Why no Semi's?

[Snugies 91]

anybody notice that in all sim city's there has never been a semi. Meaning a tractor pulling a trailer? you know those big semi's you see all the time on the highway. There is a metal truck that looks similar to a semi but it turns in one piece like a bus. Just wondering does anyone know if it is hard for programmers to program a vehicle that pulls a trailer? I mean all it is is two vehicles one following the other I don't think it would be that hard. I would love to see truck stops and tractors trailers moving through my city. in SimCity 2013 all we get is these one piece 5 tons. personally I have never seen a one piece 5 ton fuel/oil trucks they are always tractor trailers.

[Screwballl 196]

I've been saying that since SC2000....

[simcopops 37]

In all honesty with all the problems in this game I think this takes priority number 999999139992929

[Jons511 12]

In all honesty with all the problems in this game I think this takes priority number 999999139992929

Much lower priority than that. I bet SC devs fix this first though. Easier to do.

[Snugies 91]

this semi thing is interesting as if any of you have played grand theft auto I don't think semi's are in any GTA either. I understand semi's take larger turns then other cars maybe this is why as a semi is too long to make a turn without diverging from the preprogrammed vehicle paths.

[simcopops 37]

In all honesty with all the problems in this game I think this takes priority number 999999139992929

Much lower priority than that. I bet SC devs fix this first though. Easier to do.

Haha yes. And then they will claim they are listening to the community

[DumplingPod 0]

anybody notice that in all sim city's there has never been a semi. Meaning a tractor pulling a trailer? you know those big semi's you see all the time on the highway. There is a metal truck that looks similar to a semi but it turns in one piece like a bus. Just wondering does anyone know if it is hard for programmers to program a vehicle that pulls a trailer? I mean all it is is two vehicles one following the other I don't think it would be that hard. I would love to see truck stops and tractors trailers moving through my city. in SimCity 2013 all we get is these one piece 5 tons. personally I have never seen a one piece 5 ton fuel/oil trucks they are always tractor trailers.

I remember Sim City 4 having something semis in the game. I remember in U-drive-it, if you crash into a semi, the trailer actually disconnects from the main engine. I found that quite interesting. I always wanted to drive a semi in U-drive-it, but I could never get those mods to work. 

[Snugies 91]

oh ya I remember now they did have semi's in SC4 but the traffic disappeared anyway so... still not satisfied semi's but disappearing semi's. and they had flat fronts they were not full American tractor style semi's

[DumplingPod 0]

oh ya I remember now they did have semi's in SC4 but the traffic disappeared anyway so... still not satisfied semi's but disappearing semi's. and they had flat fronts they were not full American tractor style semi's

 

Yeah... the disappearing traffic was quite a bummer... I think there were some mods that allowed for different textures... I forget what those types of files are called now... It's been forever since I've placed SC4

[Snugies 91]

yep but on the good side I really like the traffic in SimCity 5 I really enjoy watching it maxis did a good job. Semi's in industrial areas and truck stops along the highway would just be a cherry on top. I would like to see them copy exact stuff from the real world into the game not just monuments. I'm talking real worlds copies of big box store shopping malls, industrial buildings, semi's etc. I'm not a big fan of modding I have a phobia of effin up my SimCity.  

[DumplingPod 0]

I had this period of time where I would play SimCity 4 w/o mods. Now... I won't play it without mods. I feel the vanilla game just doesn't have enough to offer. SimCity 5, with it's always on DRM, seems to be much harder to mod, and like you, I have a phobia of screwing up my SimCity 5. The new SimCity doesn't seem to be as mod friendly... And really... mods are the thing that is keeping SimCity 4 alive today! 

 

In an EA fashion, they are going to be releasing all this stuff in these really dumb and expensive DLCs. I hate to see games go this route...

[Snugies 91]

oh ya your right they are going to mod themselves with DLC and charge for it I didn't think about that. But I will pay for it and it might turn out to be pretty good. But ya I understand everything is about taking more money from the regular middle class consumers these days, they want to send all the money/profits up to the wealthy shareholders.

[infoman96 27]

this semi thing is interesting as if any of you have played grand theft auto I don't think semi's are in any GTA either. I understand semi's take larger turns then other cars maybe this is why as a semi is too long to make a turn without diverging from the preprogrammed vehicle paths.

Semis were in GTA San Andreas but the actual trailer wasn't connected naturally but nonetheless there were various locations all over the map where you could find the actual trailer. All you had to do is drive to the country and find at a regular semi, and then drive by this pizza place where one of the first missions with Ryder is and the trailer will be near there.

I love GTA, so my apologies for being so detailed about it. Lol

[simcopops 37]

oh ya your right they are going to mod themselves with DLC and charge for it I didn't think about that. But I will pay for it and it might turn out to be pretty good. But ya I understand everything is about taking more money from the regular middle class consumers these days, they want to send all the money/profits up to the wealthy shareholders.

So why are you willing to pay for it? Cheap thrills? It is this attitude that allows ea to treat customers in this manner. If only there was a bit of backbone in today's consumption driven society and we refused to pay for the crap they release until the game is fixed then we would actually have a game we are happy with

[Srafty 7]

 

this semi thing is interesting as if any of you have played grand theft auto I don't think semi's are in any GTA either. I understand semi's take larger turns then other cars maybe this is why as a semi is too long to make a turn without diverging from the preprogrammed vehicle paths.

Semis were in GTA San Andreas but the actual trailer wasn't connected naturally but nonetheless there were various locations all over the map where you could find the actual trailer. All you had to do is drive to the country and find at a regular semi, and then drive by this pizza place where one of the first missions with Ryder is and the trailer will be near there.

I love GTA, so my apologies for being so detailed about it. Lol

I done a quick google after thinking to myself, im sure i done a mission with a truck \ trailer in GTA....  GTA truck mission in google = Bingo! now i remember

[Snugies 91]

oh ya cool mission I don't believe there were many semi's on the road though but lets hope we see that in SimCity 2013 even better a semi udrive in simcity2013