SwitchbladeSaint

I just have a singular question; does anyone have a recommendation for a design program that is particularly well suited for creating both subway and street maps? Or any mods of any sort that I ought to be aware of? Any suggestions are appreciated and will likely result in hours spent on cartographic endeavours. Thanks in advance.

Manchester, England

-My attempt with the RMIP airport pack; Milos B. Foreman International Airport.

Okay. I just have one question. What do I need to download in order to be able to make the 2x@ roundabouts for avenue intersections?

Originally posted by: rjkrox Wait a minute, tungston. Are you telling me there are cheats out there that can increase the population of my city? And if such a thing exists, what are they or where do I find them?quote> Yeah...haha, Im a bit interested myself!

Hmm...well then what could be the key to unlocking a population of one million? Im curious, because it is my ultimate goal and would very much like to achieve it. Current population hovers at 890,000 and never exceeds that.

I use a money trainer lot that enables me to implement any idea my imagination may create. I seek realism in my cities, and obtaining that is a challenge. Thusly, the original challenging context of the game hasnt been removed for me, just altered. I suppose its all about preference.

Okay. My city on the central large map has a population of just over 880,000 (on a good day). There's also a small international airport within the city limits. The capacity is nearing its threshold, because the airport exterior is starting to show distress. My question is if and when the expansion bid "hits the airwaves" and is, of course, confirmed, will it relieve an existing population cap? And possibly escalate my population to the Holy Grail-like 1 million? If so, what do I need to know, if anything? -Dom.

Originally posted by: Fresh Prince of Wmbg Yo , your problem is that u don't have enough merto(which the regional population). The requirment for the all stages skyscrapers is 600.000 sims. Try building another city next to the orginial city with only dense residential and connect the two city with railroad and road (use highway if nessecary)Then create a city with jobs next the second city and connect those two cities. -Right. Make sure you work on connections to neighbouring cities. If the city with the 315,000 is your central one, then create demand for prime high density and wealth commercial zones by giving as many Sims access to it as possible. Just connect any form of transit to the areas in question (the higher capacity the better, especially as time progresses) and see what happens.

-Right, time for an update. I'll post five images right now, and six more tomorrow morning. Since the last set of images were from surrounding cities, I'll focus the current update on the star city here; Argenta. -Argenta City Hall in the Southbank. Gallagher Park is shown just north. Reedmartin and Stanyan streets intersect on the left and Blair Avenue passes diagonally at right. -Tilsdale-Beckett Medical Center on the Southbank, just meters from the banks of the lapping Viatic River. Located at Mantella Parkway and Sapporro Drive in the Foxhall neighbourhood. The very tip of Gresham Park is visible in the right corner. -The West Industries UIC (Urban Interconnectivity Center) is the primary transit center to the residents of the Southbank. Diverging here are city transit buses,metro, and monorail. Im currently considering adding regional rail in the form of a adjacent train station designed for dense urban capacity. - The dual metro station at roundabout of Aerospace Boulevard and Cardiff Street. Some of Argenta's most expensive boutiques, bistros and bookstores radiate outwards from the stations. -Gadwall Junction. Morning rush hour. Traffic here tends to be unidirectional during peak times. Flow is usually either north to the Central Island Ferry Station, by way of Sheffield Avenue and Colby Street, or to Hollyfield-McGovern Worldport just south of this image. - The intersection of Alexis Avenue (N-S) and Swaneford Road (E-W) is the most congested avenue-avenue intersection in the Southbank. Traffic is moving between Attica University and the Hayashi Industrial Sector and the motorways in between. -Stay tuned for more. -Dom

Okay, Im back with another update. First, I'd like to share a few interesting trivia items about my city, Argenta. -Every street in Argenta is named, with the exception of industrial roadways - my justification being that I zone them for employment generation purposes solely and hardly merit any more attention than that, in my opinion-. Other than that, I usually leave the street naming process as a final detailing procedure. Sometimes however, I'll have ideas for roadways just manifest mentally and I just type them into the label tool and store them in a yet undeveloped corner of my city. Once a desirable yet anonymous stretch of avenue or street develops and expands, then I just drag the desired name onto it. I also keep a composition notebook with written entries, park designs and motorway and transit systems. I like to have it when I travel to major cities, and since I can't always have my city accessible, I just scribble down bits of inspiration from real world locations like Seattle and Chicago. My gameplay is a constant, whether concious or sub-concious, I'm perpetually ruminating upon all matters urban. -Every time I play Argenta, I break my own personal records. Previously, my most populous map was a medium one with 225,000 residents. Argenta, on a large map, has 890,000. That's personally gratifying, since I originally estimated being able to fit 750,000 sims. Which leads to me a question. Argenta has a small international airport approaching capacity, due to its distressed appearance. Once the expansion bid is confirmed and constructed, will my population cap increase? Why do ask? -Because ultimately my goal for Argenta is 1 million. Combined with the 12 city metro region, 2 million. And as far as the region is concerned, atleast 3.5 million would be spectacular. Im currently hosting 1.7 million, so Im halfway there! -But, enough chit-chat. Here's some images to enjoy. -Show above is the relatively peaceful neighbourhood of Highchester Gardens in north central Argenta. It is one of only three low-density zoned but high-wealth earned areas in the city. The neighbourhood's calm is usually abrogated whenever traffic on Danvers Avenue coagulates near Queenwood Road. -Ladbrooke Station in Yorkdale in north Argenta was constructed as an attempt to alleviate congestion at the nearby Kincaid Office Park. The station was constructed along Sutcliff Road at M-15 to maximize transit innerconnectivity in the area. -L'Moda Galleria is the most upscale shopping center on the Northbank. Its presence along with the Kincaid Office Park directly across the avenue both contribute to substantial traffic congestion along one of the primary roadways to the international airport and employment north in Odenssa. It consistently ranks as the most congested stretch of avenue in the city. -Gadwall Junction in Radora Heights on the Southbank is a major crossroads. Colby Street ferries residential traffic between Radora and Radora Heights, and north-south airport-bound Sheffield Avenue intersects with the beginning of Alexis Avenue, the main east-west route on the Southbank. -That's all for now. Hope you enjoyed. Stay tuned for more. -Dom

Yeah, the mountains...hehe. I think I decided to called that range in the north the Corridian Mountains, and that area isn't really going to have any populations, so in my fervor to terraform the region, I mainly focused on the inhabited maps. But you've reminded SA, I do have to address some "cosmetic" issues with those mountains. And the airport's proximity to the businesses directly across the avenue happened rather inadvertently after traffic along that avenue towards the airport entrance really increased. Combined, there are over 60,000 hi-tech and commercial jobs on that map, and only 40,000 Sims, so there's plenty of commuting going on and thusly, fertile commercial real estate is cultivated. To everyone else, there will be an update from Argenta with 5 or 6 images later today. Stay tuned.