TheJerseyDevil73

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How to make a real city to scale There are a few steps you must take if you are serious about making a real city to scale properly. 1. First of all your map has to be to scale and acurate. (If the scale of the map is to big or small your city blocks will be way out of wack) - Open up the game and place a road or two in your own neighborhood (an area you know well). - Build a few blocks to the scale of the region you have chosen. - Another trick is to extend artery roads to some land marks. (A river bend, beach, mountain side) - Reference what you have done and see if the scale looks proper. - You don't need a block that is 18x9 for housing. They just won't fit. And you don't want them to small. Commercial areas require space and detail. 2. After that you should buy a map (A real paper map of the area you plan on doing. No internet maps) - Map out over your paper map all of the city borders your region will have. Small Medium and Large city borders. - Take your time doing this and even be prepared to alter your bitmap to suit borders of your city to your needs. (You don't need a border between two cities in your region to go right threw what would be your commercial district). * A small map on Sim City 4 is 1km x 1km. I found on my version of Edmonton I ended up placing 1.1km x 1.1km in a small map. Be prepared to alter your scale to the map you have chosen. Just make sure it fits will. (Build a practice area as statred earlier). 3. Once you have completed the first two steps you should develope your scale on paper for quick reference. - You should use KILOMETERS. Imperial will become messy when referencing your scale. - Develope your scale like so (a "Lot" being one square in game). Cm's Lots .0 0.0 .1 1.4 .2 2.8 .3 4.2 ------------------ 1cm 14 1.25 17.4 1.5 20.9 ------------------ 5cm 69.6 16cm 222.6 18.4 256 - 18.4cm for example would be 256 lots (a large map). - 1.5cm would be 20.9 Lots. Simply round up or down / so 21 lots. - Once you have this quick reference sheet things speed up and you can begin. 4. Starting - Where to start, ones greatest question. - Some good areas are - You neighborhood - Main Road Downtown - Main Bridge - Highway / Main road - Near a landmark, beach, river bend, mountain. - I would advise a combination of all of them. You'll be surprised but the answer will jump out and you will see many good places. 5. Once major roads are layed out reference your map, measure from the borders on that map you have drawn out in Cm. Lets say your main road is 7.5cm from the left border of you map you now know it is 104.3 tiles from the border. Now you can lay out the road. - Always remember Roads Avenues and so on are 1 or 2 tile wide themselves. It is good to measure from bothe the right and left or top and bottom of the map to figure out exactly where it lays. - This will also help you from making large mistakes - In my region I made an entire neighborhood once or twoce to find out the roads where off by as much as 15 tile... Then you get to do it all over. So take your time. I hope this helps. PS. If you go to my City Journal - CityOfEdmonton you will find many of these tips and more.

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Personally I hope they make it very demanding as thats how it looks. Sort of like Flight Simulator X. You can still play that game if you have a regular computer. But if you have a computer like mine you can max most options. Why limit a game. Just make the graphic options available for all PCs.

This game is a sham. What a waste of $50 and the game takes up to much room in my house for what it is worth. I can not wait until Cities XL comes along. I am one of the most loyal and proud fans of Sim City but Societies has abolished any further inclination of that.

I can not wait until such a debate is null. When one day societies and people can finally outgrow the fantasy of religion. May be it what you yourself think it is. Problem is I won't live long enough to see such a day. And to think some people have the odasity to say the world isn't flat yet still believe in burning bushes telling them what to do or the temptations a talking snake can impose. I'll never understand how anyone can be so narrowminded.

Here is the new Edmonton Art Gallery stupid looking buildings.....

I don't look at many or any City Journals anymore but I have to say I make a point of checking this one out from time to time. It has a very western Canadian feel to it. I can relate to alot of the work you have done.

I don't look at many or any City Journals anymore but I have to say I make a point of checking this one out from time to time. It has a very western Canadian feel to it. I can relate to alot of the work you have done.

Last time I checked... ...Drug dealers had guns? http://www.funnypicturefunnyphoto.com/funny-picture-photo-sign-ninjas-lOckergnOme.jpg

Well its the Moon, you can even see its natural reflection in the water. And some air traffic below it. You can even see the planes strobe lights in the usual pattern. This is such a bad post...

I think ths is what we have waited for. Hopefully it is the same as SimCity but with the obvious upgrade in graphics. I am still hoping for power plants and a budget... everything that makes creating a working city a challenge. From what I have seen it is extremely realistic looking. In my opinion this is SimCity 6. It has skipped a generation and is as good as a city building game can "look" at this time. Lets hope the game play follows threw.

Very realistic CJ. Nice artwork on some of the pics. Going by some of your names you must live in Southern alberta or BC ;o)

Very realistic CJ. Nice artwork on some of the pics. Going by some of your names you must live in Southern alberta or BC ;o)

1. Vancouver - It's a major world city, has alot of culture, the ocean and mountains. B.C. is the nicest part of Canada by far. Downfalls Hastings and Traffic. 2. Edmonton - for a city of 1 million it host all events any larger city would. Great in summer with lots to do and the River Valley is one of a kind. Rockies are only 3 hours away. Downfalls are the rapidly rising cost of living. 3. Victoria - Like Vancouver the natural beauty of the area is some of the best on earth. It has a life and culture all of its own. Best place in Canada for less then a half million. 4. Calgary - Just a note - Being from Edmonton I am born to hate Calgary. But it is a good city. Very simular to Edmonton and if one resident claims an advantage over the other they can quickly come back with one of its own jems. 5. Kelowna (Okanogan) - Another great smaller city. The best weather in Canada and tons to do in the summer. Lots of lakes and beaches with weather usualy in the 30's C. Anyone familuar with the Okanogan will know Vernon. I like Vernon alot more then Kelowna because its not so busy.