Help with new city

[jt233 9]

Hello, sorry to bother you guys again. However, I'm just getting back into playing the game after a while, and I could use some help with my city. At the moment, I have a population of about 20,000 sims in my city, which is the only one in the region, but for some reason, even though I have placed only high-density residential zones, all the residential areas seem to be just houses, except for a few tiny apartments. I could be wrong, but I thought by this point I would usually already start to see larger residential buildings being built, like condos and larger apartment buildings, as I remember from before, it didn't take that long before to see them show up in my city. Also, my residential demand is the only one in the positive range, while commercial and industrial demand are negative, though there seems to be a tiny demand for CO$$$. Since I usually cheat for unlimited money, one thing I always do when playing is to lower taxes for everyone except dirty industry which usually helps with the demand.

I do have CAM and NAM installed, along with recommended mods for running the game on modern systems, plus some various buildings like fire stations and office buildings but don't think I have and mods that would affect the RCI demand. I know CAM changes the stages or adds new ones, but I have used it before, and usually it didn't take that long for them to appear.

So, can anyone help me with what I should do to start getting larger buildings to appear in my city?

 

Thanks

[matias93 7,535]

22 hours ago, jt233 said:

Hello, sorry to bother you guys again. However, I'm just getting back into playing the game after a while, and I could use some help with my city. At the moment, I have a population of about 20,000 sims in my city, which is the only one in the region, but for some reason, even though I have placed only high-density residential zones, all the residential areas seem to be just houses, except for a few tiny apartments. I could be wrong, but I thought by this point I would usually already start to see larger residential buildings being built, like condos and larger apartment buildings, as I remember from before, it didn't take that long before to see them show up in my city. Also, my residential demand is the only one in the positive range, while commercial and industrial demand are negative, though there seems to be a tiny demand for CO$$$. Since I usually cheat for unlimited money, one thing I always do when playing is to lower taxes for everyone except dirty industry which usually helps with the demand.

I do have CAM and NAM installed, along with recommended mods for running the game on modern systems, plus some various buildings like fire stations and office buildings but don't think I have and mods that would affect the RCI demand. I know CAM changes the stages or adds new ones, but I have used it before, and usually it didn't take that long for them to appear.

So, can anyone help me with what I should do to start getting larger buildings to appear in my city?

 

Thanks

Can you show us some data views for your city, as well as a general view of it? I suspect your problem might be some utility issue, or too much empty zoning.

[jt233 9]

6 hours ago, matias93 said:

Can you show us some data views for your city, as well as a general view of it? I suspect your problem might be some utility issue, or too much empty zoning.

Thanks, I will post a link with some screenshots below. I should note that since I made this post, I have finally started to receive positive commercial demand. However, for the most part, my residential areas seem to consist mainly of houses or small apartments. I thought I usually have more condos and larger apartment buildings at this point.

https://imgur.com/a/IbbZnHC