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Hi! So I got a little off topic in the "How to run SimCity 4 Natively above 1920x1080 in Hardware Mode!!!" thread (https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/759666-how-to-run-SimCity-4-natively-above-1920x1080-in-hardware-mode/?do=findComment&comment=1765515). I was trying to say that while SimCity 4 can run at 8K, it might not be ideal.... Look at the user interface in regard to everything else. Below is Timbuktu. The UI in City Life: 2008 Edition was barely readable at 4K. At 5860x3240, it was a lost cause. Below is a screenshot of City Life in 1440p on my 4K display that's set to 5760x3240. In the screenshot below, I've applied Nvidia Image Scaling that's available for purchase on Steam. Now, below is SimCity 3000 Unlimited at 4K. It looks beautiful, but it's unplayable for me due to the miniscule user interface. Below is SimCity 3000 Unlimited set to 1440p. That is definitely playable for me! That about concludes my scaling experiments. With SimCity Classic, it was just a matter of setting the correct Windows compatibility settings. Thank you for reading!
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3rd Place entry from City Life (Weekly Challenge #18) | Challenge Results Data 分割された社会に雨の日 This is a mosaic of Okaiken’s largest city, Okami, on a usual rainy day. This is a mosaic image so please make sure you are viewing it in full. FULL IMAGE Inspired by Japanese Art (predominantly the principle of Ukiyo (floating world) and Hiroshige’s woodblock prints), the picture captures the normal lives encountered by the citizens of Okami through space and conflict, creating a unique sense of what it is like to live in the City of Okami in Okaiken. Like some floating world works that precede this photograph, the work can be easily divided into three tiers: The upper class, the middle class and the lower class. As you may have known, city life is more than just a building and a functional highway or rail line or showing off the beauty of the city. It should also see the relationship between different classes of people and their conflicts over a set space, the itty-gritty parts, the moving gears and nuts & bolts. The upper class take the topmost parts of the image, with penthouses, yachts and huge parks present. It shows the exuberant spending that the wealthy classes have, and the presence of a tall, dark building (ORec Tower) symbolizes power and control over other city. The sheer scale of the building, emblazoned with glass, also contributes to the feeling of immensity and size. Moving South of the moat of the former Okami castle lies another building that contrasts the ORec Tower. This is the CIX Corporation Towers. Built in a post-modern world it came also symbolize wealth and frivolity found in the wealthy classes. The buildings are then surrounded by three tall towers: Sagamihara Kaisha Tower (Brown building to the left), NTT Center (A-shaped structure to the left) and Sunrise Tower (white building). These buildings are much lower in ranking than the two previous structures but they can accurately portray the middle class. First of all, its proximity from the CIX Corporation towers can symbolize their dependence to the upper classes for their well-being. Okaiken is known to be a country that depended on hierarchy in order for things to work, and it developed a “salaryman culture” that is still very evident today. The scale of the place also grows as we move out. As you may have seen the middle class is occupying a lot more space than the wealthy class found above the image. However, you also see the quality of the buildings go down from emblazoned glass to concrete. Our first place of worship, a Nichiren sect Buddhist temple, is located in the district, symbolizing the variety of ways dependence can be seen on the city. We then see an almost-empty highway. For sure conditions are very dangerous for vehicles, but it also symbolizes the divide in social classes. People well-off (the wealthy) can use the expressway with ease, but others would need to find an alternative, which was the Parallel running avenue to the left. Moving further down we stumble upon the shopping center. This is where the upper, middle and lower classes converge, as we see the diversity of buildings in regards to height and scale. Moving past through it, however, is the lower classes. Most people here live in apartments instead of condominiums, and we can see more traditionally built housing that hasn’t been repaired for years. In the center of it all is the iconic Tsutenkaku tower, a symbol of hope and reconstruction for the residents of Okami. Graphically speaking, the rain and clouds mean more than rain and clouds. Clouds create the sense of ukiyo on the image, the floating world. Okami may have lost its districts for samurais, etc. but class hierarchy still exists. Clouds provide a single snapshot of one area and its correlation with other structures. The rain symbolized the blurred lines of class divisions in Okaiken. In conclusion, city life is more than just highways and the uniqueness of the district, but also the interaction and even conflict between different classes in the city.© 2015 Tonraq
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2nd Place entry from City Life (Weekly Challenge #18) | Challenge Results Data Every rose has it's thorn, and every town has a blemish, but we can't have one without the other. Even the wrong side of the tracks can be beautiful in it's own way. Take it from Billy Joel, 'the sinners are much more fun...' Enjoy! (click for full size)© 2015 SimCoug
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1st Place entry from City Life (Weekly Challenge #18) | Challenge Results Data Olsènes: "Hollogne district" seen from above with the Hogne river, the A10 motorway and the abbey.© 2015 feyss
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From the album Weekly Challenge #18 - City Life
This is the city of Kensington 4th largest in alpine its a major city wit parks spots and shopping the city was founded in 1304 by Elijah Gilbert the 8th and started as a small trading post in the south south east of the nation but grow rapidly in to a large and cosmopolitan world city by 1809 and lead the world in textiles and leather. But now with its large highway and bus network and international airport it is on the move yet once more it has a subway network and a very robust train network that reaches other parts of the nation. With its tall skyscraper and mid rise office blocks it gives new york a run 4 its money. This is a city of life and it lives it up to the fullest and never looks back come visit Kensington city of the grates.© BY ELIJAH GILBERT
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Darknite is fabulous! There will be less entries this week, because I have to learn many stuff for school. Have a nice evening guys! Replies Huston: Thanks, since draggable FAR and the instantly smooth curves it's so easy to use the diagonal network systems and it makes towns and cities much more beautiful. Nearby I noticed you comment really often on my work and the work of others, so thanks for supporting us small CJ'ers 89James89: I'm glad you like it:D Thank you for the complimets:)
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