Miscellaneous Game Mechanics Question

[Bobington 4]

1. Has anyone figured out how education works? The game info provided is very vague and limited; can I replace the grade school with a high school or do they serve separate age groups, ditto for community colleges and universities.

 

2. How can I get students to go to university in another city so the tech level in the region increases or is that not possible.

 

3. Workers, why are they only ~10% of the population, what are the other 90% of the people in my city doing. How do I get skilled workers, do students eventually graduate into workers and I simply need to let the game run for a while?

[Ocram's Razr 963]

1. Elementary schools, high schools, and higher education all teach different age groups of sims, just like in SimCity 4.

2. Students would have to commute to other cities and stay in dorms in order to attend universities. Community colleges are local only.

3. Public buildings need workers and commercial buildings do as well. If your RCI/Zoning advisor does not say "Unemployemnt Crisis" then you should be OK.

 

This is all informatin available on the internet.

 

 

--Ocram

[Bobington 4]

1. Elementary schools, high schools, and higher education all teach different age groups of sims, just like in SimCity 4.

2. Students would have to commute to other cities and stay in dorms in order to attend universities. Community colleges are local only.

3. Public buildings need workers and commercial buildings do as well. If your RCI/Zoning advisor does not say "Unemployemnt Crisis" then you should be OK.

 

This is all informatin available on the internet.

 

 

--Ocram

Yeah but that info isn't available in game, the population tab doesn't break down students by age group and I've tried deleting the grade school and replacing it with a high school and there's no apparent negative effect, the same amount of students still go to school. And the University has a info thing that says "local students and regional students" so it must be possible for them to commute.

 

As to workers, the problem is I have a bunch of unfilled jobs, at 50k population I only have 5k workers which doesnt make sense to me.