Status of SimCity: Updates & Developments

[Cyclone Boom 16,853]

This is a general reference topic to view and discuss the latest SimCity developments.
For a summary, the Reddit FAQ Page has info on the general state of the game.

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News / Info:

 

Aug 05 2014:  The SimCity Free Trial is Now Available

 
Mar 18 2014:  SimCity Offline Play Now Available for PC and Mac

Offline Mode FAQ

Offline additional questions

Offline Gameplay Tutorial Video

Jan 14 2014:  Engineering Offline Play for SimCity
Jan 12 2014:  SimCity Offline is Coming
Jan 09 2014:  Modding and SimCity
 
View the Official SimCity Blog.

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Official DLC / Expansion Packs:

8 DLC items, 1 expansion pack.

Nov 12 2013:  Cities of Tomorrow Expansion Pack  $19.99 / €19.99 / £14.99
Nov 05 2013:  Progressive Insurance Set  Not longer available
Sep 17 2013:  Red Cross Disaster Relief Set  $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99
Jun 25 2013:  Airships Set  $4.99 / €4.99 / £3.99
May 29 2013:  Amusement Park Set  $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99
Apr 02 2013:  Nissan LEAF  FREE
Mar 08 2013:  German City Set  $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99
Mar 08 2013:  French City Set  $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99
Mar 08 2013:  British City Set  $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99
The Digital Deluxe Edition includes these 3 city sets.
 
Other DLC items are available for specific countries.

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Additional Content / New Features:

These are items of content and features that have been added with game updates (in order of release):
New content (i.e. buildings & regions is highlighted).

 

Update 10.3:
• Option to transfer & play multiplayer cities / regions in single-player mode.
 
Update 10.1:
• Option to load saved games from within single-player mode.
• Misc bug fixes relating to switching between single-player and multiplayer modes.
 
Update 10.0:
• Single player offline mode.
• Option to disable autosave in single-player mode. This makes it possible to make changes to a city, and quit without saving.
• The ability to make copies of regions at various save points.
• Friends search now uses the one from Origin.
 
Update 9.0:
• Attractions set: Giant Garden Gnome, Dolly the Dinosaur, Llarry the Llama, MaxisMan Statue & Ball of Twine.
• Support for Mac input devices: trackpad, mouse & magic mouse.
• Option to turn off motion blur.

Update 8.0:
• 4 new regions: Serenity Key, Rambling Badlands, Verdant Jungle & Desolation.
• Roman Luck Casino (with Baccarat Room & Concert Hall expansion options).
• Option to disable random disasters.
• 3D zoning.

Update 7.0:
• Additional transportation tools (bridges, overpasses & tunnels).
• Tree placement tools.
• Smarter traffic behaviour.
• Faster vehicle acceleration / deceleration.

Update 6.0:
• New region: Granite Lake.
• RCI tuning & building height variations.
• Borderless window setting.

Update 5.0:
• Historic price charts now available from main menu.
• Improved region wall chart.
• Filter added for friends’ regions in the join region section.
• Trading control features.
• 7 new regional missions.
• New regional achievement: "Field Trip!".

Update 4.0:
• New region: Edgewater Bay.
• SimCity Launch Park.
• Player's current server now displayed in the options menu.
• More detailed rollover information on buildings.

Update 3.0:
• 24 new hotel models.

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Notes:

• v10.3 is the latest update, released on December 4 2014.
• Full lists of the changes made in all updates can be found here.
• Update 10 introduced an offline mode allowing local saves, and an option to disable autosave.

• The modding guidelines state that core game files cannot be modified. This however is also the case with SimCity 4.
• Simulation and UI modding will be possible for the single-player offline mode.

• The blog post states that Maxis intends to support modding as with previous SimCity games.
• However, there is no news yet regarding the release of modding tools.

  Edited December 5, 2014 by Cyclone Boom  

[Dashafrash. 34]

Shouldn't the Cities of Tomorrow Expansion Pack be listed up there, either as DLC or an EP?


Thanks, it's been added.
-Cyclone

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Maybe add the "Free Content" that comes automatically with the updates(i.e. Roman Casino, Hotels, etc.)?

Added, thanks.

-Cyclone

[Herdervriend 46]

Seriously loving this, great job making this list. Can't wait for update 10:P
 
To bad prices are only in dollar and the other one, not in Euro's (which is a big market to right?)
 
Would be fun to see sale numbers per year in this topic to. And to see the price drops per update or so.,
 
 
Euro currency has been added (happens to be the same value as £).
-Cyclone

[Dazontheweb 5]

Hi,

 

Thank you for making this very helpful topic. It offers some useful information. Going to bookmark this page for future reference. 

[CapTon 592]

Some outdated stuff:

 

- Progressive Insurance set no longer on Origin

[migamin 38]

Since when? A week ago i downloaded it...

[Cyclone Boom 16,853]

New information regarding the release of Update 10 (containing the offline mode) has been added:
 
SimCity Offline Play Now Available for PC and Mac

Offline Mode FAQ
Offline additional questions
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKdcq-pzRBg

[Treborsen 2]

Any news on the next update?  So many things they need to fix with this game.

[USA_Pride 49]

I just got the game today and it kind of looks like EA\Maxis has given up on first impression.  The game updater has a "News and Community" section with two articles from January 2013, nothing newer.  There is also scrolling news section complete with broken pictures and broken links that take you to a 404 page at SimCity.com.

 

The game is still updating right now and there is a "View Updates" button on the updater.  Clicking on that link take you to yet another missing page\invalid page.

 

At least it seems to be installing and updating the game correctly...

[ColdMoney21 2]

Anyone know what this new update did? Origin asked me to update the game. I think its 10.2 but there is no mention of it anywhere

[Prso82 4]

According to the exe version it is 10.2.   Unfortunately there does not seem to be any patchnotes available for this yet, hopefully maxis will publish that soon enough.

[ColdMoney21 2]

According to the exe version it is 10.2.   Unfortunately there does not seem to be any patchnotes available for this yet, hopefully maxis will publish that soon enough.

Someone from Maxis said it was a fix for the installation process. No updates were made to the game. Bummer really.

[SAGGG 47]

That's probably because they're allowing our great mods to do their work for them, now...

[Xenocity 343]

That's probably because they're allowing our great mods to do their work for them, now...

As my grandmother says "What's good for the goose (Simcity 4) is good for the gander (Simcity 2013)!"

Obviously I added in the names of the games to illiustrate the point.

[Zakumi 29]

It would be great if they had an update for bigger map sizes.

[AidanA28 17]

Any leaks on the next update, or has EA/Maxis abandoned the game and handed over the core files to the modders?

 

Cheers!

It would be great if they had an update for bigger map sizes.

 

Though it's buggy, check out Project Orion...

[Xenocity 343]

Any leaks on the next update, or has EA/Maxis abandoned the game and handed over the core files to the modders?

 

Cheers!

 

Modders have already released a bunch of mods and more are coming.

Maxis is still gathering feedback on update 10 to decide what to do next.

[AidanA28 17]

 

Any leaks on the next update, or has EA/Maxis abandoned the game and handed over the core files to the modders?

 

Cheers!

 

Modders have already released a bunch of mods and more are coming.

Maxis is still gathering feedback on update 10 to decide what to do next.

 

Ah. Sweet

[phyzx 0]

Where can I give feedback on SimCity and Update 10?

[hyno111 0]

New update appears, it seems Maxis is ready to abandon online server. Only online->offline porting is added.

 

Changelog Here, personally I will continue to use(reads:suffer from) the online server region until it closes, I have offline regions anyway.

  Edited December 5, 2014 by Cyclone Boom  
Thanks, added.

[Akeem J Lenoir 9]

New update appears, it seems Maxis is ready to abandon online server. Only online->offline porting is added.

Changelog Here, personally I will continue to use(reads:suffer from) the online server region until it closes, I have offline regions anyway.

 

I would have to agree with hyno111 on this, considering EA specifically explained they wouldn't allow porting because "we want to keep the competitive aspects of the Online game intact."

 

Also, as porting is one-way, meaning you can't port an offline city to the server, it's clear EA wants to slowly get cities off their servers. It's a shame, because if they would have, in a sense, made a SimCity 5 like everyone wanted, instead of an entire reboot, the game would've been wildly popular.

In either case, as I've invested hundreds of hours into SC2013, so it served its entertaining purpose. I can't complain. I just wish I didn't outgrow it so fast.

[daziladi 2]

Does anyone truly know if this game will continue to be developed, or is it just a guessing game? I'm fairly new to city building and was hoping for more EP's or DLC.

[eoin247 75]

Does anyone truly know if this game will continue to be developed, or is it just a guessing game? I'm fairly new to city building and was hoping for more EP's or DLC.

 

EA dissolved the studio that developed it, so that's a no unfortunately.

[daziladi 2]

Thanks for answering... very sad but I'll keep playing it anyway. Wish I could give EA a one-two, such a shame.

 

 

 

 

Does anyone truly know if this game will continue to be developed, or is it just a guessing game? I'm fairly new to city building and was hoping for more EP's or DLC.

 

EA dissolved the studio that developed it, so that's a no unfortunately.

 

[Haljackey 17,270]

7 years old today.

My memories of the launch