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SimCity |OT| It's not the simulation or city that matter, it's <parameter: string>

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Row

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Is there an easier way to make grid systems nice and even? really uglies up your city when intersections and corners are uneven
 
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BolognaSoup

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Rentahamster said:
And the bandwagon hits keep on coming!

hehe

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That is awesome. Is it real because that's what I said they should do yesterday and people said I was nuts.
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
N-Bomb said:
Am I wrong, or are a lot of the analytics from previous games missing? I can't see a listing of unemployment, for example.
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Click on the population number at the bottom of the UI, then details. You'll get all sorts of data on your population, incl. commuters.
 
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CzarTim

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N-Bomb said:
Am I wrong, or are a lot of the analytics from previous games missing? I can't see a listing of unemployment, for example.
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When you click your population total at the bottom of the screen, it brings up a menu which breaks that stuff down.

edit: damn you smiley!
 
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Jhriad

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After seeing the same error for what must be the 40th time I think it's finally pushed me over the edge. If I can't get into my city after I get home from some work in an hour I'll pack the disk up and take it back to Best Buy. Thankfully I'm pretty well acquainted with the staff given how frequently I'm in the store so I think I'll be able to at least get some store credit or something.
 
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munroe

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Aww man, I'm meant to be picking this up tomorrow (from the UK), been watching all the streams and so desperately want to play, I just keep thinking, maybe I'll get lucky and be able to play.... but then reading all these posts about server issues, they just seem to be getting even worse!

Now they've disabled achievements and leaderboards.. what next? So conflicted...
 
thelurkinghorror

thelurkinghorror

Member
First day: people came home and as expected the european server bombed hard.

Is better go to sleep early and wake up at 4:00 A.M for some smooth gameplay.
 
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f0rk

Member
munroe said:
Aww man, I'm meant to be picking this up tomorrow (from the UK), been watching all the streams and so desperately want to play, I just keep thinking, maybe I'll get lucky and be able to play.... but then reading all these posts about server issues, they just seem to be getting even worse!

Now they've disabled achievements and leaderboards.. what next? So conflicted...
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Just imagine the release date is sometime next week instead and get it then
 
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N-Bomb

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gamma said:
You know you did something wrong when the beta runs more stable than the finished product.
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The zoning looked nicer in the dev vids I saw, too. I liked the coloured space, not just the border. :(


CzarTim said:
When you click your population total at the bottom of the screen, it brings up a menu which breaks that stuff down.

edit: damn you smiley!
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Thanks both. I've looked in there a couple times, but maybe I need to look deeper!
 
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Dead Prince

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gamma said:
You know you did something wrong when the beta runs more stable than the finished product.
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someone on fb commented on my post on the sim page saying that the beta was suppose to gouge when the game is released. some others were saying it won't be down lol.
 
Rentahamster

Rentahamster

Rodent Whores
They're gonna disable a few features in order to reduce strain on the servers.

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellane...rver-Updates-Ongoing-Today/m-p/654146#U654146


We are continuing to do everything we can to address the server issues. In the meantime, so that we can give you as good an experience as possible, we are in the process of deploying a hotfix to all servers. This includes various improvements and also disables a few non-critical gameplay features (leaderboards, achievements and region filters). Disabling these features will in no way affect your core gameplay experience.



We will continue to let you know as we have more information. We know it has been said before, but we do appreciate your patience as we complete this latest update. Getting you playing is our absolute highest priority.
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I told them in all 3 betas that they needed to test this more. I can't say that I didn't warn them.
 
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RoKKeR

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DMPrince said:
someone on fb commented on my post on the sim page saying that the beta was suppose to gouge when the game is released. some others were saying it won't be down lol.
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I don't think the beta had nearly as many players trying to get in and play.
 
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Dead Prince

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RoKKeR said:
I don't think the beta had nearly as many players trying to get in and play.
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i know. but some thought it would hold up at launch. i should bump up the post just to troll them.

sangreal said:
I can't even load the forum, but if true.... wow.
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* Fix for crash caused most commonly occurring on servers experiencing lag. This crash would happen most often when claiming a new city when playing in a region.
* Fix for server select dialog not appearing on start-up if the server the player was last on is not available.
* Disabled Cheetah speed. Cheetah speed is is now the same as llama speed.
* Crash fix for finding closest points.
* Crash fixes in transport and pedestrian code.
* A fix cities having processing problems associated with helicopters.
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goldsoundz

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sangreal said:
I can't even load the forum, but if true.... wow.
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Hahahahahahaha

This is INSANE. I wasn't too miffed about the server instability, but now they're taking features out of the game. Cheetah speed is a pretty huge feature. Gonna be waiting so much longer for the simoleans to come in.
 
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Brinbe

Member
hahahahahha, unbelievable. Taking out fucking cheetah speed? Seriously!? Just shut it the fuck down at this point. What a snowballing mess of hilarity. Fuck you, EA.
 
Rentahamster

Rentahamster

Rodent Whores
Dang. I've participated in 3 paid betas so far with 3 out of the 4 major PC releases I've had in the recent past: Final Fantasy 14, Diablo III, and now SimCity.

XCOM was the only game that was fucking awesome, 98% of the time. Fuck I love XCOM.

<3 Firaxis. Jake Soloman can have my babies.

To be fair, though, I did end up spending a lot of time eventually with FF14 and Diablo III.
 
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RoKKeR

Member
EagleBurnn said:
God I feel embarrassed for getting this game at launch over Tomb Raider. Should have waited a month for this...
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Eh, it'll be great in a week. I switched my purchase from Tomb Raider to this at the last minute, and despite the server issues I'm glad I did. TR is a play it once, forget about it type of game for me, and already I've gotten more game time from SimCity than I would have from Tomb Raider.
 
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LiquidSword

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RoKKeR said:
The hell? That actually annoys me quite a bit. I can understand why server-side simulation might be overloaded but that is a core function of the game.
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Yeah me as well. I wasn't even considering trying to get a refund because I love the game when it works, but I'm considering it now. This clusterfuck is now worse than Diablo's
 
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Dead Prince

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RoKKeR said:
Eh, it'll be great in a week. I switched my purchase from Tomb Raider to this at the last minute, and despite the server issues I'm glad I did. TR is a play it once, forget about it type of game for me, and already I've gotten more game time from SimCity than I would have from Tomb Raider.
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i give it 2 weeks to sort out the kinks.
 
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EagleBurnn

Banned
RoKKeR said:
Eh, it'll be great in a week. I switched my purchase from Tomb Raider to this at the last minute, and despite the server issues I'm glad I did. TR is a play it once, forget about it type of game for me, and already I've gotten more game time from SimCity than I would have from Tomb Raider.
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Yeah, that's originally why I went with SC. No matter how good each game was, I felt like I was going to get more playtime from SC regardless. TR looks like a good 3-day rent though...

I guess I'm still glad I chose SimCity, but not playing a game at launch really does kill the hype.
 
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storybook77

Member
I just want them to get it fixed so I can at least play tonight. :(

I have to go out of town this weekend. I guess I could install it on my wife's laptop.
 
Jibbajabbawockky

Jibbajabbawockky

Member
goldsoundz said:
LlamaCity

This is honestly getting to be comical now. I never expected things to be smooth, always online games never are, but taking out a key gameplay feature? That's a new one as far as I know.
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Yeah... damn, I don't have the game but did actually enjoy the beta. I figured there would be some problems with launch but didn't think it would be as bad as it looks like it is right now. This just looks like a disaster right at the same level as Diablo 3.
 
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rrs

Member
Jibbajabbawockky said:
Yeah... damn, I don't have the game but did actually enjoy the beta. I figured there would be some problems with launch but didn't think it would be as bad as it looks like it is right now. This just looks like a disaster right at the same level as Diablo 3.
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It's worse than D3's launch
 
Rentahamster

Rentahamster

Rodent Whores
ConfusingJazz said:
Oh great. Half the time spent in the game is waiting for money to accumulate.

Sorry guys in ttk's region, probably not going to research anything anytime soon, despite having three schools in my university.
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I think there might be an option for other people to start a project if they front the money. If not, others can just gift you the monies.
 
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