SimCity 4

[Aquarius]

Just wondering if anyone else here has SimCity 4. :) And if anyone has been able to master it yet. :p

[Tipsko]

I've got it somewhere here, didn't played it much though. The game looks real nice, especially the god mode (terrain building tool) is done well. Only like every Sim City game I build a small piece of a town and than I quit the game bored :(

[Marcus T]

I've got Sim City 3000, but I've had my eyes on 4... it looks good :)

[Aquarius]

It's good, but it's so hard! In the previous games you're given the pre-made humongous cities. Well, in SimCity4, the largest pre-made city is only 6,000 people.

I finally last night got one of the cities past 10,000. And then it was 11,000 this morning. :p

It's kind of cool that you go into not knowing what's next. Everytime a new building is starting to be built, it's so exciting because you never know what it's going to look like. I finally got a mini-skyscraper/apartment building to spring up in the city. :)

[Marcus T]

Sounds like you're having a blast there Aquarius :) And, the increased difficulty only makes it a bigger challenge... just as long as it isn't too difficult ;) :D

[Aquarius]

But it is too difficult. lol I'm still 20,000 people away from getting a commercial skyscraper. And at this rate, that might finally happen sometime after Christmas. lol

I can't wait to see what new buildings are still yet to come. :)

[Marcus T]

Aw shucks! Well, I wish you luck Aquarius :) Isn't there a difficulty setting tho? :)

[Aquarius]

Yeah, and it's on easy right now! :eek: lol I'd hate to see what the hard setting is like.

[Marcus T]

Sounds like it'd be a nightmare.

[Lone Raider]

I bought it this summer, really like the graphics and sound, but I'm hopeless as a mayor!!! They love me cause I give em loads of little parks and gardens and flowers and keep evrything squeaky clean but that only attracts land-trolls :rolleyes: And if it weren't for the moneycheat, I'd run them into ruin in no time :D

[Aquarius]

I started a brand-new city last night from scratch. It's population is already over 2,000 and has a monthly income of $400. :D That's the best I've had in a city yet!

I haven't been desparate enough so far to resort to cheats. ;)

[Marcus T]

Good! ;) Avoid cheating (unless absolutely necessary), it takes the fun and the challenge out of the game ;)

[Aquarius]

14,500 now on the city I started just on Wednesday. :D What's really bad, is I could reach that easily within an hour on SimCity 3000 Unlimited. :p

[Marcus T]

Well, you'll get there eventually, just keep the spirits up ;)

[Exitium]

I would get Sim City 4000 too, yet I can't force my, "Sims" to unwillingly hand over all of their income. Is there a reason for this, or do I just have to become less merciful?

[Aquarius]

I reached a population of over 25,000 today. :D I'm much closer to having a population high enough to start having skyscrapers. :D Woot woot!

I have one mini commercial skyscraper, and about 2 or 3 high-rise, high-wealth apartment complexes. I also finally raised enough money for a Minor League Soccer Stadium, and just awaiting money to be raised for the University. :) What sounds good for the name? University of Neue Wodenstadt, or Neue Wodenstadt University? :p

[Tipsko]

I take back my words!

You gave me the idea to give the game one more chance. Started a new city last night, Raccoon City (from Resident Evil) and got over 12.000 people! and making a few hundreds profit!

This game is awesome! :D

now where in the outskirts of the city, somewhere in the forest and mountains, should I put the Mansion where Jill, Chris and Barry went? ;)

Tipsko

[Aquarius]

You slowly need to get used to the way this one handles. :p

I can't wait until I get good enough to dare building a city ontop of a moutain plateau! :D

So many possibilities lie ahead still!

And don't you just love how you can watch the building go up right before your eyes?!? :D

[Tipsko]

I only dislike the way how the 'reconcile walls' is. (the function that your city has the same edge as your neighbour city) It is supposed to be great, but when I let the computer generate the edges, I lose a lot of buildings! Even when I make the terrain on the surrounding areas first and reconcile those structures!

should I make all the enviroment (hills, water...) first of the whole region and then start building the cities? Or shouldn't I place things on the edge of the area?

Tipsko

[Aquarius]

I would build all of the terrain items first. It saves you money ;) and the destruction of buildings. :p

My city has hit a recession. lol I've lost 6,000 people just today! :eek: I barely have money again, but I'm trying to build my way back up. Budget cuts everywhere! lol

And how is your population coming along now? lol

[Tipsko]

with or without the zombies? ;)

now I'm about 14/15000. Didn't play much today, I think I'm going to start over. First I'm going to make the surroundings.

if I'm ready, expect cities like Raccoon City and Silent Hill :)
Thanks for your advice!

Tipsko

[Marcus T]

Originally posted by Aquarius:
University of Neue Wodenstadt, or Neue Wodenstadt University?

Don't know if you've already decided, but I'd go for Neue Wodenstadt University myself :D

[Aquarius]

I was liking that one too. ;) And I've been in debt today in the game, so I haven't had the money to build the university yet. ;)

Good luck with starting over Tipsko! :)

[Tipsko]

Thanks, Aquarius.

I like the God building tool. It is so beautiful!

Only when your city becomes to large, it takes me a few seconds to load it when I zoom in or out. Very irritating! Maybe a lower resolution :(

Tipsko

[Aquarius]

I have that same problem. But to me, the slowdowns are worth it. :)

My city bounced back to around a constant of 23,000. :D I finally have some tall Commercial buildings. Actually, it's the same one, just 2 other times. :p It's not a skyscraper, but with somewhere between 10-20 floors it's the tallest commercial building. :p Still waiting for the rest of the money for NWU! ;)