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Is that like cheating? I mean it addds demand and everything, so isn't it like cheating? And if you guys have any BATS or lots, or stuff like that, tell me.

Sure, you can move it.

It is cheating. Cheating is accepted, almost required for making an eye-appealing city.

Well I won't cheat, at least not at the beginning. This'll actually be the first time I'll have any kind of a skyscraper city, if I can do that. So I'm going to be legit. Does anyone else even play legit?

If I can't do it, I'll cheat then.

Yeah your probly not going to be able to build a big, nice city without cheating. Its pretty much taboo if you dont "cheat". I mean technically its not cheating because your not competing. You just want to make cities that are bad a$$.

Well, once I get that feeling of legitly making a metropolis, I think then I can feel less guilty about playing non-legitly.

LOL

There have been multiple people who have done it, including Will here. So why not try it out LOL

Who me

Why don't you try to download some STEX?

No Kiwi will, Will R :p

I have some STEX stuff but not a lot. If you guys have any suggestions or anything then go right ahead and tell me, it'll help out my cities. Other than that whatever I find I'll use if I find it worthy.

Jack wrote:Kenny is just very diligent and has been working on the project for a long time.

Very long and not expected to finish it.

Jack wrote:
Also, the region you are choosing is Adonia's Africa. Paradise (presumably) was formed from volcanic eruptions, and has different climates than the rest of the continent. So, if you choose mainland Neridea, you will have an Africa climate. If this is not what you wanted, there is another option in the area.

Yeah, Paradise is a peculiar island chain. The mainland is a different story

I think I'm going to put a poll up, just because you lot are SO slow.

I don't think it'd be wise to put it to a vote until we've found the guy a good location first, not to mention other smaller details.

I don't think this is ready to go to vote yet.

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Hello,

I'm Jon, I'm the Executive Secretary of USNW. If you want to build cities without cheating in any way that's perfectly fine, you can produce awesome looking cities using just growables, as has been shown in natural growth CJs. I myself hardly ever play the game, but I'd probably have more fun if I did. As far as custom content goes it really depends on what you want, if you give us an idea of what you'd like we can give you suggestions. Maxis buildings are okay, but there are higher quality replacements out there.

To get started I'd highly recommend picking up a terrain mod, water mod, and slope mod.

A really nice HD Terrain mod that is intended to replace the default Maxis terrain is available here:
http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2867

If you don't like that there are many other options.

There's some excellent water mods out there, I can help you pick one if you give me an idea of what you want.

And a slope mod: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1512

If you need any help with anything, please feel free to contact me.

Fine, fine. Kurt may have rushed me into it.

Jon wrote:I don't think this is ready to go to vote yet.

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Hello,

I'm Jon, I'm the Executive Secretary of USNW. If you want to build cities without cheating in any way that's perfectly fine, you can produce awesome looking cities using just growables, as has been shown in natural growth CJs. I myself hardly ever play the game, but I'd probably have more fun if I did. As far as custom content goes it really depends on what you want, if you give us an idea of what you'd like we can give you suggestions. Maxis buildings are okay, but there are higher quality replacements out there.

To get started I'd highly recommend picking up a terrain mod, water mod, and slope mod.

A really nice HD Terrain mod that is intended to replace the default Maxis terrain is available here:
http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2867

If you don't like that there are many other options.

There's some excellent water mods out there, I can help you pick one if you give me an idea of what you want.

And a slope mod: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1512

If you need any help with anything, please feel free to contact me.

I have that slope mod, and I forget if I have a terrain mod or not, also I have a water, beach, and tree mod. They are all for like a Washington/Oregon type climate, I believe Jack was the one who got me them.

I was also going to start building my nation a few days ago, but alas was hit with technical problems that hindered that, and I've had baseball and a huge orchestra thing going all week, so I haven't been able to play, I've barely been able to get on here. I also have some other forums (non-SC4 related) that I'm active on and am trying to accomodate all. This is a tough week for me, hopefully next week I'll be able to do more.

That is fine, take your time. We will help you along the way until you are ready. You won't have to be a master to be ready; just acquire the basic skills and tools to have the ability to become one!

There is really a lack of space in that area, but I will see what I can do with the map to make more.

Yeah, I'm still not sure whether the other guy (I feel bad forgetting his name) is taking Squamisha or not.

Also, is there a western Europe on the map?

This would be western Europe:

The underlined nations and Posillipo, Calibria, Loftindor, and Trentannia are not available right now, but anything else is fine.

Jack wrote:This would be western Europe:

The underlined nations and Posillipo, Calibria, Loftindor, and Trentannia are not available right now, but anything else is fine.

That's my backup plan, at the moment. I'm not a huge fan of Eastern Europe, but I love Western Europe a lot.

Awesome! Grand Aescail/Laagvlatke would be like our Belgium-Netherlands area. There is a mix of German and French culture, with a little Spanish in the far west. Aelin would be similar to Austria.

Is there any France/Germany/Britain?

France: Posillipo (very important in most nations' history, also the founder of USNW's former nation)
Germany: Brullen (used to be an observer but was removed from membership after a new law was passed. Owned by RepublicMaster, an active USNW-forums member)
Britian: Trentannia (very important in several nations' history. Protected, but something can possibly be worked out)

IMO, Aelin is the best option. But that is completely up to you.

Ok, I'll mull it over, but just to be clear I'd still prefer to have Squamisha

I see a potential island here:

Possibly. I think an island would be cool, but we don't need to go out of our way to make one.