Appendix 1: IdOIt’s walkthrough to 40,000 Before you flood my mail, yes I spelt idiots, idoits on purpose. This guide is place here away from the main sections because I thought it to be superfluous as I had believed that PART I enough for your first city.
This is a step-by-step guide to 40,000 by year 16. Actually I only got 40,000 a few months into year 16 but lets not quibble over minor details okay? Another reason why I placed this here is because any explanation of why I am doing one thing or another will be very brief or none. Feel free to add other stuff according to your own city’s needs.
Take note of the following:
1) Walkthrough Layout: Chronological order.
2) Statistics taken at the start of the year.
3) Construction done at start of the year.
4) The map view refers to the default view.
5) I will be referring to the PART I constantly because I do not want to repeat myself
6) I will not be repeating the word build over and over again. Whenever I mention a structure in BLOCK LETTERS, it means build it.
7) Read PART I, as I may not be restating many of the tips. I will assume you already know them.
Try not to let budget fall below 40,000
9) Except for the first few months, you will always be making profits so no business deals
10) Always build when paused.
Idiot’s Town:
Pop: 39579 > 40,000 (Few months into year 16)
Current cash: 65,000 +
Time: 16 years
Budget: Income: 9156 / Expense: 7625 / Profit: 1531
Map: Mid size
Neighbours: None
Idiot’s Town: God Mode
G-1)
Create new Region selecting plains
G-2)
Select a mid size map. For best effect with the rest of this guide, meaning PARTS II and III, chose a map with the following surroundings.
G-3)
Go into the city and immediately hit pause.
G-4)
Optional: Use the mesa tool and click slightly on the right side of the map. Use quick brush and spread across the right side of the map. If this confuses you then forget it.
G-5)
Fill the place with trees thickly. Especially the top left hand side.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 0
Statistics: NA
0-1)
Establish the city, make sure the game is still at pause
0-2)
Have no construction with the exception of connections along the borders. Leave 3 tiles along all edges and then place a road on the fourth tile. This is an illustration on the corner of the map.
0-3)
Raise Tax: Refer to Tip 1
0-4)
COAL POWER PLANT:
31
Place on the top left of the map. Look at the above.
0-5) LANDFILL:
32
Just place 4 tiles of it on the right of the coal plant. Make sure to give it road connection to all your city
0-6) INDUSTRIAL:
Refer to Tip 8bi and Diagram T8bi.
33
Zone it on the left side of the map and about 23 tiles from the top. Or about 16-20 tiles away from the coal plant. Place about 12 (4x5) industrial zones. Fill from the top of Diagram T8bi.
0-7) COMMERCIAL:
Refer to Tip 8biv and Diagram T8biv.
34
Build it to the right of the industrial zone. Leave the appropriate spacing after the industrial zone. 2 (2x5) commercial zones. One zone on top of the diagram the other somewhere in the middle.
0-
RESIDENTIAL:
Refer to Tip 8biii and Diagram T8biii and T8biv.
35
Build the zone to the right of the commercial and breathing space. Fill up the entire residential super structure (RS) where appropriate. Make sure you follow the diagram and leave the centre empty.
0-9) WATER TOWER:
Refer to Tip 2b
36
Place it on the top right of the map or any place away from the industrial site, at least to the right of the RS. Best place near the corner. Note that you should only follow my water placement in the following years if your city actually needs the water
0-10) POWER LINES:
37
Power extends about 4 tiles away from a place that has power. Power up everything that is not powered
0-11)
Budget control. Refer to Tip 2. Applies to everything with micro budgets. Remember that power demand grows greatly at the start. Check your power plant frequently or allow a high funding at the start, about half or more until most zones are built.
0-12)
Cash left is about §58,000
0-13)
Make a lot of connections, to the top and the left side. Tip 6. Carry on making connection throughout the years as you expand the city size.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 1
Pop:
1504
Income:
§740 (This is not profit. I will not list expense as it depends on funding and you will never make a lost except for the first few months.)
Funds:
§58,000 (Refers to cash left in the bank.)
1-1)
No construction this year.
Idiot’s Town:
YEAR 2
Pop:
2252
Income:
§966
Funds:
§63,000
2-1) WATER TOWER (2)
38
Water is needed around the time the population hits 2600. About one or two month into the second year.
Pop:
4593
Income:
§1136
Funds:
§70,000
3-1) RESIDENTIAL:
Refer to Tip 8bi and Diagram T8bi.
39
Fill another RS completely. This should be placed below the first RS. Make sure to leave the appropriate gap between the two RS.
3-2) COMMERCIAL:
40
1 (5x4). Place it near the middle of both RS.
3-3) INDUSTRIAL:
Refer to Diagram T8bi
41
Fill up the remainder of the industrial zone as stated in T8bi. You can place the zones closer than in the diagram. For example this time round, I placed 12 (4x6) and 6 (6x7) zones.
3-4) LANDFILL
42
Another 4x4.
3-5) WATER TOWER (3)
3-6) FIRESTATION
43
Cover the industrial area.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 4
Pop:
6765
Income:
§ 2074
Funds:
§ 51,000
4-1) WASTE TO POWER PLANT
44
Turn it’s funding to zero. Later in the years whenever you need to increase power supply but do not want to build a new power station, you can turn the funding up. Build this beside the coal power plant
4-2) WATER TOWER (4)
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 5
Pop:
8706
Income:
§ 2450
Funds:
§ 40,000
5-1) COMMERCIAL:
45
Fill the zone between the industry and residential.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 6
Pop:
11,003
Income:
§ 3133
Funds:
§ 58,000
6-1) INDUSTRIAL:
Refer to Diagram T8bi
46
Create another of those industrial parks below the first one. Fill up about half of it from the top.
6-2) WATER TOWER (5)
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 7
Pop:
14189
Income:
§ 3746
Funds:
§ 72,000
7-1) WATER PUMP:
47
Demolish the 5 towers and place 1 water pump in its place.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 8
Pop:
17264
Income:
§ 4321
Funds:
§ 101,000
8-1) RESIDENTIAL:
48
Create a truncated RS below the other RS. Leave a space of 4 tiles excluding road between the second RS and this RS. Truncated means leaving out the top and bottom row of 4x4. This is because there is no space below for a full RS. About 20 (4x4) zones were left on my map.
8-2) COMMERCIAL:
49
When you get the radio or even if you do not build 2 (6x6) commercial zones to the right of the RS. Place this in line with the bottom half of the second RS. Leave a gap of 4 excluding roads between the RS and this zone. H: Residential / C: Commercial / .: Empty / -: Roads / F: Future residential development. (12-2)
8-3)
INDUSTRIAL:
50
Fill up the industrial park created in 6-1.
8-4) COAL POWER PLANT:
51
Place it with the rest of the power plants
8-5)
You will be reaching your first residential demand cap soon. I believe it is around 20,000. Therefore the following structures will help further increase your population
8-6) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (1+2)
52
Place 2 elementary schools, one in each full RS. Place it in the middle such that the entire RS is covered.
8-7) LIBRARY
53
Place one the first RS. Try to cover the entire first RS and part of the second RS if possible.
8-
HOSPITAL
54
I will use the term hospital for large medical centre. Place it in between the first two RS. Try to get as much residential in the coverage as possible.
8-9) TENNIS COURTS (1+2)
55
Place 2 tennis courts, one in each full RS. I selected the tennis courts because it is one of the better recreational facilities with a great demand cap remover.
8-10)
Remember to adjust the education and health funding individually
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 9
Pop:
22216
I
ncome:
§ 5260
Funds:
§ 76,000
9-1) RESIDENTIAL:
56
Create another truncated residential area on the top of the map above the other RS. Leave a space of three, excluding roads between the RS. Fit as much as possible without changing the structure drastically. There is no need to stick completely to 4x4 for this RS. I placed 4 (4x6) zones.
9-2) COMMERCIAL:
57
Create another 2 (6x6) commercial zones. Place them beside the zones created in year 8-2. Again do not intrude onto above the bottom tier of the second RS.
9-3) INDUSTRIAL
:
58
Create another industrial park at the bottom left of the map. I could place 12 (4x5) and 12 (4x4) industrial zones at the bottom left. This park would obviously be a little smaller than the other 2 parks.
9-4) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3):
59
Place at the bottom of the RS. As long as the entire bottom RS is covered do not worry if the coverage spills into the second RS. This is helpful when the school there is at over capacity.
9-5) HIGH SCHOOL
60
At the first RS. Try to place it such that it captures the entire first RS and the greatest amount of the second RS.
9-6) CITY COLLEGE
61
Place it near the industrial zone. Any place way since its effect is citywide. Except near the water pump.
9-7) WATER PUMP (2)
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 10
Pop:
25654
Income:
§ 5984
Funds:
§ 61,000
10-1) COMMERCIAL:
62
Looking at 8-2 to get an idea of the layout. Place 2 (6x6) and 1 (6x7) on the top tier of the first RS. Do not intrude below the top tier of the first RS as you will be building another RS in between this commercial zone and the one created in 8-2 and 9-2.
10-2) LARGE FLOWER GARDEN
63
This is again to help bust the demand cap. Place it such that residential areas surround it.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 11
Pop:
27469
Income:
§ 6900
Funds:
§ 79,000
11-1) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (4)
64
Place it in the top RS.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 12
Pop:
28030
Income:
§ 6676
Funds:
§ 93,000
12-1)
Notice the fall in income, this shows that your economy is changing for the better. People do not want to work in dirty industries. It is still too early for high-tech industry but it is good for commercial development.
12-2) RESIDENTIAL
65
Place half a RS on the right of the other RS. Look at 8-2 and this RS is represented as future development. For this RS, you the gap in between will be four instead of three.
12-3) COMMERCIAL
66
Place 8 (6x6) at the bottom and 2 (7x6) at the top commercial zones.
12-4) SMALL FLOWER GARDEN (1+2...6)
67
Spread them among your RS.
12-5) LIBRARY (2)
68
Second RS. Provided you can cover the entire RS, try placing it lower to cover some of the bottom RS.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 13
Pop:
31527
Income:
§ 7715
Funds:
§ 93,000
13-1)
No Construction
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 14
Pop: 33686
Income: § 8398
Funds: § 117,000
14-1) RESIDENTIAL
69
Complete the RS created in 12-2.
14-2) COMMERCIAL
70
Place another 2 (7x6) zone at the bottom commercial area.
14-3) INDUSTRIAL
71
Create a small zone 4, (5x4) and 2 (4x4), at the top of all rest of the industrial parks. With reference to Diagram T8bi, build from tiles 22-30. In other words build only two strips of industry.
14-4) HOSPITAL
72
Place near the new RS on the right 12-2 and 13-1.
14-5) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (5)
73
At the new RS
14-6) LIBRARY (3)
74
At the new RS
14-7) SMALL FLOWER GARDEN (7)
75
At the new RS
14-
WATER PUMP (3)
14-9) MAYOR HOUSE
76
Near the new RS or the place you wish to attract richer people. It should definitely away from the residential areas closer to the industry.
14-10) CITY HALL
77
Place it near the bottom commercial zones. Try to place it in the middle so that it commercial effect is not wasted.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 15
Pop:
38298
Income:
§ 8793
Funds:
§ 73,000
15-1) COMMERCIAL
78
3 (7x6) at the bottom and 2 (7x6) and 2 (6x6) on the top.
15-2) OIL POWER PLANT
15-3) SMALL PLAZA (1+2)
79
One at each of the top and bottom commercial zones
15-4)
I hope as you have been expanding your city you remember to create connections. You should at the very least have ten connections on each side where there are buildings (top/left/Bottom). Try also to have a few connections on the fourth side too.
Idiot’s Town: YEAR 16
Pop:
39579
Commercial Jobs:
8126
Industrial Jobs:
11069
Income:
§ 9156
Expenses:
§ 7625
Funds:
§ 65,000
Demand
R:
§: 600 / §§: 100 / §§§: 250
CS:
§: 1000 / §§: 600 / §§§: 200
CO:
§§: 650 / §§§: 200
ID:
400
IM:
1000
IH:
600
Structures
1) 2 Hospitals/Large medical centres
2) 5 Elementary Schools
3) 1 High School
4) 3 Libraries
5) 1 City College
6) 2 Tennis Courts
7) 7 Small flower gardens
2 Small Plazas
9) 1 Large flower garden
10) 1 Oil power plant
11) 2 Coal power plants
12) 1 Waste to power plant
13) 3 Water pumps
Statistics
Average Income:
§28,000
Mayor Rating:
60-70 or 8/12 green bars
Education:
100
Life:
44
Real Time taken:
150 min.
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