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Anonymous !3Lx7qDPiTM Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:40:00 No.127566571 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>127568073 >>127569638 >>127571189 >>127571224

Holy shit why is this game so hard to make a profitable city, I'm barely holding my head above water, and why the fuck wont those commercial plots develop

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:42:00 No.127566884 Report

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bump for help.

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Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:43:00 No.127566947 Report

Quoted By: >>127568357 >>127569583 >>127570191

Perhaps this can help you, mayor.

oldshoes

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oldshoes Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:44:00 No.127567085 Report

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I will also post the rest of these incase you find anything helpful.

oldshoes

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oldshoes Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:45:00 No.127567178 Report

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oldshoes

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oldshoes

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oldshoes Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:46:00 No.127567394 Report

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That's all I got.

I hope they help you in some way in your hopefully long career as mayor of Sanica.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:49:00 No.127567650 Report

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>Enjoy the fuck out of SimCity and similar
>Suck at them
sads

gonna have to reinstall SC3000 one o these days and fail again

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:51:00 No.127567868 Report

Quoted By: >>127568357

What is a reliable way to get skyscrapers to pop up, my city has demand for them but every time I zone commercial it gets filled with small shops and shit, I have plazas around each plot.

Dr.Robotussin

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Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:52:00 No.127567999 Report

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>>127567394

Does the lot size matter that much or effect the way demand works?

foomonchoo !3Lx7qDPiTM

foomonchoo !3Lx7qDPiTM Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:53:00 No.127568073 Report

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>>127566571
>High school
>City college
>Residential neighborhood of a few hundred souls.
Found yer problems.

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:55:00 No.127568357 Report

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>>127567868

See >>127566947

Just tax the shit out of it and they should start to develop. Also education and demand are part of it too.

oldshoes

oldshoes Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:55:00 No.127568358 Report

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>>127567999
No lot sizes won't change your demand, however bigger lots can accommodate bigger buildings which either house or employ more Sims which can change demand.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:59:00 No.127568785 Report

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I just made a new city and in half the time it seems a bit more successful.

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:59:00 No.127568805 Report

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For anyone who wanted to play Sim City with people.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/simcitymulti

It's pretty much Sim City multiplayer. It uses a live updater to upload other peoples cities to your game and vise vers. It's actually really cool and easy to do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 10:59:00 No.127568828 Report

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OP, make your town a total shithole until you have above 10000 people. No water, minimal services, dirty industry up the ass. The only services you should have are schools (up to high school and later college) and some police in particularly troublesome spots. In the event of a fire, build a station, send the firemen out, then delete the station once it's over.
Are you adjusting the budget of individual buildings with the '?' tool in the lower left?

Once you're done with being a shithole, add water, tax dirty industry to convert to manufacturing, and add medium density residential zones

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:01:00 No.127569050 Report

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>>127568785

>Putting res next to industry.

Also try playing on a bigger map those are a lot more friendly for starters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:02:00 No.127569125 Report

Quoted By: >>127569394 >>127576934

What about Cities XL2012?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:03:00 No.127569210 Report

Quoted By: >>127569583

oldshoes, got a link to your mod pack thing?

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:05:00 No.127569394 Report

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>>127569125

I wouldn't take it from me but a lot of people say it's Sim City up to the part where you just lay the zones out. It's a very static game even with modern graphics.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:05:00 No.127569429 Report

Quoted By: >>127569618

How's my city

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:06:00 No.127569506 Report

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get mass transit, put toll booths on ALL THE ROADS

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:06:00 No.127569583 Report

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>>127569210
Are you that lazy?
>>127566947
It's right there
6xx7eob

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:07:00 No.127569618 Report

Quoted By: >>127569842 >>127570002 >>127570214 >>127570263

>>127569429

Ar diagnal roads actually afective or does it server more of a looks purpose?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:07:00 No.127569638 Report

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>>127566571
>profitable city

>implying cities are businesses

Wow, you Randroids have some funny ideas about governance.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:09:00 No.127569842 Report

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>>127569618
mostly looks

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:10:00 No.127569960 Report

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>>127569638
That is my goal going into these types of games. Im much more familiar with Tropico. Keeping the most profit possible, while keeping people happy enough to not go on strike or start shooting

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:10:00 No.127569974 Report

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Build a shitton more residential OP. You can't sustain an economy on that few people. Don't worry if their quality of life is shit at first, that's the biggest mistake, caring too much about your sims. If you zoned the whole damn map with residential they'd move in until the demend was zero, and then you could remove it as necessary, replacing it with residential and industry. Just zoning willy nilly will cause conjestion later unless you plan your city though.

Remember, you need a large supply of unwashed masses to work your factories, and only then can they spend money at your numerous used car dealerships and greasy pizzerias.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:10:00 No.127570002 Report

Quoted By: >>127570214 >>127570297

>>127569618
Why wouldn't diagonal roads work?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:12:00 No.127570191 Report

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>>127566947
But if I cut back on transportation funding I'll regret it...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:12:00 No.127570214 Report

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>>127569618
Just looks usually. perpendicular lines are boring.
>>127570002
They do work, but it's a hassle to plan with the fact that zoning is on a square grid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:12:00 No.127570263 Report

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>>127569618

Of course they are effective. It all just depends on how you design your transportation.

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:13:00 No.127570297 Report

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>>127570002

I don't know that's why I asked.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:14:00 No.127570375 Report

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Whoops

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:17:00 No.127570662 Report

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>>127570375

that's about normal. I put trees along all my big roads and parks everywhere because pollution fucks property values.

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:19:00 No.127570956 Report

Quoted By: >>127571207 >>127571756

>>127570662

How do you make enviroment better? I have a shit ton of parks and I pretty much tax the shit out of dirty industry but nothing really seems to be making a huge impact.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:19:00 No.127570959 Report

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>>127570662
Trees are OP. They're like pollution filters.
Toxic waste dump? 5 tile border of trees. No problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:21:00 No.127571098 Report

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I love putting bullshit lots in the corner of the map. Stacking power plants and everything that makes or smells like shit all together while the other 70% of the town lives in pollution free.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:21:00 No.127571189 Report

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>>127566571

Don't make your farm zones so damn big. Hell, don't put in farms at all unless you make a big city dedicated to them.

oldshoes

oldshoes Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:22:00 No.127571207 Report

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>>127570956
>>127570959
He's right, TREES EVERYWHERE.

Hold CTRL ALT and Shift and click on the environmental tool bar to get the God Mode tree tool and just brush trees fuckin everywhere.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:22:00 No.127571224 Report

Quoted By: >>127571829

>>127566571

too many niggers

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:25:00 No.127571565 Report

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People are coming from out of my city just to use my ferry

Dr.Robotussin

Dr.Robotussin Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:25:00 No.127571624 Report

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>>127571207

Lol, I always fill my whole map with trees before I even start. What about with full cities though where pretty much all of the land is tooken up?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:27:00 No.127571756 Report

Quoted By: >>127572588

>>127570956

even single tiles of dirty industry will kill property values and make $$$ industries not wanna move there, you have to demolish all that shit as soon as you find it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:27:00 No.127571829 Report

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>>127571224
Not enough niggers

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:35:00 No.127572585 Report

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Holy shit op your layout if fucking horrible

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:35:00 No.127572588 Report

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>>127571756

addendum:

demolishing _all_ your industries at once just because they're dirty is a bad idea and you will go bankrupt forever if you do it. clear one block at a time if it's got a particularly heavy amount of dirty industry and use the space to put in more parks n' trees. also, built lots of bus stops & subway lines everywhere because mass transit revenue is delicious.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:40:00 No.127573122 Report

Quoted By: >>127573247

Why cant i get any industry here

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:41:00 No.127573247 Report

Quoted By: >>127573476 >>127573523

>>127573122

add plaza n shit

people love working near plazas

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:44:00 No.127573476 Report

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>>127573247
Whats a plaza

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:44:00 No.127573523 Report

Quoted By: >>127573670

>>127573247
its not working

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:46:00 No.127573670 Report

Quoted By: >>127574070

>>127573523
Look at your RCI demand, they don't want industry

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:46:00 No.127573693 Report

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You have barely any demand at all
are your tax rates sky high or something?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:49:00 No.127574070 Report

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>>127573693
>>127573670
How do i force industry down their throat

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:53:00 No.127574451 Report

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>>127574070

>he still uses windmills

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:58:00 No.127575003 Report

Quoted By: >>127575201

You think youve got problems OP?
MY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE RISING

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:59:00 No.127575029 Report

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:59:00 No.127575107 Report

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>>127575029

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 No.127575201 Report

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>>127575003
>91,000 residents
>Look at the size of your Residential zone
>mfw

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:01:00 No.127575217 Report

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>implying i give a fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:02:00 No.127575364 Report

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Don't build farms until you know what you're doing. They provide shit all money.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:07:00 No.127575773 Report

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> trying out a small, high density city
> getting shit for revenue but also not providing many services
> endless bitches about not having a clinic

FINE

> build clinic
> clinic is immediately at 250% capacity and goes on strike
> bulldoze it and carry on
> mfw

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:07:00 No.127575845 Report

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>>127575364
And they poison the water, driving down demand for everything else except more farms

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:08:00 No.127575948 Report

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If your not playing without Rush Hour and NAM just stop now.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:15:00 No.127576521 Report

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This is the entire residential area of this city

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:17:00 No.127576729 Report

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Am I doin it right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:19:00 No.127576934 Report

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>>127569125
cities xl isnt bad but the game is so horribly coded that it only uses 1 cpu core and is impossible to play with more then like 15fps
ontop of that theres a huge memory leak too

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:27:00 No.127577612 Report

Quoted By: >>127578128

This ferry is sucking the blood out of my poor city

oldshoes

oldshoes Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:33:00 No.127578128 Report

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>>127577612
I can't imagine how bad it must smell in there, let alone how crowded it is.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:39:00 No.127578693 Report

Quoted By: >>127578793 >>127579627

>that feel when you game crashes and you havent saved in an hour

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:40:00 No.127578793 Report

Quoted By: >>127578876

>>127578693

thats what the save feature is for.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:41:00 No.127578876 Report

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>>127578793
I normally just save whenever i get off of something, but you are right. Im too used to games not crashing on me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:50:00 No.127579627 Report

Quoted By: >>127579754

>>127578693
About crashes, the game has very strict rules about what can and can't happen in a tile in regards to traffic simulation, buuuuuut, the games ships with pieces that BREAK THE SAME RULES THE PROGRAMERS SET. That is one of the many reasons this game is such an unstable POS.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:51:00 No.127579754 Report

Quoted By: >>127580044 >>127580080

>>127579627
Bullshit. I've never had problems with bugs or crashes on Sim City 4 until I tried playing it on 64bit Win 7

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:54:00 No.127580044 Report

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>>127579754

set its process affinity for only 1 core or it dies from race conditions on modern computers.

Wed 01 Feb 2012 12:55:00 No.127580080 Report

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>>127579754
Wow, bugs affect some people but not others, alert the press!

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