Author Topic: Sim city 4 (Read 9319 times)

Colten · March 02, 2010, 10:18:58 PM

Bixel makes amazing buildings :o

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BassCrossMegaman1 · March 03, 2010, 02:43:41 PM

this tutorial helps for making skyscrapers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhZFlZ5KCc

YES he is a kid get over it

Max4344 · March 03, 2010, 11:09:04 PM

NEWS:I just made a lot and i posted it on the STEX =D i will post link soon as i can see it Link: http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=23466

BassCrossMegaman1 · March 04, 2010, 08:07:48 PM

Quote from: Max4344 on March 03, 2010, 11:09:04 PM

NEWS:I just made a lot and i posted it on the STEX =D i will post link soon as i can see it Link: http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=23466

looks like a prop/plop but still i like it =D

Swat725 · March 05, 2010, 04:09:29 PM

Quote from: Max4344 on March 03, 2010, 11:09:04 PM

NEWS:I just made a lot and i posted it on the STEX =D i will post link soon as i can see it Link: http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=23466

Very nice start. Good job on the editing! I am currently makeing a town with some add ons. I am currently still downloading stuff. I will post the town a bit later.

Swat725 · March 06, 2010, 07:05:08 PM

Sorry for double posting. Heres some pictures of my town. Note it is called "getting started tutorial" because i started to build there. Anyways here are the pics!

Fixed.

Ryuu · March 06, 2010, 07:19:31 PM

Looks nice.

Bisjac · March 06, 2010, 07:21:50 PM

i had some mod for a puzzle piece that had the avenue/train-to-subway transition.
but the piece would crash my game every time i tried :(

Caution · March 07, 2010, 01:14:31 PM

I never get to the point of using any sort of rail... I also don't think I've had a city above four stories. Since that is the case I use the smallest terrain ever and spend all the money uselessly since the population would never grow anyway.

Bump.

Bisjac · March 07, 2010, 01:17:01 PM

rail for passengers is good because its got the highest travel distance (sims will only walk,drive,bus so far)
even highways dont reach the entire city.
but rail can go very very far.
the same tracks also bring the products from your industrial area to your commercial parts. instead of doubling traffic up with those trucks everywhere.

Sirrus · March 07, 2010, 01:19:33 PM

Bisjac, how do you build your cities?

Like, do you do zone sprawl initially to get budget and population up before rezoning individual region blocks into various roles (like one region's block is downtown, a few are agriculture, there are some suburbs, etc.) or do you lay out infrastructure and then zone around it.

D3ATH · March 07, 2010, 01:21:54 PM

I hate any kind of elevation, I just have to build on completely blank area because I can't stand houses built on foundations. :c

Also, is Simtropolis extraordinarily slow for you too?

Sirrus · March 07, 2010, 01:22:29 PM

I think if I ever do a region wide metropolis, I'm going to use the default timbuktu terrain.

Caution · March 07, 2010, 01:23:30 PM

Quote from: D3ATH on March 07, 2010, 01:21:54 PM

I hate any kind of elevation, I just have to build on completely blank area because I can't stand houses built on foundations. :c

Also, is Simtropolis extraordinarily slow for you too?

I like hills but mountains when the house has a foundation quadruple it's own height, that annoys me.

How do you guys get your income high? Mine never goes above spending. :C

Bisjac · March 07, 2010, 01:23:57 PM

budget never goes up. you can almost always be at 100-500 profit at any time in game.
way way way late game, you can be earning in 2-4k profits a month, but by that time it might not matter.

the game isnt about making money, its about trying to barely keep your city paying for itself
the budgeting only exists to keep you from building to fast. having infin money ruins the game because things dont develop right.