Unlimited resources

[elemental1100 50]

I'm sure we all know that coal, oil, and ore run out very quickly and it's very unrealistic compared to real-world mining operations that can run for decades. I'd love to make a dirty mining town but what's the point when your mine will have to close in a few years? Something more permanent would be more enjoyable from a city-building point of view.

 

So maybe modders can fix this? I had an idea... The sewage treatment plant is a building that makes groundwater. Do other resources work the same way as water? Would it be possible for a building to pump coal or oil or ore into the ground? Perhaps the mine itself could pump the resource into the ground at the same time it is extracting it? If this is possible then you would never run out of a resource.

 

Project Infinity, anyone?

[AidanA28 17]

You may want to move this to the modding section of the forum...

 

As for the project, I believe the SUGC has a lot on their plate. I cannot comment on the possibility of this mod, due to the fact that I have no modding experience whatsoever. The other resources do work the same way as the WATER TABLE. If they made the  Public Works mod, I'm sure that the modders may be able to manipulate something and make a building that deposits resources. Though I personally don't belive in cheat mods.

[elemental1100 50]

Well, if the other resources work like the water table then that's something. Thanks for the info.

 

I don't think it's a cheat in the same way that free roads or trains that carry 5 million people are cheats. Maxis made it such that mines eat all their resources in a ridiculously short time, so a mod like this would simply make the game more realistic. It's overcoming a map limitation, which would make it no more cheaty than the extended border mod. I've previously read on here that modders were thinking about resetting the map resources, so I thought I'd put this idea out there as an alternative approach to the problem of very limited resources. If I knew how to do a mod like this myself I'd definitely give it a try, but sadly it's very much beyond my ability. So if anyone wants to take the idea and run with it then feel free.