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Power Valley (Vanilla Map)

Power Valley is a creative map design inspired by dry climates with lush valleys where thirsty evergreen trees tend to congregate in watershed areas. Map was created from portions of the Snake River and related canyons in South East Washington. The canyon was widened to the width of the start square in Photoshop to create a playable valley. While the map might look intimidating to play on, most of the map is flat with about 79% suitable building area.

All assets are vanilla, though the map was designed to be played with the 81 tiles mod, and you'll find that many of the maps assets are out of the 25 tile default playing area. If you chose not to use the 81 tiles mod, your city will still benefit from the dam and highways, etc.. I grew up in an area with winding mountain highways, and I enjoy building cities on maps with a wide variety of height differences (cliffs, valleys, mesas, etc). I built this for my own gameplay, but sharing here in case anyone else might get some enjoyment out of it.

Features:
* 100% functional dam that produces 20,000 MW+ (equivalent to 500 coal power plants).
* Moon was replaced with a beautiful spiral galaxy that is more interesting and more beautiful at night.
* Highways do not exceed 6% grade.
* Ramps do not exceed 9% grade.
* Railways do not exceed 3% grade - this includes the mountainous railways.
* Unique curving/parallel highway exchange over the river.
* Max road, rail, ship, and plane connections.
* Optimized for 81 tile gameplay, but not required.

Visuals (Recommended):
* Power Valley Theme
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2870977093
* Realistic LUT V1.2
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/?id=627817456


No mods are *required* to use this map, though the following mods are recommended. Highway connections may look unusual without them, but still functional.
Optional Mods (Recommended):
* Intersection Marking Tool:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2140418403
* Node Controller Renewal:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2472062376
* 81 Tiles:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=576327847&searchtext=81+tiles
* Clouds & Fog Toggler (useful if you play with 81 tiles to disable the fog on the maps edges):
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523824395

As far I know, all assets in the map are vanilla. Feedback or reporting issues is always appreciated. If you build a city using this map, please share your screenshots! I’d love to see them.