Need some tips: how to prevent bankruptcy

[MuhammadK 0]

Hello,

I'm just building my first city in CitiesXL Platinum and while it seems to be going OK, I'm getting some warnings about near bankruptcy.
Have tried to stick very close to the border so as not to spend too much on roads; have made a Utility Center, some housing, some offices, a farm and a city hall.
Current population is 5,000 residents.

I'd really appreciate some help and tips on:
- how to make my city successful
- how to prevent bankruptcy
- how do I get some money to solve the bankruptcy problem

Thanks in anticipation.

  Edited July 14, 2013 by GlobexCo  
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[chocolate_city 93]

go to xlnation.net and ask this question.. you'll get a warmer welcome.

[hyperspace220 14]

You can get money by trading with OmniCorp.

In trading, you use "tokens" that represent how much of a resource you have in your city.

If you have other cities, you can trade with them instead of OmniCorp.

 

You get to the Trading menu by clicking on the XL button in the top left corner, and then clicking on the button with the blue and orange triangles. (Or arrows, whatever)

[Mr Saturn64 742]

That's always the good strategy.

But be warned, no one ever posts here.

 

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[Ocram's Razr 963]

Unfortunately, XLNation seems to be down for the moment but I can give some tips. Start your first city as an agricultural-centric town. You will want to build farms on all your fertile lands. If your city even has a tiny section with water, you can get almost infinite water utilizing the pause cheat. But only do that once you have gone to -1 water after utility center has been placed. On the borders of your farms (just outside the fertile areas), build your unskilled worker zones. --Ocram

[hyperspace220 14]

you can get almost infinite water utilizing the pause cheat,

"Pause cheat"?

[Ocram's Razr 963]

The pause cheat allows the user to place as many city links as desired and cover the entire area of Water, oil Fuel, or Holidays with buildings that exploit them. Careful with placing too many Holiday Hotels, they can go bankrupt.

[hyperspace220 14]

Okay.

 

I actually wouldn't really call that a cheat, more as a part of the game that Focus completely overlooked (as always), or an exploit.

 

On second thought, an exploit is a cheat, so nevermind...

  Edited July 6, 2013 by hyperspace220