TheJerseyDevil73

Well the scale I speak of is from a map I baught. What I did was buy a map. All maps are divided up into grids. So I chose the area of the map I would use to build on. Then I took a square which is equal to a small city square. Then I worked out by trial and error on an area I'm familiar with, then fit it to the best scale. So every city block would have the right amount of houses or what not. Heres a quick example of the scale. One square equaling again one small city map would be 4.6cm across. And in SC 64squares across. So now when you load a new city/area to work on...lets say you have a major road 1.5cm from the edge of that area on the map it would equal 21squares from the edge of the map. Now you know the scale for laying out the road. The reason this region is taking along time is just to lay raods for a small area can take forever. And in the newer areas of Edmonton alot of the smaller side streets are at all angels....To change that into the right curves in SC just can't be done so It'll lose alot of the proper look. Aswell I've been working on Myst valley which I should release for show before the new year. I've also been very busy at work lately during the Christmas season.

Thats cool to see an Edmonton transit skin....but...The Busses on SC are nearly the same....The LRT is different though

Thanks for the replies everyone. I've been working on this region on and off mainly building the trans network out first. I would do more of the city as I go but there are so many buildings in Edmonton that I want to look as they are. For this I want a plop modd. But i had used the new RH plop modd with randomly crashed my game....So I had to take it out which in hand caused even more problems to any cities I had used it in. Now in the meantime I do a little bit of the transportation at a time...The reason it takes so long is I hand measure every road on a map then transfer it using an equation to get the accurate placement of every road as good as I can...So laying even every side street can take its time.... As always keep posted and your eyes open for another one of my projects "Myst Valley"

You Live right by me if your on 50th. I'm right by Londonderry mall. 50th Street will be hard because Avenues and curves dont work to well. 144th Ave was no fun. Just finished the NOrth Area of Groat Raod...LOL Not easy. I'll have more pics on the way of Diff areas....Moslty all roads are being worked on know then I'll just fill in the blanks.. The big problem is...I want and need a plop mod. BUt with the curent one that is out I was getting dumped from the game on occasion. Even in cities I never used it in. So until I can get a working plop mod I may not build much. Keep posted

This is some of the work I've done so far on the North Side of Edmonton. Some of these points are noticable landmarks and some are just random point to show my work so far.

Heres a pic of 2hrs work I did tonight. Just getting a lay of some of the major roads in N.Edmonton. Also I did alot of work on the Yellowhead underpasses. I have a few great Ideas to make the overpasses over the freeway look right. The major interchanges are hard to make look right but the way I'm doing it should surprise some. Heres a map of the major roads so far.

I cant do every road by memory. So I'm using a map. And every road is an exact scale distance from eachother. Everything is to scale thats why it takes so long to do this map. The outer areas with curved roads are hardest. But I plan on doing the major roads first while laying parks and stuff first. Also I dumped the plop mod which was ruining my game so any growth will be random for now. Hard to get an exact look.

MSN messanger newjersey73@hotmail.com for a copy

You can get a copy of this region by MSN'ing me. I have shared it with 20 or so people so far. Its zipped by Winrar and takes about 10minutes on avergae to transfer. The region is set to go every city is properly named and set for medium diff level. My MSN is newjersey73@hotmail.com Here is a picture of londonderry area with most of the roads finished.

Sorry for the delay on updates....I never give up on a region. But this one being to scale takes alot of effort. To lay every road I need to messure it on a map and then figure it out to the scale. I've started the londonderry area and is going well. Also I'm working on 5 regions at once, work has been very busy, and I have a 4month old son who is started to love attention . The updates are coming this region will grow in spurts..During the terraforming alone I took over a month off from anywork at all. I should do some of the major roads in Edmonton then show a regional map within the next while...Again sorry for the delays and keep posted.

Summerside lake? Unless its in the river valley lakes are not possible without land water.

I've started laying out the city...It will be hard to make it look exact with all buildings in place. Also certain roads in Edmonton dont always follow 45 or 90 degree angles...So trying to make an Avenue over a long stretch at 60 deegrees while lining it with buildings and connected roads is proving hard. And since my challenge is the exact look of the city I may use some cheats...Most of Edmontons power is from 80km away...so how do I power every city with no plants? Maybe the power cheat we'll see. Might need to make the odd lot too. West Ed should be fun...at around 40 by 25 squares. I wish I had a plop mod that included the euro set. Now the good pics begin as I build the city a bit at a time. Thanks for keeping posted and for all the interest in just one day of the region being released. Remeber if you'd like the map to MSN me, add me as a contact...my address is above @ the map post.

City of Edmonton -Region Ready For Release- Finally after a few months of endless hours of hand terraforming and scale measurements the region is basicly ready for anyone who wants it. It isnt grey scale so anyone who would like a copy please add me to your MSN. I'm at newjersey73@hotmail.com I will add certain touchups and updates as I lay out the city now. Keep in touch for more pics. Here is one of the complete region.

Its all done by hand....and thanks ;o)

NW Edmonton Edmonton Central Edmonton SE Whitemud Freeway over Whitmaud Creek (SW Edm) Edmonton Satellite Now to finish NE Edmonton

Well I've been working hard for the past few days...All thats left is the NE Area of the map for terraforming. But until thats done heres The rest of the city so far. SouthWest Edmonton

I just want to say thanks to everyone for the comments, compliments, and Pics of the city. You guys keep me going after the hrs of terraforming add up (lol). Check back in the next few days. I have some time off of work and want to get alot doen on the region before RH is out.

Finally back to work on the Edmonton. I've finished most of Downtown, St. Albert, and Millwoods. Next is the river valley from Highlands to Clareview and the Strathcona industrial area north of Millwoods. Here is a pic of Downtown to St Albert (NW EDM). I have alot of trees to fill in but I want to do the elevations and god mode for now.

I want to appologize for the waite on this region. I've been playing my main region for the last while. Thanks for the post and interest. Warsz I live in Londonderry and in Edmonton all my 23 yrs....I'll get you a copy of the region when its finished one way or another. Brett you'll have a copy aswell soon. I still have to continue the valley from Downtown to past Clareview. Plus somehow try and slowly elavate the entire city as becomes further away from the river valley. On 66th street here in Londonderry you can see clear across the city all the way to the water tanks on 66th and Whitemud. But with out an elavation map of teh rest of the city I may have to leave anything away from the river flat or slightly guess...LOL we'll see When I start mapping the region again soon it should only take a few days to finish.

Heres a few more of me...Playing hockey on NHL ice and climbing the rocky mountains.

Pic of me when I had my baby in June.

-Thanx for all the replies. Keep them coming - Too answer a few questions.... -I'm the JerseyDevil becuase I'm crazy about my hockey team! But I love Edmonton. -And some tricks about doing the whole region by hand. I find using the valley tool hard for persision. What I do is use the level land then I found the proper hieght of the raised lands of Edmonton. On a map of Edm I messure to the edge of where the valley would begin and end it with cliffs. Now I end up with a large gap between the top and the river valley. To soften these edges and to give it the look of the real thing I use the plains tool. But to do it as it looks you need to know what areas are cliffs cut by the river and parts that slowly roll into the valley...Luckily I've lived in Edmonton all 23yrs of my life so I know the city very well. -Please keep the questions coming

Thanks for your post......I have some more work to do before my next post.....The river valley takes alot of time. And ALTX the river valley is 21 times the size of central park. A few km wide and 45km long threw the city! Key feature for the region.