SuicideUZI
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oh ok, I had my trade port set to export everything. I will try to set it to local and see if that helps
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SimCity |OT| It's not the simulation or city that matter, it's <parameter: string>
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oh ok, I had my trade port set to export everything. I will try to set it to local and see if that helps
Hope you like Spore!
Dunkelgrau
Member
So, beside the server-problems, there are a lot of gameplay-problems, too, right?
I dont really have time to play Sim City, but I want to try it, because I like the graphics: It looks so awesome! And I like the interface, too.
May it will be a much better game in one month?
lol, I least I don't have that one.
]blacky[;50262195 said:
Yeah it should be much better once they get a few of the major issues patched up. I'd just keep an eye on this thread for updates in a couple weeks.
That'd be disappointing. I want The Saboteur. That game rules, and I don't own it on a DD service yet.
I've just lost my city. I was playing solo. Just came back home, wanted to load it, and it told me it had issues and proposed a rollback, which I accepted. The game said it would take a few minutes.
So I quit the game to do something else, and once I started it again, no resume option, nothing. I have to start from scratch.
As a consumer I really feel sad and stupid to have given Maxis/EA my money for a non-functional product. Not being able to back up saves manually is dramatic.
So I quit the game to do something else, and once I started it again, no resume option, nothing. I have to start from scratch.
As a consumer I really feel sad and stupid to have given Maxis/EA my money for a non-functional product. Not being able to back up saves manually is dramatic.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
viridian woods 3 has one spot left.
Yeah saw that. More informative and coherent than most other reviews I've read.
flashburn2012
Member
Another patch. Cheetah speed maybe?
flashburn2012
Member
No cheetah speed, traffic still retarded, Fuck You Maxis/EA.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Pretty sure you need a retail or industrial zone that also falls on land with a medium property value.
Well written review.
The more I play this game, the less I like it. For me the game's best moments are in the very beginning during the brain storming stage. It's the part of the game where there's so much possibility.
But then reality sets in and all the flaws come out. Shame, really.
stufte
Member
ok, now i understand:
Nothing wrong with 1page design docs, even for a game like sim city.
ok, now i understand:
One's design process is not the silver bullet for a broken, buggy game.
There is no standard, nor should there be, as each team has built their own development culture that fits their needs.
Ha, nice touch leaving those messages on the end.
sorijealut
Member
For the AMD graphics card owners, a new beta driver has been released with SimCity improvements:
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-3WINBetaDriver.aspx
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-3WINBetaDriver.aspx
ugh_the_boot
Banned
I finally caved and bought this POS. I've had it for about 4 days and finally got to have a decent run with it last night. I think i've pretty much done all I can with this game because the map size along with the sewerage and water systems have completely ruined the experience for me! I hate how you have to keep building new sewerage systems, is there no way to upgrade so you don't have to keep replacing this and the water facilities? Once all the water runs out in a map what are you supposed to do? Build a new city?! Umm I don't think so....the major drawcard for me buying this game was so I can keep working on my city slowly over time and have it develop into something amazing that I can keep going back to, but the shitty city size and these two amenities are ruining it. I also started a huge 16 zone map but if the ground keeps getting polluted and resources keep running out I know I will have to replace cities eventually and I really don't want that.
Unless i'm missing something (please help if you know solutions around the above problems) I don't feel like playing this game anymore. I was really enjoying this as well and because i've realised over the last few months the only games I can play now are ones either with loot, online co-op or sim/building/base games or quick fix arcade shmups I don't have many games I can get into. I'm having real trouble with any story based games as they just bore me now. Couldn't finish Dead Space 3 (i'm on chapter 18 lol), couldn't play more than a couple of hours on either of the Batman games and don't wanna buy GOW: Ascension, so I just don't wanna waste my money and really be selective of my purchases - wow what a way to waste it on an EA game eh? I haven't had any server issues except for the game slowing to a crawl every now and again (fixed with an Origina restart) and the always online doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Can anyone recommend any games like this I can buy? The last time I played something like this was Viva Pinata 1&2 and before that I think the original Theme Park. I'd much rather pick something up on the PC as playing these building games with a mouse is preferable. I'm thinking the expansion to SC2 might be the way to go but I would really love something where I can just sit there and build for hours on end instead of worrying about time limits, story etc. SC2 is good, but I just wanna take a couple of days to build a massive fortress then attack when I get bored of it and found that quite hard to do on SC2 (even on the skirmish mode). I'm thinking Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 but I would really love something new because i'm a graphics whore and like having excellent (up-to-date) graphcis when I play. Please don't recommend Sim City 4 because it doesn't have the graphical component I am looking for.
Some help would be much appreciated as I haven't been keeping up with PC games and only built one to play Diablo 3. Now that I got a good one I am open to some games like this I may have missed in the past year or two (nothing older than that unless it looks amazing).
Unless i'm missing something (please help if you know solutions around the above problems) I don't feel like playing this game anymore. I was really enjoying this as well and because i've realised over the last few months the only games I can play now are ones either with loot, online co-op or sim/building/base games or quick fix arcade shmups I don't have many games I can get into. I'm having real trouble with any story based games as they just bore me now. Couldn't finish Dead Space 3 (i'm on chapter 18 lol), couldn't play more than a couple of hours on either of the Batman games and don't wanna buy GOW: Ascension, so I just don't wanna waste my money and really be selective of my purchases - wow what a way to waste it on an EA game eh? I haven't had any server issues except for the game slowing to a crawl every now and again (fixed with an Origina restart) and the always online doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Can anyone recommend any games like this I can buy? The last time I played something like this was Viva Pinata 1&2 and before that I think the original Theme Park. I'd much rather pick something up on the PC as playing these building games with a mouse is preferable. I'm thinking the expansion to SC2 might be the way to go but I would really love something where I can just sit there and build for hours on end instead of worrying about time limits, story etc. SC2 is good, but I just wanna take a couple of days to build a massive fortress then attack when I get bored of it and found that quite hard to do on SC2 (even on the skirmish mode). I'm thinking Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 but I would really love something new because i'm a graphics whore and like having excellent (up-to-date) graphcis when I play. Please don't recommend Sim City 4 because it doesn't have the graphical component I am looking for.
Some help would be much appreciated as I haven't been keeping up with PC games and only built one to play Diablo 3. Now that I got a good one I am open to some games like this I may have missed in the past year or two (nothing older than that unless it looks amazing).
DryvBy
Member
Thanks. I was going to put way more video footage on there from different gamers having issues, but StarCraft II was calling me.
I was having this problem as well. The trick is once you're able to buy the sewage treatment center, place it on an area of your city that has clean water, and place your water facility next to it. The water facility seems to take your sewage and output clean water. It's a weird solution but it seems to work.
but yeah..this game has serious problems.
gutterboy44
Member
Any GAFers on North America East 2 need a player? I am making some good cities these days, want to join up with some others.
Edit: Add me if you want. Origin ID: Gutterboy4444
Edit: Add me if you want. Origin ID: Gutterboy4444
ugh_the_boot
Banned
Wow really? That seems like a good solution. In my first city I had a treatment centre for my water and it was on polluted ground but the water levels were still poor. I may have missed a water tower somewhere that was still on polluted ground but i'm not sure. Does the water become perfectly clean? Cuz I think the quality level was around 50%
ok, now i understand:
1 pagers are the basis of all games. If a game's core concept design can't fit one page, it's not concise, has too much feature creeping, and the designer has no idea what they want in the game.
I haven't read that doc, but I'm saying that being concise is not a bad thing.
You'd have to be completely ignorant if anyone thinks high production games don't have more than 1 page for documentation.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
I don't even own the game and I believe water treatment plants produce clean water around it which you can then reuse with water buildings.
Edit: apparently I need to read all posts before posting, someone got you covered already
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Um, how many GDD's have you actually seen? I've read plenty that are much more than one page, a really good design doc covers many, many aspects of the game's development. Sure, a GDD can be one page, but many high profile games (many games in general) have had very large GDD's, I'd bet that most high production games do.
LightofRohan
Member
I'm just curious, I don't have the game but I've been watching all this madness around it. If they called this game SimCity: ONLINE. Would that have circumvented a lot of the complaints?
endresults
Member
It wouldn't have excused the shit launch and the fact that a lot of things aren't working - or working right - yet.
But yeah, maybe.
I dont think it would, because as has been proven, there is nothing intrinsically needed to run online. I think it would have been perceived, still, as ninja drm.
Raven77
Member
You know, I was really willing to give Maxis the benefit of the doubt, give them time to fix this mess, but they REALLY need to quit telling me how I'm SUPPOSED to play the damn game.
I BOUGHT the damn game, and I'll PLAY the damn game however I want. Don't try to tell me I don't want an offline mode.
I BOUGHT the damn game, and I'll PLAY the damn game however I want. Don't try to tell me I don't want an offline mode.
Just double click the treatment plant and the water pump and you upgrade it. No need to place a new one. Water running out has already been answered it seems too.
SuicideUZI
Member
aside from the obvious needed improvements I would like an option to "pre-plop" for lack of a better word all the add-ons of a building, basically just reserve the space so I know exactly where I can and cant build around it
I would also like better guides on exactly how much space RCI zones will need in order to become high density and/or possibly a warning of some kind when zoning if it will not be able to grow to full density
I would also like better guides on exactly how much space RCI zones will need in order to become high density and/or possibly a warning of some kind when zoning if it will not be able to grow to full density
IISANDERII
Member
Why do I feel so damn guilty enjoying the fuck out of this game? It's so addicting.
The cities do feel extremely claustrophobic though. I'm REALLY hoping they add way bigger sizes. That said for 20 bucks I couldn't pass it up. I don't mind waiting for fixes at that price.
I also had one car that wouldn't fucking move. I have no idea what happened, but it just sat there backing up ALL of traffic. For a while I thought it was like some car accident backing up traffic, but it NEVER moved. I ended up just demolishing and rebuilding the road.
It's so addicting. The cities do feel extremely claustrophobic though. I'm REALLY hoping they add way bigger sizes. That said for 20 bucks I couldn't pass it up. I don't mind waiting for fixes at that price.
Fuck you Ashley BeasleyHeh
I also had one car that wouldn't fucking move. I have no idea what happened, but it just sat there backing up ALL of traffic. For a while I thought it was like some car accident backing up traffic, but it NEVER moved. I ended up just demolishing and rebuilding the road.
There are GDDs and there are docs called 1-Pagers.
I'm in game development, so I've read and made hundreds of docs.
Not defending the city corruption crap but did you really quit in the middle of a rollback and complain that it was now broke for good?
That price better be placeholder like the text.
Kinky John
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