Felix Lighter
Member
You have to have a plastic and or metal storage at you trading center(?) and set it to export.
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You have to have a plastic and or metal storage at you trading center(?) and set it to export.
This is the first time I've ever experienced a game launch where I literally can't play the game... So disappointing. I was able to play last night from 1am to 3:30am and start my city. Spent all day at work thinking about the game, got home at 8, and now of course, can't play a damn thing. This is so stupid. I don't even care about online play, I just wanna build a city by myself and mess around with shit to learn the tools. I tried to join the Euro server just now and it let me in, but I was stuck in the tutorial not being able to do anything. I tried quitting to the main menu, but it still wouldn't let me start a new city. Booo-urns.
BTW - How do you reduce pollution near the industrial zones? The last Sim City I played was back on my 386 and in that one all you had to do was place the parks around them. I doubt that's still a feasible method.
BTW - How do you reduce pollution near the industrial zones? The last Sim City I played was back on my 386 and in that one all you had to do was place the parks around them. I doubt that's still a feasible method.
Alcotholic
Banned
Seeing reactions to this game being unplayable, because of server instability and always online, is it really as bad as they say it is or is there a bright side to all this?
I'm asking, because I was hoping for a game that I could just play with my brother online, but if I have to play in a region with other people, I'll probably have to tell him its a no go.
I'm asking, because I was hoping for a game that I could just play with my brother online, but if I have to play in a region with other people, I'll probably have to tell him its a no go.
Not a problem, I already have a trade center set up and two vacant storage spots! Thanks for the tip. Time to turn trash into money!
DownWithTheShip
Member
Ok, I see why his is like that.
My highway runs through my build area. Is there anyway for the connection to my roads to be like the offramps we see in his picture?
MisterNugNug
Member
SO YEAH. Don't push for a nuclear power plant without skilled workers to work them....
LOL.
LOL.
There's apparently two grid sizes (as in, the distance between your original road and the next road parallel to it that the game tells you to use): One for roads and one for avenues.
The game will show you grids for the last two roads you moused over: If it was on top of a road, the "grid" will be smaller (as in, the dotted line will be closer). If it was on top of an Avenue, there will be a bigger grid (as in, the dotted line for the next road will be further away). I BELIEVE that the dotted line will be of different sizes as well.
HOWEVER, if you make the grid as they tell you on the smaller roads, you won't be able to fit high density industrial buildings in it (and maybe not even residential ones? I only went to medium density on those). You'll have to bulldoze the road between two zones (making a bigger zone). In that bigger zone, high density buildings will be able to evolve.
That's all I got so far after two days.
Edit: one easy way to see this is to select the road tool, mouse over an avenue and make a road on the dotted line. Now, mouse over the newly created road and you'll see that there will be new dotted lines to both sides of the newly created road. The one on the side of the avenue will be smaller than the gap you just created. If you build that road, there will be a 1 house space between the newly created road and the avenue, and that region will never have space to evolve into bigger than single, low wealth houses.
Beautifully Shaped Monsters
Member
You can create private invite only regions. I'm not keen on playing with strangers either.
Does this work with physical copies? Because stores here do not accept opened pc game returns.
If not then this is useless to me.
Felix Lighter
Member
My oil production is slowing. There's some untapped locations but I know my city is on the decline, it's only a matter of time. I'm not collecting enough tax revenue to cover services but my oil money keeps me deep in the black but once that income drys up my city will fail. I didn't get the refinery up and running yet, I think I'll be able to do that tomorrow, hopefully. $400,000 will take awhile bit.
famousmortimer
Banned
After digging in I understand, gameplay wise, why they went with the small cities. The idea is to play multiplayer and rely on each other to make a super region and if everyone can just make crazy huge cities there is no incentive to do that.
BUT, I think Maxis was completely off the mark here. I, personally (and judging from this post neither do a lot of you) get any joy out of making my city have a lot of dumps so my friend can have a lot of hotels - or whatever. We would all be much, much happier with a 16 player map with HUGE cities and just build our own stuff... trade if we really need to... and just chat and check out each other's stuff. That's all I want. That would be awesome.
Small maps and forced cooperation are not awesome. I hope Maxis rectifies this, quickly.
BUT, I think Maxis was completely off the mark here. I, personally (and judging from this post neither do a lot of you) get any joy out of making my city have a lot of dumps so my friend can have a lot of hotels - or whatever. We would all be much, much happier with a 16 player map with HUGE cities and just build our own stuff... trade if we really need to... and just chat and check out each other's stuff. That's all I want. That would be awesome.
Small maps and forced cooperation are not awesome. I hope Maxis rectifies this, quickly.
Yep. People are thinking it has to do with server sync, but I do have the exact same system setup as you.
I really hope I can disable my Ore Factory. I've been using it a lot now that I almost lost half of my city to a Zombie Attack, so I really do need the money, but I know that thing will run dry soon and I won't be able to make enough alloys for the future region structure.
Neuromancer
Member
I just tried the game again hoping the server issues would be better... And it's making me play the goddamn tutorial again. After I already did and started my own city.
What. The. Fuck. This game is a trainwreck.
What. The. Fuck. This game is a trainwreck.
Thanks, at least I know its not just me. I started to test different drivers.
I totally thought you were talking about real people and the game... Then I figured it out.
Gaming Truth
Member
So what's the point of resources being used up so fast? Literally, an ore town can be drained from max to zero in, what, 4 game months or something like that? Tons of complaints about water too. It's like they want us to spend 4 hours in a city, then move on.
I think you'll need to start importing water....?
I wonder, should I get rid of all my lower-level schools (grade school, comm. college, etc) and only leave my University in the city? I feel like the lower-level ones are "hogging" all the students, and then nobody goes to University... can anyone add to this? I don't think it's a ladder-system, but an either/or...
I'm already importing water. I don't think it's a realistic solution, I dried up my city in a matter of hours, what will happen when no one in the cluster has water left?
Edit: And I just got a message about that, the city that was sending me water will stop doing it soon because it's drying.
The kids gotta grow up and go from school to school.
Really? because I have hardly anyone going to University while TONS are in grade school...
kingofthedead45
Member
This is exactly it. I found my self(and I'm not even sure how to get it to work, I just ended up giving up) finding myself needing more industry zoning and decided to claim a land next to my current city and have it only industry.(Not sure if this works seeing as it wasn't when I was playing) So I can have more area in my actual city to put residential and commerical
Don't the data layers tell you how much oil is in the area so you know where to build?
Yes, although the more relevant phrasing is that they require workers. Hope you didn't need that water pump running in the next few seconds.
Just wondering if there was a non-pollution way of creating jobs. Industrial really pollutes the whole place.
Good they deserve this.
Larger plot seems pretty good.
Can you play this game with just the one city? All this talk of multiple cities across a region don't interest me much at all. Or can I set up a private region and let my kids develop neighbouring cities? (Would I need 2/3 copies then though, or could they use mine when I'm not playing?)
Marty Chinn
Member
Wait, the online servers are causing the crashing? I mean good that it's not something on my end but WTF? So terrible!
cripterion
Member
Wait a second... you guys are queuing to play the game solo or trying to get into special regions? How does this work?
So water is going to be the game's microtransaction-powered currency, then?
Ugh, this is the worst. Can't believe how quickly it runs out.
timetokill
Banned
What's the best way to deal with garbage? DD1 needs somebody to specialize in garbage destruction I've had to resort to burning mine because I ran out of landfill space.
I've had to resort to burning mine because I ran out of landfill space.Oil isn't so bad. But since you need jobs that also give you money instead of taking it, not really. Industrial doesn't have to be in your city, but if you want to build a tourist/commercial city someone else is going to have to have industry in the region before you arrive.
I wanted to buy it too, but will wait and maybe even "waitwait".
This is no bait, please - just a comic from Dorkly.
*clicky
BigJonsson
Member
107k people in my city
Survived a zombie attack and an earthquake......but that forced me to bulldoze some smaller buildings which were immediately replaced by higher density structures
I need my neighbours to buy my oil
timetokill
Banned
I'm definitely seeing how vital it is to have neighbor cooperation. Hopefully we get more DD1 gaffers on in the next day or so. I'm out of water already XD
start treating your sewage and upgrading your water facilities to treat polluted water.
EvilDick34
Banned
Wait what? These cities are surrounded by water and you cannot take from this water source?