Christmas Pack!!

[AlemanXL 0]

Joe2102001, that would be sludge

Isn't the English language wonderfull?

On topic, it's nice to know that it'll be worth changing the time of day to a later time. Currently it's very dull at night. 

[AlemanXL 0]

EDIT : Double post due to new page. Bah!

[MandelSoft 2,769]

Guess what: the Christmas Pack is now available! I'm going to check out the new night features!

EDIT:

Some screenies of the new pack in action:

Gosh, I really like those new streetlights and nightlights! Good job MC!

Best,

Maarten

[ACEH 0]

Well, those are called good news!!! And the best thing is in the updates from the pack :

Other Changes

ONLINE

[OPT] The obscenity filter has been updated, with common words such as "yellow" removed

INTERFACE

[NEW] New loading screens with city stats and hints

[NEW] Solo or Planet mode is now selected direclty from the launcher, after login

[NEW] Selecting a road now allows to display routes for that specific road (pedestrians, cars, buses, trucks...)

[OPT] The game options window has been redesigned

SIM

[FIX] All decoration areas now properly generate positive quality of life (except the construction area)

[FIX] The cost of the Golden Gate bridge has been fixed for consistency with the metal bridge

GRAPHICS

[NEW] Christmas decorations and surprises (temporary)

[NEW] Glowing particles for lampposts and headlights

[FIX] Level shots (Ctrl + F11) now show water properly

[FIX] Bus zebras don't show systematically on some bridges any more.

TRAFFIC

[OPT] Bus traffic has been improved

[OPT] Vehicles stopping at traffic lights have been improved

PERFORMANCES

[FIX] A crash when deleting some bus lines has been fixed 

I'm very happy about this one: 

[NEW] Selecting a road now allows to display routes for that specific road (pedestrians, cars, buses, trucks...)

I'm waiting this since the beta version when it was present. I so anxious the working day is over so I can test it at home.

[xannepan 513]

I just played with the new xmax pack. I love it. Great work MC.

[CWLGAMER01 39]

YES -- KUDDOS -- keep the updates coming and do not be discouraged by all the nagatives floating around. It takes time to get the game 100% perfect -- it is not easy and we look forward to seeing more new content!!!!

[morriswalters 16]

They may have changed the unlock points for the specialty buildings in the SP mode.  A map I am working on in SP mode suddenly had the farm specialty building available.  But my production was only about 100 tokens of ag.  Can anyone else verify this?

[MandelSoft 2,769]

I got the building when producing only 10 tokens. Maybe some kind of bug. Oh and guess what? I got the oil building too, with only two oil wells!

[Stef42 0]

Maybe because the game was put in 'Expert-Mode'?? Although I though that it wouldn't make a difference on the oil/water etc. buildings..

[pete1061 0]

Only one not so good thing about the xmas patch...

You can only create curved bridges now, they removed the option for straight bridges.

This makes it difficult to keep streets aligned throughout the city.

[citynerd 0]

why change something like that to make a christmas pack ? give some and take some :-)

[Sainty 0]

There is to little light on the streets, no? It looks weird.

And the backlights on the car should reflect more on the street for greater, more realistic effect.

Santa with his crazy car was hilarious, I lmao when I saw him first time. And the street decoration is amazing. Best stuff I ever seen in a game.

Only thing I miss is a special building for christmas, something unique to brag about to new players that will join us after December

[ACEH 0]

Hehe look who is driving in your cities

 P.S. An option to turn of all of this Christmas decorations will be good to exist.

[Sainty 0]

I've got a snapshot from the side. I think that his sledge uses some kind of anti-greenpeace propulsion system!

[xannepan 513]

Originally posted by: Sainty

There is to little light on the streets, no? It looks weird. 

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The reflection on the streets could be wider, even overlapping so the whole street becomes illuminated. Have a look at some fantastic photos from london from above at night.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/london_from_above_at_night.html

[lucytash 0]

My father Xmas is driving a lorry! He stood at the back of it while 2 guys unloaded & then they all did a little arm dance & he drove off!

Great fun. That happened at midnight so I'm now giung to try 3am.

[SimCityFanatic 0]

is there any way to increase the ambient lighting effect?

Its like looking at white dots in a black background. Shouldnt the light be more spread apart? More brighter? Not like brighter dots, but the ambient brightness. I am not sure if I am wording it right. Anyone else notice this? Help me out explaining it better.

The buildings arent bright enough as well.  City Life I think had better lighting effects.  I hope the dev's look into the night lights effects more.  Somebody take video and put it on youtube so I can better tell if it needs improvement. 

So far it does need more improvement, tweeking

[Skimbo 304]

I love the lightings and the other stuff, but:

OMG, I hate santa couse.

And there is no way to turn this dam junk off

[sadorno 0]

Maybe for Skimbo they can make a Happy Kwanza version.

haha

[Tuscan 20]

Those lights screenshots do look awesome I must admit, especially the vehicle headlights. I hate to sound like im bashing MC again here though but shouldn't they be worrying about more important features [which I wont mention on this thread]?

Its good to see MC have been at work though :-)

[Tuesday 0]

Originally posted by: Skimbo

I love the lightings and the other stuff, but:

OMG, I hate santa couse.

And there is no way to turn this dam junk off

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You are The Grinch and I claim my £5.  It'll be all gone in a few weeks, don't worry.

[Skimbo 304]

I ain't a grinch and I've asked for an anti Santa Clouse patch at CXS

[mntoes 270]

Thank you MC. These are just great! I love the new headlights.

[site400 12]

Personally, I think the lighting effects are great. Funny how people can still complain, though. I mean, jeez, if I wanted uber-real lighting effects I'd go buy Forza Motorsport 3. It's a game people, you can't expect reality...our computers would crash.

Did anyone notice how the old-english (not the drink) villages don't hardly light up at all...just a dim orangish hue in the windows, no street lights, etc.! Compared to the rest of my city, that looks like a great place to mug someone.

[Mathew_MC 0]

Since today's hotfix (1.0.4.434), medieval streets have lampposts too

[Fyrunx 0]

cool, like it, like it, like it!!

oh and hello by the way to you all, have been following the forum for some days, and decided to join the fun

backt to the topic, likey like!!

[pete1061 0]

Here's some screenshots of the lights in my city, 'Green Bayou' pop: 532221 on Pollux...

I adjusted the brightness and contrast a bit, the screenshot from the game was a little dark.