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KePoW

Banned
Mazdarati said:
Simcity is a visual stunner, but has serious issues. I'm guessing all these things will be ironed out(modded) to our liking hopefully in the near future.
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I think the game mechanics issues will eventually be ironed out, but I don't think in the "near future".

I don't regret buying the game at all, I've put about 60 hours so far and it's been fun. But they do need to fix the mechanics.
 
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Metalmurphy

Member
I see they just patched traffic AI.

Any words on how it is now?


&#8226; Traffic Improvements: Tuned traffic congestion and fixed some intersection traffic issues.
&#8226; Traffic improvements: Emergency Vehicles will drive in empty lanes to get around traffic at intersections.
&#8226; Traffic improvements: Emergency and Delivery vehicles get priority over regular traffic when leaving garage.
&#8226; All units and buildings can now be demolished using the bulldoze tool.
&#8226; Performance improvements for low spec systems.
&#8226; New Server: Asia 2 will be released Tuesday afternoon (PDT)!
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Those 2 are god sends if they work right.
 
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Dead Prince

Banned
Metalmurphy said:
I see they just patched traffic AI.

Any words on how it is now?




Those 2 are god sends if they work right.
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as long as they don't play circle still i had that thing happen to me. all my ambulance were stuck in one area even after i demolished the road so they won't circle around the same area lol.
 
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storybook77

Member
GayForMaster said:
Dem reviews. Apparently this game is shitty? I don't normally take reviews to heart though.
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I think right now to call it an average game would be fair for most people. Some people are still managing to have fun despite the flaws, now that the majority of us can log on and play without much fuss.

If you're one of those on the fence, I'd wait a couple of more patches unless you just really want to get that free game.
 
TriniTrin

TriniTrin

war of titties grampa
storybook77 said:
I think right now to call it an average game would be fair for most people. Some people are still managing to have fun despite the flaws, now that the majority of us can log on and play without much fuss.

If you're one of those on the fence, I'd wait a couple of more patches unless you just really want to get that free game.
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I have been having fun with this game but some of the gameplay balancing issues have made me put it on the backburner until they get sorted out. Id say go with what storybook said and either wait or get now for the free game.
 
-tetsuo-

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
Rentahamster said:
Reading through the various other SimCity threads...

Am I just experiencing selective memory here, or are a lot of the irrationally positive comments about SimCity made by junior members? I feel like there is a a thin veneer of shilling going on here. I like playing the game and all, but I'd be one of the first to admit that there are major problems with it, and that they clearly fucked up a lot of shit. Just because I like to play a game doesn't necessarily make it a "good" game, generally speaking.
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I think it is actually a good game wrapped in some bone headed design. Im not even talking DRM, these city sizes are too small and the match,aking is TERRIBLE. I have yet to play on a region i have not created, and be live me, i have tried.
 
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TheGreyHulk

Member
Metalmurphy said:
I see they just patched traffic AI.

Any words on how it is now?




Those 2 are god sends if they work right.
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I hope it's fixed... Traffic has been holding me back from playing the game more. Been playing my personal tri-city region and these fixes are exactly what i need now... that and cheetah speed damnit
 
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Johnny Dazzle

Member
Metalmurphy said:
I'm not noticing any differences lol.


I mean, ambulances seem to go for the lane with less cars, but that doesn't help much.
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Yeah that was pretty much only difference I saw as well.


On an unrelated note, my casino city has just nosedived and I have next to no tourists coming to my city any more. Can anyone help out and as to why that would happen all of a sudden?
 
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drizzle

Axel Hertz
DivineRage002 said:
What does gaf think?

A: buy simcity and get sim city 4 free
B: buy sim city 4 on steam
C: stick with cities xl 2012
D: other
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1) Buy SimCity and get NEed for Speed Most Wanted for free.
2) Get SimCity 4 when its 5 bucks on Steam's Summer Sale
3) play all the good games
 
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DivineRage002

Member
I guess I'll go with a mix of B and C and stick with Cities XL until a steam sale.

I jus wish Cities XL had disasters, the game gets too static once you built stuff.
 
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storybook77

Member
Quick and crude MS Paint picture for post patch firetruck AI....

Yellow = pre-patch
Red = Post patch

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The area circled in black was heavily congested at the time of the firetrucks departure from that fire station the red arrow is pointing too.
 
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storybook77

Member
SteveWinwood said:
bahahahaha
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Now I may have to rethink that design a bit, make a road closer to that fire station on the other side and see if it will cut up through there.

Which would be an improvement to say the least, the traffic had just cleared that one cluster of intersections right as the truck arrived at the house.

It was nice to see the fire truck go away from the shit load of traffic for once.
 
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KaYotiX

Banned
Traffic seems smarter to me from what I have seen. City is only 12k atm but a lot of the emergency vehicles seems to be taking better routes as well.
 
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Septimius

Junior Member
storybook77 said:
Quick and crude MS Paint picture for post patch firetruck AI....

Yellow = pre-patch
Red = Post patch



The area circled in black was heavily congested at the time of the firetrucks departure from that fire station the red arrow is pointing too.
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This is why you never place zones or buildings facing into avenues. The only way that firetruck can turn is right when it comes out, so it's already far behind. If it's a congested street, you're in even more trouble.
 
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DEO3

Member
Septimius said:
This is why you never place zones or buildings facing into avenues. The only way that firetruck can turn is right when it comes out, so it's already far behind. If it's a congested street, you're in even more trouble.
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What's interesting though is many buildings create a turning lane in avenues that lets vehicles enter and exit in either direction, trade depots come to mind for example. I'm not sure they didn't make it so all buildings are able to do this.
 
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Metalmurphy

Member
Why does my city still have power and water costs with no buildings at all and no regional trades?


*edit*

They fixed the money transfer "bug" for a "pause locked" city. Just got my 300k that were stuck in limbo.


*edit2*

Scratch that... I can claim the city but I can't build anything in it lolol
 
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-GJ-

Member
So Godzilla showed up and decided to wreck my airport. It's still active, but the runway is all kinds of fucked up and I can't put a second runway next to it anymore. Is there any way to solve this, other than to wreck it and rebuild?

HLbSxe7.jpg
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Also, I can't seem to get more than 5000 people in this city. No matter how much green zones I build. I almost filled the whole map with green zones by now, haha.

edit: Seems like the whole airport is glitched. Uploading a video now.

edit: Video up; http://youtu.be/5VaAUYXhVuQ
 
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brentech

Member
KaYotiX said:
Traffic seems smarter to me from what I have seen. City is only 12k atm but a lot of the emergency vehicles seems to be taking better routes as well.
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My 75k city is gridlocked with traffic. I have earned decent money with it so far, and have a lot of things unlocked, so after my research for better solar panels finishes I might doze everything and start over and hope that the issue doesn't fix itself in cities where the traffic situation is already a mess.

My city was real efficient and never had a problem up to 50k population. Now, it's like there is always traffic backed up everywhere. It got out of hand real fast.
 
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Tempy

don't ask me for codes
I'm glad you can delete the random junk plots which industrial zones sometimes generate without having to doze roads now.
 
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Fumoffu

Neo Member
Well, just lost my entire city and 2 days of progress with a shared region with friends. Kept getting rolled back every 15 minutes, so I quit the game. I came back and yep, nothing there. Bug report sent. I think I am done with this game for now, I thought the server issues were behind us 2 weeks later, guess not.
 
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Mayyhem

Member
So i got that thing pop up on origin about redeeming my free game yesterday but I needed to think about it so i ignored it. I'm ready to make my choice, how do I do that lol? i don't see it anywhere on origin
 
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Gandie

Member
Mayyhem said:
So i got that thing pop up on origin about redeeming my free game yesterday but I needed to think about it so i ignored it. I'm ready to make my choice, how do I do that lol? i don't see it anywhere on origin
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In the toolbar -> Origin -> There is a sub point called Daily Offers or something similar.
 
Ardenyal

Ardenyal

Member
Redeemed BF3 although I've already had it on console, need to check the 64 player madness.

Traffic seemed better when I quickly checked my town. It does fluctuate a bit though, one road goes yellow then every car goes the other way. It's a bit of a back and forth in my town but it's better than it was before, the main road would be red most times of the day.
 
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FordGTGuy

Banned
Ardenyal said:
Redeemed BF3 although I've already had it on console, need to check the 64 player madness.

Traffic seemed better when I quickly checked my town. It does fluctuate a bit though, one road goes yellow then every car goes the other way. It's a bit of a back and forth in my town but it's better than it was before, the main road would be red most times of the day.
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Make sure to setup regional buses and trains to ease up out of town traffic.
 
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Mazdarati

Neo Member
lexi said:
I keep getting my city rolled back, too. Extremely frustrating, maybe I'll wait till there's an offline mode.
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Hmm...this just started happening to me today as well. Every 15 min or so there's an "error" requiring a rollback. I wonder if today's patch has something to do with it.
 
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sk3

Banned
I don't see it in the patch notes but has anyone noticed a difference with how police/fire/ambulances are dispatched? I believe it was mentioned somewhere maybe on the blog that they were going to change it so only 1 truck/car would be dispatched to each incident. i.e. no more 8 fire trucks going out for a single fire.
 
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