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Any idea on when the City Journals section will get done or in what order with the remaining sections (I know Omnibus is one of those)? Also, circle or square, it doesn't really matter to me. My pic can fit either (both current design and soon-to-be-released design)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7BDSDJbLvY0 As it's the only city town to have any changes to its road layout of any kind, here's Barnesville There is a distinct lack of road names given that the only major road is Hwy 13 and the town is so small that they just use that for their addresses on the main road Special bonus video for this entry: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HnIc50n3OuQ Video Description: A new city, lots of farms, and reviewing the growth of the other 3 cities. The video will be both here and on the Simtropolis forums (and my Tumblr). This will also be the first series to have specific Patreon rewards associated with it. "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Game Featured in video: SimCity 4: Rush Hour http://www.ea.com/simcity-4-deluxe City Journal on Simtropolis http://community.simtropolis.com/journal/5335-sc4-ashur-co-city-journal/ Mods Included: Network Addon Mod - sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851 Realistic Civic Mod - community.simtropolis.com/files/file/4566-realistic-civic-mod/ Find me on Twitter twitter.com/AspieGamer13 Support me on Patreon patreon.com/AspieGamer13 Check out my Tumblr aspiegamer13.tumblr.com/ Bonus Video (Shortened) Description: Special bonus montage... This video will only be on the Simtropolis forums (unlisted on YouTube). DOCTOR VOX - Frontier: youtu.be/lkY3Ek9VPtg A Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) states that the material can be shared, remixed and used commercially as long as you give appropriate credit. License: http://bit.ly/CCAttribution "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ {all other info in the main video description from this point on matches}

Thank you. I think the video works better than images, especially where my focus is on maps and highway signs for those images.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dykrHHeM-c0 Shorter episode this time, but I'll make it up with a special montage video next time. In the meantime, we're developing the region slowly but surely. 3 maps for you this time... Fairfield Fairfield-North Ahoski Video Description: The unexpected of multiple coworkers being out putting more workload on the rest of us messed up plans last week. The forum post will be done after work today. Adding even more residential, plus a neighboring residential-farming, plus a neighboring city. Ran out of time to run the simulation, but don't worry... that's where we pick up next time The video will be both here and on the Simtropolis forums (and my Tumblr). This will also be the first series to have specific Patreon rewards associated with it. "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Game Featured in video: SimCity 4: Rush Hour http://www.ea.com/simcity-4-deluxe City Journal on Simtropolis http://community.simtropolis.com/journal/5335-sc4-ashur-co-city-journal/ Mods Included: Network Addon Mod - sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851 Realistic Civic Mod - community.simtropolis.com/files/file/4566-realistic-civic-mod/ Find me on Twitter twitter.com/AspieGamer13 Support me on Patreon patreon.com/AspieGamer13 Check out my Tumblr aspiegamer13.tumblr.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuyzEkq8y48 Publishing this as I finish it up instead of waiting to schedule for a reasonable time. The video will always go up first on YouTube before the extra stuff here, but should follow here within ~32 hrs max (usually less than 12). Again, just one image, though this one has spoilers to what's coming up in the future. What do you think of the changes I made to the map? Lighter city color, narrower main streets, narrower minor streets. Video Description: The unexpected of multiple coworkers being out putting more workload on the rest of us messed up plans last week. The forum post will be done after work today. Adding more residential zones outside "city limits" and varying the sizes from 1x1 to 1x3. The video will be both here and on the Simtropolis forums (and my Tumblr). This will also be the first series to have specific Patreon rewards associated with it. "Merry Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Game Featured in video: SimCity 4: Rush Hour http://www.ea.com/simcity-4-deluxe City Journal on Simtropolis http://community.simtropolis.com/journal/5335-sc4-ashur-co-city-journal/ Mods Included: Network Addon Mod - sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851 Realistic Civic Mod - community.simtropolis.com/files/file/4566-realistic-civic-mod/ Find me on Twitter twitter.com/AspieGamer13 Support me on Patreon patreon.com/AspieGamer13 Check out my Tumblr aspiegamer13.tumblr.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr6rpDJLO8Y Quick note: posting immediately since I didn't have time to do this before the video went live yesterday. Some of the things that got cut from the audio of the episode: High Wealth Residential moving where I don't want it at the same time I got a church... guess who just donated their land for the church's location? Cemetery? Why not? We'll put it at the end of this street at the top of the city... Apparently a lot of the city is compacting to try to fill the demand. i.e. - 2 houses per zone. Updated Road map: Video Description/Credits: For some reason the game just closed on me and I lost everything I was working on. Good thing I made some backups. A few other hickups this past week has further delayed this episode until now. The post on the Simtropolis forums will also be slightly delayed, but with good news to make up for all the delays: I'm going to be bumping this series up to up to two times a week. For this episode, I opted for a more montage feel as opposed to, well...not. The main focus of the montage is when the simulation is running as opposed to the rest (which is when I'm going over what I did between shots and other plans for the city. Feedback on which method works better will be greatly appreciated. The video will be both here and on the Simtropolis forums (and my Tumblr). This will also be the first series to have specific Patreon rewards associated with it. "Pixel Peeker Polka - slower" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Pixel Peeker Polka - faster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Game Featured in video: SimCity 4: Rush Hour http://www.ea.com/simcity-4-deluxe City Journal on Simtropolis http://community.simtropolis.com/journal/5335-sc4-ashur-co-city-journal/ Mods Included: Network Addon Mod - sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851 Realistic Civic Mod - community.simtropolis.com/files/file/4566-realistic-civic-mod/ Find me on Twitter twitter.com/AspieGamer13 Support me on Patreon patreon.com/AspieGamer13 Check out my Tumblr aspiegamer13.tumblr.com/

-_- SimCity 4 is not liking me. Was finishing up when the game crashed. No entry today, but will try to get one this weekend. So frustrating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPvGUcx4Hdk As Promised, here a few bonuses just for the forums. It's not much, but then again, neither is the city. Yet. This will at least give you an idea of what to expect for future entries. The final results of the straw poll (Thank you to the two who voted): The road sign for the major highway going through: So this is likely what you see along the road where needed: (Leaving Ashur County) (Entering Ashur County) A road map of the city: Video Description/Credits: Here we start with the first city of the region: Fairfield. I'm pulling the city names from a list of cities in the state I live in. Just a small start for now, as I'm figuring out the best way to record while dealing with some of the technical computer problems I've had come up. The video will be both here and on the Simtropolis forums (and my Tumblr). This will also be the first series to have specific Patreon rewards associated with it. "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Game Featured in video: SimCity 4: Rush Hour http://www.ea.com/simcity-4-deluxe City Journal on Simtropolis http://community.simtropolis.com/journal/5335-sc4-ashur-co-city-journal/ Mods Included: Network Addon Mod - sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851 Realistic Civic Mod - community.simtropolis.com/files/file/4566-realistic-civic-mod/ Find me on Twitter twitter.com/AspieGamer13 Support me on Patreon patreon.com/AspieGamer13 Check out my Tumblr aspiegamer13.tumblr.com/

Thank you. It's been nearly 10 years since I last did a city journal. I've since had experience with YouTube and am excited to combine the two.     Thank you. Won't be a little map forever, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlqW52PzW60 Video Description/Credits: This will be the first series on this channel that does not have a specific "end". Just a quick introduction to a new series I'm starting, both here and on the Simtropolis forums (and my Tumblr). This will also be the first series to have specific Patreon rewards associated with it. Straw Poll: http://strawpoll.me/4235428 "Pamgaea" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Game Featured in video: SimCity 4: Rush Hour http://www.ea.com/simcity-4-deluxe City Journal on Simtropolis http://community.simtropolis.com/journal/5335-sc4-ashur-co-city-journal/ Mods Included: Network Addon Mod - sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851 Realistic Civic Mod - community.simtropolis.com/files/file/4566-realistic-civic-mod/ Find me on Twitter twitter.com/AspieGamer13 Support me on Patreon patreon.com/AspieGamer13 Check out my Tumblr aspiegamer13.tumblr.com/

Allow me to start by stating that I'm hardly "new" to this forum, I just haven't been here in years. So much has changed, I don't even have a clue where to begin looking. The things I'm looking for are a lot editor and a terrain editor, for Windows (if that makes a difference). I used to have both, about 2 PC's ago, but, as I said, I don't know where to begin looking. I tried a quick search for the terrain editor (the main thing I'm looking for) and came up empty. Allow me to expand on the details for the terrain editor: it's one that can edit the ENTIRE region at the same time, instead of city by city.

I haven't been here much lately either. compy problems. after you get pt 2 up, i would request some sort of road themed update.

I bet the random points total was based on actual points as mine never broke 2 mil (and i have about 2 hundred something points) oh well... as for my rank... perfect fit: ferengi

This is crazy. And I've yet to see my points break 2 mil. Need to be posting this to see what my posts, etc. My avitar looks... wierd ...upsidedown (or downsideup ) edit: also, it would appear I've grown apx 20 years younger.

let me guess... part 2 is the suburban community?

Originally posted by: Korot But no-one noticed, and thus no-one new of this feature, apart from the NAM team. Thus, it is a new feature. And also, guessing the fourth one now has become a guessing game. Hmm, I see white spots on the 'overpassed' MIS', which could be a concrete barrier, but I doubt that. Hmm, is the FLEX-FLY supposed to start immediately after the EL-MIS ramp? New MIS texture? After the MIS to ground ramp, the MIS texture appeares to be blurred for a couple of tiles, but that could just be the .bmp/.png to .jpg conversion. Tile after RHW-2 ramp, the one you normally start dragging your MIS from, can now be overpassed? Could be new, as just like the MIS overpassed after the To-ground ramp, it has a white 'side' texture. You now, it's so [censored] frustrating when you know something is there, right in front of your eyes, but you can't see it. Must be the reason why I hate those 'find the 10 differences' puzzles. Oh, BTW: There's 4 new features hiding in those pics . . . one is really well disguised.quote> That's a spelling mistake: features is plural. Regards, Korot quote> I was just trying to leave this thread for interchanges only, and not guessing features... I thought the starter piece was starting awefully close to the underpass...?

Considering I read through every post in one night when I saw a (at least partially) road oriented CJ, and found to like it, I remember the demolision of the route and the stubborn resident who didn't quiet want to move. Awesome.

In tight city areas, highway interchanges tend to criss-cross with elevated exits or other methods to lessen space taken. I suppose it's a matter of building size to highway size as a rough comparison, which makes it look less realistic, imho. Also, the major thing the Maxis hwys are missing are the accel/decel lanes. Also be nice to have them 2 lane and no outside barrier (except for el-hwy)

ouch. good luck on the compy. mine got fried (probably by a virus) two and a half years ago and still isn't working. had to buy a new one and somehow transfer files. hence my sig (and starting from scratch)

Originally posted by: chocolate_city While I think that what you've all done with the Real Highway Project is nothing less than completely impressive... ... I really find it hard to use much because the "the long, drawn out, and unrealistic way it has to be used, it just doesn't make it practical in large urban areas... Blue Lightning in your recent last picture ... it just seems to be a waste of space. Of course ... this is just my own opinion and I'm not casting aspersions on anything.quote> I actually kinda feel the same way. Rural/Farm areas is great for it's usage (or small cities) but Urban areas (the big cities with skyscrapers) is where I'd end up using the Maxis default (I would love it if it were re-done to be a two lane highway, if possible) on that same note, as long as you're not connecting multiple highways, it is realistic for it's usage (and if the default could be made a two lane, it'd make way for and save so much space for multi-highway connections)

Originally posted by: Rionescu Nice interchange Vash, it's so much more organized than mine, though I did mine without any prior planning. Also at the time my diagonal exits wouldn't work, so I just linked what I could however I could. I'm surprised I didn't get stuck anywhere with no way to link my highways, but I guess it speaks for the versatility of the RHW.quote> I tried withOUT planning. Kept failing. Took about 5-10 sketches b4 I got it (only the last one was in pencil)

The ramps are actually the only steep slope. I manually graded the slope for the E-W HWY (though it could use a slightly more graded approach). Thank you for the rail tip, btw. Learn something new everyday. I fixed the E-W HWY not being able to go certain directions on the NW-SE HWY.

Been trying to get this done since this thread was started. A way to have a triple highway interchange effectively. I saw Rionescu's post and had to see what I could come up with. Found out a few things in the process. Plan the exits out first. Use pencil, not pen. Triple highway interchanges are complex, no matter what. Here's the pics: ***NEXT TWO IMAGES HAVE A SPOT I FORGOT TO CLICK TO FIX*** edit: saw something in the pics I missed til now. re-edit: saw an exit direction I missed two ways. The E-W HWY cannot reach the NW-SE HWY in the same direction of travel. Very simple fix. just need to add short ramp to N and S ends of interchange. I will note that there is NO redundency (drivers can, of course, exit and re-enter their own HWY, but canNOT miss an exit and take another one to lead to same location.)

There is one more factor you NEED to consider when editing a config file. Actually, 3... First: the size of the config file (ex: 8x8) is how many small cities across by small cities down your entire region will be. Second: do not edit the config once you start terreforming (especially anywhere you may have started a city already) or you will lose said city and all work related Thrid: the important factor with Red (small) Green (medium) and Blue (large) when making the cities is the RGB value for whichever color your trying to use MUST be 255 and ONLY for that one color. (of course the size you paint the area in matters too, Red doesn't, but Green must be 2X2 and Blue 4X4.) additional help: there is a program out there somewhere called "Landscape Designer" which will allow you to import grayscale maps and create custom configs to those maps in whatever dimensions you need/want, will generate random terrain for you, and can simply be used to create a blank config should that be all you need. (The config part can be exacting at times, which can be annoying sometimes)

I've noticed no one else has mentioned this, so I will. How can possibly expect to do another SimCity game where so much of the fan created items will likely not transfer, thus forcing a start over of all sorts of modding, thus making it's initial impact split between those that want all the goodies and those that can live without. I, personally, prefer the tons of lots, etc. that is not available on the initial release of SC4RH. For a SC5 to do well right off the bat, they would need to include, basically, several DVD's worth of lots that have been created. (Major retail locations, Major fast food chains, Gas Stations, more fine tuned parking lots, smoother and more flowing roads, more customization of roads and highways, more variety of RCI & Farmland, etc.)