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SimCity |OT| It's not the simulation or city that matter, it's <parameter: string>
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Download latest drivers, run as administrator, run in a compatibility mode (maybe XP SP3), restart.
Comments like this are really stupid. The simulation is at the heart of the game design. You write 'all the work they put in' as if they got lazy and could have easily added such a switch. Sorry you don't agree with their design decision but I don't think they're the stupid ones here.
BigJonsson
Member
I'm thinking I should cancel my Starcraft II pre-order, I don't think I'll have any time to play with Tomb Raider, SimCity and Fire Emblem taking up my time until Bioshock is out
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Are people on the west coast unlocking the game without a VPN?
Please. The ostensible reason city restrictions are what they are is either because of 1) Outright greed, or 2) Extremely low-level simulation of shit I, and many others, don't give a fuck about. I don't care that Johnny Rivera works four times a week over at the McNamera Complex downtown but on alternate Tuesdays he has to pick up his son from basketball practice but not this week because there's a mild flu going around his school.
Considering the levels of simulation in earlier entries in the franchise, and the approximate tenfold increase in computing power since then, I hardly think it would destroy the game to allow a reasonable city-size. Giving players options is what game design is about.
Then just play an older SimCity...
Just the limited edition.
Thus my complaint? I will. It's a shame though, because the game is beautiful and I'd always wanted curved roads/streamlined utility management.
The simulation in earlier games of the franchise was completely different. You obviously don't understand the ramifications of how differently the simulation is built this time. It's not about giving a crap what the individual sims do, it's about the emergent gameplay caused by the individuals as a whole that was literally impossible in the previous style of statistical simulation.
You're speaking from a position of total ignorance as to what ramifications a larger size would have, as you obviously don't even understand what's going on under the hood and how much has changed.
Again, not liking the design decision is fine. But spouting 'EA is terrible' and 'why didn't they add a switch' just makes you look dumb.
Chance Hale
Member
Heh, tutorial glitched and made me wait 3 or so minutes after the meteors hit Lucky Springs before it let me leave with the "Oh No, we better get out of here" message
Alright, made the server if people who signed up for Discovery Delta 2 on Murphey's site want to join. Neotopia is the name but it'd be best to go through the invite system I imagine. Added most of you but ricochetguro on origin as well.
Alright, made the server if people who signed up for Discovery Delta 2 on Murphey's site want to join. Neotopia is the name but it'd be best to go through the invite system I imagine. Added most of you but ricochetguro on origin as well.
Well, assuming what someone else told me is true, and that they will offer a larger city size as some form of expansion or DLC or patch, then yes, EA is horrible, as they're either willing to 1) Compromise the simulation to achieve it, or 2) It was possible in the first place to allow a larger city size while not compromising.
So yes, I think I'm justified in saying that. Building a huge metropolis is a major part of the fun for me and many others. Them not allowing it is a perfectly good reason for me to not buy it. And I won't.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
12am and the game is still locked for me. WTF.
BigJonsson
Member
I pre-ordered from GMG on March 2nd and got my code right away.......shit happens y'all
On wow. Glad I didn't give into the hype.Sadly yes for now, although they say they're looking into changing(chargingit. Keep in mind it's balanced somewhat by the fact that you're controlling multiple cities/playing online but it is definitively a shame.
Gaming Truth
Member
In fact, Amazon delivered earlier than they told us. What's weird is that the Amazon download was from their servers, so we downloaded tons faster than the Origin folks and didn't need to be staggered.
SRTtoZ
Member
Exactly. I would have been just chilling here playing Dead Space instead of sitting here like a retard pressing refresh.
edit: "Processing Large File: 25%". So yea basically ill get to DL it tonight but not play until tomorrow. If someone creates Discovery Delta 3 please let me know, or else ill create it tomorrow.
Lastly for the record, you do NOT need to keep pressing 'refresh', just wait for the email that says its ready and you are good to go.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
I preordered in July and it's still locked. This is ridiculous and par for the course for EA.
The avatar. Every post about your code or lack thereof is gold.
It really is. I at least learned my lesson. If I had ordered from GMG like I should have I would have had this unlocked with the VPN over 12 hours ago and be playing right now. FOR LESS MONEY.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
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Well I payed $23 for the deluxe back in July from the India store lol so yea.
ndawgdrake
Member
People buying it direct from EA have to wait for their keys to get verified before it shows up as unlocked the download. Yet, people buying it from a third party like Amazon get their keys earlier AND already verified. Really sucks and this will definitely hurt their reputation even more.
And no preload.
EA really screwed the pooch on this one.
And no preload.
EA really screwed the pooch on this one.
SRTtoZ
Member
I wanna hug you based on avatar alone. Its all good buddy, you'll get it soon.
Edit:
Holy shit, my game is READY TO PLAY? It took 10 minutes to DL and install...
WTF
Edit2: There is a 30 minute wait time for NA East Coast Server...
Jesus CHRIST. Is there no end to this madness???
Just got my email and game unlock, 3:10am.
The actual time is totally fine by me since I'm usually up all night anyway and I kind of expect most games to release at 12:00am PST and not EST. It's that they claimed something and then didn't actually respect it, and it's because it's EA. I'd be MUCH more forgiving to a lot of other companies. I'm really not a whiny person. There's just so much consistent fail from them that it's hard to not instantly hate.
The actual time is totally fine by me since I'm usually up all night anyway and I kind of expect most games to release at 12:00am PST and not EST. It's that they claimed something and then didn't actually respect it, and it's because it's EA. I'd be MUCH more forgiving to a lot of other companies. I'm really not a whiny person. There's just so much consistent fail from them that it's hard to not instantly hate.
ndawgdrake
Member
Someone should make a Billy Mays meme about this huge cock tease from EA.
thelurkinghorror
Member
No, trust us, your theories are not at all realistic/justified.
Huge metropolis are cool (and everyone want bigger cities soon as possibile) but not at all a major part of being a mayor. Now, with this kind of simulation, you can focus on what really matter.
Trade bigger lots for more depth in the simulation? Yes, please. SimCity is fresh, extremely well done and don't required to uninstall Sim City 4 with all the mods.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
FUUUUUUUCCCCKKK YOU Origin! :\
Yep.
Well, I want a giant city. Whatever reason they have for not allowing it isn't really any of my concern at the moment, though I fail to see what other explanations there could be.
Put me in the "I never wanted this" camp.
The city size and the multiple-city concept in general really puts me off. This is more The Sims than Sim City. Also, by using what little space you have available, the city/land cut-off looks unrealistic and jarring. All around disappointing entry in the franchise. Have fun buying dozens of monthly expansions, guys!
edit: Forgot: always-on DRM is another deal-breaker for me. Didn't buy Diablo 3 for that reason (among others) and I'm glad I didn't.
The city size and the multiple-city concept in general really puts me off. This is more The Sims than Sim City. Also, by using what little space you have available, the city/land cut-off looks unrealistic and jarring. All around disappointing entry in the franchise. Have fun buying dozens of monthly expansions, guys!
edit: Forgot: always-on DRM is another deal-breaker for me. Didn't buy Diablo 3 for that reason (among others) and I'm glad I didn't.
panthapanda
Member
Does anyone know how to play with A.I. generated neighbors? I'm not confident enough to go into someone's region and start building so I would rather just play with computers for now. Is that even possible in this game? I can't seem to find an answer.
I´m afraid that´s not possible.
I think the worst part is that I only see people "online" ingame that are on the same server as me Wish there was cross-server interaction, if not games, then at least see them online... sucks that regions are server-bound, splits up the community, kinda :/ We should've probably collectively as GAF decided to all go on ONE server beforehand...
Wish there was cross-server interaction, if not games, then at least see them online... sucks that regions are server-bound, splits up the community, kinda :/ We should've probably collectively as GAF decided to all go on ONE server beforehand...What if as a mayor I want my city to expand rather than just become more dense?
panthapanda
Member
That's kinda lame. I guess I'll just go into some random person's region then.
Also, I have no idea how to register onto Murphy's site...
Edit: NVM, I was reading the spots available wrong. Haha.
futnownarcade
Member
Not for everyone, I am on the west coast, logged into origin around 11:50PM after watching the quicklook, it was for sale, I purchased it and am 80% done downloading, it went fine without having to wait for any emails. I agree it sucks that they didn't offer pre-loading though.
Chance Hale
Member
Bizarre, trying to add evilhomer as a friend to give him access to the server and it won't let me send it. Just general server overload?