RedWaltz79
Neo Member
Because the majority of complaints are about servers and how people desperately want to play the game because it is fun, but can't.
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Because the majority of complaints are about servers and how people desperately want to play the game because it is fun, but can't.
Because the game itself is damn good. We want to play it.
Subterranean
Member
Yeah it is weird. I really want to buy this even though people are complaining. Hopefully my willpower stays strong until the server issue is fixed.
Back home if anyone signed up for Discovery Delta 2 still needs an invite. 7 out of the 14 people signed up so an update would be appreciated. We need you
Had 8 but fluffy abandoned his self-declared hellhole. You coming back to restart it?
Edit: Having an issue right now where I have a lot of buildings say "I miss going to school" What's happening? Plenty of bus stops and the schools remain active but still plenty of room. Not sure what to do.
I need mine too please !
LyleLanley
Banned
Back home if anyone signed up for Discovery Delta 2 still needs an invite. 7 out of the 14 people signed up so an update would be appreciated. We need you
Had 8 but fluffy abandoned his self-declared hellhole. You coming back to restart it?
Edit: Having an issue right now where I have a lot of buildings say "I miss going to school" What's happening? Plenty of bus stops and the schools remain active but still plenty of room. Not sure what to do.
I'm installing the game now so I'll need an invite sooner or later.
Watch it, in an hour you won't even be able to start origin anymore. Then Windows. then the door to your apartment won't open anymore.
Wait it out. I love the game but if I was having the issues everyone else was I'd be pissed. I'm so lucky server load is low when I can actually play the game.
yea i claimed my spot and sign out/back in and it doesn't let me choose the region again. i guess it will pop in soon? same thing happened with another region i joined.
Dead Prince
Banned
wondering why my money was so low. noticed all the parks i added for no reason. losing $4K on it at the moment. time to turn off half of it lol.
Same thing happened to me and I found that nobody was visiting half of them so I just bulldozed them.
RicardoNeftali
Member
Is that real life?
The amount of time I have spent trying to get on has been unbelievable, it stretches past 5-6 hours. The time I have spent actually playing today......3 minutes.
This is the worst I have ever felt about ANYTHING I own.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
how do you send messages in the "city log" window in menu screen?
Joke is on you, you don't own shit
can you not turn off disasters?
negreenfield
Member
Same here. Was going to buy yesterday but waiting it out until I hear issues are fixed. This is quite unlike me to wait though...
RicardoNeftali
Member
Touche.
timetokill
Banned
There's still a bunch of people from Discovery Delta 1 who haven't joined yet. SHOW YOURSELVES
Dead Prince
Banned
god. i hope my game saved. lol. it booted me just now.
I claimed my city an hour ago, build a bit of it then got booted out.
SaberVulcan
Member
I cannot figure out how to get this goddamn ferry terminal to plop down. Any hints?
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm sure I just lost a ton of progress. Servers were down as I was playing and I had to get off. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't able to synch up for over an hour. My city is still doomed. Living on a slow but steady dwindling oil supply. I'm refining much of it into fuel so at least I'm making the most out of it but I can see the day when it drys up and my city falls into economic collapse. If only the citizens could see what I can see, I wouldn't have an 80%+ approval rating.
You need to have a road close to the coast line. Then just place it right on the edge
Ferry and trade port terminal are SUCH a pain to put down though. it's impossible to predict where the road needs to be.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
"Our service is currently down. We are fixing the problem. Please check back soon."
Because it's Sim City. I hate always-on DRM, don't like EA (though Origin is okay), but I bought it anyway. Because it's Sim City. There are so few large-scale simulations, RTSs and TBSs around these days that I'm gonna jump on 'em first day due to sheer hunger for the genres.
I'm here!
I just haven't been able to get into the NA servers.
Right now I can't get into any of them.
timetokill
Banned
The servers are so fucked right now... even if you can log in, it often won't let you join a region or create a new one.
I created a region and it welcomed me as ~mayornamehere~ and then, no matter what I did, the city never got saved... meaning it was basically a phantom play session.
I created a region and it welcomed me as ~mayornamehere~ and then, no matter what I did, the city never got saved... meaning it was basically a phantom play session.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
How do I join in on this neogaf goodness? I've built like 5 lonely cities by myself....
SaberVulcan
Member
I probably spent 20 min and $50k of resources building/destroying roads trying to figure out the sweet spot. No idea what I am doing wrong.
I was very lucky with the trade port... it snapped immediately.
Chance Hale
Member
Bump, will say I just had my worst moment yet. Bulldozed my dumps to clear up room, set it to high speed and went and made a sandwich. I had forgotten to re-build the dumps and a bunch of people moved out :/
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I joined a buddy of mine's region and selected a spot of land to build in and it kept rejecting me from claiming it. When I finally was able to claim it, I started building and quit. When I tried to go back in and resume it kept saying I didn't have a city existing there and the land was still available, yet when I clicked on it to start again it said it was taken. About an hour later my city finally pops up in his region and I'm able to play.
The problem I'm having now is that I cannot name my city. Every time I change the name it reverts it back to it's default name "Settler's Run" a few seconds after I rename it. Annoying.
The problem I'm having now is that I cannot name my city. Every time I change the name it reverts it back to it's default name "Settler's Run" a few seconds after I rename it. Annoying.
Dead Prince
Banned
tomorrow won't get any better if UK players plan to pick up the title. they'll overflow back to NA if EU servers are shit. then there's another midnight tomorrow as well right? lol. shit will carry over well over the weekend. just have this week to do maintenance and server upgrade plz.
LyleLanley
Banned
Alright game is finally installed, can someone in Discovery Delta 2 send me an invite?
Well... at least it's not crashing any more.
Subterranean
Member
Yeah there is no reason to blame Maxis on the issues, they made a great game. All the hate should go towards EA and their horrible server debacle. Hope whatever EA is currently doing with the server maintenance will result in something positive.
Fixed1979
Member
I know the ferry terminal can be plopped without a road connection, and I'm pretty sure it's the same for the port terminal.
Right now I'm putting the blame on both Maxis and EA and that's only because the communication from both parties has been terrible. After trying to find some solid information, the most recent thing I found is from @derricks who is the "Online Lead" from 2 hours ago "We're still looking into it. Different environments are seeing different issues."
I had the same issue with my airport. I had planned out an area just for it so that it would have plenty of room. When time came to place it I couldnt get it to plop there. Bulldozed another area and it wouldnt go there either. The only place that it would go is in thr middle of my city. I put it down once and realized a road was blocking expansions so I bulldozed it and fixed it. Only to find out that I couldnt place another runway because the ground became too steep. Got the depots and terminals though. Wasted like 250k after everything.
Well the Origin issues got sorted out relatively fast. The server issues right now are Maxis' responsibility.
Brawndo Addict
Banned
One thing I've been curious about since seeing the GB quicklook is resource depletion. For example, what happens when your city (and ultimately your entire region), runs out of water? Does it just add a negative modifier like unhappiness or does it act as a sort of time limit on how long your city can survive? Do the water tables regenerate in any way that allows you to create sustainable consumption or is it just a inevitability that you cannot avoid?
Not sure what the best balance of realism and fun I'd prefer is. I like the idea of limited resources and making strategic decisions on how to best use them, but realistically, running out of water should be a city ending disaster, not just a negative modifier on some meters. Unlimited water isn't appealing either, so I'm not sure if there's any way to split the difference that would satisfy me.
Not sure what the best balance of realism and fun I'd prefer is. I like the idea of limited resources and making strategic decisions on how to best use them, but realistically, running out of water should be a city ending disaster, not just a negative modifier on some meters. Unlimited water isn't appealing either, so I'm not sure if there's any way to split the difference that would satisfy me.
Subterranean
Member
I think it is EA who is doing the server side stuff. I could be wrong though. Anyways whatever is going on behind the scenes hopefully is going to get things running smoothly.