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SimCity |OT| It's not the simulation or city that matter, it's <parameter: string>
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Fixed1979
Member
So pissed off right now. I had a pretty good Coal town going, I went to upgrade my mining HQ and picked the smelting add-on by accident. Since I picked it as my upgrade I can't build either of the other two options until I upgrade again, and there's no way I'm going to hit the next upgrade level for the building without one of those two options. I don't even know what to do, I think the city is just fucked now. I just quit, going for a drive.
If you select the building I think you can bulldoze the individual add-ons.
Yep, you can. But not sure if that works for HQ-addons too, since those give regional benefits that don't go away... so I think for those there might not be a return :/
Gaming Truth
Member
You can, but he meant, he was to pick an upgrade he earned and picked the wrong one. Even if he bulldozes it, he can't progress to upgrade again without some serious effort.
Fixed1979
Member
Yeah, sorry wasn't totally clear I guess. I think the first upgrade was like 200,000, the second is 700,000...a long way to go without actually getting a worthwhile improvement.
Great shots!
Wow. That is very pretty viewing on my iPhone.
dark_chris
Gold Member
krameriffic
Member
Processors and computers are OP. I got to the point where I turned all my taxes off, was losing $86k per hour, and yet I was still churning out about $1 million per day from selling them to the global market. And I never ran out of supply because I was buying plastic and alloys from the global market, not getting them from natural resources. Got kind of boring after a while because nothing could go really wrong at that point.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
no, not all cities are the same size.
in one of my cities, i have 275,000. and i've plotted buildings in roughly 80% of my land.
i can easily reach 400,000.
road density has a direct correlation to how huge your buildings will be.
Im just short of 200k right now :/
So apparently EA is going to give all you guys some free shit to compensate you for your trouble.
blainethemono
Member
I have 64 recycling trucks right now operating out of 4 recycling centers and they're still not picking up enough of the total amount of bins
I have no idea what i'm supposed to do about this. I'm making good money off the exporting but the city keeps complaining about trash piling up
I have no idea what i'm supposed to do about this. I'm making good money off the exporting but the city keeps complaining about trash piling up
Kinky John
Member
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Has this been posted yet?
http://www.ea.com/news/a-simcity-update-and-something-for-your-trouble
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=521427
Free game for everyone who bought SimCity.
Now... not sure if this applies to everyone or only people who bought it on Origin... but I strongly hope everyone.
http://www.ea.com/news/a-simcity-update-and-something-for-your-trouble
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=521427
Free game for everyone who bought SimCity.
Now... not sure if this applies to everyone or only people who bought it on Origin... but I strongly hope everyone.
Guys I highly recommend forwarding ports 80 and 443, I played all day yesterday connected to the servers.
https://help.ea.com/article/which-ports-do-i-need-to-open-in-order-to-play-simcity
Now that the servers have been added I'm going to make a private GAF region of NA East 4, post or PM for invite.
https://help.ea.com/article/which-ports-do-i-need-to-open-in-order-to-play-simcity
Now that the servers have been added I'm going to make a private GAF region of NA East 4, post or PM for invite.
Wow, I'll be curious to see how that's received. "We're not giving you your money back, but you can have a copy of another game that sells for the same price" - that's something that doesn't carry any additional cost for EA, just the opportunity cost of a future sale (which the player might not have gotten anyway).
"On March 18, SimCity players who have activated their game will receive an email telling them how to redeem their free game."
That wording makes it sound like it'll apply to everyone who has the game activated on their origin account at that time, regardless of where they got it.
EvilDick34
Banned
How are people taking screen shots of their city at ground level?!?!? All i see for screen camera shortcuts are zoom in and out and rotate?
toddhunter
Member
Is it stressful to play? In terms of resources always running out and you needing to build other cities quickly? Or can you just chill and build away?
cripterion
Member
Which region?
So far, I've heard that it's much easier to stay profitable compared to earlier games. Late game, water becomes a problem, but you can get around that with treatment plants pumping it back into the ground. (that's some top notch troll science right there)
Beautifully Shaped Monsters
Member
Definitely chill.
EvilDick34
Banned
As far as energy goes, i have already realized that if you go from Coal/Oil to Nuclear > Solar you are set for life, of course Solar takes a lot of room to generate sufficient electricity but i get the point of having to upgrade your utilities as you progress, much like how people are concerned we will run out of fossil fuels in the real world.
Really depends on your need to always expand. I found it nice to just watch for a while and see the city change. They will always have a demand for pretty much everything but you certainly don't need to jump hoops for your Sims every time they ask.
Also, does planting trees do anything or is it cosmetic?
ambientmystic
Member
Helps with Pollution.
Poor people and the poorly educated wont recycle. You need normal dumps as well.
Ahhh, so filling my cities with them was not in vain!!
Thanks!
Another one, one you have a College and Uni, do you actually need the other schools? Not sure if they have Sim kids that need to go through all the schools before they graduate.
They seem to be good for happiness too
toddhunter
Member
cripterion
Member
FFS don't tell me there's not even a way to filter regions by name?
ID : CripterionT, add me
ID : CripterionT, add me
ambientmystic
Member
hidepsyence
Member
My id is Miseinenx if anyone wants to add me, every eu server is cool just tell me wich one
This traffic routing video shows a serious weakness in the AI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g418BSF6XBQ
edit: oops, repeated words
edit: oops, repeated words
I'm pretty sure it won't be a game of the same price. It'll be sth older and cheaper
EvilDick34
Banned
Oh wow, that is horrible.
I'm pretty sure it won't be a game of the same price. It'll be sth older and cheaper
My guess is bf3.
narcosis219
Member
Played one game.
Log back into play. My game is gone. Okay fine. Start another one.
Log back in today. Game is gone. Fuck you Ea.
Log back into play. My game is gone. Okay fine. Start another one.
Log back in today. Game is gone. Fuck you Ea.
Just gone done playing the game for the last 5 hours without any problems. It sucks that this launch was handled so poorly because under it all is an extremely addictive, fun, well-designed game. Other than the small city size, I have no real complaints about the game itself. It does a great job of hiding a huge amount of complexity in an intuitive, easy-to-play package. I'd love to see what else they can build with this engine - a better Sim Theme Park?
BigJonsson
Member
Holy shit, the game is working, the 7 city gaf region we started earlier is going strong, amazing what happens when a region is full