How to compare and compete

[Sporally 0]

I've been wondering how you guys compare and compete your cities or regions. I mean, you could of course say the greatest city was the one with the most inhabitants, but that's not really necessarily the best way to compare cities / regions. Either it is a matter of time, and actually its even easier to get a big city / region when you go for low value zones.

A way to compare and compete could be to see who can get the biggest building of level 3 value (both residents, commercial and industry).

In case you ever compete on this forum or among your friends, how do you do it - and keeping it objective?

[SC4BOY 20]

This game isn't much for "competition".. the only competition is yourself .. YOU set your own goals and objectives and YOU determine how well you met them... no one else is likely to much care one way or another.. There are many criteria you might set for your city/region .. if you wanted to "challenge" anyone you'd pretty much have to arrange that yourself... most people on SC4 play for their own satisfaction, amusement, enjoyment, etc .. not to "beat" someone

[Sporally 0]

"Compete" might not have been the best word, but challanges would be great. I would like to see some challanges in SC4 (not that it isn't challanging to make the city the way you want it), but i just would like some sort of challange or something to compare regions with.

So, maybe someone can tell me what their most inhabitet level 3 resident, commercial and industrial buildings are?

Is there a way to see how many level 3 residents, commercial and industry inhabitants you've got for a city / region?

[xxbydesign 1]

what do you mean by level 3?? Do you mean stages? Because stages for Residential and commercial go from 1-8 and industrial form 1-3, as far as I know. Or do you mean density, with low, middle, and high being 1, 2, and 3, respectively? Understanding what it is exactly you are asking will help give you an answer

[Fawah37 0]

The only competition I could see would be to build a region with X amount of inhabitants using no cheats/downloads of any kind. Could take it one step further and compare $, $$, $$$

[Hamish 1,369]

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

Your going to get different ideas on who's is best. But the only thing that should matter is what you think about your own city. If you like it, then it is the best.

[Sporally 0]

@ xxbydesign

I meant the density or value like $, $$ and $$$. But what is this 'stages'? I don't think i know of any 'stages' going from 1-8 for residents and commercial, so could you enlighten me please?

@ Fawah37

I don't think comparing the total amount of inhabitants for a whole region is a good way of doing it. Once i had a building containing 5,000 people of $. You will definately get many people if you build the only $ zones, but of course this is a way of comparing for some people. I would just hope for something a little more difficult or nice-looking than that type of buildings.

Is there a way of comparing how many inhabitants you've got of $$$ for a whole city / region without doing a long and boring self-count?

@ Hamish

True. I'm not that much into competing, just interested in a little comparison so that i can say subjective that my city / region is the best, but objective i've got to get some more achievements before i can say it's the best city / region. Don't worry, you won't hear me bragging of my city / region, i might just be asking about your city / region for comparison only.

[SC4BOY 20]

Welp ya got it from me.. you have the BEST city!!! Now go on about your business..

[Hamish 1,369]

Stages, 1-8. Its how the game determines what type of building will build and when. Stage 1 of residential is mainly small single buildings, while stage 8 are skyscrapers.

I think that this might be what you are looking for.

Have a look around the City Journals thread, then make your own comparisons.

[Sporally 0]

I've been very busy lately, but are now getting back to SimCity 4 - Rush Hour.

OK, i know there isn't a real way of competing in this game and that is fair enough, but a goal could be to get a $$$ residentual, commercial and industry building containing as much people as possible as you guys have. So could anyone tell me what the largest (looking at inhabitants) $$$ resident, commercial and industry building is so i have something to compare with?

Does anyone know an upper limit for buildings sized of $$$?

Furthermore, i just want to compare with vanilla buildings, no downloads / cheats.