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Extreme Difficulty Mod Version 1.0!
You think SimCity 4 was hard enough before, well think again! This mod is guaranteed to make your SimCity 4 experience far more difficult than ever before! This mod makes nearly everything more expensive. Not only to plop but their monthly costs! However some buildings are more effective as well. Do you like a good challenge? Then this mod is for you!
Features:
- Schools, Hospitals, Police and Fire Stations are far more expensive to plop and maintain but their range and capacities have been increased (by about 1.5 times) and they are a bit more effective.
- Airports, Seaports, and all transportation buildings are far more expensive than before
- Bulldoze costs of schools and hospitals is much higher than their plop costs because paperwork and petitions now!
- Parks are more expensive but are more effective too
- Most landmarks are now 10x more expensive but more 1.5-2.0x more effective
- Roads have had their capacities increased slightly and cost more per tile a month!
- Power plants are much more expensive to build/maintain but also produce more power. Same with water towers/pumps
- "Legalize Gambling" ordinance income has been increased to $1000 from $100 a month, but crime is now increased to 40% from 20%.
- Most other ordinances are also more effective but also cost more now.
- You will start at "0" simoleons on hard mode instead of $100,000.
- Max loan has been increased $200,000 to $500,000
- Loans now cost 5% to pay back instead of 8.5%
- Game over limit has been decreased from -$100,000 to -$500,000 Before you get told to "Run for Senator."
- Fires spread faster and are more frequent!
- May cause minor frustration
I highly recommend creating a new plugins folder for this (moving your current folder or naming it "Plugins.old") and starting a new city/region. This mod does work with NAM, just move (but don't delete) the traffic simulator controller file in the Network Add-on Mod Folder.
Tips:
- Patience. Lots of it. You're gonna need it.
- Get a fire station to cover your industrial area as soon as possible. Fires are quite annoying!
- Take out a reasonably-sized loan at the beginning of a game on "Hard Mode" since you start with no simoleons!
- Make sure you are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN where you place your civic buildings, ESPECIALLY Schools and Hospitals! They are extremely expensive to demolish now and demolishing one could take you straight to game over.
- Make use of neighboring cities. Trust me.
- Try to build the biggest, most prosperous city you can, using only this mod (and NAM), and no cheats! I challenge everyone here!
- You may use cosmetic mods for this challenge such as Terrain Mods, Tree Mods, etc. But no CAM, SPAM, JAM, LAM or Shazaam (NAM is allowed since it's essential.)
- Good luck. You're gonna need it.
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