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Hi All! As I took the chance to get back and see what's happening at Simtropolis, I decided to share something. It's a tutorial, generally about water. I've already posted it at sc4devotion forum this February. I really like water. I mean - everything what is connected with hydrography, hydrology and river engineering. That was a part of my education at university and is a part of professional life. I could spend hours in SimCity shaping rivers, streams and creeks, forming lakes and seashores, as well as dams and resevoirs which are not so popular things to see among MDs. So, I thought, that maybe I could write a quick tutorial about creating dams, shaping rivers and proper terraforming... a quick one, well... it turned out to be quite large in volume (43 pages), so I divided it into few chapters, where you could find: Catchment basins – worth keeping in mind when terraforming Basics about proper terraforming in order not to flood your country. A little bit of hydrology. How it varies between regions? Basics about hydrology (mostly about rainfalls). Watercourse How to shape rivers. Water and humans Some facts to keep in mind when locating your cities. The never-ending battle Floods and measures how to protect against them. Dams and reservoir Structure of dams and rules how to find a good place for them. And as a separate file: A step-by-step guide how to build a dam I tried to describe some real-life mechanisms, provided with real-life images and their SimCity counterparts. I'm aware that probably for almost everyone it would be too big in volume or too boring to digest. However, maybe few realism-oriented players would find some of its parts useful... Or just as another text to read during your commute in a bus or train. I've chosen a PDF format, mostly because it's more sure for the future. I'm really upset about the possibility of loosing images hosted on an external server. They are on my google drive (4,5MB and 2,5MB), as well as attached to this post. You can download them by clicking on the images below or scrolling down to the list of attachements: All information in this document is based on books, trusted internet sources, as well as my own university education and own experience. I tried to do my best, but if you manage to spot any kind of mistakes or discrepancy, feel free to share your comments. Most of examples are based on Poland and Europe and might be a bit biased, as (obviously) I have the biggest experience with this region. Thanks for people who agreed to use their photos: Vizoria, Badsim and Korver. I'd also recommend following video tutorials from Scribosilyn where he has nicely shown in-game how to create rivers and ponds element-by-element: SC4 - Phoenix Project Tutorial : create a river 1 SC4 - Phoenix Project Tutorial : create a river 2 SC4 - Phoenix Project Tutorial : create a river 3 SC4 - Phoenix Project Tutorial : create a pond Cheers! Kamil ATTACHMENTS: A few words about rivers in context of SimCity 4 - kb7.pdf TUTORIAL_How-to-build-a-dam_kb7.pdf
