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Apr 23, 2006, 5:33pm

During the SW City 7th birthday bash earlier this month, we launched a major
project we've been working on the last year: SW City Revisited.

The goal of this project was to perform a massive city-wide renovation,
which, if you are familiar with SWC's size, is quite an undertaking. A large
problem with SW City's design was that all the newer and nicer projects were
very far from town square, whereas all the older and less attractive
buildings surrounded town square (much like AWGZ's situation). Because of
this, free roam exploration from the starting point - town square - was
often misleading. We aimed to correct this.

http://www.swcity.net/pics/revisited/renovations.jpg

The first thing we had to address was navigation. For town square itself,
all the many exits have info NPCs you can speak to whom inform you on where
this exit heads to. Or if your in a hurry, head over to the teleport circle
which directly ports you to hot spots. Or take the mass trans networks such
as the monorail or subway.

http://img197.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swcitytsp44oo.jpg a render of the
new town square.

Following that, you'll most likely navigate along SW City's state-of-the art
realistic road network (what we called the "Road Revolution"). The roads
are now realistic navigational routes - not simply a gridded property
marking system. They gently curve throughout the city - no 90 degree turns
here. And back to the more important point, they're loaded with directional
signs to help you get around.

Speaking of infrastructure there's a lot more than just roads. Once you get
to where you want to be, park your imaginary car into one of the many
parking lots, then hop on the sidewalk and tour around. The outdoors are
loaded with details such as sidewalk detailing, billboards, functional stop
lights, and more landscaping that you can shake a stick at :D

http://www.swcity.net/pics/revisited/outdoor.jpg

On the topic of landscaping, that's perhaps the most noticeable change.
More than just trees, bushes, and rocks everywhere, but there are also new
massive landscapes that break SW City up into regions. Most of the District
and Precincts have changed from a simple change-of-grass texture border to a
realistic natural border.

http://www.swcity.net/pics/revisited/environments.jpg

On another note, SW City Interactive was also launched the same day. While
you roam about, you can interact with NPCs and maybe even do a few quests,
and collect an inventory. The possibilities are endless!

In any case, if you missed the birthday bash tours, we encourage you to head
on into town square and begin a free roam tour of your own. Happy travels!

For more information, go to the Revisited center at AW 2200S 3614E 66
Or if you've heard enough, head directly to town square at AW 2217.4s 3609.8e
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