Barsalargonia - Update 23 - August 23 2009

Bobbi · July 21, 2009, 03:22:37 AM

I like the beautiful road line and shoreline.

Bobbi

Luke09 · July 21, 2009, 07:07:45 AM

Nice Splime.The sea town is very nice,your map is with a nice look too

beutelschlurf · July 21, 2009, 09:20:58 AM

moin Splime,

that i call a workload! ... creating an entire town within one post! fabulous!

really nice update! keep it up!

b_schlurf

Splime · July 21, 2009, 10:03:31 AM

Replies:

Arthur: Thanks for your kind words! Also, as you'll see below, you hold the position of the 2nd most replies, so thanks for always being a source of encouragement!

joelyboy911: Thanks! I'[m assuming you're talking about these houses? They are by far my favorite R$ housing, made by c.p. He's also made some great R$$ housing, if only he could make some R$$$ so there would be a complete set... This is also the same c.p. that made the terrain mods that are pretty much the standard now.

Guillaume: Thanks again!

Bobbi: Thanks for your comment! You're number 100!

Luke09: Thanks! As you'll see below, you are the top replier in Barsalargonia! Thanks for all the encouragement you've given.

beutelschlurf: Thanks! It probably helps that I'm off from school, as that town took much of the day to build.

So, I see that Barsalargonia has passed 100 posts (and 2500 views), so I've compiled this chart of posters:

I'll have to give some sort of prize to the top 5 repliers, which will probably involve naming things in Barsalargonia after them. And thanks to everyone who's posted here, no matter how many times you have replied, for getting Barsalargonia into the Best Sellers section (as soon as the mods come online and do their thing).

Also, if you guys have an opinion on what quad I should expand into once I'm finished with C3, please let me know.

Battlecat · July 21, 2009, 10:16:49 AM

Nice job on the last few updates, can't believe I missed so many of them! I really like that waterfront in your latest update! Also, your farming is continuing to look fantastic! Keep up the great work.

Also, with regards to your question in update 11, I'm going to vote for heading North. If I've oriented myself properly on your map and region view, I'd like to see what your plans are for the coastal area up there!

art128 · July 21, 2009, 10:28:34 AM

Nice work on these stats there my friend, I didn't know that I was the second, what a surprise ! and with that, my part is in red, my favorite color !

And also, congratulations for having 100 (+) post on your topic, you're now a best seller !

Looking forward to more,
-Arthur.

blade2k5 · July 21, 2009, 12:14:39 PM

Update #10 & 11: Very, very nice. Some of the landscapes you've created are reminiscent of the area I live in. In fact, Tumbler Shores is a close copy of the 40 arcres my home sits on, the landscape around here is very much like your wilderness areas with the ponds and trees. Nicely done.

Nice regional view as well. If you don't have Region Census, you should get it. It works great for taking full regional pics. I think there's one on the LEX, an updated version I believe.

beutelschlurf · July 21, 2009, 02:31:13 PM

moin Splime,

how kind from you having me into the count, but actually i'm post-number 102, which means i'm just over!

thanx anyway - it's nice to have some stats. well done!

b_schlurf

Tomas Neto · July 21, 2009, 06:15:34 PM

Wow, stats fantastic my friend! Welcome to the Best Sellers!

Schulmanator · July 22, 2009, 08:27:14 AM

Congrats on your 100 posts. You have some very good looking pix here.

Scarton · July 22, 2009, 09:14:58 AM

Congrats on moving to Best Sellers! This CJ deserves it!

I've missed the past few updates, everything is really looking good. I enjoy the way you present your suburb development.

I think you should expand west. North would also be interesting. Also, I think you should develop a large coastal city with many ports either in the west or south.

Splime · July 22, 2009, 10:03:07 AM

Replies:

Battlecat: Thanks! I've been eying the north as well, since not only does it have a coastal plain, but but it's an area where there will be a major bridge (possibly two).

Arthur: Thanks, and I'm glad to know you got your favorite color!

blade2k5: Thanks! I do in fact have the region census, and I used it to make the larger region images. I just shrunk them down so that they wouldn't be massive. I can upload a full-sized image later if you want though.

beutelschlurf: I realized you weren't in the first 100, but I decided to count you anyway since I am continuously collecting the data anyway.

Tomas Neto: Thanks! I'm happy to be here in the Best Sellers.

Schulmanator: Thanks!

citycapitalizer: Thanks! West definitely seems like a good option to me. I've been considering a coastal city in the south, actually, so it seems like we have similar ideas.

Thanks everyone for this massive wave of comments!

Luke09 · July 22, 2009, 11:24:10 AM

Hi splime!Its nice to see that i am the top poster(YAY

),and congratulations on more than 100 posts

blade2k5 · July 23, 2009, 11:54:14 AM

Quote from: Splime on July 22, 2009, 10:03:07 AMblade2k5: Thanks! I do in fact have the region census, and I used it to make the larger region images. I just shrunk them down so that they wouldn't be massive. I can upload a full-sized image later if you want though.

I asked because I got the impression that you weren't able to get full regional pics. No need for a bigger pics, the one you posted was just fine. Thanks by the way

Splime · July 23, 2009, 05:40:34 PM

Replies:

Luke09: Thanks!

blade2k5: I suspected that was why you asked...

Update 12: Tumbler Shores Agriculture (Route 30)

First of all, I had to fill in the space south of Tumbler Shores (all non-region images in this update face south). Since there were enough homes already, I filled the area with just agriculture.

After it all developed, this is the result. You may notice the farm with a round transparent dome in the upper right. Farming in Barsalargonia is beginning to go hi-tech. Also, I blended in the fields with the terrain using green grass; I'm not to happy with how it looks in the lower zooms. It looks better when you look closer though.

In the center of this farming area is a small village, centered around a farming supply center and a few other small businesses.

Here's one of the many dairy farms in quad C3. This one was created using the "Adara Method" (Named after Battlecat's MD), which involves letting a livestock farm grow, dezoning the green pasture area that develops, and using chrisadam's Rural Renewal Kit to create fencing around the redone farm area. The Adara Method then puts all sorts of flora inside the fencing, a step which I am not going to try at the moment.

Then, I found another depression in the map, so I had no choice but to fill it with another pond.

Moving on, this is the the area east of Tumbler Shores, the area we skipped over to get to Tumbler Shores from the northern end of Route 25.

This is what it looked like when I first developed it. I wasn't too happy about it, since it looked like I cleared too much forest in the region view.

With some adjustments (dividing the bigger farms into halves, removing some of the new half zones because they took too long to develop or messed up the terrain, and applying the "Adara Method") I got an effect that I though looked much better. The farm arrangement looks a bit more scattered, more accurately modeling farms near where I live. (See Update 5 for more info about what farms are like in different areas.)

Here's a result of these changes.

Yet another dairy farm...

This is probably one of my favorite (ph)arms. Not because it's realistic at all (because it isn't at all) but because it's a really nice easter egg, as long as it is used in moderation. Since it's seasonal, it looks normal for some of the year too. Thanks to SimGoober for this gem.

So there's a few more updates left, where I'll be dealing with the south of C3. Then, I need to move on to another quad. I've highlighted the choices, so I want to know your opinion. This isn't a vote, this is just an opportunity for you to give feedback on where you want this MD to go, and why. I'm avoiding D3 for now because I'd like to build a fairly major city there, and want to wait for demand to get better for the things I want.

Thanks for reading!

Tomas Neto · July 23, 2009, 05:43:11 PM

Wowww, guy!!! Fantastic update again!!!

woodb3kmaster · July 23, 2009, 06:18:56 PM

Looking greatm as usual! As for where to go next, might I suggest C4? The terrain is still fairly varied, so it should still be pretty interesting to watch you develop it. Looking forward to more!

blade2k5 · July 23, 2009, 06:57:27 PM

Bravo! Bravo!

Splendidly well put together update

Fabulous regional shot, and I agree with woodb3kmaster on the C4 quad

Good place to develop next. Looking forward to the next update.

art128 · July 24, 2009, 12:27:47 AM

Your farming is excellent my friend, great work with every farms you put (or grow) there, the result is a masterpiece. The region view is, as usual, fantastic !
Take care,
-Arthur.

Scarton · July 24, 2009, 06:31:48 AM

Very good as always. This is in my opinion one of the best CJ's out there, and it is really inspiring.

I have a question:

Did you use the "Adara method" with all your cattle farms in the last several updates?

Also, as stated before, I think the best way to expand would be B3, where you could build several small towns, including some on the coast. C4 is in my opinion the best place for a good size port city, especially if you're planning on a metropolis in D3, allowing more accessibility between the two cities, as well as industry (exporting goods via the sea). In my opinion, C2 would be interesting to develop, but probably not the best way to expand now.

This is all my opinion, and thanks for this wonderful CJ!