HELP developing buildings

[gmavignier 3]

I used to be good at this!

My region has 30.000 people and my main city 13.000. I know you should only get small buidings after 15 or 20.000 but is there a way to make it happen before?  I have the mod that changes level 8 requirements to something like 25.000.

Also I play region and not just one city. One of my cities (I want to be like a small Manhattan) has 10.000 sims and over 20.000 comercial. Still the demando for CO $$ and CO $$$ together with RE $$ is sky high. I can't build more houses or sims run out of jobs and I can't build more comerce because I gave no more room. How to I manage this? Some sims in the middle of my small Manhattan are leaving their $$$ homes and leaving them to $$ residents.

The only mods I use are the ordinance (I forgot the name), quad industry and this level 8 requirements lower.

Thanks for your help.

[Tolomar 5]

welcome to ST:

if Your just starting out...start off right...skip the mods you have for the moment (I use the ordinane once in a while...but some it is very radical to start the game with)

use Greyveil's up and running tutorial first:

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=110&threadid=58510&enterthread=y

personelly I say skip the transit option and grab the latest version of the NAM

NAM PC:

https://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?p=details&id=380

NAM MAC:

https://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?p=details&id=388

Grab the latest version of the SC4Tool program:

https://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?p=details&id=390

the SC4Tool is an outside program...doesn't help the game...it's a veiwer and editor of lots...plus a few other special editing options...way kewl...a must have if your going to use the STEX  Andrea Roth's City Hall Fix:

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&keyword=city%20hall%20fix&type=all

this will put your game at point ZERO

after that grab a money cheat lot...theres lots on the STEX..sandbox and test things out without the confines of a budget...don't be afraid to act like a kid with a crayon sometimes too....(D)

go slow with the downloads to your game....actually READ the README file

You might be required to have other files to make the lot work correctly they will be listed in the README

always add slowlly and keep your plugins folder originized so YOU can find things just in case of a conflicts...happpens sometimes :l

Test thing out in a sandbox region before adding to your favorite region...and make backuups of and city or region that you want as keepers...just in case...

the oMnibus has a few tutorials on how to start cities, playing regionally...and about 1,000 in the forums

I suggest checking out the  CJ section on the site for ideas...everyone has their own opion on what a good city is....some of the best mayor showcase their city/region ideas....some make quite nice stories just themselves....

HAVE FUN!...

[gmavignier 3]

I am sorry I sounded such a $%&^!. I have a great experience with sim city. I have all those mods (NAM and etc) and I pay constant visits to all the forums and omnibus. I guess what I meant was that after installing the radical ordinance mod I can't develop as well as I used to. Can it be related to the mod or is it just my pop?

[Tolomar 5]

Sorry thought you were re-installing...:S

make sure you don't install the "auto" part of the of the ordinance if your going to use it...that leaves it in the hands of the Advisors....a doomed thing in my opoin

This will alllow you to control it manul though what ordinance you choose per city...like said above...some parts of the mod are so radical it's hard to say what could possible happen with it in auto mod...sort depends what the dummies turn on and off...it's sort of a crap shoot really...if they turned it all on I'm pretty sure a city would fail just out of sheer confusion...:S

the Indx4 mod by Toroca is a popular mod and does work...

as for the stage 8 bug fix...I'm not 100% sure...I don't use this mod personelly 

you should have seen some growth unless you hit  a demand cap maybe ?

[jackel.22 3]

personally i like to steer clear of all mods because they often have adverse side effects. the only mods i have are nam, uk transport map, el train skin, farming multiplier and the farming survey/contest thing one.

and that a lot in my oppinion.

instead of using mods to deal with capacities try downloading stuff off the stex instead. also to regain some of that land try using buildings that have high capacities and are plopable for co.cs and industry.

i admit i tried the radical demand once and it screwed up my city, all it does is provide a massive boost in the first 5 years, then the game realises you dont actually have the stuff to fulfil it they all abandon.

[gmavignier 3]

Yeah I am thinking about unistalling the redical ordinance tool but that would just mess with everything I have aready done even though I don't use auto. I am aiming for a good looking region not a functional one. I could use a modified version of the ordinance mod though.