sharing improvements

[nicotin 0]

will cities xl offer the posibility of sharing addons, mods and improvements between users at the same level we done it with simcity4 in this site?

[soldyne 111]

not at release. although MC has said many times during development that they want custom content they just don't know how to offer it at this time. also, keep in mind that Cities XL is an MMO and how many MMO's do you know allow third party custom content. I know of none, so when MC does begin offering it, it will be the first.

another thing to consider is that the maps are more than just textured versions of height maps. maps in Cities XL need to have resource areas placed in strategic ways on the map so even providing the capabilities of custom map creation is going to be difficult. essentially, MC is going to need to develop a whole set of Custom Content creation tools for their game and that is going to take some time to create (especially to make it user friendly and keep the game balanced at the same time.

for a single player game like SC4 CC was easy since it was not online. CC for an MMO requires a lot of thought and balance and that is why MC is taking their time with it.