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Very nice update! I like the marina - is it west along the cliffs, or east across the Kilroy Bridge? Also, I like how your smaller towns are nestled in the middle of the trees and have clearly-defined borders, without the sprawl of a larger city. The row houses are cool too, especially how they are not on the current main drag of Spring Valley. To me, that is very realistic of some American towns - the older sections aren't always on the current main drag through town. Bravo on another great update!

Nice photo effects! I hope everyone made it home safely. Those torrential downpours are no fun when you're out driving in them!

Wow! Once again, you hit it out of the park! 40 awesome pictures of a great region! As always, I love the way you sculpt your cities and the thoughtful descriptions for your images. You've picked some great buildings and mods, and the cities are all very realistic and inviting to look at. I especially like the way you've managed your highways and railways. It's neat to see how you've designed the major roads to be easily accessible but surrounded by green and "noise reducers," and how you've integrated the trams/light rail in your cities. Church Street looked pretty cool, too! Also, I have to ask - is the John Burnell in Arlington named after that guy who narrates "World's Wildest Police Videos"?

It looks pretty sweet from this preview! I like the GLR-road interchange. Nice!

I like the story - it's a neat twist on the CJ! And of course, the screen shots of the roads and traffic on the way to City Hall were nifty as well. The sketch of the ground rail was a bonus, too. I'm looking forward to the next part of the story! Oh, and any teacher with a Camaro SS [u][b]definitely[/b][/u] has good taste!

Outrageous indeed! I especially liked numbers 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18, with 13, 17, and 18 being my favorites. Keep it up - it's always a treat to see an Auburn update!

I just discovered this CJ today. Very cool stuff! It's all enjoyable to look at, and I especially like the road geek work! It's also nice to see a CJ with a Dutch flavor. I went to The Netherlands for the first time last December on a business trip, and I really enjoyed it. Your CJ reminds me of when I was there. Keep up the great work!

Woo-hoo! An Auburn update! I must say, GreekMan, your CJ is the only one I'm looking at where the first thing I do is open every picture in its own tab, return to the main post, and scroll down slowly to read the story and look at each image's tab closely. Your CJ is extremely realistic, and I love taking my time to look at each picture and all the details it has. Your stories are short but perfectly adequate to describe the situation without being too long. All in all, a truly outstanding CJ! My first thought on the Broadway expansion was, "Oh, no! He had to nuke that sweet multi-colored residential condo building with the rooftop pool and umbrellas!" But, after looking at the new skyline, I can see the advantage of doing so! I have to agree with Jetty Jockey - that new interchange at the freeway that was diverted away from Broadway (because of the underpass) looks like it's pretty congested already. I'm looking forward to seeing how that works out, as well as how the upgraded avenues spur on city growth. Again, a most excellent update. Keep it up, sir!

This looks very realistic...great job! I'm looking forward to watching this CJ as it develops!

Okay, so first let me start off by saying, I'm sure that this problem is my fault. A few weeks ago, I was having problems in SimCity 4 Deluxe. I had installed it on my new computer running Windows 7 x64 Ultimate with a 256 MB video card, and I was trying to migrate my old cities and plugins. Well, of course, it caused some problems, including the bug where education funding drops for all schools every month, as well as some crashes to desktop. I tried a variety of the suggestions here, including starting the game with various switches, and no dice. I finally decided to just build from scratch and forget about resurrecting my old cities (less headaches). The game has been functioning just fine lately, as far as I can tell, except that now when I play, the Windows taskbar remains visible when I play SimCity4 Deluxe. I can set it to autohide as a workaround, but it would be nice if there was a way to get that off the screen again. Unfortunately, I don't remember with 100% certainty all the switches I used, but here are the ones I do recall, to the best of my knowledge: /c Start "high priority sc4" /high -Intro:off -CPUCount:1 -EH:off I had created a new shortcut with the switches included, and modified one way or the other, but finally decided to go back to the original game shortcut (with no switches) and, in a move of utter brilliance, deleted the shortcut with the switches. My current system configuration is: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate AMD Phenom 9550 5 GB RAM GeForce 9300GE 256 MB For SimCity4 Deluxe: EP1 update installed Compatibility for Windows XP SP3 and "Run as administrator" Thanks for reading through this! If y'all have any suggestions, that would be most groovy! If not, no worries - I made my bed, so I can lie in it. At least I didn't hose the game! Jeff

CaptCity, That was the right thought! I added that switch and it fixed it - thank you! One last question - is there a master list of switches to add to the game executable? No biggie, but I was curious and didn't find one on my searches (which were lacking, I'm sure). Thanks again! Jeff

Absolutely stunning! What a bummer that you lost all your work on the descriptions. But regardless - awesome job! The variety of styles, as well as the shape of the land and water, and the way you've sculpted the suburbs, is amazing! I'm glad I found this CJ. Rock on!

Nice to see Wood County still lives, even in its third iteration! Great pics!

Wow, TMS...this CJ is AWESOME! I've just discovered it recently and have spent the past 2 weeks or so getting caught up, starting from the very beginning. I don't know how you keep making such a great CJ, considering this is your third go-around. Where can I start? The choice of buildings is great; the park system and waterfront design is beautiful; the attention to detail is amazing; and the transportation system is simply outstanding! I am impressed by your foresight on setting up the transportation grid the way you have. It really seems to have paid off, as you get some sweet stats at your stations! One of the things I really enjoy while looking at pictures of Duchati is the downtown area. It is extremely realistic to me, that you have a central downtown business district with beautiful skyscrapers, and then just outside the transportation loop, the building size drops dramatically. It realy strikes me as something you see in many major cities across the US, which adds to the enjoyment of reading your CJ. I also like how the highway runs beside the sports arenas. Being from Houston, our downtown baseball park and basketball area are about 2 to 3 blocks from a US highway, so it seems completely natural to me. I also really like your rail system. The tutorial on creating light rail in the middle of an avenue was very nice, and the fact that it is used by the populace so much is a testament to your design skills. It is also great how you have created the transportation maps (just like what you would get from any major city's public transportaton system), because it helps us to see exactly where your rail grid goes, since we can't always see the rail system in the regular screen shots (no fault of yours, just the way it is). The descriptions you provide make it feel like a real city, and I really love how you always explain your projects, and then give us before, during, and after screenshots so we can see exactly what happened to the area. To me, that really makes it feel like a real city, since we are told 1) the problem; 2) the solution; and 3) how we are going to get there. Wow! This really is an outstanding CJ! The only thing now is that since I'm officially caught up with the latest updates, I don't know if I can wait too long for a new one! Keep it up, TMS - this is a truly awesome CJ, and your design skills are excellent! I can't wait for more!

Thanks for the updates, MayorTim! Green Bay is a spiffy little town! I like how you have placed two highways side-by-side to make a superhighway, but they still have their own distinct characteristics so they are not exactly the same. The foliage in between them really gives it a planned feel, which is nice. The New Urbanist area is different, but nice to change up the building styles. I also like how the city has developed along an east-west that parallels the bridge, which is cool. It's neat to see how you designed the city to follow along that corridor, with room to grow to the north. If I may ask, what kind of traffic flow does the dual highway / superhighway give you? It looks like you have an awesome transportation network, so I was wondering what the stats were. Keep it up, dude - a most excellent CJ! Rock on!

Dude, I just found this journal this evening. Wow! This is outstanding! The airport is awesome, and the details are amazing! I *thought* that downtown Newark looked like Chicago to me. The seawall and lined trees along the shore, mixed with the interspersed skyscrapers and the dock that juts out from the shore...incredible! Keep it up, dude! I can't begin to imagine how much time and attention you've put into this cj, but it rocks! Oh, and happy birthday!