same here.
talked to amazon chat and they gave me the discount again without any hesitation.
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talked to amazon chat and they gave me the discount again without any hesitation.
Cjdamon042
Member
Compressed JPEGs with no AA don't really do the game justice, but yes, it's very pretty.
And there was one on Wednesday that only lasted 4 hours but it was the full unlocked game.
If my 540M can do it, then you shouldn't have any problems.
timetokill
Banned
I sent Friend Requests to everyone (whose Origin ID was listed) in Discovery Delta I. Excited to be playing with you all soon
(Origin ID: cannibalchef)
(Origin ID: cannibalchef)
Hmmm, referring to if 4 universities will fit students from 16 cities, with who knows how many residents per city.
Nonetheless, Thursday can't come soon enough.
FearMyWrench
Member
My Amazon pre-order has disappeared too.. Amazon, what are you doing?!?
RedWaltz79
Neo Member
If you chat with customer service, they will give you the discount again; just vent your frustration. I suggest using the chat window option.
Apllied for the new region, this time i put my origin id.
Hope it's all correct since it's my first time with origin (had to register just to pre-order my game).
It should, and if not, that's what dormitories are for! Plus, you can always build the cheaper education buildings yourself, too, to cover basic needs
I don't get why they are cancelling orders over a pre-load issue. Smells like BS to me. I'm guessing they just don't want to offer the discount.
FearMyWrench
Member
Yeah, I will probably contact them in a bit because I do want the discount but the whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Why are they cancelling orders without any notification? If I didn't pay attention to this thread it's possible I would have never noticed until Tuesday. And if we can get the discount back... why are they cancelling in the first place?
Metalmurphy
Member
Tmac, register again, somene else took ur city first.
Added my origin id.
FearMyWrench
Member
Oh I did get that email. But nowhere in there does it indicate they will be cancelling my order, just that the pre-load is no longer available. In fact it says quite the opposite:
I got the email saying "no pre-load", which I figured after nothing happened yesterday, but nothing about outright cancelling my order. Although it no longer appears on my "My Video Games" page, either. And when I attempt to look for recent orders, it no longer appears.
dubya-tee-eff
dubya-tee-eff
flashburn2012
Member
Could use some Origin buddies. Just sent a PM to get added to the list.
Origin name: flashburn2012
Origin name: flashburn2012
goldsoundz
Member
I've never heard of Amazon doing this before. Bizarre.
Glad I ordered the physical copy.
Glad I ordered the physical copy.
Unhandled Exception
Member
I may be a sucker but I'd pay top dollar for a Blade Runner tileset DLC.
added origin id
that would be great.
So has it been confirmed yet that the current city zones have a significant amount of space between them in the region because they intend to allow every area in the future to scale from 2km x 2km to 4km x 4km? Or to give the option to certain users at a later date?
I didn't really understand why there was so much space between cities on the maps until Ocean Quigley went on record saying they intended to increase the size of cities over time.
I didn't really understand why there was so much space between cities on the maps until Ocean Quigley went on record saying they intended to increase the size of cities over time.
Unhandled Exception
Member
Uh, no, I think you misunderstood. Current city sizes will NOT increase, if anything new regions with bigger cities will be added as DLC.
There is space between the cities because 2x2 is the maximum that glassbox can comfortably handle. Space between the cities allows for nice depth of field so it doesn't need to simulate them as well. If they were closer, the game would either need to simulate them (which it can't) or you'd have a dead city right next to your living city, which would brutally break the immersion.
So no, current cities will NOT be increased. There's good reasons for why they're apart.
I sure as hell hope not, I had a discount on that order.
I'm not going to re-order somewhere else until I'm 100% sure that my order has been completely cancelled. As of now, their email seems to imply that it will reappear on the 5th, and I don't want to end up with two copies.
Based on the reddit thread, people have talked to customer reps online, explained the situation and gotten $15 off the order by purchasing it again. Poor action on Amazon's part
macfoshizzle
Member
is this the max size of a city?
if it is, wow how disappointing.
if it is, wow how disappointing.
I humbly submit Tartarus (or Tartaros), the place where the Titans were thrown/kept after the Olympians defeated them. It fits with the "Titan Gorge" theme, but it also plays on the idea of MetalMurphy as Zeus, keeping himself and friends in the lofty "green" section (Gaia), plunging us below the watery Discovery Delta (Pontus), into the pit of Titan's Gorge.
Because he fears us
Origin ID: AGKBrooklyn
Just a heads up that I may not be able to accept requests and invite until the evening of the 5th. I'll try to get on for the midnight release, but I don't know if my schedule will permit.
I should be good for some late night running on the 5th and 6th. Schedule clears up a lot after the 7th. Can't wait!
Just a heads up that I may not be able to accept requests and invite until the evening of the 5th. I'll try to get on for the midnight release, but I don't know if my schedule will permit.
I should be good for some late night running on the 5th and 6th. Schedule clears up a lot after the 7th. Can't wait!
CJ, you should put something like the following in the OP:
"This is SimCity, where planning out an efficient, unique design for your city is an important part of gameplay, not an option! No longer can you mindlessly build a "jack of all trades" city without restrictions - Traffic, Resource sharing, Commuting, all this now needs to be taken into consideration. Your space will be limited, so take the challenge and create your unique cities! Let different cities in your region share responsibilities AND bonuses."
or so. Because I can see A LOT of people will complain very fast into the game, especially those that haven;t played the beta and/or have played previous SimCity titles, once they realize that space is limited. If you go into this game like into previous SimCity games, you will eventually run out of space, and then out of utilities and money. Now people can either be "this is BS there's not enough space" and leave (and that will no doubt happen), or be "mhmm I guess this game is a bit different, I will have to create multiple cities and departmentalize responsibilites... I'll drill in that city, go green in that city, make this city a trade hub..." and appreciate the work Glassbox can do. This is not just another SimCity, it's a different game, where old concepts won't work as well anymore.
Just a fair warning to everyone. You can try and make a "jack of all trades" city like in previous games, but if you realize that you run out of space, please consider that this isn't SimCity before trying to play it with the region in mind.
That said, bigger cities are probably coming, with higher hardware demands most likely.
"This is SimCity, where planning out an efficient, unique design for your city is an important part of gameplay, not an option! No longer can you mindlessly build a "jack of all trades" city without restrictions - Traffic, Resource sharing, Commuting, all this now needs to be taken into consideration. Your space will be limited, so take the challenge and create your unique cities! Let different cities in your region share responsibilities AND bonuses."
or so. Because I can see A LOT of people will complain very fast into the game, especially those that haven;t played the beta and/or have played previous SimCity titles, once they realize that space is limited. If you go into this game like into previous SimCity games, you will eventually run out of space, and then out of utilities and money. Now people can either be "this is BS there's not enough space" and leave (and that will no doubt happen), or be "mhmm I guess this game is a bit different, I will have to create multiple cities and departmentalize responsibilites... I'll drill in that city, go green in that city, make this city a trade hub..." and appreciate the work Glassbox can do. This is not just another SimCity, it's a different game, where old concepts won't work as well anymore.
Just a fair warning to everyone. You can try and make a "jack of all trades" city like in previous games, but if you realize that you run out of space, please consider that this isn't SimCity before trying to play it with the region in mind.
That said, bigger cities are probably coming, with higher hardware demands most likely.
Cjdamon042
Member
Yeah I can do that, adding it in now
That's seems logical to me. You don't have a giant city out of nowhere... usually you start with various small blobs that overtime becomes a large city / region. They even have a name for that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conurbation
It whouldnt be a surprise if after xxxx population in a given region your avaible land increase until you unlock the full map.
I would like that as a hidden feature but no. That won't happen.
I didn't. "We have to forward this to our Marketing and Promotion department" to check on the code and see if it can be reapplied.
Any other sites have deals on this? I'm not really keen on paying $60 for this.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
is this the max size of a city?
if it is, wow how disappointing.
Yes, until Maxis ups the city size with an expansion or DLC. Probably years from now.
I just pushed harder, said other dudes on reddit got the credit and I wasn't going to sit around 1-2 business days and wait for it maybe to work
I'm going to say that's probably not so much a limitation of the engine directly as it's a result of making the game as scalable as it is. With the level of simulation they've got going, and as many things going on at once, it would require a pretty beefy rig to handle a full-sized city over a 16-city-sized region. Grandma's netbook wouldn't be able to handle it.
City scale should be a settings option, like the graphics. Lower it until your system can run it.
nononono. I said it above, but no, everyone get that out of their heads right now
Current city sizes will not increase, if anything future cities will be added to new regions that are larger. Here is it straight from the devs:from: http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comments/17cjbl/impressions_from_a_long_time_sim_city_fan/c84b7l1
Additionally:
Among other things, yes. We're targeting 32-bit operating systems which means we have 2-3GB of addressable RAM at the top end. Beyond the memory constraints, the terrain/physics system was designed for the size we have, and would probably need some pretty serious sections rewritten and debugged. Pathfinding and agent interaction algorithms are worse than O
I wouldn't take anything off the table for the future--the feedback in this area has been loud and clear throughout the studio--but as a tech guy I think it's a huge task to make it work. That said, you can be assured we have Top Men thinking about the problem.