Help please

[Marc... 0]

I don't know if i posted it into a right forum or anything I'm first time here so sorry about that.

So here is the problem, for some reason i can't start a city 'cause my max pop is somewhere under 200. And that's because they demand industry, okay... i am making industry but demand stays same and people don't get jobs there. If i click on the route query, it says workers and freight (none) but if i click on a bulding it says workers: 7/9 or something like that so... WTF???

I didn't had this problem before, what's wrng with this game now??? Any help please.

  Edited April 26, 2011 by Marc...  

[EyeofMobius 27]

To really understand the problem you are posing I think you may need to post a picture showing you population and demands as well as what the city is doing. I am also confused as to what you are asking. So here are my own questions for you to clarify things and help us point you in the right direction.

1. are you just starting a tile and unable to get past 200 residents total?

2. did you just install some new mod that may be causing an unexpected conflict with your other mods?

3. is this a brand new region? or are there already well established tiles and are they adjacent and supposed to be connected to a new tile?

[CaptCity 4,915]

Welcome to Simtropolis...

...So here is the problem, for some reason i can't start a city 'cause my max pop is somewhere under 200. And that's because they demand industry, okay... i am making industry but demand stays same and people don't get jobs there. If i click on the route query, it says workers and freight (none) but if i click on a bulding it says workers: 7/9 or something like that so...

The 7/9 is not how many workers are entering the lot. It is how many workers the lot could support under the current conditions. Using the Route Query will show the actual number of workers entering the lot, which sounds like zero in your case.

As Mobius mentioned above, more information and a picture might help in understanding what you are experiencing.

[Marc... 0]

Thanks for reply, anyways

1. I don't use any mode just usual SimCity4 deluxe edition

2. Actually I am connected to another city with 8000 pop but my city is an island and i don't have any port so they shouldn't be connected.

So you are saying that 7/9 aint workers... then my whole problem is that people aren't for some reason working it the idustry, but they are working in the plant. And the plant is next to the idustry, so I don't think they mind driving for a some time to get to work.

I'll move my tile to another region and see if that helps, maybe it's related with that city next to it.

[CaptCity 4,915]

So you are saying that 7/9 aint workers...

Correct. The top number (7) are the workers that the lot/building could support under current game conditiond. The second (9) are the maximum number the building was designed to have.

...then my whole problem is that people aren't for some reason working it the industry, but they are working in the plant. And the plant is next to the industry, so I don't think they mind driving for a some time to get to work.

Not real sure what you mean. Industry works a bit differently than residential and commercial. If you have an area zoned for industrial, the various lots/buildings that grow are inter-connected so that the interior lots don't require road connection. This means that workers will enter from the road and show up in the interior buildings. Does this sound like what you're referring to?

I'll move my tile to another region and see if that helps, maybe it's related with that city next to it.

Possibly since region stats play a role in demand.

[Marc... 0]

Thanks guys, moving my city to another tile did help, it changed my demand, and it was the whole problem... silly me

But they still don't seem to be working on industry... i am pretty sure i am understanding something wrong, so here is picture:

...It's pretty sad that i can't build a city next to another city -.-

[dutchneworleanian 2]

Hi Marc,

looks like a nice industrial pod you have there, main question is. how many residents do you have, if you only have 200 of them , thats not enough to fill all the jobs you have created there.

If you want those jobs filled by workers from neighbours you will need good transportation connections to them, think of roads/avenues/highways or rail connections with stations near your industry and the residential areas where they live.

For our understanding, maybe you can show a picture of the demand graph?

edit to my previous post, looks like you have just started, it always does take a little while for workers to realize there are jobs available, so maybe waiting a couple of months will allready improve things for you as well.

[EyeofMobius 27]

I find that when starting fresh if you zone I-Medium for dirty over agriculture you need to zone a lot more low density residential than you would with agriculture since each I-Dirty tile has a larger job density. If this is the case then zoning more houses should help and eventually catch up to the jobs available for the industry.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

If this was my industrial pod, I would zone a block or so of high-density 2 x 4 lots to encourage tenements. This is expensive so watch your budget. You seem to be playing at high difficulty (from the tiny treasury), so be very careful or you will be borrowing. Uneducated R$ Sims don't live on low-density lots except in trailer parks. The RCI graph only shows what the demand is, not how to satisfy it.

[Marc... 0]

It all came together when i moved my city to another tile. The picture i showed was actually after resloving the problem (as you can see they demand residents) just like you said needed some time to city to react.

Little bit about the problem I had, to make it clearer 'casue I know i didn't explain that good:

People don't work in the industry or in the agriculture.

And because of that I can't build residential areas 'cause there aren't jobs for them and no matter how much i build them they just won't develop.

Only jobs people have is from the plant, stations, school and so on.

And also can't make any commercial areas 'cause there aren't enough people.

Also the industrial demand is allways up and won't change no matter how much I make them, by the way they will all develop but no one just works there.

I hope it's clear enough now. I know it's related to bigger city next to my new city but I still can't understand why.

Thanks to everyone who helped, I got lot of tips and knowlege from you and I can play now so thanks a lot.

And also sorry if I doesn't make any sense and if I make a lot of mistakes, english isn't my mother tongue.