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Shady Strands: Remasted, A Vanilla Mass Transit Map

Welcome to Shady Strands!

This map is a complete overhaul of the base-game map, Shady Strands. The old map came with the game purchase, but I was never intrigued by the vanilla maps, so I decided to remaster every single one.

Also, it requires Mass Transit due to the steep climbs on the outside of the map, so using 3-lane highways would not look realistic. Upgrading to the 3-lane highways would also require a complete overhaul in some areas, so I will not upload a dlc-free version. I'm sorry =(

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Stats

• 56% buildable area
  
• balanced industry resources
  
• 3 highway connections
  
• 2 rail connections
  
• 2 air connections
  
• 2 sea connections

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Some Info

This map closely resembles the base-game map. But as you notice, it is quite balanced and not lumpy bumpy like the old version. I wanted to have a lot of build plain for large builds, but also varying heights for some challenge and interest. The rivers are almost the same as the old map as well, but they don't carve steep, ugly cliffs through mountains. I also added a small river to add some more interest and break up the area a bit.

The rail line was quite challenging to keep it within real-life tolerances. The line climbs/descends almost the entire length of the playable area, with some flat areas for sidings and other branches. But it's still miles better than the old rail line.

The castles and other ruins at the top of the mountain is all from the old map, and I liked them so I decided to keep them.

[NOTE:]

This map can be played with either all 25 vanilla tiles, or all 81 tiles.

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Recommendations for Screenshot Quality

Mods I used:
-Relight
-Ultimate Eyecandy
-No Radioactive Deserts and More!
-Dynamic Resolution
-Sharp Textures
-Shadow Strength Adjuster
-Ultimate Level of Detail
-Tree LOD Fix

Theme:
Oklahoma Summer, by Yours Truly

Settings for:
Relight: [Brightness 0.6], [Gamma 0.8]. [Contrast 0.7]
Ultimate Eye Candy: [ToD: varies], [Lattitude 0], [Longitude 0], [Global Light 5.9995], [Ambient Light 0.7095]
Dynamic Resolution: [500% GTX 1070]
Sharp Textures: [Anistropy 16 (Very High)], [Mipmap bias -0.6 Too Sharp]
ULOD: [Tree LOD Distance 1000m] all others at default values
Tree LOD Fix: [Medium]