Equilibria

Good to see you back! I actually love that raised park over the train tracks so much a spent about 2 hours trying to replicate it the first time I saw it. I got it fairly close...

Hey! I've done some airport stuff, both in game and IRL, and here are some quick tips (disregard at will, of course): 1) Your runway is way too short. A medium tile is probably too small to be realistic, but if you need to use one, go edge-to-edge. 2) Downloading one of the aircraft packs from the STEX will allow you to use some smaller planes. For this size airport and region, probably nothing above a 737 and Regional Jets would be necessary. 3) The piers are placed too close to fit many gates (you mention this in the video), It might be best to dump them altogether and just place the gates along the back wall of the terminal, with a narrow pier coming out each end. 4) If you want to get fancy, you can extend pavement lines to each of the gates from the taxiways with puzzle pieces. Great CJ! Best of luck with your airport!

Very nice looking airport (I especially like the access roads). I second what sri2 said, and would add that I certainly hope you have a people-mover in that terminal, the long end looks like quite a walk for passengers! Also, one pair of runways is a bit too close together. That isn't unrealistic - some space constrained airports actually are built like that - but it would limit operations and cause delays. You might want to think about moving the far runway in that pair a little closer to the edge of the map, since it looks like you have the space.

Cool terminal. One quirk: a real terminal wouldn't have that RJ gate at that inner point - it would be a food court or atrium area or something. Awesome work, though. It looks like the USS Enterprise.

So great to see you back here again (then again, I've probably missed like 5 of your CJs by this point). This looks great! I'm not sure that the commuter rail is the most outstanding element of Boston's urban form that I'd take, but the names are a nice touch.

This is a really great job. I love the realism on that mountain (and the cliffs to the river - I've been trying to pull that off forever). I'd love to see an airport as realistic as your power plant, but that Reliant Stadium in that setting looks spectacular!

Your transportation work here is great! I like the variety of networks and road styles, and the airport is looking good - that's pre-expansion, right? I feel like the 4-gate terminal is a bit small for a city this big. Also, there's a set of grass/fences that matches perfectly with the airport grass. It works well as a perimeter fence, and your grass/trees transition is a bit abrupt. That's nitpicking, though. Nice work. EDIT: On second look, I saw the fences. Sorry.

^ Funniest reply I've read in a very long while.

Being from MA (and living out-of-state - I didn't vote yesterday), I think I can speak to the issue of Romney. Politics within the state are very different than how the state sees itself in National politics. Mass. has a long tradition of Republican governors- it's necessary to balance the hopelessly corrupt and tyrannical state legislature - always controlled by the Dems. That doesn't mean that we ever liked those people. Note that when Romney went national, Mass. made it pretty clear we hated him more or less right away. This election was a local election with national implications, not a national election.

Guys, people who read this as a referendum on anything in Washington are missing the point. Coakey's campaign was terrible. Brown (however he may look naked) came off as an honest, down-home family man who wanted to connect with people. He never really addressed health care (accept to say he'd vote it down). He didn't really Obama-bash. I have no idea what he thinks about anything, really, based on the past 3 months. He's accumulated a sometimes scary record, of course, but I don't think anyone who voted in MA yesterday really knew any of that. This didn't have anything to do with Fox News. No one in Massachusetts watches Fox News. It's just as liberal a state today as it was yesterday. This had to do with one candidate who looked like he was worth voting for, and one who looked like she deeply wanted to lose. The bottom line here is at MA voters aren't as savvy as they think they are. This is a state that just showed tremendous arrogance, believing that they were too well-educated and politically plugged-in to get taken for a ride by someone like Scott Brown. Thus, they lost, and they blew it for the man they cheered on Sunday and elected a year ago. Today, Massachusetts is officially the most foolish state in the nation.

^ That's in the latest version of the NAM under avenue roundabouts, no?

Awesome update. I especially like the details (opening date signs, etc.) in the pictures. You know, in all my years of using that station and those buildings (and I do it a lot), I never thought to arrange them that way, but it looks awesome.

As a user of those retaining walls, there is a staircase made especially for them so the background blends. I'm not sure if that's what you wanted, but it is possible. The university looks great, but I really like the surrounding area. The student center in the commerical district is an interesting idea. I wonder why we don't see more of those.

Congrats on three years of work. I liked the last update, by the way. I'm a sucker for statistics.

Very nice work. I like how much you managed to fit (both in terms of density and effort) into a small space.

This looks nice already, and it looks like you'll have a lot of fun expanding and improving. Good luck!

Great update, and I'm happy to see that the massive urban renewal is still subject to some form of democracy in your world... I've never seen either of those stations before, and they look pretty useful. Are they on the STEX?

Beautiful maps everyone! GingerBlokey, one tiny quibble. It's spelled "Barack"

This is a great start, and I love the GLR network and rowhomes. Might I suggest a couple of pieces of custom content (it looks like you already use a lot): The BSC park set would look great in your city park. Those large parks look a little repetitive. It hurts the realism. Also, the no one-way arrow mod makes everything look cleaner. I've used it for a long time, and I know lots of players who dislike it. It's a matter of taste I guess. Again, nice work, keep it up!

This is how we all find out about such a good recreation? Get a thread, man!

Funny, the two things that got me into any sort of internet fixation, now together in one place. I love that line, too. In fact, all of Reconstruction was fantastic (better than most real shows, though Dollhouse stole part of its plot...)

This looks really nice. Just one question: why do you switch your ramps from RHP ramps to one-ways? Are you simulating an actual ramp environment where the lane count changes?

I wish I had kept with learning LE those years ago. That looks really nice.

Good luck! I like that book, too.

^^ I've thought many times what a pity it is that SC4 can't repurpose buildings. Maybe someone with LE or BAT skills could go through and make some industrial loft lots that one could replace those factories with... Nice new district. I wish we had gotten a close-up of the new PA center, but you win some, you lose some.