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2nd Place entry from Ancient Civilizations (S3-14-M) Monthly 58 Rep 18 Bonus Points 61 TOTAL Points Challenge Results Data | Leaderboard Rankings [Larger Resolution] 6.4 MB My submission for the ancient civilization challenge: an overview of the hamlet of An Fhianait. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it features a small church and a handful of cottages around the early medieval age (800-1100 AD). Despite the sea spray from the waves crashing on nearby cliffs, it's a sunny day. The cows and sheep are out and men are hard at work. Rye fields – a crop that grows readily in Ireland's cool climate – wait to be harvested. Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, a collection of menhirs, or standing stones, seem to glow in the sun. The villagers have since converted to Catholicism but the megalith serves as a reminder of the pagan beliefs of the Gaelic people in centuries past.© 2016 rathefalcon
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From the album Ancient Civilizations (S3-14-M)
My submission for the ancient civilization challenge: an overview of the hamlet of An Fhianait. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it features a small church and a handful of cottages around the early medieval age (800-1100 AD). Despite the sea spray from the waves crashing on nearby cliffs, it's a sunny day. The cows and sheep are out and men are hard at work. Rye fields – a crop that grows readily in Ireland's cool climate – wait to be harvested. Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, a collection of menhirs, or standing stones, seem to glow in the sun. The villagers have since converted to Catholicism but the megalith serves as a reminder of the pagan beliefs of the Gaelic people in centuries past. Full-sized image, uncompressed:- 1 Comment
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Dublin City - The dark days
crushproof posted a City Journal entry in Dublin, the capital of the Emerald Isle
Before the Celtic Tiger of the 1990's, Dublin was a cultural backwater on the edge of Europe. Indeed, one German academic who visited famously commented "Hey, you weren't bombed by the Luftwaffe.... how is there so much dereliction?" Such was the state of the Dublin in the 1970's and 80's. Anyway, apologises for the delay.... this project is turning into a nightmare. Trying to get the right buildings to grow, avoiding abandonment and getting the street grid vaguely correct is wrecking my head. So it is taking a loooong time. And in between work and education as well....so I will hopefully have another update sooner than previously. O'Connell Street, 1965. This is the main thoroughfare of Dublin and the premier shopping street of the 1960's. The historic General Post Office, to the left is where republic rebels staged a rebellion in 1916 against the British - this eventually led to Irish freedom. Nelsons Column, in the centre of O'Connell Street, stands at 120 feet and has a viewing platform at the top. The River Liffey dissects the north of south of Dublin. Looking south towards Westmoreland Street you can see the bulky O'Connell Bridge House, built in the 1960's. Through the 1960's - 1980's Dublin fine Georgian architecture was under attack by corrupt city officials and developers. This can be seen by the ugly office blocks on the south banks of the river. To the lower left is Liberty Hall, the highest building in Ireland. O'Connell Bridge at night with the famous Heineken neon sign. By the 1980's, parts of the northside of the city were almost in ruins. Developers bought large chunks of land and let them waste away, while other areas were purchased by the city council for roads that were never to be built. A stagnant economy didn't help matters. This photo sums it up. No this isn't the 19th century, this is Dublin city centre in the mid 1970's! Nothing but dereliction all around. Smithfield market square is one of the old industrial hearts of Dublin. As cheaper labour became available abroad, manufacturing in the city died off and areas such as Smithfield fell to ruin. The large building in the centre is the home of Jameson whiskey. Smithfield square is now a glorified car park, and is used for horse markets every first Sunday of the month. A traveller camp at the northern end of Smithfield. The area effectively became a no go area after dark. Much of inner city Dublin is made up of public housing projects. Many of the red brick terraced housing was cleared to make way for rows of flat complexes such as this one close to Smithfield. The heroin epidemic of the 1980's was soon to sweep through these housing estates. Along the Royal Canal, on the northside of the city, some traditional industries just about survive. However over the years thousands have been laid off, causing massively high unemployment and huge levels emigration by 1990. Light at the end of the tunnel. By the late 1980's, the government realised something seriously had to be done to stem the flow of youth out of Ireland and attract inward investment. The old docklands were to be transformed into the International Financial Services Centre. The project began in 1989 and would kickstart the transformation of Dublin. Well thanks for having a look - any comments welcome! -
Sailing into Dublin Port
crushproof posted a City Journal entry in Dublin, the capital of the Emerald Isle
Apologises for the long wait everyone, I really have such little time at the moment - so progress is painfully slow. Oh to be a hermit 15 year old ago hidden away in my room!! From the last entry - so much thanks everyone! @LN X - Thanks so much, really means alot! Haha, sorry - I just enjoy a good story to go alongside City Journals @cmdp123789 Cheers mate, and thanks for the support! @takemethere Thanks alot, yes I enjoy redeveloping areas and urban renewal projects - which will feature alot in future posts @michae95l Cheers, that's the NHP golf course pack - and I think the other is called the ArtGolf pack?! @nickitygeowge - They are the regular NAM roundabouts, but with 1x1 fillers, I'll try and find where I got them So..full steam ahead! From Dun Laoghaire harbour we're sailing north to Dublin Port, entering along the large North and South Bull Walls (Which protect the flow of the River Liffey into Dublin, and designed by William Bligh of Muntiny of the Bounty fame. The Port handles the majority of sea import and exports in Ireland. It lies to the east of the city centre and the majority of the port lies on the Northside of the River Liffey (the below photo is facing southeast). Over the years the port has steadily moved further and further out into the Irish Sea - pretty much all the land here has been reclaimed. The Port hosts numerous ferry and Ro/Ro companies, such as Irish Ferries and Stena Line. Freight is also handled at a number of terminals dotted around the port, and new cars are also imported. Ireland imports the majority of its energy - and of course Dublin Port provides Oil and Gas terminals for tankers. Large storage areas are located on the northside of the Port. The port is still home to a number of more traditional industries - including agri-businesses such as Odlums, who export wheat and other grains from Dublin. Traditionally the railway played a major role around the port - however the advent of containerisation resulted in many of the railways around the port being abandoned. Coming further along the River Liffey, towards the city centre, the East-Link toll bridge acts as the border between the modern port and the older, decaying docklands closer the city. It was built in the early 1980's as a bypass of the city centre - and remains heavily utilised today. The old docklands have been in decline since the 1950's,and ships no longer dock along the quays - some industry remains. However the city council and government are eyeing up both the north and south side docklands as potential areas of urban renewal. By the 1990's, the Grand Canal dock had become a notoriously polluted area, with decaying industry and derelict warehouses lying its banks. The northside of the docklands - known as East Wall, is traditionally home to dockers and their families. The redbrick terraced streets are home to some of the oldest communities in Dublin. To the far left, you can see the encroaching modern development of the early 2000's. Numerous tax breaks are being offered to developers to rejuvenate these derelict areas. And, just a few more photos of the modern Port before I go! -
First Port of Call - Dun Laoghaire
crushproof posted a City Journal entry in Dublin, the capital of the Emerald Isle
For now - I'll begin. It is summer time, so many tourists arrive to Dublin on the car ferry from the United Kingdom. Traditionally, many arrived at the historic harbour of Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Dun Leary), 8km south of the city centre. Home to numerous yacht clubs and once the world’s largest harbour, ferry numbers have been dwindling in recent times and the Harbour Company are looking to attract larger cruise ships. The car ferry slows down as it enters the grand harbour, buffed by large granite piers built in the 19th century using rock from nearly Dalkey quarry. The harbour is extremely popular for sailing so caution must be taken by the captain as they prepare to turn and land at the car ferry terminal. As the cars and trucks disembark onto the run down and derelict Carlisle Pier, locals gather to view a French tall ship that has docked at the East Pier. On the opposite side, construction of a new cruise terminal is just about visible. The harbour area is undergoing rapid transformation, from a busy ferry port to one focused more on recreation and tourism. Dun Laoghaire train station, was the terminus of the first railway in Ireland in 1894. The railway previously linked up to the ferry pier, however the old station, seen rusting on the pier, has long been abandoned. The Dublin Area Rapid Transport now provides a link to the city centre in 20 minutes. Two sailing clubs are visible, on the left is the Royal St. George and on the right the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Both are very exclusive, and cost thousands per year for membership. Dun Laoghaire County Council Offices, with a modern early 2000’s extension can be seen opposite the train station. The hideous Dun Laoghaire shopping centre was build atop of a delightful Georgian terrace in the 1970’s. It sits alongside the famous Royal Marine hotel, which offers stunning views over Dublin Bay. The town centre has suffered due to out of town shopping malls, the recession and draconian parking laws. Many shops are boarded up, however the main street retains its charm and there’s many bargains to be found. St Michael’s church is the focal point of the town centre. Thanks for reading so far, any help and tips are greatly appreciated! I don't have the best laptop, and I have to play on software mode due Intel Iris graphics so I miss out on some plugins due to graphic issues. Hope you enjoyed and I'll be back soon with a drive through the town of Dun Laoghaire and its leafy well-to-do suburbs -
Dublin, Ireland (My recreation)
crushproof posted a City Journal entry in Dublin, the capital of the Emerald Isle
So I've been a long, long time player of SC4. I've messed around for years and never fully jumped in - mainly due to the lack of a decent PC or laptop. But in the past year the idea of recreating my home city, Dublin, has appealed to me. At first, the negatives outweighed the positives - the medieval city & suburban winding streets, the unsustainable (in SC4 terms) suburban sprawl, the lack of Dublin landmarks, getting the scale right and finding the right plugins. I quickly gave up the first time, due to the amount of time it was consuming. However I persevered in the past few months and so far I've 3 complete city tiles (still a hell of a lot more to go). The biggest drawback is having to make almost every building "historic" as to keep within the city character. This is particularly annoying when building sprawling monotonous housing estates - spend ages going through it all only to have a feckin mansion pop up later on in the centre of it.....GRRRR!! Anyway, I'll rant more in the future. Tips and help are greatly, greatly appreciated. -
Version 1.0
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My first-ever map, so bear with me.. ;-) Finally, it's my turn to give something back to the community! Based on an atlas-screenshot, i drew new coastlines, created lakes, meandering rivers, sudden mountains and cliffs and tempting delta's. The config-file is drawn in such a way, that you will always have 'complete pieces' in your large city tile. For example: the river that's clefting the mountain-peaks in the west of the map, isn't spreaded over two or more tiles.. A big part is easy flatland, though - especially the Netherlands in the south-east of the map. Being Dutch myself, yes: I know the drawing isn't accurate, and our coastline isn't that rough.. ;-) Feedback VERY much appreciated - I'm slowly getting the hang of it, can't wait to create the next one! Easy install by using the SC4-mapper..! -
Version 1.0
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G'Day Simtropians, Today's map I am presenting I made a few months back when the STEX was a little awry and not accepting much, any how things are better now and this is a map of Co. Mayo, Ireland This is a real world map and was produced with dem and satellite data. It is scale and terrain accurate and requires Wouanagaine's mapper or terraformer to import it into SC4. The map measures 86.016km x 77.824km. A readme with links and instructions is included. (Gratis) That's all I think. Cheers -
Version 1.0
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G'Day Simtropians, Today I am presenting a Map requested courtesy of Tangoboy over at SC4D, Thanks mate. It is of the Co. Galway, Ireland. Not quite all but very close to it. See me up CLOSE and personal. This is a real world map and is accurate in scale and terrain. It measures 94.208km x 69.632km and utilises 16bit mapping technology. Wouanagaine's mapper or terraformer is required to import the .SC4M format file into one's game. Links and instructions are in the included readme. I think. that's all Cheers -
Version 1.1
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Dublin, the capital and largest city of Ireland, sits at the mouth of the River Liffey along Ireland's eastern coast. Dublin has a population of 505,739 according to the 2006 census. It has also been found to be the best capital city in Europe to live in by a survey in 2003. This map has slight inaccuracies due to unforseeable problems. When I set out to do Dublin by request, the NASA land and water data was not entirely accurate or detailed. I free-handed some of the greyscale in order to make it seem smoother and had to free-hand complete the Liffey River in several locations. Other than that though, it is a very developable map with some nice water features. - I am also including this important information. ALL OF MY MAPS are created while using Mayspacy's Terrain and Climate Mod. You MUST have this in your plugins folder while rendering. Use the MiddleuropeanClimateModwithImageImportMod60.dat file from that mod and be sure you do not have any other terrain mods installed while rendering. Afterwards it is ok to remove this mod and put your preferred terrain related mods back into plugins. Rendering is to be done in the game from the region screen using the Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R method. -Cori edit: Clarified a couple of things after fixing the grayscale image.
