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Old Posted Mar 9, 2007, 2:27 PM
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By all means not an insult. I like it when people use my suggestions. Thats why I give suggestions; for them to be utilized.
Oh, lol, sorry about that, didn't see the suggestion.

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Cool! But wouldnt it say Escape from Staunton, New Jersey?
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Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 6:48 AM
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Some Staunton History. yo.

Staunton has a population of an estimated 2,579,631, as of 2007. The City is America's 4th Largest City, originally 3rd, with a population of 2,876,467, before the Crash. Staunton has an unemployment rate of 18.9%, largest in the country, leaving Staunton with almost 1/3 of the city under the poverty line. Since 2001, the city has lost an estimated 296,836 people, all in just 5 years. Most moved away from New Jersey, or simply moved to the suburbs.

In Staunton either your rich or your poor. Staunton is home to the rich and famous, but also the poor and unlucky. The gap between the rich and poor has never been so big after the Crash. The main goal of a Stauntonite is to become extremely Rich and Famous. Once achiving this, you should be happy, as so it is thought. Staunton Square is littered with huge billboards of beautiful people, and conglomorate corporations. Such corporations like Galviston Enterprises (Now Called Galcorp) and JC Summit Entertainment have since controlled the city after the crash, the Mayor (Joe Greedson) and the rest of City Council are usually persuaded by the evil Corporations or organized crime leaders. The city's infastructure has virtually collapsed, but is showing signs of improving.

Staunton is a rather diverse city. A majority of the city is Caucasian, 41%, while 29% of the city is African-American. Then comes Hispanics (19%) and Asian (11%). Racial disharmony still exists in much of Jefferson, and Tremorton. The Jefferson Area, alone, has the highest crime rates in the country.

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Still unnamed Central Park Area.


Cybersoft Offices, along with the skyline.


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I'd also love to know the height of the tall one - looks like a biggie.
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Despite its illusion, the Tower is not as tall as it looks. The top Floor, office of Dill Nates, floor 49, is only 591 feet above Street Level, the decorative spire is 680 feet above street level. The Tower gives the illusion of being much taller because it is located fairly far from the main central downtown core, when compared with the larger towers, Cybersoft looks a lot smaller than in person.

The two twinned towers are both 231 Feet High, 26 Floors.


SKETCHUP IS SO SLOW! Ugh its so slow now takes more than 3 mins or so to turn on the shadows, another 3 mins to export the image. Google needs to improve this soon! Its getting rediculous.
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Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 6:54 AM
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great information there...does this stuff just come to you randomly in little bursts?
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Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 7:31 AM
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Great background! And I've been having the terrible lag forever, but lately it has gotten better, as I recently added more RAM (Although it is still unreasonably slow for 1.5 GB!).
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I love the raining shot.
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SKETCHUP IS SO SLOW! Ugh its so slow now takes more than 3 mins or so to turn on the shadows, another 3 mins to export the image. Google needs to improve this soon! Its getting rediculous.
Welcome to the club. You'll find the more detail, images and polys your model has, the longer it takes tthe renderer to process. There's next to nothing Google can do about that.
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Wow. I like the office park jawn.
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Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 6:57 PM
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Praesidium's starting to feel the lag when it comes to loading (hence the shadow-less pictures). Ugh.
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Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 10:06 PM
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Thanks! Yeah the shadows really kill it.

Staunton Stock Exchange, now lost in a sea of Skyscrapers.


Some of Staunton tallest now have big corporate logos on top.


Preview of the new Galcorp Arena. After doing the arena, it showed me how messy Staunton Square was, I should redo much of Staunton Square for a much more cleaner, organized look.

Oh and the Basketball team is the Staunton Scorpions thanks to Foxmtbr.
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Damn....I'm really taken back on what a hell of a city that is. Those close up shots show how detailed and dense this really city is! Awesome job Patrick!!!!!!!!
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Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 10:28 PM
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Staunton looks absolutely unbelievable in these pictures....or should I say very, very believable?

How on earth can your computer support such high-quality textures with so many buildings, people, etc.? Praesidium already takes forever to load textures, and it's nowhere near as detailed as Staunton.
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Yay, an arena! It looks like the Scorpions could use some competition though, so the NBA just approved another expansion team for Palm Dunes. No team name has been decided yet, but funding for arena construction has already been lined up with an unlikely sponsor, Google, in exchange for some prime real estate from the city.

Those shots are amazing!
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Old Posted Mar 11, 2007, 3:07 AM
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Like everyone else, I am in awe of this city, so dense and detailed. How on earth does your computer handle it?
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Old Posted Mar 11, 2007, 6:38 AM
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yay! arena!!!!!!!!
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2007, 5:09 AM
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After exploring the possibilities of rendering Staunton, looks like I will have to retexture almost all of Staunton, since I need to reverse every face. This is good though, I can denfantly add more details, or remove some to save space, etc. This might take a while, but eh, I think Its worth it:






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