Nukes?

[TUHacker 0]

im sure this was asked already, but is there anyway to get nuclear bombs in the game?

[F18bkr 0]

Blow up a nuclear power plant.

[bgtyh 13]

Man hows that for violence just go into God mode and destroy the city it will have the same effect!!!

[RHMgerards 7]

there's also something on the stex like it, were you don't have first burn down the nuclear power plant. it's here: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=3&Keyword=scba&view=all

[luigiguy 1]

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=2810

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=16086

try these

[Keln 0]

That's a silly misconception. A nuclear meltdown does not cause an atomic explosion. The core just melts and alot of bad nasty fission particles may or may not get released to the enviroment.

[prince_of_sims 0]

He is right you know. We did nuclear chemistry in school last year, and this was something my teacher stressed. The explosion that is usually associated with a nuclear meltdown is the fluid in the core cooling mechanism evaporating and causing the mechanism to blow from the pressure.

[Keln 0]

And also most cores built in the last 2-3 decades are incapable of a true meltdown. Once upon a time, plants like Chernobyl used a seperate moderator and coolant, so that when the coolant dried up (ie. turned to steam) due to a casualty, the moderator was still there (graphite) and kept the core at power, thus leading to a meltdown. Nowadays, the moderator and coolant are both purified water and if it turns to steam it doesn't bounce them wee little neutrons back into the fuel rods/pellets and thus the core shutsdown rather quickly before too much damage can be done. This is called "negative temperature coefficient of reactivity".

Well, in case anyone was curious.

[prince_of_sims 0]

And don't forget that what happened at Chernobyl was a result of the geniuses there using safety overrides to test the system. Even in reality, it was impossible for the reactor core to blow because of the safety measures. Unfortunately, the scientists there had them taken off so they could test the plant's production capacity. Not the smartest idea in the world.

Anyways, back on topic.

Setting fire to the Nuclear Plant can be quite entertaining. Especially when there's a bunch of them in a row. You can set off a chain reaction that way

[Keln 0]

Yeah, once upon a time I had to study different nuclear accidents. After learning alot of reactor engineering stuff, reading those reports and data, etc was pretty entertaining. Alot of "what the heck were they thinking?".

But anyways... I tried starting fire to a nuke plant with lightning. I tried many bolts. It didn't work... The lightning looks and sounds cool, but it seems kind of ineffective.

[prince_of_sims 0]

Lightning doesn't do anything except set fire to trees, and maybe damage a few buildings. Most skyscrapers and tall buildings aren't harmed by lightning (probably because they have lightning rods). But get the lightning to strike a forest, and you'll have a lot of bright yellow and orange flames jumping around in no time.

[Red1530 1]

Try here for the A-bomb

[Kazan 0]

oh and don't forget the modern pebble bed reactor type developed by germany - if the cooling system goes off the reaction naturally tones down and it's literally impossible to have a criticality excursion (a meltdown)

[Keln 0]

Here's some pictures of my city being nuked.

[ssc4k 1]

for some non city pics i have one that was 4,000 watts. each one generates 5 hundred watts so i had 40 of these things in one are. make sure when placing large amounts yo have the new year on as they take only one tile. hers how big the crater was thisis in the new york rgion near the top left. notice the ginormas crater to the east, you can tell i like tese things.

ps. using the poweroutput is a good way to say how many bombs where used at one time. i call evry ten tousand watts a kiloton becauser that is most acurate. i made a half kilioton bomb for the crater on the right.

[TUHacker 0]

i clicked on all the links in your posts but when i got to the links i couldnt download any of the downloads, it wouldnt even let me get to the download page

[dominohobbes 27]

just wait at the page, it'll download eventually. takes longer than you expect.

and nuclear attacks aren't anything that should even be simulated, that's awful. if you really want to do such a thing, there's probably some pointlessly violent xbox game as opposed to a semi-realistic city simulator.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Originally posted by: dominohobbes just wait at the page, it'll download eventually. takes longer than you expect.

and nuclear attacks aren't anything that should even be simulated, that's awful. if you really want to do such a thing, there's probably some pointlessly violent xbox game as opposed to a semi-realistic city simulator.quote>

I have been having trouble getting into this thread for days, I don't know why.  However, I agree that nuclear bombs are obscene.  Why, oh why would anyone want to see a nuclear explosion?  They are not neat.  A nuclear explosion is the ultimate expression of man's inhumanity to man.

[Keln 0]

Well, perhaps it does not interest you, but what interests you does not apply to me. I do, in fact, find nuclear explosions fascinating. It is my express hope that I shall never live to see a real one, either near me, nor on the television broadcasting from some foreign nation. But in simulation, I am very much interested to see it. I like to see the effects of such a weapon. Not death, but the material effects on the infrastructure of a modern city. Unfortunately I have not found a realistic version of one yet, or, perhaps the effect is much less than I had thought.

Many things interest me that I may never want to see for real. I have always been interested in reading about and seeing pictures of the greatest conflict in history, WWII. But I would not want to see it in real life. There is a vast difference between simulation and reality.

[TUHacker 0]

wait i got it, damn thats awesome

edit: u guys take these things way to seriousely, i just asked a question, you dont need to get all deep and emotional

[Constantina 5]

But the bombs aren't big enough. That's the limitation of the game

[callagrafx 3]

Keln...these are the effects:

This was downtown Hiroshima

And this was Nagasaki, before and after. Mass murder is never pretty.

And these were small, crude devices...those numbers are meters by the way...

[Pixelrage 34]

and just to think, those WW2-era bombs are nothing compared to the ones that are around today

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Yes, and I prefer not to think that so called "tactical nukes" are in the 50 Kiloton range which is about the same as "Little Boy".  Believe it or not, these can be fired from artillery tubes.

Then we come to the planet killers.  How many of you have seen Dr. Strangelove?

[callagrafx 3]

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.....funny but disturbing.

And the reason for having these abominations? M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)...the most apt acronym in history.

[Kippis05 2]

Nukes? Heh, we have enough to blow up the Earth, what.. 107 times over?

[ssc4k 1]

ok i did the biggest sim cityt est yet. it got so slow that it was 1 frame every 10 minutes! heres pic.

my last test was 4 thousand dwatts. this one is 12,000. do not try this unless yo have dual proccesor takes around 10 mn. to ocmplete. i wont be doing any more test because they take to long.