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[Bobo13 0]

Just wanted to know what everybody thinks is the best cheatcode, hint, or way to build a city on Sim City 4.

[Gnargenox 6]

Slowly, patiently, without cheating, and switch between neighboring cities often. Oh and download everything on the stex.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Slowly, the way cities are grown in real life.

If you take things off the STEX, you must test each and every one.

[thesonofgray 0]

I have to also agree with slowly and patiently.  I'll often play hours without building anything new, but just observing and perfecting what is already built and developing.

[Peorth 17]

My approach to Simcity is what I call micromanagement. Simply put, I play around with funding sliders and taxes quite frequently and I use the graphs and maps very often to see how my city is doing. Of course, this is best done while playing at Turtle speed (which is the only speed I use). Painstaking and slow yes, but you can create the best cities this way without the aid of cheats.

[SimLord the Great 0]

I'm not too patient and sometimes I like to use the cheats to get it going faster.

[newyorkstate 6]

Originally posted by: Gnargenox

Slowly, patiently, without cheating, and switch between neighboring cities often. Oh and download everything on the stex.

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Everything? Your exaggerating. Duh!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Originally posted by: newyorkstate

Originally posted by: Gnargenox

Slowly, patiently, without cheating, and switch between neighboring cities often. Oh and download everything on the stex.

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Everything? Your exaggerating. Duh!quote>

I think tongue was firmly in cheek.

[tag_one 132]

wow if you got every item from the stex your game should take hours to load.

I mostly build slow and enjoy the view on zoomlevel 5 and 6.

[Gnargenox 6]

Well, certainly I was exaggerating, but I have downloaded about 2gb and use 1.5 in my plug-ins folder. Yeah, it takes a while to load and there are many things I haven't even used, but so many things out there are so wonderful I couldn't resist my urges. Don't forget you can divide things up into themes like the wild west lots for one region and Asian themes buildings for another. I was just trying to show my huge appreciation for this site. Thanks everyone!

I have used the Weakness Pays cheat alot i admit, and my favorite UDI mission: "A speacial load of garbage" pays out some big bucks too, like $70k. It's a real thrill the first few times, like getting the convention center was also a nice surprise.

As far as a "good" city, beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Maybe you want a city with a large population or perhaps you think a "good" city is a farmers paradise. It's all up to you. And as far as guaranteed success with a city, a grid pattern of avenues with a 6x6 zoned area between them seems to be the mathmatically best layout. Check out this tutorial Grid secrets: a tutorial CJ <messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=68200&highlight_key=y&keyword1=grid>

[SimLord the Great 0]

Wow, 2gb worth of stuff, that would take days on my computer, what is your download transfer rate? Man, I wish I even had time to download things.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

I have two kinds of playing a region, one is the no-cheat whatsoever play and the other one like in my CJ's in some cities only ,I use the Vinnie ordinance for a few months.