SimCity (PC)

[jaymo76]

You guys have train stations open? I know that was one of the last things I did was set up the train station.

Yeah I have a train station. I also have a ferry terminal but I don't think anyoone else does.


Yep you need to get your residents to come check out my monster truck rallies; rock concerts; casinos; statute of liberty; etc... good times to be had in Galt's Gulch :nod:

I still think that commuting is a little borked. I only have 18 students commuting from other towns in the region???

[CLW]

Yeah I have a train station. I also have a ferry terminal but I don't think anyoone else does.



I still think that commuting is a little borked. I only have 18 students commuting from other towns in the region???

I think people have to accept it? I hope so anyways b/c if not I'm pretty much done with this town and possibly the game there is just no way to specialize and build up through region play if this stuff is still messed up.

[GatorfanStovy]

I will be able to join you guys soon . Im Downloading/updating winning copy ... Hopefully play a bit tonight .

Wanted to know if any one is getting the hero and villain set at all or will orb worth it ?

[SmoothPancakes]

I got Heroes & Villains for free because I preordered it through Amazon and got auto-upgraded to Limited Edition. I can't really give an opinion on it because I really haven't done anything with it. I've never built Dr. Vu's lair and only once in a city have I built Maxis Man's manor because I usually have more important uses for whatever amount of money I have on hand in my treasury.

[GatorfanStovy]

Sounds good Smooth. I will wait for know. Not in a big rush . I play about 15 mins of it today finally. Seems great and a good way to kill some time when I'm bored or at night .

If any one wants to add me on Origin name is stovto50. I will gladly join and help build some cities.

[GatorfanStovy]

So the copy I got from this forum had the heroes and villains with it! So I will be able to check it one of these days!

[jaymo76]

Personally I get nothing from heros and villians. Maxis man does very little and cry is out of control so I have no need for more criminals.

[jaymo76]

Gentlemen, crime is killing our region. I will try to get some more police in the region once I can afford it.

[oweb26]

I haven't been on in a couple of weeks I will log on today.

[Oneback]

Are there any more city openings?

[jaymo76]

Are there any more city openings?

Yup, we have a couple openings in our region. I think Smooth needs to send a request to access the area???

[SmoothPancakes]

Yup, we have a couple openings in our region. I think Smooth needs to send a request to access the area???

Yeah. I'll have to add Oneback as a friend on Origin first. Oneback, what's your Origin name?

[SmoothPancakes]

Sounds good Smooth. I will wait for know. Not in a big rush . I play about 15 mins of it today finally. Seems great and a good way to kill some time when I'm bored or at night .

If any one wants to add me on Origin name is stovto50. I will gladly join and help build some cities.

Hey, I tried to add you as a friend so you could be invited into the region, but your name/account doesn't show up on Origin when I search for it in Add a Friend.

[Oneback]

Yeah. I'll have to add Oneback as a friend on Origin first. Oneback, what's your Origin name?

My origin name is Oneback.

[SmoothPancakes]

My origin name is Oneback.

Alright, nice and simple. :D I made a search for Oneback yesterday, but 13 different variations of the name showed up, so wanted to make sure what it was. I just sent you a friend request on Origin. Let me know whenever you get the chance to get online and accept it, and then next chance I get, I'll shoot you an invite to the TGT region.

[SmoothPancakes]

Sounds good Smooth. I will wait for know. Not in a big rush . I play about 15 mins of it today finally. Seems great and a good way to kill some time when I'm bored or at night .

If any one wants to add me on Origin name is stovto50. I will gladly join and help build some cities.

Gator, is your Origin name stovto50 or stovtop50? There were no matches for stovto50 when searching on Origin, but just searching stovto popped up an account named stovtop50. If stovtop50 is you, then I'll shoot you a friend request later on when I get the chance and then get you invited to the TGT region after you've accepted the friend request.

[GatorfanStovy]

Gator, is your Origin name stovto50 or stovtop50? There were no matches for stovto50 when searching on Origin, but just searching stovto popped up an account named stovtop50. If stovtop50 is you, then I'll shoot you a friend request later on when I get the chance and then get you invited to the TGT region after you've accepted the friend request.

Sorry I haven't been on in a few days. My Origin name is stovtop50. I've been working and rebuilding cities lately. It's harder then expected. I'm trying to draw in the wealthy people but that ain't so easy lol. I think I've finally got a handle on that though . By building lots of parks and Amp theater seems to be working. Now I just need casinos!

[GatorfanStovy]

Seems like another update just hit. Any info on it ?

[CLW]

Just logged on today for a bit and I am getting WILD swings in my budget and now I'm pretty much just in budget crisis mode the entire time. No clue wtf went wrong as I didn't really do much other than replace a few residential areas for some schools (which was holding my approval rating down).

[SmoothPancakes]

Sorry I haven't been on in a few days. My Origin name is stovtop50. I've been working and rebuilding cities lately. It's harder then expected. I'm trying to draw in the wealthy people but that ain't so easy lol. I think I've finally got a handle on that though . By building lots of parks and Amp theater seems to be working. Now I just need casinos!

Alright, I'll shoot you a friend request then. Let me know when you get the chance to accept and I'll get an invite to the TGT region sent.

[GatorfanStovy]

CLW,
I haven't had any sort of money issues today. I'll keep an out. I

I'm trying to build a larger scale city. Started my 4th city over due failness of other cities. So hopefully this one turns out much better. Gonna build it around tourism and gambling hopefully.

[CLW]

Yeah I dunno I'd go from like +10K per hour to -25K per hour for awhile no reason given. No I'm pretty much broke and I have to shut down buildings and its still going like +3K an hour for a bit then -5K an hour rinse repeat every time I balance the budget. I also cannot find a way out of the hole either. If I raise taxes above 11% people/businesses leave. If I don't and shut down the most expensive buildings school/police then people freak out and protest and leave. I may just be SOL with this city now its at 138K people.

[GatorfanStovy]

Damn that sucks CLW. Maybe try and start a new keeping that one. Then see what happens in the new city?

[jaymo76]

Yeah I dunno I'd go from like +10K per hour to -25K per hour for awhile no reason given. No I'm pretty much broke and I have to shut down buildings and its still going like +3K an hour for a bit then -5K an hour rinse repeat every time I balance the budget. I also cannot find a way out of the hole either. If I raise taxes above 11% people/businesses leave. If I don't and shut down the most expensive buildings school/police then people freak out and protest and leave. I may just be SOL with this city now its at 138K people.


My current budget is -5000 per hour... BUT my profit from global oil sales allows me to break even. I really don't understand the financial swings in this game but I think I heard that traffic play a big role... if people can't get home quickly they can't spend their money and then the whole city crashes inwards.

[Oneback]

Alright, nice and simple. :D I made a search for Oneback yesterday, but 13 different variations of the name showed up, so wanted to make sure what it was. I just sent you a friend request on Origin. Let me know whenever you get the chance to get online and accept it, and then next chance I get, I'll shoot you an invite to the TGT region.

I just accepted the friend request.

[SmoothPancakes]

I just accepted the friend request.

Alright, I just tried to send you an invite, but you didn't show up in the list. Next time you're on, when you get a chance, go to the North America West 4 server and create a region (it came just be a throw-away region if you don't want to actually play it, that way you'll be active on the server. Then I'll be able to get you an invite sent for the TGT region.

[Oneback]

Alright, I just tried to send you an invite, but you didn't show up in the list. Next time you're on, when you get a chance, go to the North America West 4 server and create a region (it came just be a throw-away region if you don't want to actually play it, that way you'll be active on the server. Then I'll be able to get you an invite sent for the TGT region.

Done

[SmoothPancakes]

Done

Alright, I jumped on real fast before heading offline for the rest of the morning. You're invite has been sent, so welcome to the TGT Region. If I saw correctly, there are still 5 open cities to choose from (there may have been a 6th, I can't remember for certain) so feel free to pick any city you want. You can also claim and start up multiple cities if you wish.

[Oneback]

Alright, I jumped on real fast before heading offline for the rest of the morning. You're invite has been sent, so welcome to the TGT Region. If I saw correctly, there are still 5 open cities to choose from (there may have been a 6th, I can't remember for certain) so feel free to pick any city you want. You can also claim and start up multiple cities if you wish.

Thanks, I'll get started tonight.

[Oneback]

I'll probably be picking up a second city, I've pretty much run out of room in my first. I've got 52,000 pop and I'm making $600,000 a month. I'll probably build the second city as a means to get power/water, etc with a bit more industry as well.

[SmoothPancakes]

Yeah, we ran into that issue in the first TGT Region. Between me unable to load up and get back into my city without an error popping up, and all of us running out of room in our cities, we abandoned the 7-city region and went to a 16-city region instead. Gives us some extra cities to claim so we can keep building and going without hitting a brick wall either space-wise or financially.

[jaymo76]

I will need to claim another as well. I want to focus entirely on gambling this time.

[GatorfanStovy]

I will need to claim another as well. I want to focus entirely on gambling this time.

How do you focus on gambling. I've been trying to so hard to do that lately.

[jaymo76]

How do you focus on gambling. I've been trying to so hard to do that lately.

As many casinos as possible with a good mix of commercial for hotels. You will also need a gambling headquarters and a lot of transit options CLOSE by to gets sim tourists to visit. The process will be slow and crime will become extreme. Be prepared for that. I started my first small casino today and I am making a good profit of about $3k. However, I am already up to 32 criminals per day. I will buy a school when I get the chance to try and get less criminals. I may also have to get... ugh... maxisman... :fp:

[GatorfanStovy]

How do I go about getting motels? I've tried start out one today and seems that I have my taxes around 13 to 14 percent most of the time to keep a float .. So i'm trying to get it all worked out I guess. I and so agree maxisman doesn't do crap once you get his house built . Maybe adding the turbo machine i dunno lol.

[jaymo76]

How do I go about getting motels? I've tried start out one today and seems that I have my taxes around 13 to 14 percent most of the time to keep a float .. So i'm trying to get it all worked out I guess. I and so agree maxisman doesn't do crap once you get his house built . Maybe adding the turbo machine i dunno lol.

Sadly, you cannot build hotels/motels. The commercial buildings in your city will turn to hotels/motels as you get more gambling and tourist attractions. You will probably also need to drop your taxes down to the 10% range for commercial to spur some growth.

[jaymo76]

Huge update planned for Monday...

http://www.simcity.com/en_US/blog/article/simcity-update-2-release

[GatorfanStovy]

Yea I saw the notice for the update ugh oh well.

I finally got an air port for my city. But for some reason my damn casino got shot down ? I dunno why besides poor tourism but it was making at least 17K a day so I don't get it. Ideas ? I also got the street cars attached and a ferry so I'm just lost on that point.

[GatorfanStovy]

Looks to be like a nice update for my issue . Can't wait also that air issue will be nice to be gone as well.

[jaymo76]

Haven't played in awhile due to all the issues but I see that SimCity now has a THEME PARK expansion pack. It looks pretty good but personally I think they need the bigger cities expansion before anything else.

[JBHuskers]

Haven't played in awhile due to all the issues but I see that SimCity now has a THEME PARK expansion pack. It looks pretty good but personally I think they need the bigger cities expansion before anything else.

Agreed.

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[SmoothPancakes]

Got an email about a new update (5.0) coming out. Haven't played in a while (haven't really had the time to just sit down and fire it up for a couple hours), but reading through the last two or three updates they've released in the last two months, a hell of a lot of changes, fixes and upgrades that they've made that should greatly improve the game. I'm gonna have to find some time to fire this thing up again and see what changes have been made, so how much better the game is.

[jaymo76]

I really would like to buy the theme park expansion pack but $10 is pretty pricey IMO. They need to release bigger maps before they do anything else.

P.s. I checked awhile back but it doesn't appear as though anyone has played our region in 2 almost two months.

[jaymo76]

They just launched patch 7.0... but it seems like all of the same issues that plague the game continue to plague the game. Is there anyone left from our region who is still playing or will be playing again or is the TGT region dead?

[JBHuskers]

They just launched patch 7.0... but it seems like all of the same issues that plague the game continue to plague the game. Is there anyone left from our region who is still playing or will be playing again or is the TGT region dead?

Haven't played in a while. Might pick it up sometime but between Tiger and NCAA leagues, I've been pretty busy.

[GatorfanStovy]

I think I've given up on Sim City for a while. Now that football season is here . Won't have much time. Highest Population I ever got was 80k and that took a long while.

[CLW]

Yep I'm done with this bad boy and REALLY disappointed with how flawed/bugged this game was/is. Complete debacle and really sad I wasted Amazon credit on this [censored] excuse for a game.

[cdj]

SimCity Cities of Tomorrow Expansion Pack Coming November 12

Bring the cities of today into the world of tomorrow. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that the SimCity™ Cities of Tomorrow* expansion pack is currently in development for Mac and PC and will be arriving November 12. Built upon the foundation of the ultimate city building simulation that has more than 2 million players worldwide, SimCity Cities of Tomorrow gives players the ability to transform their cities as they take them on a journey 50 years into the future. Using new technologies and experimental urban planning techniques, mayors will shape the destinies of their cities, thriving in a utopia of clean technologies, or a dystopia of hyper-commercialism.

“Will the world of tomorrow be a utopia powered by clean energy or an industrial society consumed by mass commercialism?” said Patrick Buechner, General Manager, Maxis Emeryville. “With SimCity Cities of Tomorrow, players can build the future as they imagine it. Transport your Sims on MagLev, power your cities with fusion reactors or tidal wave generators, manufacture a legion of drones to serve your Sims and build massive MegaTowers that dwarf modern skyscrapers. We’re giving you plausible technologies to take your cities onto a journey 50 years into the future. What will you create?”

SimCity Cities of Tomorrow gives players an entirely new way to dream about their city of the future. New regions, new future technology, new city specializations and new transportation methods will transform the way that cities take shape and evolve. Will they create a utopian society underpinned by clean technology under the auspices of the Academy, or encourage giant corporation OmegaCo to strip-mine natural resources and pollute in the name of feeding consumerism? For the first time in the history of the franchise, cities can be built vertically with enormous multi-zone MegaTowers that extend high into the sky and dwarf the rest of the city. Education and research will help players discover new technologies that make their cities less polluted, less reliant on natural resources, managed day-to-day by service drones and fueled by green energy. As the population increases, Sims will live, work, and play closer together. When players have finished deciding whether they want their Sims to live together in harmony, or as members of an exploited workforce, they can rain chaos upon them by unleashing an all-new disaster exclusive to this expansion pack.

The SimCity base game is available now on Mac and PC and developed by Maxis. SimCity is cross-platform compatible, so all players play together across the same servers. Players can play both versions with the same Origin account, allowing them to seamlessly continue their cities, achievements and leaderboard progress across the Mac and PC. Since its launch in March, SimCity has had seven major game updates that have made upgrades to the core simulation and provided game content and features at no additional charge.

[GatorfanStovy]

Lame. where is the bigger city maps ? Not sure this helps .

[cdj]

Lame. where is the bigger city maps ? Not sure this helps .

The press release mentions "new regions," so maybe that means larger city areas? I'm not optimistic, but hopefully they will go into detail on this pack soon.

[GatorfanStovy]

The press release mentions "new regions," so maybe that means larger city areas? I'm not optimistic, but hopefully they will go into detail on this pack soon.

I doubt it. They seem to wanna kill the game by adding useless crap. And not making bigger regions. IMO "new regions" just means different types and layouts not bigger and better.

[oweb26]

I might fire this back up, I havent played it since I got my new comp so I am sure it will at least be pretty.

[JBHuskers]

Yeah the small regions kinda killed it for me. You get to a point then that's it.

[SmoothPancakes]

Yeah the small regions kinda killed it for me. You get to a point then that's it.

Yep. When we did the TGT region, I completely maxed out my grid and had nowhere to grow my city but up. All of my land was used up. Being as I was the first one to get to that point, and had the best power source of the region, you guys were all relying on my power, waste and water to help you all out, but it was just draining me like hell because I couldn't keep expanding and growing and bringing in new citizens to up my tax base.

Eventually I just hit the tipping point where I was doing whatever I could to break even each month. Then of course the dumbass game wouldn't allow me back into my own damn city because of some issue with accessing it, so all the work I had done was lost and I had to start over with a less than ideal plot of land. They give it bigger plots for cities, I'll jump back in. But for now, unless I'm going full private on an entire region and building all the cities up to my liking in regards to sharing resources, then there's not really a great way to go about things.

[oweb26]

Yep. When we did the TGT region, I completely maxed out my grid and had nowhere to grow my city but up. All of my land was used up. Being as I was the first one to get to that point, and had the best power source of the region, you guys were all relying on my power, waste and water to help you all out, but it was just draining me like hell because I couldn't keep expanding and growing and bringing in new citizens to up my tax base.

Eventually I just hit the tipping point where I was doing whatever I could to break even each month. Then of course the dumbass game wouldn't allow me back into my own damn city because of some issue with accessing it, so all the work I had done was lost and I had to start over with a less than ideal plot of land. They give it bigger plots for cities, I'll jump back in. But for now, unless I'm going full private on an entire region and building all the cities up to my liking in regards to sharing resources, then there's not really a great way to go about things.

That's what I am hoping also that I can run a private region and do it all myself ( or at most one other person), there is a disclaimer I am doing this more for the game graphics with a new computer more than I enjoyed the game so if I finish great if not oh well.

[jaymo76]

I still visit our old region on occasion. Not much has changed gameplay wise... oh and PS our region has HUGE crime problems.

This game could have been so amazing but instead it has probably killed the SimCity franchise. I don't see another SimCity game in the near or distant future.

[gschwendt]

As a surprise to no one (other than how long it took)...

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[JBHuskers]

As a surprise to no one (other than how long it took)...

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The great thing to come of this....MODDING!

[jaymo76]

All this means is they are going to pull support for this game sooner rather than later. With the last few updates the game is playing pretty well. However, the small regions are the real killer of the game. The devs said that issue cannot be fixed.

[JBHuskers]

All this means is they are going to pull support for this game sooner rather than later. With the last few updates the game is playing pretty well. However, the small regions are the real killer of the game. The devs said that issue cannot be fixed.

Maybe with offline modding, that can be fixed.

[jaymo76]

Maybe with offline modding, that can be fixed.

Maybe but the Simcity dev team has stated several times that larger maps "break" the game. Let's hope some smart people can figure this out.

[jaymo76]

I was playing a bit of the SIMCITY TEST BETA today. In it they have the single-player offline save ability. Overall it ran very smooth. I also played on sandbox mode and it felt good. There is still no fix for the silly small map size but the offline mode has potential.

[GatorfanStovy]

Larger maps breaking the game :fp: well you should of made huge maps at first duh...

[oweb26]

The offline save function is live today, anyone tried it yet?

[jaymo76]

The offline save function is live today, anyone tried it yet?

I played the offline mode beta but have not yet downloaded the latest update. The beta is pretty much identical to the online though.

[oweb26]

I will probably start playing this again, they just need to hurry up and mod out some bigger cities then I would be really happy. Anyone checked on the TGT city recently?

[GatorfanStovy]

How is off line mode doing? Ya good luck on waiting ford bigger cities. It will take for ever.