Is the bigger regions dream dead?

[Snorp09 5]

I really want this to happen but after reading the post about it for a long time I think the dream is pretty much dead what do you modders think?

[CapTon 592]

This dream dead? I don't believe so Maxis can still make regions with more cities.

[Noobi-Wan 22]

Bigger regions or bigger city tiles?

[charlesnew 262]

I think that it will take a while but, I'm sure it's possible. It might be a long time though when it happens and modders still need to explore how the game works more. But, I know.. it's possible.

[Snorp09 5]

City tiles.

[Netuno 97]

Large regions would be possible if there was a way to unite several regions in only one or create a new region larger than the standard of the game by means of a mod tool that could create new maps for SimCity 2013.

[elavery 1,013]

I think the entire dream of SC2013 is dead. Maxis have been very quiet lately.

[xoxide 377]

Glassbox 2.0 would be needed to give larger cities the way users wish it would mean a new engine.. multi threaded and a new approach..

 

1 - 2years development and more complexities to keep things working

 

however there is a middle ground

 

called or nick named Enhanced Clusters 2.0 .. it works only with the 7 cities + 1 GW .. I'm not sure if its possible as a mod or would require maxis to create or implement however the idea would be to create RCI RC RI CI R C I cities which can function as one mega city

[zergprotoss 0]

Glassbox 2.0 would be needed to give larger cities the way users wish it would mean a new engine.. multi threaded and a new approach..

 

1 - 2years development and more complexities to keep things working

 

however there is a middle ground

 

called or nick named Enhanced Clusters 2.0 .. it works only with the 7 cities + 1 GW .. I'm not sure if its possible as a mod or would require maxis to create or implement however the idea would be to create RCI RC RI CI R C I cities which can function as one mega city

 

Can you show us some digram or pic of this working?? Im so cuirious

[xoxide 377]

there is no diagram.. I could make one

 

7 cities and 1 gw make up what are called a "cluster".  A cluster is those cities which are directly tied and connected via roads more than anything to allow direct interaction.

 

Those cities if they could (and should) share resources better as a result would work as ONE city vs individual cities.  There are challeneges to making it work and function but the time to do so is far less than creating new engine and works with what we have to make it possible vs having to reinvent the wheel to develop a new engine.

 

If the CLUSTER enhancement was able to send all resources 100% of something to and from one city to another or evenly distribute you could have a center city with all your government and services providing what is needed to the supporting cities around it.

 

New maps would be needed to make the cluster work more effectively and a better way of tying them together however they would work as 7 cities at 2k x 2k each to give you virtually a city 28k x 28k in size and a gw

 

which is far larger than any city so far in any city builder as a result without breaking everything we currently have.

 

Estimated work time was something like 3 months with a 8 man upgrade / dev team aprox.

 

But I felt and still feel its the best chance at making MEGA CITIES and functional larger cities with the ability to have fully functional RCI / RC / RI / CI / R / C / I / Services in any configuration.

[zergprotoss 0]

there is no diagram.. I could make one

 

7 cities and 1 gw make up what are called a "cluster".  A cluster is those cities which are directly tied and connected via roads more than anything to allow direct interaction.

 

Those cities if they could (and should) share resources better as a result would work as ONE city vs individual cities.  There are challeneges to making it work and function but the time to do so is far less than creating new engine and works with what we have to make it possible vs having to reinvent the wheel to develop a new engine.

 

If the CLUSTER enhancement was able to send all resources 100% of something to and from one city to another or evenly distribute you could have a center city with all your government and services providing what is needed to the supporting cities around it.

 

New maps would be needed to make the cluster work more effectively and a better way of tying them together however they would work as 7 cities at 2k x 2k each to give you virtually a city 28k x 28k in size and a gw

 

which is far larger than any city so far in any city builder as a result without breaking everything we currently have.

 

Estimated work time was something like 3 months with a 8 man upgrade / dev team aprox.

 

But I felt and still feel its the best chance at making MEGA CITIES and functional larger cities with the ability to have fully functional RCI / RC / RI / CI / R / C / I / Services in any configuration.

thanks very you very much for explaining a little... is there any way for us...plp with almost no progrming skills to help to develop this?

[xoxide 377]

I'm not sure the right way to say people have or do not have skill is the right way to address anything.

 

by will alone we can make something happen if we want it bad enough. 

 

the way some of us have tackled the larger problem was to break it into segments and smaller issues.  People can take the park bench and create more offline content easily now by replication and making a new Prop ID .. Trashcans, Rocks, more types of tree flower planters.. give diversity.

 

There are people whom are graphic skilled yet not programmers whom are just as valuable to the community as someone whom doesn't know anything about photoshop and knows everything about java and c+++ (which this came uses mostly java and c++)

 

White paper the ideas.. come up with concepts and publish them.. keep the spirit and inspiration of ideas alive and allow others to take over and go from where you start to somewhere completely different.

 

This is about the community this is about the creativity and one thing that we love doing .. City Building.  So anyone and everyone has something to contribute even if its just an idea.

 

So I think you will find your own way or even maybe learn a way to help in the way that best suits you.

 

In the end its everyone whom benefits from every line of code we see and every image we find .. its now going on 11 months of being active for me between the community and maxis and my time is coming to a close .. but the spirit of what was started and nobody  thought was possible is now just opening up.

 

The end of one journey is just the beginning of another..