, anyway thnx for ur comment and glad to see u r still here, region pics to come in this update. Bob3003: LOL!! update will follow after this.

O......K..... drum rollll dadadadadadadadada. Its time for another CJ update, woooooo. bunny mexican wave, lol. Ok, in todays update we will see what the extension to the city expansion will look like after the unfortunate accident that happened while saving, awwwwww. Well i am glad to say that it is much better than the first, i have corrected a few probs i had with the first one, which is always good and ready to show you. Right this first picture shows where the zones will be. Followed by some development, then some more development, followed by what it looks like now. Awwww, what a lovely clear starey night looking over the clear blue sea into nothingness, how nice, isnt it? Well thats the update, it is only to show whats going on, more to come next time, so keep watching, u always do. Comments are welcome and will be accepted with gratitude, all questions that you have aboot anything that i have done please do not hesitate to ask me via comment or by PM, so dont be a stranger now, and all questions will be awnsered with the utmost respect and with the most fulness i can give it, until nextime (aka tomorrow). This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope u have enjoyed looking, seeya.

Yeah, crap does happen bob3003, but sometimes things like that are a good thing, especially in my case, cos as i built it i can learn from a few mistakes that i had n it, and able to corrct thm next time around, and i am glad to say that the second time around is way better, but the bad thing is i am unabable to make another update as i am not on my main computer with my pics, so all i can do is reply to comments, which im not saying is a bad thing.. Dolfan348488: Thnx dolfan for the comment, pimpin volcano, wow, by the way, do u have a scale like that of 1-10? Subedei: Thnx for the comment. Andrew George: i wonder how pimpin george, must be very good then. Woelfwynde: Glad u love my CJ, thats another fan to add to my favourite peoples list . Well it really depends on the designer, but with pics like mine, yeah. Dont worry i always keep up the good work, i mean great work. Johnb: Hey john, nice of you to comment, have a nice time at work? Bet u did. Glad u love it, i do think it is one of my best cities with transportation and all, it must be good if all u think it is, never question the opinions of simtropians . There is plenty of room for u to move in, i would get a condo, u can look over the city from it . Keep watching. Uncrazycooper13: I'm glad this is one of you're favourites, but i am sad to say that i am a little late for the MCFCC , so i'm gonna go for the next one and try to make the best city ever woooo. The place is stating to get bigger, well i think it already has. Ha, u think my transportation is a little much, Ha u crack me up, You can NEVER have enough transportation for a city like mine, all those thousands of sims wanting to get somewhere fast, its ur own opinion, i wont hold it against u. Stations=cash cash=stations so on and so forth. i need all those stations to get all the sims to use the transpoortation otherwise they will complain, damn annoying sims, but someone's gotta have em. Keep watching. Next post will be the latest update, be patient, its comming right after this commercial break..

The forums are back online, and now i can update my CJ, wahey. As i said in the previous update i will be showing you the development of the extension of the city expansion. But first lets get the comments outta the way. Superstar: My city is getting better and better, i guess the whole point of development, anyway, thnx for ur comment, very appreciative. Bob3003: Thnx, i found what i was looking for, cheers for that, but havent checked the effects pack as of yet, must make personal note. K_M_H: Yeah that is big ben in the intersection, it is a replica of the real one that was placed in Yamamoto as a focal point on the main island in the chain. What u mean, what kind of treatment, it is a focal point, an important one at that.. Yeah, i dont particularly like those bridges, but its too time consuming making a tunnel for it, but i may do so in the future. Now for the update. I have now completed my version of the sunken highway using the raised highway, and it looks nice, but will change it if we get the intersection thing sorted out where it messes up the relief in the immediate area and this is what it looks like. And a zoomed out look of the whole thing. and a closeup Now the look after development . But i am sad to say that the pics that you see above you, they dont exist in the city anymore, as while saving something strange happened and it kinda froze and so i had to shut it down and did not save, but i felt i should post them anyway. Thats all for now. This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope that you have enjoyed looking, b safe. comments are welcome and will be gratefull, any questions about anything that i have done and shown in my cj please dont hesitate to ask me and i will reply to you as soon as possible. Plus any requests that you would like to make for any of my cities or a city that has not even yet been built, please let me know, thank you.

hey all i got another lot of pics to show you, this is only random pics of the city. Thats all the random pics i have left, next update will be showing you the finnished look of the extension to the expansion and pics building up to it, so dont kill urself with anticipation . Exgamer07: i am looking forward to seing those pics, and glad to help you out. I am glad to see that so many people like my volcano, very realistic looking, now all i need is a kinda smoke mod to make it look active . This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope you have enjoyed looking.

Hey everyone, the time has come for another update, this will be a gooden as it not only features something that is totally new to River Basin, and first for me to try out, but i will be giving you some of the best pictures that i have taken so far of around Yamamoto. This is all thankfull (the first part) to me finding a thread about sunken highways, and i thought to myself, i should try this, it might spice up my cities, and so i did. With a little help to a handy little thing i call a digging tall i scoped out off the lex, thank you someone is thinking of the lazy buggers who cant be arsed to do it themselves, thank you. Right, this is my version of a sunken highway, its probably not what you ma have seen before, i think i have been the first one to actually do this but feel free to correct me by all means. instead of using ground level highways, i used the raised, and for tunnels i swapped to the ground level and coupled with those lovel random forrest, which if my mind serves me correctly (which it probably wont) thanks to pegasus, and here is how it turned out. The only reason for why i decided to use this is because, one, i felt like it, and two, cos i had the same prob as everyone else with the on/off ramps, it messed up the banks on either side lowering them and the bit with the highway on rose a bit. so i thought, naaaa. You would have probably already have seen this similar looking shore line somewhere before, in Rickennington, so i thought i might as well do a bit here. accompanied with the el train and rail looks quite good, and a transport paradise, aaahh. These piucs that i show are a lil bit outta date, by about 30 odd minutes, alot can happen in 30 minutes yaknow. But this time, i have left a space of 2 from the avenue to the lowered bay because i will have to add a rail tunnel to connect the dock to the main line. Plus i can put in more trees . And here are some more pics of the other parts to my new extension to the city expansion. Here you can have a better view of my sunken highway with the ground highway for tunnels, and yes there are entrances and exits with the ones where they should be, they are just hidden by the trees. And going back to bobs thing about underground el train, i think im gonna keep it this way for this city, as it gives it a large city feel to it, well thats what i think, im not sure aboot u lot. Now with this zoomed out picture (which i can officially say is up to date till the creation of this update and a bit more unto the future) you are able to see the new city dock, the city expansion and the planned area for the expansion of the expansion. Well thats everything uptodate, well, now its time to leave you with a large array of pics from all over Yamamoto, enjoy. This has been a smirkazor city journal update, please stand by for more pictures of Yamamoto...............................................loading..............................................................50%...........................................................upload complete. Preparing picturs for placement.3...2...1. TA DA. Thats all for now, keep watching.

Well, looks like i have enough comments to do another update for me CJ. But i cant do it right now, so what i will do is awnser the questions etc, then i will have my dinner, then i will do something else then i will update it, and i promise to do so. Bob3003: Hey bob, first comment on my CJ i see, nice to know ur a fan . u will have to see what i will do with the region, cos im not sure if i should put in a green belt, but what do u mean by a metropoliton green belt? is there any differerence between them? Also, what are you on about an oasis, what part are you talking about? i dont read minds, especially with the distance involved here, i need more info. and have no idea what u r on about the el trains underground. Exgamer07: Hey, hows it going exgamer. do you know the short cut for taking photo's, cos i dont think u do, what u press is ctrl+shift+s all together at the same time, and then take the picture, that should work, then post me the pics ok .

Hello all, and welcome to another installment to my River Basin CJ. For todays update we will be focusing on the development on Yamamoto's latest city expansion, this scheme has costed well over an average of aboot 2.5 million simoleons, which suprisingly enough didnt even dent its money supply. The construction of all the basic transportation needs of the sims that will sonn be moving in took quite some time to design and lay down, once that had been done everything just fell into place, ere is a picture of most of the small roads being placed as well as some of the zoning which is soon to develop. Picture of Small Roads Placed as Well as Some Zoning Close Up of Zones etc. Soon everything started to develop within the year and continued until all was full, which meant that more zoning was to be done and that developed and looks like this (see Picture below) Picture Below But of course the sims wanted more, so i gave em more, those sims just love Yamamoto so much that they just have to come on over and move in. And further development continued with more zoning. Picture of More Zoning and Development As a few years went by, more sims moved in giving the need for larger and taller buildings, a new municiple airport had to be built to support these new sims, which in turn brought new buisnuesses creating a few skyscraper in the CBD supplying more jobs to the more sims moving in which means bigger aiport, which in turn brings in bigger buisnesses with more skyscrapers bringing in more jobs for more sims making bigger airport uuuuhhh. You get what i mean. Overview of City from Above. What a pleasant looking city, ah how relaxing. yaaawwn. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Once everything had developed as much as i felt was needed i took a look at my traffic information thing on the graphs, not the commute time one, the other which shows congestion, and do u know what i saw, i saw red line in some places with some yellow bits dotted around, and i thought nooooooooo. then i took a look close and the red line where only on two parts of the subway and on part of the passenger rail line, incidently it is the single line ones that this has occured on. Once news of this astonishing discover, they went back to the drawing board to try and come up with something to combat this new danger to yamamoto's economy, which was slowing it down. Just 2 months later a plan was devised to build new subway and rail lines running along adjacent to the original line to spread out the congestion, sounds very logical on the drawing board, but would it help. this is what they planned to do with the rail line, the line that was the trouble was the single line running outbound towards that large volcano, so they planned to build two new line running on either side of the original and this is what it would look like. Salmon pink = Original line, Red = New lines and Green box = New rail station, as there have been reports of complaining sims saying they dont have enough transport, like that is possible. This is what it would look like. And this is what it looked like after. After Construction. That should keep those sims happy for about a week . Anywho, this did help to release the pressure that was put on that one rail line, as for the subway i basically did exactly the same on the lines in question which i am unable to show you at this moment in time. That is all for this update, the next update will have a brief look at where it is now and also have a lovely collection of photos from around Yamamoto for you to look at. This has been a Smirkazor city journal update, i hope you have enjoyed reading as i have enjoyed typing, until nextime seeyas l8er. Please keep the comments coming, i would like to know that i am not wasting my time bringing you these updates of my developing region, thank you. i will leave you with a pic of my most favourite piece of terraforming that i have done.

First i will reply to these lovely comments, then a little bit later i will post another update, and in which i will be including a gallery of pictures from around the city of Yamamoto, only the best for u simtropians, it is later as i still have to collect more pics. Palpatine001: thnx for the tips of some buildings, i will check them out, cheers. Exgamer07: I am appreciative of you're comment, i take alot of pride in my work on my transportation systems, my sims deserve nothing less. The problem that i think u are having (which i may be wrong) that you do not have enough stations around the city, in both res and commerce, so place some more down. Would it be possible for u to show me a pic of ur subway system and ur road layout for me to ave a look at, i can draw on it with my lines and show what u COULD do. that would be easier.

Palpatine001: Thnx for the comment palp, very appreciative am i of u. I think about 70km/h should do the trick , just need to watch out for those nasty pileups . In The near future, yes i am going to put in eco friendly as u say so nicely subburbs etc to keep away from the core of my region, to give me sims some nice peace and quiet by the river, maybe a place in the sun, or just below one of the two dormant volcanoes that tower over the region . keep the comments comming, i am intrigued with what u have to say and think of everything and anything that i have done that is to do with my wonderous region River Basin.

Casper3141: i have already sent u a private message telling u casper, but this is mainly for those of you that have forgotten or cant be arsed to read from the beginning . This map that is featured in this city journal is 100% absolutely, completely, righteuosly,stupendousley and amazingly all from my own large and meaningfull mind. I created River Basin from scratch, right from the beginning with no help in the making whatsoever, it took all my hardened effort, i put all my sweat and blood into its creation to bring you an amazing sight that is River Basin. More updates to come tomorrow concerning my city expansion development.

Subedei: i do have alot of mass transit, that is because i need it, i have so many sims that need to get to somewhere. i have one or two traffic mods, to increas the capacity etc, nothing big, i still have problems with jams etc. Sweetmsdj: Thnx for the bunnies, u should do a cj, it dont take that much comp space to do one. Hope u keep looking back to my cj, there are more things to come. keep the comments comming

Ahhh, what a nice day it is today in Yamamoto today, such a nice day that the construction of the new expansion to the city to continue. There have been many advancements in the technology used in architecture these day in River Basin, that there have been many new and exciting ways to build transport as well as new and better buildings that show off much style, here are some pics for you to look at, and lemme know if you think that this could work, and how well you think it will support the masses of commuters travelling to work every day. Second Part to Transportion Expansion Thingymabob. Part of The Second Part to Transportation Expansion Thingymabob. Another Part of The Second Part to Transportation Expansion Thingymabob. Do you think this will work, and how long for? I have not added the smaller roads just yet, as i am still planning where to put them. There have been many reports from around the city that there have been some very serious accidents on the roads of Yamamoto, there have also been reports of the raised rail system being clogged up due the the masses of sims commuting from one place to another, mainly from Yamamoto to Maxwell-Multinational. It has come to our attention, being the transportation advisors of Yamamoto that serious action needs to be taken. To combat the ever growing city of Yamamoto and all its commuters, it has been decided to place alot more bus/subway stations around the main part of the city which was incidentley the first part to be built, to offer more options for when the sims decide to travel, also a drastic measure will be taken to quell the clogged rasied rail system, is to build a second line running along the original main line, this is what we plan to do with this. (i had already done the extra line as i thought i had a pic of a before, but obviously i didnt, so dont mind the stations being there) Plan for New Raised Rail lines to Quell the Ever Increasing Commuting. The blue lines are the original line, and the red lines are whats going to be added to help with the increasing commuting sims, and this is what it looks like now, it has helped quite a bit, but im gonna have to replan the branching off lines for future development in this current area. (i thought i might as well show you it as a night view, cos i felt like it) and some close ups with the blue and red lines. For this to actually be constructed, some poor peoples homes had to be destroyed to make way for the new raised rail line. Thats all for today, the next update will include what will happen to the second part to the new city expansion, so stay tuned. Anyquestion that you have about anything that i have done or shown, dont hesitate to ask as i will be more than happy to awnser them, comments are always welcome, your opinion matters to me, it can help me to improve my ways to bring you even bigeer and better updates so please let me know. Going back to what i said before, i want to know what you think of my new city expansion and how you think my transportation layout will cope with the commuting sims. This has been a Smirkazor City journal Update, thank you for looking.

That is an awsome job you have done re-creating newyork, very awome job indeed, must have taken alot of precise measurments for roads etc. needs work around the twin towers area, the shore line looks a bit jagged, need some piers and such etc. great job anyway, keep it up.

nicely done cyber, nicely done, i like how there are no massive skyscrapers, and is all low and medium density, looks pleasant, welldone, keep up the good work, if u have any building or transportation problems, please consult me, i could help.

I am back, and ready to do some serious simcitying, as i feel that i have let you all down by not updating, to tell the truth, i have done pretty much buggerall, so im gonna make it up to you all, so now i have changed cities, thank god, and doing something that i havent done for a while, and that is. YAMAMOTO. In this uodate i will be showing you a new transportation layout, well a layout in the works, and an updated region view which looks pretty amazing if i say so myself. i wont let you wait any longer, so here it is, the new Yamamoto transportation layout on the mainland. This first pic is just showing a beginning layout of what is to be a hopefully great transportation layout using commercial and residential in two seperate areas, wish me luck. And just for an extra mode of transport as i know there will be problems with only raised rail and highway so i have built ground rail (and also it makes it look good) This is only the Beginning, i am aming to make this my best mixed transportation layout yet. Now for the region views, its been a while since i last showed u the region view, so nows a better time than any, i give you, River Basin in all its underconstruction glory. I have to say it does look quite pleasant not having all skyscrapers. Now the transportation view. Man i got alota boats. Well thats all for today, but i will be back v soon to give u another update on my new transportation layout, and i will awnser the questions now too. Alrighty then. JO: i know its a bit repetative but there aint much variety in the BAT shoreline things atm that is to do with industry and such. KCTHEDESTROYER: I also like the onshore skylines, i just imagine looking at it at night from sea, amazing, like one massive light house. I think i did do a good job on that extension from relcaimed land. ANDREW GEORGE: it took about 10 years i'd say for that extension to develop, its cos of the influence from maxwellmultinational and my great transportation layouts . Again, thnx to all thos that commented, i hope more of you will in the fututre as i am intrigued to know what you think, and any questions u have please ask em, i will be happy to reply to them. This has been a Smirkazor city journal update.

Well its been a few days now and i thought i'd better update, i would have done it yesterday but as you all know simtropolis went down, so here i am. this is just to update you with whats going on with my city Rickennington. I last left you wondering what the latest addition to my residential district from relaimed land and here it is. This will be a two part picture slide show, first being the foundations and the second being what it looks like now. Before Development After Development I have a special treat for all those who actually are interested in my CJ, i have basically completed my commercial centre for Rickennington and i am going to show you what it looks like now, brace you're self, and get ready to be amazed, as this is one hell of a sight, just imaging comming towards this on the water at night. and just to let you know, the twin tower replica's from Maxwell-Multinational have now been moved to rickennington. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/6.gif width=17> What a sight, i should be given an award for making things like this,lol. well, thats all for today, but please stay tuned as more is to come. This has been a smirkazor CJ update, i hope you have enjoyed it, thank you. comments are welcome and will be accepted with gratitude, any questions that you might have with anything that i have shown within my CJ no matter what it is, please dont hesitate to ask me as i will reply asap.

Well, my last year at my secondary school is basically over, just one more exam this wednesday and i'm done, then its a 12 weeks holiday before college, wooo. Nice to see so many nice comments lately, thank you very much. Dusktrooper: I have changed all the previous update version to the newest, and man it looks amazing, i will show a pic in this update. JohnB: yeah it should still be, thats where i got it from (i think), and its called a naval base of somekind. I already have given the city a national landmark, well many landmarks, And i would like to thank joexcooldude and annoying dan for commenting on my CJ, i hope u keep checking. Too tired to finnish update, will do later.