Gifting Money

[TPMP 0]

I'm in a spot of bother it would seem. I have run out of cash in one of my cities and have also used up all three bonds. Just before I went bankrupt, I sent a gift of money from a neighbouring city to the bankrupt one. However, I'm now in the pause mode and cant continue until I get out of the red, which simply isnt possible unless I receive my gift. Will the gift deliver even though I'm in the pause mode, or is that city now basically a right off seeing as theres no other way out of the red?

[Hybr1d 20]

Stay in your city that sent the money until you get a message saying that "city A sent simoleons to city B".

After that go in the city that is bankrupt. You will need to resume the time in order for the money to arrive.

[TPMP 0]

I did exactly that though. I got the message saying that money had been sent, then when I went back into my city (I had about 45 minutes game time left before I went bankrupt) and the gift of money hadnt arrived in time. Now I cant resume time unless I somehow turn -18k into the green.

 

Is there any way around this? It would be ridiculous if there isnt..

[Hybr1d 20]

I don't think there is a way around it... You waited too long to send the money. I think the only choice you have is to shut buildings down or start the city over again.

[TPMP 0]

I don't think there is a way around it... You waited too long to send the money. I think the only choice you have is to shut buildings down or start the city over again.

That's a remarkable flaw of the game! Surely that has to be addressed at some point?? I shouldn't have to start from scratch just because I left it late. It should go through whether on pause mode or not. That really is very very frustrating.

[Hybr1d 20]

I know dude I feel your pain. Maxis should be ashamed for putting out a broken product.

[TPMP 0]

Ok, so this morning I accepted that I wasnt going to receive the money and knew I had to start from scratch.

 

Then a new, even more annoying problem occured!

 

In order to 'restart' the city, I had to bulldoze everything. However, even though I had bulldozed everything I was still unable to do anything with it because of the 1700 odd quid I was still paying off for the bonds. So, effectively, this city is now deemed unusable unless we restart the entire region as there is simply no other way of moving on from the pause mode.

 

 

I love this game, but my God there are some serious flaws with it which need addressing.

[lordax 3]

Probably too late; you could start shutting down every building, gov, school, water, etc; I had the same problem, you can turn off the buildings so there's a point where you start to make a profit, just wait a bit, when the money arrives you can turn them on again.

[Mudkest 29]

also, not the most elegant sollution, but you can start a disaster(if you have any unlocked) wich will forec the game out of pause so you can receive the money gift. Still will have to deal with the disaster aftermath though ...

[TPMP 0]

Cheers Mud, I'm going to go with this solution seeing as i've no buildings or roads or anything! Delighted there's a way around it!

[Wiorev 1]

sorry replying late. i ran into the same issues as you and i had to start a disaster for it to un pause. the money eventually came... just be careful on what you bulldoze if you're starting over in the same city because service vehicles will become buggy.

 

and the only way to counter the buggy vehicles is by making double of what you had previously (if the problem arises)...

 

For example, if you had 1 clinic with maxed out ambulances and you rebuild 1 clinic with maxed out ambulances, you may not see the ambulances going out from the clinic until you build another clinic with ambulances...