Some questions?

[Ricardo1983 0]

Hey peeps...

I have some questions about sc4.

When i build a city, i only get old tiny houses.

Is this normal, or is something wrong in my options menu?

If i take a look at your screenshots, i see big villa's

And a question about the trains.

I build railroads and stations, but i don't get any trains.

How will i get some????

And my last question.

I downloaded the trams, from this site (nam).

When you want to make a turn, you must use the HOME or END button.

When i use them, nothing happend.

Is there any other way to turn them???

And i  don't get any tram(same problems as with the trains)...

Can anyone help me????

Greetz Ricardo....

Ps. I'm from the Netherlands, so my english is not very good I'm sorry for it...

[Bumdark 3]

Welcome to ST, Ricardo1983!

First of all, the following is assuming you've got Rush Hour / Deluxe Edition (same thing really). If you have the Original SC4, dubbed Vanilla, these still apply but just not as accurately...

About your "tiny old houses"... I'm not sure how long you've been playing at this, so I'll assume you're a recent inductee to the SimCity 4 world...

When you start a new city in an empty (or next-to-empty) region, it's just stupid to expect anything more than those small, low-wealth houses developing. Gradually, as you get the hang of the game and learn new techniques and stuff, your cities will grow, and once you've got good population, good desirability (achieved with good educational, health and safety services, along with the random park here and there) and good demand, new wealth levels – medium and high, example – will come banging at your door. You'll also need water supplies if you ever want either high-wealth or higher density developments and residents to move in.

(You're sure you've followed the in-game tutorials, such as "Big City Tutorial" and stuff? Only all the above is covered there...)

About railroads and train stations, there are many variables and factors that can influence the usage and efficiency of your system and networks. The stations must be placed correctly (with the parking lots facing the roads, the building facing the rails), they must have access to your transportation network (why bother pointing that out, anyway...?), and they must definately be close enough for your Sims to be able to walk to and from them every day. You see, Sims are an amazingly lazy bunch, and for them, just walking a few city blocks is out of the question, no way, no how. Place stations where you're sure to have the maximum amount of people heading there every day.

You must, of course, have two stations minimum – they only embark to head somewhere...

Also, I'm pretty sure they need to be powered.

Well, that should do it... if your Sims still aren't using the Trains, try activating the appropriate Ordinances to encourage them, or remove any other mode of transport heading to where they're going... Or just zap them with Lightening. Always works for me. :b

As for the NAM pieces, either read the in-game tips and stuff, or the documentation (I've read about some somewhere... README.txt ought to do it.)

Have fun, and enjoy your stay!